From: ss@realsoon (Scott N Streeter)
Subject: The Script (4/7)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 18:17:23 GMT




LUKE: You'll get it!

HAN: I better!

LUKE: You will...

HAN: All right, kid. But you'd better be right about this.

           Han looks at Chewie, who grunts a short grunt.

LUKE: All right.

HAN: What's your plan?

LUKE: Uh...Threepio, hand me those binders there will you?

           Luke moves toward Chewbacca with electronic cuffs.

LUKE: Okay. Now, I'm going to put these on you.

           Chewie lets out a hideous growl.

LUKE: Okay. Han, you put these on.

           Luke sheepishly hands the binders to Han.

HAN: Don't worry, Chewie. I think I know what he has in mind.

           The Wookiee has a worried and frightened look on his face
        as Han binds him with the electronic cuffs.

THREEPIO: Master Luke, sir! Pardon me for asking...but, ah...what
should Artoo and I do if we're discovered here?

LUKE: Lock the door!

HAN: And hope they don't have blasters.

THREEPIO: That isn't very reassuring.

           Luke and Han put on their armored stormtrooper helmets and
        start off into the giant Imperial Death Star.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- DETENTION AREA -- ELEVATOR TUBE.

        Han and Luke try to look inconspicuous in their armored suits
        as they wait for a vacuum elevator to arrive. Troops,
        bureaucrats, and robots bustle about, ignoring the trio
        completely. Only a few give the giant Wookiee a curious
        glance.
           Finally a small elevator arrives and the trio enters.

LUKE: I can't see a thing in this helmet.

        A bureaucrat races to get aboard also, but is signaled away by
        Han. The door to the pod-like vehicle slides closed and the
        elevator car takes off through a vacuum tube.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN HALLWAY.

        Several Imperial officers walk through the wide main
        passageway. They pass several stormtroopers and a robot
        similar to Threepio but with an insect face. At the far end of
        the hallway, a passing flash of Ben Kenobi appears, then
        disappears down a small hallway. His appearance is so fleeting
        that it is hard to tell if he is real or just an illusion. No
        one in the hallway seems to notice him.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- INTERIOR ELEVATOR -- DETENTION SECURITY AREA.

        Luke and Han step forward to exit the elevator, but the door
        slides open behind them. The giant Wookiee and his two guards
        enter the old grey security station. Guards and laser gates
        are everywhere. Han whispers to Luke under his breath.

HAN: This is not going to work.

LUKE: Why didn't you say so before?

HAN: I did say so before!

INTERIOR: DETENTION AREA.

        Elevator doors open. A tall, grim looking Officer approaches
        the trio.

OFFICER: Where are you taking this...thing?

           Chewie growls a bit at the remark but Han nudges him to
        shut up.

LUKE: Prisoner transfer from Block one-one-three-eight.

OFFICER: I wasn't notified. I'll have to clear it.

           The officer goes back to his console and begins to punch in
        the information. There are only three other troopers in the
        area. Luke and Han survey the situation, checking all of the
        alarms, laser gates, and camera eyes. Han unfastens one of
        Chewbacca's electronic cuffs and shrugs to Luke.
           Suddenly Chewbacca throws up his hands and lets out with
        one of his ear-piercing howls. He grabs Han's laser rifle.

HAN: Look out! He's loose!

LUKE: He's going to pull us all apart.

HAN: Go get him!

           The startled guards are momentarily dumbfounded. Luke and
        Han have already pulled out their laser pistols and are
        blasting away at the terrifying Wookiee. Their barrage of
        laserfire misses Chewbacca, but hits the camera eyes, laser
        gate controls, and the Imperial guards. The officer is the
        last of the guards to fall under the laserfire just as he is
        about to push the alarm system. Han rushes to the comlink
        system, which is screeching questions about what is going on.
        He quickly checks the computer readout.

HAN: We've got to find out which cell this princess of yours is in.
Here it is...cell twenty-one-eight-seven. You go get her. I'll hold
them here.

        Luke races down one of the cell corridors. Han speaks into the
        buzzing comlink.

HAN: (sounding official) Everything is under control. Situation
normal.

INTERCOM VOICE: What happened?

HAN: (getting nervous) Uh...had a slight weapons malfunction. But, uh,
everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here,
now, thank you. How are you?

INTERCOM VOICE: We're sending a squad up.

HAN: Uh, uh, negative. We had a reactor leak here now. Give us a few
minutes to lock it down. Large leak...very dangerous.

