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Chapter 13: Destroy the Death Star
(The Rebel ships fly in formation around Yavin and closer to the Death Star. Upon the approach, the leader of Red Squadron, flying in front of the others makes a call to the others.)
Red Leader: All wings report in.
Zach: Red Nine standing by.
Rusty: Red Six standing by.
Stella: Red Three standing by.
Liam: Red Seven standing by.
Girl Jordan: Red Two standing by.
Lincoln: Red Five standing by.
Red Buttons: Red Buttons standing by.
Redd Foxx: Redd Foxx standing by.
Big Red: Big Red standing by.
Sean Connery: Red October standing by.
Red Forman: Red Forman standing by.
Red Bull: Red Bull standing by.
Red Robin: Red Robin standing by.
Red: Red from South Park standing by.
Otis Redding: Otis Redding standing by.
Little Red Riding Hood: Little Red Riding Hood standing by.
Cincinnati Reds: Cincinnati Reds standing by.
John Marston: Red Dead Redemption standing by.
Anthony Kiedis: Red Hot Chili Peppers standing by.
Red Leader: Lock S-foils in attack position.
(The X-wing fighters unfold their wings and locking them in the "X" position.)
Red Leader: Passing through the magnetic field. Switch your deflectors on.
(They get closer to the Death Star, now seeing how intimidatingly massive it is. Complex patterns on the metallic surface become visible.)
Girl Jordan: (amazed) Look at the size of that thing!
Red Leader: Cut the chatter, Red Two. Accelerate to attack speed. This is it, people!
(A smaller squad of Y-wing starfighters fly next to the X-wings.)
Gold Leader: Red leader, this is Gold Leader.
Red Leader: I copy Gold Leader.
Gold Leader: We're starting for the shaft now.
Red Leader: We're in position. I'm gonna cut across the axis and try to draw their fire.
(The X-wings dive down towards the surface. Alarm sirens scream as Imperials scramble throughout the station. Some get on laser turrets and shoot up at the Rebels who dodge every shot. Lincoln nosedives radically, starting his attack.)
Lincoln: (confidently) This is Red Five I'm going in!
(He dives down, shoots at the area where the guns are and pulls back up. The other pilots perform similar moves the the mounted turrets on the surface. Inside, the walls shake and Imperials in the hallways lose their balance while running. An officer enters the control room and goes up to Darth Lola.)
Officer: We count thirty Rebel ships, boss. But they're so small and fast that they're evading all the turbo-lasers!
Lola: Then let's take them down ship to ship. Get the crews to their fighters.
(The Rebels continue to rain fire on any mounted guns they find.)
Red Leader: Watch yourselves, there's a lot of fire coming from that deflection tower.
Rusty: We're on it.
(Rusty and Zach advance on the battle tower and shoot it down. Lincoln moves to an area that hadn't been cleared yet. He concentrates on aiming and hears Luna's voice again.)
Luna: Lincoln, trust your feelings.
(He still wasn't sure if he really was hearing her but he still focused on where to shoot and then unloaded a barrage of lasers on the surface and several small radar emplacements and a few turrets erupt in flames.)
(In the Death Star control room, Flip and the other commanding officers watch the target screen patiently.)
Death Star intercom: The Rebel base will in firing range in seven minutes.
(Back in the war room at the Rebel base, Lori, Leni and the others watch the map. Mr. Grouse speaks through a radio.)
Mr. Grouse: Squad leaders, we've picked up a new group of signals. Enemy fighters coming your way.
Lincoln: My scope's negative. I don't see anything.
Red Leader: Keep up your visual scanning. Here they come!
(A squad of TIE fighters enter the battlefield. They separate and go after different Rebel ships. The battle's turned into an all-out dogfight.)
Red Leader: (to another pilot) Watch it! You've got one on your tail!
(A TIE fighter shoots at an X-wing and hits it from behind.)
Pilot: I'm hit!
(The X-wing blows up in flames. Another fighter chase after Zach.)
Rusty: Zach, you've picked one up. Watch it!
Zach: (frantically) Where is he?! I can't see it!
(The fighter chases him around and fires at him.)
Zach: He's on me tight. I can't shake him!
