A New A New Hope

[Sam Kenobi]

Before I start this new Line By Line, I have a suggestion to make. I say we have a format, sort of. So it's easier to follow, I guess. I just think it might be easier, and a little more fun, too. Like, before each line, say who says it, and maybe some scene descriptions, like I did below. Maybe not so specific, as I've been working on this for a good hour and a half. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif Whatdya' think?

Oh, and does anyone know how to Justify and Center text with BBC Code? Thanks.

You've got nothing to do. So you know what that means. Time to watch Star Wars! You put some popcorn in the microwave, grab a soda, and put your DVD in the player. After the minute or so of beginning titles, finally, the movie starts . . .

<span style="color:blue">A long time ago in a galaxy far,
far away. . . .</span>

<span style="color:yellow">STAR
WARS

Episode IV

A NEW HOPE

It is a period of civil war.
Rebel spaceships, striking
from a hidden base, have won
their first victory against
the evil Galactic Empire.

During the battle, Rebel
spies managed to steal secret
plans to the Empire's
ultimate weapon, the DEATH
STAR, an armored space
stationwith enough power to
destroy an entire planet.

Pursued by the Empire's
sinister agents, Princess
Leia races home aboard her
starship, custodian of the
stolen plans that can save
her people and restore
freedom to the galaxy . . . .</span>


As the camera scrolls down to the planet Tatooine, it is quiet. A lone piccilo plays a mezzo piano rythym, as if there was nothing to worry about at all. Then, suddenly. The music picks up. The orchestra grows like rolling thunder, and the brass come in with their suspensefull strikes, as a Rebel Blockade Runner races across the screen, trading blows with a monsterous Star Destroyer like two champoinship boxers. This is where many fans new that they would be hooked for life. Then, as fast as the Tantive IV is going, one of the Star Destroyer's turbolasers finds its mark, causing an explosion that would result in the surrender of the smaller ship. But thte battle is only beginning . . .

C-3PO: "Did you hear that?"

R2-D2: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif Noise

C-3PO: "They shut down the main reactor, we'll be deystroyed for sure! This is madness."

R2-D2: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif Noise

Dozens of troopers race about the ship, in an effort to stall the Imperial boarding party.

C-3PO: "Were doomed."

R2-D2: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif Noise

C-SPO: "There will be no escape for the princess this time."

R2-D2: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif Noise

C-3PO: "What's that?"

As the Star Destroyer closes in on it's prey, the troopers have nothing to do but wait. Then silence. It lasts but a moment. The hull starts to rain with sparks. The troops aim their weapons. An explosion! The stormtroopers have entered! Shots are fired, men drop on both sides. The two droids are almost caught in the crossfire. Then off of the boarding craft, comes a truly menacing figure. Donned in black from head to toe, with a respirator attathced to his chest. He stops, looks around for a second, and continues on, as if there was nothing interesting to see. Artoo, meanwhile, has found something to do. He is 'talking' to a woman dressed in the purest white, as she slips a datachip into his memory bankes.

C-3PO: "Artoo Detoo, where are you!?"

As the mysterious woman dissapears, Artoo makes some more noise as he rolls down the hallway.

C-3PO: "At last. Where have you been. There heading in this direction. What are we going to do? We'll be sent to the Spice Mines of Kessel, or smashed into who knows what!"

Artoo makes some more noise, and turns around.

C-3PO: "Wait a minute, where are you going?"

The mysterious women watches the exchange before dissapearing again. Back to the battle, several stormtroopers have taken prisoners. They walk down the corridors of the ship, lead by droids, trailed by the enemy. A few troops have walked into a room, where the evil looking being in black is holding a man by his neck. He looks at the arriving stormtrroopers.

[o8_jedi]

*The stormtrooper's voice is like everyone other stormtrooper's voice: filtered through a metallic speaker.*

STORMTROOPER:"The Death Star plans are not in the main computer."

[Sam Kenobi]

The man donned in black looks down at the man in his clutches.

VADER: "Where are those transmissions you intercepted. What have you done with those plans!"

[o8_jedi]

*Captain Colton Antilles, the man dangling from the black-dressed man's grip, struggles for breath.*

CAPTAIN: "We intercepted no transmission. (gasp) This is a counsular ship. We're on a . . . diplomatic mission."

[Sam Kenobi]

The captain tries desperately to breathe, the dark man squeazes harder.

VADER: "If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador!"

As the dark man's rage builds to a breaking point, so does the captains neck. He is thrown against the nearest buckhead, where he slides to the floor.

VADER: "Commander tear this ship apart, until you've found those plans. And bring me the passengers, I want them alive!"

[o8_jedi]

*A squad of stormtroopers execute the Man in Black's (is this "Star Wars" or "The Princess Bride"?) request. They walk through the inner workings of the ship. The mysterious woman slides out of an alcove to take a peek at the troops, clutching a small ray-gun. Before she can return, she's spotted.*

STORMIE #1: "There's one, set for stun."

[Sam Kenobi]

Originally posted by o8_jedi@Feb 16 2005, 05:16 AM
(is this "Star Wars" or "The Princess Bride"?)
<div align="right">Quoted post</div>


style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif Well, technically, we don't know his name yet. But I guess it doesn't matter.

As she is spotted, she shoots one of the troppers before he can bring his weaponup to fire. She runs, and is shot by a stun blast from the second trooper.

STORMIE 2: "She'll be alright. Inform Lord Vader we have a prisoner."

[o8_jedi]

*Down the corridor, Artoo Deetoo waddles up to a hatch, which Threepio recognizes.*

C-3PO: "Hey! You're not permitted in there. It's restricted. You'll be deactivated for sure."