INTERCOM VOICE: Who is this? What's your operating number?

           Han blasts the comlink and it explodes.

HAN: Boring conversation anyway. (yelling down the hall) Luke! We're
going to have company!

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- CELL ROW.

        Luke stops in front of one of the cells and blasts the door
        away with a laser pistol. When the smoke clears, Luke sees the
        dazzling young princess-senator. She had been sleeping and is
        now looking at him with an uncomprehending look on her face.
        Luke is stunned by her incredible beauty and stands staring at
        her with his mouth hanging open.

LEIA: (finally) Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper?

           Luke takes off his helmet, coming out of it.

LUKE: What? Oh...the uniform. I'm Luke Skywalker. I'm here to rescue
you. 

LEIA: You're who?

LUKE: I'm here to rescue you. I've got your R2 unit. I'm here with Ben
Kenobi.

LEIA: Ben Kenobi is here! Where is he?

LUKE: Come on!

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- CONFERENCE ROOM.

        Darth Vader paces the room as Governor Tarkin sits at the far
        end of the conference table.

VADER: He is here...

TARKIN: Obi-Wan Kenobi! What makes you think so?

VADER: A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the
presence of my old master.

TARKIN: Surely he must be dead by now.

VADER: Don't underestimate the power of the Force.

TARKIN: The Jedi are extinct, their fire has gone out of the universe.
You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion.

           There is a quiet buzz on the comlink.

TARKIN: Yes.

INTERCOM VOICE: Governor Tarkin, we have an emergency alert in
detention block A A-twenty-three.

TARKIN: The princess! Put all sections on alert!

VADER: Obi-Wan is here. The Force is with him.

TARKIN: If you're right, he must not be allowed to escape.

VADER: Escape is not his plan. I must face him alone.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- DETENTION AREA -- HALLWAY.

        An ominous buzzing sound is heard on the other side of the
        elevator door.

HAN: Chewie!

        Chewbacca responds with a growling noise.

HAN: Get behind me! Get behind me!

           A series of explosions knock a hole in the elevator door
        through which several Imperial troops begin to emerge.
           Han and Chewie fire laser pistols at them through the smoke
        and flame. They turn and run down the cell hallway, meeting up
        with Luke and Leia rushing toward them.

HAN: Can't get out that way.

LEIA: Looks like you managed to cut off our only escape route.

HAN: (sarcastically) Maybe you'd like it back in your cell, Your
Highness.

           Luke takes a small comlink transmitter from his belt as
        they continue to exchange fire with stormtroopers making their
        way down the corridor.

LUKE: See-Threepio! See-Threepio!

THREEPIO: (over comlink) Yes sir?

LUKE: We've been cut off! Are there any other ways out of the cell
bay?...What was that? I didn't copy!

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN BAY GANTRY -- CONTROL TOWER.

        Threepio paces the control center as little Artoo beeps and
        whistles a blue streak. Threepio yells into the small comlink
        transmitter.

THREEPIO: I said, all systems have been alerted to your presence, sir.
The main entrance seems to be the only way in or out; all other
information on your level is restricted.

           Someone begins banging on the door.

TROOPER VOICE: Open up in there!

THREEPIO: Oh, no!

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- DETENTION CORRIDOR.

        Luke and Leia crouch together in an alcove for protection as
        they continue to exchange fire with troops. Han and Chewbacca
        are barely able to keep the stormtroopers at bay at the far
        and of the hallway. The laserfire is very intense, and smoke
        fills the narrow cell corridor.

LUKE: There isn't any other way out.

HAN: I can't hold them off forever! Now what?

LEIA: This is some rescue. When you came in here, didn't you have a
plan for getting out?

HAN: (pointing to Luke) He's the brains, sweetheart.

           Luke manages a sheepish grin and shrugs his shoulders.

LUKE: Well, I didn't...

           The princess grabs Luke's gun and fires at a small grate in
        the wall next to Han, almost frying him.

HAN: What the hell are you doing?

LEIA: Somebody has to save our skins. Into the garbage chute, wise
guy.

           She jumps through the narrow opening as Han and Chewbacca
        look on in amazement. Chewbacca sniffs the garbage chute and
        says something.

HAN: Get in there you big furry oaf! I don't care what you smell! Get
in there and don't worry about it.

           Han gives him a kick and the Wookiee disappears into the
        tiny opening. Luke and Han continue firing as they work their
        way toward the opening.

