10 INT. REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - SUBHALLWAY 10
Artoo stops before the small hatch of an emergency lifepod. He snaps the seal on the main latch and a red warning light begins to flash. The stubby astro-robot works his way into the cramped four-man pod.
"Do you think that Leia gave artoo the plans so he could escape and bring it to the rebels?" Ahsoka asked her master.
"Yeah, and he's probably taking Threepio with him." Anakin smiled.
"Well it wouldn't be the first time he did that" Obi-wan laughed, shaking his head.
THREEPIO Hey, you're not permitted in there. It's restricted. You'll be deactivated for sure..
Artoo beeps something to him.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease! Now come out before somebody sees you.
Everyone laughed at that.
5. Artoo whistles something at his reluctant friend regarding the mission he is about to perform.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) Secret mission? What plans? What are you talking about? I'm not getting in there!
Artoo isn't happy with Threepio's stubbornness, and he beeps and twangs angrily. A new explosion, this time very close, sends dust and debris through the narrow subhallway. Flames lick at Threepio and, after a flurry of electronic swearing from Artoo, the lanky robot jumps into the lifepod.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) I'm going to regret this.
Typical threepio Anakin smiled to himself.
11 INT. IMPERIAL STARDESTROYER 11
On the main viewscreen, the lifepod carrying the two terrified robots speeds away from the stricken Rebel spacecraft.
CHIEF PILOT There goes another one.
CAPTAIN Hold your fire. There are no life forms. It must have been shortcircuited.
Anakin stared at them like they were stupid, which they were. He didn't want the Empire to get the plans back or anything but still. From the corner of his eyes he saw Ahsoka staring at the screen with the same expression.
12 INT. LIFEPOD 12
Artoo and Threepio look out at the receding Imperial starship. Stars circle as the pod rotates through the galaxy.
THREEPIO That's funny, the damage doesn't look as bad from out here.
Ahsoka raised her eyebrow.
Artoo beeps an assuring response.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) Are you sure this things safe?
INT. REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER - HALLWAY 16
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.
LEIA Lord Vader, I should have known. Only you could be so bold. The Imperial Senate will not sit for this, when they hear you've attacked a diplomatic...
Obi-wan stared at this girl. She looked so much like Padme and acted a bit like what Padme would probably do if she was in a similar situation with a bit of a Anakin twist to it. He also knew that the senator was going to have a child in a few months.
Maybe he was wrong, maybe Anakin had broken the Jedi Code, but he quickly pushed away that thought. No Anakin wouldn't He thought firmly to himself. However, the evidence seemed to be pointing against it.
A few other Jedi had also noticed the similarities between the senator and this girl.
VADER Don't play games with me, Your Highness. You weren't on any mercy mission this time. You passed directly through a restricted system. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you.
LEIA I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan...
"I don't know why she's still denying it. He obviously knows she's part of the Rebel Alliance." Ahsoka said.
"It's called stubbornness Ahsoka" Anakin rolled his eyes.
Ahsoka just glared at her master before rolling her eyes.
VADER You're a part of the Rebel Alliance... and a traitor. Take her away!
9. Leia is marched away down the hallway and into the smoldering hole blasted in the side of the ship. An Imperial Commander turns to Vader.
COMMANDER Holding her is dangerous. If word of this gets out, it could generate sympathy for the Rebellion in the senate.
VADER I have traced the Rebel spies to her. Now she is my only link to find their secret base!
COMMANDER She'll die before she tells you anything.
"That's for sure" Anakin murmured.
A few people looked towards Anakin.
"What!" Anakin said "She doesn't seem like the type of person to betray people like that"
VADER Leave that to me. Send a distress signal and then inform the senate that all aboard were killed! Another Imperial Officer approaches Vader and the Commander. They stop and snap to attention.
SECOND OFFICER Lord Vader, the battle station plans are not aboard this ship! And no transmissions were made. An escape pod was jettisoned during the fighting, but no life forms were aboard. Vader turns to the Commander.
VADER She must have hidden the plans in the escape pod. Send a detachment down to retrieve them. See to it personally, Commander. There'll be no one to stop us this time.
COMMANDER Yes, sir.
17 EXT. SPACE 17
The Imperial Stardestroyer comes over the surface of the planet Tatooine.