*Artoo opens the hatch, which leads to an escape pod.*

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps

C-3PO: "Don't you call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease, now come on before somebody sees you."

*Artoo waddles in.*

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps

C-3PO: "'Secret mission'? What plans?! What are you talking about? I'm not getting in there."

*Something explodes near Threepio.*

C-3PO: "Oh no!"

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps

*Threepio, recongizing the danger, enters the pod with reservations.*

C-3PO: "I'm going to regret this . . ."

*The hatch closes behind him and the pod launches.*

[Sam Kenobi]

On the Star Destroyer, a pilot targets the fleeing escape pod.

GUNNER: "There goes another one."

[o8_jedi]

OFFICER: "Hold your fire. There's no life forms. It must have short-circuited."

[Sam Kenobi]

Back in the escape pod, Threepio comments to Artoo.

C-3PO: "That's funny, the damage doesn't look as bad from out here."

R2-D2: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif Noise

C-3P0: "Are you sure this thing is safe?"

R2-D2: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif Noise

C-3P0: "Oh."

The pod slowly drifts through Tatooine's atmosphere.

[o8_jedi]

*The woman has finally come to. She is now being escorted by stormtroopers to the dark man, who is revealed to be . . . .*

LEIA: "Darth Vader, only you can be so bold. The Imperial Senate will not sit still for this. When they hear you have attacked a diplomatic . . . ."

[Sam Kenobi]

Vader interupts her.

"Don't act so suprised, you Highness. You weren't on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you."

[o8_jedi]

LEIA: "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan."

[Sam Kenobi]

VADER: "You are part of the Rebel Alliance, and a traitor. Take her away!"

Vader turns and walks away.

[o8_jedi]

*A junior officer who witnessed the whole thing walks up to Vader to provide his input.*

J.O.: "Holding her is dangerous. If word of this gets out, it could generate sympathy for the Rebellion in the Senate."

[Sam Kenobi]

VADER: "I've traced the rebel spies to her. Now she is my only link to finding their hidden base."

[o8_jedi]

J.O.: "She'll die before she tells you anything!"

[Sam Kenobi]

VADER: "Leave that to me. Send a distress signal, and then inform the senate that all aboard were killed."

[o8_jedi]

*Just then, another officer appears out of an alcove, presumably where the computer core was.*

COMMANDER: "Lord Vader, the battle station plans are not onboard this ship and no transmissions were made. An escape pod was jettisoned during the fighting. No life forms were aboard."

[Sam Kenobi]

VADER: "She must've hidden the plans in the escape pod. Send a detachement down to retrieve them. See to it personally, Commander. There will be no one to stop us this time."

[o8_jedi]

COMMANDER: "Yes, sir."

*The three of them walk off and the Star Destroyer leaves Tatooine for some unknown location.*

[Momin327]

*On the surface of this planet, the two droids starting walking away from their crashed escape pod. The land is a complete desert, practically devoid of life.*

"How did we get in this mess? I really don't know how... We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life. (R2 beeps in concurrence) I've got to rest before I fall apart, my joints are almost frozen!"

[o8_jedi]

*Treepio surveys his surroundings finding a veritable dune sea.*

C-3PO: "What a desolate place this is . . ."

*He turns around and finds Artoo leaving.*

C-3PO: "Where do you think you're going?

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps

C-3PO: "Well, I'm not going that way. It's much too rocky. This way is much easier. What makes you think there are settlements over there?"

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps

C-3PO: "Don't get technical with me."

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps

C-3PO: "What mission? What are you talking about?"

ARTOO: beeps.

C-3PO: "I've just about had enough with you. Go that way! You'll be malfunctioning within a day, you nearsighted scrap pile!"

*Threepio kicks him and begins to walk off to the dunes.*

C-3PO: "And don't let me catch you following me begging for help because you won't get it."

*Threepio continues to walk off. Artoo tries to convince him otherwise.*

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps

C-3PO: "No more adventures. I'm not going that way."

*Artoo, now fully convinced he can't do anything about his counterpart, wheels off in the opposite direction.*

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

[Momin327]

*Later, 3PO finds himself lost in this desert world*

"That malfunctioning little twerp, this is all his fault! He tricked me into going this way, but he'll do no better! (3PO sees something in the distance) Wait, what's that? A transport?! I'm saved! (shouting and waving his arms towards the "transport") Over here! Hey! Hey! Help! Please help!"

[o8_jedi]

*Somewhere else on this world, the little R2 unit is rolling along beeping to himself.*

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps

*He is rolling through a canyon. Unseen by him, he is being watched. A rock rolls loudly down the side of a cliff.*

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps nervously

*Slighly unnerved, he rolls on. From various openings and crags, small glowing eyes peer at the strange metallic intruder. In hushed whispers, they talk to each other in some strange language. Artoo rolls under an overhang, just then a creature jumps up and fires something at Artoo.*

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif WAAAAOOOO!

*When the smoke clears, Artoo teeters forward. Thud! He lands on his "face". The creature looks over and summons his friends.

LEAD JAWA: "Uttini."

JAWA: "Amoonga!"

*These creatures are Jawas, small bipedal creatures whose faces are forever masked under large hoods. Chattering away in their strange language, they haul the R2 unit to their sandcrawler, a massive treaded vehicle. Before they enter their home, a strange tubular object is lowered over Artoo. A Jawa walks up and affixes a restraining bolt to the droid. He steps back as Artoo is sucked up into the hold. The tube is raised and the Jawas enter.*

*Inside the hold, Artoo comes to. He finds the hold is completely populated by other droids. There is a myriad of other droids. Some noticable ones are an R5 unit, a treadwell droid, several communications droids, a gonk droid, and a strangely familiar protocol droid. The protocol droid looks up and sees Artoo.*

C-3PO: "Artoo?"

