Star Wars Super 8 Cut

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CHARACTERS:
Narrator/Obi Wan Kenobi
C3PO
R2D2
Lord Darth Vader
Princess Leia
Galactic Officer #1
Galactic Officer #2
Uncle Owen
Luke Skywalker

EXT. SPACE. NIGHT.

[Celestial Skies.]
Narrator: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships,
fighting from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.
Pursued by sinister agents, Princess Leia races home, with stolen plans that could save her
people, and restore freedom to the galaxy.
[A tiny REBEL SPACESHIP races past, firing lasers from its stern. It is being hunted by an
enormous GALACTIC BATTLESHIP. Both warships exchange laser-fire, until the Galactic
behemoth overwhelms the small Rebel craft with an explosion!]

INT. REBEL SHIP. ENTRANCE. CONTINUOUS.

[The ship is rocked by the explosion, REBEL FIGHTERS take defensive positions around the
entrance as two droids, C3PO and R2D2, watch on in fear.]
C3PO: We’re doomed!
R2D2: Beep Beep!
C3PO: There will be no escape for the Princess this time!
R2D2: Beep Boop!
[A CRASHING SOUND ABOVE commands the Rebel’s and droids’ attention!]

EXT. SPACE. CONTINUOUS.

[The gargantuan Galactic Battleship is swallowing the Rebel Spaceship into is maw-like
LOADING BAY.]

INT. REBEL SHIP. ENTRANCE. CONTINUOUS.

[The Rebels brace themselves as the door is breached! It explodes off its hinges! The Rebels fire
laser guns at the boarding Galactic Stormtroopers, who retaliate! It is a full-on shoot-out
firefight! Rebels take heavy damage from their formidable Galactic foes.
LORD VADER, a permanently black masked and cloaked Sith knight, enters through the wrecked
door and surveys the destruction as Stormtroopers clear his path.]

INT. REBEL SHIP. HALLWAY. CONTINUOUS.

Hidden elsewhere, C3PO witnesses the PRINCESS LEIA holding a secret consultation with R2D2,
before she retreats into the shadows.

INT. REBEL SHIP. ENTRANCE. CONTINUOUS.

[Some Stormtroopers lead the surviving Rebels to capture, while others search the vessel.
Stormtrooper #1 approaches Lord Vader, who is choking the REBEL LEADER, lifting him off his
feet.]
STORMTROOPER: Death Star plans are not in the main computer!
VADER: Where are those transmissions you intercepted? What have you done with those
plans?
REBEL LEADER: We intercepted no transmissions. Argh!... This is a consular ship. We are on a
diplomatic mission!
VADER: If this is a consular ship, where is the Ambassador?
[He chokes the Leader to death, tossing his body aside with ease.]
VADER: Commander, tear this ship apart until you've found those plans and bring me the
passengers. I want them alive!

INT. REBEL SHIP. HALLWAY. CONTINUOUS.

[C3PO chases R2D2 into an escape pod.]
R2: Beep beep!
C3PO: Hey, you’re not permitted to do that! It’s restricted! You’ll be deactivated for sure.
R2: Beep!
C3PO: Don't call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease! Now come out
before somebody sees you.
R2: Whistle!
C3PO: Secret mission? What plans? What are you talking about? I'm not getting in there!
[BOOM! An explosion goes off somewhere close, forcing C3PO into the escape pod.]
C3PO: I’m going to regret this!]

EXT. SPACE. CONTINUOUS.

[The ESCAPE POD drops from the Rebel Ship with another BANG, just before the Loading Bay’s
doors shut.]

INT. GALACTIC BATTLESHIP. BRIDGE. CONTINUOUS.

[Two GALACTIC OFFICERS monitor radar screens showing the Escape Pod rocketing away.]
OFFICER #1: There goes another one.
OFFICER #2: Hold your fire. There are no life forms. It must have short-circuited.

INT. ESCAPE POD. CONTINUOUS.

[C3PO look through the porthole at the Galactic Battleship as it shrinks away from them.]
C3PO: That's funny, the damage doesn't look as bad from out here.
R2: Beep beep!
C3PO: Are you sure this thing is safe?
R2: Beep!
C3PO: Okay.

