NOTE: This teleplay is being distributed freely to STAR WARS fans. If it entertains you, please share it freely with a friend. Although the characters and situations herein are the property of Lucasfilm, Ltd., the author(s) have retained certain rights. This work has been duly registered with the WGAw. If you enjoyed (or hated) this episode, we'd like to hear your comments. THE UNTOLD TALES OF HAN SOLO "The Delbashi Blues" ____________________ Story by William A. Ward and H. Brent Allenberg Written by William A. Ward (anoptimist@etsc.net) Produced for the Internet by Martin Pettersson (mnp@canit.se) WWW: http://www.canit.se/~mnp/starwars/ - TEASER - __________ FADE IN: EXT. PLANET DELBASHI - BADLANDS - DAY An arid, dusty, grayish brown plain beneath a hazy turquoise atmosphere. A jagged mountain range towers in the distance beyond the crisscrossing weather beaten mesa. ANGLE DOWN TO . . . The Millennium Falcon, a white speck on the horizon. Several MALTHOSIAN LABORERS are quickly stacking cargo crates into a battered anti-grav transport. BORTHA LOMB (off screen) Twenty three... twenty seven... thirty. Thirty thousand griekas, as promised. ANGLE HAN AND BORTHA Beneath the Falcon's cargo bay. HAN SOLO savors the feel of the currency in his fingers. BORTHA LOMB, a bluish skinned humanoid refastens a leather pouch on his jacket. BORTHA I can't tell you how much we appreciate this, Captain Solo. Han is double checking the alien's counting ability. HAN Believe me, payment in full is thanks enough these days. BORTHA Well, we hope to acquire your services again. Between the Interstel Garrisons and the orbital pirates, smuggling Dalcron Emitters onto Delbashi is not an easy task. How did you ever get through to such a restricted area? Han shoves the money into his pocket with a smile and rests a reassuring hand on Bortha's shoulder. HAN I'm a professional. BORTHA I trust I'll be able to assure my superiors that you will be available for the next shipment? HAN Whenever they're ready. They know my contacts. BORTHA (nods) Jabba of Tatooine. HAN It usually doesn't make me wonder... after all, I'd smuggle ice cubes to Hoth if the price were right, but... (a beat) Who in their right mind pays out thirty thousand griekas for a half dozen surplus Dalcron Emitters and two hundred gallons of Stalzek Water? Bortha laughs heartily and turns to the transport. He CHATTERS something indiscernible to one of his cronies off screen. A moment later, he snatches a glistening container of bluish liquid out of the air and presents it to Han. BORTHA For you and your Wookiee companion. Han pops the top and takes a whiff. He pulls away - eyes watering - and resecures the container. HAN (recovering) Beltrazine. I always wondered where this stuff came from. BORTHA Know it, do you? HAN Some of my worst nightmares came from the bottom of a shot of Beltrazine. That explains the Stalzek Water, but... BORTHA Dalcron radiation ages it in half the time. The emitters let us move the product faster. CHEWBACCA approaches and gives Han a GRUNT. He nods and looks back to Bortha. HAN Looks like you're all loaded. We better be on our way. Bortha bows to him and Han returns it. BORTHA Prosperity to you both, Captain Solo. HAN Yeah... and thanks for the hooch. Bortha climbs aboard the transport and it ROARS AWAY into the distance. Han turns to Chewie. HAN C'mon, pal. Let's get that stabilizer tightened up and get the hell out of here. This place gives me the creeps. Chewie BARKS his agreement and lumbers away to his tasks as Han bends down and stashes the Beltrazine in an open tool box. HAN (to himself) I feel like I have eyes on me right now. PULL BACK ABRUPTLY TO: ELECTROBINOCULAR VIEW (SLIGHTLY UNFOCUSED) A distorted, electronic image. Han pulls a tool from the box and moves toward the front landing gear harness as Chewie emerges from the top hatch and crawls onto the hull. NEW ANGLE - THE BADLANDS MESA A grodey pair of SWOOP GANG MEMBERS hover their speeder bikes (swoops) atop a mesa cliff. They lower their electrobinoculars and we see that they are human... somewhat. One wears thick, dark goggles and displays a smile of rotting teeth almost as proudly as the other displays the tangled black moustache which hangs down past his chin. GOGGLES What do you think? MOUSTACHE Ain't worth going to the spice mines for. GOGGLES Gimme a break, will ya! You think a respectable, law bidin' pilot would be sneakin around out here? I tell you, he's probably got more to hide than we do. Moustache agrees. He produces a large blaster and kicks the throttle on his swoop. MOUSTACHE Well then let's do it. CUT TO: EXT. MESA - THE MILLENNIUM FALCON ANGLE CHEWIE atop the ship. He stands abruptly and sniffs the air, his eyes searching the horizon. A MECHANICAL WHINE grows louder. He BARKS and Han stumbles out from beneath the ship. HAN What is it, Chewie? Chewie's warning bark comes too late. Moustache appears behind Han and kicks him in the back of the head, throwing him unconscious to the ground, as he zooms past on his swoop. Chewie produces his bowcaster and FIRES several blasts at Moustache. Moustache throws himself clear as the engine EXPLODES in a lightening array of debris. He rolls to his knees and trips over Han's toolbox as Chewie reloads. Cursing angrily, he jumps back to his feet and runs up the boarding ramp and into the ship. Chewie turns to make a run for the top hatch, only to be met by Goggles, ROCKETING through the air toward him. The biker, speeding past, kicks him in the face, knocking him painfully onto the hull. Chewie shakes it away and lumbers back to his feet as the swoop, in the b.g., circles around for another pass. Chewie OPENS FIRE, and one of the shots finds its mark on the swoop's front stabilizing fin, listing it severely to one side. Goggles fights to stay atop the vehicle. He guns the throttle and steers toward the Wookiee. JUMP CUT TO: INT. THE MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT Moustache, a pilot of trial and error, throws switches and pushes buttons at random. RESUME CHEWIE The engines ENGAGE and the ship shudders beneath him as he FIRES an unintended