Star Wars: One Line at a Time

[Padme18]

Han: We're coming up on there sentry ships. Hold them off. Try and angle the deflector shield while I charge up the main guns.

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

Leia: There wasn't anything you could do.

Han: Come on buddy, we're not out of this yet

Han: Ok stay sharp.

Leia: Here they come.

Luke: They're coming in too fast

Leia: We lost lateral controls

Han: Don't worry she'll hold together. Come on baby hold together.

Han: (gets one) ah ha!

Luke: I got him!

Han: Great kid don't get cocky!

Leia: There's still two more of them out there.

Luke: That's it we did it.

Leia: We did it!

3PO: Help I think I'm melting. This is all your fault.

Tarkin: Did they get away?

Vader: the ship has just made the jump to lightspeed.

Tarkin: Are you sure the homing beacon is secure on their ship. I'm taking an awful risk here Vader. This had better work.  

[Padme18]

Han: Not a bad bit of rescuing if I say so myself. You know sometimes I even amaze myself.

Leia: That doesn't sound to hard. They let us go. its the only explanation for the ease of our escape.

Han: Easy! You call that easy.

Leia: There tracking us.

Han: Not this ship sister.

Leia: At least the info in R2 is intact.

Han: What's so important what's he carrying?

Leia: The technical readouts of that battle station. I only hope when the data's analyzed a weakness can be found. It's not over yet.

Han: It is for me sister. I'm not in this for your revolution and I'm not int it for you, I expect to be well paid, I'm in it for the money.

Leia: You needn't worry about your reward. If money is all that you love, that's what you'll recieve. Your friend is quite a mercenary. I wonder if he cares about anything or anyone.

Luke: I care. So What do you think of her.

Han: Trying not to kid. Still alot of spirit. You think a princess and I guy like me?

Luke: No.  

[Sol Walker]

Rbel officer:You're safe! We had feared the worst. When we heard about Alderaan, we were afraid that you were...
lost along with your father.
Leia: We don't have time for our sorrows, Commander. The battle
station has surely tracked us here (looking pointedly to Han). It's
the only explanation for the ease of our escape. You must use the
information in this R2 unit to plan the attack. It is our only hope.  

[Kaylilly]

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- CONTROL ROOM.

Grand Moff Tarkin and Lord Vader are interrupted in their
discussion by the buzz of the comlink. Tarkin moves to answer
the call.

TARKIN: Yes.

DEATH STAR INTERCOM VOICE: We are approaching the planet Yavin. The Rebel base is on a moon on the far side. We are preparing to orbit the planet.  

[elvisnake]

EXTERIOR: YAVIN -- JUNGLE.

A lone guard stands in a tower high above the Yavin landscape,
surveying the countryside. A mist hangs over the jungle of
twisted green.

INTERIOR: MASSASSI -- WAR ROOM BRIEFING AREA.

Dodonna stands before a large electronic wall display. Leia
and several other senators are to one side of the giant
readout. The low-ceilinged room is filled with starpilots,
navigators, and a sprinkling of R2-type robots. Everyone is
listening intently to what Dodonna is saying. Han and
Chewbacca are standing near the back.

DODONNA: The battle station is heavily shielded and carries a
firepower greater than half the star fleet. It's defenses are designed
around a direct large-scale assault. A small one-man fighter should be
able to penetrate the outer defense.  

[Nelowulf]

Chewy looks at Han, who dismisses the glance.

Rebel Pilot: What good are snubfighters going to be against that?

Dodonna: Well the Empire doesn't consider a small, one-manned fighter to pose much of a threat, or they'd have a tighter defense. An analysis of the plans provided by Princess Leia has demonstrated a weakness in the battlestation. The approach will not be easy. You will be required to maneuver straight down this trench to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. Its a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system. A precise hit will start a chain reaction, that should destroy the station. Only a precise hit will set up a chain reaction. The shaft is ray shielded, so you will have to use proton torpedoes.

False Wedge: That's impossible, even for a computer!