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

*Threepio, astounded that Artoo would be captured by the same band of Jawas that "rescued" him, he gets up and approaches the little droid. At the same time, the sandcrawler gets underway.*

C-3PO: "Artoo Deetoo, it is you! It is you!"

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps

*The sandcrawler moves off into the Tatooine night.*

[Momin327]

*The next morning, a platoon of Imperial stormtroopers are searching for these droids. An Imperial shuttle departs after dropping some troops. Some stormtroopers are on foot, others are on dewbacks, but they are all searching the area around the droids' escape pod.*

"Someone was in the pod. The tracks go off in this direction."

[o8_jedi]

*One trooper stands up holding a metallic ring. Given the fact that no life forms were detected on board, this could mean only one thing...*

TROOPER: "Look, sir. Droids."

[Master_Mams]

*Back with the droids aboard the Jawa sandcrawler. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif appears to be shut off.*
C3-PO: "We stoped! Wake up! WAKE UP!"

[Sam Kenobi]

C-3P0: "We're doomed."

R2-D2: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif noises.

C-3P0: "Do you think they'll melt us down?"

[o8_jedi]

*Jawas begin unloading favorable-looking droids at some unknown location. One Jawa sees Threepio and Artoo and motions for another to help him. He takes out an ion gun.*

C-3P0: "Don't shoot! Don't shoot! (To Artoo) Will this never end?"

[Master_Mams]

*While Jawas continues to unload droids outside the sandcrawler, one goes at the door of a near moisture farm. Owen Lars & Luke Skywalker meet with him at their doorsteps*

Owen:"Fine. Let's go"

[o8_jedi]

*A voice calls out.*

BERU: "Luke! Luke!"

*The young Luke Skywalker jogs to a big crater in the ground. Inside is his Aunt Beru.*

BERU: "Luke! Tell your uncle if he gets a translator, make sure it speaks Bocce."

[Momin327]

"Doesn't look like we have much of a choice, but I'll remind him."

[Sam Kenobi]

OWEN: "No. No, not that one. No. You, I supposed your programmed for etiquette and protocol."

[Momin327]

"Protocol? Why, that's my primary function, sir. I'm well versed in all accustoms."

[o8_jedi]

OWEN: "I have no need for a protocol droid."

[Sam Kenobi]

C-3P0: "Of course you haven't, sir. Not in an enviroment such as this. That is why I have been programmed-"

[Talcy]

Owen: What I really need is a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.

[o8_jedi]

C-3PO: "Vaporators? Sir, my first job was programming binary loadlifters. Very similar to your vaporators in most respects."

[Momin327]

"Can you speak Bocce?"

[o8_jedi]

C-3PO: "Of course I can, sir. It's like a second language to me, but then I . . ."

[Momin327]

"All right, shut up! I'll take this one."

[o8_jedi]

C-3P0: "Shutting up, sir."

[Momin327]

"Luke! (Luke walks over to Owen) Take these two to the garage, will you? I want them cleaned up before dinner."

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "But I was going to Tosche Station to pick up some power convertors!"

[Momin327]

It's Tosches

"You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done. Now come on, get to it."

[o8_jedi]

*Luke sighs disappointedly.*

LUKE: "All right, come on."

*Threepio starts to follow Luke*

LUKE: "And the red one."

*An R5 unit that Luke was examining earlier beeps at him, not moving.*

LUKE: "Well, come on, Red, let's go!"

*The R5 unit finally gets moving.*

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

*Artoo wobbles forward anxiously. Threepio turns back to see what the commotion's about just as a Jawa uses a caller to silence the droid. Threepio dismisses it. Just then a series of odd beeps comes from the R5 unit. A cloud of smoke bursts from its head with a loud bang and it grinds to a halt. Luke knows what's wrong with it.*

LUKE: "Uncle Owen!"

[Momin327]

*Owen's paying the lead Jawa*

"Yeah?"

[o8_jedi]

*Luke motions to the smoking pile of junk.*

Luke: "This R2 unit has a bad motivator! Look!"

[Momin327]

"Hey, what are you trying to push on us?!"

[o8_jedi]

*While the Jawa tries to deny any claim of fraud, Artoo comes out of his "catatonic" state and again begins to warble and wobble excitedly. Threepio notes this and taps Luke on the shoulder.*

C-3PO: "Excuse me sir, but that R2 unit is in prime condition; a real bargain."

[Momin327]

"Uncle Owen, (Owen: Yeah?) What about that one?"

[o8_jedi]

OWEN: (to Lead Jawa) "What about that blue one? We'll take that one."

[Sam Kenobi]

(Paraphrasing)

C-3P0: "You'll be really happy with this unit, I've worked with him before. Here he comes."

[o8_jedi]

*Artoo rolls up to his new master, warbling happily.*

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

LUKE: "Okay, let's go."

[Talcy]

Threepio (to Artoo) - Now, don't you forget this! Why I should stick my neck out for you is quite beyond my capacity.

[o8_jedi]

*Inside the garage, Luke plays with a model T-16 while Threepio is lowered into an oil bath.*

C-3PO: "Thank the Maker! This oil bath is going to feel sooo good. I've got such a bad case of dust contamination, I could barely move."

[Talcy]

Luke puts the model down and huffs to himself.

Luke - It just isn't fair. Oh, Biggs was right, I'm never gonna get out of here!

[Momin327]

"Is there anything I might do to help?"