shot. He fights to keep his balance. Goggles closes in the b.g. Goggles leans out, catches Chewie around the neck and they both tumble off the side of the ship as the ailing swoop spins out of control and CRASHES in a cloud of dust in the b.g. Chewie lies on his back, passed out on the rocky ground. Goggles rolls off the wookiee's chest and shakes away the stunning effects of the impact. He jumps up and runs around the ship to the hatch. As he trots past the unconscious Han, he giggles happily and scampers up the boarding ramp. EXT. THE BADLANDS MESA - A FEW MOMENTS LATER Han begins to stir as blowing dust fills the air around him. A deafening RUMBLE jars him to his senses and he looks up to see... ANGLE UP TO SKY The Millennium Falcon climbs unsteadily into the air. (Moustache and Goggles are really piss poor pilots!) Han climbs unsteadily to his feet and REACTS! Chewie is still unconscious in the b.g. ANGLE ON THE HORIZON With landing gear still extended and the boarding ramp down, the Falcon GLIDES unsteadily away, skimming the terrain a few meters off the ground where it gradually disappears into the distance. HAN (O.S.) Chewieeeee...! FADE OUT. END OF TEASER ******************** OPENING CREDITS ****************** COMMERCIAL BREAKS - ACT ONE - ___________ FADE IN: EXT. DELBASHI BADLANDS - DAY A wrench flies through the air and skitters away in the dirt. HAN (O.S.) (angered panting) Dammit, Chewie... Dammit...! ANGLE UP to Chewie as he watches... Twisted around beneath the wreckage of one of the swoops. Han is trying to fit the stabilizer fin from Moustache's swoop onto the engine of Goggles' unit... but not having much luck. He shifts around beneath it and POUNDS on it with another odd shaped tool. HAN We're gonna find them, Chewie! And when we do-- (screams) Chewie watches the odd shaped tool fly past. Han stands up, nursing his throbbing thumb. HAN Dirty rotten fodder swilling Gundarks... Chewie looks at the speeder and shakes his head with a GROWL. Han follows his gaze. HAN Huh...? Oh, sure it's going to fly. Chewie insists that it isn't. HAN Chewie, that's a T-46 Skybird. The other one's a Logray's model 25. Anyone knows that a Logray's stabilizer fin is compatible with Skybirds. Chewie begs to differ as he refers to the stabilizer fin. HAN Lift... Those stabilizers will give us more than enough lift to get us moving. Watch. Han jumps on the death machine and ENGAGES the engine. It rises a meter off the ground and trembles very questionably beneath him. Chewie backs away. HAN (trying to be pleased) There ... you see? Now get on and let's go. Chewie shakes his head. "Not no, but hell no!" HAN Chewie, get on this swoop. I'm not kidding around. Chewie isn't kidding around either. He's not getting on! HAN Chewie, I'm going to find our ship! Either you get on this swoop right now, or I'll leave you out here! Chewie looks around, contemplating to stay. HAN Chewie...! The Wookiee gives in. He slings his bowcaster over his shoulder and climbs on very carefully to sit facing backward. The swoop dips considerably from his weight. Han engages the thruster and they ROAR away, but swing back around, and on the way past, he tilts the speeder sideways and snatches the bottle of Beltrazine from the ground with one hand while accelerating with the other. CUT TO: EXT. MESA - THE SWOOP RIDE (TRAVELLING) Chewie's terrified BARKS are heard OFF SCREEN and then the speeder ZOOMS into view at well over 200 miles per hour. Han steers over gullies, through valleys and around boulders. Chewie, wide eyed, facing backward, hangs on for dear life. If we could see his face for his wind-blown fur, he would surely be turning white. CHEWIE'S VIEW (TRAVELLING) A high-speed nightmare; the aftermath of Han's maniacal driving! HAN AND CHEWIE (TRAVELLING) Han fights with the vibrating handlebars. HAN Chewie, I've been thinking. It's a good thing the Falcon's stabilizer came out of alignment or otherwise they'd be able to leave the planet. As it is, I noticed they couldn't make altitude. (looks over his shoulder at Chewie) The lift thrusters left a great trail. There must be a city or settlement in this direction. Chewie looks over his shoulder and BARKS. "Pay attention to what you're doing!" Han looks back around. HAN (taken by surprise) Yyyiiieeee... He steers sharply to the left. JUMP CUT TO: WIDE ANGLE - A SUDDEN VALLEY Barely missing a large boulder, the swoop emerges over an incline and ROCKETS over the gap of a deep, virtually bottomless valley. Chewie SCREAMS! The swoop takes them across, but the back portion of the engine dips and digs a fifty foot gash in the ground as they reach the other side. Han fights to keep control. RESUME HAN AND CHEWIE (TRAVELLING) Han recovers. HAN You know, Chewie, I don't think this stabilizer is giving us enough lift. Chewie looks over his shoulder and gives Han a dirty "go to hell" look. EXT. THE DELBASHI COUNTRYSIDE - DAY The swoop ROARS toward the alien metropolis of TUCUMCARI CITY. CUT TO: INT. DARK STAR HELLIONS HIDEOUT - DAY A long since condemned, circular shaped, falling-down docking bay located somewhere on the bad side of town. The Millennium Falcon is now docked here, gleaming in the sunlight from the open roof above. Several GRODEY SWOOP GANG MEMBERS walk around and look at it. Some point. Others just laugh. NEW ANGLE The sound of a solid fist HITTING a weak jaw is heard off screen. and then Goggles lands heavily on the dusty floor. He pushes himself away, holding his hand up in a surrendering motion. A giant, barely domesticated GUNDARK steps into view and retrieves the ratty fellow from the ground. The creature is two meters tall, with grey, leathery skin, sharp protruding teeth, long floppy ears and beady red eyes. Some kind of alien leather covers its private areas. It lifts him from the ground and shakes him violently, only to drop him into a bruised lump. It circles him menacingly. GOGGLES (panting) I'm sorry. It's the best we could do. Another subject steps into view and shakes his head. This man, known as VARNAL, is the lieutenant man to the boss. And he is not happy. VARNAL The best? How could it be any worse? I