S T A R   W A R S

			               EPISODE VI

			           REVENGE OF THE JEDI

                                     BY

                              LAWRENCE KASDAN

                                    AND

                                GEORGE LUCAS

                               FROM THE NOVEL

                                     BY

                                GEORGE LUCAS

		   THIRD DRAFT - DECEMBER 1, 1981

1    SPACE                                                           1

     The boundless heavens serve as a back-drop for the MAIN TITLE,
     followed by a ROLL-UP, which crawls into infinity.

               Episode VI:

               REVENGE OF THE JEDI...
               Luke Skywalker has returned to his home
               planet of Tatooine in an attempt to rescue
               his friend Han Solo from the clutches of the
               vile gangster Jabba the Hutt.

               Little does Luke know that the GALACTIC
               EMPIRE has secretly begun construction on a
               new armored space station even more powerful
               than the first dreaded Death Star.

               When completed, this ultimate weapon will
               spell certain doom for the small band of
               Rebels struggling to restore freedom to the
               galaxy...

     PAN DOWN to reveal a monstrous half-completed Death Star, its
     massive superstructure curling away from the completed section
     like the arms of a giant octopus. Beyond, in benevolent contrast,
     floats the small, green moon of ENDOR.

     An Imperial Star Destroyer moves overhead toward the massive
     armored space station, followed by two zipping TIE fighters. A
     small Imperial shuttle rockets from the main bay of the ship and
     hustles toward the Death Star.

2    INT IMPERIAL SHUTTLE - COCKPIT                                  2

     The shuttle captain makes contact with the Death Star.

                              SHUTTLE CAPTAIN
               Command station, this is ST 321. Code
               Clearance Blue. We're starting our approach.
               Deactivate the security shield.

                              DEATH STAR CONTROLLER
                              (filtered VO)
               The security deflector shield will be
               deactivated when we have confirmation of your
               code transmission. Stand by... You are clear
               to proceed.

                              SHUTTLE CAPTAIN
               We're starting our approach.

3    INT DEATH STAR - CONTROL ROOM                                   3

     Operators move about among the control panels. A SHIELD OPERATOR
     hits switches beside a large screen, on which is a display of the
     Death Star, the moon Endor, and a bright web delineating the
     invisible deflector shield.

     A control officer rushes over to the shield operator.

                              OFFICER
               Inform the commander that Lord Vader's
               shuttle has arrived.

                              OPERATOR
               Yes, sir.

     The control officer moves to a view port and watches as the
     Imperial shuttle lands in the massive docking bay. A squad of
     Imperial stormtroopers moves into formation before the craft.

4    INT DEATH STAR - MAIN DOCKING BAY                               4

     The DEATH STAR COMMANDER, MOFF JERJERROD, a tall, confident
     technocrat, strides through the assembled troops to the base of
     the shuttle ramp. The troops snap to attention; many are uneasy
     about the new arrival. But the Death Star commander stands
     arrogantly tall.

     The exit hatch of the shuttle opens with a WHOOSH, revealing only
     darkness. Then, heavy FOOTSTEPS AND MECHANICAL BREATHING. From
     this black void appears DARTH VADER, LORD OF THE SITH. Vader
     looks over the assemblage as he walks down the ramp.

                              JERJERROD
               Lord Vader, this is an unexpected pleasure.
               We're honored by your presence.

                              VADER
               You may dispense with the pleasantries,
               Commander. I'm here to put you back on
               schedule.

     The commander turns ashen and begins to shake.

                              JERJERROD
               I assure you, Lord Vader, my men are working
               as fast as they can.

                              VADER
               Perhaps I can find new ways to
               motivate them.

                              JERJERROD
               I tell you, this station will be operational
               as planned.

                              VADER
               The Emperor does not share your
               optimistic appraisal of the situation.

                              JERJERROD
               But he asks the impossible. I need more men.

                              VADER
               Then perhaps you can tell him when he
               arrives.

                              JERJERROD (aghast)
               The Emperor's coming here?

                              VADER
               That is correct, Commander. And he is most
               displeased with your apparent lack of
               progress.

                              JERJERROD
               We shall double our efforts.

                              VADER
               I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The
               Emperor is not as forgiving as I am.

5    EXT ROAD TO JABBA'S PALACE - TATOOINE                           5

     A lonely, windswept road meanders through the desolate Tatooine
     terrain. We HEAR a familiar BEEPING and a distinctive reply
     before catching sight of ARTOO-DETOO and SEE-THREEPIO, making
     their way along the road toward the ominous palace of Jabba the
     Hutt.

                              THREEPIO
               Of course I'm worried. And you should be,
               too. Lando Calrissian and poor Chewbacca
               never returned from this awful place.

     Artoo whistles timidly.

                              THREEPIO
               Don't be so sure. If I told you half the
               things I've heard about this Jabba the Hutt,
               You'd probably short-circuit.

     The two droids fearfully approach the massive gate to the palace.

                              THREEPIO
               Artoo, are you sure this is the right place?
               I better knock, I suppose.

6    EXT JABBA'S PALACE - GATE                                       6

     Threepio looks around for some kind of signaling device, then
     timidly knocks on the iron door.

                              THREEPIO (instantly)
               There doesn't seem to be anyone there. Let's
               go back and tell Master Luke.

     A small hatch in the middle of the door opens and a spidery
     mechanical arm, with a large electronic eyeball on the end, pops
     out and inspects the two droids.

                              STRANGE VOICE
               Tee chuta hhat yudd!

                              THREEPIO
               Goodness gracious me!

     Threepio points to Artoo, then to himself.

                              THREEPIO
               Artoo Detoowha bo Seethreepiowha ey toota odd
               mischka Jabba du Hutt.

     The eye looks from one robot to the other, there is a laugh then
     the eye zips back into the door. The hatch slams shut. Artoo
     beeps his concern.

                              THREEPIO
               I don't think they're going to let us in,
               Artoo. We'd better go.

     Artoo beeps his reluctance as Threepio turns to leave. Suddenly
     the massive door starts to rise with a horrific metallic SCREECH.
     The robots turn back and face an endless black cavity. The droids
     look at one another, afraid to enter.

     Artoo starts forward into the gloom. Threepio rushes after his
     stubby companion. The door lowers noisily behind them.

                              THREEPIO
               Artoo, wait. Oh, dear! Artoo. Artoo, I really
               don't think we should rush into all this.

     Artoo continues down the corridor, with Threepio following.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, Artoo!  Artoo, wait for me!

7    INT JABBA'S PALACE - HALLWAY                                    7

     The door slams shut with a loud crash that echoes throughout the
     dark passageway. The frightened robots are met by two giant,
     green GAMORREAN GUARDS, who fall in behind them. Threepio glances
     quickly back at the two lumbering brutes, then back to Artoo. One
     guard grunts an order. Artoo beeps nervously.

                              THREEPIO
               Just you deliver Master Luke's message and
               get us out of here. Oh my! Oh! Oh, no.

     Walking toward them out of the darkness is BIB FORTUNA, a
     humanlike alien with long tentacles protruding from his skull.

                              BIB
               Die Wanna Wanga!

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, my! Die Wanna Wauaga. We -- we bring a
               message to your master, Jabba the Hutt.

     Artoo lets out a series of quick beeps.

                              THREEPIO (cont)
               ... and a gift.
               (thinks a moment, then to Artoo)
               Gift, what gift?

     Bib shakes his head negatively.

                              BIB
               Nee Jabba no badda. Me chaade su goodie.

     Bib holds out his hand toward Artoo and the tiny droid backs up a
     bit, letting out a protesting array of squeaks. Threepio turns to
     the strange-looking alien.

                              THREEPIO
               He says that our instructions are to give it
               only to Jabba himself.

     Bib thinks about this for a moment.

                              THREEPIO
               I'm terribly sorry. I'm afraid he's ever so
               stubborn about these sort of things.

     Bib gestures for the droids to follow.

                              BIB
               Nudd Chaa.

     The droids follow the tall, tentacled alien into the darkness,
     trailed by the two guards.

                              THREEPIO
               Artoo, I have a bad feeling about this.

8    INT JABBA'S THRONE ROOM                                         8

     The throne room is filled with the vilest, most grotesque
     CREATURES ever conceived in the universe. Artoo and Threepio seem
     very small as they pause in the doorway to the dimly lit chamber.
     Light shafts partially illuminate the drunken courtiers as Bib
     Fortuna crosses the room to the platform upon which rests the
     leader of this nauseating crowd: JABBA THE HUTT. The monarch of
     the galactic underworld is a repulsive blob of bloated fat with a
     maniacal grin. Chained to the horrible creature is the beautiful
     alien female dancer named OOLA. At the foot of the dais sits an
     obnoxious birdlike creature, SALACIOUS CRUMB. Bib whispers
     something in the slobbering degenerate's ear. Jabba laughs
     horribly, at the two terrified droids before him. Threepio bows
     politely.

                              THREEPIO
               Good morning.

                              JABBA
               Bo Shuda!

     The robots jump forward to stand before the repulsive, loose-
     skinned villain.

                              THREEPIO
               The message, Artoo, the message.

     Artoo whistles, and a beam of light projects from his domed head,
     creating a HOLOGRAM of LUKE on the floor. The image grows to over
     ten feet tall, and the young Jedi towers over the space
     gangsters.

                              LUKE
               Greetings, Exalted One. Allow me to introduce
               myself. I am Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight and
               friend to Captain Solo. I know that you are
               powerful, mighty Jabba, and that your anger
               with Solo must be equally powerful. I seek an
               audience with Your Greatness to bargain for
               Solo's life. (Jabba's crowd laughs) With your
               wisdom, I'm sure that we can work out an
               arrangement which will be mutually beneficial
               and enable us to avoid any unpleasant
               confrontation. As a token of my goodwill, I
               present to you a gift: these two droids.

     Threepio is startled by this announcement.

                              THREEPIO
               What did he say?

                              LUKE (cont)
               ... Both are hardworking and will serve you
               well.

                              THREEPIO
               This can't be! Artoo, you're playing the
               wrong message.

     Luke's hologram disappears.

     Jabba laughs while Bib speaks to him in Huttese.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               There will be no bargain.

                              THREEPIO
               We're doomed.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               I will not give up my favorite decoration. I
               like Captain Solo where he is.

     Jabba laughs hideously and looks toward an alcove beside the
     throne. Hanging high, flat against the wall, exactly as we saw
     him last, is a carbonized HAN SOLO.

                              THREEPIO
               Artoo, look! Captain Solo. And he's still
               frozen in carbonite.

9    INT DUNGEON CORRIDOR                                            9

     One of Jabba's Gamorrean guards marches Artoo and Threepio down a
     dank, shadowy passageway lined with holding cells. The cries of
     unspeakable creatures bounce off the cold stone walls.
     Occasionally a repulsive arm or tentacle grabs through the bars
     at the hapless droids. Artoo beeps pitifully.

                              THREEPIO
               What could possibly have come over Master
               Luke. Is it something I did? He never
               expressed any unhappiness with my work. Oh!
               Oh! Hold it! Ohh!

     A large tentacle wraps around Threepio's neck. He manages to
     break free, and they move on to a door at the end of the
     corridor.

10   INT BOILER ROOM                                                10

     The door slides open, revealing a room filled with steam and
     noisy machinery. The guard motions them into the boiler room,
     where they are met by a tall, thin humanlike robot named EV-9D9
     (EVE-NINEDENINE). Behind the robot can be seen a torture rack
     pulling the legs off a screaming baby work droid. A second
     power droid is upside down.  As smoking branding irons are
     pressed into his feet, the stubby robot lets out an agonized
     electronic scream. Artoo and Threepio cringe as the guard grunts
     to EV-9D9.

                              NINEDENINE
               Ah, good. New acquisitions. You are a
               protocol droid, are you not?

                              THREEPIO
               I am See-Threepio, human-cy...

                              NINEDENINE
               Yes or no will do.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh. Well, yes.

                              NINEDENINE
               How many languages do you speak?

                              THREEPIO
               I am fluent in over six million forms of
               communication, and can readily...

                              NINEDENINE
               Splendid! We have been without an interpreter
               since our master got angry with our last
               protocol droid and disintegrated him.

                              THREEPIO
               Disintegrated?

                              NINEDENINE (to a Gamorrean guard)
               Guard! This protocol droid might be useful.
               Fit him with a restraining bolt and take him
               back to His Excellency's main audience
               chamber.

     The guard shoves Threepio toward the door.

                              THREEPIO (disappearing)
               Artoo, don't leave me! Ohhh!

     Artoo lets out a plaintive cry as the door closes. Then he beeps
     angrily.

                              NINEDENINE
               You're a feisty little one, but you'll soon
               learn some respect. I have need for you on
               the master's Sail Barge. And I think you'll
               fit in nicely.

     The poor work droid in the background lets out another tortured
     electronic scream.

11   INT JABBA'S THRONE ROOM                                        11

     The court of Jabba the Hutt is in the midst of a drunken, raucous
     party. Sloppy, smelly monsters cheer and make rude noises as Oola
     and a fat female dancer perform in front of Jabba's throne.

     Jabba leers at the dancers and with a lustful gleam in his eye
     beckons Oola to come and sit with him. She stops dancing and
     backs away, shaking her head. Jabba gets angry and points to a
     spot next to him.

                              JABBA
               Da Eitha!

     The lovely alien shakes her head again and screams.

                              OOLA
               Na Chuba negatorie Na! Na! Natoota...

     Jabba is furious and pulls her toward him, tugging on the chain.

                              JABBA
               Boscka!

     He pushes a button and, before the dancer can flee, a trap door
     in the floor springs open and swallows her up. As the door snaps
     shut, a muffled growl is followed by a hideous scream. Jabba and
     his monstrous friends laugh hysterically and several revelers
     hurry over to watch her fate through a grate.

     Threepio cringes and glances wistfully at the carbonite form of
     Han Solo, but is immediately distracted by a gunshot offscreen.
     An unnatural quiet sweeps the boisterous gathering. On the far
     side of the room, the crush of debauchers moves aside to allow
     the approach of two guards followed by BOUSHH, an oddly cloaked
     bounty hunter, leading his captive, Han Solo's copilot, CHEWBACCA
     THE WOOKIEE.

     Bib takes his place next to his disgusting master, and whispers
     into his ear, pointing at Chewbacca and the bounty hunter. Jabba
     listens intently, then the bounty hunter bows before the gangster
     and speaks a greeting in a strange, electronically processed
     tongue (Ubese).

                              BOUSHH (in Ubese subtitled)
               I have come for the bounty on this Wookiee.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, no! Chewbacca!

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               At last we have the mighty Chewbacca.

     Jabba lets out a loud, long, blood-curdling laugh and turns to
     Threepio, waving him closer. The reluctant droid obeys.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, uh, yes, uh, I am here, Your
               Worshipfulness. Uh... yes!

     Jabba continues speaking, as Threepio nervously translates.
     Boushh listens, studying the dangerous creatures around the room.
     He notices BOBA FETT standing near the door.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh. The illustrious Jabba bids you welcome
               and will gladly pay you the reward of twenty-
               five thousand.

                              BOUSHH (in Ubese subtitled)
               I want fifty thousand. No less.

     Jabba immediately flies into a rage, knocking the golden droid
     off the raised throne into a clattering heap on the floor. Boushh
     adjusts his weapon as Jabba raves in Huttese and Threepio
     struggles back onto the throne. The disheveled droid tries to
     compose himself.

                              THREEPIO
               Uh, oh... but what, what did I say?
               (to Boushh)
               Uh, the mighty Jabba asks why he must pay
               fifty thousand.

     The bounty hunter holds up a small silver ball in his hand.
     Threepio looks at it, then looks at Jabba, then back to the
     bounty hunter. The droid is very nervous and Jabba is getting
     very impatient.

                              THREEPIO
               Because he's holding a thermal detonator.

     The guards instantly back away, as do most of the other monsters
     in the room. Jabba stares at the silver ball, which begins to
     glow in the bounty hunter's hand. The room has fallen into a
     tense hush. Jabba stares at the bounty hunter malevolently until
     a sly grin creeps across his vast mouth and he begins to laugh.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               This bounty hunter is my kind of scum.
               Fearless and inventive.

     Jabba continues.

                              THREEPIO
               Jabba offers the sum of thirty-five. And I
               suggest you take it.

     Bib and the other monsters study the bounty hunter and wait for
     his reaction. Boushh releases a switch on the thermal detonator
     and it goes dead.

                              BOUSHH
               Zeebuss.

                              THREEPIO
               He agrees!

     The raucous crowd of monsters erupts in a symphony of cheers and
     applause as the party returns to its full noisy pitch. Chewbacca
     growls. As he is led away we spot LANDO CALRISSIAN, disguised as
     a skiff guard in a partial face mask. The band starts up and
     dancing girls take the center of the floor, to the hoots of the
     loudly appreciative creatures.

     Boushh leans against a column with gunfighter cool and surveys
     the scene, his gaze stopping only when it connects with a glare
     from across the room. Boba Fett is watching him. Boushh shifts
     slightly, cradling his weapon lovingly. Boba Fett shifts with
     equally ominous arrogance.

12   INT DUNGEON CORRIDOR AND CELL                                  12

     Gamorrean guards lead Chewie down the same hallway we saw before.
     When a tentacle reaches out at the Wookiee, Chewie's ferocious
     ROAR echoes against the walls and the tentacle snaps back into
     its cell in terror. It takes all the guards to hurl Chewie
     roughly into a cell, slamming the door behind him. Chewie lets
     out a pathetic howl and bangs on the iron door.

13   EXT JABBA'S PALACE                                             13

     The palace is sitting in the light of the double sunset. On the
     road in front, a large toadlike creature flicks its tongue out
     for a desert rodent and burps in satisfaction.

14   INT JABBA'S THRONE ROOM - NIGHT                                14

     Silence. The room is deserted, only the awful debris of the alien
     celebration giving mute witness to the activity here before.
     Several drunk creatures lie unconscious around the room, snoring
     loudly.

     A shadowy figure moves stealthily among the columns at the
     perimeter of the room and is revealed to be Boushh, the bounty
     hunter. He picks his way carefully through the snoring, drunken
     monsters.

     Han Solo, the frozen space pirate, hangs spotlighted on the wall,
     his coffin-like case suspended by a force field. The bounty
     hunter deactivates the force field by flipping a control switch
     to one side of the coffin. The heavy case slowly lowers to the
     floor of the alcove.

     Boushh steps up to the case, studying Han, then turns to the
     controls on the side of the coffin. He activates a series of
     switches and, after one last, hesitant look at Han, slides the
     decarbonization lever. The case begins to emit a sound as the
     hard shell covering the contours of Han's face begins to melt
     away. The bounty hunter watches as Han's body is freed of its
     metallic coat and his forearms and hands, previously raised in
     reflexive protest, drop slackly to his side. His face muscles
     relax from their mask of horror. He appears quite dead.

     Boushh's ugly helmet leans close to Han's face listening for the
     breath of life. Nothing. He waits. Han's eyes pop open with a
     start and he begins coughing. The bounty hunter steadies the
     staggering newborn.

                              BOUSHH
               Just relax for a moment. You're free of the
               carbonite.

     Han touches his face with his hand and moans.

                              BOUSHH
               Shhh. You have hibernation sickness.

                              HAN
               I can't see.

                              BOUSHH
               You eyesight will return in time.

                              HAN
               Where am I?

                              BOUSHH
               Jabba's palace.

                              HAN
               Who are you?

     The bounty hunter reaches up and lifts the helmet from his head,
     revealing the beautiful face of PRINCESS LEIA.

                              LEIA
               Someone who loves you.

                              HAN
               Leia!

                              LEIA
               I gotta get you out of here.

     As Leia helps her weakened lover to stand up, the relative quiet
     is pierced by an obscene HUTTESE CACKLE from the other side of
     the alcove.

                              HAN
               What's that? I know that laugh.

     The curtain on the far side of the alcove opens, revealing Jabba
     the Hutt, surrounded by Bib and other aliens. He laughs again,
     and his gross cronies join in a cacophony of alien glee.

                              HAN
               Hey, Jabba. Look, Jabba, I was just on my way
               to pay you back, but I got a little
               sidetracked. It's not my fault.

     Jabba laughs.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               It's too late for that, Solo. You may have
               been a good smuggler, but now you're Bantha
               fodder.

                              HAN
               Look...

                              JABBA (cont Huttese subtitled)
               Take him away!

     The guards grab Han and start to lead him away.

                              HAN
               Jabba... I'll pay you triple! You're throwing
               away a fortune here. Don't be a fool!

     Han is dragged off, as Lando quickly moves forward and attempts
     to lead Leia away.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               Bring her to me.

     Jabba chuckles as Lando and a second guard drag the beautiful
     young princess toward him. Threepio peeks from behind a monster
     and quickly turns away in disgust.

                              LEIA
               We have powerful friends. You're gonna regret
               this...

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               I'm sure.

     Inexorably her lovely face moves to within a few inches of
     Jabba's ugly blob of a head, and Leia turns away in disgust.

                              LEIA
               Ugh!

                              THREEPIO
               Ohhh, I can't bear to watch.