Lincoln: Hang on, Zach. I'll be right there.
(Zach dives for the surface with the fighter close behind. Lincoln chases after the fighter and gets it in his target screen. It locks on and Lincoln shoots it down.)
Lincoln: Got him!
(In a hallway just near a hangar area, Lola approaches a pair of black armored TIE fighter pilots.)
Lola: Several fighters have broken off from the main group. Come with me!
(The two pilot's follow her into the hangar. In the war room, the Rebel leaders listen to the pilots with concern.)
Stella: Watch your back, Lincoln! Fighter's right above you, coming in!
(A fighter takes aim at Lincoln's X-wing and scores a hit on one of the side engines.)
Lincoln: I'm hit but not bad. Lisa see what you can do with it. Hang on back there.
(Lisa puts out the smoke on the engine. Lincoln desperately tries to get away from his pursuer.)
Red Leader: Can anyone see Red Five?
Liam: There's a heavy fire zone on this side. Red Five, where are you?
Lincoln: I can't shake him! He really wants a piece of me!
Girl Jordan: I'm on it, Linc!
(Lincoln moves his ship rapidly. The fighter keeps shooting at him until another X-wing comes into view from the front. Girl Jordan flies past Lincoln and fires on the TIE fighter, sending it up in flames.)
Lincoln: (relieved) Good shooting, Girl Jordan.
Gold Leader: Red Leader, this is Gold Leader. We're starting our attack run.
Red Leader: I copy, Gold Leader. Move into position.
(Three Y-wing fighters descend in to the trench. Three TIE fighters leave a nearby hangar. Two regular sized with straight wings follow a smaller one with curved wings. In the small one, Lola adjusts the controls.)
Lola: Stay in attack formation.
(The Y-wings start to fly down the trench as the mounted guns along side it shoot at them. They avoid getting hit.)
Gold Leader: The exhaust port is marked and locked in. Switch power to front deflector screens.
(The Rebels back in the war room continue to view the projected screen. The Death Star projection gets closer to the moon.)
Rebel base intercom: The Death Star will be in range in five minutes.
(Lori and Leni start to get frightened. Back in the trench, the Y-wings race through with Gold Leader at the front pulling his targeting device down in front of his eye.)
Gold Leader: Switching tip targeting computer. Computer's locked. Getting a signal.
(The guns in the trench suddenly cease fire.)
Pilot: The guns… they've stopped!
Gold Leader: Stabilize your rear deflectors. Watch for enemy fighters.
Pilot: They're coming in! Three marked at two-ten!
(The three TIE fighters dive in precise formation into the trench behind the Y-wings. Lola is in the front center.)
Lola: I'll take these bums myself. Cover me!
TIE fighter pilot: Yes, ma'am.
(Lola lines up one of the Y-wings in her target screen and pulls the trigger. The Y-wing is shot down.)
Gold Leader: I can't maneuver! They're too close!
(Lola adjusts her fighters and fires again. Gold Leader is hit and explodes. The remaining Y-wing retreats from the trench.)
Pilot: Red Leader, we lost Gold Leader. They came from behind…
(The pilot is cut off as he too is shot down. Lola laughs menacingly. Her two backup fighters fly right behind her.)
Fighter pilot #1: Why does boss lady hog all the kills?
Fighter pilot #2: Because we don't aim very well.
Lola: Knock it off, you bozos! We still got Rebel insects to blow up! I'll let you shoot some if you behave.
(Lincoln heard the Y-wings get shot down and gets nervous. In the control room, an officer walks up to Flip.)
Officer: Sir, we've analyzed their attack and there is a danger. Should I have your ship standing by?
Flip: (baffled) Evacuate? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!
(The moon gets closer on the target screen.)
Death Star intercom: Rebel base, three minutes and closing.
(Red Leader signals the remaining fighters.)
Red Leader: Red Group, this is Red Leader. Rendezvous at mark six point one. It's up to us to destroy this thing.
Mr. Grouse (from base) : Red Leader, this is Base One. Keep half your group out of range for the next run.
Red Leader: Copy, Base One. Red Seven, take Reds Four and Eight and start your run. Reds Three, Six and Nine stand by to take care of remaining enemy fighters. Reds Two and Five, hold up here with me and wait for the signal.