told you to go lift us a transport and you bring back a garbage hauler? Goggles tries to stand up, but the Gundark knocks him back down. He recovers. GOGGLES It's fast. We saw it come in. It's got a big cargo area. All the swoops will fit, no problem. VARNAL Problem. If it's so fast, why doesn't it fly? GOGGLES I don't know. But I'm sure Spanner can get it going. VARNAL (a beat, sighs) I'll see what Kamen says. Varnal turns and leaves. A drop of thick, syrupy saliva drips onto Goggles' cheek and he looks up at the Gundark. It GROWLS at him. EXT. TUCUMCARI CITY - FREEWAY - DAY Dozens of ANTI-GRAV VEHICLES of all shapes and sizes speed along a winding roadway leading into the bowels of the vast city. A large BILLBOARD displays some sort of undiscernible writing (a Delbashi speed limit sign). Han and Chewie fly past. ON SWOOP - FAVORING CHEWIE (TRAVELLING) Han is steering through the traffic at a high rate of speed, surpassing all the other vehicles. HAN Could you read that? What did that say? Chewie can't read anything from his backwards point of view. JUMP CUT TO: THE FREEWAY - ORDINANCE OFFICER An ORDINANCE OFFICER sits beside the road monitoring a small box fastened to the controls of his speeder bike. The screen on the box displays odd shapes as the countless vehicles pass him by. Han and Chewie fly past and the box emits a high pitch ALARM. He engages the throttle and SPEEDS off in pursuit. RESUME - HAN AND CHEWIE (TRAVELLING) Chewie spies the officer's FLASHING LIGHTS. He tries to tell Han. HAN Not now, Chewie. I'm trying to concentrate on the traffic. The officer signals to Chewie to pull over, points him to the side of the road. Chewie shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head. The officer activates a switch on his control panel and a blue light emanates from a dish on the front of the speeder. The swoop lurches and Han almost loses it. He pounds on the console and fights with the handle bars. HAN (reacting) Whoa...! What the...? He checks the controls and then looks around at the officer and cringes. The swoop slows to a stop under the ordinance officer's restraining beam. HAN (continuing) ... great. You could have said something, Chewie. The officer dismounts and approaches them. Han rests disgustedly on the handlebars. The officer raises the face shield on his helmet. He is a brazen brute of a man with an attitude that matches his features. OFFICER (angry) I thought I warned you and your fleabitten Hellions buddies here not to come pulling your tricks in my beat again. HAN Hellions...? OFFICER Yes. Hellions. The Dark Star Hellions swoop gang. HAN What are you ... blind? Do we look like swoopers? The officer looks at Chewie. His look is our obvious answer. HAN (continuing) We're respectable businessmen. Isn't that right, Chewie? Chewie contemplates it, shrugs, and then GRUNTS a short response. Apparently Chewie is not too sure about "respectable". OFFICER I got no time for your fodder. I'm writing you up on this one. Let's see your operating license and craft permits. HAN Craft permits? Sure... I'm sure they're here somewhere, officer. He checks the swoop over. The officer pulls out a small handheld unit and looks at Chewie. OFFICER You. What's your name? CHEWBACCA Bllaarrccchkkk! The officer looks up from his unit, pauses and then shakes his head. OFFICER How do you spell that? Chewie thinks for a moment and then... CHEWBACCA Bllaarrccchkkk! The officer rubs his eyes and sighs. HAN Sorry, officer. There doesn't seem to be any paperwork on this thing. OFFICER Really! And your operator's license? HAN Well, you see, I don't have one... not for this planet, anyway. OFFICER Well, lucky me. I get to use up all my offense slips today. HAN (losing it) Hey, it's not my fault! I didn't expect to be stuck on this rock! We're trying to find our ship, which is probably being dismantled as we speak-- OFFICER (interrupting) I'm not interested in your hard luck stories "swoopie". I got a lot of writing to do, so I'll just start with your name. Han holds his anger back. HAN My name...? Han looks at the officer and smiles. EXT. TUCUMCARI CITY - A DOCKING BAY - DAY An indescript ship (SLAVE 1) descends from the clouds and lands. NEW ANGLE - SLAVE 1 25 The hatch yawns open and a small black ASSASSIN DROID rolls down the ramp on a single ballbearing wheel. The droid emanates a GURGLING CHATTER and produces a small antenna that begins scanning the surroundings. A humanoid emerges from the ship in the b.g. and walks down the ramp to meet the droid. ANGLE UP to BOBA FETT. FADE OUT. END OF ACT ONE ***************** COMMERCIAL BREAK ******************* - ACT TWO - ___________ FADE IN: EXT. DOCKING BAY - SLAVE 1 - DAY Boba Fett glances around, sizing up his surroundings. The ramp closes on the ship behind him. He spies something OFF SCREEN and walks toward it. The droid follows like a faithful dog. NEW ANGLE A wanted poster, affixed to the wall reads: WANTED BY THE EMPIRE INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT TO AVOID CHARGES OF PIRACY, AIRWAY ROBBERY AND MURDER KAMEN TRELLO KNOWN MEMBER OF THE "DARK STAR HELLIONS" 200,000 CREDITS ALIVE! NO DISINTEGRATIONS! The picture on the poster is of a rough looking human with much facial hair. Below the picture is a small bar code. Fett rips the poster from the wall, kneels down and holds it out. The droid rushes up. A small stem extends from it's frontal lobe and scans the bar code with a BLUE LIGHT. It processes information for a moment and then speeds away. Fett stands up. He holds the poster out with one hand and then points the index finger of his other hand at it. A small STREAM OF FIRE SHOOTS from a tube on his forearm and sets the poster ablaze. Fett drops it and walks away. CLOSE UP ON POSTER The poster is gradually blackened in flames. WE SEE the photo again just as it burns black. CUT TO: INT. HELLIONS' HIDEOUT - DAY KAMEN TRELLO, almost the same pose as in the photograph, looks at something with skepticism. PULL BACK to REVEAL the Millennium Falcon. Varnal, the gundark, and Moustache are also here. Trello shakes his head. TRELLO Too small to have a cloaking device. I