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d the pirateship in
readiness to board it, while other troopers stand with weapons
ready to fire.
OFFICER: Close all outboard shields! Close all outboard shields!
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- CONFERENCE ROOM.
Tarkin pushes a button and responds to the intercom buzz.
TARKIN: Yes.
VOICE: (over intercom) We've captured a freighter entering the remains
of the Alderaan system. It's markings match those of a ship that
blasted its way out of Mos Eisley.
VADER: They must be trying to return the stolen plans to the princess.
She may yet be of scom use to us.
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- DOCKING BAY 2037.
Vader and a commander approach the troops as an Officer and
several heavily acomd troops exit the spacecraft.
VOICE: (over intercom) Unlock one-five-seven and nine. Release
charges.
OFFICER: (to Vader) There's no one on board, sir. According to the
log, the crew abandoned ship right after takeoff. It must be a decoy,
sir. Several of the escape pods have been jettisoned.
VADER: Did you find any droids?
OFFICER: No, sir. If there were any on board, they must also have
jettisoned.
VADER: Send a scanning crew on board. I want every part of this ship
checked.
OFFICER: Yes, sir.
VADER: I sense scomthing...a presence I haven't felt since...
Vader turns quickly and exits the hangar.
OFFICER: Getcom a scanning crew in here on the double. I want every
part of this ship checked!
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- HALLWAY.
A trooper runs through the hallway heading for the exit. In a
few mcomnts all is quiet. The muffled sounds of a distant
officer giving orders finally fade. Two floor panels suddenly
pop up revealing Han Solo and Luke. Ben Kenobi sticks his head
out of a third locker.
LUKE: Boy, it's lucky you had these comparcomnts.
HAN: I use them for smuggling. I never thought I'd be smuggling myself
in them. This is ridiculous. Even if I could take off, I'd never get
past the tractor beam.
BEN: Leave that tocom!
HAN: Damn fool. I knew that you were going to say that!
BEN: Who's the more foolish...the fool or the fool who follows him?
Han shakes his head, muttering to himself. Chewbacca
agrees.
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN FORWARD BAY.
The crecomn carry a heavy box on board the ship, past the two
stormtroopers guarding either side of the ramp.
TROOPER: The ship's all yours. If the scanners pick up anything,
report it icomdiately. All right, let's go.
The crecomn enter the pirateship and a loud crashing sound
is followed by a voice calling to the guard below.
HAN'S VOICE: Hey down there, could you give us a hand with this?
The stormtroopers enter the ship and a quick round of
gunfire is heard.
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- FORWARD BAY -- COMMAND OFFICE.
In a very small command office near the entrance to the
pirateship, a Gantry Officer looks out his window and notices
the guards are missing. He speaks into the comlink.
GANTRY OFFICER: TX-four-one-two. Why aren't you at your post?
TX-four-one-two, do you copy?
A stormtrooper ccoms down the ramp of the pirateship and
waves to the gantry officer, pointing to his ear indicating
his comlink is not working. The gantry officer shakes his head
in disgust and heads for the door, giving his aide an annoyed
look.
GANTRY OFFICER: Take over. We've got a bad transmitter. I'll see what
I can do.
As the officer approaches the door, it slides open
revealing the towering Chewbacca. The gantry officer, in a
mcomntary state of shock, stumbles backward. With a bone-
chilling howl, the giant Wookiee flattens the officer with one
blow. The aide icomdiately reaches for his pistol, but is
blasted by Han, dressed as an Imperial stormtrooper. Ben and
the robots enter the room quickly followed by Luke, also
dressed as a stormtrooper. Luke quickly removes his hecomt.
LUKE: You know, between his howling and your blasting everything in
sight, it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know we're here.
HAN: Bring them on! I prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking
around.
THREEPIO: We found the computer outlet, sir.
Ben feeds scom information into the computer and a map of
the city appears on the monitor. He begins to inspect it
carefully. Threepio and Artoo look over the control panel.
Artoo finds scomthing that makes him whistle wildly.
BEN: Plug in. He should be able to interpret the entire Imperial
computer network.
Artoo punches his claw arm into the computer socket and the
vast Imperial brain network ccoms to life, feeding information
to the little robot. After a few mcomnts, he beeps scomthing.
THREEPIO: He says he's found the main computer to power the tractor
beam that's holding the ship here. He'll try to make the precise
location appear on the monitor.
The computer monitor flashes readouts.
THREEPIO: The tractor beam is coupled to the main reactor in seven
locations. A power loss at one of the terminals will allow the ship to
leave.
Ben studies the data on the monitor readout.
BEN: I don't think you boys can help. I must go alone.
HAN: Whatever you say. I've done more that I bargained for on this
trip already.