[o8_jedi]

*Luke picks up a tool and gets situated next to the R2 unit.*

LUKE: "Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest, or teleport me off this rock."

[Momin327]

"I don't think so. I'm only a droid, and not very knowledgeable of such things. Not on this planet anyway. As a matter of fact, I'm not even sure which planet I'm on."

[o8_jedi]

*Luke continues to work as he chats with the golden droid.*

LUKE: "Well, if there's a Bright Center of the Universe, you're on the planet that it's farthest from."

[Momin327]

"I see."

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "Well, you can call me 'Luke'."

[Momin327]

"I see, Sir Luke!"

[o8_jedi]

*Luke chuckles.*

LUKE: "No, just 'Luke'."

[Momin327]

"Oh, and I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations. And this is my counterpart, R2-D2."

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "Hello."

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

*Luke scratches at Artoo's dome trying to clean it.*

LUKE: "You've got a lot of carbon scoring here. Looks like you boys have seen a lot of action."

[Anguirus111]

Well with what we've been through I'm amazed we're in as good a condition as we are what with the Rebellion and all...

[o8_jedi]

*Luke jumps ups in disbelief.*

LUKE: "You were with the Rebellion against the Empire?!?!?"

[Sam Kenobi]

C-3P0: "That's how we came to be in your service, if you take my meaning."

[Talcy]

Luke - Have you been in many battles?

[Sam Kenobi]

C-3P0: "Several, I think. Actually, there's not much to tell. Not that I'm any good at telling stories, anyway."

[Talcy]

Threepio (cont) - I'm only an interpreter and not very good at telling stories. Well, not at making them interesting, anyway.

Resigned, the boy turns back to the astro-droid and continues his cleaning. He scrapes away at someting lodged in the droid.

Luke - Well, my little friend, you've got something jammed in here real good. Were you on a star cruiser or a...

[o8_jedi]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

*Luke falls backwards in surprise as Artoo begins to project a holographic message.*

LEIA: "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

*A hooded Princess Leia is shown. She speaks the words, looks behind her and crouches down to insert something into something unseen. A flicker of static appears and she starts over from "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi." This goes on indefinately.*

[Talcy]

Luke - What's this?

Artoo beeps incoherently.

Threepio - What is what? He asked you a question. What is that?

[o8_jedi]

*The message goes through two cycles.*

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

C-3PO: (cont) Oh. He says it's nothing, sir. Merely a malfunction. Old data. Pay it no mind.

[Talcy]

Luke (absolutely transfixed) - Who is she? She's beautiful.

[o8_jedi]

C-3PO: "I'm afraid, I'm not quite sure, sir. I think she was a passenger on our last voyage. A person of some importances, I believe. Our captain was attatched to . . ."

[Talcy]

Luke (interrupting) - Is there any more of this recording?

[Momin327]

*R2 beeps*

"Behave yourself, R2. You're going to get us in trouble."

[Sam Kenobi]

LUKE: "No, it's alright."

[Talcy]

Threepio - It's alright. You can trust him. He's our new master.

[o8_jedi]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps

C-3PO: "He says that he's the property of Obi-Wan Kenobi, a resident of these parts and it's a private message for him. Quite frankly, sir, I don't know what he's talking about. Our last master was Captain Antilles. But with all we've been through, this little R2 unit has become a bit eccentric."

[Talcy]

Luke - Obi Wan Kenobi. I wonder if he means old Ben Kenobi...

[o8_jedi]

C-3PO: "Pardon me for asking, sir, but do you know what he's talking about?"

[Talcy]

Luke - Well, I don't know anyone named "Obi Wan", but old Ben lives out beyond the Dune Sea. He's kind of a strange old hermit. I wonder who she is. It sounds like she's in trouble.

[o8_jedi]

*Luke goes over to fiddle with Artoo when he chirps angrily at him.*

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

C-3PO: "He says that the restraining bolt has short-circuited his recording system and suggests that if you remove it, he might be able to play back the entire message."

[Talcy]

Luke - Hmm? Oh, yeah. Well, I guess you're too smal to run away on me if I take this off.

Luke rummages and produces a small tool. He applies it to the restraining bolt on Artoo and prizes it off the droid.

Luke - There ya go.

Immediately, the Princess' message ends.

Luke - Hey, wait a minute. Where's she go? Bring her back. Play back the entire message!

[o8_jedi]

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

C-3PO: "'What message?'"

*Threepio knocks his counterpart on the dome, creating a resounding bong.*

C-3PO: "The one you've just been playing! The one you're carrying inside your rusty innards!"

[Talcy]

Beru (o.s.) - Luke? Luke!

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "All right. I'll be right there, Aunt Beru!"

[Sam Kenobi]

(I think) LUKE: "Here, see what you can do with him."

[Talcy]

Luke (cont'd) - I'll be right back.

Artoo beeps inquistively.

Threepio - No, I don't think he likes you at all.

Artoo beeps again in question.

Threepio - No. I don't like you either.

The little droid beeps sadly.

[o8_jedi]

(Skipped a few lines. "I'm sorry, sir, but he seems to have picked up a slight flutter." Then Luke leaves. "Just you reconsider playing that message for him." Then scene.)

*Owen and Beru Lars sit at the dinner table we saw "earlier" in AOTC. Luke shows up and takes his seat. He gets a piece of space lasagna and pours himself a glass of blue milk.*

LUKE: "You know, I think that R2 unit we bought might have been stolen."

[Talcy]

Owen - What makes you think that?

[o8_jedi]

Luke: "Well, I stumbled across a recording while I was cleaning him. He says he belongs to someone named Obi-Wan Kenobi."