specifically ordered a ship with a cloaking device. MOUSTACHE Sorry, Kamen. It was the best we could do. TRELLO Well, it's going to have to do until we can find something else. Can't afford to stick around here much longer. (beat) Well, this ought to get us to the Corporate Sector. What did you say was wrong with it? MOUSTACHE We couldn't get no altitude. A short, squatty man approaches. He is called SPANNER (a.k.a. Hydrospanner). He carries two large tool boxes and is covered in grease. He wears some sort of blinking goggle equipment around his head like a doctor. SPANNER (grumpy) You know, if you guys wouldn't be so hard on these swoops, I wouldn't have to keep putting them back together all the time. What do I look like, a mech droid? It won't go forward, Spanner. It won't turn, Spanner. It won't stop, Spanner. (a beat, a sigh) What's the problem now? TRELLO It won't go up, Spanner. Spanner slides his goggles up and smiles. SPANNER (enthusiastic) A Corellian light freighter? VARNAL You know them? SPANNER Oh, yeah. Corellian Engineering Corporation. A YT model. Probably a 13 or 1400 series, I would guess. TRELLO So that's... good? SPANNER Oh, you bet. The Corellians are natural born ship builders. They don't make them like this baby anymore. No sir. This was when they built ships to really fly. Spanner rushes into the ship. The others follow. The gundark rams its head into the side as it tries to go up the ramp without ducking. It backs up and tries again, and rams its head again. Ducking is a concept gundarks don't seem to understand. It punches the side of the ship. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - MAIN HOLD AREA Spanner looks around happily. TRELLO Will it carry our swoops? SPANNER You better believe it. You ought to have capacity of about a hundred metric tons in that cargo hold. TRELLO Can you have this thing ready to leave by tonight? Spanner walks toward the maintenance bay. SPANNER Don't insult me. I know these things like the back of my hand. INT. MAINTENANCE BAY Spanner enters ... and his smile melts into shock. The compartment is a mishmash of random rigging, "seat of the pants" mechanics and countless modifications. Wires hang like vines in a technological jungle. ANGLE FLOOR On either side of Spanners feet, the large tool boxes slip out of his stunned fingers, striking the floor with an accenting THUD! EXT. HELLIONS' HIDEOUT The gundark still can't get the hang of the entrance ramp. It hits its head again and backs away as Trello and Varnal exit the ship. TRELLO Once we get into the corporate sector, we can disappear. Blend in with the locals. VARNAL Corporate sector is Nova Demon turf. TRELLO We don't care about turf, Varnal, you should know that by now. Besides, if I remember correctly, we have a little score to settle with the Nova Demons. And if this ship is as good as Spanner claims, it should help us quite a bit. A sultry, sexy, shapely TWI'LEK girl approaches Trello and rubs up against him. She takes her head tails and throws them around his neck and runs her tongue across his lips. He lifts her into his arms and looks back at Varnal as he carries her away. TRELLO Speaking of turf. I'm going to be busy for a couple of hours, so don't bother me. Trello carries the Twi'lek away, kicking her feet playfully. Varnal watches enviously. The gundark walks up and drools on his shoulder. EXT. TUCUMCARI CITY - FREEWAY - DAY The Ordinance Officer approaches Han and Chewie. They are still on the swoop. OFFICER All right, Mr. Calrissian, I've cited you for several violations. First of all for the excessive speed. You also have no operator's license nor craft permit on file with the corporate. HAN (sarcastically) Oh, gee, officer. Can't you think of anything else? OFFICER Affirmative. You're also being cited for operating an unsafe craft. HAN Unsafe craft? What unsafe craft? OFFICER This thing. The main unit's a T-46 Skybird and you're running a Logray's stabilizer fin on it. Any idiot knows you can't mix these two. They're not compatible. The Logray's fin is made for a smaller and lighter frame. You're not getting near enough lift there. Chewie GRUNTS an "I told you so". HAN Shut up, Chewie. The officer holds out the electronic pad. OFFICER Thumb print here, please. Han sighs and presses his thumb on the pad. The citation prints out and he takes it. OFFICER Drive safely, Lando. I don't want to see you boys around here again. The officer walks back to his speeder and releases the restraining beam. He ENGAGES the engines and SPEEDS away into the traffic. Han throws the ticket into the breeze and RESTARTS the swoop. HAN (to Chewie) I don't want to hear it. They SOAR away into the distance. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - MAIN HOLD AREA Varnal enters. He switches on the holo chessboard. Little HOLOGRAPHIC ALIEN FIGURES MORPH to life and begin circling and stalking each other around the spaces. SPANNER (off screen) Now what the tregg was that?! Varnal looks around and sees Spanner come up out of a floor compartment. He pushes his goggles up when he sees the chessboard. SPANNER Do you mind? This thing is wired to detect all sudden power surges. I got enough endless leads to track down without your help. Varnal glances at the chessboard for a moment and then switches it off. SPANNER Thank you. He goes down, but then comes back out. SPANNER You want something? VARNAL I'm here to check your progress. Kamen wants to break orbit by nightfall. SPANNER Then Kamen can get his butt in here and give me a hand. Spanner lifts himself out of the floor compartment. SPANNER (continuing) This thing has a lot of potential, but it's going to take time to get her back up. I haven't even tracked down the problem yet. Varnal follows him into the maintenance bay. VARNAL What a piece of junk. SPANNER Far from junk, my friend. This is a Koensayr TLB Power Converter. They don't come cheap. (points randomly) That transponder unit over there on starboard side; well, I haven't seen one of those since I was stationed on the first victory class Stardestroyers back in the service. And those engines back there have just