EXT. SPACE. CONTINUOUS.

[The Escape Pod hurtles towards the surface of a DESERT PLANET.]

INT. GALACTIC BATTLESHIP. HALLWAY. LATER.

[Stormtroopers lead a captive Princess Leia through the ship, as Lord Vader appears.]
Princess Leia: Darth Vader, only you could be so bold. The Imperial Senate will not sit still for
this, when they hear you've attacked a diplomatic --
V: Don't act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren't on any mercy mission this time. Several
transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the
plans they sent you.
PL: I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a member of the Imperial Senate on a
diplomatic mission to Alderaan.
V: You're a part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor. Take her away!
[Leia is marched out. GALACTIC OFFICER #1 approaches Vader.]
OFFICER #1: Holding her is dangerous. If word of this gets out, it could generate sympathy for
the Rebellion in the senate.
V: I have traced the Rebel spies to her. Now she is my only link to find their secret base!
OFFICER #1: She'll die before she tells you anything.
V: Leave that to me. Send a distress signal and then inform the senate that all aboard were
killed!
[GALACTIC OFFICER #2 approaches.]
OFFICER #2: Lord Vader, the battle station plans are not aboard this ship! And no transmissions
were made. An escape pod was jettisoned during the fighting, but no life forms were aboard.

EXT. DESERT. DAY.

[R2D2 rolls through scorching sand dunes and past rocky craigs. Mysterious JAWAS watch him,
only their eyes are visible, from the shadowy mouth of a nearby cavern.
As R2D2 approaches the cavern a JAWA leaps up from hiding and shoots him with an energy
beam! R2D2 falls over, stunned. The hooded Jawas circle in on him.]

EXT. DESERT. JAWA MARKET. DAY.

[The Jawas have established a small bazar market. Their wares -- various DROIDS -- beep and
blink on display. Among the sale items are R2D2 and C3PO.
A farmer and his nephew, UNCLE OWEN and LUKE SKYWALKER, approach.]
OWEN (to Jawa): Yeah, we’ll take that red one.
JAWA: *gibberish*
O: No, not that one.
JAWA: *gibberish*
O (to C3PO): You, I suppose you’re programmed for etiquette and protocol?
C3PO: Protocol? Why it’s my primary function, sir.
O: Can you speak, Bocce?
C3PO: Of course I can, sir. It's like a second language for me... I’m --
O: All right shut up! (to Jawa) I'll take the set of them, then.
JAWA: *gibberish*
O (to Luke): Luke, take these two over to the garage, will you? I want them cleaned up before
dinner.
LUKE: All right, come on!
R2: Boop hoop!
[Luke is followed by the RED DROID which promptly breaks down.]
L: Uncle Owen!
O: Yeah?
L: This R2 unit has a bad motivator. Look!
O (to Jawa): Hey, what're you trying to push on us?
R2: Beep beep whistle!
C3PO: Excuse me, sir, but that R2 unit is in prime condition. A real bargain.
Uncle Owen...
Yeah?
What about that one?
(to Jawa) What about that blue one? We'll take that one.
C3PO: Uh, I'm quite sure you'll be very pleased with that one, sir. He really is in first-class
condition. I've worked with him before. Here he comes.
R2: Whistle Beep Beep!
Okay, let's go.
(to R2D2) Now, don't you forget this! Why I should stick my neck out for you is quite beyond my
capacity!
R2D2: Whistle Boop Boop!

INT. KENOBI’S HOVEL. DAY.

How did my father die?
A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the
Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father. Now
the Jedi are all but extinct.
Beep Whistle Beep
Now, let's see if we can't figure out what you are, my little friend. And where you come from.
I saw part of the message he was...
I seem to have found it.
General Kenobi, years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help
him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request
to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack and I'm afraid my mission to bring you to
Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the
memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid
safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan
Kenobi, you're my only hope.
You must learn the ways of the Force if you're to come with me to Alderaan.
Alderaan?
You must do what you feel is right, of course.