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1980
Le téléchargement nécessite un accès à la bibliothèque YouScribe Tout savoir sur nos offres
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Publié par
Publié le
01 janvier 1980
Nombre de lectures
282
Licence :
Langue
English
A Star Destroyer moves through space, releasing Imperial probe robots from its underside.
One of these probes zooms toward the planet Hoth and lands on its ice- covered surface.An explosion marks the point of impact.
EXT. HOTH - METEORITE CRATER - SNOW PLAIN - DAY
A weird mechanical sound rises above the whining of the wind.A strange probe robot, with several extended sensors, emerges from the smoke-shrouded crater.The ominous mechanical probe floats across the snow plain and disappears into the distance.
EXT. PLAIN OF HOTH - DAY
A small figure gallops across the windswept ice slope.The bundled rider is mounted on a large gray snow lizard, a Tauntaun.Curving plumes of snow rise from beneath the speeding paws of the two-legged beast.
The rider gallops up a slope and reins his lizard to a stop.Pulling off his protective goggles, Luke Skywalker notices something in the sky.He takes a pair of electrobinoculars from his utility belt and through them sees smoke rising from where the probe robot has crashed.
The wind whips at Luke's fur-lined cap and he activates a comlink transmitter.His Tauntaun shifts and moans nervously beneath him.
(into comlink)
Echo Three to Echo Seven.Han, old buddy, do you read me?
After a little static a familiar voice is heard.
(over comlink)
Loud and clear, kid.What's up?
(into comlink)
Well, I finished my circle.I don't pick up any life readings.
(over comlink)
There isn't enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser. The sensors are placed, I'm going back.
(into comlink)
Right.I'll see you shortly. There's a meteorite that hit the ground near here.I want to check it out.It won't take long.
Luke clicks off his transmitter and reins back on his nervous lizard. He pats the beast on the head to calm it.
Hey, steady girl.What's the matter?You smell something?
Luke takes a small device from his belt and starts to adjust it when suddenly a large shadow falls over him from behind.He hears a monstrous howl and turns to see an eleven-foot-tall shape towering over him.It is a Wampa Ice Creature, lunging at him ferociously.
Aaargh!
Luke grabs for his pistol, but is hit flat in the face by a huge white claw.He falls unconscious into the snow and in a moment the terrified screams of the Tauntaun are cut short by the horrible snap of a neck being broken.
The Wampa Ice Creature grabs Luke by one ankle and drags him away across the frozen plain.
EXT. HOTH - REBEL BASE ENTRANCE - DAY
A stalwart figure rides his Tauntaun up to the entrance of an enormous ice cave.
INT. HOTH - REBEL BASE - MAIN HANGAR DECK
Rebel troopers rush about unloading supplies and otherwise securing their new base.The rider, Han Solo, swings off his lizard and pulls off his goggles.
He walks into the main hangar deck toward the Millennium Falcon, which is parked among several fighters.Mechanics, R2 units, and various other droids hurry about.Han stops at the Millennium Falcon where his Wookiee copilot, Chewbacca, is welding on a central lifter.Chewie stops his work and lifts his face shield, growling an irritated greeting to his boss.
Chewie!
The Wookiee grumbles a reply.
All right, don't lose your temper. I'll come right back and give you a hand.
Chewbacca puts his mask back on and returns to his welding as Han leaves.
INT. HOTH - REBEL BASE - COMMAND CENTER
A makeshift command center has been set up in a blasted area of thick ice.The low-ceilinged room is a beehive of activity. Controllers, troops, and droids move about setting up electronic equipment and monitoring radar signals.
General Rieekan straightens up from a console at Han's approach.
Solo?
No sign of life out there, General. The sensors are in place.You'll know if anything comes around.
Commander Skywalker reported in yet?
No.He's checking out a meteorite that hit near him.
(indicates radar screen) With all the meteor activity in this system, it's going to be difficult to spot approaching ships.
Taking a deep breath, Han blurts out what is on his mind.
General, I've got to leave.I can't stay anymore.
Princess Leia, standing at a console nearby, is dressed in a short white combat jacket and pants.Her hair is braided across her head in a Nordic fashion.She overhears theirconversation and seems somewhat distressed.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Well, there's a price on my head. If I don't pay off Jabba the Hut, I'm a dead man.
A death mark's not an easy thing to live with.You're a good fighter, Solo.I hate to lose you.
Thank you, General.