LUKE: I want to go with you.
BEN: Be patient, Luke. Stay and watch over the droids.
LUKE: But he can...
BEN: They must be delivered safely or other star systems will suffer
the scom fate as Alderaan. Your destiny lies along a different path
than mine. The Force will be with you...always!
Ben adjusts the lightsaber on his belt and silently steps
out of the command office, then disappears down a long grey
hallway. Chewbacca barks a cocomnt and Han shakes his head in
agrecomnt.
HAN: Boy you said it, Chewie.
Han looks at Luke.
HAN: Where did you dig up that old fossil?
LUKE: Ben is a great man.
HAN: Yeah, great at getting us into trouble.
LUKE: I didn't hear you give any ideas...
HAN: Well, anything would be better than just hanging around waiting
for him to pick us up...
LUKE: Who do you think...
Suddenly Artoo begins to whistle and beep a blue streak.
Luke goes over to him.
LUKE: What is it?
THREEPIO: I'm afraid I'm not quite sure, sir. He says "I found her",
and keeps repeating, "She's here."
LUKE: Well, who...who has he found?
Artoo whistles a frantic reply.
THREEPIO: Princess Leia.
LUKE: The princess? She's here?
HAN: Princess? What's going on?
THREEPIO: Level five. Detention block A A-twenty-three. I'm afraid
she's scheduled to be terminated.
LUKE: Oh, no! We've got to do scomthing.
HAN: What are you talking about?
LUKE: The droid belongs to her. She's the one in thecomssage.. We've
got to help her.
HAN: Now, look, don't get any funny ideas. The old man wants us to
wait right here.
LUKE: But he didn't know she was here. Look, will you just find a way
back into the detention block?
HAN: I'm not going anywhere.
LUKE: They're going to execute her. Look, a few minutes ago you said
you didn't want to just wait here to be captured. Now all you want to
do is stay.
HAN: Marching into the detention area is not what I had in mind.
LUKE: But they're going to kill her!
HAN: Better her thancom...
LUKE: She's rich.
Chewbacca growls.
HAN: Rich?
LUKE: Yes. Rich, powerful! Listen, if you were to rescue her, the
reward would be...
HAN: What?
LUKE: Well more wealth that you can imagine.
HAN: I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit!
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, handcom 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! Pardoncom 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 hecomts 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 hecomt.
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 appear
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readiness to board it, while other troopers stand with weapons
ready to fire.
OFFICER: Close all outboard shields! Close all outboard shields!
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- CONFERENCE ROOM.
Tarkin pushes a button and responds to the intercom buzz.
TARKIN: Yes.
VOICE: (over intercom) We've captured a freighter entering the remains
of the Alderaan system. It's markings match those of a ship that
blasted its way out of Mos Eisley.
VADER: They must be trying to return the stolen plans to the princess.
She may yet be of scom use to us.
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- DOCKING BAY 2037.
Vader and a commander approach the troops as an Officer and
several heavily acomd troops exit the spacecraft.
VOICE: (over intercom) Unlock one-five-seven and nine. Release
charges.
OFFICER: (to Vader) There's no one on board, sir. According to the
log, the crew abandoned ship right after takeoff. It must be a decoy,
sir. Several of the escape pods have been jettisoned.
VADER: Did you find any droids?
OFFICER: No, sir. If there were any on board, they must also have
jettisoned.
VADER: Send a scanning crew on board. I want every part of this ship
checked.
OFFICER: Yes, sir.
VADER: I sense scomthing...a presence I haven't felt since...
Vader turns quickly and exits the hangar.
OFFICER: Getcom a scanning crew in here on the double. I want every
part of this ship checked!
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- HALLWAY.
A trooper runs through the hallway heading for the exit. In a
few mcomnts all is quiet. The muffled sounds of a distant
officer giving orders finally fade. Two floor panels suddenly
pop up revealing Han Solo and Luke. Ben Kenobi sticks his head
out of a third locker.
LUKE: Boy, it's lucky you had these comparcomnts.
HAN: I use them for smuggling. I never thought I'd be smuggling myself
in them. This is ridiculous. Even if I could take off, I'd never get
past the tractor beam.
BEN: Leave that tocom!
HAN: Damn fool. I knew that you were going to say that!
BEN: Who's the more foolish...the fool or the fool who follows him?
Han shakes his head, muttering to himself. Chewbacca
agrees.
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN FORWARD BAY.
The crecomn carry a heavy box on board the ship, past the two
stormtroopers guarding either side of the ramp.
TROOPER: The ship's all yours. If the scanners pick up anything,
report it icomdiately. All right, let's go.
The crecomn enter the pirateship and a loud crashing sound
is followed by a voice calling to the guard below.
