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LUKE:

Shape it up you guys!... Biggs?

Luke's surprise at the appearance of Biggs gives way to

great joy and emotion. They give each other a great bear hug.

LUKE:

I didn't know you were back!

When did you get in?

BIGGS:

Just now. I wanted to surprise

you, hot shot. I thought you'd be

here... certainly didn't expect

you to be out working.

(laughs)

LUKE:

The Academy didn't change you

much... but you're back so soon?

Hey, what happened, didn't you get

your commission?

Biggs has an air of cool that seems slightly phony.

BIGGS:

Of course I got it. Signed

aboard The Rand Ecliptic last week.

First mate Biggs Darklighter at

your service...

(he salutes)

... I just came back to say goodbye

to all you unfortunate landlocked

simpletons.

Everyone laughs. The dazzling spectacle of his dashing

friend is almost too much for Luke, but suddenly he snaps out of it.

LUKE:

I almost forgot. There's a battle

going on! Right here in our system.

Come and look!

DEAK:

Not again! Forget it.

EXT. TATOOINE - ANCHORHEAD - SETTLEMENT - POWER STATION - DAY

The group stumbles out into the stifling desert sun. Camie and The

Fixer complain and are forced to shade their eyes. Luke has his

binoculars out scanning the heavens.

LUKE:

There they are!

Biggs takes the electrobinoculars from Luke as the others strain to see

something with the naked eye. Through the electrobinoculars Biggs sees

two small silver specks.

BIGGS:

That's no battle, hot shot... they're

just sitting there! Probably a

freighter-tanker refueling.

LUKE:

But there was a lot of firing

earlier...

Camie grabs the electrobinoculars away banging them against the

building in the process. Luke grabs them.

LUKE:

Hey, easy with those...

CAMIE:

Don't worry about it, Wormie.

The Fixer gives Luke a hard look and the young farm boy

shrugs his shoulders in resignation.

FIXER:

I keep telling you, the Rebellion

is a long way from here. I doubt

if the Empire would even fight to

keep this system. Believe me Luke,

this planet is a big hunk of nothing...

Luke agrees, although it's obvious he isn't sure why. The

group stumbles back into the power station, grumbling about

Luke's ineptitude.

INT. REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - HALLWAY

Princess Leia is led down a low-ceilinged hallway by a squad of armored

stormtroopers. Her hands are bound and she is brutally shoved when she

is unable to keep up with the briskly marching troops. They stop in a

smoky hallway as Darth Vader emerges from the shadows. The sinister

Dark Lord stares hard at the frail young senator, but she doesn't move.

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