Han Solo
[answers the intercom after commandeering an attack station] Uh, everything's under control. Situation normal.
Voice
What happened?
Han Solo
Uh, we had a slight weapons malfunction, but, uh... everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine, we're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?
Voice
We're sending a squad up.
Han Solo
Uh... uh, negative, negative. We have a reactor leak here now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak, very dangerous.
Voice
Who is this? What's your operating number?
Han Solo
Uh...
[blasts the intercom, destroying it]
Han Solo
Boring conversation, anyway. LUKE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE COMPANY!
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Stormtrooper
Let me see your identification.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
[with a small wave of his hand]
You don't need to see his identification.
Stormtrooper
We don't need to see his identification.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
These aren't the droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper
These aren't the droids we're looking for.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
He can go about his business.
Stormtrooper
You can go about your business.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Move along.
Stormtrooper
Move along... move along.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Use the Force, Luke. Let go.
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Han Solo
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Mos Eisley spaceport: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.
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Han Solo
Wonderful girl. Either I'm going to kill her or I'm beginning to like her.
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C-3PO
Just you reconsider playing that message for him!
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C-3PO
No, I don't think he likes you at all.
[R2 beeps again]
C-3PO
No, I don't like you either.
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Luke Skywalker
She's rich.
Luke Skywalker
Rich, powerful. Listen, if you were to rescue her, the reward would be...
Han Solo
What?
Luke Skywalker
Well, more wealth than you can imagine!
Han Solo
I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit.
Luke Skywalker
You'll get it.
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Obi-Wan
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
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Princess Leia Organa
General Kenobi. Years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request 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 have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.
[pause]
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
[to Luke]
You must learn the ways of the Force, if you're to come with me to Alderaan.
Luke Skywalker
Alderaan? I'm not going to Alderaan, I've gotta get *home*, it's late, I'm in for it as it is!
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
I need your help, Luke. She needs your help. I'm getting too old for this sort of thing.
Luke Skywalker
Look, I can't get involved. I've got work to do. It's not that I like the Empire; I hate it, but there's nothing I can do about it right now... It's all such a long way from here.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
That's your Uncle talking.
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Princess Leia Organa
Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?
Luke Skywalker
Huh? Oh, the uniform.
[Luke takes off Stormtrooper mask]
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General Tagge
[37:45]
And what of the Rebellion? If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical reading of this station, it is possible, however unlikely, they might find a weakness and exploit it.
Darth Vader
The plans you refer to will soon be back in our hands.
Admiral Motti
Any attack made by the Rebels against this station would be a useless gesture, no matter what technical data they have obtained. This station is now the ultimate power in the universe! I suggest we use it!
Darth Vader
Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a planet, or even a whole system, is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Admiral Motti
Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the Rebels' hidden fort...
[Vader makes a pinching motion and Motti starts choking]
Darth Vader
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Grand Moff Tarkin
Enough of this! Vader, release him!
Darth Vader
As you wish.
[He does]
Grand Moff Tarkin
This bickering is pointless! Lord Vader will provide us with the location of the Rebel fortress by the time this station is operational. We will then crush the Rebellion with one swift stroke!
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Han Solo
Look, Your Worshipfulness, let's get one thing straight. I take orders from just one person: me.
Princess Leia Organa
It's a wonder you're still alive.
[Pushing past Chewbacca]
Princess Leia Organa
Will someone get this big walking carpet out of my way?
Han Solo
No reward is worth this.
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C-3PO
We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.
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[R2-D2 and Chewbacca are playing the holographic game aboard the Millennium Falcon]
Chewbacca
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgh!
C-3PO
He made a fair move. Screaming about it can't help you.
Han Solo
Let him have it. It's not wise to upset a Wookiee.
C-3PO
But sir, nobody worries about upsetting a droid.
Han Solo
That's 'cause droids don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose. Wookiees are known to do that.
Chewbacca
Grrf.
C-3PO
I see your point, sir. I suggest a new strategy, R2: let the Wookiee win.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
[1:04:29]
That's no moon. It's a space station.
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[approaching the Death Star]
Luke Skywalker
I have a very bad feeling about this.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
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. It binds the galaxy together.
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Princess Leia Organa
It's not over yet.
Han Solo
It is for me, sister. Look, I ain't in this for your revolution, and I'm not in it for you, Princess. I expect to be well paid. I'm in it for the money.
Princess Leia Organa
You needn't worry about your reward. If money is all that you love, then that's what you'll receive.
[to Luke]
Princess Leia Organa
Your friend is quite the mercenary. I wonder if he really cares about anything. Or anybody.
[she stalks out]
[to Han]
Luke Skywalker
So, what do you think of her, Han?
Han Solo
I'm tryin' not to, kid.
Luke Skywalker
Good.
Han Solo
[baiting him]
Still, she's got a lot of spirit. I don't know, whaddya think? You think a princess and a guy like me...
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Force will be with you, always.
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C-3PO
We're doomed.
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[first title cards]
Title card/crawl
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
Title card/crawl
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 station with 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...
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Han Solo
Han Solo. I'm captain of the Millennium Falcon. Chewie here tells me you're lookin' for passage to the Alderaan system?
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Yes indeed, if it's a fast ship.
Han Solo
Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Should I have?
Han Solo
It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've 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?
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Only passengers. Myself, the boy, two droids... and no questions asked.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial entanglements.
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Princess Leia
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope.
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Han Solo
Hokey religions and ancient weapons are not a good match for a blaster at your side, kid.
Luke Skywalker
You don't believe in the Force, do you?
Han Solo
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other; I've seen a lot of strange stuff. But I've never seen anything to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. There's no mystical energy field that controls my destiny. Anyway, it's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
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C-3PO
As a matter of fact, I'm not even sure which planet I'm on.