Luke: It's not impossible. I used to bulls-eye wamprats in my T-16 back home, and they're not much bigger than two meters.

Dodonna: Then man your ships, and may the Force be with you.

Everyone gets up and leaves.



Scene shifts to Yavin Orbit, in the Death Star.

Computer voice: Orbiting the planet velocity. The moon with the rebel base will be in range in thirty minutes.

Lord Vader: This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi, and soon it will see the end of the Rebellion.



Tarkin shifts his glance backward. Scene changes to the Hangar of the Manassasi Temple.

Intercom: All flight personel, man your stations. All flight personel, man your stations.

Luke sees Han packing up.

Luke: So, you got your reward and are just leaving then?

Han: That's right, yea. I got some old debts I got to pay off with this stuff. And if I didn't, you don't think I'd be fool enough to stick around here, do you? Why don't you come with us. You're pretty good in a fight, we could use you.

Luke: Come on Han. Why don't you take a look around. You know what's about to happen, what they're are up against. They need a good pilot like you, you're turning your back on them.

Han: What good is a reward if you're not around to use it? Plus, assaulting a battlestation isn't my idea of courage. Its more like... suicide.  

[Nelowulf]

Luke: All right. Take care of yourself. I guess its what you're best at, isn't it?

Luke begins to walk away.

Han: Hey... Luke....

Luke halts for a moment.

Han: May the Force be with you.

Luke doesn't respond, and continues on to his fighter. Chewy growls.

Han: What are you looking at? I know what I'm doing.

Camera shifts to X-wing.

Intercom: All Pilots to your stations. All pilots to your stations.

Camera shifts to Dodonna and Leia. Leia notices luke's concern.

Leia: What's wrong?

Luke: Oh, it's Han. I don't know. I really thought he'd change his mind.

Leia: He's got to make his own path. No one can choose it for him.

Luke: I just wish... Ben were here...

Leia gives a quick peck on the cheek to Luke. Luke continues on to his fighter, where R2 is being installed in the back. 3P0 watches on. Biggs comes up from elsewhere in the hangar.

Biggs: Hey Luke!

Luke: Biggs!

Biggs: I can't believe it! Hey, how are you?

Luke: I'll be right up there with you, and I've got stories to tell you.

Red leader walks by and interrupts.

Red Leader: Are you sure you can handle this ship?

Biggs: Luke's the best bush Pilot in the outer rim territories.

Red Leader: You'll do alright.

Luke: Thanks, sir, I'll try.

Red Leader Exunts. Pilots head towards their ships.

Biggs: I'll have to hear those stories when I get back, okay?

Luke: All right. Hey Biggs, I told you I'd make it someday.

Biggs: If I don't tell ya, you'll never stop asking.

Luke climbs into his ship. The techs look at R2.

Rebel Technitian: Hey! This R2 unit droid a little beat up. You want a new one?

Luke: Not on your life, pal. That little droid and I have been through a lot together. You okay, R2?

R2: beeps.

Luke: Good.

3P0: Hang on tight, R2. You've got to come back.

R2: Beeps.

3P0: You wouldn't want my life to get boring, would you?

R2 beeps again. Scene shifts to the crews finishing preparations on the fighters. Disconnecting the fuel lines as the X-wings and Y-wings take off.  

[Nelowulf]

Luke begins to exit the hangar.

Obi-wan's voice: Luke. The force will be with you.

The fighters exit the hangar, flying over the treetop canopy. Camera shifts to interior of temple, where Leia and Dodonna watch the progression of the Death Star and the Fighter's assault.

Intercom: Stand by alert. Estimated time to firing range in fifteen minutes.

Scene shifts to fighters closing in on the Death star. Final fallout begins.

Garven Dreis: All wings report in.

Theron Nett (intercom): Red ten standing by.

Elyhek Rue (intercom): Red seven standing by.

Biggs: Red three standing by.

Jet Porkins: Red six standing by.

Naytaan (intercom): Red nine standing by.

Wedge: Red two standing by.