*Owen and Beru glance at each other upon hearing that name.*

Luke: "I thought he might have meant 'Old Ben.' Do you know what he was talking about?"

*Owen grunts "no" and shakes his head.*

Luke: "I wonder if he's related to Ben . . ."

[Master Magnus]

Owen: "That wizard's just a crazy old man."

[o8_jedi]

OWEN: "Now tomorrow, I want you to take that R2 unit in to Anchorhead and have its memory erased. That'll be the end of it. It belongs to us now."

[Sam Kenobi]

LUKE: "But what if this Obi-Wan comes looking for him?"

[o8_jedi]

OWEN: "He won't. I don't think he exists anymore. He died about the same time as your father."

[Sam Kenobi]

LUKE: "He knew my father?"

[o8_jedi]

OWEN: "I told you to forget it. Your only concern is to prepare those new droids for tomorrow. In the morning I want them up there on the South Ridge working on those condensors."

[Momin327]

"Yes, sir. I think these droids will work out well. In fact, I've also been thinking about our arrangement, about me staying on another season. And if these droids do work out, I want to transmit my application to the Academy this year."

[o8_jedi]

OWEN: "You mean the next semester before the harvest?"

[YodaFett82]

"Sure, there's more than enough droids."

[Sam Kenobi]

OWEN: "But harvest is when I need you the most! You must understand I need you here, Luke."

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "But it's a whole 'nother year!"

[Sam Kenobi]

OWEN: "But it's only one more season."

[o8_jedi]

(Whoa, we skipped a bit. Owen's lines before "It's a whole 'nother year" are "Harvest is when I need you the most! It's only one season more. THis year, we'll make enough on the harvest that I'll be able hire some more hands and you can go to the Academy next year. You must understand I need you here, Luke.")

*Luke gets up dejectedly.*

LUKE: "Yeah, that's what you said when Biggs and Tank left."

[Sam Kenobi]

Unless we said it wrong, that was all in their (or going to be in their, as in upcoming lines).

BERU: "Where are you going?"

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "Looks like I'm going nowhere. I have to go finish cleaning those droids."

*Luke leaves the dining room.*

[Sam Kenobi]

BERU: "Owen, he can't stay here forever, most of his friends have gone. It means so much to him."

[o8_jedi]

OWEN: "I'll make it up to him next year. I promise."

[Sam Kenobi]

BERU: "He's just not a farmer Owen. He's got to much of his father in him."

[o8_jedi]

OWEN: "That's what I'm afraid of."

[Sam Kenobi]

Back in the garauge

C-3P0: "Ooh!"

[o8_jedi]

*A short time before, Luke was still frustrated that he's not going to go to the Academy. From the edge of the pit where the homestead was based he looked off at the two suns setting longing for what is off this rock. Maybe even if his father was standing on this spot. When the first sun has half-way set, he goes back to the garage. He produced a doird caller and Threepio appears from behind the family speeder.*

LUKE: "What are you doing hiding back there?"

[Sam Kenobi]

C-3P0: "It wasn't my fault. Please don't deactivate me.I told him not to go, but he was (word I don't know), malfunctioning. Kept babbling on about his mission."

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "Oh, no!"

*Luke runs out of the garage and uses his macrobinoculars to scan the horizon.*

[Sam Kenobi]

C-3P0: "These astro droids are getting quite out of hand. Even I can't understand their logic at times."

[Talcy]

Luke: He's nowhere in sight. How could I be so stupid? Blast!

[o8_jedi]

C-3PO: "Pardon me for asking, sir, but shouldn't we go after him?"

[Talcy]

Luke - It's too dangerous, with all the Sandpeople around. We'll have to wait until morning.

[o8_jedi]

*From inside the homestead.*

OWEN: "Luke! I'm shutting the power down!"

[Talcy]

Luke - (to Owen) Alright, I'll be there in a few minutes!! (to 3PO) Boy, am I gonna get it! You know, that little droid is gonna cause me a lot of trouble.

[Ithorian guy]

C-3PO- "He excels in that, sir"

[o8_jedi]

*The next day, Owen searches around the homestead for his nephew.*

OWEN: "Luke! Luke! Luke!"

*He enters the kitchen where Beru is making a stew of some kind.*

OWEN: "Have you seen Luke this morning?"

[Momin327]

"He said he had some things to do before he started today, so he left early."

[o8_jedi]

OWEN: "Did he take those two new droids with him?"

[Momin327]

"I think so."

[o8_jedi]

*Owen leaves the kitchen.*

OWEN: "Well, those units had better working on the South Ridge or there'll be Hell to pay."

[Momin327]

*Out in the desert, Luke and 3PO comb the desert for R2*

"Look, there's a droid on the scanner dead ahead! Might be out little R2 unit, hit the accelerator!"

[o8_jedi]

(I can't get that image from "Spaceballs" out of my mind: combing the desert. "We ain't found style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/censored.gif !")

*As they race into a canyon, a strange figure sits perched on top of the clifface with an archaic rifle trained on the speeder. A freind of his walks up to him and grunts in a strange language. Tusken Raiders. The two Sandpeople run to their Banthas and make their way down towards the stranger. Inside the canyon, the speeder stops and Luke gets out.*

LUKE: "Hey, whoa! Just where do you think you're going?"

[Momin327]

"Master Luke's our rightful owner now! We'll have no more of this 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' gibberish! (R2 beeps) And don't talk to me of your mission either! You're fortunate he doesn't blast you into a million pieces right here!"

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "No, no. It's alright."

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

*Artoo waddles frantically.*

LUKE: "What's wrong with him now?"

[Talcy]

Threepio - He says there are several creatures approaching from the south east!

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "Sandpeople! Or worse . . ."