recently been rebuilt. It is all "Bocce" to Varnal. VARNAL So what's your problem? Spanner leads him to another console and points at a series of small modules. SPANNER That's my problem right there. The slave computer. (off Varnal's look) You see, the slave computer can assist you when tracking down problems. But in this case, they replaced the standard VX-333 model with three surplus droid brains. VARNAL Why? SPANNER Probably for extra memory to manage all the illegal modifications they made. VARNAL Well, just ask the droids what the problem is. Spanner switches on the speaker and a loud, piercing GARBLE echoes through corridor. Varnal REACTS. After a couple of seconds, he switches it off. SPANNER I did. That's my problem. These damned droids all immediately diagnosed different things and then got into an argument about it. They've been at it for six hours and I can't understand a damned thing they're saying. It's like I'm not even here. VARNAL Sounds like you got your work cut out for you. (turns to leave) I'll let Kamen know. SPANNER Hey. Varnal turns. Spanner tosses him a small METALLIC SPHERE. VARNAL What's this? SPANNER Homing beacon. Took it off one of the swoops. That's why those bounty hunters keep finding us so easily. With all the warrants out for you guys, a person would think you'de be a little more careful. VARNAL Bounty hunters don't concern us. We'll just retire the next one like we've done the rest. Have you checked all the swoops? SPANNER All but two. VARNAL Which two? SPANNER The two that belong to the fellas who stole this ship. VARNAL Those swoops were destroyed. They won't be coming back to haunt us anytime soon. CUT TO: EXT. TUCUMCARI CITY - DAY Han and Chewie glide to a stop at a seedy, run-down liquor establishment. Chewie jumps off the swoop and rubs his behind. Han shuts the engine off and dismounts. HAN I don't want to hear it, Chewie. I need a drink. Driving around sure isn't getting us anywhere. Chewie GRUNTS something to him and they walk away. CAMERA CLOSES on the swoop. Affixed to the engine, the homing beacon ACTIVATES with a blinking red light. ANGLE ON - THE ASSASSIN DROID - SOMEWHERE ELSE It rolls out of a shadowy alley. An antenna raises from the droid's dome and it begins to transmit a GARBLED signal. EXT. TUCUMCARI CITY - MARKET SQUARE - DAY A wide array of CREATURES carry on their business in the alien market. Boba Fett walks slowly through the crowd. He scans his surroundings deliberately. Suddenly he stops and activates a switch on the side of his helmet. JUMP CUT TO: THE ASSASSIN DROID TRANSMITTING information via the antenna. RESUME - MARKET SQUARE Boba Fett turns. Listens intently to his helmet as the message is received. BOBA FETT (filtered) Locate and maintain surveillance. I'll be right there. Fett moves quickly off screen and another subject fills the screen. From his attire, we can see that he is a SWOOP GANG MEMBER. He gazes in Fett's absence with a worried expression. He turns and runs to his swoop, knocking several ALIENS out of the way as he goes. FADE OUT. END OF ACT TWO ***************** COMMERCIAL BREAK ****************** - ACT THREE - _____________ FADE IN: INT. KAMEN TRELLO'S LAIR - DAY A run- down cargo bay converted into living quarters. It has definitely seen better days. Trello's fabulous swoop is parked here. The Twi'lek girl's GIGGLES can be heard coming from another part of the building. Varnal enters as the scantily clad Twi'lek dances out of the bedroom. She looks at Varnal, gives him a coy smile and runs her fingers teasingly across her flat tummy. With the disciplined elegance of a master dancer, she then lifts a leg into the air and Trello comes out of the room in a robe and embraces her. She wraps her other leg around him and he kisses her on the neck. Trello catches sight of Varnal in mid-kiss and whispers something to her. She climbs off him and slinks back into the bedroom, eyeing Varnal all the way. TRELLO (annoyed) I told you I didn't want to be bothered. VARNAL Thought you might be interested in this. He presents the beacon. VARNAL (continuing) Spanner found it on one of the swoops. Trello walks to a nearby table and pours himself a drink of vile liquid from a bottle. He seems unconcerned about the beacon. TRELLO How's he doing on the ship? VARNAL It's coming along. Trello swallows the drink and it burns all the way down. TRELLO When the boys come back from town, I want you to start loading the swoops onto the ship. I'm starting to get an uncomfortable feeling. A KNOCK at the door. TRELLO What is this, an interstellar spaceport? (to the door) Yeah! Come in! The swooper that we saw in the market place rushes in, winded. We will call him GRIMP. GRIMP Sorry to bother you, Kamen. Trello waves it off as he pours himself another drink. VARNAL What is it? GRIMP I just came from the marketplace. (a beat) Boba Fett was there. Trello stops in mid-sip. Now he is concerned. TRELLO Boba Fett? Are you sure? GRIMP Pretty sure. TRELLO Did you take him out? Grimp swallows hard. He looks at Trello and then at Varnal. VARNAL Well...? GRIMP I was alone. TRELLO (angered) What does that mean? You were alone! You gotta do what you gotta do! When you make one of these bounty hunters you take them out! He SMASHES his glass on the floor. Grimp backs away. GRIMP It won't happen again, Kamen. Trello produces a small derringer blaster. TRELLO You got that right, Grimpy, my boy. He FIRES, killing Grimp instantly. Summoned by the blast, the Twi'lek rushes into the room. TRELLO Get back in there! She disappears back into the other room. Trello's words take on a sudden sense of urgency. TRELLO You tell Spanner we leave tonight. He will have that ship up and running by then. You understand?! VARNAL I'll pass the message. The gundark squeezes painfully through the door, sniffing the air. It looks at the man on the floor. TRELLO He's all yours. Happy feast, you stupid animal. The gundark grabs Grimp's leg and drags him away. WIPE TO: EXT. TUCUMCARI CITY - STREET - DAY The assassin droid speeds down the street. A small scanning beacon on its dome BLINKS RAPIDLY. EXT. TUCUMCARI CITY - BAR - ELECTROBINOCULAR VIEW Han and Chewie emerge from the bar and look around cautiously. They look at the haphazard swoop and begin to converse in a somewhat heated exchange. OFFICER #1 (voice over) That's them, there. OFFICER #2 (voice over) Swooper trash. NEW ANGLE - STREET Two ORDINANCE OFFICERS sit on their speeder bikes. They both lower their electrobinoculars. We recognize one as the officer that issued Han citations earlier. OFFICER #2 (continued) Why didn't you just run them in? OFFICER #1 Because I'm going to use them. OFFICER #2 What do you mean? The officer reveals a wanted poster of Kamen Trello. OFFICER #1 Early retirement. OFFICER #2 How do you know Kamen Trello is even on Delbashi? OFFICER #1 Call it a cop's intuition. Have all other available units ready. If anyone is going to lead us to Kamen Trello, it's those two. They both flip their facemasks down and ENGAGE THE IGNITIONS on their speeders. EXT. TUCUMCARI CITY - ALLEY - DAY The assassin droid slowly rolls out of the shadows. Across the street, Han and Chewie are making adjustments on their swoop in front of the bar. The two ordinance officers pass by on their speeders. The blinking light on the droid's dome now becomes a SOLID COLOR and its two appendages pivot into position and reveal TWIN BLASTERS, ready for anything. The antenna rises again. EXT. BAR - STREET - DAY Han stands up from the swoop. HAN Okay, okay, I agree. This thing isn't going to get us much farther, but at least the graft points on the frame seem to still be holding. He boils with anger. HAN (continuing) I tell you, Chewie, all I want to do is get my hands on those guys and-- Chewie agrees with a GRUNT. Han sighs, virtually beaten. HAN It's a big planet, pal. They could have taken the Falcon anywhere. Could even have her cut into a million pieces by now. Chewie BARKS. That one hurt! HAN (continuing) I know, but we gotta face facts. The possibility is there. But I swear this to you ... we're going to do double to them what they did to her. All we need now is-- (a beat) --a wild stroke of luck. Chewie's eyes widen happily. He is looking at the street, seeing something that Han has not. Han looks around and WE SEE: A dozen SWOOPERS race past at differing altitudes. Some sort of loud obnoxious MUSIC BLARES as they go by. Han smiles from ear to ear. HAN Chewie. Get on the swoop. Chewie's smile fades. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - REPAIR BAY - DAY Spanner pulls a couple of wires loose and removes a small unit from one of the control boxes. Trello and Varnal enter. TRELLO Better be good news, Spanner, I'm not in the mood. SPANNER Good as good can be. I found the problem. He holds up the smoking unit. SPANNER (continuing) The vertical regulator is out. VARNAL What does that mean to us? SPANNER Means we can't gain any altitude over about a hundred meters or so. TRELLO Can't you fix it? SPANNER Sure. You got three weeks? TRELLO Okay, what are our options? SPANNER It's pretty much a universal component. I'd say our best bet would be a salvage yard. TRELLO Everybody load up. We're blowing this place now. Trello storms out. SPANNER What's chewin' on him? VARNAL Boba Fett. EXT. DOCKING BAY - DAY The swoop glides to a stop and Chewie dismounts and readies his bowcaster. Han draws his blaster. Across the street is an abandoned, circular shaped docking bay. Its walls stretch 35 feet into the air. HAN Let's go take a look. Watch yourself, now. Han climbs off and they start toward the structure. Several ships streak through the sky in the background. Han stops and glances around. HAN Doesn't look like this place has seen a ship in years. The ground begins to VIBRATE and a loud RUMBLING is heard. Dust boils out of the top of the docking bay as the beloved Millennium Falcon rises majestically into the sky before their eyes. Chewie ROARS! HAN Dammit! We're too late! The Falcon comes about and passes overhead; the engine BACKLASH stirring the air around them like a tornado. HAN They can't seem to get altitude! The Falcon picks up speed and moves across the city in a northeastern direction. HAN Come on, Chewie! They run back to the swoop, and this time Chewie willingly climbs aboard. Han FIRES it up and they SPEED away. EXT. BACK STREET - DAY (TRAVELLING) The assassin droid speeds through the streets. Running in the background, Boba Fett keeps a constant pace. Some sort of alien RAT runs out of a pile of crates and into the droid's path. Without breaking stride, the droid casually VAPORIZES it with a blue laser as it passes. Boba Fett follows, undaunted by the droid's swift pace. The Millennium Falcon passes, heading in the opposite direction overhead. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - MAIN HOLD AREA The Twi'lek dances a sultry tease for the dozen or so swoopers as a TRASHY MUSIC plays on. They respond with a plethora of lewd "hoots" and "howls", as they drink themselves into a frenzy. Trello stands up and exits. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - CORRIDOR One of the floor panels has been removed. The gundark sticks its head up from the hidden compartment and GRUNTS uncomfortably. Trello passes by without acknowledgement and the beast goes back down. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT Spanner and Varnal. The city passes beneath them, out the cockpit window. Trello enters. TRELLO This feels more like it. Why so slow? SPANNER Takes a bit to get used to the controls. These freighters usually handle like a pregnant Bantha, but this one's been modified with some sort of high performance maneuvering system. Hell, if a fella were good enough, he could probably traverse an asteroid belt with this thing. Trello plops down into a seat. TRELLO How far is this salvage yard? VARNAL A little further. Why don't you relax? TRELLO I'll relax when we're in the stars with this thing pointed toward the Corporate Sector. VARNAL I think you put too much faith in Boba Fett's abilities. TRELLO A lot of dead men once shared your opinion. INT. DOCKING BAY Empty. The dust is still settling. Several discarded bottles and articles of clothing litter the floor. The assassin droid