HAN: Wonderful girl! Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to
like her. Get in there!

           Luke ducks laserfire as he jumps into the darkness. Han
        fires off a couple of quick blasts creating a smokey cover,
        then slides into the chute himself and is gone.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- GARBAGE ROOM.

        Han tumbles into the large room filled with garbage and muck.
        Luke is already stumbling around looking for an exit. He finds
        a small hatchway and struggles to get it open. It won't budge.

HAN: (sarcastically) Oh! The garbage chute was a really wonderful
idea. What an incredible smell you've discovered! Let's get out of
here! Get away from there...

LUKE: No! wait!

           Han draws his laser pistol and fires at the hatch. The
        laserbolt ricochets wildly around the small metal room.
        Everyone dives for cover in the garbage as the bolt explodes
        almost on top of them. Leia climbs out of the garbage with a
        rather grim look on her face.

LUKE: Will you forget it? I already tried it. It's magnetically
sealed!

LEIA: Put that thing away! You're going to get us all killed.

HAN: Absolutely, Your Worship. Look, I had everything under control
until you led us down here. You know, it's not going to take them long
to figure out what happened to us.

LEIA: It could be worst...

           A loud, horrible, inhuman moan works its way up from the
        murky depths. Chewbacca lets out a terrified howl and begins
        to back away. Han and Luke stand fast with their laser pistols
        drawn. The Wookiee is cowering near one of the walls.

HAN: It's worst.

LUKE: There's something alive in here!

HAN: That's your imagination.

LUKE: Something just moves past my leg! Look! Did you see that?

HAN: What?

LUKE: Help!

           Suddenly Luke is yanked under the garbage.

HAN: Luke! Luke! Luke!

           Solo tries to get to Luke. Luke surfaces with a gasp of air
        and thrashing of limbs. A membrane tentacle is wrapped around
        his throat.

LEIA: Luke!

           Leia extends a long pipe toward him.

LEIA: Luke, Luke, grab a hold of this.

LUKE: Blast it, will you! My gun's jammed.

HAN: Where?

LUKE: Anywhere! Oh!!

           Solo fires his gun downward. Luke is pulled back into the
        muck by the slimy tentacle.

HAN: Luke! Luke!

           Suddenly the walls of the garbage receptacle shudder and
        move in a couple of inches. Then everything is deathly quiet.
        Han and Leia give each other a worried look as Chewbacca howls
        in the corner. With a rush of bubbles and muck Luke suddenly
        bobs to the surface.

LEIA: Grab him!

           Luke seems to be released by the thing.

LEIA: What happened?

LUKE: I don't know, it just let go of me and disappeared...

HAN: I've got a very bad feeling about this.

           Before anyone can say anything the walls begin to rumble
        and edge toward the Rebels.

LUKE: The walls are moving!

LEIA: Don't just stand there. Try to brace it with something.

           They place poles and long metal beams between the closing
        walls, but they are simply snapped and bent as the giant
        trashmasher rumbles on. The situation doesn't look too good.

LUKE: Wait a minute!

           Luke pulls out his comlink.

LUKE: Threepio! Come in Threepio! Threepio! Where could he be?

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN GANTRY -- COMMAND OFFICE.

        A soft buzzer and the muted voice of Luke calling out for
        See-Threepio can be heard on Threepio's hand comlink, which is
        sitting on the deserted computer console. Artoo and Threepio
        are nowhere in sight. Suddenly there is a great explosion and
        the door of the control tower flies across the floor. Four
        armed stormtroopers enter the chamber.

FIRST TROOPER: Take over! (pointing to the dead officer) See to him!
Look there!

           A trooper pushes a button and the supply cabinet door
        slides open. See-Threepio and Artoo-Detoo are inside. Artoo
        follows his bronze companion out into the office.

THREEPIO: They're madmen! They're heading for the prison level. If you
hurry, you might catch them.

FIRST OFFICER: (to his troops) Follow me! You stand guard.

           The troops hustle off down the hallway, leaving a guard to
        watch over the command office.

THREEPIO: (to Artoo) Come on!

           The guard aims a blaster at them.

THREEPIO: Oh! All this excitement has overrun the circuits of my
counterpart here. If you don't mind, I'd like to take him down to
maintenance.

TROOPER: All right.

           The guard nods and Threepio, with little Artoo in tow,
        hurries out the door.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- GARBAGE ROOM.