*Luke grabs his macrobinoculars and a rifle from his speeder. He begins to walk to a ridge.*

LUKE: "C'mon, let's go have a look."

*The droids stand still.*

LUKE: "C'mon!"

*From a high location, Luke uses the macrobinoculars to see who or what the creatures are.*

LUKE: "Well, there are two banthas down there but I don't see any . . ."

*Just then, a Tusken appears in the field of view tending to the beasts.*

LUKE: "Wait a second. They're Sandpeople all right. I can see one of them now."

*No sooner does he finish this sentence does a strange blur appear. He looks up and sees towering over him one of the very beings he was spying. Threepio tumbles down the side of the hill. Before Luke can get his weapon ready, the Tusken snaps the top off with his gaderffi and knocks the boy to the ground. Luke tries to dodge the downward kill strikes. Grunting in victory, the Tusken's cries echo around the canyon before he renders the boy unconscious.*

[Sam Kenobi]

The Tuskens drag Luke over next to his speader as R2 watches on, cooing. The Tuskens start to scavenge through his speeder, when suddenly, they hear a Krayt Draggon. It turns out it was an old man in a brown robe, who checks up on Luke. Then he hears R2's cooing.

BEN: "Well hello there. Come here, my little friend."

ARTOO: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif noises

BEN: "Oh, don't worry, he'll be alright."

[o8_jedi]

(Forgot "Don't be afraid.")

*Miraculously, Luke comes to, seemingly unscathed. He tries to sit up and is helped by the strange man.*

BEN: "Rest easy, son. You've had a busy day. You're fortunate to be all in one piece."

[Momin327]

*Luke starts to awaken, when he turns to see Obi-Wan's face*

"Ben? Ben Kenobi? Boy, am I glad to see you!"

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "The Jundland Wastes are not to be travelled lightly."

*Artoo comes out of his cubby.*

BEN: "So tell me, young Luke: what brings you out this far?"

[Momin327]

"Oh, (points at R2) this little droid. (R2 beeps) I think he's searching for his former master. I've never seen such devotion in a droid before. (R2 beeps some more) He claims he's the property of an Obi-Wan Kenobi. Is he a relative of yours? Do you know what he's talking about?"

[o8_jedi]

*Ben's eyes widen upon hearing that name.*

BEN: "'Obi-Wan' Kenobi? Obi-Wan . . . now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time."

[Momin327]

"I think my uncle knows him. He says he's dead."

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "Oh, he's not dead. Not yet."

[Momin327]

"Do you know him?"

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "Well, of course I know him! He's me. I haven't gone by the name of 'Obi-Wan' since, oh, before you were born."

[Sam Kenobi]

LUKE: "Then the droid does belong to you."

[Momin327]

"I don't seem to remember ever owning a droid. Very interesting. (They hear noises in the distance) I think we better get indoors. The Sand People are easily startled. They will soon be back, and in greater numbers."

[o8_jedi]

*They move to Luke's landspeeder when Luke remembers . . .*

LUKE: "Threepio!"

[Momin327]

*We see one of 3PO's arms lying in the ground, broken off. Luke grabs the arm with one hand and, along with Obi-Wan, lifts a sand-dusted 3PO off his back in the sand.*

"Where am I? I must have taken a bad step."

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "Well, can you stand? We've gotta get out of here before the Sandpeople return."

[The Prism]

C-3P0: I don't think I can make it! You go on, master. There's no sense in you risking yourself on my account. I'm done for!

[Sam Kenobi]

LUKE: "No you're not, what kind of talk is that?"

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "Quickly! They're on the move!"

*Ben and Luke help Threepio up and into the landspeeder. They then go to Ben's small hovel.*

[Talcy]

Luke works on the fiddlier business of re-attaching Threepio's arm.

Luke - No, my father didn't fight in any war. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "That's what your uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals. Thought he should have stayed here and not gotten involved."

[Talcy]

Luke - You fought in the Clone Wars?

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "Yes, I was once a Jedi Knight. The same as your father."

[Talcy]

Luke - I wish I'd known him.

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "He was the best starpilot in the galaxy and a cunning warrior. I understand you've become quite a good pilot yourself. And he was a good friend . . . which reminds me. I have something here for you."

*Ben goes to a small box and produces a small tube.*

BEN: "Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it. He feared you might follow old Obi-Wan on some damned-fool idealistic crusade like your father did."

[Ithorian guy]

Luke: What is it?

Obi: It is your father's lightsaber.

[o8_jedi]

(Forgot "Sir, if you won't be needing me, I'll shut down for a while," and "Sure, go ahead.")

BEN: "This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster.*

*Luke ignites the lightsaber and swings it around in front of him, marveling in the weapon and the noise it makes.*

BEN: "An elegant weapon for a more "civilized" age."

*Ben sits down.*

BEN: "For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the Dark Times. Before the Empire."

[Ithorian guy]

LUKE: How did my father die?

[o8_jedi]

*Ben hesitates for the briefest of moments.*

BEN: "A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine before he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father. Now the Jedi are all but extinct. Vader was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force."

[Momin327]

"The Force?"

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "Well, the Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us and binds the galaxy together."

style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/artoo.gif beeps.

BEN: "Now let's see if we cant figure out what you are, my little friend, and where you come from."

[Momin327]

"I saw part of the message he was..."

[o8_jedi]

*Artoo starts projecting the message, this time in its full form.*

BEN: "I seem to have found it."

[Momin327]

"General Kenobi, years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now, he begs for you in his struggle against the Empire. I regret not to relay my message to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack, and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I've placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit (Obi-Wan glances at R2), My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desparate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope."