Yep that's Tatooine all right." Anakin confirmed.
10. 18 EXT. TATOOINE - DESERT 18
Jundland, or "No Man's Land", where the rugged desert mesas meet the foreboding dune sea. The two helpless astro-droids kick up clouds of sand as they leave the lifepod and clumsily work their way across the desert wasteland. The lifepod in the distance rests half buried in the sand.
THREEPIO How did I get into this mess? I really don't know how. We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.
Artoo answers with beeping sounds.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) I've got to rest before I fall apart. My joints are almost frozen.
"How could anyone freeze in a desert?"Anakin joked.
Artoo continues to respond with beeping sounds.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) What a desolate place this is.
"Well that's damn right for sure." Anakin agreed.
Suddenly Artoo whistles, makes a sharp right turn and starts off in the direction of the rocky desert mesas. Threepio stops and yells at him.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) Where are you going? A stream of electronic noises pours forth from the small robot.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) Well, I'm not going that way. It's much too rocky. This way is much easier.
"Threepio just go with artoo!" Ahsoka said annoyed.
"My thoughts exactly" Anakin said, also a bit annoyed with threepio.
Artoo counters with a long whistle.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) What makes you think there are settlements over there?
Artoo continues to make beeping sounds.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) Don't get technical with me.
Artoo continues to make beeping sounds.
11. THREEPIO (CONT'D) What mission? What are you talking about? I've had just about enough of you! Go that way! You'll be malfunctioning within a day, you nearsighted scrap pile!
Threepio gives the little robot a kick and starts off in the direction of the vast dune sea.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) And don't let me catch you following me begging for help, because you won't get it.
Artoo's reply is a rather rude sound. He turns and trudges off in the direction of the towering mesas.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) No more adventures. I'm not going that way.
Artoo beeps to himself as he makes his way toward the distant mountains.
EXT. TATOOINE - DUNE SEA 19
Threepio, hot and tired, struggles up over the ridge of a dune; only to find more dunes, which seem to go on for endless miles. He looks back in the direction of the now distant rock mesas.
"I said you should have gone with artoo." Ahsoka said.
THREEPIO That malfunctioning little twerp. This is all his fault! He tricked me into going this way, but he'll do no better.
Most of the Jedi raised there eyebrows.
In a huff of anger and frustration, Threepio knocks the sand from his joints. His plight seems hopeless, when a glint of reflected light in the distance reveals an object moving towards him.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) Wait, what's that? A transport! I'm saved!
The bronze android waves frantically and yells at the approaching transport.
"Isn't that a Jawa Sandcrawler?" Anakin said.
"What are those master?" Ahsoka asked, confused.
"Jawas usually just steal droids and parts and sell them for credits and they usually rise those transport. There called Sandcrawlers." Anakin explained to his padawan though everyone else also listened since they didn't know what they were themselves.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) Over here! Help! Please, help!
Ahsoka brought her hands to her face and just said "Oh threepio".
Obi-wan just chuckled.
EXT. TATOOINE - ROCK CANYON - SUNSET 21
The gargantuan rock formations are shrouded in a strange foreboding mist and the onimous sounds of unearthly creatures fill the air. Artoo moves cautiously through the creepy rock canyon, inadvertently making a loud clicking noise as he goes. He hears a distant, hard, metallic sound and stops for a moment. Convinced he is alone, he continues on his way.
Why is this taking so long? Ahsoka mentally whined.
In the distance, a pebble tumbles down the steep canyon wall and a small dark figure darts into the shadows. A little further up the canyon a slight flicker of light reveals a pair of eyes in the dark recesses only a few feet from the narrow path.
The unsuspecting robot waddles along the rugged trail until suddenly, out of nowhere, a powerful magnetic ray shoots out of the rocks and engulfs him in an eerie glow. He manages one short electronic squeak before he topples over onto his back. His bright computer lights flicker off, then on, then off again. Out of the rocks scurry three Jawas, no taller than Artoo. They holster strange and complex weapons as they cautiously approach the robot. They wear grubby cloaks and their faces are shrouded so only their glowing eyes can be seen. They hiss and make odd guttural sounds as they heave the heavy robot onto their shoulders and carry him off down the trail.
"Well there goes artoo" Anakin said.