        As the walls rumble closed, the room gets smaller and smaller.
Chewie is whining and trying to hold a wall back with his giant paws.
Han is leaning back against the other wall. Garbage is snapping and
popping. Luke is trying to reach Threepio.

LUKE: Threepio! Come in, Threepio! Threepio!

           Han and Leia try to brace the contracting walls with a
        pole. Leia begins to sink into the trash.

HAN: Get to the top!

LEIA: I can't 

LUKE: Where could he be? Threepio! Threepio, will you come in?

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.

THREEPIO: They aren't here! Something must have happened to them. See
if they've been captured.

           Little Artoo carefully plugs his claw arm into a new wall
        socket and a complex array of electronic sounds spew from the
        tiny robot.

THREEPIO: Hurry!

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- GARBAGE ROOM.

        The walls are only feet apart. Leia and Han are braced against
        the walls. The princess is frightened. They look at each
        other. Leia reaches out and takes Han's hand and she holds it
        tightly. She's terrified and suddenly groans as she feels the
        first crushing pressure against her body.

HAN: One thing's for sure. We're all going to be a lot thinner! (to
Leia) Get on top of it!

LEIA: I'm trying!

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.

THREEPIO: (to Artoo) Thank goodness, they haven't found them! Where
could they be?
        
           Artoo frantically beeps something to See-Threepio.

THREEPIO: Use the comlink? Oh, my! I forgot I turned it off!

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- GARBAGE ROOM.

        Meanwhile, Luke is lying on his side, trying to keep his head
        above the rising ooze. Luke's comlink begins to buzz and he
        rips it off his belt.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.

        Muffled sounds of Luke's voice over the comlink can be heard,
        but not distinctly.

THREEPIO: Are you there, sir?

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- GARBAGE ROOM.

LUKE: Threepio!

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.

THREEPIO: We've had some problems...

LUKE: (over comlink) Will you shut up and listen to me? Shut down all
garbage mashers on the detention level, will you? Do you copy?

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- GARBAGE ROOM.

LUKE: Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.

LUKE: (over comlink) Shut down all the garbage mashers on the
detention level.

THREEPIO: (to Artoo) No. Shut them all down! Hurry!

           Threepio holds his head in agony as he hears the incredible
        screaming and hollering from Luke's comlink.

THREEPIO: Listen to them! They're dying, Artoo! Curse my metal body! I
wasn't fast enough. It's all my fault! My poor master!

LUKE: (over comlink) Threepio, we're all right!

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- GARBAGE ROOM.

        The screaming and hollering is the sound of joyous relief. The
        walls have stopped moving. Han, Chewie and Leia embrace in the
        background.

LUKE: We're all right. You did great.

           Luke moves to the pressure sensitive hatch, looking for a
        number.

LUKE: Hey...hey, open the pressure maintenance hatch on unit number...
where are we?

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN FORWARD BAY -- SERVICE PANEL.

HAN: (over comlink) Three-two-six-eight-two-seven.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- TRACTOR BEAM -- POWER GENERATOR TRENCH.

        Ben enters a humming service trench that powers the huge
        tractor beam. The trench seems to be a hundred miles deep. The
        clacking sound of huge switching devices can be heard. The old
        Jedi edges his his way along a narrow ledge leading to a
        control panel that connects two large cables. He carefully
        makes several adjustments in the computer terminal, and
        several lights on the board go from red to blue.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- UNUSED HALLWAY.

        The group exits the garbage room into a dusty, unused hallway.
        Han and Luke remove the trooper suits and strap on the blaster
        belts.

HAN: If we can just avoid any more female advice, we ought to be able
to get out of here.

           Luke smiles and scratches his head as he takes a blaster
        from Solo.

LUKE: Well, let's get moving!

           Chewie begins growling and points to the hatch to the
        garbage room, as he runs away and then stops howling.

HAN: (to Chewie) Where are you going?

           The Dia Nogu bangs against the hatch and a long, slimy
        tentacle works its way out of the doorway searching for a
        victim. Han aims his pistol.

LEIA: No, wait. They'll hear!

           Han fires at the doorway. The noise of the blast echoes
        relentlessly throughout the empty passageway. Luke simply
        shakes his head in disgust.

HAN: (to Chewie) Come here, you big coward!

           Chewie shakes his head "no."

HAN: Chewie! Come here!

LEIA: Listen. I don't know who you are, or where you came from, but
from now on, you do as I tell you. Okay?

