Star
Wars: Shadows of the Empire
by: James Fehrenbacher
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[FADE
IN: The Emperor’s Chamber on Imperial Center]
Xizor.
[voiceover] He looks like a walking corpse; like a mummified
body, dead a thousand years.
Amazing he’s still alive, and much less the most powerful
man in the galaxy.
[The
Emperor steps into a holocam field, and a holographic image
of Darth Vader appears, bent on one knee]
Darth
Vader.
What is thy bidding, my master?
The
Emperor.
There is a great disturbance in the Force.
Darth
Vader.
I have felt it.
The
Emperor.
We have a new enemy.
Luke Skywalker.
Xizor.
[voiceover] Skywalker?
That was Vader’s name, a long time ago.
Who is this person who shares the same name?
And why haven’t my agents told me about this?
Darth
Vader.
Yes, my master.
The
Emperor.
He could destroy us.
Darth
Vader.
He is just a boy. Obi-Wan
can no longer help him.
Xizor.
[voiceover] Obi-Wan?
Kenobi, the Jedi Knight?
He’s been dead for years, hasn’t he?
The
Emperor.
The Force is strong with him.
The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
Xizor.
[voiceover] Son of Skywalker?
Vader’s son?
Amazing!
Darth
Vader.
If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally.
The
Emperor.
Yes. Yes. He would be a great asset.
Can it be done?
Darth
Vader.
He will join us or die, master.
[Vader’s
hologram fades out, and The Emperor turns to face Xizor]
The
Emperor.
Now, where were we, Prince Xizor?
[Xizor
smiles, and the scene fades]
End
Scene 1.
Begin
Scene 2.
[INT.
The carbon-freezing chamber in Cloud City.
Chewbacca is roaring his rage.]
Han
Solo.
Chewie! There
will be another time!
The Princess - you have to take care of her.
[Chewie
nods in agreement. Han
is taken off to the freezing pit, but pauses to kiss Leia.
Stromtroopers pull them apart, and stand Han on a platform]
Leia.
I love you.
Han
Solo.
I know.
[Han
is lowered into the pit, and frozen in carbonite.]
CUT
TO: Leia lying in bed on Tatooine.
Her sheets are sweaty and wadded up around her.
She swings her legs over the side of the bed, and holds
her head in her hands.
Leia.
It was a bad dream.
But no…it really happened.
Han is embedded in a block of carbonite, lost somewhere
in the galaxy. The
Alliance is in crumbles.
We’re out manned and out gunned ten thousand to one.
But I won’t cry.
I’ll get even.
End
Scene 2.
Begin
Scene 3.
[EXT.
A carnival high wire and platform, sixty meters above
the sands of Tatooine - EVENING.
Luke Skywalker is standing on the platform, wearing
plain black pants, a black shirt, and a black leather belt.
Standing still, he flashes back to Cloud City.]
Darth
Vader.
[voiceover] I’m your father.
Luke
Skywalker.
No, that can’t be true.
My father was Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi Knight.
[Luke
pushes the thoughts out of his mind, and calms his body.
After several seconds, he begins to walk the wire]
Luke’s
POV – The wire changes and becomes a local Tatooine street.
About halfway across the wire, Luke begins to run.
As he reaches the other platform,
End
Scene 3.
Begin
Scene 4.
[INT.
Xizor’s castle on Imperial Center.
Xizor is leaning back in an armchair, watching a holoproj
unit of a number of assassins.
His Human Replica Droid, Guri, is standing across the
table]
Guri.
The Pike Sisters. Genetic
twins, not clones. Twenty-six
standard years old.
No political affiliations or criminal records in any
of the major star systems.
They are for hire to the highest bidder, and they have
never worked for Black Sun.
Xizor.
They will do. Make
it happen.
[Guri
nods, and leaves the room, and the scene fades.]
End
Scene 4.
Begin
Scene 5.
[INT.
A local cantina in Mos Eisley on Tatooine.
Leia is sitting next to Chewbacca, apparently waiting
for somebody.]
Lando
Calrissian.
[From behind Leia] Buy you a drink, beautiful?
[Leia
turns and sees Lando, with C-3PO and R2-D2 in the background.
R2 is taking in the bar, and 3PO looks very nervous.]
Leia.
How did you get in here?
Lando
Calrissian.
Back door. [Gestures
over his shoulder]
C-3PO.
Perhaps we ought to come back, Master Calrissian.
R2 and I are the only droids in here.
Lando
Calrissian.
Don’t worry about it, 3PO.
I know the owner.
And besides, I don’t want you outside by yourselves.
There are [in mock amazement] thieves
around town. And
they wouldn’t mind swiping you two.
C-3PO.
Oh, dear me. Perhaps
we should stay inside.
[Leia
smiles]
Lando
Calrissian.
Leia,
I think we have Slave I spotted.
Leia.
Where?
Lando
Calrissian.
A moon called Gall, out on the Outer Rim.
While the information is third-hand, the chain is supposed
to be reliable.
Leia.
We’ve heard that one before.
Lando
Calrissian.
We can either wait here or go and check it out. Boba Fett should have dropped Han off at Jabba’s several months
ago. I’ve got
a contact in that system, an old gambling buddy.
His name is Dash Rendar.
He does a little…freelance cargo delivery.
Leia.
You mean smuggling.
Lando
Calrissian.
If you want to call it that.
Leia.
Do you trust him?
Lando
Calrissian.
As long as my money lasts?
Yeah,
I do.
Leia.
How
soon will he be able to get the information to us?
Lando
Calrissian.
A couple days.
[Chewbacca
says something in Wookie.]
Lando
Calrissian.
I don’t know why Fett stopped there.
The moon has a shipyard; maybe he needed repairs.
[Chewbacca
says something else]
Lando
Calrissian.
Yeah, I’m afraid so.
[Turning to Leia] Gall is an Imperial Enclave.
There are a couple Star Destroyers based there, plus
all the TIE fighters.
Even if Fett is there, it won’t be easy to get to him.
Leia.
When has anything been easy since I met you?
[Lando
shrugs]
Leia.
I
guess we’d better go tell Luke.
End
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