15   INT DUNGEON CELL                                               15

     The heavy metal door of the dungeon whines and slowly creaks
     open. A guard throws the blinded star captain into the dark cell
     and the door slams shut behind him, leaving only a thin sliver of
     light from a crack in the door. Han is trying to collect himself
     when suddenly a growl is heard from the far side of the cell. He
     jumps back against the cell door and listens.

                              HAN
               Chewie? Chewie, is that you?

     The shadowy figure lets out a crazy yell and races toward Han,
     lifting him off the ground with a big hug that carries them into
     the light, revealing Chewie.

                              HAN
               Ah! Chew--Chewie!

     The giant Wookiee barks with glee.

                              HAN
               Wait. I can't see, pal. What's goin' on?

     Chewie barks an excited blue streak.

                              HAN
               Luke? Luke's crazy. He can't even take care
               of himself, much less rescue anybody.

     Chewie barks a reply.

                              HAN
               A...Jedi Knight? I--I'm out of it for a
               little while, everybody gets delusions of
               grandeur.

     Chewie growls insistently. He holds Han to his chest and pets his
     head.

                              HAN
               I'm all right, pal. I'm all right.

16   INT MAIN GATE AND HALL - JABBA'S PALACE                        16

     Noisily, the main gate lifts to flood the blackness with blinding
     LIGHT and reveal the silhouetted figure of LUKE SKYWALKER. He is
     clad in a robe similar to Ben's and wears neither pistol nor
     laser sword. Luke strides purposefully into the hallway. Two
     giant guards move to block Luke's path. Luke halts.

     Luke raises his hand and points at the puzzled guards, who
     immediately lower their spears and fall back. The young Jedi
     lowers his hand and moves on down the hallway.

     Bib Fortuna appears out of the gloom. He speaks to Luke as they
     approach each other, but Luke doesn't stop and Bib must reverse
     his direction and hurry alongside the young Jedi in order to carry
     on the conversation. Several other guards fall in behind them in
     the darkness.

                              LUKE
               I must speak with Jabba.

     Bib answers in Huttese, shaking his head in denial. Luke stops
     and stares at Bib; he raises his hand slightly.

                              LUKE
               You will take me to Jabba now!

     Bib turns in hypnotic response to Luke's command, and Luke
     follows him into the gloom.

                              LUKE
               You serve your master well.

     Bib responds.

                              LUKE
               And you will be rewarded.

17   INT JABBA'S THRONE ROOM                                        17

     Jabba is asleep on his throne, with Leia lying in front of him.
     Salacious sits by Jabba's tail, watching it wriggle. Leia is now
     dressed in the skimpy costume of a dancing girl; a chain runs
     from a manacle/necklace at her throat to her new master, Jabba
     the Hutt. Threepio stands behind Jabba as Bib comes up to the
     gangster slug.

                              THREEPIO
               At last! Master Luke's come to rescue me.

                              BIB
               Master.

     Jabba awakens with a start and Bib continues, in Huttese.

                              BIB
               ...Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               I told you not to admit him.

                              LUKE
               I must be allowed to speak.

                              BIB (in Huttese subtitled)
               He must be allowed to speak.

     Jabba, furious, clobbers Bib and shoves him away.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               You weak-minded fool! He's using an old Jedi
               mind trick.

     Luke stares hard at Jabba.

                              LUKE
               You will bring Captain Solo and the Wookiee
               to me.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               Your mind powers will not work on me, boy.

                              LUKE
               Nevertheless, I'm taking Captain Solo and his
               friends. You can either profit by this... or
               be destroyed! It's your choice. But I warn
               you not to underestimate my powers.

     Jabba's laugh is mean and loud. Threepio attempts to warn Luke
     about the pit.

                              THREEPIO
               Master Luke, you're standing on...

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               There will be no bargain, young Jedi. I shall
               enjoy watching you die.

     Luke reaches out, and a pistol jumps out of a guard's holster and
     flies into Luke's hand. The bewildered guard grabs for it as
     Jabba raises his hand.

                              JABBA
               Bascka!

     The floor suddenly drops away, sending Luke and the hapless guard
     into the pit. The pistol goes off, blasting a hole in the
     ceiling. Jabba laughs and his courtiers join in. Leia starts
     forward but is restrained by a human guard-- Lando, recognizable
     behind his mask. She looks at him and he shakes his head "no."

18   INT RANCOR PIT                                                 18

     Luke and the guard have dropped twenty-five feet from a chute
     into the dungeonlike cage. Luke gets to his feet as the guard
     yells hysterically for help. A crowd gathers up around the edge
     of the pit as the door in the side of the pit starts to RUMBLE
     open. The guard screams in panic. Luke looks calmly around for a
     means of escape.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, no! The Rancor!

     At the side of the pit, an iron door rumbles upward and a giant,
     fanged RANCOR emerges. The guard runs to the side of the pit and
     tries futilely to scramble to the top. The hideous beast closes
     in on him.

     The Rancor moves past Luke, and as the guard continues to
     scramble, the Rancor picks him up and pops him into its slavering
     jaws. A few screams, and the guard is swallowed with a gulp. The
     audience cheers and laughs at the guard's fate.

     The monster turns and starts for Luke. The young Jedi dashes away
     just ahead of the monster's swipe at him, and picks up the long
     arm bone of an earlier victim. The monster grabs Luke and brings
     him up to his salivating mouth. At the last moment, Luke wedges
     the bone in the monster's mouth and is dropped to the floor. The
     monster bellows in rage and flails about, hitting the side of the
     pit, causing an avalanche.

     The monster crushes the bone in its jaws and sees Luke, who
     squeezes into a crevice in the pit wall. Luke looks past the
     monster to the holding cave beyond. On the far side of the
     holding cave is a utility door--if only he can get to it. The
     Rancor spots Luke and reaches into the crevice for him. Luke
     grabs a large rock and raises it, smashing it down on the
     Rancor's finger.

19   HOLDING TUNNEL - RANCOR PIT                                    19

     The Rancor lets out a loud howl as Luke makes a run for the
     holding cave. He reaches the door and pushes a button to open it.
     When he succeeds, he sees a heavy barred gate between him and
     safety. Beyond the gate two guards look up from their dinner.
     Luke turns to see the monster heading for him, and pulls with all
     his might on the gate. The guards move to the gate and start
     poking at the young Jedi with spears, laughing.

     Luke crouches (against the wall) as the monster starts to reach
     for him. Suddenly he notices a main door control panel halfway up
     the wall. As the Rancor moves in for the kill, Luke picks up a
     skull from the cave floor and hurls it at the panel. The giant
     overhead door comes crashing down on the beast's head, squashing
     it like a sledgehammer on an egg.

     A startled gasp is heard from the stunned court. There's
     consternation at this turn of events. Heads look to Jabba, who is
     actually turning red with anger. Leia cannot suppress her joy.
     Jabba utters harsh commands to his guards and they hurry off.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               Bring me Solo and the Wookiee. They will all
               suffer for this outrage.

21   INT RANCOR PIT                                                 21

     The Rancor KEEPERS have come into the cage and are examining
     their dead beast. One of them breaks down and weeps. The other
     glares menacingly at Luke, who is unworried. Several guards rush
     into the holding tunnel and take Luke away.

22   INT THRONE ROOM                                                22

     The crowd of creepy courtiers parts as Han and Chewie are brought
     into the throne room, and other guards drag Luke up the steps.

                              LUKE
               Han!

                              HAN
               Luke!

                              LUKE
               Are you all right?

                              HAN
               Fine. Together again, huh?

                              LUKE
               Wouldn't miss it.

                              HAN
               How are we doing?

                              LUKE
               The same as always.

                              HAN
               That bad, huh? Where's Leia?

     Luke looks to Leia.

                              LEIA
               I'm here.

     Threepio is standing behind the grotesque gangster as he strokes
     Leia like a pet cat. Several of the guards, including Lando,
     bring Luke from the other side of the room. Boba is standing
     behind Jabba.

     Threepio steps forward and translates for the captives.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, dear. His High Exaltedness, the great
               Jabba the Hutt, has decreed that you are to
               be terminated immediately.

                              HAN
               Good, I hate long waits.

                              THREEPIO
               You will therefore be taken to the Dune Sea
               and cast into the pit of Carkoon, the nesting
               place of the all-powerful Sarlacc.

                              HAN (to Luke)
               Doesn't sound so bad.

                              THREEPIO
               In his belly, you will find a new definition
               of pain and suffering, as you are slowly
               digested over a thousand years.

                              HAN
               On second thought, let's pass on that, huh?

     Chewie barks his agreement.

                              LUKE
               You should have bargained, Jabba. That's the
               last mistake you'll ever make.

     Jabba cackles evilly at this.

     As the guards drag the prisoners from the throne room, a loud
     cheer rises from the crowd. Leia and Chewie exchange concerned
     looks, but Luke Skywalker, Jedi warrior, cannot suppress a smile.

23   EXT TATOOINE SEA - SKIFF                                       23

     Jabba's huge SAIL BARGE moves above the desert surface
     accompanied by two smaller SKIFFS. One of the skiffs glides
     close, revealing Luke, Han, and Chewie -- all in bonds --
     surrounded by guards, one of whom is Lando in disguise.

                              HAN
               I think my eyes are getting better. Instead
               of a big dark blur, I see a big light blur.

                              LUKE
               There's nothing to see. I used to live here,
               you know.

                              HAN
               You're gonna die here, you know. Convenient.

                              LUKE
               Just stick close to Chewie and Lando. I've
               taken care of everything.

                              HAN
               Oh... great!

24   INT BARGE OBSERVATION DECK                                     24

     Jabba the Hutt rides like a sultan in the massive antigravity
     ship. His entire retinue is with him, drinking, eating, and
     having a good time. Leia is watching her friends in the skiff
     when the chain attached to her neck is pulled tight and Jabba
     tugs the scantily clad princess to him.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               Soon you will learn to appreciate me.

     Threepio wanders among the Sail Barge aliens, bumping into a
     smaller droid serving drinks, spilling them all over the place.
     The stubby droid lets out an angry series of beeps and whistles.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, I'm terribly sor... Artoo! What are you
               doing here?

     Artoo beeps a quick reply.

                              THREEPIO
               Well, I can see you're serving drinks, but
               this place is dangerous. They're going to
               execute Master Luke and, if we're not
               careful, us too!

              Artoo whistles a singsong response.

                              THREEPIO
               Hmm.  I wish I had your confidence.

25   EXT SARLACC PIT                                                25

     The convoy moves up over a huge sand pit. The Sail Barge stops to
     one side of the depression, as does the escort skiff. But the
     prisoner's skiff moves out directly over the center and hovers.
     At the bottom of the deep cone of sand is a repulsive, mucous-
     lined hole, surrounded by thousands of needle-sharp teeth. This
     is the SARLACC. A plank is extended from the edge of the
     prisoner's skiff. Guards release Luke's bonds and shove him out
     onto the plank above the Sarlacc's mouth.

26   EXT SAIL BARGE OBSERVATION DECK                                26

     Jabba and Leia are now by the rail, watching. Threepio leans
     forward and the slobbering villain mumbles something to him. As
     Threepio steps up to a comlink, Jabba raises his arm and the
     motley array of intergalactic pirates fall silent. Threepio's
     voice is amplified across loudspeakers.

                              THREEPIO
               Victims of the almighty Sarlacc: His
               Excellency hopes that you will die honorably.
               But should any of you wish to beg for mercy,
               the great Jabba the Hutt will now listen to
               your pleas.

27   EXT SKIFF                                                      27

     Han steps forward arrogantly and begins to speak.

                              HAN
               Threepio, you tell that slimy piece of...
               worm-ridden filth he'll get no such pleasure
               from us. Right?

     Chewie growls his agreement.

                              LUKE
               Jabba! This is your last chance. Free us or
               die.

     Lando moves unobtrusively along the skiff as Luke shoots a quick
     look of conspiracy to him.

28   INT SAIL BARGE OBSERVATION DECK                                28

     The assembled monsters rock with mocking laughter as Artoo zips
     unnoticed up the ramp to the upper deck. Jabba's laughter
     subsides as he speaks into the comlink.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               Move him into position.

     Jabba makes a thumbs-down gesture. Leia looks worried.

29   EXT BARGE - UPPER DECK                                         29

     Artoo appears from below and zips over to the rail facing the
     pit. Below, in the skiff, Luke is prodded by a guard to the edge
     of the plank over the gaping Sarlacc. Luke looks up at Artoo,
     then gives a jaunty salute: the signal the little droid has been
     waiting for. A flap opens in Artoo's domed head.

                              JABBA (in Huttese subtitled)
               Put him in.

30   EXT SKIFF - PLANK                                              30

     Luke is prodded and jumps off the plank to the cheers of the
     bloodthirsty spectators. But, before anyone can even perceive
     what is happening, he spins around and grabs the end of the plank
     by his fingertips. The plank bends wildly from his weight and
     catapults him skyward. In midair he does a complete flip and
     drops down on the end of the plank in the same spot he just
     vacated, but facing the skiff. He casually extends an open palm
     and -- his lightsaber, which Artoo has sent arcing toward him,
     drops into his hand.

     With samurai speed, Luke ignites it and attacks the guard who
     prodded him off the plank, sending the hapless monster screaming
     overboard. The other guards swarm toward Luke. He wades into
     them, lightsaber flashing. Lando struggles with another guard at
     the back of the skiff.

31   EXT SARLACC PIT                                                31

     A bewildered guard lands in the soft, sandy slope of the pit, and
     begins sliding. He claws desperately as a Sarlacc tentacle grabs
     him and pulls him screaming into the viscous mouth.

32   INT SAIL BARGE                                                 32

     Jabba watches this and explodes in rage. He barks commands, and
     the guards around him rush off to do his bidding. The scuzzy
     creatures watching the action from the window are in an uproar.

33   EXT SKIFF                                                      33

     Luke knocks another guard off the skiff and into the waiting
     mouth of the Sarlacc. He starts to untie Chewie's bonds.

                              LUKE
               Easy, Chewie.

     At that moment, the deck gunmen on the barge unleash a series of
     blasts from a big cannon on the upper deck. Lando is tossed from
     the deck of the rocking skiff. He manages to grab a rope, and
     dangles desperately above the Sarlacc pit.

                              LANDO
               Whoa! Whoa! Help!

34   EXT UPPER DECK - SAIL BARGE                                    34

     With two swift strides, the dangerous Boba Fett ignites his
     rocket pack, leaps into the air, and flies from the barge down to
     the skiff.

35   EXT SKIFF                                                      35

     Boba lands on the skiff and starts to aim his laser gun at Luke,
     who has freed Han and Chewie from their bonds. But before Boba
     can fire, the young Jedi spins on him, lightsaber sweeping, and
     hacks the bounty hunter's gun in half.

     Immediately, the skiff takes another direct hit from the barge's
     deck gun. Shards of skiff deck fly. Chewie and Han are thrown
     against the rail.

                              HAN
               Chewie, you okay? Where is he?

     The Wookiee is wounded and he howls in pain.

                              HAN
               I'm okay, pal.

     For a moment, Luke is distracted, and in that moment, Boba fires
     a cable out of his armored sleeve. Instantly, Luke is wrapped in
     a strong cable, his arms pinned against his side, his sword arm
     free only from the wrist down.  Luke bends his wrist so the lightsaber
     points straight up to reach the wire lasso and cuts through. Luke
     shrugs away the cable and stands free.

     Another blast from the Barge's deck gun hits near Boba and he is
     knocked unconscious to the deck, next to where Lando is hanging.

                              LANDO
               Han! Chewie?

                              HAN
               Lando!

     Luke is a little shaken but remains standing as a fusillade
     brackets him. The second skiff, loaded with guards firing their
     weapons, moves in on Luke fast. Luke leaps toward the incoming
     second skiff. The young Jedi leaps into the middle of the second
     skiff and begins decimating the guards from their midst.

     Chewie, wounded, tries to lift himself as he barks directions to
     Han, guiding him toward a spear which has been dropped by one of
     the guards. Han searches the deck as Chewie barks directions;
     finally he grabs hold of the spear.

     Boba Fett, badly shaken, rises from the deck. He looks over at
     the other skiff, where Luke is whipping a mass of guards. Boba
     raises his arm, and aims his lethal appendage.

     Chewie barks desperately at Han.

                              HAN
               Boba Fett?! Boba Fett?! Where?

     The space pirate turns around blindly, and the long spear in his
     hand whacks squarely in the middle of Boba's rocket pack.

     The impact of the swing causes the rocket pack to ignite. Boba
     blasts off, flying over the second skiff like a missile, smashing
     against the side of the huge Sail Barge and sliding away into the
     pit. He screams as his armored body makes its last flight past
     Lando and directly into the mucous mouth of the Sarlacc. The
     Sarlacc burps. Chewie growls a weak congratulations to Han.

36   INT SAIL BARGE                                                 36

     Leia turns from the spectacle outside, leaps onto Jabba's throne,
     and throws the chain that enslaves her over his head around his
     bulbous neck. Then she dives off the other side of the throne,
     pulling the chain violently in her grasp. Jabba's flaccid neck
     contracts beneath the tightening chain. His huge eyes bulge from
     their sockets and his scum-coated tongue flops out. The Exalted
     Hutt's huge tail spasms through its death throes and then slams
     down into final stillness. Leia struggles to free herself of her
     bondage.

37   EXT SKIFF                                                      37

     Luke continues to destroy the aliens on the guards' skiff, as Han
     extends his spear downward to Lando, who is still dangling
     precariously from a rope on the prisoner's skiff.

                              HAN
               Lando, grab it!

                              LANDO
               Lower it!

                              HAN
               I'm trying!

     A major hit from the barge deck gun knocks the skiff on its side.
     Han and almost everything else on board slides overboard. The
     rope breaks, and Lando falls to the side of the Sarlacc pit.
     Luckily, Han's foot catches on the skiff railing and he dangles
     above Lando and the pit. The wounded Wookiee holds onto the skiff
     for dear life as another hit from the deck gun rocks the skiff
     violently.

                              HAN
               Whoa! Whoa! Grab me, Chewie! I'm slipping.

     Chewie grabs hold of Han's feet, holding him upside down, as Han
     extends the spear toward Lando, who is clutching to the side of
     the pit.

                              HAN
               Grab it! L--Lando. Grab!

     Luke finishes off the last guard on the second skiff. He sees the
     deck gun blasting away at his helpless companions. Luke leaps
     from the skiff, across a chasm of air, to the sheer metallic side
     of the Sail Barge. Barely able to get a fingerhold, he begins a
     painful climb up the hull, when suddenly an ax smashes through a
     window an inch from his head. With Jedi agility, Luke grasps the
     wrist holding the ax and yanks the helpless guard through the broken
     window and into the deadly pit.

     The injured Chewie is reaching over the rail for the dangling
     Han, who is in turn blindly reaching down toward the desperate
     Lando. The Baron has stopped his slippage down the sandy slope of
     the Sarlacc pit by lying very still. Every time he tries to reach
     for Han, the loose sand moves him closer to his final reward.

                              HAN
               Grab it! Almost... You almost got it!

     Another blast hits the front of the tilted skiff, causing Lando
     to let go of the spear.

                              LANDO
               Hold it! Whoa!

     Again Han extends the spear toward Lando.

                              HAN
               Gently now. All... all right. Now easy, easy.
               Hold me, Chewie.

     Lando screams. One of the Sarlacc's tentacles has wrapped tightly
     around his ankle, dragging him down the side of the pit.

                              HAN
               Chewie! Chewie, give me the gun. Don't move,
               Lando.

                              LANDO
               No, wait! I thought you were blind!

                              HAN
               It's all right. Trust me. Don't move.

                              LANDO
               All right! A little higher! Just a little
               higher!

     Han adjusts his aim as Lando lowers his head, and the fuzzy-eyed
     pirate fires at the tentacle. Direct hit. The tentacle releases
     Lando, and Chewie starts to pull them on board the skiff.

                              HAN
               Chewie, Pull us up! Come on! Okay... up,
               Chewie, up!

38   EXT UPPER DECK                                                 38

     The deck gunners have Chewie and the desperate dangling human
     chain in their gun sights when something up on deck commands
     their attention: Luke, standing before them like a pirate king,
     ignites his lightsaber. The deck gunners have barely reached for
     their pistols before the young Jedi has demolished them.
     Immediately, Luke turns to see two more gunners (who have been
     uncovering a giant gun at the end of the barge) racing for him,
     firing their laser pistols.

39   INT SAIL BARGE - OBSERVATION DECK                              39

     Leia is struggling against her chains in desperation as Artoo
     zips through the tumult of confused monsters to the rescue; the
     stubby little droid extends a small laser gun and blasts the
     chain apart.

                              LEIA
               Come on. We gotta get out of here quick.

     Artoo and Leia race for the exit, passing Threepio, who is
     kicking and screaming as Salacious Crumb, the reptilian monkey-
     monster picks out one of the golden droid's eyes.

                              THREEPIO
               Not my eyes! Artoo, help! Quickly, Artoo. Oh!
               Ohhh! You beast!

     Artoo zips over and zaps Salacious, sending him skyward with a
     scream, crashing into the rafters as Artoo, Leia, and Threepio
     (with his eye dangling from a wire) hurry off.

40   EXT UPPER DECK - SAIL BARGE                                    40

     Luke is warding off laser blasts with his lightsaber, surrounded
     by guards and fighting like a demon. Leia emerges onto the deck
     as Luke turns to face another guard.

