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Chapter 7: A Planet's Fate
(Lincoln, Luna, Leni and Lisa are in a used speeder lot. They've just given Lincoln's landspeeder to the place and collected the payment.)
Lincoln: It's really not that much. Since the XP-38 came out, the kind I had just isn't in demand.
Luna: It'll be enough, dude.
(The group leaves the lot and makes their way to the hanger where Bobby told them to go.)
Lincoln: Think this Bobby guy is capable of getting us away from the Imperials?
Luna: If the ship's as fast as his boasting, we ought to do well.
(As they walk down the road, a darkly clad creature moves out of the shadows and watches them as they go down another alley. The figure is a dark gray alien with a long snout and wearing a black cloak.)
(The group comes out of the alley and reaches the docking port. They find the door labeled 94 and find Ronnie Anne in front waiting for them.)
Ronnie Anne: Alright guys, we're just about ready to go. It's right through here.
(They all go through the door. As they do, the Imperial spy that followed them walks over to the door and speaks in another alien language through a communicator.)
(Ronnie Anne leads them into the docking bay. They find Bobby with a rag wiping a part of the ship in it. The Millennium Falcon is a large, round, beat-up pieced-together vehicle with its cockpit sticking out the front side. Ronnie Anne walks up the boarding ramp and goes inside while they others stop to look at it.)
Lincoln: (unimpressed) What a piece of junk!
Bobby: She'll make point five past light speed. She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts. I've added some special modifications myself. I'd like to show you around but we're in a little bit of a rush, so let's just get on board and we'll get out of here.
(Ronnie Anne enters the cockpit and starts up the engine. Luna and Lincoln go up the ramp with Leni and Lisa following right behind.)
Leni: (to Bobby) Hello, sir.
(Outside the docking bay, a squad of stormtroopers march down the alleyway and find the spy that signaled them.)
Stormtrooper Leader: Which way?
(The spy points to the door the group walked in.)
Stormtrooper Leader: Alright, men. Load your weapons!
(They head for the door. In the bay, Bobby finishes dusting off the ship and starts board it until the stormtroopers burst in.)
Stormtrooper Leader: Stop that ship! Blast 'em!
(The troopers open fire and Bobby, startled, takes out his blaster and returns fire. In the cockpit, Ronnie Anne sees the attackers and activates the ship's guns. The stormtroopers take cover as they come under heavy fire. A few are taken out. Bobby fires at them some more and runs up the ramp. He flicks the switch that closes the door and runs to the cockpit.)
Bobby: Ronnie, get us outta here!
(The others sit down at a table in ship's main room.)
Leni: Oh, my. I'm not exactly liking space travel right now.
(The Millennium Falcon lifts off the ground and takes off. The stormtroopers continue firing at it until it's out of range. The Falcon soars away into the sky. Bobby enters the cockpit and sits down next to Ronnie Anne in the pilot's seat. They leave the atmosphere of planet Tatooine and into outer space. Bobby turns on a monitor scanning the ship's surroundings.)
Bobby: Looks like we got Imperial cruisers on our tail. Our passengers are hotter than we thought. Angle the deflector shield while I make the calculations for the jump to lightspeed.
Ronnie Anne: Copy that. (looks at the monitor annoyed) Look at that one. Switch your blinker off. You're not turning anywhere.
(The Falcon flies further into space as two Star Destroyers come from around the planet and follow it. Luna and Lincoln come in the cockpit and sit behind the pilots.)
Bobby: Stay sharp, there's two of them coming in. They're gonna try to cut us off.
Lincoln: Why don't you outrun 'em? I thought you said this thing was fast!
Bobby: (irritated) Watch your mouth, kid, or you'll find yourself floating home. We'll be safe enough when we make the jump to hyperspace.
Ronnie Anne: Besides, we know a few maneuvers. We'll lose 'em.
(The Falcon moves slightly over to the side as it keeps flying. The Star Destroyers start firing in its direction. The ship shudders as an explosion flashes outside the window.)
Lincoln: (confused) That's your maneuvering? Listing lazily to the left? I'm sure they can catch up!
(On the bridge of one of the Star Destroyers.)
Imperial Officer #1: Look! They're listing lazily to the left! Go left! Go left!