22 EXT. TATOOINE - ROCK CANYON - SANDCRAWLER - SUNSET 22
The eight Jawas carry Artoo out of the canyon to a huge tanklike vehicle the size of a four-story house. They weld a small disk on the side of Artoo and then put him under a large tube on the side of the vehicle and the little robot is sucked into the giant machine.
The filthy little Jawas scurry like rats up small ladders and enter the main cabin of the behemoth transport.
16. 23 INT. SANDCRAWLER - HOLD AREA 23
It is dim inside the hold area of the Sandcrawler. Artoo switches on a small floodlight on his forehead and stumbles around the scrap heap. The narrow beam swings across rusty metal rocket parts and an array of grotesquely twisted and maimed astro-robots. He lets out a pathetic electronic whimper and stumbles off toward what appears to be a door at the end of the chamber.
24 INT. SANDCRAWLER - PRISON AREA 24
Artoo enters a wide room with a four-foot ceiling. In the middle of the scrap heap sit a dozen or so robots of various shapes and sizes. Some are engaged in electronic conversation, while others simply mill about. A voice of recognition calls out from the gloom.
THREEPIO Artoo-Detoo! It's you! It's you!
A battered Threepio scrambles up to Artoo and embraces him.
"Awwww. Who knew threepio cared so much for artoo?" Ahsoka said, smiling.
25 EXT. TATOOINE - ROCK CANYON - SANDCRAWLER - SUNSET 25
The enormous Sandcrawler lumbers off toward the magnificent twin suns, which are slowly setting over a distant mountain ridge.
26 EXT. TATOOINE - DESERT - DAY 26
Four Imperial stormtroopers mill about in front of the halfburied lifepod that brought Artoo and Threepio to Tatooine. A trooper yells to an officer some distance away.
FIRST TROOPER Someone was in the pod. The tracks go off in this direction.
A second trooper picks a small bit of metal out of the sand and gives it to the first trooper.
SECOND TROOPER Look, sir - droids.
27 EXT. TATOOINE - DUNES 27
The Sandcrawler moves slowly down a great sand dune.
28 INT. SANDCRAWLER 28
Threepio and Artoo noisily bounce along inside the cramped prison chamber. Artoo appears to be shut off.
THREEPIO Wake up! Wake up!
Suddenly the shaking and bouncing of the Sandcrawler stops, creating quite a commotion among the mechanical men. Threepio's fist bangs the head of Artoo whose computer lights pop on as he begins beeping. At the far end of the long chamber a hatch opens, filling the chamber with blinding white light. a dozen or so Jawas make their way through the odd assortment of robots.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) We're doomed.
A Jawa starts moving toward them.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) Do you think they'll melt us down?
Artoo responds, making beeping sounds.
THREEPIO (CONT'D) Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Will this never end?
29 EXT. TATOOINE - DESERT - LARS HOMESTEAD - AFTERNOON 29
The Jawas mutter gibberish as they busily line up their battered captives, including Artoo and Threepio, in front of the enormous Sandcrawler, which is parked beside a small homestead consisting of three large holes in the ground surrounded by several tall moisture vaporators and one small adobe block house.
Anakin frowned. Wasn't this the Lars Homestead? Why was the holo showing here?
The Jawas scurry around fussing over the robots, straightening them up or brushing some dust from a dented metallic elbow. The shrouded little creatures smell horribly, attracting small insects to the dark areas when their mouths and nostrils should be.
Out of the shadows of a dingy side-building limps Owen Lars, a large burly man in his mid-fifties. His reddish eyes are sunken in a dust-covered face. As the farmer carefully inspects each robot, he is closely followed by his slumpshouldered nephew, Luke Skywalker. One of the vile little Jawas walks ahead of the farmer spouting an animated sales pitch in a queer, unintelligible language.
A voice calls out from one of the huge holes that form the homestead. Luke goes over to the edge and sees his Aunt Beru standing in the main courtyard
He looks a lot like me Anakin mentally said in his brain. Sandy blonde hair, the same piercing blue eyes and tanned skin.
BERU Luke, tell Owen that if he gets a translator to be sure it speaks Bocce.
Luke was one of the baby names me and Padme chose too! Anakin thought But I was sure I felt a girl through the force. Maybe she has twins, Luke and the other girl from before. But why would they be seperated? And why would Luke be on Tatooine and Leia on Alderaan. Unless something had happened, oh no.