(Liam flies down into the trench with two more X-wings behind him. Rusty, Zach and Stella fly around patrolling the perimeter. Lincoln and Girl Jordan fly alongside Red Leader above the surface.)
Liam: This is it!
(Liam and his escort zooms down the trench as lasers streak past them.)
Red Leader: You should be able to see it by now. Keep your eyes open for those fighters!
Liam: There's too much interference! Lincoln, can you see them?
Lincoln: (looking down) No sign of any… wait! Coming in point three five!
Liam: I see 'em!
(Lola's squad reenters the trench and dive in tight formation. Liam quickly pulls his targeting device in front of his eyes and adjusts it.)
Liam: I'm in range. Target's coming up! Just hold 'em off for a few seconds.
(Liam focuses on his target readout. Lola closes in on the Rebels.)
Lola: Close up formation.
(Liam lines up the target on the device crosshairs. Lola rapidly approaches the two X-wings behind Liam. Red Four appears in the center of Lola's target screen. Red Four is hit by her laserfire and explodes into flames. Red Eight furiously tries to avoid Lola's fighter behind him.)
Red Eight: (to Liam) You better let loose!
Liam: (concentrating) Almost there…
Red Eight: We can't hold them!
(One of Lola's pilots opened fire on Red Eight and blows him up. Red Leader and the others fight more enemy fighters while watching from above.)
Red Leader: Red Seven, pull up!
Liam: (still focusing) Almost there…
(Liam takes careful aim and his targeting computer lines up with the hole at the end of the trench. He fires two proton torpedoes at it.)
Liam: (excited) It's away!
(Liam flies out of the trench before he can be shot as well. The torpedoes make contact with the hole but hit something in front of it creating an explosion on the surface. Imperials inside are knocked against the walls and lose their balance. The Rebels in the war room listen to the communications with anticipation.)
Pop Pop: Was it a hit?
Liam: Negative. Negative. It didn't go in. Something was blocking the hole. It's gone now but someone else has to shoot in it now.
(Lola saw Liam's failed attempt to shoot the hole.)
Lola: (proudly) Ha-ha! Told them it was a good idea to plug up that hole! Of course, it's unguarded now so we gotta keep the rest of them off it!
Red Leader: Red Seven, get clear and meet up with the others securing the perimeter. You've done all you can. We'll take care of the hole.
Liam: Copy, Red Leader. Hit 'em hard!
(As Liam flies away, Lincoln and Girl Jordan fly with Red Leader towards the trench. Lincoln feels a sense of helplessness. In the control room, Flip stares at the target screen with a sinister look.)
Death Star Intercom: Rebel base, one minute and closing.
(Lori, Leni and the others nervously listen in on the remaining fighters.)
Red Leader: Lincoln, Girl Jordan, let's close it up. We're going in full throttle.
Girl Jordan: Right with you, boss.
Red Leader: Lincoln, I hear you're quite the shot. You'll be leading for this.
Lincoln: (anxious) You sure?
Red Leader: Absolutely. We're right here with you.
(The three X-wings dive into the trench with Lincoln leading. Those in the war room put all their faith in him.)
Lori: Get 'em, Linky! See how they like being literally blown to smithereens!
Leni: Hang on, Lisa…
(The Rebels race down the trench as the mounted cannons fire at them.)
Red Leader: We'll stay back far enough to cover you.
Girl Jordan: My scope shows the tower, but I can't see the hole!
Lincoln: Watch yourself! Increase full throttle!
Girl Jordan: What about the tower!?
Lincoln: You worry about those fighters! I'll worry about the tower!
(One of his wings is nicked close to the engine.)
Lincoln: Lisa, that stabilizer's broken loose again! Lock it down!
Lisa: Affirmative! Just stay focused on the objective!
Girl Jordan: They're coming back again!
(Lola and the other two TIE fighters once again enter the trench in pursuit of the Rebels.)
Lola: (to her wingmen) Let's run 'em down before they shoot through the hole!
(One of her wingmen opens fire and scores a hit on Girl Jordan. Her ship is still stable but the damage is bad.)