Red 11 (intercom): Red 11 standing by.

Luke: Red five standing by.

Garvin Dreis: Lock s-foils in attack position.

Scene shows s-foils locking. Thoughout the squadron, Garvin's voice can be heard.

Garvin: We're passing through the magnetic field. Hold tight, put your deflectors on, double front.

Wedge: Look at the size of that thing!

Garvin: Cut the chatter, Red 2! Accelerate to attack speed!  

[elvisnake]

EXTERIOR: SPACE.

As the fighters move closer to the Death Star, the awesome
size of the gargantuan Imperial fortress is revealed. Half of
the deadly space station is in shadow and this area sparkles
with thousands of small lights running in thin lines and
occasionally grouped in large clusters; somewhat like a city
at night as seen from a weather satellite.

INTERIOR: GOLD LEADER'S COCKPIT.

GOLD LEADER: Red Leader, this is Gold Leader.

RED LEADER: (over headset) I copy, Gold Leader.

GOLD LEADER: We're starting for the target shaft now.

INTERIOR: RED LEADER'S COCKPIT.

Red Leader looks around at his wingmen; the Death Star looming
in from behind. Two Y-wing fighters bob back and forth in the
background. He moves his computer targeting device into
position.

RED LEADER: We're in position. I'm going to cut across the axis and
try and draw their fire.

EXTERIOR: SPACE.

Two squads of Rebel fighters peel off. The X-wings dive
towards the Death Star surface. A thousand lights glow across
the dark grey expanse of the huge station.

INTERIOR: DEATH STAR.

Alarm sirens scream as soldiers scramble to large turbo-
powered laser gun emplacements. Electronic drivers rotate the
huge guns into position as crew adjust their targeting
devices.

EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.

Laserbolts streak through the star-filled night. The Rebel
X-wing fighters move in toward the Imperial base, as the Death
Star aims its massive laser guns at the Rebel forces and
fires.

INTERIOR: MASSASSI OUTPOST -- WAR ROOM.

Princess Leia listens to the battle over the intercom.
Threepio is at her side.

WEDGE: (over war room speaker system) Heavy fire, boss! Twenty-degrees.

RED LEADER: (over speaker) I see it. Stay low.  

[Nelowulf]

Guns continue to blaze as the X-wings begin strafing targets on the outside of the Death Star.

Luke: This is Red Five, I'm going in.

Luke dives in, guns blazing.

Biggs: Luke, pull up!

Luke pulls up, barely out of a crash.

Biggs: Luke, are you all right?

Luke: I got a little cooked but I'm okay.

DEATH STAR INTERIOR
Everyone's in a panic. An imperial officer manages to catch up to a seemingly annoyed Lord Vader.

Officer: We count thirty rebel ships, Lord Vader, but they're so small they're evading our turbolasers.

Vader: Then we'll have to destroy them ship to ship. Get the crews to their fighters.

DEATH STAR EXTERIOR
The X-wings continue to fight on.

Garvis: Watch yourself, there's a lot of fire coming from the right side of that deflection tower.

Luke: I'm on it.

Biggs: I'm going in. Cover me Porkins.

Porkins: I'm right with you, Red Three.

Biggs and Porkins destroy a deflection tower with laser fire. Biggs pulls up, but Porkins stays close to the surface.

Porkins: I've got a problem here.

Biggs: Eject!

Porkins: I can hold it

Biggs: Pull up!

Porkins: No, I can hold it! AAAUUGHH!!!

Porkins crashes into a smoldering fireball.  

[Nelowulf]

DEATH STAR INTERIOR
Tarkin watches the progression of his station.

Computer Voice: The Rebel base will be within firing range in seven minutes.

DEATH STAR EXTERIOR
Luke attempts to attack a turbolaser.

Obi-wan's voice: Luke, Trust your feelings!

Luke fires at his target. The resulting explosion knocks out a turbolaser turret.


YAVIN CONTROL ROOM

Flight director: Squad leaders, we've picked up a new group of signals. Enemy fighters coming your way.

