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Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

unused footage: scenes 341 - 360


352 - INT. CORRIDOR - CLOUD CITY - DAY - BESPIN

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LANDO CALRISSIAN, a suave, dashing black man in his thirties leads a group of aides and some Cloud City guards rapidly toward the landing platform. The group, like the other citizens of the city, is a motley collection of aliens, droids, and humans of all descriptions. Lando has a grim expression on his face as he moves onto the landing platform.
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360 - INT. LIVING QUARTERS - CLOUD CITY - DAY - BESPIN

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HAN
Well, I don't trust him, either. But he is my friend. Besides, we'll soon be gone.

LEIA
And then you're as good as gone, aren't you?

Not speaking, Han considers her words and gazes at her troubled face. 4

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LEIA
I hope Luke made it to the fleet all right.

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HAN
Luke! I'm sure he's fine. Probably sitting around wondering what we're doing right now.

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Han puts his arm around her. They are ready to kiss.
The door zaps open. Chewbacca walks in carrying a packing case of Threepio, arms and legs hanging over the edge.



Sources:
1 - ESB trailer #2, Star Wars Trilogy: The Definitive Collection - THX Laserdisc Box Set. 1993, FoxVideo, Inc.
2, 4 - as scripted in The Empire Strikes Back Notebook, Diana Attias and Lindsay Smith, eds. Ballantine Books, 1980.
3 - Star Wars Chronicles, published by Chronicle Books, 1997.
5, 6, 8 - The Star Wars Insider, Issue #49, May/June 2000.
7 - the Official Star Wars Website.


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