Girl Jordan: I'm hit! One more and I'm done for!
Red Leader: You can't stay with us!
Lincoln: Get clear, Girl Jordan! You can't do anymore good back there!
Girl Jordan: Sorry!
(She pulls her damaged X-wing out of the trench.)
Lola: Let that one go! Stay on the leader!
(The fighters get closer to the Rebels.)
Red Leader: Hurry, Lincoln! They're coming in faster this time! I can't hold them!
Lincoln: (stressed out) Lisa, increase the power!
Lisa: (struggling) Just keep going forward!
Red Leader: Do it, Lincoln!
(He moves closer to Lincoln but Lola gains in him. She takes aim and fires. Red Leader's ship is hit and explodes. The leaders in the war room stare at the board with shock. Lincoln is stunned by Red Leader's death and that he's the only one left. In the Death Star control room, Flip watches the the target screen with satisfaction.)
Death Star intercom: Rebel base, thirty seconds and closing.
Lola: (focusing on Lincoln) I'm on the leader.
(Lincoln is anxious but concentrates on the objective. He adjusts his targeting device as his ship charges down the trench. The device is pulled in front of his eye and he sees the readout. He waits for the hole to be lined up until he hears Luna's voice once again.)
Luna: Use the Force, Lincoln.
(This time, he was sure it really was Luna speaking to him. He looks up in wonder.)
Lincoln: You really think I can?
Luna: (comfortingly) Trust me, little dude. You can do it. You've always believed in the Force. Just don't stop believing and you'll be all right.
(A grim determination sweeps across Lincoln's face as he closes his eyes and mumbles Luna's training to himself. Behind him, Lola senses him carefully.)
Lola: The Force is strong with this one. Bet it's Luna's involvement! She ain't leaving any legacy on my watch!
(Lincoln puts the device away. The Rebels at the base notice.)
Pop Pop: (bewildered) His computer's off. Lincoln, you switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?
Lincoln: Nothing. I'm all right. I'm gonna feel this!
(Lincoln streaks ever close to the hole. Lola and her wingmen keep chasing him down. Lola maneuvers her controls and shoots at her target. A burst of laserfire hit Lisa. She starts smoking and makes high-pitched beeping sounds.)
Lisa: OW! For the love of Isaac Newton, Lola! We were friends!
Lola: Not here, Lisa! The prequels have no influence here!
(Lisa's sounds die out and she makes a brain-dead face. Lincoln looks back frantically at her.)
Lincoln: I've lost Lisa!
(Lori, Leni and the others hear him and get stunned. They are even more terrified when the Death Star on the map completely rounds Yavin and is in full view of the moon.)
Rebel base intercom: The Death Star has cleared the planet! The Death Star has cleared the planet!
(Pop Pop, Mr. Grouse and the other leaders grow concerned as Lori and Leni hold each other in fear. In the control room, Flip and the other Imperials see the moon now in the center of the target screen.)
Death Star intercom: Rebel base in range.
Flip: (to the officers) You may fire when ready.
(In the blast chamber, the engineers begin to power up the super laser.)
Engineer: Commence primary ignition.
(Lincoln starts sweating bullets as he reaches the hole and desperately tries aim by using the Force. Lola is right behind him ready to fire. As Lincoln eyes the hole anxiously, Lola gets his ship in her target screen.)
Lola: (menacingly) I have you now! And with today's gas prices, not a minute too soon!
(As she's about to open fire, one of the fighters behind her is hit by a laser blast from out of nowhere and explodes. Lincoln, Lola and the other pilot look up at the source in surprise.)
Lola: What the-!?
(The Millenium Falcon comes into view and shoots right down at the trench. In the cockpit, Bobby and Ronnie Anne sit in their new couch excitedly.)
Bobby: Yahoo!
Ronnie Anne: Yeah! We're much more comfortable now, shooting stuff!
(As they fire down at the last two TIE fighters, the wingman pilot panics and veers radically towards Lola.)
Pilot: Look out!
(He collides with Lola's fighter by the wings and they spiral out of control. The pilot crashes into the trench wall while Lola spins out of the trench and into deep space. She thrashes around inside.)