                              LUKE (to Leia)
               Get the gun! Point it at the deck!

     Leia turns toward the barge cannon, climbs on the platform, and
     swivels the gun around.

                              LUKE
               Point it at the deck!

     A laser blast hits Luke's mechanical hand and he bends over in
     pain, but manages to swing his lightsaber upward and take out the
     last of the guards. He looks at the wounded hand, which reveals
     the mechanism. He flexes the hand; it still works.

     Near the rail of the upper deck, Artoo and Threepio steady
     themselves as Threepio gets ready to jump. Artoo beeps wildly.

                              THREEPIO
               Artoo, where are we going? I couldn't
               possibly jump.

     Artoo butts the golden droid over the edge and steps off himself,
     tumbling toward the sand.

     Luke runs along the empty deck toward Leia and the barge gun,
     which she has brought around to point down at the deck.

                              LUKE
               Come on!

     Luke has hold on one of the rigging ropes from the mast. He
     gathers Leia in his other arm and kicks the trigger of the deck
     gun. The gun explodes into the deck as Luke and Leia swing out
     toward the skiff.

41   EXT SKIFF                                                      41

     Han leans panting against the rail as Chewie helps Lando onto the
     deck. Luke and Leia land on the skiff with flair.

                              LUKE
               Let's go! And don't forget the droids.

                              LANDO
               We're on our way.

     The Sail Barge is exploding in stages in the distance. Half of
     the huge craft is on fire.

42   EXT SAND DUNE                                                  42

     Threepio's legs stick straight up from the dune where he landed.
     Next to it, Artoo's periscope is the only thing above the sand.
     The skiff floats above them and two large electromagnets dangle
     down on a wire. With a loud CLANG, both droids are pulled from
     the sand.

43   EXT DUNE SEA                                                   43

     The little skiff skips around the burning Sail Barge, which
     continues its chain of explosions. As the skiff sails off across
     the desert, the barge settles to the sand and disappears in one
     final conflagration.

44   EXT DUNE SEA - LANDING AREA                                    44

     A ferocious sandstorm blocks our view. Then, through the ROAR, we
     HEAR THE VOICES of our heroes. They emerge slowly from the veil
     of sand, pressing on against the wind. First come Artoo and
     Threepio, followed by Leia guiding Han, then Luke and Lando come
     into view, each supporting one side of the towering Chewbacca,
     who hobbles from his wound.

     Soon, they can make out some large vague shapes in the blowing
     sand. It is the Millennium Falcon and, parked beside it, Luke's
     trusty X-wing and a two-seated Y-wing. They must shout to be
     heard.

                              HAN
               I don't know. All I can see is a lot of
               blowing sand!

                              LEIA
               That's all any of us can see.

                              HAN (blinking)
               Then I guess I'm getting better.

     As soon as the group huddles under the bulk of the Falcon, the
     wind dies down to something more describable as a severe weather
     condition. Threepio hits a switch, and the gang-plank lowers with
     a HUM.

                              HAN (turning to Luke)
               I've got to hand it to you, kid, you were
               pretty good out there.

                              LUKE (shrugging it off)
               I had a lot of help. Think nothing of it.

                              HAN
               No, I'm thinking a lot about it. That carbon
               freeze was the closest thing to dead there
               is. And it wasn't just sleepin'. It was a big
               wide awake nothing!

     Luke nods, as Chewie growls affectionately at the young Jedi
     warrior, mussing his hair like a proud uncle. And Leia warmly
     hugs him.

                              LUKE (moving to his ship)
               I'll see you back at the fleet.

                              HAN
               Why don't you leave that crate and come with
               us?

                              LUKE
               I have a promise I have to keep first... to
               an old friend.

     Luke and Artoo take off in their spacecraft.

                              HAN
               (looking dubiously at Lando, obviously
               remembering his friend's betrayal and
               subsequent aide)
               Guess I owe you some thanks, too, Lando.

                              LANDO
               Figured if I left you frozen like that you'd
               just give me bad luck the rest of my life, so
               I might as well get you unfrozen sooner or
               later.

                              LEIA
               He means "You're welcome."

                              LANDO
               Come on, let's get off this miserable dust
               ball.

44A  EXT SPACE ABOVE TATOOINE                                      44A

     The desolate yellow planet fills the screen, Luke's X-wing
     appears and peels off to the left. A moment later, the FALCON
     appears as a dot and grows huge, to roar directly over the
     CAMERA.

45   INT X-WING - COCKPIT                                           45

     Luke is at the controls, with Artoo attached behind him outside
     the canopy. Luke speaks into his comlink to the others, in the
     MILLENNIUM FALCON.

                              LUKE
               I'll meet you back at the fleet.

                              LEIA (over comlink)
               Hurry. The Alliance should be assembled by
               now.

                              LUKE
               I will.

                              HAN (over comlink)
               Hey, Luke, thanks. Thanks for comin' after
               me. Now I owe you one.

     A message from Artoo appears on the small monitor screen in front
     of Luke. He smiles at the monitor and speaks to Artoo, as he
     pulls a black glove on to cover his wounded mechanical hand.

                              LUKE
     That's right, Artoo. We're going to the Dagobah system. I have a
     promise to keep... to an old friend.

46   EXT SPACE - DEATH STAR AND ENDOR                               46

     A Super Star Destroyer and several ships of the Imperial Fleet
     rest in space above the half-completed Death Star and its green
     neighbor, Endor. Four squads of TIE fighters escort an Imperial
     shuttle toward the Death Star.

47   INT DEATH STAR - CORRIDOR TO DOCKING BAY                       47

     Lord Vader strides down the hallway, accompanied by a very
     nervous Death Star commander.

48   INT DOCKING BAY - DEATH STAR                                   48

     Thousands of Imperial troops in tight formation fill the mammoth
     docking bay. Vader and the officer walk to the landing platform,
     where the shuttle is coming to rest.

     The shuttle's ramp lowers and the Emperor's Royal Guards come out
     and create a lethal perimeter. The assembled troops move to rigid
     attention with a momentous SNAP.

     Then, in the huge SILENCE which follows, the EMPEROR appears. He
     is a rather small, shriveled old man. His bent frame slowly makes
     its way down the ramp with the aid of a gnarled cane. He wears a
     hooded cloak similar to the one Ben wears, except that it is
     black. The Emperor's face is shrouded and difficult to see,
     except for his piercing yellow eyes. Commander Jerjerrod and
     Darth Vader kneel to him. The Supreme Ruler of the galaxy beckons
     to the Dark Lord.

                              EMPEROR (to Vader)
               Rise, my friend.

     Vader rises and falls in next to the Emperor as he slowly makes
     his way along the rows of troops. Jerjerrod and the other
     commanders stay kneeling until the Supreme Ruler and Vader,
     followed by several Imperial dignitaries, pass by; only then do
     they join in the procession.

                              VADER
               The Death Star will be completed on schedule.

                              EMPEROR
               You have done well, Lord Vader. And now I
               sense you wish to continue your search for
               young Skywalker.

                              VADER
               Yes, my Master.

                              EMPEROR
               Patience, my friend. In time he will seek you
               out. And when he does, you must bring him
               before me. He has grown strong. Only together
               can we turn him to the dark side of the
               Force.

                              VADER
               As you wish.

                              EMPEROR
               Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.

     He laughs to himself as they pass along the vast line of Imperial
     troops.

49   EXT YODA'S HOUSE - DAGOBAH                                     49

     Once again, Artoo finds himself waiting around in the damp
     environs of the swamp planet, and he's none too happy about it.
     He beeps disconsolately to himself and turns to look at Yoda's
     cottage. Warm yellow light escapes the oddly shaped windows to
     fight the gloom.

50   INT YODA'S HOUSE                                               50

     The tip of a walking stick taps hesitantly across the earthen
     floor of the cottage. Our view travels up the stick to the small
     green hand that clutches it, and then to the familiar face of
     YODA, THE JEDI MASTER. His manner is frail, and his voice, though
     cheerful, seems weaker.

                              YODA
               Hmm. That face you make. Look I so old to
               young eyes?

     Luke is sitting in a corner of the cramped space and, indeed, his
     look has been woeful. Caught, he tries to hide it.

                              LUKE
               No... of course not.

                              YODA (tickled, chuckles)
               I do, yes, I do!  Sick have I become. Old and
               weak. (Points a crooked finger) When nine
               hundred years old you reach, look as good you
               will not. Hmm?

     Yoda chuckles at this, coughs, and hobbles over toward his bed.

                              YODA
               Soon will I rest. Yes, forever sleep. Earned
               it, I have.

     Yoda sits himself on his bed, with great effort.

                              LUKE
               Master Yoda, you can't die.

                              YODA
               Strong am I with the Force... but not that
               strong! Twilight is upon me and soon night
               must fall. That is the way of things ... the
               way of the Force.

                              LUKE
               But I need your help. I've come back to
               complete the training.

                              YODA
               No more training do you require. Already know
               you that which you need.

     Yoda sighs, and lies back on his bed.

                              LUKE
               Then I am a Jedi?

                              YODA (shakes his head)
               Ohhh. Not yet. One thing remains: Vader. You
               must confront Vader. Then, only then, a Jedi
               will you be. And confront him you will.

     Luke is in agony. He is silent for a long moment, screwing up his
     courage. Finally he is able to ask.

                              LUKE
               Master Yoda... is Darth Vader my father?

     Yoda's eyes are full of weariness and compassion. An odd, sad
     smile creases his face. He turns painfully on his side, away from
     Luke.

                              YODA
               Mmm... rest I need. Yes... rest.

     Luke watches him, each moment an eternity.

                              LUKE
               Yoda, I must know.

                              YODA
               Your father he is.

     Luke reacts as if cut.

                              YODA
               Told you, did he?

                              LUKE
               Yes.

     A new look of concern crosses Yoda's face.  He closes his eyes.

                              YODA
               Unexpected this is, and unfortunate...

                              LUKE
               Unfortunate that I know the truth?

     Yoda opens his eyes again and studies the youth.

                              YODA (gathering all his strength)
               No. Unfortunate that you rushed to face
               him... that incomplete was your training. Not
               ready for the burden were you.

                              LUKE
               Well, I'm sorry.

                              YODA
               Remember, a Jedi's strength flows from the
               Force.  But beware.  Anger, fear, aggression.
               The dark side are they.  Once you start down
               the dark path, forever will it dominate your
               destiny.

     He beckons the young Jedi closer to him.

                              YODA
               Luke...Luke...Do not...Do not underestimate
               the powers of the Emperor, or suffer your
               father's fate, you will. Luke, when gone am I
               (cough), the last of the Jedi will you be.
               Luke, the Force runs strong in your family.
               Pass on what you have learned, Luke... (with
               great effort) There is...
               another...Sky...Sky...walker.

     He catches his breath. A shiver runs through the ancient green
     creature, and he dies. Luke stares at his dead master as he
     disappears in front of his eyes.

51   EXT DAGOBAH SWAMP - X-WING                                     51

     Luke wanders back to where his ship is sitting. Artoo beeps a
     greeting, but is ignored by his depressed master. Luke kneels
     down, begins to help Artoo with the ship, then stops and shakes
     his head dejectedly.

                              LUKE
               I can't do it, Artoo. I can't go on alone.

                              BEN (OS)
               Yoda will always be with you.

     Luke looks up to see the shimmering image of BEN KENOBI.

                              LUKE
               Obi-Wan! Why didn't you tell me?

     The ghost of Ben Kenobi approaches him through the swamp.

                              LUKE
               You told me Vader betrayed and murdered my
               father.

                              BEN
               You father was seduced by the dark side of
               the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker
               and became Darth Vader. When that happened,
               the good man who was your father was
               destroyed. So what I have told you was
               true... from a certain point of view.

                              LUKE (turning away, derisive)
               A certain point of view!

                              BEN
               Luke, you're going to find that many of the
               truths we cling to depend greatly on our own
               point of view.

     Luke is unresponsive. Ben studies him in silence for a moment.

                              BEN
               I don't blame you for being angry. If I was
               wrong in what I did, it certainly wouldn't
               have been for the first time. You see, what
               happened to your father was my fault.

     Ben pauses sadly.

                              BEN
               Anakin was a good friend.

     Luke turns with interest at this. As Ben speaks, Luke settles on
     a stump, mesmerized. Artoo comes over to offer his comforting
     presence.

                              BEN
               When I first knew him, your father was
               already a great pilot. But I was amazed how
               strongly the Force was with him.  I took it
               upon myself to train him as a Jedi.  I
               thought that I could instruct him just as
               well as Yoda.  I was wrong.  My pride has
               had terrible consequences for the galaxy.

     Luke is entranced.

                              LUKE
               There's still good in him.

                              BEN
               I also thought he could be turned back to the
               good side. It couldn't be done. He is more
               machine now than man. Twisted and evil.

                              LUKE

               I can't do it, Ben.

                              BEN
               You cannot escape your destiny.

                              LUKE
               I tried to stop him once. I couldn't do it.

                              BEN
               Vader humbled you when first you met him,
               Luke...but that experience was part of your
               training. It taught you, among other things,
               the value of patience.  Had you not been so
               impatient to defeat Vader then, you could
               have finished your training here with Yoda.
               You would have been prepared.

                              LUKE
               But I had to help my friends.

                              BEN (grinning at Luke's indignation)
               And did you help them? It was they who had to
               save you. You achieved little by rushing back
               prematurely, I fear.

                              LUKE (with sadness)
               I found out Darth Vader was my father.

                              BEN
               To be a Jedi, Luke, you must confront and
               then go beyond the dark side - the side your
               father couldn't get past. Impatience is
               the easiest door - for you, like your father.
               Only, your father was seduced by what he
               found on the other side of the door, and you
               have held firm. You're no longer so reckless
               now, Luke. You are strong and patient. And
               now, you must face Darth Vader again!

                              LUKE
               I can't kill my own father.

                              BEN
               Then the Emperor has already won. You were
               our only hope.

                              LUKE
               Yoda spoke of another.

                              BEN
               The other he spoke of is your twin sister.

                              LUKE
               But I have no sister.

                              BEN
               Hmm. To protect you both from the Emperor,
               you were hidden from your father when you
               were born. The Emperor knew, as I did, if
               Anakin were to have any offspring, they would
               be a threat to him. That is the reason why
               your sister remains safely anonymous.

                              LUKE
               Leia! Leia's my sister.

                              BEN
               Your insight serves you well. Bury your
               feelings deep down, Luke. They do you credit.
               But they could be made to serve the Emperor.

     Luke looks into the distance, trying to comprehend all this.

                              BEN (continuing his narrative)
               When your father left, he didn't know your
               mother was pregnant. Your mother and I knew
               he would find out eventually, but we wanted
               to keep you both as safe as possible, for as
               long as possible.  So I took you to live with
               my brother Owen on Tatooine... and your mother
               took Leia to live as the daughter of Senator
               Organa, on Alderaan.

     Luke turns, and settles near Ben to hear the tale.

                              BEN (attempting to give solace with his words)
               The Organa household was high-born and
               politically quite powerful in that system.
               Leia became a princess by virtue of
               lineage... no one knew she'd been adopted, of
               course. But it was a title without real
               power, since Alderaan had long been a
               democracy.  Even so, the family continued to
               be politically powerful, and Leia, following
               in her foster father's path, became a senator
               as well.  That's not all she became, of
               course... she became the leader of her cell
               in the Alliance against the corrupt Empire.
               And because she had diplomatic immunity, she
               was a vital link for getting information to
               the Rebel cause.  That's what she was doing
               when her path crossed yours... for her foster
               parents had always told her to contact me on
               Tatooine, if her troubles became desperate.

     Luke is overwhelmed by the truth, and is suddenly protective of
     his sister.

                              LUKE
               But you can't let her get involved now, Ben.
               Vader will destroy her.

                              BEN
               She hasn't been trained in the ways of the
               Jedi the way you have, Luke ... but the Force
               is strong with her, as it is with all of your
               family. There is no avoiding the battle. You
               must face and destroy Vader!

52   EXT SPACE - REBEL FLEET                                        52

     The vast Rebel Fleet stretches as far as the eye can see.
     Overhead a dozen small Corellian battleships fly in formation.
     Fighters and battlecruisers surround the largest of the Rebel
     Star Cruisers, the HEADQUARTERS FRIGATE.

53   INT HEADQUARTERS FRIGATE - MAIN BRIEFING ROOM                  53

     Hundreds of Rebel commanders of all races and forms are assembled
     in the WAR ROOM. WEDGE is among them. In the center of the room
     is a holographic model depicting the half-completed Imperial
     Death Star, the nearby Moon of Endor, and the protecting
     deflector shield.

     MON MOTHMA, the leader of the Alliance, enters the room. She is a
     stern but beautiful woman in her fifties. Conferring with her are
     several military leaders, including GENERAL MADINE and ADMIRAL
     ACKBAR (a salmon-colored Mon Calamari). Lando moves through the
     crowd until he finds Han and Chewie, standing next to Leia and
     the two droids.

     Han peers at Lando's new insignia on his chest, and is amused.

                              HAN
               Well, look at you, a general, huh?

                              LANDO
               Oh, well, someone must have told them about
               my little maneuver at the battle of Taanab.

                              HAN (sarcastic)
               Well, don't look at me, pal. I just said you
               were a fair pilot. I didn't know they were
               lookin' for somebody to lead this crazy
               attack.

                              LANDO (smiling)
               I'm surprised they didn't ask you to do it.

                              HAN
               Well, who says they didn't.  But I
               ain't crazy. You're the respectable
               one, remember?

     Mon Mothma signals for attention, and the room falls
     silent.

                              MON MOTHMA
               The Emperor has made a critical error and the
               time for our attack has come.

     This causes a stir. Mon Mothma turns to a holographic model of
     the Death Star, the Endor moon and the protecting deflector
     shield in the center of the room.

                              MON MOTHMA
               The data brought to us by the Bothan spies
               pinpoints the exact location of the Emperor's
               new battle station. We also know that the
               weapon systems of this Death Star are not yet
               operational. With the Imperial Fleet spread
               throughout the galaxy in a vain effort to
               engage us, it is relatively unprotected. But
               most important of all, we've learned that the
               Emperor himself is personally overseeing the
               final stages of the construction of this
               Death Star.

     A volley of spirited chatter erupts from the crowd. Han turns to
     Leia as Chewie barks his amazement.

                              MON MOTHMA (cont)
               Many Bothans died to bring us this
               information. Admiral Ackbar, please.

     Admiral Ackbar steps forward and points to the Death Star's force
     field and the Moon of Endor.

                              ACKBAR
               You can see here the Death Star orbiting the
               forest Moon of Endor. Although the weapon
               systems on this Death Star are not yet
               operational, the Death Star does have a
               strong defense mechanism. It is protected by
               an energy shield, which is generated from the
               nearby forest Moon of Endor. The shield must
               be deactivated if any attack is to be
               attempted. Once the shield is down, our
               cruisers will create a perimeter, while the
               fighters fly into the superstructure and
               attempt to knock out the main reactor.

     There's a concerned murmur.

                              ACKBAR (cont)
               General Calrissian has volunteered to lead
               the fighter attack

     Han turns to Lando with a look of respect.

                              HAN
               Good luck.

     Lando nods his thanks.

                              HAN
               You're gonna need it.

                              ACKBAR
               General Madine.

     Madine moves center stage.

                              GENERAL MADINE
               We have stolen a small Imperial shuttle.
               Disguised as a cargo ship, and using a secret
               Imperial code, a strike team will land on the
               moon and deactivate the shield generator.

     The assembly begins to mumble among themselves.

                              THREEPIO
               Sounds dangerous.

                              LEIA (to Han)
               I wonder who they found to pull that off.

                              GENERAL MADINE
               General Solo, is your strike team assembled?

     Leia, startled, looks up at Han, surprise changing to admiration.

                              HAN
               Uh, my team's ready. I don't have a command
               crew for the shuttle.

     Chewbacca raises his hairy paw and volunteers.  Han looks up at
     him.

                              HAN
               Well, it's gonna be rough, pal. I didn't want
               to speak for you.

     Chewie waves that off with a huge GROWL.

                              HAN (smiles)
               That's one.

                              LEIA
               Uh, General... count me in.

                              VOICE (OS)
               I'm with you, too!

     They turn in that direction and peer into the crowd as there are
     more cheers. The commanders part, and there at the back stands
     Luke. Han and Leia are surprised and delighted.

     Leia moves to Luke and embraces him warmly. She senses a change
     in him and looks into his eyes questioningly.

                              LEIA
               What is it?

                              LUKE (hesitant)
               Ask me again sometime.

     Han, Chewie, and Lando crowd around Luke as the assembly breaks
     up.

                              HAN
               Luke.

                              LUKE
               Hi, Han... Chewie.

     Artoo beeps a singsong observation to a worried Threepio.

                              THREEPIO
               "Exciting" is hardly the word I would use.

54   INT HEADQUARTERS FRIGATE - MAIN DOCKING BAY                    54

     The Millennium Falcon rests beyond the stolen IMPERIAL SHUTTLE,
     which looks anomalous among all the Rebel ships in the vast
     docking bay. Chewie barks a final farewell to Lando and leads
     Artoo and Threepio up the shuttle, crowded now with the Rebel
     strike team loading weapons and supplies. Lando turns to face
     Han. Luke and Leia have said their good-byes and start up the
     ramp.