Luke Skywalker
Well, if there's a bright center to the universe you're on the planet that it's farthest from.
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Han Solo
Get in there, you big furry oaf! I don't care what you smell!
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
I have something here for you. 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 damn fool idealistic crusade like your father did.
Luke Skywalker
What is it?
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Your father's light saber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. 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.
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Luke Skywalker
How did my father die?
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until 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.
Luke Skywalker
The Force?
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Princess Leia Organa
This is some rescue! You came in here, but didn't you have a plan for getting out?
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Luke Skywalker
[32:37]
No, my father didn't fight in the Clone Wars. He was a navigator on a spice freighter.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
That's what your Uncle told you. He didn't hold with your father's ideals; he felt he should've stayed here and not gotten involved.
Luke Skywalker
You fought in the Clone Wars?
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Yes. I was once a Jedi knight, the same as your father.
Luke Skywalker
I wish I'd known him.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
He was the best star pilot in the galaxy, and a cunning warrior. I understand that you've become quite a good pilot yourself.
[sorrowfully]
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
And he was a good friend.
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Darth Vader
He is here.
Grand Moff Tarkin
Obi-Wan Kenobi? What makes you think so?
Darth Vader
A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master.
Grand Moff Tarkin
Surely he must be dead by now.
Darth Vader
Don't underestimate the Force.
Grand Moff Tarkin
The Jedi are extinct, their fire has gone out of the universe. You, my friend, are all that's left of their religion.
[answering a comm signal]
Grand Moff Tarkin
Yes?
Voice
We have an emergency alert in detention block AA-23.
Grand Moff Tarkin
The Princess? Put all sections on alert.
Darth Vader
Obi-wan is here. The Force is with him.
Grand Moff Tarkin
If you're right, he must not be allowed to escape.
Darth Vader
Escape is not his plan. I must face him, alone.
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Luke Skywalker
[about Princess Leia]
They're gonna 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 Solo
Marching into a detention area is not what I had in mind.
Luke Skywalker
But they're gonna kill her!
Han Solo
Better her than me!
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Princess Leia Organa
Governor Tarkin! I should have expected to find you holding Vader's leash. I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board.
Grand Moff Tarkin
Charming to the last. You don't know how hard I found it, signing the order to terminate your life.
Princess Leia Organa
I'm surprised that you had the courage to take the responsibility yourself.
Grand Moff Tarkin
Princess Leia, before your execution, I would like you to be my guest at a ceremony that'll make this battle station operational. No star system will dare oppose the Emperor now.
Princess Leia Organa
The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.
Grand Moff Tarkin
Not after we demonstrate the power of this station. In a way, you have determined the choice of the planet that'll be destroyed first. Since you are reluctant to provide us with the location of the Rebel base, I have chosen to test this station's destructive power on your home planet of Alderaan.
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C-3PO
I would much rather have gone with Master Luke than stay here with you. I don't know what all this trouble is about, but I'm sure it must be your fault.
[R2 beeps an angry response]
C-3PO
You watch your language!
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.
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Darth Vader
This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi, it will soon see the end of the Rebellion.
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Darth Vader
[zeroing in on Luke's fighter] I have you now!
[one of Vader's wing-men explodes]
Darth Vader
What?
Han Solo
YAHOOO!
[the Millennium Falcon appears]
Tie Fighter pilot
Look out!
[Han fires again, the second fighter collides with Vader's, sending him careening away]
Han Solo
You're all clear, kid, now let's blow this thing and go home!
[Luke fires, the torpedoes dive down the exhaust port; the Millennium Falcon leads the remaining rebel ships away as the Death Star explodes]
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[Ponda Baba gives Luke a rough shove and starts yelling at Luke in an alien language which Luke doesn't understand]
Dr. Evazan
[explaining]
He doesn't like you.
Luke Skywalker
Sorry.
Dr. Evazan
[grabbing Luke]
*I* don't like you either. You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems.
Luke Skywalker
I'll be careful.
Dr. Evazan
You'll be dead!
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
[intervening]
This little one's not worth the effort. Come, let me get you something.
[Dr. Evazan shoves Luke across the room and pulls out a blaster]
Bartender
No blasters! No blasters!
[Obi-Wan ignites his lightsaber, wounding Dr. Evazan and severing Ponda Baba's arm]
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Princess Leia Organa
No! Alderaan is peaceful! We have no weapons, you can't possibly...
Grand Moff Tarkin
[impatiently]
You would prefer another target, a military target? Then name the system! I grow tired of asking this so it will be the last time: Where is the rebel base?
Princess Leia Organa
...Dantooine. They're on Dantooine.
Grand Moff Tarkin
There. You see, Lord Vader, she can be reasonable. Continue with the operation; you may fire when ready.
Princess Leia Organa
WHAT?
Grand Moff Tarkin
You're far too trusting. Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration - but don't worry; we will deal with your rebel friends soon enough.
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Commander #1
We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. Should I have your ship standing by?
Grand Moff Tarkin
Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
[to R2-D2]
Hello there.
[R2 beeps]
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Come here, my little friend. Don't be afraid.
[R2 beeps a question]
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Oh don't worry, he'll be alright.
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Han Solo
Great shot, kid, that was one in a million!
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Princess Leia Organa
Listen. I don't know who you are or where you came from, but from now on you'll do as I tell you, okay?
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C-3PO
Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease.
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Darth Vader
[addressing the Tantive IV's captain, whom he is interrogating] Where are those transmissions you intercepted? WHAT have you DONE with those plans?