He turns to Leia as Rieekan moves away.
(with feeling)
Well, Your Highness, I guess this is it.
That's right.
Leia is angry.Han sees she has no warmth to offer him.He shakes his head and adopts a sarcastic tone.
(cooly)
Well, don't get all mushy on me. So long, Princess.
Han walks away into the quiet corridor adjoining the command center. Leia stews a moment, then hurries after him.
INT. HOTH - REBEL BASE - ICE CORRIDOR
Han!
Han stops in the corridor and turns to face Leia.
Yes, Your Highnessness?
I thought you decided to stay.
Well, the bounty hunter we ran into on Ord Mantell changed my mind.
Han, we need you!
We?
Yes.
Oh, what about you need?
(mystified)
I need?I don't know what you're talking about.
(shakes his head, fed up) You probably don't.
And what precisely am I supposed to know?
Come on!You want me to stay because of the way you feel about me.
Yes.You're a great help to us. You're a natural leader...
No!That's not it.Come on. Aahhh - uh huh!Come on.
Leia stares at him, understanding, then laughs.
You're imagining things.
Am I?Then why are you following me?Afraid I was going to leave without giving you a goodbye kiss?
I'd just as soon kiss a Wookiee.
I can arrange that.You could use a good kiss!
Angrily, Han strides down the corridor as Leia stares after him.
INT. HOTH - REBEL BASE - ANOTHER ICE CORRIDOR
A familiar stream of beeps and whistles herald the approach of Artoo- Detoo and See-Threepio, who appear around a corner and move along an ice wall toward the main hangar.
Don't try to blame me.I didn't ask you to turn on the thermal heater.I merely commented that it was freezing in the princess' chamber.But it's supposed to be freezing.How are we going to dry out all her clothes?I really don't know.
Artoo beeps a stream of protesting whistles.
Oh, switch off.
INT. HOTH - REBEL BASE - MAIN HANGAR DECK
The two robots stop at Han Solo's space freighter.Han and Chewie are struggling with their central lifters.
(to Chewie)
Why do you take this apart now? I'm trying to get us out of here and you pull both of these.
Chewie grumbles in irritation.
Excuse me, sir.
(to Chewie)
Put them back together right now.
Might I have a word with you, please?
What do you want?
Well, it's Princess Leia, sir. She's been trying to get you on the communicator.
I turned it off.I don't want to talk to her.
Oh.Well, Princess Leia is wondering about Master Luke.He hasn't come back yet.She doesn't know where he is.
I don't know where he is.
Nobody knows where he is.
What do you mean, "nobody knows"?
Han glances at the fading light at the entrance of the ice cave as night slowly begins to fall on the planet.
Well, uh, you see...
Han jumps down off the lift, as Threepio follows him.
Deck Officer.Deck Officer!
Excuse me, sir.Might I inqu...
Han abruptly puts his hand over Threepio's mouth as the deck officer approaches.
Yes, sir?
Do you know where Commander Skywalker is?
I haven't seen him.It's possible he came in through the south entrance.
It's possible?Why don't you go find out?It's getting dark out there.
Yes, sir.
The deck officer leaves hurriedly, as Han takes his hand off Threepio's mouth.
Excuse me, sir.Might I inquire what's going on?
Why not?
Impossible man.Come along, Artoo, let's find Princess Leia.Between ourselves, I think Master Luke is in considerable danger.
INT. HOTH - REBEL BASE - MAIN ICE TUNNEL
The deck officer and his assistant hurry toward Han as he enters the tunnel.
Sir, Commander Skywalker hasn't come in through the south entrance. He might have forgotten to check in.
Not likely.Are the speeders ready?
Not yet.We're having some trouble adapting them to the cold.
Then we'll have to go out on Tauntauns.
Sir, the temperature's dropping too rapidly.
That's right.And my friends out in it.
I'll cover sector twelve.Have com-control set screen alpha.
Han pushes through the troops and mounts a Tauntaun.
Your Tauntaun'll freeze before you reach the first marker.
Then I'll see you in hell!
Han maneuvers his mount out of the cave and races into the dark bitter night.
EXT. HOTH - ICE GORGE - DUSK
The jagged face of a huge ice wall sits gloomily in the dim twilight of a Hoth day.Luke hangs upside down, ankles frozen into icy stalactites, his extended arms within a foot of the snow floor.One side of his face is covered in a dried mask of frozen blood.He opens his eyes as a chilling moan of the hideous ice creature echoes off the gorge walls.Luke pulls himself up, grabs hold of his ankles, and futilely tries to unfasten the throngs.