[o8_jedi]

*As the woman's image fades into the ether, Ben leans back taking in what he just heard. He glances over at Luke, whose jaw is slack trying to make sense of what's going on.*

BEN: "You must learn the ways of the Force if you are to come with me to Alderaan."

[Sam Kenobi]

LUKE: "Alderaan!? chuckle I'm not going to Alderaan. I've got to get home, it's late, I'm import as it is!"

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "I need your help, Luke. She needs your help. I'm getting too old for this sort of thing."

[Sam Kenobi]

LUKE: "It's not that I like the Empire, I hate it, but . . . There's nothing I can do about it now. I'm such a long way from there."

[o8_jedi]

(Forgot, "I can't get involved. I've got work to do!")

BEN: "That's your uncle talking."

[Sam Kenobi]

LUKE: "My uncle. How am I ever gonna explain this?"

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "Learn about the Force, Luke."

[Sam Kenobi]

LUKE: "Look, I can take you as far as Anchorhead. You can find a transport their to Mos Eisley, or wherever you're going."

[o8_jedi]

BEN: (resigned) "You must do what you feel is right, of course."

[Sam Kenobi]

Correct me if I'm wrong.

On the Death Star . . .

TAGGE: "Until this battle station is operational, we are vunerable. The Rebel Alliance is to well equiped. There more dangerous than you realize."

[o8_jedi]

(You've got it right.)

MOTTI: "Dangerous to your star fleet, Commander. Not to this battle station."

[Sam Kenobi]

TAGGE: "And what of the Rebellion. If the Rebel Alliance continues to gain support in the Imperial Senate, the-"

[o8_jedi]

(Nitpicky Alert: The line is "The Rebellion will continue to gain a support in the Imperial Senate and . . .")

TARKIN: "The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us."

*Enter, flanked by Vader, the governor of the local sector: Grand Moff Tarkin. He is an aged man, yet he has a youthful strength about him. His features are almost birdlike with a long nose, sharp cheekbones and a bony frame. He walks and sits at his spot at the table.*

TARKIN: "I have just recieved word from the Emperor himself that he has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away."

[Sam Kenobi]

TAGGE: "But that's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain conltrol without the bureaucracy?"

[o8_jedi]

TARKIN: "The regional governors will now have direct control of their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station."

[Sam Kenobi]

TAGGE: "And what of the Rebellion. If the Rebels have managed to obtain a complete technical readout of this station, it is possible, however unlikely, they might find a weakness, and exploit it."

[Talcy]

Vader - The plans you refer to will soon be back in our hands.

[o8_jedi]

MOTTI: "Any attack made against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they've achieved. This station is now the ultimate power in the universe! I suggest we use it."

[Talcy]

Vader - Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.

[o8_jedi]

MOTTI: "Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion hasn't helped conjure up the stolen data tapes. Or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebel's hidden fortre-."

*Motti stops mid-sentence and, gasping, he clutches his collar, as if trying to pry an invisible hand from clenching his throat. A low rumble can be heard and Vader's breath quickens.*

[Talcy]

Vader - I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[o8_jedi]

TARKIN: "Enough of this! Vader, release him!"

[Talcy]

VADER - As you wish.

Vader lowers his hand and Motti is released from the unseen grip, his hand slamming on to the table. He glowers up at Vader.

[o8_jedi]

TARKIN: "This bickering is pointless! Now, Lord Vader will provide us with the location of the hidden Rebel base. And we will then crush the Rebellion with one swift stroke!"

[Talcy]

Luke, Obi Wan and the droids have stopped by the smouldwering wreckage of a Jawa Sandcrawler. There are bodies everywhere.

LUKE - It sure looks like the Sandpeople did this alright. Look at this, there's gadderfii stick, Bantha tracks...it's just...I've never heard of them hitting anything this big before!

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "They didn't, but we are meant to think they did. These tracks are side-by-side. Sand people always ride single-file to hide their numbers."

[Talcy]

LUKE - These are the same Jawas that sold us Artoo and Threepio.

[o8_jedi]

*Ben leads Luke to the Sandcrawler's wreckage.*

BEN: "And these blast points. Too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise."

(Are we talking about the same stormtroopers here? style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif )

[Talcy]

LUKE -Why would Imperial troops want to slaughter Jawas?

Luke notices the two droids standing amongst the carnage. He comes to an awful realisation.

LUKE (cont'd) - If they traced the robots here, they may have learned who they sold them to. And that whould lead them back...Home!

Luke immediately makes for the landspeeder.

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "Wait, Luke! It's too dangerous!"

*It's too late, Luke is already in his speeder, heading back home.*

[Momin327]

*Luke gets home to find parts of the farm burning from fire. Smoke blows in the wind. Luke leaps out of the landspeeder*

"Uncle Owen?! Aunt Beru?! Uncle Owen?!"

*Luke looks around the farm till his eyes hit two charred skeletons. Owen and Beru's skeletons. Luke stares in disbelief, briefly turning away, then looking back again, finally getting how serious things really are with the droids*

[o8_jedi]

*On the Death Star, in some detention block, Vader, flanked by two guards, enter Leia's cell.*

VADER: "And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base . . ."

*Vader turns to the side. Leia looks out the cell and in comes a floating black droid. It makes a weird pulsating noise that gets more frequent and louder when it approaches her. She sees a syringe on the droid and her mouth opens in disbelief. They're going to drug her. Just before it does the deed, another guard closes the cell door, allowing the interrogation to proceed undisturbed.*

[Momin327]

*On Tatooine, a saddened Luke gets back to the destroyed Sandcrawler, where Obi-Wan and the droids are burning the Jawa bodies. As C-3PO and R2 continue burning bodies, Luke walks over to Obi-Wan.*

"There was nothing you could have done, had you been there. You would have been killed too. And the droids would now be in the hands of the Empire."