[holding Captain Antilles off the floor, the Captain's feet are dangling at Vader's knees]
Captain Antilles
We intercepted no transmissions...
[gasps]
Captain Antilles
... This is a consular ship... We're on a -
[chokes]
Captain Antilles
diplomatic mission...
Darth Vader
[shouting] If this is a consular ship, WHERE is the ambassador?
[Antilles dies before he can answer, and Vader throws the man's body against the wall, narrowly missing 2 stormtroopers]
Darth Vader
Commander, tear this ship apart until you find those plans! And bring me all passengers, I want them ALIVE!
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General Dodonna
The battle station is heavily shielded and carries a firepower greater than half the star fleet. Its defenses are designed around a direct, large-scale assault. A small one-man fighter should be able to penetrate the outer defense.
Gold Leader
Pardon me for asking, sir, but what good are snub fighters going to be against that?
General Dodonna
Well, the Empire doesn't consider a small one-man fighter to be any threat, or they'd have a tighter defense. An analysis of the plans provided by Princess Leia has demonstrated a weakness in the battle station. But the approach will not be easy. You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's 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 which should destroy the station. Only a precise hit will set off a chain reaction. The shaft is ray-shielded, so you'll have to use proton torpedoes.
Wedge Antilles (Red 2)
That's impossible! Even for a computer.
Luke
It's not impossible. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they're not much bigger than two meters.
General Dodonna
Then man your ships. And may the Force be with you.
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Darth Vader
[as Obi-Wan finds him and ignites lightsaber]
I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you I was but the learner, but now I am the master.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Only a master of evil, Darth.
[fights Vader]
Darth Vader
Your powers are weak, old man.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down I will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
[fights more]
Darth Vader
You should not have come back.
[fights more]
[stormtroopers shoot at him]
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Luke Skywalker
t just isn't fair. Oh, Biggs is right. I'm never gonna get out of here.
C-3PO
Is there anything I can do?
Luke Skywalker
Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest, or teleport me off this rock.
C-3PO
I don't think so, sir. I'm only a droid and not very knowledgeable about such things, not on this planet, anyway.
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Aunt Beru
Where are you going?
Luke
Looks like I'm going nowhere. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go finish cleaning those droids.
Aunt Beru
[after Luke leaves]
Owen, he can't stay here forever, most of his friends have gone. It means so much to him.
Uncle Owen
I'll make it up to him next year; I promise.
Aunt Beru
Luke's just not a farmer, Owen. He has too much of his father in him.
Uncle Owen
That's what I'm afraid of.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
There was nothing you could have done, Luke, had you been there. You'd have been killed too, and the droids would now be in the hands of the Empire.
Luke Skywalker
I want to come with you to Alderaan. There's nothing for me here now. I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father.
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Princess Leia
Someone has to save our skins. Into the garbage chute, fly boy.
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[as the garbage compactor closes in]
Han Solo
One thing's for sure, we're all gonna be a lot thinner.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
[as Luke wakes up after being knocked out by Tuskan Raiders]
Rest easy, son. You've had a busy day. You're fortunate to be all in one piece.
Luke Skywalker
Ben? Ben Kenobi? Boy, am I glad to see you.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Jundland Wastes are not to be traveled lightly. Tell me, young Luke, what brings you out this far?
Luke Skywalker
[indicating R2-D2]
This little droid. I think he's searching for his former master, but I've never seen such devotion in a droid before. Uh, he claims to be the property of an Obi-Wan Kenobi. Is he a relative of yours? Do you know what he's talking about?
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
[thoughtfully]
Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan... Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time.
Luke Skywalker
I think my Uncle knows him. He said he was dead.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Oh, he's not dead. Well... not yet.
Luke Skywalker
Then you know him.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Well, of course I know him. He's me.
[R2 beeps in surprise]
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
I haven't gone by the name of Obi-Wan since... oh, before you were born.
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Greedo
[In Huttese; subtitled]
Going somewhere, Solo?
Han Solo
Yes, Greedo. I was just going to see your boss. Tell Jabba I've got his money.
Greedo
It's too late. You should have paid him when you had the chance. Jabba's put a price on your head so large, every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you. I'm lucky I found you first.
Han Solo
Yeah, but this time I've got the money.
Greedo
If you give it to me, I might forget I found you.
Greedo
Jabba's through with you! He has no use for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser.
Han Solo
Even I get boarded sometimes. Did you think I had a choice?
Greedo
You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship.
Han Solo
Over my dead body.
Greedo
That's the idea. I've been looking forward to this for a long time.
Han Solo
Yes, I'll bet you have.
Greedo
I'll end you!
[Greedo and Han fire at each other, with the latter blasting Greedo with his laser pistol, killing him instantly. Han then gets up from under the table and tosses the bartender a coin as he heads out of the Cantina]
Han Solo
Sorry about the mess.
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Han Solo
Not a bad bit of rescuing, huh? You know, sometimes I amaze even myself.
Princess Leia
That doesn't sound too hard.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
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.
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Luke Skywalker
I'm Luke Skywalker. I'm here to rescue you.
Princess Leia Organa
You're who?
Luke Skywalker
I'm here to rescue you. I've got your R2 unit. I'm here with Ben Kenobi.
Princess Leia Organa
Ben Kenobi? Where is he?
Luke Skywalker
Come on!
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C-3PO
You must repair him! Sir, if any of my circuits or gears will help, I'll gladly donate them.
Luke Skywalker
He'll be all right.
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Han Solo
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 Obi-Wan Kenobi
Leave that to me.
Han Solo
You damn fool! I knew you were gonna say that!
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Who's the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?
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[Two stormtroopers are posted near the tractor beam power terminal]
Stormtrooper
Do you know what's going on?
