The Star Wars : Rough Draft The Star Wars : Rough Draft was written as a full rough draft by George Lucas in May 1974 . The script was begun in the winter of 1973 as an expansion of the original " " . After being somewhat revised into " " , it was considerably rewritten into the " " ( the second draft ) over the summer and winter of 1974 . From 2013 to 2014 , Dark Horse Comics adapted the script as " The Star Wars " . Synopsis . The Jedi Kane Starkiller and his two sons , Deak and Annikin Starkiller live on the Fourth Moon of Utapau . Their seclusion from the forces of the Galactic Empire is interrupted by the arrival of a Sith flying a Banta Four starfighter . The Jedi and his sons go to investigate , but the Sith gets a jump on them , killing Deak with a single blow . Their foe is no match , however , for a Jedi Master , and Kane avenges his apprentice . It is clear that the exiles must flee the Kissel system and they leave for their homeworld of Aquilae . Aquilae , a planet not yet controlled by the Empire , is ruled by the wise King Kayos and Queen Breha . Unfortunately , even as the Jedi arrive in system , the Galactic Emperor , Cos Dashit , plots with his advisors to annex it , one of the last of the Independent Systems . Spies on Alderaan , the gas giant capital of the Empire , leave to bring news of this to Aquilae ' s leadership . Meanwhile , Kane and his sons arrive at Aquilae and contact the royal government at their Underground Fortress . Kane reunites with a fellow Jedi , Luke Skywalker , now a General in the Aquilaean military . Kane reveals to his friend the extent of his cybernetic replacements - - only his head and arm remain flesh . Because of this , he believes that he cannot adequately train his remaining son , and asks Skywalker to train him as a padawaan learner . Not long after princess Leia , Kayos ' s daughter , leaves for Yuell to study at the Chatos Academy , a huge space fortress enters the Aquilaean system . The king leaves for Amsel to meet with his Senate and determine whether to go to war with the Empire . Kane goes to Gordon , a seedy starport , to meet with his friend Han Solo , a Ureallian . When the wounded Clieg Whitsun , one of the spies from Alderaan , arrives to warn the Aquilaeans of the Empire ' s plans of conquest , a decision is quickly made to resist . Annikin is sent to the Academy to secure the princess . The fortress is assaulted and damaged , and two droids aboard , C - 3PO and R2 - D2 prematurely evacuate , landing their lifepod in the Jundland Wastes . It transpires that the real reason for the invasion is the Aquilaean facility with genetics and biology , including cloning . Hoedaack tells Darth Vader that it is crucial to capture one of the royal family in order to control the planet , since its people have been ruled by them for 10 , 000 years . Without a puppet ruler , he explains , the Empire would get no cooperation stealing the biotic secrets of Aquilae . Simultaneously , King Kayos is killed by an Imperial ambush and the Senate of Aquilae sues for peace . The two droids encounter Annikin and Leia returning from the Academy in the desert . They regroup at a hidden entrance to the royal fortress and the Queen decides to send for help from the Ophuchi system . Luke , Annikin , and the royal children , including Leia ' s younger brothers Biggs and Windy , disguise themselves and leave for Gordon . At Gordon , the heroes are embroiled in a fracas in a cantina . Outside the cantina , they encounter Han Solo , and in the slums , Kane . It is decided to that to leave Aquilae they will have to escape on a Baltarian freighter , but a power source is needed for the microcase s that will hold the young princes in hibernation to avoid detection . Kane sacrifices one from his own mechanical chest , giving up his life . The freighter , however , is a trap . The captain is none other than Valorum , one of the Sith Knights . The heroes are subdued and taken prisoner , and they are thrown into a cell . This proves as only a minor setback , as they succeed in overpowering their guards , leaving the ship and taking an Imperial starship . They take off , but are pursued by Imperial craft . The ship eludes the enemy by entering an asteroid field , and passing through into one of the Forbidden Systems . Unfortunately , their ship is critically damaged . Everyone climbs into life pods and they eject the wreck . The pods fall into the jungle planet of Yavin , home of the Wookees . Artwo and Annikin set out from their pod , looking for the others . They find a group of Yourellian trappers trying to capture Wookees . The trappers are routed , and one of the Wookees , Chewbacca , carries Annikin , who has been wounded in the fight , to his tribe ' s settlement . Artwo follows . As this is going on , everyone but Leia has gathered at the home of two anthropologists named Owen and Beru Lars . Meanwhile , after fighting Jommillia , Annikin is accepted by the tribe . Han and Skywalker take jetstick s and locate Annikin , Artwo and the Wookees . Because Han is able to speak the Wookee language , the heroes learn that Leia is imprisoned at the Mavassi outpost , an Imperial camp . Han , Skywalker , Annikin and the Wookees attack the Imperial base , but find that Leia has already been sent to Aquilae . A group of Imperial troops find Biggs and Windy , but are defeated . Annikin and Artwo fly an Imperial ship to the fortress , and Artwo accesses the computer . They find the location of the princess ' s cell . Annikin disables a stormtrooper and takes his armor . He is trapped by Imperial troops , and gassed into unconsciousness , and Vader ordered Valorum to execute him . Simultaneously , Skywalker commands a group of fighters piloted by Wookees , and the nine vessels head toward the fortress . Valorum has a last minute change of heart . He cannot kill his prisoner , and releases him . Together they find the princess and let her out of her cell . The power fails as a barrage of hits from the Wookees damages the space station . The heroes , including Valorum , boarded life pods and escape as it explodes . The new Queen of Aquilae , Leia , rewards the heroes in the Palace of Lite . The droids are upgraded to class A - 4 , and Annikin is appointed Lord Protector of Aquilae .