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Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
unused footage: scenes 41 - 60
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unused footage: scenes 41 - 60
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42 - INT. MEDICAL CENTER - REBEL BASE
Strange ROBOT SURGEONS adjust a mass of electronic equipment. A switch is thrown and a sudden blinding flash obscures Luke in a chamber filled with a thick, gelatinous red slime. Luke begins to thrash about, raving in his delirium. 43 - INT. MEDICAL CENTER OBSERVATION ROOM - REBEL BASE 
2Leia, Threepio, and Chewbacca are watching from a glassed-off room next door, where Han is resting on a cushioned medical table. They can hear the mechanical surgeons working and Luke's ravings on a speaker in the room. LUKE Watch out ... snow creatures ... dangerous ... Yoda ... go to Yoda ... only hope ... must survive .... Han raises himself on the table, listening to Luke. Chewbacca makes him lie back down, then BARKS a comment in reference to Luke. HAN He doesn't make sense to me either, Chewie.
THREEPIO I do hope he's all there ... if you take my meaning. I would hate to see Master Luke develop a short circuit ... HAN The kid ran into something mean, and it wasn't the cold. LEIA Those creatures he keeps talking about ... we'd better double the security ... Han, I don't know how ... HAN Forget it. TOO-ONEBEE (2-1B), a surgeon droid, enters the room. TOO-ONEBEE He had gone into dormo-shock, almost hibernation. But he's responding to the Bacta. We'll bring him through. Leia breathes a sigh of relief. Chewie lets out a long GRUNT of approval. LEIA Now all we've got to worry about is what attacked him. HAN No kidding. If this snowball's got nasty natives, they could be anywhere. Chewie WHINES, looks around. HAN That's right, Chewie, inside the base. Go to Image Gallery ... 44 - INT. CORRIDOR - REBEL BASE The drip, drip, drip of melting ice echoes throughout the long eerie corridor. 
3A trooper walks by, followed at a short distance by Artoo, who rolls along whistling to himself. Behind him, a Wampa Ice Monster suddenly appears from out of the wall and begins following the little droid. Up ahead Artoo sees several troopers begin to act rather strangely, pointing at him and yelling. This puzzles Artoo, and he stops for a moment to figure it out. Far in the distance, alarms begin to go off. Artoo comes to a conclusion, spins his head around and sees the Ice Monster staring down at him. The droid lets out a screech and races down the hall at full tilt ahead of the advancing monster. A small troop of soldiers has gathered at the end of the hallway with weapons. Artoo races through the armed gathering as the creature screams and charges the troopers, laser bolts exploding around him.
Artoo peeks from around a corner in time to see several troopers hurled against the walls like rag dolls.
Two soldiers fire a laser bazooka at the monster and it is obscured by an enormous explosion. The smoke clears. The silence is spooky. The Ice Monster stands seemingly dumbstruck. Artoo gives a short, worried beep. The creature topples over in a dead heap. 
7A cheer goes up from Artoo and the troopers as they converge to inspect the fallen creature. A young CORPORAL pulls his com-link off his belt and speaks into it. CORPORAL We got it, sir, but there may be more. 45 - INT. COMMAND CENTER - REBEL BASE Alarms buzz softly in the background. The entire command center is on full alert. General Rieekan is conferring with the HEAD CONTROLLER as Han and Leia enter the room. Threepio and Chewie follow. LEIA Have they analyzed the one that was killed? RIEEKAN Not yet. They're working on it now. Another alarm goes off at a console behind them and the SENSOR CONTROLLER at that spot calls across the room. SENSOR CONTROLLER General! Rieekan leaves the group as they continue ... HEAD CONTROLLER It won't be long before our sensors will be able to track them. THREEPIO It figures Artoo would be in the middle of this. HAN It's going to be a little tricky around here until we know where they're coming form. 46 - INT. COMMAND CENTER BY CONSOLE - REBEL BASE Rieekan looks up grimly from the console in the background. He calls over to Leia and Han. RIEEKAN We have a visitor. The group hurries over to Rieekan. ... A new VOICE comes over the com-link. TROOPER VOICE This is station five and we have your object on our scopes ... It's just over the ridge, we should have visual contact in about ... What the? ... Oh no! The transmission ends in static. HAN Whatever it is, it isn't friendly. I'm going to have a look. Come on, Chewie. ... 47 - EXT. SNOW PLAIN - OVER REBEL BASE - HOTH - DAY The dark probe robot moves past the smoldering ruins of the station fire and down a ridge toward the rebel base. 48 - EXT. SNOW PLAIN - SPEEDER - OVER REBEL BASE - HOTH - DAY The robot stops when it sees in the distance a tiny speeder racing toward it followed by several other speeders. A large antenna projects skyward from the robot's top and it begins to send out a PIERCING SIGNAL. 49 - EXT. SNOW DUNE - SPEEDER - HOTH - DAY The speeder disappears behind a snow dune. 50 - EXT SNOW PLAIN - OVER REBEL BASE - HOTH - DAY The sinister robot continues to send out its high pitched signal while frantically searching the landscape for the rebel speeders. 51 - EXT. SNOW PLAIN - OVER REBEL BASE - HOTH - DAY Shortly, Chewbacca pops his head over a snow bank not thirty feet away. The robot swings around, its deadly ray ready to fire. But before it can get a shot off, it is hit from behind by a laser bolt, and explodes in a million pieces. 56 - INT. ICE CORRIDOR - REBEL BASE - HOTH Artoo and Threepio are moving by a steel door on which an X had been painted. From behind it come intermittent THUMPS and ROARS. 