Other stormtrooper
Maybe it's another drill.
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Princess Leia Organa
Looks like you've managed to cut off our only escape route.
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Officer Cass
Our scout ships have reached Dantooine. They found the remains of a Rebel base, but they estimate that it has been deserted for some time. They are now conducting an extensive search of the surrounding systems.
Grand Moff Tarkin
[referring to Leia] She lied. She lied to us!
Darth Vader
I told you she would never consciously betray the Rebellion.
Grand Moff Tarkin
Terminate her... immediately!
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Luke Skywalker
You know, I think that R2 unit we bought may have been stolen.
Uncle Owen
What makes you think that?
Luke Skywalker
Well, I stumbled across a recording while I was cleaning him. He says that he belongs to someone called Obi-Wan Kenobi. I thought he might have meant old Ben. Do you know what he's talking about?
Uncle Owen
Uh-uh.
Luke Skywalker
I wonder if he's related to Ben.
Uncle Owen
That wizard's just a crazy old man. You stay away from him, you hear me? He's dangerous. Now, tomorrow I want you to take that R2 unit to Anchorhead and have its memory erased. That'll be the end of it. It belongs to us now.
Luke Skywalker
But what if this Obi-Wan comes here looking for him?
Uncle Owen
He won't. I don't think he exists anymore. He died about the same time as your father.
Luke Skywalker
Did he know my father?
Uncle 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 condensers.
Luke Skywalker
Yes, sir.
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[a group of Stormtroopers are chasing Han Solo and Chewbacca down a corridor]
Stormtrooper
Close the blast doors!
[the doors shut just after Han and Chewie run through the doorway, locking the Stormtroopers out]
Stormtrooper
Open the blast doors! Open the blast doors!
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Han Solo
Well, you can forget your troubles with those Imperial slugs. I told you I'd outrun 'em.
[nobody is listening]
Han Solo
Don't everyone thank me at once.
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Luke Skywalker
So. You got your reward and you're just leaving, then?
Han Solo
That's right, yeah. Got some old debts I gotta pay off with this stuff. Even 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 Skywalker
Come on. Why don't you take a look around. You know what's about to happen, what they're up against. They could use a good pilot like you, you're turning your back on them.
Han Solo
What good is a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides, attacking that battle station is not my idea of courage. It's more like, suicide.
Luke Skywalker
[angry]
Okay. Take care of yourself Han. I guess that's what you're best at isn't it?
[to Chewbacca]
Han Solo
What're you looking at? I know what I'm doing.
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Princess Leia Organa
[07:38]
Darth Vader. Only you could be so bold. The Imperial Senate will not sit still for this. When they hear you've attacked a diplomatic...
Darth Vader
Don't act so surprised, Your 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.
Princess Leia Organa
I don't know what you're talking about. I am a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan...
Darth Vader
You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor! Take her away!
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Gold Two
[the Y-wings are running the gauntlet toward the Death Star reactor-port]
The guns - they've stopped!
Gold Five
[realizes why]
Stabilize your rear deflectors... Watch for enemy fighters.
Gold Leader
They're coming in! Three marks at 2-10!
[Gold Two is slain by Darth Vader and his wingmen; Gold Leader starts to panic]
Gold Leader
It's no good, I can't maneuver!
Gold Five
Stay on target.
Gold Leader
We're too close!
Gold Five
Stay on target!
Gold Leader
[shouts]
Loosen up!
[he too is picked off by Vader and Company; Gold Five tries to escape but is fatally winged]
Gold Five
Gold Five to Red leader, lost Tiree, lost Dutch.
Red Leader
I copy, Gold Leader.
Gold Five
They came from... behind!
[crashes]
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Han Solo
She'll make point five past lightspeed. She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself.
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Han Solo
Jabba, you're a wonderful human being.
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Luke Skywalker
You know, between his growling and your blasting everything in sight, it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know we're here.
Han Solo
Well, bring 'em on! I prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking around.
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[Luke blows up his first TIE fighter]
Luke Skywalker
Got him! I got him!
Han Solo
Great, kid! Don't get cocky.
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[Darth Vader enters Princess Leia's cell, followed by a sinister looking interrogation droid]
Darth Vader
And now, your highness, we will discuss the location of your hidden rebel base...
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Han Solo
This is *not* gonna work.
Luke Skywalker
Why didn't you say so before?
Han Solo
I *did* say so before.
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Luke Skywalker
There's something alive in here.
Han Solo
That's your imagination.
Luke Skywalker
Something just moved passed my leg.
[sees a tentacle in the water]
Luke Skywalker
Look! Did you see that?
Han Solo
What?
[the tentacle grabs Luke and drags him into the water]
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
I suggest you try it again, Luke. This time, let go your conscious self and act on instinct.
[puts a helmet over Luke's head]
Luke Skywalker
With the blast shield down, I can't even see. How am I supposed to fight?
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them.
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[Princess Leia gets her first look at the Millennium Falcon]
Princess Leia Organa
You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought.
Han Solo
Nice! Come on.
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Luke Skywalker
I don't understand how we got by those troops. I thought we were dead.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Force can have a strong influence on the weak-minded.
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Wuher
Hey! We don't serve their kind here.
Luke Skywalker
What?
Wuher
Your droids. They'll have to wait outside. We don't want them here.
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[Luke is practicing lightsaber drills against a remote]
Han Solo
Good against remotes is one thing. Good against the living, that's something else.
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[Han, Luke, Leia and Chewie land in the trash compactor]
Han Solo
Garbage chute. Really wonderful idea. What an incredible smell you've discovered! Let's get out of here! Get away from there...
Luke Skywalker
No, wait...!