Lola: No! Ah! That's… Ow! Not… Gah! Fair! Ah!
(With the fighters gone, the Falcon pulls up.)
Bobby: (to Lincoln) You're all clear, kid! Now let's blow this thing and go home!
(Lori, Leni and the Rebels hear them and are surprised. Lincoln smiles and gets more relaxed. He concentrates as hard as he can on the hole and fires his torpedoes. They shoot down the remainder of the trench and toward the hole. Lincoln watches with relief and satisfaction as the torpedoes disappear right through the hole. He pulls out of the trench. The Imperial engineers finish powering up the super laser and Flip and the officers wait for impact. The Falcon and the remaining Rebel ships retreat from the battlefield and back towards the moon, leaving the battle station all alone. The control to fire the super laser is about to be activated.)
Officer: And fire!
(Suddenly, the Death Star completely erupts into a supernova, spreading spacedust in all directions. In the Rebel base, everyone cheers with relief as do the other pilots.)
Ronnie Anne: Yes!
Bobby: Great shot, kid! That was one-in-a-million!
(Lincoln quietly sat in joy and satisfaction with his eyes closed. He smiles gets teary-eyed as Luna speaks one last time.)
Luna: Remember, the Force will be with you… always. And so will I, always… Unless you're doing something no one should see you do, then that's when I won't be watching over you.
Lincoln: (chuckles) Okay, Luna. Thanks.
(The ships fly back to the base while Lola's fighter continues spinning out of control until it stops and Lola stops thrashing around inside. She regains controls and flies away into space.)
Lola: (nauseated) Ohhh… Curse you good guys! This ain't over! I shall return!
(In the main hangar of the base, Lincoln climbs out of his ship and is greeted by a cheering crowd. Liam, Zach, Rusty, Stella and Girl Jordan pull him into a group hug. Lori and Leni rush up to him and hug him as well. Lori picks him up holds him tightly.)
Lori: (happy) You did it!
(She puts him down as Bobby and Ronnie Anne run up laughing and embrace him too.)
Bobby: Hey! Hey!
Ronnie Anne: You were awesome!
Lincoln: I knew you guys would come back!
Bobby: C'mon! We weren't gonna just let you take all the glory!
Lori: I knew you had it in you to care about us!
(They look towards the ship and see the fried and paralyzed Lisa being lower down.)
Lincoln: Oh, no.
Leni: (worried) Oh, my! Lisa, can you hear me? Say something!
(Some engineers pick her up.)
Engineer: We'll get to work on her right away.
Leni: You must repair her! If any of my circuits and gears will help, I'll like so gladly donate!
Lincoln: (reassuringly) She'll be all right.
(Later on, Lincoln, now wearing black pants, a black shirt and golden-yellow jacket, along with Bobby and Ronnie Anne, walk through the doors of the main temple into a huge ceremony room with a stage at the end. Hundreds of Rebel soldiers, pilots and engineers are lined up in neat rows on the sides. Lori, Leni, Pop Pop, Mr. Grouse and other Rebel leaders stand on the stage waiting.)
(The three proudly walk up the clear center aisle to the stage. They stop on the stage's steps and bow before Lori, wearing a white formal dress with her hair tied back. She smiles exceptionally at them and holds up a gold medal. She places it around Bobby's neck and he grins with approval. Lori takes another medal and puts it around Lincoln's neck and he blushes with pride. Ronnie Anne steps forward waiting for her turn but Lori shrugs.)
Lori: Sorry, we only had two.
Ronnie Anne: Oh, well. Still an honor to stand up with you guys.
(She looks in the audience and spots a figure in dark cloak wearing an orange pilot suit over it.)
Ronnie Anne: Hey! That's the creepy guy who stalked us in Mos Eisley! He's an Imperial spy!
(They all turn to the spy who tries to run away but a bunch of Rebels dogpile on him. Lori pats Ronnie Anne on the shoulder.)
Lori: Nice one!
(Lisa comes in stage next to Leni.)
Lisa: What'd I miss?
Leni: (hugging her) You're back! We won and now we're partying!
(They group smile at Lisa's return. Then they turn and face the assembled Rebels who all applaud them as the guards take the spy away. They all smile with happiness.)