                              HAN
               Look. I want you to take her. I mean it. Take
               her. You need all the help you can get. She's
               the fastest ship in the fleet.

                              LANDO
               All right, old buddy. You know, I know what
               she means to you. I'll take good care of her.
               She-she won't get a scratch. All right?

                              HAN (looks at him warmly)
               Right. I got your promise now. Not a scratch.

                              LANDO
               Look, would you get going, you pirate.

     Han and Lando pause, then exchange salutes.

                              LANDO
               Good luck.

                              HAN
               You, too.

     Han goes up the ramp. Lando watches him go and then slowly turns
     away.

55   INT IMPERIAL SHUTTLE - COCKPIT                                 55

     Luke is working on a back control panel as Han comes in and takes
     the pilot's seat. Chewie, in the seat next to him, is trying to
     figure out all the Imperial controls.

                              HAN
               You got her warmed?

                              LUKE
               Yeah, she's comin' up.

     Chewie growls a complaint.

                              HAN
               No. I don't think the Empire had Wookiees in
               mind when they designed her, Chewie.

     Leia comes in from the hold and takes her seat near Luke.

     Chewie barks and hits some switches. Han's glance has stuck on
     something out the window: the Millennium Falcon. Leia nudges him
     gently.

                              LEIA
               Hey, are you awake?

                              HAN
               Yeah, I just got a funny feeling. Like I'm
               not gonna see her again.

     Chewie, hearing this, stops his activity and looks longingly out
     at the Falcon, too. Leia puts a hand on Han's shoulder.

                              LEIA (softly)
               Come on, General, let's move.

     Han snaps back to life.

                              HAN
               Right. Chewie, let's see what this piece of
               junk can do. Ready, everybody?

                              LUKE
               All set.

                              THREEPIO
               Here we go again.

                              HAN
               All right, hang on.

56   EXT SPACE - THE REBEL FLEET                                    56

     The stolen Imperial shuttle leaves the main docking bay of the
     Headquarters Frigate, lowers its wings into flight position, and
     zooms off into space.

57   INT EMPEROR'S THRONE ROOM                                      57

     The converted control room is dimly lit, except for a pool of
     light at the far end. There the Emperor sits in an elaborate
     control chair before a large window which looks out across the
     half-completed Death Star to the giant green moon of Endor.

     Darth Vader, standing with other members of the Imperial council,
     cautiously approaches his master. The ruler's back is to Vader.
     After several tense moments, the Emperor's chair rotates around
     to face him.

                              VADER
               What is thy bidding, my Master?

                              EMPEROR
               Send the fleet to the far side of Endor.
               There it will stay until called for.

                              VADER
               What of the reports of the Rebel fleet
               massing near Sullust?

                              EMPEROR
               It is of no concern. Soon the Rebellion will
               be crushed and young Skywalker will be one of
               us! Your work here is finished, my friend. Go
               out to the command ship and await my orders.

                              VADER
               Yes, my Master.

     Vader bows, then turns and exits the throne room as the Emperor
     walks toward the waiting council members.

58   EXT SPACE - DEATH STAR - MOON                                  58

     There is a great deal of Imperial traffic in the area as
     construction proceeds on the Death Star. Transports, TIE
     fighters, and a few Star Destroyers move about. Now the huge
     Super Star Destroyer announces itself with a low roar and soon
     fills the frame.

59   INT STOLEN IMPERIAL SHUTTLE - COCKPIT                          59

     Han looks back at Luke and Leia as Chewie flips several switches.
     Through the viewscreen, the Death Star and the huge Super Star
     Destroyer can be seen.

                              HAN
               If they don't go for this, we're gonna have
               to get outta here pretty quick, Chewie.

     Chewie growls his agreement.

                              CONTROLLER (over radio)
               We have you on our screen now. Please
               identify.

                              HAN
               Shuttle Tydirium requesting deactivation of
               the deflector shield.

                              CONTROLLER (over radio)
               Shuttle Tydirium, transmit the clearance code
               for shield passage.

                              HAN
               Transmission commencing.

     Leia and Chewbacca listen tensely as the sound of a high speed
     transmission begins.

                              LEIA
               Now we find out if that code is worth the
               price we paid.

                              HAN
               It'll work. It'll work.

     Chewie whines nervously. Luke stares at the Huge Super Star
     Destroyer that looms ever larger before them.

                              LUKE
               Vader's on that ship.

                              HAN
               Now don't get jittery, Luke. There are a lot
               of command ships. Keep your distance though,
               Chewie, but don't look like you're trying to
               keep your distance.

     Chewie barks a question.

                              HAN
               I don't know.  Fly casual.

                              LUKE
               I'm endangering the mission. I shouldn't have
               come.

                              HAN
               It's your imagination, kid. Come on. Let's
               keep a little optimism here.

     Chewie barks his worries as the Super Star Destroyer grows larger
     out the window.

60   INT VADER'S STAR DESTROYER - BRIDGE                            60

     Lord Vader stands, back to us, staring out a window at the Death
     Star. Now, some vibration felt only by him causes him to turn.
     After a moment of stillness, he walks down the row of controllers
     to where ADMIRAL PIETT is leaning over the tracking screen of the
     controller we've seen earlier. Piett straightens at Vader's
     approach.

                              VADER
               Where is that shuttle going?

                              PIETT (into comlink)
               Shuttle Tydirium, what is your cargo and
               destination?

                              PILOT VOICE (HAN)(filtered)
               Parts and technical crew for the forest moon.

     The Bridge Commander looks to Vader for a reaction.

                              VADER
               Do they have a code clearance?

                              PIETT
               It's an older code, sir, but it checks out. I
               was about to clear them.

     Vader looks upward, as he senses Luke's presence.

                              PIETT
               Shall I hold them?

                              VADER
               No. Leave them to me. I will deal with them
               myself.

                              PIETT (surprised)
               As you wish, my lord.
               (to controller) Carry on.

     Piett nods at controller, who switches on his comlink.

61   INT STOLEN IMPERIAL SHUTTLE - COCKPIT                          61

     The group waits tensely.

                              HAN
               They're not goin' for it, Chewie.

                              CONTROLLER (filtered)
               Shuttle Tydirium, deactivation of the shield
               will commence immediately. Follow your
               present course.

     Everyone breaths a sigh of relief. Everyone but Luke, who looks
     worried. Chewie barks.

                              HAN
               Okay! I told you it was gonna work. No
               problem.

62   EXT SPACE - STOLEN IMPERIAL SHUTTLE - ENDOR                    62

     The stolen Imperial shuttle moves off toward the green Sanctuary
     Moon.

63   EXT FOREST LANDING SITE - ENDOR                                63

     The stolen Imperial shuttle sits in a clearing of the moon's
     dark, primeval forest, dwarfed by the ancient towering trees.

     On an adjacent hill, the helmeted Rebel contingent makes its way
     up a steep trail. Leia and Han are slightly ahead of Chewie and
     Luke. The troops of the strike-team squad follow, with Artoo and
     Threepio bringing up the rear. Artoo beeps.

     Up ahead, Chewie and Leia reach a crest in the hill and drop
     suddenly to the ground, signaling the rest of the group to stop.
     Han and Luke crawl up to take a look.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, I told you it was dangerous here.

     THEIR POV. Not far below them, two IMPERIAL SCOUTS are wandering
     through bushes in the valley below. Their two ROCKET BIKES are
     parked nearby.

                              LEIA
               Shall we try and go around?

                              HAN
               It'll take time. This whole party'll be for
               nothing if they see us.

     Leia motions for the squad to stay put, then she, Han, Luke and
     Chewie start quietly down.

64   EXT FOREST CLEARING - CAMPSITE                                 64

     The four friends make their way to the edge of the clearing not
     far from the two Imperial scouts.

                              HAN
               Chewie and I will take care of this. You stay
               here.

                              LUKE
               Quietly, there might be more of them out
               there.

                              HAN (grins)
               Hey... it's me.

     Han and Chewie turn and start through the bushes toward the
     scouts. Luke and Leia exchange smiles.

     Han sneaks up behind one of the scouts, steps on a twig and the
     scout whirls, knocking Han into a tree. The scout shouts for his
     companion.

                              SCOUT #1
               Go for help! Go!

     The second scout jumps on his speeder bike and takes off, but
     Chewie gets off a shot on his crossbow laser weapon, causing the
     scout to crash into a tree. Han and Scout #1 are in a rousing
     fistfight.

                              LUKE (sarcastic)
               Great. Come on.

     Luke starts for the scuffle, followed by Leia with her laser
     pistol drawn. As they run through the bushes, Leia stops and
     points to where two more scouts are sitting on their speeder
     bikes, with an unoccupied bike parked nearby.

                              LEIA
               Over there! Two more of them!

                              LUKE
               I see them. Wait, Leia!

     But Leia doesn't hear him and races for the remaining speeder
     bike. She starts it up and takes off as Luke jumps on the bike
     behind her.

                              LUKE (pointing to the controls)
               Quick! Jam their comlink. Center switch!

     Luke and Leia speed into the dense foliage in hot pursuit, barely
     avoiding two huge trees.

                              HAN
               Hey, wait! Ahhh!

     He flips the remaining scout to the ground.

65   EXT FOREST - THE BIKE CHASE                                    65

     The two fleeing Imperial scouts have a good lead as Luke and Leia
     pursue through the giant trees at 200 miles an hour, the fire
     from their bike's laser cannon hitting harmlessly near the moving
     targets.

                              LUKE
               Move closer!

     Leia guns it, closing the gap, as the two scouts recklessly veer
     through a narrow gap in the trees. One of the bikes SCRAPES a
     tree, slowing the scout.

                              LUKE
               Get alongside that one!

     Leia pulls her speeder bike up so close to the scout's bike that
     their steering vanes SCRAPE noisily. Luke leaps from his bike to
     the back of the scout's, grabs the Imperial warrior around the
     neck, and flips him off the bike, into a thick tree trunk. Luke
     gains control of the bike and follows Leia, who has pulled ahead.
     They tear off after the remaining scout.

                              LUKE
               Get him!

     The speeding chase passes TWO MORE IMPERIAL SCOUTS. These two
     swing into pursuit, chasing Luke and Leia, firing away with their
     laser cannon. The two Rebels look behind them just as Luke's bike
     takes a glancing hit.

                              LUKE (indicating the one ahead)
               Keep on that one! I'll take these two!

     With Leia shooting ahead, Luke suddenly slams his steering vanes
     into the braking mode. Luke's bike is a blur to the two pursuing
     scouts as they zip by him on either side. Luke slams his bike
     into forward and starts firing away, having switched places with
     his pursuers in a manner of seconds. Luke's aim is good and one
     scout's bike is blasted out of control. It explodes against a
     tree trunk.

     The scout's cohort takes one glance back at the flash and shifts
     into turbo drive, going even faster. Luke keeps on his tail.

     FAR AHEAD, Leia and the first scout are doing a highspeed slalom
     through the death-dealing trunks. Now Leia aims her bike skyward
     and rises out of sight.

     The scout turns in confusion, unable to see his pursuer.
     Suddenly, Leia dives down upon him from above, cannon blasting.
     The scout's bike takes a glancing hit.

     Leia moves in alongside him. The scout eyes her beside him,
     reaches down, and pulls out a handgun. Before Leia can react, the
     scout has blasted her bike, sending it out of control. Leia dives
     off as her bike explodes against a tree. The happy scout looks
     back at the explosion. But when he turns forward again, he is on
     a collision course with a giant fallen tree. He hits his brakes
     to no avail and disappears in a conflagration.

     ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST: Luke and the last remaining scout
     continue their weaving chase through the trees. Now Luke moves up
     close. The scout responds by slamming his bike into Luke's. A
     fallen tree forms a bridge across their path. The scout zips
     under. Luke goes over the top and crashes his bike down on the
     scout's. Both riders look ahead - a wide trunk looms directly in
     Luke's path, but the scout's bike beside him makes it almost
     impossible for him to avoid it. Luke banks with all his might,
     leaning almost horizontal over the scout's bike, and is able to
     make it by, just clipping the tree. When he straightens, he and
     the scout discover that their two bikes have locked front vanes
     and are moving as one.

     Another big tree looms in Luke's path. He reacts instinctively
     and dives off his bike. The two bikes come apart a second before
     Luke's explodes against a tree. The scout sweeps out and circles
     back to find Luke.

     Luke rises from the undergrowth as the scout bears down on him
     and opens fire with his laser cannon. Luke ignites his laser
     sword and begins deflecting the bolts. The scout's bike keeps
     coming and it appears that in a second it will cut Luke in half.
     At the last instant, Luke steps aside and chops off the bike's
     control vanes with one mighty slash. The scout's bike begins to
     shudder, then, pitching and rolling, it rises up to slam directly
     into a tree in a giant ball of fire.

66   EXT SCOUT CAMPSITE - FOREST                                    66

     Han, Chewie, and the droids, along with the rest of the squad,
     wait anxiously in the clearing. Artoo's radar screen sticks out
     of his domed head and revolves, scanning the forest. He beeps.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, General Solo, somebody's coming. Oh!

     Han, Chewie, and the rest of the squad raise their weapons.

     Luke steps out of the foliage to find the weapons trained on him.
     He's too tired to care. He plops himself down on a boulder and
     looks around.

                              HAN
               Luke! Where's Leia?

                              LUKE (concerned)
               What? She didn't come back?

                              HAN
               I thought she was with you.

                              LUKE
               We got separated.

     Luke and Han exchange a silent, grim look. Luke gets up wearily.

                              LUKE
               Hey, we better go look for her.

     Han nods, and signals to a Rebel officer.

                              HAN
               Take the squad ahead.  We'll meet at the
               shield generator at 0300.

                              LUKE
               Come on, Artoo.  We'll need your scanners.

     Luke, Chewie, Han, and the droids move off in one direction as
     the squad proceeds in another.

                              THREEPIO
               Don't worry, Master Luke.  We know what to
               do.

     They move off into the woods.

                              THREEPIO (to Artoo)
               And you said it was pretty here. Ugh!

67   EXT FOREST CLEARING - LEIA'S CRASH SITE                        67

     A strange little furry face with huge black eyes comes slowly
     into view. The creature is an EWOK, by the name of WICKET. He
     seems somewhat puzzled, and prods Leia with a spear. The princess
     groans; this frightens the stubby ball of fuzz and he prods her
     again. Leia sits up and stares at the three-foot-high Ewok. She
     tries to figure out where she is and what has happened. Her
     clothes are torn; she's bruised and disheveled.

     The Ewok jumps up and grabs a four-foot-long spear, which he
     holds in a defensive position. Leia watches him as he circles
     warily and begins poking her with the sharp point of the spear.

                              LEIA
               Cut it out!

     She stands up, and the Ewok quickly backs away.

                              LEIA
               I'm not gonna hurt you.

     Leia looks around at the dense forest, and at the charred remains
     of her speeder bike, then sits down, with a sigh, on a fallen
     log.

                              LEIA
               Well, looks like I'm stuck here. Trouble is,
               I don't know where here is.

     She puts her head in her hands to rub away some of the soreness
     from her fall. She looks over at the watchful little Ewok and
     pats the log beside her.

                              LEIA
               Well, maybe you can help me. Come on, sit
               down.

     Wicket holds his spear up warily and growls at her like a puppy.
     Leia pats the log again.

                              LEIA
               I promise I won't hurt you. Now come here.

     More growls and squeaks from the little bear creature.

                              LEIA
               All right. You want something to eat?

     She takes a scrap of food out of her pocket and offers it to him.
     Wicket takes a step backward, then cocks his head and moves
     cautiously toward Leia, chattering in his squeaky Ewok language.

                              LEIA
               That's right. Come on. Hmmm?

     Sniffing the food curiously, the Ewok comes toward Leia and sits
     on the log beside her. She takes off her helmet, and the little
     creature jumps back, startled again. He runs along the log,
     pointing his spear at her and chattering a blue streak. Leia
     holds out the helmet to him.

                              LEIA
               Look, it's a hat. It's not gonna hurt you.
               Look. You're a jittery little thing, aren't
               you?

     Reassured, Wicket lowers his spear and climbs back on the log,
     coming to investigate the helmet. Suddenly his ears perk up and
     he begins to sniff the air. He looks around warily, whispering
     some Ewokese warning to Leia.

                              LEIA
               What is it?

     Suddenly a laser bolt comes out of the foliage and explodes on
     the log next to Leia. Leia and Wicket both roll backwards off the
     log, hiding behind it. Leia holds her own laser gun ready, while
     Wicket disappears underneath the log. Another shot, and still no
     sight of anyone in the forest. Then Leia senses something and
     turns to find a large IMPERIAL SCOUT standing over her with his
     weapon pointed at her head. He reaches out his hand for her
     weapon.

                              SCOUT #l
               Freeze!  Come on, get up!

     She hands the weapon over, as a second scout emerges from the
     foliage in front of the log.

                              SCOUT #1
               Go get your ride and take her back to base.

                              SCOUT #2
               Yes, sir.

     The second scout starts toward his bike, as Wicket, crouched
     under the log, extends his spear and hits the first scout on the
     leg. The scout jumps and lets out an exclamation, and looks down
     at Wicket, puzzled. Leia grabs a branch and knocks him out. She
     dives for his laser pistol, and the second scout, now on his
     bike, takes off. Leia fires away and hits the escaping bike,
     causing it to crash into the first scout's bike, which flies end
     over end and explodes. The forest is quiet once more. Wicket
     pokes his fuzzy head up from behind the log and regards Leia with
     new respect. He mumbles his awe. Leia hurries over, looking
     around all the time, and motions the chubby little creature into
     the dense foliage.

                              LEIA
               Come on, let's get outta here.

     As they move into the foliage, Wicket takes the lead. He shrieks
     and tugs at Leia to follow him.

68   INT DEATH STAR - CORRIDOR TO EMPEROR'S TOWER                   68

     Darth Vader walks down the corridor to the Emperor's Tower and
     private elevator. The Emperor's private guard steps in Vader's
     path.

                              GUARD
               Halt! The Emperor does not wish to be
               disturbed at the moment.

                              VADER
               (raising his gloved hand to the two guards
               and choking them with the Force)
               The Emperor will see me, now!

                              GUARD
               (repeating Vader's command)
               The Emperor will see you, now.

69   INT EMPEROR'S TOWER - THRONE ROOM                              69

     Two red Imperial Guards stand watch at the elevator as the door
     opens to reveal Vader. Vader enters the eerie, foreboding throne
     room. It appears to be empty. His footsteps echo as he approaches
     the throne. He waits, absolutely still. The Emperor sits with his

     back to the Dark Lord.

                              EMPEROR
               I told you to remain on the command ship.

                              VADER
               A small Rebel force has penetrated the shield
               and landed on Endor.

                              EMPEROR (no surprise)
               Yes, I know.

                              VADER (after a beat)
               My son is with them.

                              EMPEROR (very cool)
               Are you sure?

                              VADER
               I have felt him, my Master.

                              EMPEROR
               Strange, that I have not. I wonder if your
               feelings on this matter are clear, Lord
               Vader.

     Vader knows what is being asked.

                              VADER
               They are clear, my Master.

                              EMPEROR
               Then you must go to the Sanctuary Moon and
               wait for them.

                              VADER (skeptical)
               He will come to me?

                              EMPEROR
               I have foreseen it. His compassion for you
               will be his undoing. He will come to you and
               then you will bring him before me.

                              VADER (bows)
               As you wish.

     The Dark Lord strides out of the throne room.

70   EXT FOREST CLEARING - LEIA'S CRASH SITE                        70

     Han, Luke, Chewie, and the two droids are spread out as they move
     through the heavy foliage near the clearing where we last saw
     Leia. Luke finds Leia's helmet, picks it up with an expression of
     concern.

                              HAN (OS)
               Luke! Luke!

     Luke runs with the helmet to where Han has found the charred
     wreckage of a speeder bike in the grass.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, Master Luke.

                              LUKE
               There's two more wrecked speeders back there.
               And I found this.

     He tosses the helmet to Han.

                              THREEPIO
               I'm afraid that Artoo's sensors can find no
               trace of Princess Leia.

                              HAN (gravely)
               I hope she's alright.

     Chewbacca growls, sniffing the air, then, with a bark, pushes off
     through the foliage.

                              HAN
               What, Chewie? What? Chewie!

     The others rush to keep up with the giant Wookiee. As he scoots
     along, Artoo whistles nervously.

71   EXT FOREST - DENSE FOLIAGE                                     71

     The group has reached a break in the undergrowth. Chewie walks up
     to a tall stake planted in the ground. There is a dead animal
     hanging from it.

                              HAN
               Hey, I don't get it.

     The rest of the group joins the Wookiee around the stake.

                              HAN (cont)
               Nah, it's just a dead animal, Chewie.

     Chewie can't resist. He reaches toward the meat.

                              LUKE
               Chewie, wa-wait!  Don't!

     Too late. The Wookiee has already pulled the animal from the
     stake. SPROOING! The group finds itself hanging upside down in an
     Ewok net, suspended high above the clearing. Artoo lets out a
     wild series of beeps and whistles, and Chewie howls his regret.
     Their bodies are a jumble in the net. Han removes a Wookiee paw
     from his mouth.