DEATH STAR EXTERIOR

Luke: My scope's negative, I don't see anything!

Garven: Pick up your visual scanning, here they come!

TIEs come out, harrassing the fighter squadrons.

Garven: Watch it, you've got one on your tail!

A TIE picks up a pilot, and easily disposes of the X-wing. Worry spreads throughout the squadron.

Luke: If you pick one up, watch it!

Biggs: I can't see him!

A TIE locks onto Biggs, matching him move for move.

Biggs: He's locked onto me tight, I can't shake him.

Luke: I'll be right there.

Luke pulls in behind the TIE, attempting to lock on. After a few seconds, Luke fires, destroying the TIE.


DEATH STAR INTERIOR
Lord Vader finds two TIE pilots. He is not amused.

Vader: Several Fighters have broken off from the main group. Come with me.  

[Nelowulf]

YAVIN CONTROL ROOM
Leia and several Rebels watch the Death Star loom closer, and listen to the progress of the squadrons.

Garven (Intercom): Pull in

Luke (Intercom): What?

Garven (Intercom): Watch your back Luke.


DEATH STAR EXTERIOR
Luke frantically looks behind him, and realizes a TIE has locked onto him. Evasive maneuvers ensue. An engine is hit.

Luke: I'm hit, but it's not bad. R2, try to see what you can do with it. Hang on R2...

R2: beeps


YAVIN INTERIOR
Red Leader's voice can be heard on the intercom

Garven (intercom): Red Six, can you see Red Five?

Intercom: There's a heavy firestorm... pzztzt Red five, where are you?


DEATH STAR EXTERIOR
The TIE still follows Luke.

Luke: I can't shake him!

Wedge: I'm on it Luke.

Luke: Blast it Biggs, where are you?

The TIE watches as Wedge flies straight at him. Confused, the TIE doesn't fire, letting Wedge fire and destroy the TIE, flying through the wreckage.

Luke: Thanks Wedge. Good work.

Gold Leader: Red Leader this is Gold Leader, we're starting our attack run.  

[Nelowulf]

Red Leader: I copy gold leader, move into position.


Darth Vader leaves the hangar with a pair of wingmen. The Y-wings begin flying the trench, turbolaser fire all around them.

Vader: Stay in attack formation.

Red Leader: The exhaust port is marked and locked in.

The first group of Y-wings enters the trench.

Gold Leader: Switch all power to front deflector screens. Switch all power to front deflector screens.

Turbolasers continue to fire.

Gold Leader: How many guns do you think, Gold five?


Yavin Temple
Inhabitants continue to hope for the best.

Gold Five (intercom) : Say about twenty guns, some on the surface, some on the towers.

Computer voice: Death Star will be in range in five minutes.


Death Star Trench
Gold Squadron continues down the trench.

Vander (Gold Leader): Switching to targeting computer.

Tiree (Gold 2): Computer locked. Getting a signal.

The trench guns stop firing.

Tiree: The guns.... they've stopped!

Davish (Gold 5): Stabilize your rear deflectors. Watch for enemy fighters.

Vander: They're coming in! Three marks at two-ten!

Lord Vader: I'll take them myself. Cover me.

TIE Pilot: Yes sir.

Vader takes aim, and fires. Gold Five goes down in a ball of flame. Gold leader looks back, and finds out he's boxed in.

Vander: Oh good, I can't maneuver.

Davish: Stay on target.

Vander: We're too close.

Davish: Stay on target!

Vander: Loosen up!

Vader takes aim, and destroys Gold Leader. Gold Five pulls up, and is caught in turbolaser fire.

Davish: Gold five to Red Leader. Lost Tiree, lost Dutch.

Garven: I copy Gold Leader.

Davish: They came from us behind.

Davish explodes into a ball of flame.


DEATH STAR INTERIOR
An Officer has been studying the battle, and informs Tarkin of a possible loss.

Chief Bast: I've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. Shall I have your ship standing by?

Tarkin: Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!

Computer Voice: Rebel Base three minutes and closing.