Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

unused footage: scenes 181 - 200

181 - INT. COCKPIT - REBEL TRANSPORT The pilots are getting nervous, the captain leans over to the other one. CAPTAIN I don't know if there's anyone left alive in there. Give it one more try. PILOT Control unit 33, this is transport XJ ... we can't wait any longer .... 182 - INT. ICE CORRIDOR Han pulls his com-link out and talks as he runs. HAN Hello, XJ! They're coming now ... Suddenly there is an explosion, a loud crack. Han turns, grabs the Princess and pulls her to the wall as a giant cave-in smothers the two controllers. Han grabs his com-link as Leia helps Threepio dig himself out of the snow. HAN Transport XJ. Get out of here. Go! THREEPIO The energy shield is down. We'll be stuck here forever. 183 - EXT. REBEL GUN EMPLACEMENT - HOTH The icy wind picks up as the battle rages. Rebel and Imperial troops are firing at each other at point blank range. 184 - EXT. SNOW BY REBEL GUN EMPLACEMENT - HOTH A walker steps on several rebel troops as they attempt to flee. 185 - EXT. REBEL GUN EMPLACEMENT A rebel officer puts his hand to his helmet earphone in an attempt to hear his com-link. COM-LINK Disengage - Disengage - Ships away. Begin retreat action. The officer flips a switch on his com-link and a loud whistle is heard. He signals his men to retreat. 186 - EXT. BATTLEFIELD - HOTH LOW ANGLE MEDIUM SHOT of Walker No. 1 as it advances at camera, going slightly right to left. The smoldering walker that Luke just blasted stands dead in its tracks in the background. 195 - INT. WALKER NO. 1 - COCKPIT CLOSE-UP VEERS inside Walker No. 1 cockpit. He speaks over the com-link as he studies various readouts. VEERS .... yes, Lord Vader. I've reached the main power generators and I'm destroying them now. The shield will be down in moments. You may start your landing .... PILOT Look out! Veers looks out the cockpit window. 196 - EXT. BATTLEFIELD - HOTH FULL SHOT of Hobbie's speeder, Rogue Four, as it races over camera right at the head of the oncoming walker. Go to Image Gallery ... 197 - INT. WALKER NO. 1 - COCKPIT OVER THE SHOULDER of Veers and his pilots as the speeder crashes into the front window. PILOT He's going to .... 1 Impact, huge explosion. 198 - EXT. BATTLEFIELD - HOTH FULL SHOT of Walker No. 1 with head exploding and frying into a million pieces. 199 - EXT. BATTLEFIELD - HOTH FULL SHOT Walker No. 1. After a few moments the headless walker topples over on its side in a cloud of snow. 200 - EXT. BATTLEFIELD - HOTH The clamor of battle is heard in the distance. Stray laser bolts whiz past. Debris and rubble are scattered everywhere. Nearby stands the burned-out hulk of No. 2 Walker Luke destroyed, hatches and metal parts clanking in the chilly Hoth wind. Sources: 1 - "Bantha Tracks" #14; image courtesy of Evan Strikes Back.

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