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INTERIOR: WEDGE'S COCKPIT.
The horizon twists as Wedge begins to pull out.
WEDGE: Right with you, boss.
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
The two X-wings peel off against a background of stars and dive toward the Death Star.
INTERIOR: BIGGS' COCKPIT.
BIGGS: Luke, at that speed will you be able to pull out in time?
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
LUKE: It'll be just like Beggar's Canyon back home.
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
The three X-wings move in, unleashing a barrage of laserfire. Laserbolts are returned from the Death Star.
INTERIOR: BIGGS' COCKPIT.
Luke's lifelong friend struggles with his controls.
BIGGS: We'll stay back far enough to cover you.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S COCKPIT.
Flak and laserbolts flash outside Luke's cockpit window.
WEDGE: (over headset) My scope shows the tower, but I can't see the exhaust port! Are you sure the computer can hit it?
EXTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- GUN EMPLACEMENTS.
The Death Star laser cannon slowly rotates as it shoots laserbolts.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
Luke looks around for the Imperial TIE fighters. He thinks for a moment and then moves his targeting device into position.
LUKE: Watch yourself! Increase speed full throttle!
INTERIOR: WEDGE'S COCKPIT.
Wedge looks excitedly about for any sign of the TIE fighters.
WEDGE: What about the tower?
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
LUKE: You worry about those fighters! I'll worry about the tower!
EXTERIOR: DEATH STAR SURFACE.
Luke's X-wing streaks through the trench, firing lasers.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
Luke breaks into a nervous sweat as the laserfire is returned, knicking one of his wings close to the engine.
LUKE: (to Artoo) Artoo...that, that stabilizer's broken loose again! See if you can't lock it down!
EXTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER.
Artoo works to repair the damages. The canyon wall rushes by in the background, making his delicate task seem even more precarious.
EXTERIOR: DEATH STAR.
Two laser cannons are firing on the Rebel fighters.
INTERIOR: WEDGE'S COCKPIT.
Wedge looks up and sees the TIE ships.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
Luke's targeting device marks off the distance to the target.
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
Vader and his wingmen zoom closer.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader adjusts his controls and fires laserbolts at two X-wings flying down the trench. He scores a direct hit on Wedge.
INTERIOR: MASSASSI OUTPOST -- WAR ROOM.
Leia and the others are grouped around the computer board.
WEDGE: (over speaker) I'm hit! I can't stay with you.
LUKE: (over speaker) Get clear, Wedge.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
LUKE: You can't do any more good back there!
INTERIOR: WEDGE'S COCKPIT.
WEDGE: Sorry!
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
Wedge pulls his crippled X-wing back away from the battle.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader watches the escape but issues a command to his wingmen.
VADER: Let him go! Stay on the leader!
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
Luke's X-wing speeds down the trench; the three TIE fighters, still in perfect unbroken formation, tail close behind.
INTERIOR: BIGGS' COCKPIT.
Biggs looks around at the TIE fighters. He is worried.
BIGGS: Hurry, Luke, they're coming in much faster this time. I can't hold them!
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
The three TIE fighters move ever closer, closing in on Luke and Biggs.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
Luke looks back anxiously at little Artoo.
LUKE: Artoo, try and increase the power!
EXTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER.
Ignoring the bumpy ride, flak, and lasers, a beeping Artoo-Detoo struggles to increase the power, his dome turning from side to side.
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
Stealthily, the TIE formation creeps closer.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader adjusts his control stick.
INTERIOR: BIGGS' COCKPIT.
Biggs looks around at the TIE fighters.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER.
Luke looks into his targeting device. He moves it away for a moment and ponders its use. He looks back into the computer targeter.
BIGGS: (over headset) Hurry up, Luke!
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
Vader and his wingmen race through the Death Star trench. Biggs moves in to cover for Luke, but Vader gains on him.
INTERIOR: BIGGS' COCKPIT.
Biggs sees the TIE fighter aiming at him.
BIGGS: Wait!
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader squeezes the fire button on his controls.
INTERIOR: BIGGS' COCKPIT.
Biggs' cockpit explodes around him, lighting him in red.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
Biggs' ship bursts into a million flaming bits and scatters across the surface.
INTERIOR: MASSASSI OUTPOST -- WAR ROOM.
Leia and the others stare at the computer board.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING COCKPIT.
Luke is stunned by Biggs' death. His eyes are watering, but his anger is also growing.
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- CONTROL ROOM.
Grand Moff Tarkin watches the projected target screen with satisfaction.
DEATH STAR INTERCOM VOICE: Rebel base, thirty seconds and closing.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader takes aim on Luke and talks to the wingmen.
VADER: I'm on the leader.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR -- LUKE'S SHIP.
Luke's ship streaks through the trench of the Death Star.
INTERIOR: MASSASSI OUTPOST -- WAR ROOM.
Princess Leia returns her general's worried and doubtful glances with solid, grim determination. Threepio seems nervous.
THREEPIO: Hang on, Artoo!
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING -- COCKPIT.
Luke concentrates on his targeting device.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
Three TIE fighters charge away down the trench toward Luke.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader's finger's curls around the control stick.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING -- COCKPIT.
Luke adjusts the lens of his targeting device.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
Luke's ship charges down the trench.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING -- COCKPIT.
Luke lines up the yellow cross-hair lines of the targeting device's screen. He looks into the targeting device, then starts at a voice he hears.
BEN'S VOICE: Use the Force, Luke.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
The Death Star trench zooms by.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING -- COCKPIT.
Luke looks up, then starts to look back into the targeting device. He has second thoughts.
BEN'S VOICE: Let go, Luke.