enters first, rotating cautiously on its single ballbearing wheel as it moves into the light. Boba Fett makes a tactical entry, his sawed off blaster at the ready, scanning the area thoroughly as he moves. Reaching the center of the bay, he points to the patterns on the ground, while still keeping his attention focused on the surroundings. BOBA FETT (to droid) Analyze existing evidence. Landing gear marks and placement. Correlate data with these thruster spray patterns and that docking ramp mark over there. What kind of ship was this? The droid SCANS the available data with a RED BEAM as Fett continues to scan the shadows for possible threats. The beam ceases. The antenna raises and Fett receives his answer via his helmet. He looks at the droid and then glances up at the round opening above. His rocket pack FIRES, and he sails into the air. EXT. DOCKING BAY - ROOF - DAY Tucumcari city, dirty and smoggy, stretches across the Delbashi horizon. Boba Fett emerges from the bay, steps onto the thin lip of the dome ledge and DISENGAGES his rocket. He haunches on the precarious ledge for balance and his viewfinder pivots down. His wookiee scalps whip in the wind around him. JUMP CUT TO: BOBA FETT'S HELMET VISION Somewhat like we've seen in the Terminator movies, but offset blue in color. The backdrop of the city is visible beyond, but every aspect seems enhanced. Data is delivered in droves via DISPLAY READOUTS. One readout DISPLAYS: CORRELLIAN LIGHT FREIGHTER - PLASMA MIXTURE THX1138 (RESIDUAL COMPONENTS PRESENT) The view MAGNIFIES. Several odd shaped spacecraft dart about above the city. The computer enhancement SCANS and identifies several of them and then the view MAGNIFIES again, focusing in on the Millennium Falcon, travelling away. The readout display BLINKS RAPIDLY. RESUME - DOCKING BAY ROOF Boba Fett stands assuredly. He pauses for a moment and then steps off the ledge, dropping out of sight, back into the docking bay. And we... FADE OUT. END OF ACT THREE ******************* COMMERCIAL BREAK ***************** - ACT FOUR - ____________ FADE IN: EXT. SALVAGE YARD - DAY A place where old ships go to die. Acres and acres of junked parts, panels and frames. The Millennium Falcon sits amidst the junk. NEW ANGLE - THE FALCON The ramp lowers and Trello, Varnal and Spanner exit. Others are unloading swoops from the cargo hold in the background. SPANNER If there's a vertical regulator to be found, it's going to be here. VOICE (off screen) You over there! They turn to see a short squatty man approaching. This man is the YARD KEEPER. His suit is as grimy as his attitude. YARD KEEPER This is an unauthorized entry. This facility is corporately maintained. You can't just come in here and land. We have rules here, you know. TRELLO We're not concerned about your rules. (nods to Spanner) Spanner holds up the unit. SPANNER We need a replacement regulator in a 380 veltor range. You got one? YARD KEEPER Sure do. Got plenty of them. Don't mean you're going to get one, though. I'll need to see your craft and salvage permits or I can't help you. Trello steps forward and raises the derringer at him. TRELLO Here's our permit. Now, I sure wouldn't want to have to register a complaint about your lack of hospitality. YARD KEEPER (a beat) I'm summoning the authorities. He turns to run, but the gundark is right behind him. It bears its teeth and GROWLS angrily. Saliva flies. It grabs the yard keeper and spins him around to Trello. TRELLO You'll have to forgive my floppy eared friend here. You see, gundarks get rather moody when they haven't eaten in a few hours. Spanner holds the regulator up to the yard keeper. SPANNER 380 veltor range? YARD KEEPER (panting) All right. EXT. SALVAGE YARD - ENTRANCE - DAY Han and Chewie LURCH to a halt on the swoop. HAN Looks like they found the problem. We better hurry. Chewie agrees. They SPEED through the gate. Across the street, an ORDINANCE OFFICER slows his speeder and activates the communicator on his helmet. EXT. SALVAGE YARD - MILLENNIUM FALCON - DAY Loud exotic music is BLARING. Swoopers are flying back and forth on their swoops. Some are getting drunk. The Twi'lek girl lounges wantonly in the sun. Varnal steps out from beneath the ship and is met by Goggles. Goggles offers him a drink from his bottle. Varnal takes a swig. GOGGLES What's the matter? VARNAL I'm getting a bad feeling. (a beat) Keep your eyes open. EXT. SALVAGE YARD - SOMEWHERE ELSE CLOSE UP. The homing device on the swoop BLINKS rapidly. PULL BACK. Han and Chewie are crawling off the machine. Han climbs onto one of the junk piles and peers over. The Millennium Falcon is on the other side. He smiles, thinks for a moment and then rushes back down to the swoop. He grabs the bottle of Beltrazine. EXT. SALVAGE YARD - MAIN ENTRANCE - DAY ORDINANCE OFFICERS have massed here on their swoops. Our old friend addresses the group. OFFICER #1 We take Kamen Trello alive, if at all possible. But don't hesitate putting your man down if you have to. Everyone clear on that? The officers all indicate the affirmative. ORDINANCE #1 Then lock and load, gentlemen. We're going in. INT. JUNKED SHIP A cancerous, rusted old freighter. Dangling wires and charred computer panels. Spanner and the gundark stand guard as the yard keeper hurriedly removes the vertical regulator from a control panel. Trello paces nervously in the background. SPANNER Careful with those leads. You break them and it's no good to us. TRELLO Just get the damned thing out! EXT. SALVAGE YARD - DAY A drunken swooper guns the throttle and SAILS his swoop through a makeshift alley in the junk. Chewbacca steps out and "clothes lines" him across the throat with a long furry arm. The swoop CRASHES in the junk. Han emerges from behind Chewie with the flaming Beltrazine bottle. Using it like a MALATOV COCKTAIL, he throws it into the air. EXT. SALVAGE YARD - MILLENNIUM FALCON The bottle tumbles nearby, EXPLODING in a FLAMMING BLAST which WRECKS two speeding swoops in the process. Everyone REACTS. Swoopers produce blasters and flee for cover. Varnal activates a control panel on the underside of the ship and the ramp closes. He