[Han draws his laser pistol and fires at the hatch. The laser bolt ricochets wildly around the small room. Everyone dives for cover in the garbage as the bolt finally explodes]
Luke Skywalker
Will you forget it? I already tried it. It's magnetically sealed!
Princess Leia Organa
Put that thing away, you're gonna get us all killed!
Han Solo
Absolutely, Your Worship. Look, I had everything under control until you led us down here! Now it's not going to take them long to figure out what happened to us.
Princess Leia Organa
It could be worse.
[Garbage creature growls]
Han Solo
It's worse.
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Grand Moff Tarkin
The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.
General Tagge
That's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy?
Grand Moff Tarkin
The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station.
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Luke Skywalker
Hey Biggs, I told you I'd make it someday.
Biggs
It'll be like old times, Luke. They'll never stop us.
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Red Six
I got a problem here. My converter's running wild.
Biggs
Eject!
Red Six
I can hold it. Gimme more room to run.
Biggs
You're too low. Pull up!
Red Six
No, I'm all right...
[death scream]
Red Six
[Porkins' fighter explodes from a turbolaser crossfire]
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Greedo
[pointing a blaster at Han]
[Huttese]
Greedo
Going somewhere, Solo?
Han Solo
Yes, Greedo. As a matter of fact, I was just going to see your boss.
[taking a seat]
Han Solo
Tell Jabba that I've got his money.
Greedo
Its too late. You should have paid him when you had the chance. Jabba put a price on your head so large, every bounty hunter will be looking for you. I'm lucky I found you first.
Han Solo
Yeah, but this time, I've got the money.
Greedo
If you give it to me, I might forget I found you.
Han Solo
I don't have it WITH me.
[he slowly draws out his blaster while they talk]
Han Solo
Tell Jabba...
Greedo
Jabba's through with you. He has no time for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser.
Han Solo
Even I get boarded sometimes. Did you think I had a choice?
Greedo
You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship.
Han Solo
Over my dead body.
Greedo
That's the idea. I've been looking forward to this for a long time.
Han Solo
Yes, I'll bet you have.
Greedo
I'll end you!
[Greedo and Han fire at each other, with the latter shooting Greedo. Everyone in the Cantina stares at Han and the now dead Greedo who's lying on the table. He gets up]
Han Solo
Sorry about the mess.
[he says to the Bartender as he tosses a coin to him while leaving]
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Han Solo
Stay sharp. There's two more coming in. They're gonna try and cut us off.
[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE; turns to Luke and Obi-Wan]
Han Solo
What did you guys do to attract this kind of attention, anyhow?
Luke
Couldn't we outrun them first and explain ourselves later? You said something about the Kessel Run.
Han Solo
Watch the wisecracks, kid, or you're gonna find yourself floating home! I'm nobody's straight-man, not on my own ship!... We'll be safe enough once we make the jump to hyperspace. Besides, I know a few maneuvers which ought to shake the more persistent ones.
[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE]
Han Solo
I just wish I'd known how *popular* the two of you were.
Han Solo
[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE]
No; far more likely, all I would've done was boost your fare... considerably.
[the ship shudders as an explosion flashes outside the window]
Han Solo
Here's where the fun begins!
Obi-Wan
How long before you can make the jump to hyperspace?
Han Solo
It'll take a few moments to get the coordinates from the nav-com.
[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE]
Han Solo
I could override it, but the drive might shred itself.
[the ship rocks violently as it is straddled with particle-beams]
Luke
Do we *have* a few moments? At the rate they're gaining...!
Han Solo
Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, farm-boy!
[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE]
Han Solo
Ever try calculating a jump to light-speed?
[Luke shakes his head]
Han Solo
Didn't think so; well, it's no parlor trick. Without precise calculations we could fly right through a supernova, or bounce into a singularity. I've seen it happen, too; I only wish I hadn't.
Han Solo
[noticing it also]
Uh-oh, we're losing a deflector shield. Go strap yourselves in, we're ready to make the jump. If we take a burst at the wrong moment...
[They escape]
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C-3PO
Where could they be?
[R2 beeps at him]
C-3PO
Use the comlink? Oh my! I forgot, I turned it off.
[over the comlink]
C-3PO
Are you there sir?
Luke Skywalker
3PO?
C-3PO
We've had some problems...
Luke Skywalker
[interrupting]
Will you shut up and listen to me! Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level, will ya? Do you copy? Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level! Shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level!
[R2 shuts down the compactors]
Luke Skywalker
What? HAHA! Hey, you did it 3PO!
[Luke, Leia and Han start laughing hysterically; it sounds like screaming]
C-3PO
Listen to them, they're dying R2! Curse my metal body, I wasn't fast enough, it's all my fault! My poor Master.
Luke Skywalker
3PO, we're all right! We're all right! Ha ha! Hey, open the pressure maintenance hatch on unit number... where are we? 3263827!
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Princess Leia Organa
They let us go. It was the only reason for the ease of our escape.
Han Solo
Easy? You call that easy?
Princess Leia Organa
They're tracking us.
Han Solo
Not this ship, sister.
Han Solo
What's so important? What's he carrying?
Princess Leia Organa
The technical readouts of that battle station. I only hope that when the data's analyzed a weakness can be found. It's not over yet.
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[X-wings are approaching Death Star]
Wedge Antilles (Red 2)
Look at the *size* of that thing!
Red Leader
Cut the chatter, Red 2. Accelerate to attack speed.
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[the Millennium Falcon emerges from hyperspace]
Han Solo
What the-? We've come out of hyperspace, right into a meteor shower... or an asteroid field or something. It's not on any of the charts!
Luke Skywalker
What's going on?
Han Solo
Our position's correct, except... no Alderaan.
