The Star Wars Page #4

NASH:

You must understand, General, we are interested in avoiding a war, not

starting one.

GENERAL:

There are times when offense makes the best defense. If that Alliance Treaty

isn't signed, we will need all of the advantage we can get.

KAYOS:

Count Sandage, I want you to head the delegation to Alderaan. You will leave

tomorrow with our answer regarding the Treaty. My decision will be

forthcoming.

The senators whisper among themselves.

KAYOS (con't)

All right, then. May the force of others be with you all.

The senators leave in a flurry of hushed conversation. The general is lost in

thought, and remains in his chair. Biggs and Windom (Windy), the king's two

young sons, storm through the existing senators and rush on to Kayos' lap.

The king is obviously very proud of the two young princes. He throws Biggs

into the air, and then catches him again.

WINDY:

Me too! Me too!

BIGGS:

Leia's leaving! Leia's leaving and you gotta say good-bye.

The king picks up Windy and swings him around, then puts him down.

KAYOS:

Okay, whippersnapper, go tell your mother and your sister that I'm on my way.

The two boys run out of the room and are heard yelling and screaming down the

hallway. The king starts out, but stops in front of the general.

KAYOS:

Luke, my daughter is leaving for the academy at Chathos. Won't you come and

wish her well? It would mean a lot to her. She truly idolizes you, you know.

Come on, the war will wait.

GENERAL:

Of course. I'm sorry, My Lord. Politics always seem to distress me.

The general rises, and as they head for the door, Kayos pats him on the back.

KAYOS:

I know, Luke. I feel the Force also.

15. COURTYARD - PALACE OF LITE - AQUILAE

A large, four-seat speeder sits gleaming in the sun-soaked courtyard. The

Princess Leia, about fourteen years old, possessing a soft beauty and iron

will, is embracing her mother, Queen Breha, a warm, silver-haired matron.

There are tears in the princess' blue eyes. Biggs and Windy jump around

inside the speeder, disrupting the efforts of the one-armed Amber to pack

several plaxiform cases.

Leia embraces the king as he approaches with the general.

LEIA:

Oh, Daddy, I'll miss you so.

KAYOS:

The semester will be over before you know it. You'll have a grand time.

There are so many new things to learn. I wish I were going.

He gives her a fatherly smile, and she hugs him again. The general stands

rather formally to one side. The princess, her long auburn hair tied in

braids, moves to the general and he bows before her.

GENERAL:

May your studies do you honor.

Leia is somewhat embarrassed by the general's formality and can only manage an

awkward smile before returning to her parents at the speeder.

BREHA:

Hurry Leia. You must make it to Yuell before nightfall.

The princess' maids-in-waiting, Alana, a short, stocky girl, and Mina, more

comely (somewhat the same stature as Leia) with long dark hair, giggle and

straighten Leia's dress before she enters the speeder. The princess and Mina

hug Alana, whose giggles have turned to tears. The two boys scramble out of

the speeder as Amber helps the princess and her maid into the back seat. The

speeder is piloted by a trooper of the First Order. Amber jumps into the seat

beside him, and the speeder starts with a low buzzing sound. The princess

waves to her family, and Mina waves to Alana as the speeder slowly glides out

of the courtyard.

16. WAR ROOM - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - AQUILAE

The war room is a mass of glass enclosures, electronic wall displays,

monitors, and computer stations. General Skywalker enters a control station,

followed by a covey of military aides of various ranks. As the group hurry

through the crowded room, men rise and salute the new arrivals. The general

stops before a giant display of the galaxy. Small symbols flash on and off

over various portions of the big board. The general studies it intently.

GENERAL:

Montross!

Captain Montross, one of the general's aides, snaps to attention.

MONTROSS:

Sir!

GENERAL:

What's the TQ on this?

MONTROSS:

The last frigate to leave the Imperial capital was at twenty-three forty, Sir.

GENERAL:

Have any ships at all left the planet? (to another aide) Check with the

Guild on Horton three.

MONTROSS:

At twenty four hundred, a full battalion of stardestroyers left for what is

projected to be Anchorhead, or a nearby System.

GENERAL:

And no word from Whitsun. He should have reported by now. Captain Prue!

An older, academic looking aide, steps forward.

PRUE:

Sir!

GENERAL:

What do you make of this?

PRUE:

A battalion is invasion force...but the Empire controls that entire part of

the galaxy....A revolution, maybe. At any rate, they're going in the wrong

direction to be any trouble for us.

The general ponders this for a few moments, then speaks almost to himself.

GENERAL:

I don't know... It doesn't feel good.

MONTROSS:

Sir?

GENERAL:

Put 'em on alert.

A loud uproar is heard on the far side of the war room. Everyone turns to see

a foreign dressed warrior pushing his way past several guards and war-room

bureaucrats. The warrior, with his long hair tied in an odd bun on the top of

his head, is Kane Starkiller. He is followed by his son, Annikin, who rudely

pushes the pesky bureaucrats out of the way.

BUREAUCRATS:

It's restricted. You'll have to wait...(etc.)

KANE:

Get out of my way, boy, before I grind you into the surface...(etc.)

As the dauntless Starkiller approaches the general, the guards stop in

bewilderment as General Skywalker rushes up to the warrior and embraces him.

The two Jedi warriors laugh jubilantly and slap one another, as the aides and

bureaucrats look on in amazement.

GENERAL:

Kane Starkiller - you old muscle-rat! What a sight! We heard that you had

been executed.

KANE:

So the Empire would like to believe. I've been in the Kessil System. You

remember little Annikin.

Kane puts his arms around his son, who has been making eyes at one of the cute

young female aides. He bows before the General.

GENERAL:

He takes after his mother! (They laugh) It's so good to see you.

KANE:

It's wonderful to be with another Jedi again. There are so few of us left.

The cute aide goes back to her duties, flirting with Annikin as she passes.

The young warrior pinches her on the ass, which startles her, but she goes on

like nothing happened.

GENERAL:

What a sight!

The two Jedi stand looking at one another, hardly believing the other is real.

Finally, the general realizes his aides are standing around, gawking at the

duo.

GENERAL (to the aids)

Wake up, gentlemen. You're on alert. Keep me posted on that battalion.

17. CONTROL STATION - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - AQUILAE

The general, Starkiller, and his son enter a small glass enclosed control

office. They sit, and an awkward silence passes as each man waits for the

other to speak.

KANE:

I've come for your help.

GENERAL:

Anything you ask. You're a Jedi brother. We're one.

KANE:

My friend, we've been through much together...I've been through much since we

parted. I've lost much... The Empire has chased us half way across the

galaxy... There is no refuge. One day they will come here... Take my son as

your Padawan Learner. He would be a Jedi. I've trained him from birth. He's

reached the fifth stage. He fought in the Kessilian civil wars and commanded

a Hubble expedition to the Cone Systems. He's a good boy, Luke, and one hell

of a fighter.

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