Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Page #2

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INT. HOTH - REBEL BASE - ICE CORRIDOR

LEIA:

Han!

Han stops in the corridor and turns to face Leia.

HAN:

Yes, Your Highnessness?

LEIA:

I thought you decided to stay.

HAN:

Well, the bounty hunter we ran

into on Ord Mantell changed my

mind.

LEIA:

Han, we need you!

HAN:

We?

LEIA:

Yes.

HAN:

Oh, what about you need?

LEIA:

(mystified)

I need? I don't know what you're

talking about.

HAN:

(shakes his head,

fed up)

You probably don't.

LEIA:

And what precisely am I supposed

to know?

HAN:

Come on! You want me to stay

because of the way you feel about

me.

LEIA:

Yes. You're a great help to us.

You're a natural leader...

HAN:

No! That's not it. Come on.

Aahhh - uh huh! Come on.

Leia stares at him, understanding, then laughs.

LEIA:

You're imagining things.

HAN:

Am I? Then why are you following

me? Afraid I was going to leave

without giving you a goodbye kiss?

LEIA:

I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee.

HAN:

I can arrange that. You could use

a good kiss!

Angrily, Han strides down the corridor as Leia stares after him.

INT. HOTH - REBEL BASE - ANOTHER ICE CORRIDOR

A familiar stream of beeps and whistles herald the approach of Artoo-

Detoo and See-Threepio, who appear around a corner and move along an

ice wall toward the main hangar.

THREEPIO:

Don't try to blame me. I didn't

ask you to turn on the thermal

heater. I merely commented that it

was freezing in the princess'

chamber. But it's supposed to be

freezing. How are we going to dry

out all her clothes? I really don't

know.

Artoo beeps a stream of protesting whistles.

THREEPIO:

Oh, switch off.

INT. HOTH - REBEL BASE - MAIN HANGAR DECK

The two robots stop at Han Solo's space freighter. Han and Chewie are

struggling with their central lifters.

HAN:

(to Chewie)

Why do you take this apart now?

I'm trying to get us out of here

and you pull both of these.

Chewie grumbles in irritation.

THREEPIO:

Excuse me, sir.

HAN:

(to Chewie)

Put them back together right now.

THREEPIO:

Might I have a word with you,

please?

HAN:

What do you want?

THREEPIO:

Well, it's Princess Leia, sir.

She's been trying to get you on

the communicator.

HAN:

I turned it off. I don't want to

talk to her.

THREEPIO:

Oh. Well, Princess Leia is wondering

about Master Luke. He hasn't come

back yet. She doesn't know where he

is.

HAN:

I don't know where he is.

THREEPIO:

Nobody knows where he is.

HAN:

What do you mean, "nobody knows"?

Han glances at the fading light at the entrance of the ice cave as

night slowly begins to fall on the planet.

THREEPIO:

Well, uh, you see...

Han jumps down off the lift, as Threepio follows him.

HAN:

Deck Officer. Deck Officer!

THREEPIO:

Excuse me, sir. Might I inqu...

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