Luke Skywalker
What do you mean? Where is it?
Han Solo
That's what I'm trying to tell you, kid; it ain't there... It's been totally blown away.
Luke Skywalker
*What*? How?
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Destroyed, by the Empire.
Han Solo
The entire Starfleet couldn't destroy a whole planet. It'd take a thousand ships, with more firepower than...
[alarm sounds]
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[a group of Stormtroopers have found the escape pod]
Stormtrooper Officer
Someone *was* in the pod. The tracks go off in this direction.
Stormtrooper
[holding up a ring of metal] Look, sir: Droids.
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General Tagge
And until this battle station is fully operational, we are vulnerable! The Rebel Alliance is too well equipped! They're more dangerous than you realize.
Admiral Motti
Dangerous to your starfleet, Commander; not to this battle station.
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Obi-Wan
You must do what you feel is right, of course.
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[Luke, Obi-Wan, and the droids find the Sandcrawler that the droids were sold from trashed and a majority of the Jawas dead]
Luke Skywalker
It *looks* like the Sandpeople did this, alright. Look, there's gaffi sticks, Bantha tracks. It's just, I never heard of them hit anything this big before.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
They didn't, but we are meant to think they did. These tracks are side-by-side. Sandpeople always ride single file to hide their numbers.
Luke Skywalker
These are the same Jawas that sold us R2 and 3PO.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
And these blast points, too accurate for Sandpeople. Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise.
Luke Skywalker
But why would Imperial troops want to slaughter Jawas? If they traced the robots here, they may have learned who they sold them to and that would lead them back...
[runs towards his Landspeeder]
Luke Skywalker
... Home!
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Wait, Luke! It's too dangerous!
[Luke boards his Landspeeder and takes off towards his homestead]
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Han Solo
Where did you dig up that old fossil?
Luke Skywalker
Ben is a great man.
Han Solo
Yeah, great at getting us into trouble.
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Grand Moff Tarkin
Perhaps she would respond to an alternative form of persuasion.
Darth Vader
What do you mean?
Grand Moff Tarkin
I think it is time we demonstrated the full power of this station. Set your course for Alderaan.
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[Han is chasing some Stormtroopers]
Princess Leia Organa
He certainly has courage.
Luke Skywalker
What good will it do us if he gets himself killed? Come on.
[Luke and Leia run off in the opposite direction]
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[first lines]
C-3PO
Did you hear that? They shut down the main reactor. We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness.
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Han Solo
Sure hope the old man got that tractor beam out of commission, or this is gonna be a real short trip. Okay, hit it!
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Red Leader
All wings report in.
Red 10
Red Ten standing by.
Red 7
[over Biggs's headset] Red Seven standing by.
Biggs
Red Three standing by.
Red Four (John D.)
[CUTTING-ROOM FLOOR-LINE, over headset] Red Four standing by.
[DELETED: Red Eight and Red Twelve report in as well]
Red Six
Red Six standing by.
Red 9
[over headset] Red Nine standing by.
Wedge Antilles (Red 2)
Red Two standing by.
Red 11
[over headset] Red Eleven standing by.
Luke
Red Five standing by.
Red Leader
Lock S-foils in attack position.
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Princess Leia Organa
Your friend is quite a mercenary. I wonder if he really cares about anything... or anybody.
Luke Skywalker
I care.
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C-3PO
Master Luke, sir. Pardon me for asking, but what should R2 and I do if we're discovered here?
Luke Skywalker
Lock the door.
Han Solo
And hope they don't have blasters.
C-3PO
That isn't very reassuring.
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[Luke and Leia are about to swing over the hole - Leia gives Luke a kiss]
Princess Leia Organa
For luck.
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Imperial Officer
[seeing Luke and Han disguised as Stormtroopers taking Chewbacca to the prison level]
Where are you taking this... thing?
Luke Skywalker
Prisoner transfer. Cell block 1138?
Imperial Officer
I wasn't notified. I'll have to clear it.
[signals another imperial officer to check Chewbacca; Chewbacca breaks out of his binders]
Han Solo
Look out he's loose!
Luke Skywalker
He'll tear us all apart!
Han Solo
I'll get him!
[they shoot out the security cameras and kill the officers]
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Grand Moff Tarkin
This bickering is pointless!
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Luke Skywalker
You know, I did feel something. I could almost see the remote.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
That's good. You have taken your first step into a larger world.
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General Willard
You're safe. When we heard about Alderaan, we feared the worst.
Princess Leia Organa
We have no time for sorrows, Commander. You must use the information in this R-2 unit to help plan the attack- it's our only hope.
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Uncle Owen
[looks up from paying the Jawa]
Yeah?
Luke Skywalker
This R2 unit has a bad motivator, look!
Uncle Owen
[to Jawa]
Hey, what are you trying to push on us?
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Luke Skywalker
Come on. Why don't you take a look around? You know what's about to happen, what they're up against. They could use a good pilot like you. You're turning your back on them.
Han Solo
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides, attacking that battle station ain't my idea of courage. It's more like... suicide.
Luke Skywalker
All right. Well, take care of yourself, Han. I guess that's what you're best at, isn't it?
[starts to storm off]
Han Solo
Hey, Luke... may the Force be with you.
[Luke exits. Chewie growls]
Han Solo
What're you lookin' at? I know what I'm doin'.
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C-3PO
That malfunctioning little twirp, this is all his fault.
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[Vader has reached the hangar bay where his personal Tie Advanced x1 is housed, as alarms continue to wail. He meets 2 Imperial pilots heading for the same hangar & addresses them]
Darth Vader
Several fighters have broken off from the main group. Come with me!