           Han is stunned at the command of the petite young girl.

HAN: Look, Your Worshipfulness, let's get one thing straight! I take
orders from one person! Me!

LEIA: It's a wonder you're still alive. (looking at Chewie) Will
somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?

           Han watches her start away. He looks at Luke.

HAN: No reward is worth this.

           They follow her, moving swiftly down the deserted corridor.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- POWER TRENCH.

        Suddenly a door behind Ben slides open and a detachment of
        stormtroopers marches to the power trench. Ben instantly slips
        into the shadows as an Officer moves to within a few feet of
        him.

OFFICER: Secure this area until the alert is canceled.

FIRST TROOPER: Give me regular reports.

           All but two of the stormtroopers leave.

FIRST TROOPER: Do you know what's going on?

SECOND TROOPER: Maybe it's another drill.

           Ben moves around the tractor beam, watching the
        stormtroopers as they turn their backs to him. Ben gestures
        with his hand toward them, as the troops think they hear
        something in the other hallway. With the help of the Force,
        Ben deftly slips past the troopers and into the main hallway.

SECOND TROOPER: What was that?

FIRST TROOPER: Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry about it.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- HALLWAY.

        Luke, Han, Chewbacca, and Leia run down an empty hallway and
        stop before a bay window overlooking the pirateship. Troopers
        are milling about the ship. Luke takes out his pocket comlink.

HAN: (looking at his ship) There she is.

LUKE: See-Threepio, do you copy?

THREEPIO: (voice) For the moment. Uh, we're in the main hangar across
from the ship.

LUKE: We're right above you. Stand by.

           Han is watching the dozen or so troops moving in and out of
        the pirateship. Leia moves towards Han, touches his arm and
        points out the window to the ship.

LEIA: You came in that thing? You're braver that I thought.

HAN: Nice! Come on!

           Han gives her a dirty look, and they start off down the
        hallway. They round a corner and run right into twenty
        Imperial stormtroopers heading toward them. Both groups are
        taken by surprise and stop in their tracks.

FIRST TROOPER: It's them! Blast them!

           Before even thinking, Han draws his laser pistol and
        charges the troops, firing. His blaster knocks one of the
        stormtroopers into the air. Chewie follows his captain down
        the corridor, stepping over the fallen trooper on the floor.

HAN: (to Luke and Leia) Get back to the ship!

LUKE: Where are you going? Come back!

           Han has already rounded a corner and does not hear.

LEIA: He certainly has courage.

LUKE: What good will it do us if he gets himself killed? Come on!

           Luke is furious but doesn't have time to think about it for
        muted alarms begin to go off down on the hangar deck. Luke and
        Leia start off toward the starship hangar.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- SUBHALLWAY.

        Han chases the stormtroopers down a long subhallway. He is
        yelling and brandishing his laser pistol. The troops reach a
        dead end and are forced to turn and fight. Han stops a few
        feet from them and assumes a defensive position. The troops
        begin to raise their laser guns. Soon all ten troopers are
        moving into an attack position in front of the lone
        starpirate. Han's determined look begins to fade as the troops
        begin to advance. Solo jumps backward as they fire at him.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- SUBHALLWAY.

        Chewbacca runs down the subhallway in a last-ditch attempt to
        save his bold captain. Suddenly he hears the firing of laser
        guns and yelling. Around the corner shoots Han, pirate
        extraordinaire, running for his life, followed by a host of
        furious stormtroopers. Chewbacca turns and starts running the
        other way also.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- SUBHALLWAY.

        Luke fires his laser pistol wildly as he and Leia rush down a
        narrow subhallway, chased by several stormtroopers. They
        quickly reach the end of the subhallway and race through an
        open hatchway.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- CENTRAL CORE SHAFT.

        Luke and Leia race through the hatch onto a narrow bridge that
        spans a huge, deep shaft that seems to go into infinity. The
        bridge has been retracted into the wall of the shaft, and Luke
        almost rushes into the abyss. He loses his balance off the end
        of the bridge as Leia, behind him, takes hold of his arm and
        pulls him back.

LUKE: (gasping) I think we took a wrong turn.

           Blasts from the stormtroopers' laser guns explode nearby
        reminding them of the oncoming danger. Luke fires back at the
        advancing troops. Leia reaches over and hits a switch that
        pops the hatch door shut with a resounding boom, leaving them
        precariously perched on a short piece of bridge overhang.
        Laserfire from the troopers continues to hit the steel door.