8THREEPIO ... It seems the snow creatures are attracted to a high-pitched whistle. That's how they're being drawn to this trap. Artoo WHISTLES his understanding as he stands before the door. Immediately the THUMPING on the door picks up. Artoo beeps a question. 
9THREEPIO See your whistles upset them. No, I told you they can't get out! Now will you hurry up? I don't know why I bother ... Threepio moves around a corner. Artoo stares at the door another moment, then proceeds to tell the Ice Monsters off in a burst of beeps and whistles. The THUMPING picks up as Artoo moves casually away. 57 - INT. MEDICAL CENTER - REBEL BASE From the comic adaptation:
TOO-ONEBEE Hold still for one moment, Commander Skywalker ...
TOO-ONEBEE (Cont'd) There, yes... the Bacta are growing well. Those scars should be gone in a day or so. LEIA Luke, does it still hurt you? 16 She brushes the hair out of his eyes and runs her fingers along the scar on his face. ... LUKE I'm fine. Really. Leia ... when I was out there and it looked pretty bad ... well, it made me think about things. LEIA Me too. I was afraid. Their eyes meet. Luke touches her cheek with his hand. LUKE I don't really know how to say this ... I never have before ... Leia, you know how I feel about you ...
She does and it's confusing. Their lips are very close. About to kiss. The door opens noisily and Threepio enters with Artoo. Leia pulls back, startled. Luke realizes the moment has been lost. His mind races for a way to regain it as Leia takes on her more formal manner. The droids are a bothersome distraction; Luke's concentration is on Leia. Artoo beeps a cheerful greeting. THREEPIO Master Luke, it's so good to see you functional again. LUKE Thanks, Threepio. Leia ... Artoo beeps and whistles. THREEPIO Artoo expresses his relief also. LUKE Good. Thanks, Artoo. LEIA (about to leave) You rest now. 
18THREEPIO So much has happened during the period of your indisposition, sir. LEIA I'll be back later. LUKE (anxious to keep her) Leia ... What would you think if I went away for a while? LEIA What did you say?! Leia's reaction is so much bigger and more vociferous than Luke expected, it starts what is to become a growing snowball of confusion for him. LEIA Where are you going? LUKE I have this ... feeling. I'm not sure, really ... LEIA That's just great. Why doesn't everyone just take off? LUKE What are you talking about? LEIA First Han, now you. When am I going to learn not to count on anyone but myself? ... LUKE Han's leaving? LEIA ... I was getting along just fine before I met you two moon jockeys. LUKE Calm down, will ya? Tell me about Han. LEIA He wants to pay off that criminal he's in hock to. LUKE Jabba the Hutt? LEIA (back to her tirade) I could get more loyalty if I went down the hall and recruited some of those snow creatures. LUKE Snow creatures ... they're here?! THREEPIO Yes, sir. But they're being trapped quite cleverly. Artoo beeps and whistles proudly. THREEPIO (to Artoo) What do you mean, you took care of that? I would hardly call your part in that matter great ... Luke's head is spinning as Han and Chewie make a vigorous entrance. The Wookiee GROWLS a greeting. HAN Hi kid, you look strong enough to wrestle a Gundark. LUKE Thanks to you. HAN That's two you owe me, junior. ... Go to Commentary ... Go to Image Gallery ... Sources: 1, 4, 17 - ESB trailer #2, Star Wars Trilogy: The Definitive Collection - THX Laserdisc Box Set. 1993, FoxVideo, Inc. 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14 - Behind the Magic: The Insider's Guide to Star Wars, CD-ROM, LucasArts Entertainment Co., LLC 3, 7, 8, 13 - The Star Wars Insider, Issue #49, May/June 2000. 9, 15 - image source unknown. Image courtesy of T'Bone's Star Wars Universe. 16 - comic book adaptaion of The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition, Dark Horse Comics, 1997. 18 - The Empire Strikes Back Storybook by Shep Steneman and George Lucas, Random House publisher, 1980. |
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