[the pilots follow Vader to the hangar]
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[C-3PO is tangled up in wires after a run-in with tie fighters]
C-3PO
Help! I think I'm melting! This is all your fault!
[R2-D2 makes a series of beeps that sound like chuckling]
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C-3PO
There'll be no escape for the princess this time.
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Princess Leia Organa
Well somebody has to save our skins. Into the garbage, fly-boy!
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Han Solo
Can't get out that way.
Princess Leia Organa
Looks like you've managed to cut off our only escape route.
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C-3PO
R2D2 where are you?
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Uncle Owen
Luke! Take these two over to the garage will ya? I want 'em cleaned up before dinner
Luke
But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!
Uncle Owen
You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done. Now, come on. Get to it.
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Darth Vader
Engage in attack formation.
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Grand Moff Tarkin
Are they away?
Darth Vader
They've just made the jump into hyperspace.
Grand Moff Tarkin
You're sure the homing beacon is secure aboard their ship? I'm taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work.
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[Attack warning alarms are sounding throughout the Death Star and stormtroopers, officers & technicians are running to their posts. An Imperial officer is trying to find Darth Vader & eventually finds him calmly walking down a hall towards the hangar bay]
Imperial Officer
We count 30 Rebel ships, Lord Vader, but they're so small they're avoiding our turbo lasers!
Darth Vader
We'll have to destroy them ship to ship. Get the crews to their fighters.
[the officer turns to carry out the order while Vader continues towards the hangar bay]
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Luke Skywalker
I'm not such a bad pilot myself.
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Now don't you forget this! Why I should stick my neck out for you is far beyond my capacity!
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C-3PO
[seeing a metalic transport craft shining in the distance]
Wait a minute... What's that? A transport? I'm saved!
[waving his arms wildly; shouting]
C-3PO
Over here! Hey! Hey! Help! Please, Help!
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Uncle Owen
Have you seen Luke this morning?
Aunt Beru
He said that he had some things to do before he started, so he left early.
Uncle Owen
Did he take those two new droids with him?
Aunt Beru
I think so.
Uncle Owen
Well, he'd better have those units in the South Ridge repaired by midday, or there'll be hell to pay.
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Luke Skywalker
What are you doing hiding back there?
C-3PO
It wasn't my fault, sir, please don't deactivate me. I told him not to go, but he's faulty, malfunctioning. Kept babbling on about his mission.
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[Han Solo arrives at Docking Bay 94 and sees a familiar face]
Jabba the Hutt
[in Huttese] Solo! Come out of there, Solo! Solo!
Han Solo
Right here, Jabba.
[Jabba and his henchmen turn around to see Han and Chewbacca]
Han Solo
I've been waiting for you.
Jabba the Hutt
Have you now.
Han Solo
You didn't think I was gonna run, did you?
Jabba the Hutt
Han, my boy, you disappoint me. Why haven't you paid me? And why did you fry poor Greedo?
Han Solo
Look, Jabba, next time you wanna talk to me, come see me yourself. Don't send one of these twerps.
Jabba the Hutt
Han, I can't make exceptions. What if everyone who smuggled for me dropped their cargo at the first sign of an Imperial starship? It's not good for business.
Han Solo
Look, Jabba, even I get boarded sometimes.
[accidentally steps on Jabba's tail, causing Jabba to yelp in pain]
Han Solo
Did you think I had a choice? But I got a nice easy charter now; I'll pay you back, plus a little extra. I just need a little more time.
Jabba the Hutt
Han, my boy, you're the best smuggler I ever hired. So, for an extra twenty percent...
Han Solo
Fifteen, Jabba, and don't push it.
Jabba the Hutt
Okay, fifteen percent. But if you fail me again, I'll put a price on your head so big, you won't be able to go near a civilized system.
Han Solo
Jabba, you're a wonderful human being.
Jabba the Hutt
[orders minions] Come on.
[Jabba's gang leaves with bounty hunter Boba Fett following behind]
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Han Solo
What kept you?
Princess Leia
We, uh, ran into some old friends.
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C-3PO
I've just about had enough of you. Go that way. You'll be malfunctioning within a day, you near-sighted scrap pile. And don't let me catch you following me begging for help because you won't get it.
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Uncle Owen
I suppose you're programmed for etiquette and protocol.
C-3PO
Protocol? Why, it's my primary function, sir. I am well-versed in all the customs...
Uncle Owen
I have no need for a protocol droid.
C-3PO
Of course you haven't, sir, not in an environment such as this. That's why I have been programmed...
Uncle Owen
What I really need is a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.
C-3PO
Vaporators? Sir, my first job was programming binary load lifters, very similar to your vaporators in most respects.
Uncle Owen
Can you speak Bocce?
C-3PO
Of course I can, sir, it's like a second language to me. I was...
Uncle Owen
All right, shut up.
[to the Jawas]
Uncle Owen
I'll take this one.
C-3PO
Shutting up, sir.
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C-3PO
And I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations. And this is my counterpart R2D2.
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C-3PO
[translating for R2]
He says he's found the main control to the power beam that's holding the ship here; he'll try to make the precise location appear on the monitor.
[a diagram of the power terminal appears on the screen]
C-3PO
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.
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Han Solo
You're all clear, kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home!
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Luke Skywalker
They're coming in too fast!
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Stormtrooper
Stop that ship! Get them!
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General Tagge
And until this battle station is fully operational, we are vulnerable! The Rebel Alliance is too well equipped! They're more dangerous than you realize.
Admiral Motti
Dangerous to your starfleet, Commander, not to this battle station.
General Tagge
The Rebellion will continue to gain a support in the Imperial Senate...