                              HAN
               Nice work. Great, Chewie! Great! Always
               thinking with your stomach.

                              LUKE
               Will you take it easy? Let's just figure out
               a way to get out of this thing. (trying to
               free an arm) Han, can you reach my
               lightsaber?

                              HAN
               Yeah, sure.

     Artoo is at the bottommost point in the net. He extends his
     cutting appendage and begins slicing at the net. Han is trying to
     squeeze an arm past Threepio to get at Luke's lightsaber. The net
     continues to spin.

                              THREEPIO
               Artoo, I'm not sure that's such a good idea.
               It's a very long dro-o-op!!

     Artoo has cut through and the entire group tumbles out of the
     net, crashing to the ground. As they regain their senses and
     sit up, they realize they are surrounded by dozens of Ewoks,
     each brandishing a long spear.

                              HAN
               Wha--?  Hey!  Point that thing someplace
               else.

     Han pushes the spear wielded by TEEBO out of his face and a
     second Ewok warrior comes up to argue with Teebo. The spear
     returns to Han's face. He grabs it angrily and starts to go for
     his laser pistol.

                              HAN
               Hey!

                              LUKE
               Han, don't. It'll be all right.

     The Ewoks swarm through them and confiscate their weapons. Luke
     lets them take his lightsaber. Chewie growls at the furry
     critters.

                              LUKE
               Chewie, give 'em your crossbow.

     Artoo and Threepio are just untangling themselves. Threepio gets
     free of the net and sits up, rattled.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, my head. Oh, my goodness!

     When the Ewoks see Threepio, they let out a gasp and chatter
     among themselves. Threepio speaks to them in their native tongue.
     The Ewok nearest him drops his spear and prostrates himself
     before the droid. In a moment, all the Ewoks have followed suit.
     Chewie lets out a puzzled bark. Han and Luke regard the bowed
     creatures in wonder. The Ewoks begin to chant at Threepio.

                              LUKE
               Do you understand anything they're saying?

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, yes, Master Luke!  Remember that I am
               fluent in over six million forms of
               communication.

                              HAN
               What are you telling them?

                              THREEPIO
               Hello, I think... I could be mistaken.
               They're using a very primitive dialect.  But
               I do believe they think I am some sort of god.

     Chewbacca and Artoo think that's very funny. Han and Luke
     exchange "what next?" looks.

                              HAN
               Well, why don't you use your divine influence
               and get us out of this?

                              THREEPIO
               I beg your pardon, General Solo, but that
               just wouldn't be proper.

                              HAN
               Proper?!

                              THREEPIO
               It's against my programming to impersonate a
               deity.

     Han moves toward Threepio threateningly.

                              HAN
               Why, you--

     Several Ewoks' spears are thrust in Han's face at the affront to
     their god. The Ewoks move in to protect their god and Han is
     surrounded by a menacing circle of spears, all aimed at him. He
     holds up his hands placatingly.

                              HAN
               My mistake. He's an old friend of mine.

72   EXT FOREST - SERIES OF SHOTS                                   72

     A procession of Ewoks winds through the ever-darkening forest.
     Their prisoners - Han, Luke, Chewie, and Artoo - are tied to long
     poles and wrapped in vines, cocoonlike.

     Each pole is carried on the shoulders of several Ewoks. Behind
     the captives, Threepio is carried on a litter, like a king, by
     the remaining creatures.

73   EXT FOREST WALKWAY - MOON FOREST                               73

     The procession moves along a shaky, narrow, wooden walkway, high
     in the giant trees. It stops at the end of the walkway, which
     drops off into nothingness. On the other side of the abyss is a
     village of mud huts and rickety walkways, attached to the giant
     trees. The lead Ewok takes hold of a long vine and swings across
     to the village square; the other Ewoks follow suit.

74   EXT EWOK VILLAGE SQUARE                                        74

     The procession winds its way into the village square. Mother
     Ewoks gather their babies up and scurry into their huts at the
     sight of the newcomers. The group stops before the largest hut.

     Han, Luke, Chewie, and Artoo are still bound to their poles. Han
     is placed on a spit above what looks like a barbecue pit and the
     others are leaned against a tree nearby. Threepio's litter/throne
     is gently placed near the pit. He watches with rapt fascination.
     Han, Luke, and Chewie are less than fascinated.

                              HAN
               I have a really bad feeling about this.

     Chewie growls his concern.

     Suddenly all activity stops as LOGRAY, the tribal Medicine Man,
     comes out of the big hut. He examines the captives carefully,
     goes to join Threepio, whose throne has been placed on an
     elevated platform. A larger, gray-haired Ewok, CHIEF CHIRPA, is
     examining Luke's lightsaber with great curiosity.

     Logray speaks to Threepio and the assemblage of fuzzy Ewoks,
     pointing to the prisoners tied to the stakes. The Ewoks begin
     filling the pit under Han with firewood.

                              HAN
               What did he say?

                              THREEPIO
               I'm rather embarrassed, General Solo, but it
               appears you are to be the main course at a
               banquet in my honor.

     The drums start beating, and all the furry heads turn to the
     large hut. Leia emerges, wearing an animal-skin dress. She sees
     what's happening at the same moment the prisoners see her.

                              HAN and LUKE
               Leia!

     As she moves toward them, the Ewoks block her way with raised
     spears.

                              LEIA
               Oh!

                              THREEPIO
               Your Royal Highness.

     Artoo and Chewie chime in with their welcome. Leia looks at the
     assembled Ewoks and sighs.

                              LEIA
               But these are my friends. Threepio, tell them
               they must be set free.

     Threepio talks to Chirpa and Logray, who listen and shake their
     heads negatively. The Medicine Man gestures toward the prisoners
     and barks some orders. Several Ewoks jump up and pile more wood
     on the barbecue with vigor. Leia trades frantic looks with Luke
     and Han.

                              HAN
               Somehow, I got the feeling that didn't help
               us very much.

                              LUKE
               Threepio, tell them if they don't do as you
               wish, you'll become angry and use your magic.

                              THREEPIO
               But Master Luke, what magic? couldn't
               possibly --

                              LUKE
               Just tell them.

     Threepio speaks to the Ewoks. The Ewoks are disturbed. Logray
     steps forward and challenges Threepio. Luke closes his eyes and
     begins to concentrate.

                              THREEPIO
               You see, Master Luke; they didn't believe me.
               Just...

     Now the litter/throne, with Threepio sitting upon it, rises from
     the ground. At first Threepio doesn't notice and keeps talking.

                              THREEPIO
               ... as I said they wouldn't. Wha-wha-what's
               happening! Oh! Oh, dear! Oh!

     The Ewoks fall back in terror from the floating throne. Now
     Threepio begins to spin as though he were on a revolving stool,
     with Threepio calling out in total panic at his situation.

                              THREEPIO
               Put me down! He-e-elp! Master Luke! Artoo!
               Somebody, somebody, help! Master Luke, Artoo!
               Artoo, quickly! Do something, somebody! Oh!
               Ohhh!

     Chief Chirpa yells orders to the cowering Ewoks. They rush up and
     release the bound prisoners. Luke and Han enfold Leia in a group
     embrace. Luke notices the spinning Threepio, with Artoo beeping
     up at him, and slowly lowers the golden droid and the throne to
     the ground. Logray orders the little droid cut down. Artoo
     crashes to the ground. When the Ewoks set him upright, the little
     droid is fighting mad. Artoo beeps a blue streak at the nearest
     Ewok, and begins pursuing him, finally getting close enough to
     zap him with an electric charge. The Ewok jumps two feet in the
     air and runs away, screaming. A small group of Ewoks surround the
     giant Wookiee, scratching their heads and marveling at his
     height.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, oh, oh, oh! Thank goodness.

                              LUKE
               Thanks, Threepio.

                              THREEPIO (still shaken)
               I...I never knew I had it in me.

75   INT CHIEF'S HUT - COUNCIL OF ELDERS                            75

     A glowing fire dances in the center of the spartan, low-ceilinged
     room, creating a kaleidoscope of shadows on the walls. Along one
     side, a group of ten Ewok elders flank Chief Chirpa, who sits on
     his throne. The Rebels sit along the walls of the hut, with
     Threepio between the two groups and Wicket and Teebo off to one
     side.

     Threepio is in the midst of a long, animated speech in the Ewok's
     squeaky native tongue. The Ewoks listen carefully and
     occasionally murmur comments to each other. Threepio points
     several times at the Rebel group and pantomimes a short history
     of the Galactic Civil War, mimicking the explosion and rocket
     sounds, imitating Imperial walkers. Throughout the long account,
     certain familiar names are distinguishable in English: Princess
     Leia, Artoo, Darth Vader, Death Star, Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Artoo
     begins beeping excitedly at Threepio.

                              THREEPIO
               Yes, Artoo. I was just coming to that.

     Threepio continues with: Millennium Falcon, Cloud City, Vader,
     Han Solo, carbonite, Sarlacc, bringing the history up to the
     present time.

     At the end of it, the Chief, Logray, and the elders confer, then
     nod in agreement. The Chief stands and makes a pronouncement.

     The drums begin to sound, and all the Ewoks stand with a great
     cheer and screeches.

                              HAN
               What's going on?

                              LEIA
               I don't know.

     Luke has been sharing the joy with smiling visage, but now
     something passes like a dark cloud through his consciousness. The
     others do not notice.

                              THREEPIO
               Wonderful! We are now a part of the tribe.

     Several of the little teddy bears run up and hug the Rebels.

                              HAN
               Just what I always wanted.

     Chewbacca is being enthusiastically embraced by an Ewok, while
     Wicket clings to Han's leg.

                              HAN (chuckles)
               Well, short help is better than no help at
               all, Chewie. (to Wicket) Thank you. Okay.

                              THREEPIO
               He says the scouts are going to show us the
               quickest way to the shield generator.

     Chewie barks. Luke has drifted to the back of the hut. Now he
     wanders outside into the moonlight. Leia notices and follows.

                              HAN
               Good. How far is it? Ask him. We need some
               fresh supplies, too. And try and get our
               weapons back.

     Han pulls Threepio back as he keeps trying to translate.

                              HAN (cont)
               And hurry up, will ya? I haven't got all day.

76   EXT EWOK VILLAGE - NIGHT                                       76

     The walkway is deserted now. The windows of the little huts glow
     and flicker from the fires inside. The sounds of the forest fill
     the soft night air. Luke has wandered away from the Chief's hut
     and stands staring up at the Death Star. Leia finds him like
     that.

                              LUKE
               Luke, what's wrong?

     Luke turns and looks at her a long moment.

                              LUKE
               Leia... do you remember your mother? Your
               real mother?

                              LEIA
               Just a little bit. She died when I was very
               young.

                              LUKE
               What do you remember?

                              LEIA
               Just...images, really. Feelings.

                              LUKE
               Tell me.

                              LEIA
               (a little surprised at his insistence)
               She was very beautiful. Kind, but...sad.
               (looks up) Why are you asking me all this?

     He looks away.

                              LUKE
               I have no memory of my mother. I never knew
               her.

                              LEIA
               Luke, tell me. What's troubling you?

                              LUKE
               Vader is here...now, on this moon.

                              LEIA (alarmed)
               How do you know?

                              LUKE
               I felt his presence. He's come for me. He can
               feel when I'm near. That's why I have to go.
               (facing her) As long as I stay, I'm
               endangering the group and our mission here.
               (beat) I have to face him.

     Leia is distraught, confused.

                              LEIA
               Why?

     Luke moves close and his manner is gentle. And very calm.

                              LUKE
               He's my father.

                              LEIA
               Your father?

                              LUKE
               There's more. It won't be easy for you to
               hear it, but you must. If I don't make it
               back, you're the only hope for the Alliance.

     Leia is very disturbed by this. She moves away, as if to deny it.

                              LEIA
               Luke, don't talk that way. You have a power
               I--I don't understand and could never have.

                              LUKE
               You're wrong, Leia. You have that power too.
               In time you'll learn to use it as I have. The
               Force is strong in my family. My father has
               it...I have it...and...my sister has it.

     Leia stares into his eyes. What she sees there frightens her. But
     she doesn't draw away. She begins to understand.

                              LUKE
               Yes. It's you Leia.

                              LEIA
               I know. Somehow...I've always known.

                              LUKE
               Then you know why I have to face him.

                              LEIA
               No! Luke, run away, far away. If he can feel
               your presence, then leave this place. I wish
               I could go with you.

                              LUKE
               No, you don't. You've always been strong.

                              LEIA
               But, why must you confront him?

                              LUKE
               Because...there is good in him. I've felt
               it. He won't turn me over to the Emperor. I
               can save him. I can turn him back to the good
               side. I have to try.

     They hold each other close and look at each other, brother and
     sister.

     Leia holds back her tears as Luke slowly lets her go and moves
     away. He disappears onto the walkway that leads out of the
     village. Leia, bathed in moonlight, watches him go as Han comes
     out of the Chief's hut and comes over to her.

     Leia is crying, her body trembling. He realizes only now that she
     is crying.

                              HAN
               Hey, what's goin' on?

     Leia attempts to stifle her sobs and wipes her eyes.

                              LEIA
               Nothing. I - just want to be alone for a
               little while.

                              HAN (angry)
               Nothing?  Come on, tell me.  What's goin' on?

     She looks up at him, struggling to control herself.

                              LEIA
               I...I can't tell you.

                              HAN (loses his temper)
               Did you tell Luke? Is that who you could tell?

                              LEIA
               I...

                              HAN
               Ahhh...

     He starts to walk away, exasperated, then stops and walks back to
     her.

                              HAN
               I'm sorry.

                              LEIA
               Hold me.

     Han gathers her tightly in his protective embrace.

77   EXT FOREST - IMPERIAL LANDING PLATFORM                         77

     An Imperial shuttle floats down from the Death Star and lands
     gracefully on the huge platform.

     Now, an Imperial walker approaches the platform from the darkness
     of the forest. The whole outpost - platform, walkers, military -
     looks particularly offensive in the midst of this verdant beauty.

78   EXT IMPERIAL LANDING PLATFORM - LOWER DECK                     78

     Darth Vader walks down the ramp of the shuttle onto the platform,
     into an elevator, and appears on a ramp on a lower level. He
     walks toward another ramp exit and is met by two troopers and a
     commander with Luke, in binders, at their center. The young Jedi
     gazes at Vader with complete calm.

                              COMMANDER
               This is a Rebel that surrendered to us.
               Although he denies it, I believe there may be
               more of them, and I request permission to
               conduct a further search of the area.

     The commander extends his hand, revealing Luke's lightsaber.

                              COMMANDER
               He was armed only with this.

     Vader looks at Luke, turns away and faces the commander, taking
     the lightsaber from the commander's hand.

                              VADER
               Good work, Commander. Leave us. Conduct your
               search and bring his companions to me.

                              COMMANDER
               Yes, my Lord.

     The officer and troops withdraw. Vader and Luke are left standing
     alone in the oddly tranquil beauty of the place. The sounds of
     the forest filter in upon them.

                              VADER
               The Emperor has been expecting you.

                              LUKE
               I know, father.

                              VADER
               So, you have accepted the truth.

                              LURE
               I've accepted the truth that you were once
               Anakin Skywalker, my father.

                              VADER (turning to face him)
               That name no longer has any meaning for me.

                              LUKE
               It is the name of your true self. You've only
               forgotten. I know there is good in you. The
               Emperor hasn't driven it from you fully. That
               is why you couldn't destroy me. That's why
               you won't bring me to your Emperor now.

     Vader looks down from Luke to the lightsaber in his own black-
     gloved hand. He seems to ponder Luke's words.

                              VADER (indicating lightsaber)
               I see you have constructed a new lightsaber.

     Vader ignites the lightsaber and holds it to examine its humming,
     brilliant blade.

                              VADER
               Your skills are complete. Indeed, you are
               powerful, as the Emperor has foreseen.

     They stand for a moment, the Vader extinguishes the lightsaber.

                              LUKE
               Come with me.

                              VADER
               Obi-Wan once thought as you do.

     Luke steps close to Vader, then stops. Vader is still.

                              VADER
               You don't know the power of the dark side. I
               must obey my master.

                              LUKE
               I will not turn...and you'll be forced to
               kill me.

                              VADER
               If that is your destiny.

                              LUKE
               Search your feelings, father. You can't do
               this. I feel the conflict within you. Let go
               of your hate.

                              VADER
               It is too late for me, son. The Emperor will
               show you the true nature of the Force. He is
               your master now.

     Vader signals to some distant stormtroopers. He and Luke stand
     staring at one another for a long moment.

                              LUKE
               Then my father is truly dead.

79   EXT ENDOR - RIDGE OVERLOOKING SHIELD GENERATOR                 79

     Han, Leia, Chewbacca, the droids, Wicket, and another Ewok scout,
     PAPLOO, hide on a ridge overlooking the massive Imperial shield
     generator. At the base of the generator is an Imperial landing
     platform. Leia studies the installation.

                              LEIA
               The main entrance to the control bunker's on
               the far side of that landing platform. This
               isn't gonna be easy.

                              HAN
               Hey, don't worry. Chewie and me got into a
               lot of places more heavily guarded than this.

     Wicket and Paploo are chattering away in Ewok language. They
     speak to Threepio.

                              LEIA
               What's he saying?

                              THREEPIO
               He says there's a secret entrance on the
               other side of the ridge.

80   EXT SPACE - REBEL FLEET                                        80

     The vast fleet hangs in space near a blue planet. A giant Rebel
     Star Cruiser is up at the front, but now the Millennium Flacon
     roars up to a spot ahead of it, tiny in comparison.

81   INT MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT                                81

     Lando is in the pilot seat. His alien copilot, NIEN NUNB, takes
     some getting used to in the familiar environs of the Falcon's
     cockpit. Lando speaks into his comlink.

                              LANDO
               Admiral, we're in position. All fighters
               accounted for.

                              ACKBAR (VO)
               Proceed with the countdown. All groups assume
               attack coordinates.

     Lando turns to his weird copilot.

                              LANDO
               Don't worry, my friends are down there.
               They'll have that shield down on time...(to
               himself) or this'll be the shortest offensive
               of all time.

     The copilot flips some switches and grunts an alien comment.

                              ACKBAR (VO)
               All craft, prepare to jump to hyperspace on
               my mark.

                              LANDO
               All right. Stand by.

     He pulls a lever, and the stars outside begin to streak.

82   EXT SPACE - REBEL FLEET                                        82

     We are treated to an awesome sight: first the Millennium Falcon,
     then Ackbar's Star Cruiser, then, in large segments, the huge
     fleet ROARS INTO HYPERSPACE. And disappears.

83   EXT ENDOR - RIDGE OVERLOOKING CONTROL BUNKER                   83

     Han, Leia, Chewie, the droids, and their two Ewok guides, Wicket
     and Paploo, have reunited with the Rebel strike squad. The entire
     group is spread through the thick undergrowth. Below them is the
     BUNKER that leads into the generator. Four Imperial scouts, their
     speeder bikes parked nearby, keep watch over the bunker entrance.
     Chewie growls an observation, and Paploo chatters away to Han in
     Ewok language.

                              HAN
               Back door, huh? Good idea.

     Wicket and Paploo continue their Ewok conversation.

                              HAN (cont)
               It's only a few guards. This shouldn't be too
               much trouble.

                              LEIA
               Well, it only takes one to sound the alarm.

                              HAN (with self-confident grin)
               Then we'll do it real quiet-like.

     Threepio explains what is going on to Wicket and Paploo. The
     Ewoks chatter a moment between themselves. Then Paploo jumps up
     and scampers into the underbrush.

     Threepio asks Wicket where Paploo went and is given a short
     reply.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh! Oh, my. Uh, Princess Leia!

                              LEIA
               Quiet.

                              THREEPIO
               I'm afraid our furry companion has gone and
               done something rather rash.

                              LEIA
               Oh, no.

84   EXT BUNKER - ENTRANCE                                          84

     Paploo has slipped out of the undergrowth near where the Imperial
     scouts are lounging. He silently swings his furry ball of a body
     onto one of the scout's speeder bikes and begins flipping
     switches at random. Suddenly, the bike's engine fires up with a
     tremendous ROAR. Paploo grins and continues flipping switches.
     The scouts leap up in surprise.

85   EXT RIDGE                                                      85

     Han, Leia and company watch in distress. Chewie barks.

                              HAN (sighs)
               There goes our surprise attack.

86   EXT BUNKER                                                     86

     The Imperial scouts race toward Paploo just as his speeder zooms
     into motion. Paploo hangs on by his paws and shoots away into the
     forest.

                              SCOUT
               Look! Over there! Stop him!

     Three of the Imperial scouts jump on their rocket bikes and speed
     away in pursuit. The fourth watches them go from his post at the
     door.

87   EXT RIDGE                                                      87

     Han, Leia, and Chewie exchange delighted looks.

                              HAN
               Not bad for a little furball. There's only
               one left. You stay here. We'll take care of
               this.

     Han and the Wookiee nod at each other and slip down toward the
     bunker. Threepio moves to stand next to Wicket and Artoo.

                              THREEPIO
               I have decided that we shall stay here.

