Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Page #13

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LUKE:

(into comlink)

Rogue Group, use your harpoons

and tow cables. Go for the legs.

It might be our only chance of

stopping them.

(to Dack)

All right, stand by, Dack.

Dack is at the gunner's controls.

DACK:

Luke, we've got a malfunction in

fire control. I'll have to cut in

the auxiliary.

LUKE:

Just hang on. Hang on, Dack. Get

ready to fire that tow cable.

Barely keeping his seat in the tumbling ship, Dack struggles to set up

his harpoon gun.

Luke swings his speeder around and heads toward an oncoming walker.

Laser bolts and flak fill the air, creating a deadly obstacle course

for the tiny craft.

EXT. HOTH - ICE PLAIN - BATTLEFIELD

Rogue Leader and another snowspeeder fly in tight formation toward the

walker as explosions burst all around them.

INT. LUKE'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROGUE LEADER - COCKPIT

After sustaining a heavy volley of fire, Luke turns around to see if

Dack is all right.

LUKE:

Dack? Dack!

Dack is lost. Blood streams down his forehead, which rests on his

smoldering controls. Out the back window, an Imperial walker recedes

in the distance.

EXT. HOTH - ICE PLAIN - SNOW TRENCH AREA

Rebel troops fire the dishlike ray gun while explosions erupt around

them.

EXT. HOTH - ICE PLAIN - BATTLEFIELD

Two walkers lumber toward the Rebel base as a speeder between them

explodes in a ball of flames.

EXT. HOTH - ICE PLAIN - SNOW TRENCH

The dislike ray gun is hit by a laser bolt and instantly explodes.

INT. IMPERIAL SNOW WALKER - COCKPIT

Through the cockpit window, Veers and his pilot can see the Rebel power

generators in the distance.

A hologram of Darth Vader appears on a control panel screen.

VEERS:

Yes, Lord Vader. I've reached the

main power generator. The shield

will be down in moments. You may

start your landing.

INT. LUKE'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROGUE LEADER - COCKPIT

LUKE:

(into comlink)

Rogue Three.

INT. WEDGE'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROGUE THREE - COCKPIT

WEDGE:

(into comlink)

Copy, Rogue Leader

LUKE:

(over comlink)

Wedge, I've lost my gunner. You'll

have to make this shot. I'll cover

for you. Set your harpoon. Follow

me on the next pass.

WEDGE:

(into comlink)

Coming around, Rogue Leader.

INT. LUKE'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROGUE LEADER - COCKPIT

LUKE:

(into comlink)

Steady, Rogue Two

EXT. HOTH - BATTLEFIELD

Wedge's speeder races through the legs of one of the monstrous walkers.

INT. WEDGE'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROGUE THREE - COCKPIT

WEDGE:

(to gunner)

Activate harpoon.

Wedge's gunner reaches for a firing switch to activate the harpoon.

The harpoon flashes out, and speeds toward the receding legs of the

walker.

EXT. HOTH - BATTLEFIELD

The harpoon hurtles toward the walker, In an instant it is embedded in

one of the walker's legs.

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