Willow

W I L L O W "WILLOW" Story by George Lucas Screenplay by Bob Dolman First Draft Third Revision November 14, 1986 (c) LFL 1986 Lucasfilm LTD. All Rights Reserved Act I FADE IN: EXT.. NOCKMAAR CASTLE - DAY Under gloomy sky a huge fortress looms on a volcanic mountainside.From within WE HEAR the agonizing scream of a woman giving birth. INT.. NOCKMAAR CASTLE - DAY The scream continues as WE MOVE THROUGH the grim corri- dors of the castle TOWARD stairs leading down to a dungeon. INT.. DUNGEON - DAY Silhouetted in sadows, three Nockmaar MINIONS stand guard.In a jail cell, sex fully pregnant WOMEN watch from behind iron bars.The screaming stops.There's a moment of silence.As WE MOVE INTO another jail cell WE HEAR a slap and the first cry of a newborn BABY. In the cell a black-robed DRUID watches intensely as ETHNA, a midwife, leans over the MOTHER and wraps the baby in swaddling. DRUID Is it a girl? ETHNA It is a girl. DRUID Show me its arm. Ethna peels back the swaddling.On the baby's arm is a small marking. DRUID It's true then.I must tell Queen Bavmorda. With great urgency the druid hurries up the dungeon stairs.Ethna gently places the baby on the mother's breast.The mother comforst the baby lovingly until it stops crying.Then she reaches out and clasps the midwife's wrist. MOTHER Ethna, please.Help me.They're going to kill my baby. Ethna nervously looks out at the guards, then shakes her head at the mother. ETHNA They'll kill you. MOTHER Please save my baby.