88   EXT FOREST                                                     88

     Paploo sails through the trees, more lucky than in control. It's
     scary, but he loves it. When the Imperial scouts pull within
     sight behind him and begin firing laser bolts, he decides he's
     had enough. As he rounds a tree, out of their sight, Paploo grabs
     a vine and swings up into the trees. A moment later, the scouts
     tear under him in pursuit of the still-flying, unoccupied bike.

89   EXT BUNKER                                                     89

     Han sneaks up behind the remaining Imperial scout, taps him on
     the shoulder and lets the scout chase him behind the bunker into
     the arms of the waiting Rebel strike team. Han returns to the
     front, and taps out a pattern on the bunker door's control panel.
     Everyone stands out of sight, police-style, as the door opens.
     Han and Leia peek inside. No sign of life. The group enters the
     bunker silently, leaving one lookout behind.

90   INT DEATH STAR - EMPEROR'S THRONE ROOM                         90

     The elevator opens. Vader and Luke enter the room alone. They
     walk across the dark space to stand before the throne, father and
     son side by side beneath the gaze of the Emperor. Vader bows to
     his Master.

                              EMPEROR
               Welcome, young Skywalker. I have been
               expecting you.

     Luke peers at the hooded figure defiantly. The Emperor then looks
     down at Luke's binders.

                              EMPEROR
               You no longer need those.

     The Emperor motions ever so slightly with his finger and Luke's
     binders fall away, clattering to the floor. Luke looks down at
     his own hands, free now to reach out and grab the Emperor's neck.
     He does nothing.

                              EMPEROR
               Guards, leave us.

     The red-cloaked guards turn and disappear behind the elevator.

                              EMPEROR (to Luke)
               I'm looking forward to completing your
               training. In time you will call me Master.

                              LUKE
               You're gravely mistaken. You won't convert me
               as you did my father.

     The Emperor gets down from his throne and walks up very close to
     Luke. The Emperor looks into his eyes and, for the first time,
     Luke can perceive the evil visage within the hood.

                              EMPEROR
               Oh, no, my young Jedi. You will find that it
               is you who are mistaken...about a great
               many things.

                              VADER
               His lightsaber.

     Vader extends a gloved hand toward the Emperor, revealing Luke's
     lightsaber. The Emperor takes it.

                              EMPEROR
               Ah, yes, a Jedi's weapon. Much like your
               father's. By now you must know your father
               can never be turned from the dark side. So
               will it be with you.

                              LUKE
               You're wrong. Soon I'll be dead...and you
               with me.

     The Emperor laughs.

                              EMPEROR
               Perhaps you refer to the imminent attack of
               your Rebel fleet.

     Luke looks up sharply.

                              EMPEROR
               Yes...I assure you we are quite safe from
               your friends here.

     Vader looks at Luke.

                              LUKE
               Your overconfidence is your weakness.

                              EMPEROR
               Your faith in your friends is yours.

                              VADER
               It is pointless to resist, my son.

     The Emperor turns to face Luke.

                              EMPEROR (angry)
               Everything that has transpired has done so
               according to my design. (indicates Endor)
               Your friends up there on the Sanctuary
               Moon...

     Luke reacts. The Emperor notes it.

                              EMPEROR (cont)
               ...are walking into a trap. As is your Rebel
               fleet! It was I who allowed the Alliance to
               know the location of the shield generator. It
               is quite safe from your pitiful little band.
               An entire legion of my best troops awaits
               them.

     Luke's look darts from the Emperor to Vader and, finally, to the
     sword in the Emperor's hand.

                              EMPEROR
               Oh...I'm afraid the deflector shield will be
               quite operational when your friends arrive.

91   INT BUNKER - MAIN CONTROL ROOM                                 91

     Han, Leia, Chewie, and the Rebel strike team storm through a door
     and enter the main control room, taking all of the personnel
     prisoner.

                              HAN
               All right! Up! Move! Come on! Quickly!
               Quickly, Chewie.

     The Rebel troops herd the generator controllers away from their
     panels. Leia glances at one of the screens on the control panel.

                              LEIA
               Han! Hurry! The fleet will be here any
               moment.

                              HAN
               Charges!  Come on, come on!

     Outside, Threepio watches nervously in the bushes as several more
     controllers and stormtroopers run into the bunker, leaving guards
     at the door.

                              THREEPIO (to Wicket)
               Oh, my! They'll be captured!

     Wicket chatters in Ewok language, and then takes off full steam
     into the forest.

                              THREEPIO
               Wa-wait! Wait, come back! Artoo, stay with
               me.

     Inside the bunker, Han looks up from setting charges as an
     Imperial commander enters.

                              COMMANDER
               Freeze! You Rebel scum.

     Han and Leia spin, to find dozens of Imperial weapons trained on
     them and their cohorts. A poised force of Imperial troops
     surround them. Even more pour into the room, roughly disarming
     the Rebel contingent. Han, Leia, and Chewie exchange looks.
     They're helpless.

92   EXT SPACE - ENDOR, DEATH STAR, REBEL FLEET                     92

     The Death Star and its Sanctuary Moon hang distant in space as
     the Rebel fleet comes out of hyperspace with an awesome roar. The
     Millennium Falcon and several Rebel fighters are at the front as
     the space armada bears down on its target.

93   INT MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT                                93

     Lando flips switches, checks his screen, and speaks into the
     radio.

                              LANDO
               All wings report in.

                              WEDGE
               Red Leader standing by.

                              GRAY LEADER
               Gray Leader standing by.

                              GREEN LEADER
               Green Leader standing by.

                              WEDGE
               Lock S-foils in attack positions.

94   INT REBEL STAR CRUISER - BRIDGE                                94

     From the bridge of the Rebel Headquarters Frigate, Admiral Ackbar
     watches the fighters massing outside his viewscreen.

                              ACKBAR
               May the Force be with us.

95   INT MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT                                95

     Lando looks worriedly at his alien copilot, Nien Nunb, who points
     to the control panel and talks to Lando.

                              LANDO
               We've got to be able to get some kind of a
               reading on that shield, up or down. Well, how
               could they be jamming us if they don't know
               if we're coming.

     Lando shoots a concerned look out at the approaching Death Star
     as the implications of what he's just said sink in. He hits a
     switch on his comlink.

                              LANDO
               Break off the attack! The shield is still up.

                              RED LEADER (VO)
               I get no reading. Are you sure?

                              LANDO
               Pull up! All craft pull up!

     The Falcon turns hard to the left. Out the window the stars and
     the Death Star move off right.

96   EXT SPACE - DEATH STAR SHIELD                                  96

     The Falcon and the fighters of Red Squad veer off desperately to
     avoid the unseen wall.

97   INT REBEL STAR CRUISER - BRIDGE                                97

     Alarms are screaming and lights flashing as the huge ship changes
     course abruptly. Other ships in the fleet shoot by outside as the
     armada tries to halt its forward momentum.

                              ACKBAR
               Take evasive action! Green Group, stick close
               to holding sector MV-7.

     A Mon Calamari controller turns away from his screen and calls
     out to Ackbar, quite excited. The Admiral rushes over to the
     controller.

                              CONTROLLER
               Admiral, we have enemy ships in sector 47.

     On the screen can be seen the moon, Death Star, and the massive
     Imperial fleet. Ackbar moves to the comlink.

                              ACKBAR
               It's a trap!

                              LANDO (over comlink)
               Fighters coming in.

     There is much excitement on the bridge as the attack begins.

     The Millennium Falcon and several squads of Rebel fighters head
     into an armada of TIE fighters. The sky explodes as a fierce
     dogfight ensues in and around the giant Rebel cruisers.

                              REBEL PILOT
               There's too many of them!

                              LANDO
               Accelerate to attack speed! Draw their fire
               away from the cruisers.

                              WEDGE
               Copy, Gold Leader.

     The battle continues around the giant cruisers.

98   INT DEATH STAR - EMPEROR'S THRONE ROOM                         98

     Through the round window behind the Emperor's throne can be seen
     the distant flashes of the space battle in progress.

                              EMPEROR
               Come, boy. See for yourself.

     The Emperor is sitting in his throne, with Vader standing at his
     side. Luke moves to look through a small section of the window.

                              EMPEROR
               From here you will witness the final
               destruction of the Alliance, and the end of
               your insignificant Rebellion.

     Luke is in torment. He glances at his lightsaber sitting on the
     armrest of the throne. The Emperor watches him and smiles,
     touches the lightsaber.

                              EMPEROR
               You want this, don't you? The hate is
               swelling in you now. Take your Jedi weapon.
               Use it. I am unarmed. Strike me down with it.
               Give in to your anger. With each passing
               moment, you make yourself more my servant.

     Vader watches Luke in his agony.

                              LUKE
               No!

                              EMPEROR
               It is unavoidable. It is your destiny. You,
               like your father, are now mine!

99   EXT FOREST - GENERATOR BUNKER                                  99

     Han, Leia, Chewie, and the rest of the strike team are led out of
     the bunker by their captors. The surrounding area, deserted
     before, is now crowded with two-legged Imperial walkers and
     hundreds of Imperial troops. The situation looks hopeless.

                              STORMTROOPER
               All right, move it! I said move it! Go on!

     From the undergrowth beyond the clearing comes a wild series of
     beeps and whistles. And --

                              THREEPIO
               Hello! I say, over there! Were you looking
               for me?

                              BUNKER COMMANDER
               Bring those two down here!

                              STORMTROOPER
               Let's go!

     Artoo and Threepio are standing near one of the big trees. As six
     Imperial stormtroopers rush over to take them captive, the two
     droids duck out of sight behind the tree.

                              THREEPIO
               Well, they're on their way. Artoo, are you
               sure this was a good idea?

                              STORMTROOPER
               Freeze! Don't move!

                              THREEPIO
               We surrender.

     The stormtroopers come around the tree and find the two droids
     waiting quietly to be taken. As the Imperial troops move to do
     that, however, a band of Ewoks drops down from above and
     overpowers them.

                              THREEPIO
               Ohhh! Stand back, Artoo.

     In a nearby tree, an Ewok raises a horn to his lips and sounds
     the EWOK ATTACK CALL. All hell breaks loose as hundreds of Ewoks
     throw their fuzzy bodies into the fray against the assembled
     stormtroopers and their awesome two-legged walkers.

     Biker scouts dart about blasting Ewoks, only to be crushed by a
     volley of rocks tossed by Ewoks from the trees above.

     In the confusion of the battle, Han and Leia break away and dive
     for the cover of the bunker door as explosions erupt around them.
     Han goes to the bunker door control panel.

                              LEIA
               The code's changed. We need Artoo!

                              HAN
               Here's the terminal.

                              LEIA (into comlink)
               Artoo, where are you? We need you at the
               bunker right away.

     Artoo and Threepio are hiding behind a log as the battle rages
     around them. Suddenly the stubby little astrodroid lets out a
     series of whistles and shoots off across the battlefield.
     Threepio, panicked, runs after him.

                              THREEPIO
               Going? What do you mean, you're going. But--
               but going where, Artoo? No, what! Artoo! Oh,
               this is no time for heroics. Come back!

     Biker scouts race around and over the two droids, blasting away
     at the little Ewoks as the furries scurry for cover.

     A group of Ewoks have moved a primitive catapult into position.
     They fire off a large boulder that hits one of the walkers. The
     walker turns and heads for the catapult, blasting away with both
     guns. The Ewoks abandon their weapons and flee in all directions.
     Just as the walker moves in to stomp the catapult, Ewoks drop
     vines restraining two huge logs that swing down and smash the
     walker's head flat.

     A line of Ewoks hang desperately to a vine that is hooked to a
     walker's foot. As the walker moves along, the fuzzy creatures are
     dragged behind.

     Two speeder bikes chase Ewoks through the underbrush. As the
     scouts round a tree, they are knocked off their bikes by a vine
     tied between two trees.

100  EXT SPACE                                                     100

     The Falcon and other Rebel fighters are engaged in a ferocious
     combat with Imperial TIE fighters, the battle raging around the
     cruisers of the Rebel armada.

101  INT MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT                               101

     Lando is in radio communication with the pilots of the other
     Rebel squads.

                              LANDO
               Watch yourself, Wedge! Three from above!

                              WEDGE
               Red Three, Red Two, pull in!

                              RED TWO
               Got it!

                              RED THREE
               Three of them coming in, twenty degrees!

                              WEDGE

               Cut to the left! I'll take the leader!
               They're heading for the medical frigate.

     Lando steers the Falcon through a complete flip, as his crew
     fires at the TIEs from the belly guns.

                              NAVIGATOR
               Pressure's steady.

     The copilot Nien Nunb chatters an observation.

                              LANDO
               Only the fighters are attacking.  I wonder
               what those Star Destroyers are waiting for.

102  EXT SPACE - IMPERIAL FLEET                                    102

     The giant Imperial Star Destroyer waits silently some distance
     from the battle. The Emperor's huge Super Star Destroyer rests in
     the middle of the fleet.

103  INT SUPER STAR DESTROYER - BRIDGE                             103

     Admiral Piett and two fleet commanders watch the battle at the
     huge window of the Super Star Destroyer bridge.

                              COMMANDER
               We're in attack position now, sir.

                              PIETT
               Hold here.

                              COMMANDER
               We're not going to attack?

                              PIETT
               I have my orders from the Emperor himself. He
               has something special planned for them. We
               only need to keep them from escaping.

104  INT EMPEROR'S TOWER - THRONE ROOM                             104

     The Emperor, Vader, and a horrified Luke watch the aerial battle
     fireworks out the window and on the viewscreens. Another Rebel
     ship explodes against the protective shield.

                              EMPEROR
               As you can see, my young apprentice, your
               friends have failed. Now witness the
               firepower of this fully armed and operational
               battle station. (into comlink) Fire at will,
               Commander.

     Luke, in shock, looks out across the surface of the Death Star to
     the Rebel fleet beyond.

105  INT DEATH STAR - CONTROL ROOM                                 105

     Controllers pull back on several switches. Commander Jerjerrod
     stands over them.

                              JERJERROD
               Fire!

106  INT DEATH STAR - BLAST CHAMBER                                106

     A button is pressed, which switches on a panel of lights.

     A hooded Imperial soldier reaches overhead and pulls a lever. A
     huge beam of light emanates from a long shaft. Two stormtroopers
     stand to one side at a control panel.

107  EXT DEATH STAR                                                107

     The giant laser dish on the completed half of the Death Star
     begins to glow; Then a powerful beams shoots out toward the
     aerial battle.

108  EXT SPACE - AIR BATTLE                                        108

     The air is thick with giant ships. In among them, Rebel X-wings
     dogfight with Imperial TIE fighters. Now an enormous Rebel
     cruiser is hit by the Death Star beam and is blown to dust.

     The Millennium Falcon roars over CAMERA, followed closely by
     several TIE fighters.

109  INT MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT                               109

     The ship is buffeted by the tremendous explosion of the Rebel
     cruiser. Lando and his copilot are stunned by the sight of the
     Death Star firepower.

                              LANDO
               That blast came from the Death Star! That
               thing's operational! (into comlink) Home One,
               this is Gold Leader.

110  INT REBEL STAR CRUISER - BRIDGE                               110

     Ackbar stands amid the confusion on the wide bridge and speaks
     into the comlink.

                              ACKBAR
               We saw it. All craft prepare to retreat.

                              LANDO
               You won't get another chance at this,
               Admiral.

                              ACKBAR
               We have no choice, General Calrissian. Our
               cruisers can't repel firepower of that
               magnitude.

                              LANDO
               Han will have that shield down. We've got to
               give him more time.

111  EXT FOREST - GENERATOR BUNKER                                 111

     Artoo and Threepio make it to the door, as Han and Leia provide
     cover fire.

                              THREEPIO
               We're coming!

                              HAN
               Come on! Come on!

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, Artoo, hurry!

     The little droid moves to the terminal and plugs in his computer
     arm. A large explosion hits near Artoo, knocking him head over
     heels, finally landing on his feet. The stubby astrodroid's
     head is spinning and smoldering. Suddenly there is a loud
     SPROOING and Han and Leia turn around to see Artoo with all his
     compartment doors open, and all of his appendages sticking out;
     water and smoke spurt out of the nozzles in his body. Han rushes
     to the terminal, as Threepio rushes to his wounded companion.

                              THREEPIO
               My goodness! Artoo, why did you have to be so
               brave?

                              HAN
               Well, I suppose I could hotwire this thing.

                              LEIA
               I'll cover you.

     Ewoks in handmade, primitive hanggliders drop rocks onto the
     stormtroopers, dive-bombing their deadly adversaries.  One is hit
     in the wing with laser fire and crashes.  A walker lumbers
     forward, shooting laser blasts at frantic Ewoks running in all
     directions.  Two Ewoks are struck down by laser blasts.  One
     tries to awaken his friend, then realizes that he is dead.

112  EXT SPACE - DEATH STAR                                        112

     The Rebel fleet continues to be picked off, from one side by the
     Death Star's deadly beam, from the other by the rampaging
     Imperial Star Destroyers.

113  INT MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT                               113

     Lando steers the Falcon wildly through an obstacle course of
     floating giants. He's been yelling into the comlink.

                              LANDO (desperately)
               Yes! I said closer! Move as close as you can
               and engage those Star Destroyers at point-
               blank range.

                              ACKBAR
               At that close range, we won't last long
               against those Star Destroyers.

                              LANDO
               We'll last longer then we will against that
               Death Star...and we might just take a few of
               them with us.

     The Rebel cruisers move very close to the Imperial Star
     Destroyers and begin to blast away at point-blank range. Tiny
     fighters race across the giant surfaces, against a backdrop of
     laser fire.

     The control tower of a Star Destroyer is under attack.

                              REBEL PILOT
               She's gonna blow!

                              Y-WING PILOT
               I'm hit!

     The damaged Y-wing plummets toward the Star Destroyer, and
     crashes into the control tower, exploding.

114  INT EMPEROR'S TOWER - THRONE ROOM                             114

     Out of the window and on the view screens, the Rebel fleet is
     being decimated in blinding explosions of light and debris. But
     in here there is no sound of battle. The Emperor turns to Luke.

                              EMPEROR
               Your fleet has lost. And your friends on the
               Endor moon will not survive. There is no
               escape, my young apprentice. The Alliance
               will die...as will your friends.

     Luke's eyes are full of rage. Vader watches him.

                              EMPEROR
               Good. I can feel your anger. I am
               defenseless.  Take your weapon! Strike me
               down with all your hatred, and your journey
               towards the dark side will be complete.

     Luke can resist no longer. The lightsaber flies into his hand. He
     ignites it in an instant and swings at the Emperor. Vader's
     lightsaber flashes into view, blocking Luke's blow before it can
     reach the Emperor. The two blades spark at contact. Luke turns to
     fight his father.

115  EXT FOREST                                                    115

     The battle rages on. Stormtroopers fire on Ewoks with
     sophisticated weapons while their furry little adversaries sneak
     up behind the Imperial troopers and bash them over the head with
     large clubs.

     A walker marches through the undergrowth blasting Ewoks as it
     goes. An Ewok warrior gives the signal, and a pile of logs is cut
     loose. The logs tumble under the walker's feet, causing it to
     slip and slide until it finally topples over with a great crash.

     A scout bike races past and is lassoed with a heavy vine. The
     other end of the vine is tied to a tree, and the bike swings
     around in ever-tightening circles until it runs out of rope and
     crashes into the trees with a huge explosion.

     Chewie swings on a vine to the roof of one of the walkers. Two
     Ewoks cling to him. They land with a thud on the top of the
     lurching machine, then hang on for dear life. One of the Ewoks
     peeks through the window.

                              WALKER PILOT #1
               Look!

                              PILOT #2
               Get him off of there!

     The walker pilot opens the hatch to see what's going on. He is
     yanked out and tossed overboard before he can scream. The two
     Ewoks jump into the cockpit and knock the second pilot
     unconscious. The Ewoks are thrown violently as the mighty machine
     careens out of control. Outside, Chewie is almost knocked
     overboard; he sticks his head into the hatch with a series of
     angry barks. The Ewoks are too busy and frightened to listen to
     the Wookiee's complaint. Chewie slips inside the walker.

     Chewbacca's walker moves through the forest, firing laser blasts
     at unsuspecting stormtroopers, and destroying other Imperial
     walkers. The Ewoks shout and cheer as the giant machine helps
     turn the tide of the battle in their favor.

116  EXT FOREST - GENERATOR BUNKER                                 116

     Han works furiously at the control panel; wires spark as he
     attempts to hotwire the door. He motions to Leia, who is blasting
     away at some stormtroopers.

                              HAN
               I think I got it. I got it!

     The three wires spark as the connection is made. With a LOUD
     WHOOSH, a second blast door crashes down in front of the first.

     Han frowns and turns back to the wires again. Leia exchanges
     shots with stormtroopers in the bushes, then suddenly cries out
     in pain, her shoulder hit by a laser blast.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, Princess Leia, are you all right?

                              HAN
               Let's see.

                              LEIA
               It's not bad.

                              STORMTROOPER (OS)
               Freeze!

     They freeze.

                              THREEPIO
               Oh, dear.

                              STORMTROOPER
               Don't move!

     Leia holds her laser gun ready, behind Han, out of view of the
     two stormtroopers moving toward them. Han and Leia's eyes lock;
     the moment seems suspended in time.

                              HAN
               I love you.

     Another shared look between them, as she smiles up at Han.

                              LEIA
               I know.

                              STORMTROOPER
               Hands up! Stand up!