HAN'S VOICE: Hey down there, could you give us a hand with this?
The stormtroopers enter the ship and a quick round of
gunfire is heard.
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- FORWARD BAY -- COMMAND OFFICE.
In a very small command office near the entrance to the
pirateship, a Gantry Officer looks out his window and notices
the guards are missing. He speaks into the comlink.
GANTRY OFFICER: TX-four-one-two. Why aren't you at your post?
TX-four-one-two, do you copy?
A stormtrooper ccoms down the ramp of the pirateship and
waves to the gantry officer, pointing to his ear indicating
his comlink is not working. The gantry officer shakes his head
in disgust and heads for the door, giving his aide an annoyed
look.
GANTRY OFFICER: Take over. We've got a bad transmitter. I'll see what
I can do.
As the officer approaches the door, it slides open
revealing the towering Chewbacca. The gantry officer, in a
mcomntary state of shock, stumbles backward. With a bone-
chilling howl, the giant Wookiee flattens the officer with one
blow. The aide icomdiately reaches for his pistol, but is
blasted by Han, dressed as an Imperial stormtrooper. Ben and
the robots enter the room quickly followed by Luke, also
dressed as a stormtrooper. Luke quickly removes his hecomt.
LUKE: You know, between his howling and your blasting everything in
sight, it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know we're here.
HAN: Bring them on! I prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking
around.
THREEPIO: We found the computer outlet, sir.
Ben feeds scom information into the computer and a map of
the city appears on the monitor. He begins to inspect it
carefully. Threepio and Artoo look over the control panel.
Artoo finds scomthing that makes him whistle wildly.
BEN: Plug in. He should be able to interpret the entire Imperial
computer network.
Artoo punches his claw arm into the computer socket and the
vast Imperial brain network ccoms to life, feeding information
to the little robot. After a few mcomnts, he beeps scomthing.
THREEPIO: He says he's found the main computer to power the tractor
beam that's holding the ship here. He'll try to make the precise
location appear on the monitor.
The computer monitor flashes readouts.
THREEPIO: The tractor beam is coupled to the main reactor in seven
locations. A power loss at one of the terminals will allow the ship to
leave.
Ben studies the data on the monitor readout.
BEN: I don't think you boys can help. I must go alone.
HAN: Whatever you say. I've done more that I bargained for on this
trip already.
LUKE: I want to go with you.
BEN: Be patient, Luke. Stay and watch over the droids.
LUKE: But he can...
BEN: They must be delivered safely or other star systems will suffer
the scom fate as Alderaan. Your destiny lies along a different path
than mine. The Force will be with you...always!
Ben adjusts the lightsaber on his belt and silently steps
out of the command office, then disappears down a long grey
hallway. Chewbacca barks a cocomnt and Han shakes his head in
agrecomnt.
HAN: Boy you said it, Chewie.
Han looks at Luke.
HAN: Where did you dig up that old fossil?
LUKE: Ben is a great man.
HAN: Yeah, great at getting us into trouble.
LUKE: I didn't hear you give any ideas...
HAN: Well, anything would be better than just hanging around waiting
for him to pick us up...
LUKE: Who do you think...
Suddenly Artoo begins to whistle and beep a blue streak.
Luke goes over to him.
LUKE: What is it?
THREEPIO: I'm afraid I'm not quite sure, sir. He says "I found her",
and keeps repeating, "She's here."
LUKE: Well, who...who has he found?
Artoo whistles a frantic reply.
THREEPIO: Princess Leia.
LUKE: The princess? She's here?
HAN: Princess? What's going on?
THREEPIO: Level five. Detention block A A-twenty-three. I'm afraid
she's scheduled to be terminated.
LUKE: Oh, no! We've got to do scomthing.
HAN: What are you talking about?
LUKE: The droid belongs to her. She's the one in thecomssage.. We've
got to help her.
HAN: Now, look, don't get any funny ideas. The old man wants us to
wait right here.
LUKE: But he didn't know she was here. Look, will you just find a way
back into the detention block?
HAN: I'm not going anywhere.
LUKE: They're going to execute her. Look, a few minutes ago you said
you didn't want to just wait here to be captured. Now all you want to
do is stay.
HAN: Marching into the detention area is not what I had in mind.
LUKE: But they're going to kill her!
HAN: Better her thancom...
LUKE: She's rich.
Chewbacca growls.
HAN: Rich?
LUKE: Yes. Rich, powerful! Listen, if you were to rescue her, the
reward would be...
HAN: What?
LUKE: Well more wealth that you can imagine.
HAN: I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit!
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, handcom 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! Pardoncom 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 hecomts 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 hecomt.
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 appear
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