A grim determination sweeps across Luke's face as he closes his eyes and starts to mumble Ben's training to himself.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
Luke's fighter streaks through the trench.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
VADER: The Force is strong with this one!
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
Vader follows Luke's X-wing down the trench.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING -- COCKPIT.
Luke looks to the targeting device, then away as he hears Ben's voice.
BEN'S VOICE: Luke, trust me.
Luke's hand reaches for the control panel and presses the button. The targeting device moves away.
INTERIOR: MASSASSI OUTPOST -- WAR ROOM.
Leia and the others stand watching the projected screen.
BASE VOICE: (over speaker) His computer's off. Luke, you switched off your targeting computer. What's wrong?
LUKE: (over speaker) Nothing. I'm all right.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
Luke's ship streaks ever close to the exhaust port.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING -- COCKPIT.
Luke looks at the Death Star surface streaking by.
EXTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER.
Artoo-Detoo turns his head from side to side, beeping in anticipation.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
The three TIE fighters, manned by Vader and his two wingmen, follow Luke's X-wing down the trench.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader maneuvers his controls as he looks at his doomed target. He presses the fire buttons on his control sticks. Laserfire shoots toward Luke's X-wing fighter.
EXTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER.
A large burst of Vader's laserfire engulfs Artoo. The arms go limp on the smoking little droid as he makes a high-pitched sound.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
Luke looks frantically back over his shoulder at Artoo.
EXTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER.
Smoke billows out around little Artoo and sparks begin to fly.
LUKE: I've lost Artoo!
Artoo's beeping sounds die out.
INTERIOR: MASSASSI OUTPOST -- WAR ROOM.
Leia and the others stare intently at the projected screen, while Threepio watches the Princess. Lights representing the Death Star and targets glow brightly.
MASSASSI INTERCOM VOICE: The Death Star has cleared the planet. The Death Star has cleared the planet.
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- CONTROL ROOM.
Tarkin glares at the projected target screen.
DEATH STAR INTERCOM VOICE: Rebel base, in range.
TARKIN: You may fire when ready.
DEATH STAR INTERCOM VOICE: Commence primary ignition.
An officer reaches up and pushes buttons on the control panel, as green lighted buttons turn to red.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
The three TIE fighters zoom down the Death Star trench in pursuit of Luke, never breaking formation.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S COCKPIT.
Luke looks anxiously at the exhaust port.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader adjusts his control sticks, checking his projected targeting screen.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
Luke's ship barrels down the trench.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader's targeting computer swings around into position. Vader takes careful aim on Luke's X-wing fighter.
VADER: I have you now.
He pushes the fire buttons.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
The three TIE fighters move in on Luke. As Vader's center fighter unleashes a volley of laserfire, one of the TIE ships at his side is hit and explodes into flame. The two remaining ships continue to move in.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
Luke looks about, wondering whose laserfire destroyed Vader's wingman.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader is taken by surprise, and looks out from his cockpit.
VADER: What?
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S WINGMAN -- COCKPIT.
Vader's wingman searches around him trying to locate the unknown attacker.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT.
Han and Chewbacca grin from ear to ear.
HAN: (yelling) Yahoo!
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
The Millennium Falcon heads right at the two TIE fighters. It's a collision course.
INTERIOR: WINGMAN'S COCKPIT.
The wingman spots the pirateship coming at him and warns the Dark Lord.
WINGMAN: Look out!
EXTERIOR: DEATH STAR TRENCH.
Vader's wingman panics at the sight of the oncoming pirate starship and veers radically to one side, colliding with Vader's TIE fighter in the process. Vader's wingman crashes into the side wall of the trench and explodes. Vader's damaged ship spins out of the trench with a damaged wing.
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
Vader's ship spins out of control with a bent solar fin, heading for deep space.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S COCKPIT.
Vader turns round and round in circles as his ship spins into space.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
Solo's ship moves in toward the Death Star trench.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT.
Solo, smiling, speaks to Luke over his headset mike.
HAN: (into mike) You're all clear, kid.
INTERIOR: MASSASSI OUTPOST -- WAR ROOM.
Leia and the others listen to Solo's transmission.
HAN: (over speaker) Now let's blow this thing and go home!
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
Luke looks up and smiles. He concentrates on the exhaust port, then fires his laser torpedoes.
EXTERIOR: SURFACE OF THE DEATH STAR.
Luke's torpedoes shoot toward the port and seems to simply disappear into the surface and not explode. But the shots do find their mark and have gone into the exhaust port and are heading for the main reactor.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
Luke throws his head back in relief.
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR.
An Imperial soldier runs to the control panel board and pulls the attack lever as the board behind him lights up.
INTERCOM VOICE: Stand by to fire at Rebel base.
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
Two X-wings, a Y-wing, and the pirateship race toward Yavin in the distance.
INTERIOR: DEATH STAR.
Several Imperial soldiers, flanking a pensive Grand Moff Tarkin, busily push control levers and buttons.
INTERCOM VOICE: Standing by.
The rumble of a distant explosion begins.
EXTERIOR: SPACE AROUND THE DEATH STAR.
The Rebel ships race out of sight, leaving the moon-like Death Star alone against a blanket of stars. Several small flashes appear on the surface. The Death Star bursts into a supernova, creating a spectacular heavenly display.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT.
HAN: Great shot, kid. That was one in a million.
INTERIOR: LUKE'S X-WING FIGHTER -- COCKPIT.
Luke is at ease, and his eyes are closed.
BEN'S VOICE: Remember, the Force will be with you...always.
The ship rocks back and forth.
EXTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S TIE FIGHTER.
Vader's ship spins off into space.
EXTERIOR: SPACE.
The Rebel ships race toward the fourth moon of Yavin.
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