LEIA: There's no lock!

           Luke blasts the controls with his laser pistol.

LUKE: That oughta hold it for a while.

LEIA: Quick, we've got to get across. Find the control that extends
the bridge.

LUKE: Oh, I think I just blasted it.

           Luke looks at the blasted bridge control while the
        stormtroopers on the opposite side of the door begin making
        ominous drilling and pounding sounds.

LEIA: They're coming through!

           Luke notices something on his stormtrooper belt, when
        laserfire hits the wall behind him. Luke aims his laser pistol
        at a stormtrooper perched on a higher bridge overhang across
        the abyss from them. They exchange fire. Two more troops
        appear on another overhang, also firing. A trooper is hit, and
        grabs at his chest.
           Another trooper standing on the bridge overhang is hit by
        Luke's laserfire, and plummets down the shaft. Troopers move
        back off the bridge; Luke hands the gun to Leia.

LUKE: Here, hold this.

           Luke pulls a thin nylon cable from his trooper utility
        belt. It has a grappler hook on it. A trooper appears on a
        bridge overhang and fires at Luke and Leia. As Luke works with
        the rope, Leia returns the laser volley. Another trooper
        appears and fires at them, as Leia returns his fire as well.
        Suddenly, the hatch door begins to open, revealing the feet of
        more troops.

LEIA: Here they come!

           Leia hits one of the stormtroopers on the bridge above, and
        he falls into the abyss. Luke tosses the rope across the gorge
        and it wraps itself around an outcropping of pipes. He tugs on
        the rope to make sure it is secure, then grabs the princess in
        his arms. Leia looks at Luke, then kisses him quickly on the
        lips. Luke is very surprised.

LEIA: For luck!

           Luke pushes off and they swing across the treacherous abyss
        to the corresponding hatchway on the opposite side. Just as
        Luke and Leia reach the far side of the canyon, the
        stormtroopers break through the hatch and begin to fire at
        the escaping duo. Luke returns the fire before ducking into
        the tiny subhallway.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- NARROW PASSAGEWAY.

        Ben hides in the shadows of the narrow passageway as several
        stormtroopers rush past him in the main hallway. He checks to
        make sure they're gone, then runs down the hallway in the
        opposite direction. Darth Vader appears at the far end of the
        hallway and starts after the old Jedi.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN FORWARD BAY.

        Threepio looks around at the troops milling about the
        pirateship entry ramp.

THREEPIO: Where could they be?

           Artoo, plugged into the computer socket, turns his dome
        left and right, beeping a response.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- CORRIDOR -- BLAST SHIELDS DOOR.

        Han and Chewbacca run down a long corridor with several
        troopers hot on their trail.

TROOPER: Close the blast doors!

           At the end of the hallway, blast doors begin to close in
        front of them. The young starpilot and his furry companion
        race past the huge doors just as they are closing, and manage
        to get off a couple off laserblasts at the pursuing troops
        before the doors slam shut.

TROOPER: Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors!

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- HALLWAY LEADING TO MAIN FORWARD BAY.

        Ben hurries along one of the tunnels leading to the hangar
        where the pirateship waits. Just before he reaches the hangar,
        Darth Vader steps into view at the end of the tunnel, not ten
        feet away. Vader lights his saber. Ben also ignites his and
        steps slowly forward.

VADER: I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The
circle is now complete.

           Ben Kenobi moves with elegant ease into a classical
        offensive position. The fearsome Dark Knight takes a defensive
        stance.

VADER: When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master.

BEN: Only a master of evil, Darth.

           The two Galactic warriors stand perfectly still for a few
        moments, sizing each other up and waiting for the right
        moment. Ben seems to be under increasing pressure and strain,
        as if an invisible weight were being placed upon him. He
        shakes his head and, blinking, tries to clear his eyes. 
           Ben makes a sudden lunge at the huge warrior but is checked
        by a lightning movement of The Sith. A masterful slash stroke
        by Vader is blocked by the old Jedi. Another of the Jedi's
        blows is blocked, then countered. Ben moves around the Dark
        Lord and starts backing into the massive starship hangar. The
        two powerful warriors stand motionless for a few moments with
        laser swords locked in mid-air, creating a low buzzing sound.

VADER: Your powers are weak, old man.

BEN: You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more
powerful than you can possibly imagine.

           Their lightsabers continue to meet in combat.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN FORWARD BAY.