LUKE It looks like we don't have much of a choice but I'll remind him.
Luke returns to his uncle as they look over the equipment for sale with the Jawa leader.
OWEN I have no need for a protocol droid.
And there's Owen, and the woman before must have been Beru! Anakin realized but then he was confused. Why didn't he remember threepio. It could be because he looks different now.
THREEPIO (quickly) Sir - not in an environment such as this - that's why I've also been programmed for over thirty secondary functions that...
OWEN What I really need is a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.
THREEPIO Vaporators! Sir - My first job was programming binary load lifter... very similar to your vaporators. You could say...
OWEN Do you speak Bocce?
THREEPIO Of course I can, sir. It's like a second language for me... I'm as fluent in Bocce...
OWEN All right shut up! (turning to Jawa) I'll take this one.
THREEPIO Shutting up, sir.
The Jedi laughed.
Who knew threepio could make threepio shut up? Anakin smiled
OWEN Luke, take these two over to the garage, will you? I want you to have both of them cleaned up before dinner.
"Hey! He looks like you skyguy." Ahsoka realized.
Obi-wan also agreed.
LUKE But I was going into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters...
"And really whiny like you are Anakin!" Obi-wan teased.
"I'm not whiny master!" Anakin said.
"You keep telling yourself that skyguy" Ahsoka said, amused.
OWEN You can waste time with your friends when your chores are done. Now come on, get to it!
LUKE All right, come on! And the red one, come on. Well, come on, Red, let's go.
As the Jawas start to lead the three remaining robots back into the Sandcrawler, Artoo lets out a pathetic little beep and starts after his old friend Threepio. He is restrained by a slimy Jawa, who zaps him with a control box.
Owen is negotiating with the head Jawa. Luke and the two robots start off for the garage when a plate pops off the head of the red astro-droid's head plate and it sparks wildly.
"Bad motivator" Anakin said.
LUKE (CONT'D) Uncle Owen...
OWEN Yeah?
LUKE This R2 unit has a bad motivator. Look!
OWEN (to the head Jawa) Hey, what're you trying to push on us?
The Jawa goes into a loud spiel. Meanwhile, Artoo has sneaked out of line and is moving up and down trying to attract attention. He lets out with a low whistle. Threepio taps Luke on the shoulder.
THREEPIO (pointing to Artoo) Excuse me, sir, but that R2 unit is in prime condition. A real bargain.
LUKE Uncle Owen...
OWEN (CONT'D) 20. OWEN Yeah?
LUKE What about that one?
OWEN (to Jawa) What about that blue one? We'll take that one.
With a little reluctance the scruffy dwarf trades the damaged astro-droid for Artoo.
LUKE Yeah, take it away.
THREEPIO Uh, I'm quite sure you'll be very pleased with that one, sir. He really is in first-class condition. I've worked with him before. Here he comes.
Owen pays off the whining Jawa as Luke and the two robots trudge off toward a grimy homestead entry.
LUKE Okay, let's go.
THREEPIO (to Artoo) Now, don't you forget this! Why I should stick my neck out for you is quite beyond my capacity!
That's it guys! Hope you liked this.
First of all I would like to thank all the people who reviewed my last chapter and i'll be answering a few questions. First up, yes, I will be doing more star wars movie reactions after this but I will be post ESB on a new book I will create after this one is finished. Though I don't think I will be showing the prequels or the sequels, just the OT. Secondly, I don't know if I will be doing reactions to fanmade stuff or something but there is still a chance maybe if im bored or something. As much as I love doing reactions I also wanna write actual books to improve on my writing skills.
I will probably be posting again in a week or two. I am also thinking about posting another fanfic. This one will be a Hunger Games fanfic for all you Hunger Games fans out there! It is called Morphling and here is the summary:
Evie Brown is a 15 year-old girl who lives in district 7. She was forced to marry the head peacekeeper, she soon gets addicted to morphling afer finding out it helps the pain. About a year later she founds out she may be pregnant and when she is reaped for the 68th Hunger Games her world gets turned upside down. Things get even worse when her ex-boyfriend volunteers, vowing to protect her.
Sorry I suck at summaries. Anyways if you want me to post this please tell me cause i'm not really sire whether to post it or not. So thats it for today. Byeeeeee.