Exhausted, he drops back into his hanging position.As he hangs there, he spies his lightsaber lying near a pile of his discarded gear, about three feet out of reach.
He focuses on the saber and, as his hand strains toward the weapon, he squeezes his eyes tight in concentration.
Just as the ice creature looms over Luke, the lightsaber jumps into Luke's hand.
The young warrior instantly ignites his sword, swinging up, and cuts himself loose from the ice.He flops to the snow in a heap.The startled creature moves back, his giant yellow eyes blinking.Luke scrambles to his feet.He swings his lightsaber and the beast screams in pain.
EXT. HOTH - ENTRANCE TO ICE GORGE - DUSK
Luke staggers out of the gorge into the dark and snowy twilight.Weak and exhausted, he stumbles down a snow bank.
EXT. HOTH - SNOW PLAIN - DUSK
A small, lone figure riding a Tauntaun races through the hostile vastness of snow and cold.As it runs, the Tauntaun's legs kick up large clouds of snow and ice into the snowy air.
EXT. HOTH - OUTSIDE ICEHANGAR - DUSK
Artoo stands in the falling snow, beeping worriedly.Threepio moves stiffly over to him.
You must come along now, Artoo. There's really nothing more we can do.And my joints are freezing up.
Artoo beeps, long and low.
Don't say thing like that!Of course we'll see Master Luke again. He'll be quite all right, you'll see. (to himself) Stupid little short-circuit.He'll be quite all right.
Threepio turns to go back inside the main hangar as Artoo mournfully keeps his vigil.
EXT. HOTH - SNOW DRIFT - DUSK
The wind is blowing quite strong now.Luke struggles to stay upright, but a blast of freezing snow knocks him over.He struggles to get up, but he can't.The young warrior from Tatooine drags himself a couple of feet and then collapses.
INT. REBEL BASE - MAIN HANGAR DECK - ENTRANCE - NIGHT
Princess Leia stands inside the dark entrance to the Rebel base, waiting for a sign of the two Rebel heroes.She shivers in the cold wind as, nearby, Chewie sits with his head in his hands.In the background, Artoo and Threepio move through the doors.
A Rebel lieutenant moves to Major Derlin, an officer keeping watch with the princess.
Sir, all the patrols are in. There's still no contact from Skywalker or Solo.
Mistress Leia, Artoo says he's been quite unable to pick up any signals, although he does admit that his own range is far too weak to abandon all hope.
Leia nods an acknowledgment, but she is lost in thought.
Your Highness, there's nothing more we can do tonight.The shield doors must be closed.
He turns to the lieutenant.
Close the doors.
Yes, sir.
The lieutenant walks away.Chewie lets out a long, mournful howl, somewhat like a coyote.At the same moment, Artoo begins a complex series of efficient beeps.
Artoo says the chances of survival are seven hundred seventy-five... to one.
Leia stands praying to herself as the huge metal doors slam across the entrance of the ice cave.The loud booms echo throughout the huge cavern.Chewie lets out another suffering howl.
Actually, Artoo has been known to make mistakes... from time to time. Oh, dear, oh, dear.Don't worry about Master Luke.I'm sure he'll be all right.He's quite clever, you know... for a human being.
EXT. HOTH - SNOW DRIFT - DUSK
Luke lies face down in the snow, nearly unconscious.Slowly he looks up and sees Ben Kenobi, barely visible through the blowing snow.It is hard to tell if Kenobi is real or a hallucination.
Luke... Luke.
(weakly)
Ben?
You will go to the Dagobah system.
Dagobah system?
There you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi Master who instructed me.
The image of Ben fades, revealing a lone Tauntaun rider approaching from the windswept horizon.
(groaning faintly)
Ben... Ben.
Luke drops into unconsciousness.
Han pulls up and leaps off his mount.He hurries to his snow-covered friend, cradling him in his arms.Han's Tauntaun lets out a low, pitiful bellow.But Han's concern is with Luke, and he shakes him urgently.
Luke!Luke!Don't do this, Luke. Come on, give me a sign here.
Luke doesn't respond.Han begins frantically rubbing and slapping Luke's unconscious face.As he starts to lift the youth, Han hears a rasping sound behind him.He turns, just in time to see his Tauntaun stagger and then fall over into the snow.