     Han stands up slowly and turns, revealing the gun in Leia's hand.
     She disposes of the stormtroopers in a flash. As Han turns back
     toward Leia, he looks up to see a giant walker approach and stand
     before him, its deadly weapons aimed right at him.

                              HAN (to Leia)
               Stay back.

     The hatch on top of the walker opens and Chewie sticks his head
     out and barks triumphantly.

                              HAN
               Chewie!  Get down here!  She's wounded!  No,
               wait....  I got an idea.

117  INT EMPEROR'S TOWER - THRONE ROOM                             117

     Luke and Vader are engaged in a man-to-man duel of lightsabers
     even more vicious then the battle on Bespin. But the young Jedi
     has grown stronger in the interim, and now the advantage shifts
     to him. Vader is forced back, losing his balance, and is knocked
     down the stairs. Luke stands at the top of the stairs, ready to
     attack.

                              EMPEROR (laughing)
               Good.  Use your aggressive feelings, boy!  Let
               the hate flow through you.

     Luke looks momentarily toward the Emperor, then back to Vader,
     and realizes he is using the dark side. He steps back, turns off
     his lightsaber, and relaxes, driving the hate from his being.

                              VADER
               Obi-Wan has taught you well.

                              LUKE
               I will not fight you, father.

     Vader walks back up the stairs to Luke.

                              VADER
               You are unwise to lower your defenses.

     Vader attacks, forcing Luke on the defensive. The young Jedi
     leaps in an amazing reverse flip up to the safety of the catwalk
     overhead. Vader stands below him.

                              LUKE
               Your thoughts betray you, father. I feel the
               good in you...the conflict.

                              VADER
               There is no conflict.

                              LUKE
               You couldn't bring yourself to kill me
               before, and I don't believe you'll destroy me
               now.

                              VADER
               You underestimate the power of the dark side.
               If you will not fight, then you will meet
               your destiny.

     Vader throws the laser sword and it cuts through the supports
     holding the catwalk, then returns to Vader's hand. Luke tumbles
     to the ground in a shower of sparks and rolls out of sight under
     the Emperor's platform. Vader moves to find him.

                              EMPEROR (laughs)
               Good.  Good.

118  EXT SPACE - AIR BATTLE                                        118

     The two armadas, like their sea-bound ancestors, blast away at
     each other in individual point-blank confrontations. A Star
     Destroyer explodes. The Rebel victor limps away, its back half
     alive with a series of minor explosions. The Rebel cruiser
     manages to move in next to a second Star Destroyer before it
     explodes completely, taking the Imperial Star Destroyer with it.
     The Falcon and several fighters attack one of the larger Imperial
     ships.

                              LANDO
               Watch out. Squad at .06.

                              REBEL PILOT
               I'm on it, Gold Leader.

                              WEDGE
               Good shot, Red Two.

                              LANDO
               Now...come on, Han, old buddy. Don't let me
               down.

119  INT BUNKER - CONTROL ROOM                                     119

     Controllers watch the main viewscreen on which a vague figure of
     an Imperial walker pilot can be seen. There is a great deal of
     static and interference.

                              HAN/PILOT (VO)
               It's over, Commander. The Rebels have been
               routed. They're fleeing into the woods. We
               need reinforcements to continue the pursuit.

     The controllers cheer.

                              CONTROL ROOM COMMANDER
               Send three squads to help. Open the back
               door.

                              SECOND COMMANDER
               Yes, sir.

120  EXT FOREST - GENERATOR BUNKER                                 120

     As the door to the bunker opens and the Imperial troops rush out,
     they're surprised to find themselves surrounded by Rebels, their
     weapons pointed at them. Ewoks holding bows and arrows appear on
     the roof of the bunker. The Imperial troops throw down their guns
     as Han and Chewie rush inside the bunker with explosive charges.

121  INT BUNKER - CONTROL ROOM                                     121

     Han, Chewie, and several troops rush into the control room and
     plant explosive charges on the control panels and rush out.

                              HAN
               Throw me another charge.

122  INT EMPEROR'S TOWER - THRONE ROOM                             122

     Vader stalks the low-ceilinged area on the level below the
     throne, searching for Luke in the semi-darkness, his lightsaber
     held ready.

                              VADER
               You cannot hide forever, Luke.

                              LUKE
               I will not fight you.

                              VADER
               Give yourself to the dark side. It is the
               only way you can save your friends. Yes, your
               thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them
               are strong. Especially for...

     Vader stops and senses something. Luke shuts his eyes tightly, in
     anguish.

                              VADER
               Sister! So...you have a twin sister. Your
               feelings have now betrayed her, too. Obi-Wan
               was wise to hide her from me. Now his failure
               is complete. If you will not turn to the dark
               side, then perhaps she will.

                              LUKE
               Never-r-r!

     Luke ignites his lightsaber and screams in anger, rushing at his
     father with a frenzy we have not seen before. Sparks fly as Luke
     and Vader fight in the cramped area. Luke's hatred forces Vader
     to retreat out of the low area and across a bridge overlooking a
     vast elevator shaft. Each stroke of Luke's sword drives his
     father further toward defeat.

     The Dark Lord is knocked to his knees, and as he raises his sword
     to block another onslaught, Luke slashes Vader's right hand off
     at the wrist, causing metal and electronic parts to fly from the
     mechanical stump. Vader's sword clatters uselessly away, over the
     edge of the platform and into the bottomless shaft below. Luke
     moves over Vader and holds the blade of his sword to the Dark
     Lord's throat. The Emperor watches with uncontrollable, pleased
     agitation.

                              EMPEROR
               Good! Your hate has made you powerful. Now,
               fulfill your destiny and take your father's
               place at my side!

     Luke looks at his father's mechanical hand, then to his own
     mechanical, black-gloved hand, and realizes how much he is
     becoming like his father. He makes the decision for which he
     has spent a lifetime in preparation. Luke steps back and hurls
     his lightsaber away.

                              LUKE
               Never! I'll never turn to the dark side.
               You've failed, Your Highness. I am a Jedi,
               like my father before me.

     The Emperor's glee turns to rage.

                              EMPEROR
               So be it...Jedi.

123  EXT FOREST - GENERATOR BUNKER                                 123

     Han and several of the fighters run out of the bunker and race
     across the clearing.

                              HAN
               Move! Move!

     A shock wave knocks them flat as the bunker explodes, followed by
     a spectacular display as the huge shield-generator radar dish
     explodes along with the bunker.

124  INT REBEL STAR CRUISER - BRIDGE                               124

     Ackbar, sitting in his control chair, speaks into the radio.

                              ACKBAR
               The shield is down! Commence attack on the
               Death Star's main reactor.

                              LANDO
               We're on our way. Red Group, Gold Group, all
               fighters follow me. (laughs) Told you they'd
               do it!

     The Falcon, followed by several smaller Rebel fighters, heads
     toward the unfinished superstructure of the Death Star.

125  INT EMPEROR'S TOWER - THRONE ROOM                             125

     Luke stands still, as the Emperor reaches the bottom of the
     stairs. The Emperor's laughter has turned to anger. He raises his
     arms toward Luke.

                              EMPEROR
               If you will not be turned, you will be
               destroyed.

     Blinding bolts of energy, evil lightning, shoot from the
     Emperor's hands at Luke. Even in his surprise, the young Jedi
     tries to use the Force to deflect them. At first he is half
     successful, but after a moment the bolts of energy are coming
     with such speed and power the young Jedi shrinks before them, his
     knees buckling. The wounded Vader struggles to his feet, and
     moves to stand at his master's side.

                              EMPEROR
               Young fool...only now, at the end, do you
               understand.

     Luke is almost unconscious beneath the continuing assault of the
     Emperor's lightning. He clutches a canister to keep from falling
     into the bottomless shaft as the bolts tear through him.

                              EMPEROR
               Your feeble skills are no match for the power
               of the dark side. You have paid the price for
               your lack of vision.

     Luke writhes on the floor in unbearable pain, reaching weakly up
     toward where Vader stands watching.

                              LUKE (groans)
               Father, please. Help me.

     Again Vader stands, watching Luke. He looks at his master, the
     Emperor, then back to Luke on the floor.

                              EMPEROR
               Now, young Skywalker...you will die.

     Although it would not have seemed possible, the outpouring of
     bolts from the Emperor's fingers actually increases in intensity,
     the sound screaming through the room. Luke's body writhes in
     pain.

     Vader grabs the Emperor from behind, fighting for control of the
     robed figure despite the Dark Lord's weakened body and gravely
     weakened arm. The Emperor struggles in his embrace, his bolt-
     shooting hands now lifted high, away from Luke. Now the white
     lightning arcs back to strike at Vader. He stumbles with his load
     as the sparks rain off his helmet and flow down over his black
     cape. He holds his evil master high over his head and walks to
     the edge of the abyss at the central core of the throne room. With
     one final burst of his once awesome strength, Darth Vader hurls
     the Emperor's body into the bottomless shaft.

     The Emperor's body spins helplessly into the void, arcing as it
     falls into the abyss. Finally, when the body is far down the
     shaft, it explodes, creating a rush of air through the room.
     Vader's cape is whipped by the wind and he staggers, and
     collapses toward the bottomless hole. Luke crawls to his father's
     side and pulls him away from the edge of the abyss to safety.
     Both the young Jedi and the giant warrior are too weak to move.

126  EXT/INT - SPACE BATTLE - FIGHTER AND DEATH STAR               126

     Rebel fighters follow the Falcon across the surface of the Death
     Star to the unfinished portion, where they dive into the super-
     structure of the giant battle station, followed by many TIE
     fighters.

                              WEDGE
               I'm going in.

                              LANDO
               Here goes nothing.

     Three X-wings lead the chase through the ever-narrowing shaft,
     followed by the Falcon and four other fighters, plus TIE fighters
     who continually fire at the Rebels. Lights reflect off the
     pilot's faces as they race through the dark shaft.

                              LANDO
               Now lock onto the strongest power source. It
               should be the power generator.

                              WEDGE
               Form up. And stay alert. We could run out of
               space real fast.

     The fighters and the Falcon race through the tunnel, still
     pursued by the TIE fighters. One of the X-wings is hit from
     behind and explodes.

                              LANDO
               Split up and head back to the surface. See if
               you can get a few of those TIE fighters to
               follow you.

                              PILOT
               Copy, Gold Leader.

     The Rebel ships peel off pursued by three of the TIE's, while
     Lando and Wedge continue through the main tunnel. It narrows, and
     the Falcon scrapes the side dangerously. Two other TIE fighters
     continue to blast away at them.

                              LANDO
               That was too close.

     Nien Nunb agrees. The battle between the Rebel and Imperial fleet
     rages on. Several cruisers fire at the giant Super Star
     Destroyer.

127  INT REBEL STAR CRUISER - BRIDGE                               127

                              ACKBAR
               We've got to give those fighters more time.
               Concentrate all fire on that Super Star
               Destroyer.

     X-wings pilots head across the surface of the huge battleship.

128  INT VADER'S STAR DESTROYER - BRIDGE                           128

     Admiral Piett and a commander stand at the window, looking out to
     the battle. They look concerned.

                              CONTROLLER
               Sir, we've lost our bridge deflector shield.

                              PIETT
               Intensify the forward batteries. I don't want
               anything to get through.

     The commander is looking out of the window where a damaged Rebel
     fighter is out of control and heading directly toward the bridge.

                              PIETT
               Intensify forward firepower!

                              COMMANDER
               It's too late!

     The Rebel pilot screams as his ship hits the Star Destroyer,
     causing a huge explosion. The giant battle ship loses control,
     crashes into the Death Star, and explodes.

129  INT REBEL STAR CRUISER - BRIDGE                               129

     There is excitement on the bridge as the battle rages on all
     sides. They cheer as the giant Star Destroyer blows up.

130  INT DEATH STAR - MAIN DOCKING BAY                             130

     Chaos. For the first time, the Death Star is rocked by explosions
     as the Rebel fleet, no longer backed against a wall, zooms over,
     unloading a heavy barrage. Imperial troops run in all directions,
     confused and desperate to escape.

     In the midst of this uproar, Luke is trying to carry the enormous
     deadweight of his father's weakening body toward an Imperial
     shuttle. Finally, Luke collapses from the strain. The explosions
     grow louder as Vader draws him closer.

                              VADER (a whisper)
               Luke, help me take this mask off.

                              LURE
               But you'll die.

                              VADER
               Nothing can stop that now. Just for once...
               let me look on you with my own eyes.

     Slowly, hesitantly, Luke removes the mask from his father's face.
     There beneath the scars is an elderly man. His eyes do not focus.
     But the dying man smiles at the sight before him.

                              ANAKIN (very weak)
               Now...go, my son. Leave me.

                              LUKE
               No. You're coming with me. I can't leave you
               here. I've got to save you.

                              ANAKIN
               You already have, Luke. You were right about
               me. Tell your sister...you were right.

                              LUKE
               Father... I won't leave you.

     Darth Vader, Anakin Skywalker...Luke's father, dies.

     A huge explosion rocks the docking bay. Slowly, Luke rises and,
     half carrying, half dragging the body of his father, stumbles
     toward a shuttle.

131  EXT DEATH STAR                                                131

     The Millennium Falcon leads a swerving bomb run through the
     immense superstructure of the half-built Death Star. The Rebel
     Star Cruisers outside continually bombard the huge station. And
     each direct hit is answered by resonating, chain-reaction
     explosions within the station itself.

132  INT MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT AND GUN PORTS                 132

     Lando's crew fires away at the pursuing TIE fighters as the
     dashing Baron of Bespin and his alien copilot home in on the main
     reactor shaft. It is awesome. A lone X-wing is just in front of
     the Falcon.

                              WEDGE
               There it is!

                              LANDO
               All right, Wedge. Go for the power regulator
               on the north tower.

                              WEDGE
               Copy, Gold Leader. I'm already on my way out.

     The X-wing heads for the top of the huge reactor and fires
     several proton torpedoes at the power regulator, causing a series
     of small explosions.

     The Falcon heads for the main reactor, and when it is dangerously
     close, Lando fires the missiles, which shoot out of the Falcon
     with a powerful roar, and hit directly at the center of the main
     reactor.

     He maneuvers the Falcon out of the winding superstructure just
     ahead of the continuing chain of explosions.

133  INT REBEL STAR CRUISER - BRIDGE                               133

     Ackbar and other Mon Calamari lean on the railing of the bridge,
     watching the large screen showing the Death Star in the main
     briefing room.

                              ACKBAR
               Move the fleet away from the Death Star.

134  EXT DEATH STAR                                                134

     An Imperial shuttle, with Luke alone in the cockpit, rockets out
     of the main docking bay as that entire section of the Death Star
     is blown away. But as Luke pilots toward the safety of the
     Sanctuary moon, his thoughts - enhanced by the Force - turn to
     his friends aboard the Millennium Falcon.

     The Falcon flies at top speed, with a single X-wing as escort,
     over the endless surface of the Death Star. A series of
     explosions within the superstructure follow, then swiftly
     overtake the small craft as it races for an exit.

135  INT MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT                               135

     Lando turns to Nien Nunb and shakes his head.

                              LANDO (into comlink)
               Wedge, I don't think we're going to make it.

                              WEDGE (VO)
               You'll make it. Just follow me Gold Leader.

                              LANDO (to himself)
               I promised to return his ship without a
               scratch...I sure hope that old pirate
               forgives me.

135A EXT DEATH STAR                                               135A

     An X-wing, piloted by Wedge Antilles, races out of the exploding
     superstructure and whizzes toward the Sanctuary Moon. But the
     Millennium Falcon is not fast enough as it explodes with the
     Death Star in a supernova of glory.

136  EXT ENDOR FOREST                                              136

     Han and Leia, Chewie, the droids, the Rebel troops, and the Ewoks
     all look to the sky as the Death Star reveals itself in a final
     flash of self-destruction. All except Han cheer, as the thirty-
     year-old starship pilot feels a deep personal loss.

                              HAN (whispering to himself)
               Lando...

                              THREEPIO
               (misinterpreting Han's reference)
               They did it!

     Han looks down from the sky to Leia, a look of sorrow and regret
     on his face. He knows he will never see the Falcon and Lando
     again. His thoughts turn to Leia, as she continues to look at the
     sky, watching for Luke.

137  EXT ENDOR FOREST - NIGHT                                      137

     Luke sets a torch to the logs stacked under a funeral pyre where
     his father's body lies, again dressed in black mask and helmet.
     He stands, watching sadly, as the flames leap higher to consume
     Darth Vader -- Anakin Skywalker.

     In the sky above, fireworks explode and Rebel fighters zoom above
     the forest.

138  EXT EWOK VILLAGE SQUARE - NIGHT                               138

     A huge bonfire is the centerpiece of a wild celebration. Rebels
     and Ewoks rejoice in the warm glow of firelight, drums beating,
     singing, dancing, and laughing in the communal language of
     victory and liberation.

     Lando runs in and is enthusiastically hugged by Han and Chewie.
     Then, finally, Luke arrives and the friends rush to greet and
     embrace him. They stand close, this hardy group, taking comfort
     in each other's touch, together to the end.

     Rebels and Ewoks join together in dancing and celebration. The
     original group of adventurers watch from the sidelines. Only Luke
     seems distracted, alone in their midsts, his thoughts elsewhere.

     He looks off to the side and sees three shimmering, smiling
     figures at the edge of the shadows: Ben Kenobi, Yoda, and Anakin
     Skywalker.

                              FADE OUT

                     END CREDITS OVER STAR FIELD

                              THE END

                      --------------------------

                               CREDITS

                           PRODUCTION STAFF

                             Directed by
                           RICHARD MARQUAND
                             Produced by
                           HOWARD KAZANJIAN
                            Screenplay by
                   LAWRENCE KASDAN and GEORGE LUCAS
                               Story by
                             GEORGE LUCAS
                          Executive Producer
                             GEORGE LUCAS
                             Co-Producers
                       ROBERT WATTS, JIM BLOOM
                         Production Designer
                           NORMAN REYNOLDS
                       Director of Photography
                           ALAN HUME, B.S.C
                              Edited by
              SEAN BARTON, MARCIA LUCAS, DUWAYNE DUNHAM
                            Visual Effects
           RICHARD EDLUND, A.S.C, DENNIS MUREN, KEN RALSTON
                          Costume Designers
               AGGIE GUERARD RODGERS, NILO RODIS-JAMERO
                    Mechanical Effects Supervision
                               KIT WEST
                     Make-Up and Creature Design
                    PHIL TIPPETT, STUART FREEBORN
                             Sound Design
                              BEN BURTT
                               Music by
                            JOHN WILLIAMS

                                 CAST

Luke Skywalker                                                      MARK HAMILL
Han Solo                                                          HARRISON FORD
Princess Leia                                                     CARRIE FISHER
Lando Calrissian                                             BILLY DEE WILLIAMS
See-Theepio (C-3PO)                                             ANTHONY DANIELS
Chewbacca                                                          PETER MAYHEW
Anakin Skywalker                                                 SEBASTIAN SHAW
Emperor                                                           IAN McDIARMID
Yoda                                                                   FRANK OZ
Darth Vader                                                        DAVID PROWSE
Voice of Darth Vader                                           JAMES EARL JONES
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi                                              ALEC GUINNESS

                           SUPPORTING CAST

Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2)                                                 KENNY BAKER
Moff Jerjerrod                                               MICHAEL PENNINGTON
Admiral Piett                                                    KENNETH COLLEY
Bib Fortuna                                                      MICHAEL CARTER
Wedge                                                              DENIS LAWSON
Admiral Ackbar                                                         TIM ROSE
General Madine                                                   DERMOT CROWLEY
Mon Mothma                                                   CAROLINE BLAKISTON
Wicket                                                            WARWICK DAVIS
Paploo                                                              KENNY BAKER
Boba Fett                                                        JEREMY BULLOCH
Oola                                                                FEMI TAYLOR
Sy Snootles                                                      ANNIE ARBOGAST
Fat Dancer                                                     CLAIRE DAVENPORT
Teebo                                                               JACK PURVIS
Logray                                                             MIKE EDMONDS
Chief Chirpa                                                         JANE BUSBY
Ewok Warrior                                                       MALCOM DIXON
Ewok Warrior                                                      MIKE COTTRELL
Nicki                                                               NICKI READE
Stardestroyer Controller No. 1                                     ADAM BAREHAM
Stardestroyer Controller No. 2                                  JONATHAN OLIVER
Stardestroyer Captain No. 1                                          PIP MILLER
Stardestroyer Captain No. 2                                         TOM MANNION
Jabba Puppeteers                                   TOBY PHILPOTT, MIKE EDMONDS,
                                                                  DAVID BARCLAY
Puppeteers                                         MICHAEL McCORMICK, DEEP ROY,
                                                 SIMON WILLIAMSON, HUGH SPIRIT,
                                      SWIM LEE, MICHAEL QUINN, RICHARD ROBINSON