        Han Solo and Chewbacca, their weapons in hand, lean back
        against the wall surveying the forward bay, watching the
        Imperial stormtroopers make their rounds of the hangar.

HAN: Didn't we just leave this party?

           Chewbacca growls a reply, as Luke and the princess join
        them.

HAN: What kept you?

LEIA: We ran into some old friends.

LUKE: Is the ship all right?

HAN: Seems okay, if we can get to it. Just hope the old man got the
tractor beam out of commission.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- HALLWAY.

        Vader and Ben Kenobi continue their powerful duel. As they hit
        their lightsabers together, lightning flashes on impact.
        Troopers look on in interest as the old Jedi and Dark Lord of
        The Sith fight. Suddenly Luke spots the battle from his
        group's vantage point.

LUKE: Look!

           Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie look up and see Ben and Vader
        emerging from the hallways on the far side of the docking bay.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- DOCKING BAY.

        Threepio and Artoo-Detoo are in the center of the Death Star's
        Imperial docking bay.

THREEPIO: Come on, Artoo, we're going!

           Threepio ducks out of sight as the seven stormtroopers who
        were guarding the starship rush past them heading towards Ben
        and The Sith Knight. He pulls on Artoo.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- HALLWAY.

        Solo, Chewie, Luke, and Leia tensely watch the duel. The
        troops rush toward the battling knights.

HAN: Now's our chance! Go!

        They start for the Millennium Falcon. Ben sees the troops
        charging toward him and realizes that he is trapped. Vader
        takes advantage of Ben's momentary distraction and brings his
        mighty lightsaber down on the old man. Ben manages to deflect
        the blow and swiftly turns around.
           The old Jedi Knight looks over his shoulder at Luke, lifts
        his sword from Vader's then watches his opponent with a serene
        look on his face.
           Vader brings his sword down, cutting old Ben in half. Ben's
        cloak falls to the floor in two parts, but Ben is not in it.
        Vader is puzzled at Ben's disappearance and pokes at the empty
        cloak. As the guards are distracted, the adventurers and the
        robots reach the starship. Luke sees Ben cut in two and starts
        for him. Aghast, he yells out.

LUKE: No!

           The stormtroopers turn toward Luke and begin firing at him.
        The robots are already moving up the ramp into the Millennium
        Falcon, while Luke, transfixed by anger and awe, returns their
        fire. Solo joins in the laserfire. Vader looks up and advances
        toward them, as one of his troopers is struck down.

HAN: (to Luke) Come on!

LEIA: Come on! Luke, its too late!

HAN: Blast the door! Kid!

           Luke fires his pistol at the door control panel, and it
        explodes. The door begins to slide shut. Three troopers charge
        forward firing laser bolts, as the door slides to a close
        behind them, shutting Vader and the other troops out of the
        docking bay. A stormtrooper lies dead at the feet of his
        onrushing compatriots. Luke starts for the advancing troops,
        as Solo and Leia move up the ramp into the pirateship. He
        fires, hitting a stormtrooper, who crumbles to the floor.

BEN'S VOICE: Run, Luke! Run!

           Luke looks around to see where the voice came from. He
        turns toward the pirateship, ducking Imperial gunfire from the
        troopers and races into the ship.

INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT.

        Han pulls back on the controls and the ship begins to move. The
        dull thud of laser bolts bouncing off the outside of the ship
        as Chewie adjusts his controls.

HAN: I hope the old man got that tractor beam out if commission, or
this is going to be a real short trip. Okay, hit it!

           Chewbacca growls in agreement.

EXTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON.

        The Millennium Falcon powers away from the Death Star docking
        bay, makes a spectacular turn and disappears into the vastness
        of space.

INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- CENTRAL HOLD AREA.

        Luke, saddened by the loss of Obi-Wan Kenobi, stares off
        blankly as the robots look on. Leia puts a blanket around him
        protectively, and Luke turns and looks up at her. She sits
        down beside him.

INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT.

        Solo spots approaching enemy ships.

HAN: (to Chewie) We're coming up on the sentry ships. Hold 'em off!
Angle the deflector shields while I charge up the main guns!

INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- CENTRAL HOLD AREA.

        Luke looks downward sadly, shaking his head back and forth, as
        the princess smiles comfortingly at him.

LUKE: I can't believe he's gone.

-- 
                        Scott Streeter
                        ss@wpi.wpi.edu