[o8_jedi]

*Despite the loss of the only real family he's ever had, Luke reaches a decision.*

LUKE: "I want to come with you to Alderaan. There's nothing left for me here now. I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father."

[Momin327]

*Obi-Wan knods his head understandingly, and they walk off. Later, Luke drives his landspeeder, and stops at a mountain ledge looking over a great city.*

"Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."

[o8_jedi]

*Luke drives the speeder through the seedy streets of Mos Eisley. Everywhere, people go to whatever business they have. Eventually, they are stopped by a patrol of Imperial stormtroopers. The leader notices that the two droids in the back match the descriptions of the droids they were looking for.*

TROOPER: "How long have you had these droids?"

[Momin327]

"About three or four seasons."

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "They're up for sale if you want them."

[Momin327]

"Let me see your identification."

[o8_jedi]

*Ben subtlely waves his hand.*

BEN: "You don't need to see his identification."

[Momin327]

"We don't need to see his identification."

[o8_jedi]

BEN: "These aren't the droids you're looking for."

[havinafett]

"These aren't the droids we're looking for."

[Momin327]

"He can go about his business."

[o8_jedi]

TROOPER: "You can go about your business."

[Momin327]

"Move along."

[o8_jedi]

TROOPER: "Move along. Move along."

*Luke powers up the speeder and drives off.*

[Momin327]

*They stop at the Mos Eisley cantina, where some Jawas run over to check Luke's landspeeder*

"I can't abide those Jawas. Disgusting creatures!"

[o8_jedi]

*Luke shoos the Jawas away.*

LUKE: "Go on, go on."

*He turns back to Ben.*

LUKE: "I don't understand how we got by those troops; I thought we were dead!

[Momin327]

"The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded."

[o8_jedi]

*Luke looks at the shabby building of a cantina.*

LUKE: "Do you really think we'll find a pilot who'll take us to Alderaan in here?"

[Momin327]

"Well, most of the best freighter pilots are to be found here. Only, watch your step. This place can be a little rough."

[o8_jedi]

LUKE: "I'm ready for anything."

[Momin327]

*R2 and 3PO decide to tag along*

"Come along, R2."

[o8_jedi]

*Inside the cantina, Luke sees a vast array of alien beings and weird creatures that he couldn't have possibly have imagined while living as a moisture farmer. In the background, a Bith Jizz band, Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes, play an upbeat number. As Luke walks down the stairs into the poorly-lit cantina, followed by Threepio, an odd buzzing noise is heard.*

WUHER: "Hey! We don't serve their kind here!"

[Momin327]

"What?"

[o8_jedi]

WUHER: "Your droids! You'll have to leave them outside. We don't want them here."

*A few customers get antsy, seeing this farmboy leading these droids inside.*

[Momin327]

"Listen, why don't you wait by the speeder. We don't want any trouble."

[Plo Koon]

3PO: I heartely agree with you, sir

[James]

Luke sits down at the bar and orders a drink. An Aqualish comes up and growls something at him. His human friend says:

"He doesn't like you!"

[Momin327]

"I'm sorry!"

[o8_jedi]

EVEZAN: "I don't like you either. You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems."

[Momin327]

"I'll be careful..."

[James]

"You'll be dead!"

[Momin327]

"This little one's not worth the effort. Come, let me get you something..."

[o8_jedi]

*The misshapen human throws Luke into a table, which comes crashing down. Ben reaches for his side as the human and the Aqualish pull out their blasters. The bartender takes cover.*

WUHER: "No blasters! No blasters!"

*Ben ignites his lightsaber and deflects a bolt safely away. Then, with one quick stroke, cuts off the Aqualish's hand and injures the human. As they fall screaming to the ground, the crowd looks at the old Jedi and quietly returns to their drinks. Ben sheaths his saber and goes to help Luke up.*

[Momin327]

"I'm all right!"

[o8_jedi]

*Ben motions to the Wookiee standing behind him.*

BEN: "Chewbacca here is first mate on a ship that might suit us."

[Momin327]

*Outside, R2 and 3PO see somebody talking to a Sandtrooper who's dismounted his dewback*

"I don't like the looks of this..."

*The dewback growls at the droids*

[o8_jedi]

*Back in the cantina, Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes plays a new tune, which several patrons cheer. At a table, Chewbacca, the Wookiee, has led our heros to meet his captain: A thirty-year old Corellian smuggler named . . .*

HAN: "Han Solo. I'm captain of the Millenium Falcon. Chewie here tells me that you're looking for safe passage to the Alderaan system."

[Momin327]

"Yes, indeed. If it is a fast ship."

[o8_jedi]

HAN: "'Fast ship'? You've never heard of the Millenium Falcon?"

[Momin327]

"Should I have?"

[o8_jedi]

HAN: "It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs."

(Which makes sense, despite the fact that a parsecs are a unit of distance, not time. If you care to pm me, I'll give you a rationale.)

*No response from Ben.*

HAN: "I can outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers, mind you. I'm talking about the big, Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you old man. What's the cargo?"

[Momin327]

"Only passengers. Myself, the boy, two droids, and no questions asked!"

[o8_jedi]

*Han chuckles.*

HAN: "What is it? Some kind of local trouble?"

[Momin327]

"Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial entanglements..."

[o8_jedi]

HAN: "Well, that's the real trick, isn't it? And it's gonna cost you something extra."

*The old man and the young boy lean closer.*

HAN: "10,000. All in advance."