                            Set Decorators
                      MICHAEL FORD, HARRY LANGE
                          Conceptual Artist
                           RALPH McQUARRIE
                            Art Directors
                       FRED HOLE, JAMES SCHOPPE
                       Assistant Art Directors
             MICHAEL LAMONT, JOHN FENNER, RICHARD DAWKING
                       Assistant Art Decorator
                          SHARON CARTWRIGHT
                             Set Dresser
                            DOUG VON KOSS
                        Assistant Set Dresser
                              CHUCK RAY
                         Constuction Manager
                              BILL WELCH
                    Assistant Construction Manager
                              ALAN BOOTH
                       Construction Supervisor
                             ROGER IRVIN
                           General Foreman
                              BILL IIAMS
                         Construction Foreman
         GREG CALLAS, GUY CLAUSE, DOUG ELLIOT, STAN WAKASHIGE
                           Laborer Foremen
                      GENE FUKUZAWA, DON JOHNSON
                            Paint Foreman
                              GARY CLARK
                           Standby Painter
                           GIOVANNI FERRARA
                            Sketch Artist
                              ROY CARNON
                            Scenic Artist
                             TED MICHELL
                       Assistant Scenic Artist
                          STEVEN SALLYBANKS
                      Decor and Lettering Artist
                       BOB WALKER, BRIAN SMITH
                    Electronic Graphic Consultant
                            ROB DICKINSON
                            Set Draftsmen
               REG BREAM, MARK BILLERMAN, CHRIS CAMPELL
            GEORGE DJURKOVIC, GAVIN BOCQUET, KEVIN PHIPPS
                          Production Buyers
                      DAVID LUSBY, IAN GILADJIAN
                         Constuction Storeman
                           DAVID MIDDLETON
                       Art Department Secretary
                             CAROL REGAN

                   Location Director of Photography
                             JIM GLENNON
                        Additional Photography
                              JACK LOWIN
                         Operating Cameramen
               ALEC MILLS, TOM LAUGHRIDGE, MIKE BENSON
                             Focus Puller
                     MICHAEL FRIFT, CHRIS TANNER
                         Assistant Cameramen
                     Leo NAPOLITANO, BOB LA BONGE
                      Second Assistant Cameramen
        SIMON HUME, STEVE TATE, MARTIN KENZIE, MICHAEL GLENNON
                               Gaffers
                      MIKE PANTAGES, BOB BREMNER
                          Aerial Photography
                     RON GOODMAN, MARGARET HERRON
                           Helicopter Pilot
                              MARK WOLFE
                               Key Grip
                            DICK DOVA SPAH
                               Best Boy
                             JOE CROWLEY
                              Dolly Grip
                        CHUNKY HUSE, REG HALL
                     Matte Photography Consultant
                        STANLEY SAYER, B.S.C.
                           Rigging Gaffers
                      CLARK GARLAND, TOMMY BROWN
                             Electrician
                            Bill DREYFUSS
                            Craft Service
                           GEORGE MAURICIO

                         Chief Make-Up Artist
                      TOM SMITH, GRAHAM FREEBORN
                           Make-Up Artists
                    PETER ROBB KING, DICKIE MILLS
               KAY FREEBORN, NICK DUDMAN, ALAN BROWNIE
                          Make-Up Assistants
         BOB KEEN, SUE OAKS, CHRISTINE ALLSOPP, DANIEL PARKER
                    JEREMY HARRIS, TERRI ANDERSON
                       Make-Up Effects Engineer
                             BOB BROMLEY
                              Modellers
    MICHAEL OSBORN, JAN STEVENS, CHRISTINE OVERS, RICHARD PADBURY
                          Chief Hairdresser
                          PATRICIA McDERMONT
                             Hairdressers
                      MIKE LOCKEY, PAUL LE BLANC
                     Chief Articulation Engineer
                             STUART ZIFF
                   Assistant Articulation Engineer
                           EBEN STROMQUIST
                           Armature Design
                            PETER RONZANI
                           Plastic Designer
                            RICHARD DAVIS
                         Sculptural Designers
                      CHUCK WILEY, JAMES HOWARD
                            Key Sculptors
                DAVE CARSON, TONY McVEY, DAVE SOSALLA,
                      JUDY ELKINS, DEREK HOWARTH
                           Cheif Moldmaker
                             WESLEY SEEDS
                              Moldmaker
                              RON YOUNG
                         Creature Technicians
         RANDY DUTRA, KIRK THATCHER, DAN HOWARD, JAMES ISAAC,
            BRIAN TURNER, JEANNE LAUREN, RICHARD SPAH JR.,
                 ETHAN WILEY, RAY HANSON, RODGER SHAW
                         Creature Consultants
                        JON BERG, CHRIS WALAS
                   Production/Creature Co-Ordinator
                              PATTY BLAU
                      Latex Foam Lab Supervisor
                            TOM McLAUGHLIN
                        Animatronics Engineers
                            JOHN COPPINGER

                         Wardrobe Supervisor
                               RON BECK
                          Costume Supervisor
                         MARY ELIZABETH STILL
                          Wardrobe Mistress
                            JANET TEBROOKE
                             Shop Manager
                             JENNY GREEN
                               Jeweler
                            RICHARD MILLER
                         Wardrode Assistants
      PATRICK   WHEATLEY, COLIN WILCON, JANET LUCAS, DIANE MURPHY,
            MICHAEL JEFFREY, KEITH MORTON, JOHN BIRKINSHAW
                          Creature Costumers
  BARBARA KASSAL, EDWIN PELLIKKA, ANNE POLLAND, ELVIRA ANGELINETTA,
       MICK BECKER, CLAUDIA EVERETT, LAURIE RUDD, NANCY SERVIN,
   KARRIN KAIN, DERIK HYDE, MAGGIE JOY, PATTE MOON, JANICE GARTIN,
   JULIE WOODBRIDGE, BARBARA GILLETT, RITA WAKELY, EILEEN SULLIVAN

                           Property Master
                            PETER HANCOCK
                      Assistant Property Master
                           CHARLES TORBETT
                         Property Supervisors
                    DAN COANGELO, BRIAN LOFTHOUSE
                               Property
                     HOLLY WALKER, IVAN VAN PERRE
                              Propmakers
                   BILL HARGREAVES, RICHARD PETERS
                           Master Carpenter
                              BERT LONG
                           Master Plasterer
                             KENNY CLARKE
                            Master Painter
                           ERIC SHIRTCLIFFE
                          Supervising Rigger
                             RED LAWRENCE
                        Supervising Stagehabd
                             EDDIE BURKE
                          Sail Co-Ordinators
                   BILL KREYSLER, WARWICK TOMPKINS
                          Sails Engineering
                    DERRICK BAYLIS, PEGGY KASHUBA

                           Production Sound
                        TONY DAWE, RANDY THOM
                            Boom Operators
                    DAVID BATCHELOR, DAVID PARKER
                           Sound Assistants
                        SHEP DAWE, JIM MANSON
                           Audio Engineers
      T.M. CHRISTOPHER, KRIS HANDWERK, TOM JOHNSON, BRIAN KELLY,
       ROBERT MARTY, SCOTT ROBINSON, DENNIE THORPE, JOHN WATSON
                      Post-Production Assistants
    CATHERINE COOMBS, K.C. HODENFIELD, JAMES KESSLER, SUSAN LEAHY
                            English Lyrics
                           JOSEPH WILLIAMS
                           Huttesse Lyrics
                            ANNIE ARBOGAST
                            Ewokese Lyrics
                              BEN BURTT
                         Re-Recording Mixers
           GARY SUMMER, ROGER SAVAGE, BEN BURTT, RANDY THOM
                           Music Recording
                            ERIC TOMLINSON
                            Orchestrations
                          HERBERT W. SPENCER
                       Supervising Music Editor
                           KENNETH WANNBERG
                        Re-Recording Engineer
                           TOMLINSON HOLMAN
                        Assistant Film Editors
       STEVE STARKEY, CONRAD BUFF, PHIL SANDERSON, NICK HOSKER,
                    DEBRA McDERMOTT, CLIVE HARTLEY
                        Sound Effects Editors
              RICHARD BURROW, TERESA ECKTON, KEN FISHER
                           Dialogue Editors
           LAUREL LADEVICH, CURT SCHULKEY, BONNIE KOEHLER,
                         VICKIE ROSE SAMPSON
                       Assistant Sound Editors
   CHRIS WEIR, BILL MANN, GLORIA BORDERS, SUZANNE FOX, KATHY RYAN,
                   NANCY JENKS, MARY HELEN LEASMAN

                        Production Supervisor
                            DOUGLAS TWIDDY
                         Production Executive
                         ROBERT LATHAM BROWN
                       Unit Production Manager
                             MIKI HERMAN
                     Assistant Production Manager
                             PATRICA CARR
                        Associate to Producer
                          LOUIS G. FRIEDMAN

            First Assistant Director/Second Unit Director
                            DAVID TOMBLIN
                      Second Assistant Directors
       ROY BUTTON, MICHEAL STEELE, CHRIS NEWMAN, RUSSELL LODGE
                         Production Assistant
                              IAN BRYCE
                       Production Co-Ordinator
                              LATA RYAN
                       Co-Ordination Assistants
                     SUNNI KERWIN, GAIL SAMUELSON
                          Script Supervisor
                         PAMELA MANN FRANCIS
                      Location Script Supervisor
                              BOB FOREST
                          Stunt Co-Ordinator
                            GLENN RANDALL
                            Stunt Arranger
                            PETER DIAMOND
                               Casting
                         MARY SELWAY BUCKLEY
                           Location Casting
                        DAVE EMAN, BILL LYTLE
                     Assistants to Mr. Kazanjian
                  KATHLEEN HARTNEY ROSS, BETTY SHARP
                        Assistant to Mr. Bloom
                            JOHN SYRJAMAKI
                        Assistant to Mr. Lucas
                               JANE BAY
                      Assistant to Mr. Marquand
                          LEILA KIRKPATRICK
                            Choreographer
                           GILLIAN GREGORY
                        Location Choreographer
                             WENDY ROGERS

                        Production Controller
                            ARTHUR CARROLL
                        Production Accountant
                          MARGARET MITCHELL
                        Production Accountant
                             COLIN HURREN
                        Assistant Accountants
     SHEALA DANIELL, BARBARA HARLEY, SIAN WILLIAMS, ALEX MATCHAM
                         Location Accountants
        DIANE DANKWARDT, PINKI RAGAN, DICK WRIGHT, SUSAN ROYAL

                     Transportation Co-Ordinator
                            GENE SCHWARTZ
                       Transportation Captains
                    JOHN FEINBLATT, H. LEE NOBLITT
                    Studio Transportation Managers
                       VIC MINAY, MARK LA BONGE
                           Location Contact
                             LENNIE FIKE
                         Still Photographers
                   ALBERT CLARKE, RALPH NELSON JR.
                            Unit Publicist
                            GORDON ARNELL
                         Assistant Publicist
                              JUNE BROOM
                              Marketing
                     SIDNEY GANIS, SUSAN TREMBLY
                      Photographic Co-Ordinators
                      BARB LAKIN, KATHY WIPPERT
                               Research
                             DEBORAH FINE

                      Special Effects Supervisor
                             ROY ARBOGAST
                        Special Effect Foreman
                          WILLIAM DAVID LEE
                   Special Effects Floor Controller
                             IAN WINGROVE
                      Senior Effects Technicians
               PETER DAWSON, RODNEY FULLER, NEIL SWAN,
                    TREVOR NEIGHBOUR, DAVID WATSON
                     Chief Electronics Technician
                               RON HONE
                     Special Effects Technicians
         KEN GITTENS, BARRY WHITROD, JOHN HATT, TERRY GLASS,
        YVES DE BONO, STEVE LLOYD, ROGER NICHOLS, PAUL KNOWLES
                           Wire Specialists
                      BOB HARMAN, STEVE CRAWLEY
                       Location Special Effects
    KEVIN PIKE, MIKE WOOD, DAVID SIMMONS, GARY ZINK, EDDIE SURKIN,
           JOHN STIRBER, BRUNO VAN ZEEBROECK, JOHN CHAPOT,
                  WILLIAM KLINGER JR. DONALD CHADLER
                         Electrical Engineer
                              TERRY COX
                         Effects Co-Ordinator
                              JOHN BAKER
                          Effects Secretary
                             REBECCA WEST

                  MINIATURE AND OPTICAL EFFECTS UNIT
                      INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC

                    Optical Photography Supervisor
                           BRUCE NICHOLSON
                          Effects Cameramen
       DON DOW, MICHAEL J. McALISTER, BILL NEIL, SCOTT FARRAR,
     SELWYN EDDY III, MICHAEL OWENS, ROBERT ELSWIT, RICK FICHTER,
            STEWART BARBEE, MARK GREDELL, DAVID HARDBURGER
                         Assistant Cameramen
  PAT SWEENEY, KIM MARKS, ROBERT HILL, RAY GILBERTI, RANDY JOHNSON,
     PATRICK McARDLE, PETER DAULTON, BESSIE WILEY, MARYAN EVANS,
               TOBY HEIDEL, DAVID FINCHER, PETER ROMANO
                      Optical Printer Operators
         JOHN ELIS, DAVID BERRY, KENNETH SMITH, DONALD CLARK,
                        MARK VARGO, JAMES LIM
                           Optical Line-Up
      TOM ROSSETER, ED L. JONES, RALPH GORDON, PHILIP BARBERIO,
               PEG HUNTER, MARY WALTER, MICHAEL SHANNON
                           Lab Technicians
             TIM GEIDEMAN, DUNCAN MYERS, MICHAEL S. MOORE

                     Art Directors-Visual Effects
                             JOE JOHNSTON
                        Production Illustrator
                            GEORGE JENSON
                         Stop Motion Animator
                            TOM ST. AMAND
                      Matte Painting Supervisor
                          MICHAEL PANGRAZIO
                        Matte Painting Artists
                       CHRIS EVANS, FRANK ORDAZ
                          Matte Photography
                      NEIL KREPELA, CRAIG BARRON
                          Chief Model Makers
   PAUL HUSTON, CHARLES BAILEY, MICHAEL GLENN FULMER, EASE OWYEUNG
                             Model Makers
      WILLIAM MARSHALL, SEAN CASEY, LARRY TAN, BARBARA GALLUCCI,
  JEFF MANN, IRA KEELER, BILL BECK, MIKE COCHRANE, BARBARA AFFONSO,
   BILL BUTTERFIELD, MARCHI McMAHON, RANDY OTTENBERG, ROBERT BOVILL
                        Modelshop Supervisors
                     LORNE PETERSON, STEVE GAWLEY
                         Animation Supervisor
                             JAMES KEEFER
                        Head Effects Animators
                   GARRY WALLER, KIMBERLY KNOWLTON
                          Effects Animators
 TERRY WINDELL, RENEE HOLT, MIKE LESSA, SAMUEL COMSTOCK, ROB LA DUCA,
     ANNICK THERRIEN, SUKI STERN, MARGOT PIPKIN, JOHN ARMSTRONG,
          REBECCA PETRULLI, DARRYL STUDBAKER, PHILIP NORWOOD

                  Supervising Visual Effects Editor
                            ARTHUR REPOLA
                        Visual Effects Editors
             HOWARD STEIN, PETER AMUNDSON, BILL KIMBERLIN
                   Assistant Visual Effects Editors
   ROBERT CHRISOULIS, MICHAEL GLEASON, JAY IGNASZEWSKI, JOE CLASS,
                      TERRY PECK, DANIEL CANDIB

                         General Manager, ILM
                              TOM SMITH
                        Production Supervisor
                        PATRICIA ROSE DUIGNAN
                       Production Co-Ordinators
                   WARREN FRANKLIN, LAURIE VERMONT
                         Administrative Staff
       CHRISSE ENGLAND, LAURA KAYSEN, PAULA KARSH, KAREN AYERS,
    SONJA PAULSON, KAREN DUBE, ED BREED, LES THALER, MIKE COOPER,
                         NED GORMAN, RON FODE
                        Production Assistants
         SUSAN FRITZ-MONAHAN, KATHY SHINE, GEOFFREY DeVALOIS
                     Supervisor-Still Photography
                            TERRY CHOSTNER
                         Still Photographers
                   ROBERTO McGRATH, KERRY MORDQUIST
                     Electronic System Designers
                      JERRY JEFFRESS, KRIS BROWN
                         Electronic Engineers
                    MIKE MacKENZIE, MARTY BRENNEIS
                          Computer Graphics
                       WILLIAM REEVES, TOM DUFF
                   Equipment Engineering Supervisor
                            GENE WHITEMAN
                              Machinists
                     UDO PAMPEL, CONRAD BONDERSON
                        Apprentice Machinists
                       DAVID HANKS, CHRIS RAND
                           Design Engineer
                             MIKE BOLLES
                       Equipment Support Staff
    WADE CHILDRESS, MICHAEL J. SMITH, CRISTI McCARTHY, ED TENNLER
                     Supervising Stage Technician
                             TED MOEHNKE
                            Stage Foreman
                         PATRICK FITZSIMMONS
                          Stage Technicians
  BOB FINLEY III, ED HIRSH, JOHN McLEOD, PETER STOLZ, DAVE CHILDERS,
          HAROLD COLE, MERLIN OHM, JOE FULMER, LANCE BRAKETT
                           Pyrotechnicians
                       THAINE MORRIS, DAVE PIER
                     Steadicam Plate Photography
                             GARRET BROWN
                     Ultra High Speed Photography
                        BRUCE HILL PRODUCTIONS
                             Color Timers
                      JIM SCHURMANN, BOB HAGANS
                           Negative Cutter
                          SUNRISE FILM INC.
                      Additional Optical Effects
       LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN FILMS, PACIFIC TITLE, MONACO FILM LABS,
      CALIFORNIA FILM, VISUAL CONCEPTS ENGINEERING, MOVIE MAGIC,
                      VAN der VEER PHOTO EFFECTS

                                EWOKS

MARGO APOSTOCOS                                 LINDA BOWLEY
RAY ARMSTRONG                                   PETER BURROUGHS
EILEEN BAKER                                    DEBBIE CARRINGTON
MICHAEL H. BALHAM                               MAUREEN CHARLTON
BOBBIE BELL                                     WILLIAM COPPEN
PATTY BELL                                      SADIE CORRIE
ALAN BENNETT                                    TONY COX
SARAH BENNETT                                   JOHN CUMMING
PAMELA BETTS                                    JEAN D'AGOSTINO
DAN BLACKNER                                    LUIS DE JESUS
DEBBIE DIXON                                    JOHN LUMMISS
MARGARITA FERNANDEZ                             NANCY MACLEAN
PHIL FONDACARO                                  PETER MANDELL
SAL FONDACARO                                   CAROLE MORRIS
TONY FRIEL                                      STACY NICHOLS
DAN FRISHMAN                                    CHRIS NUNN
JOHN GAVAM                                      BARBARA O'LAUGHLIN
MICHAEL GILDEN                                  BRIAN ORENSTIEN
PAUL GRANT                                      HARRELL PARKER JR.
LARS GREEN                                      JOHN PEDRICK
LYDIA GREEN                                     APRIL PERKINS
PAM GRIZZ                                       RONNIE PHILLIPS
ANDREW HERD                                     KATIE PERVIS
J. J. JACKSON                                   CAROL READ
GLYNN JONES                                     NICHOLAS READ
RICHARD JONES                                   DIANA REYNOLDS
TREVOR JONES                                    DANIEL RODGERS
KAREN LAY                                       CHRIS ROMANO
DEAN SHACKENFORD                                JOSEPHINE STADDON
KIRAN SHAH                                      KEVIN THOMPSON
FELIX SILLA                                     KENDRA WALL
LINDA SPRIGGS                                   BRIAN WHEELER
GERARLD STADDON                                 BUTCH WILHELM

                             Mime Artists
 FRANK ANDERSON, AILSA BERK, SEAN CRAWFORD, ANDY CUNNINGHAM, TIM DRY,
      GRAEME HATTRICK, PHIL HERBERT, GERALD HOME, PAUL SPRINGER

                           Stunt Performers
BOB ANDERSON, DIRK YOHAN BEER, MORC BOYLE, MIKE CASSIDY, TRACY EDDON,
 SANDRA GROSS, TED GROSSMAN, FRANK HENSON, LARRY HOLT, BILL HORRIGAN,
      ALF JOINT, JULIUS LEFLORE, COLIN SKEAPING, MALCOM WEAVER,
                PAUL WESTON, BOB YERKES, DAN ZORMEIER

 Thanks to the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management
                      and National Park Service
         Photographed in Buttercup Valley, Death Valley, and
                     Smith River, California and
              EMI-Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England
            Cameras and Lenses by Joe Dunton Cameras Ltd.
       Aerial Camera System by Wesscam Camera Systems (Europe)
          Lighting Equipment and Crew from Lee Electic Ltd.
       Production Vehicles Courtesy of GMC Truck and Oldsmobile
     Location Service by Cinemobile  Air Transportation by PAN AM
Re-Recording at Sprocket Systems  Music Recoring at Anvil-Abbey Road Studio
    Special Visual Effects Produced at Industrial Light and Magic,
                       Marin County, California
          Color by Rank Film Laboratories  Prints by Deluxe

                       Recorded in DOLBY STEREO

     A Lucasfilm Ltd. Production  A Twentieth Century-Fox Release

           Music Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra

             Original Soundtrack on RSO Records and Tapes
                  Novelization from Ballantine Books
          TM & Lucasfilm Ltd (LFL) 1983 All Rights Reserved
MPAA CODE NO. 26991 MPAA RATING: PG  Running Time: 2 hours 13 minutes