Imperial Officer #2: Man, that guy knows some maneuvers.
(In the Falcon's cockpit, Bobby continues to put in coordinates.)
Luna: How long before we make the jump to lightspeed?
Bobby: Just a few moments to get the coordinates from the navi-computer.
(The ship rocks violently as lasers hit it.)
Lincoln: (agitated) Are you kidding!? At the rate they're gaining!?
Ronnie Anne: (to Lincoln) Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, pal! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?
Lincoln: (points to a blinking red light on the dashboard) What's that flashing?
Bobby: (swats his hand back) We're losing the deflector shield. Now strap in, we're making the jump to lightspeed.
(Lincoln and Luna leave the cockpit as Bobby and Ronnie Anne finish the calculations.)
Ronnie Anne: Coordinates set!
Bobby: Punch it!
(With a final control activation, the galaxy brightens and they move faster. Stars become streaks as they blast into hyperspace. The two pilots sit back and take a breather and watch the blurry blue space tunnel they've entered.)
Bobby: Hyperspace always looks so freaky.
Ronnie Anne: That it does, partner.
(At that moment, the mobile Death Star had arrived at its destination: the system of the planet Alderaan. It loomed some distance away from it. In the control room, Flip and the other Imperial leaders observed the sight of the planet. It appeared in the center of a large screen with a target mark right on it. Darth Lola enters the room followed by stormtroopers and Princess Lori whose hands are bound. Flip walks up to them.)
Lori: (mockingly) Governor Flip, I recognized your foul stench as soon as I was brought on board. I should've expected to find you here holding Lola's leash.
Lola: (bothered) Hey! These idiots answer to me! If anyone's holding any leashes around here it's yours truly!
Flip: (to Lola) Easy, Lola. We've got her right where we want her. (to Lori) Charming to the last. You don't know how hard it was for us to sign the order to terminate your life!
Lori: I'm surprised you people had the courage to actually do it!
Flip: Before your execution, your highness, we'd like you to be our guest at a ceremony that will make this battle station fully operational. No star system will dare oppose us now.
Lori: I hate to break it to you twerps, but the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will literally slip through your fingers.
Flip: (sternly) Not after we demonstrate the full power of this station. In a way, you have inadvertently determined the choice of the planet that'll be used to test it on first. Since you are far too reluctant to provide us with the location of the Rebel base, we have decided to test the station's super laser… on your home planet of Alderaan.
(Lori now sees the planet on the target screen and gets horrified.)
Lori: No! Alderaan is peaceful. We have no weapons. You can't possibly-
Flip: (impatiently) You prefer another target? Then name the system! Now, we're tired of asking this so it'll be the last time. Where is the Rebel base?
(Lori looks at her planet again and sighs.)
Lori: (sadly) Dantooine. (lowers her head) They're on Dantooine.
Flip: There, that wasn't so hard, was it? I knew you could be reasonable. (to Lola) She gave us her answer. Should we still do it?
Lola: Uh, yeah. We're the bad guys after all.
Flip: (to the officers) Continue with the operation. You may fire when ready.
Lori: (shocked) WHAT!?
Flip: You're far too trusting. Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration. But don't worry. We'll deal with your Rebel friends soon enough.
Lori: No!
(Lori is held back by the stormtroopers. In the Death Star's blast chamber, Imperial engineers activate the controls to the super laser.)
Engineer: Commence primary ignition.
(Lori trembles tremendously as the Imperial leaders watch the screen with anticipation. The engineers continue to work the controls until the laser is powered up. A huge beam of green radiation shoots through a tunnel next to the control station platform. The radiation reaches the super laser eye and emanates in cone-shape that converges into a single laser beam. The beam is shot through space right at planet Alderaan and upon impact, completely blows it up in a ginormous explosion.)
(On the control platform in the blast chamber, the engineers look at the tunnel next to the platform and how there's nothing between them.)
Engineer #1: Would it kill them to put a railing here?
Engineer #2: I know, right? You know how many times I've almost fallen over?
Engineer #1: Apparently they were afraid we'd just be leaning on it all day.
Engineer #2: That's preposterous! Well, it won't matter anymore when we're famous singer.
(In the control room, the Imperials applaud at the success of the weapon while Lori breaks down in tears.)