Grand Moff Tarkin
[interrupts the conversation as he walks in with Darth Vader at his side]
The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.
General Tagge
That's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy?
Grand Moff Tarkin
The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station.
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Death Star Gunner
Commence primary ignition.
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Darth Vader
Let him go. Stay on the leader.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Run, Luke! Run!
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Han Solo
If we can just avoid any more female advice, we ought to be able to get outta here.
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Luke Skywalker
Threepio! Where can he be?
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Luke Skywalker
I want to go with you.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Be patient, Luke. Stay and watch over the droids.
Luke Skywalker
But, he could...
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
They must be delivered safely or other star systems will suffer the same fate as Alderaan. Your destiny lies along a different path from mine.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Stretch out with your feelings.
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Han Solo
Looks like an imperial cruiser. Our passengers must be hotter than I thought. Try and hold 'em off. Angle the deflector shields - while I make the calculations for the jump to lightspeed.
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Princess Leia Organa
What's wrong?
Luke Skywalker
Oh, it's Han. I don't know. I really thought he'd change his mind.
Princess Leia Organa
He's got to follow his own path. No one can choose it for him.
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C-3PO
Hang on tight, R2. You've got to come back.
R2-D2
[beeps]
C-3PO
You wouldn't want my life to get boring, would you?
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
You can't win, but there are alternatives to fighting.
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Han Solo
I got a bad feeling about this.
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[Luke returns from his home where his aunt and uncle were killed by stormtroopers; Obi-Wan approaches him as R2 and 3PO burn the dead Jawas on a bonfire]
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi
There's nothing you could've done, Luke, had you been there. You'd have been killed too, and the droids would now be in the hands of the Empire.
Luke Skywalker
[looks up sadly] I want to come with you to Alderaan. There's nothing for me here now. I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi, like my father.
[Obi-Wan pats Luke's arm approvingly before they leave]
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Luke Skywalker
I only wish - Ben were here.
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C-3PO
[to R2-D2]
"What message"? The one you've just been playing. The one you're carrying inside your rusty innards.
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Luke Skywalker
Boy, am I gonna get it. You know, that little droid's gonna cause me a lot of trouble.
C-3PO
Oh, he excels at that, sir.
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Luke Skywalker
How did my father die?
Obi-Wan Kenobi
A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned 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.
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Darth Vader
I told you she would never consciously betray the rebellion
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Luke Skywalker
Why don't you wait out by the speeder? We don't want any trouble.
C-3PO
I heartily agree with you, Sir.
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Gold Five
[Gold Squadron are running the gauntlet to their target along a narrow trench, surrounded by heavy laser fire]
Switch to targeting computer.
Gold Two
Computer locked. Getting a signal... The guns, they've stopped!
Gold Five
Stabilize your rear deflectors. Watch for enemy fighters.
Gold Leader
They're coming in! Three marks at two ten!
[Darth Vader's fighter and two wingmen approach from above and behind. Vader easily picks off Gold Two]
Gold Leader
It's no good I can't maneuver!
Gold Five
Stay on target!
Gold Leader
We're too close!
Gold Five
STAY ON TARGET!
Gold Leader
LOOSEN UP!
[Vader destroys Gold leader]
Gold Five
Gold Five to Red Leader. Lost Tyree, lost Dutch.
Red Leader
I copy Gold Leader.
Gold Five
They came from... behind...
[Gold Five is finished off by Vader]
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C-3PO
[to R2-D2]
What are we going to do? We'll be sent to the spice mines of Kessel, smashed into who knows what! Wait a minute. Where are you going?
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C-3PO
How did we get into this mess? I really don't know how.
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C-3PO
Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Will this never end?
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C-3PO
That malfunctioning little twerp. This is all his fault.
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C-3PO
Now come out before somebody sees you.
R2-D2
[Beeps]
C-3PO
Secret missions? What plans? What are you talking about? I'm not getting in there.
[explosion heard, gets in the escape pod with R2-D2]
C-3PO
I'm going to regret this.
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C-3PO
Thank the maker! This oil bath is going to feel so good. I've got such a bad case of dust contamination, I can barely move.
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C-3PO
I'm sorry, sir. But he appears to have picked up a slight flutter.
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Luke Skywalker
I don't know any Obi-Wan, but Old Ben lives out beyond the Dune Sea. He's kind of a strange old hermit.
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C-3PO
With all we've been through, this little R2 unit has become a bit eccentric.
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C-3PO
That R2 unit has always been a problem. These astro droids are getting quite out of hand. Even I can't understand their logic at times.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
I think we better get indoors. The Sandpeople are easily startled, but they'll soon be back - and in greater numbers.
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Luke Skywalker
Then, the droid does belong to you.
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
I don't seem to remember ever owning a droid. Very interesting.
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C-3PO
Master Luke is your rightful owner now. We'll have no more of this Obi-Wan Kenobi gibberish.
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[repeated line]
Luke Skywalker
Blast it!
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Darth Vader
Her resistance to the mind probe is considerable. It'll be some time before we can extract any information from her.
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Luke Skywalker
Do you really think we're gonna find a pilot *here* that'll take us to Alderaan?
Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Most of the best freighter pilots are to be found here - only watch your step. This place can be a little rough.
Luke Skywalker
I'm ready for anything.
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C-3PO
I can't abide those Jawas. *Disgusting* creatures.
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C-3PO
I don't like the look of this.
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Gold Leader
Red Leader, this is Gold Leader.
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Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi
Luke, trust your feelings.
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Biggs
Luke, pull up! Are you all right?
Luke Skywalker
I got a little cooked, but I'm okay.
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Princess Leia Organa
He certainly has courage.
Luke Skywalker
What good will it do us if he gets himself killed? Come on.
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