runs off as well. Han and Chewie emerge from the junk and run to the ship. Chewie scans the surroundings with his bowcaster. Han moves to the control panel and works the buttons. He slams his fist against it. HAN Damn! They changed the code. Guess we'll have to bypass it. He SMASHES the panel open and starts pulling wires loose. A laser BLAST hits the ship near him, throwing a shower of SPARKS. Chewie ROARS and RETURNS FIRE as Han draws his blaster and rolls across the ground, FIRING a couple of shots himself. Swoopers emerge around them and they are quickly outnumbered. Han and Chewie surrender. INT. JUNKED SHIP The yard keeper stands up with the regulator. The lights on this one blink, indicating that it is still operable. Spanner takes it from him and looks it over. TRELLO Well? (off Spanner's nod) Thank you for your help. He and Spanner turn to leave. Trello turns back around. TRELLO (continued) And here's a little something for your effort. He BLASTS the yard keeper with the derringer and the lifeless body drops at the gundark's feet. The beast licks its lips. EXT. SALVAGE YARD - MILLENNIUM FALCON Han and Chewie stand calmly in the midst of the swoopers. Several blasters are trained on them. The Twi'lek girl has taken an extreme interest in Han. She is sauntering around him, eyeing him like a piece of meat. Goggles and Moustache emerge from the junk with Han's swoop. Varnal approaches them. GOGGLES I told you. I told you it was them. They're the ones we took the ship from. This is part of my ride. VARNAL So, you came to liberate your vessel, did you? You're either very courageous... (looks at the swoop) ...or very foolish. Trello and Spanner emerge from the crowd. TRELLO Just plain stupid is my opinion. You should have left it well enough alone. (to Spanner) Get that thing installed. Spanner goes to the ship. Trello looks at Han and Chewie and then at Moustache and Goggles. TRELLO You're directly responsible for this added inconvenience. Why didn't you kill them when you had the chance? Moustache and Goggles look at each other for a moment. GOGGLES (chuckles) I don't know. Trello BLASTS Goggles to oblivion with the derringer. Moustache holds his hands out as if to try to deflect the coming shot. TRELLO Relax. You still owe me money. The Twi'lek moves in behind Han. She reaches around him, into his shirt and runs her fingers through his chest hair. TRELLO (to the Twi'lek) Get away from him. Her look is defiant. She pulls Han close and throws her head tails over his shoulders. Trello is enraged. He grabs her by the arm and pulls her away. TRELLO I said get away! She pulls away from him and looks at Han. She is in love. Trello looks at Han. Han smiles sheepishly. TRELLO Do you like him? Do you really? He slaps her to the ground and she recovers in shock. TRELLO Feed him to the gundark. The crowd parts, revealing the gundark, panting from the heat. Before Han can react, a swooper clubs him from behind and he falls unconscious. Chewie ROARS, but is held back by a dozen swoopers. The beast leans over Han and SNIFFS. Chewbacca fights with his captors in the background. It grabs Han by the ankle and begins to drag him away like a rag doll. Enraged, Chewie throws the swoopers over like dominoes, and shoves the gundark away from Han. A swooper steps forward with a blaster, but Trello holds him back. Chewie cradles Han in his arms. The gundark approaches and shows its teeth. Chewie GROWLS. Mean! Threatening! And with extreme anger! We have never seen this side of his temper before. He lays Han gently down and takes a stance to face the beast. The gundark attacks, taking Chewie down. The swoopers CHEER as the two roll in combat. The gundark sinks his teeth into the wookiee's shoulder, but he throws it off. Gundark attacks again, and Chewie counters, grabs it by the neck and throws it down. Han stirs. The giants are locked in combat in the background. The swoopers CHEER and GOAD the fight further. Han rolls over and sees what's going on. He rubs the back of his head and tries to stand. Chewie is back up and the gundark is on him, GROWLING like a mad dog. It pounds him with heavy blows. Chewie goes down, virtually beaten, and the gundark moves in for the kill. Han jumps on its back and it repels him like an insect. He hits the ground hard. Chewie and Han, beaten and bruised, make eye contact. Chewie winks and Han smiles. The gundark's shadow covers the wookiee and he jumps to his feet with one last burst of energy. His first punch knocks several of the gundark's sharp teeth out. His next punch knocks the gundark down completely, but it is quickly up again. Chewie attacks relentlessly with wookiee combat techniques, and the gundark begins to weaken. Chewie slashes, and punches and kicks with full force. The gundark takes the blows as hard as they are delivered, and with one final devastating powerhouse swing to the head, it goes down for the count in a cloud of dust. The cheers silence as the gundark tries to stand, but loses consciousness at the wookiee's feet. Chewie turns and the swoopers surround him again. Han is thrown toward him. They are both exhausted. The crowd is silent as Trello steps forward and stares at them. Han wipes a trickle of blood from his mouth and stares back. The Twi'lek runs to Han. She steps timidly behind him and peers over his shoulder at Trello. TRELLO (a long beat) Kill them. Kill them all. The swoopers aim their blasters. FADE OUT. END OF ACT FOUR **************** COMMERCIAL BREAK ******************** - ACT FIVE - ____________ FADE IN: EXT. SALVAGE YARD - MILLENNIUM FALCON - DAY The Twi'lek pulls close to Han as the swoopers close in. Suddenly, a loud EXPLOSION rocks the atmosphere! The smoke clears as Boba Fett drops out of the sky and into the middle of everything. FLAMES SHOOT from his right hand and swoopers fall back in shock. He power kicks three more just as surprisingly. Trello FIRES at him, and he deflects the shot with his forearm shield. Several swoopers attack him and he takes them out with an array of lethal blows. The assassin droid emerges from the junk and FIRES randomly into the dispersing crowd. Trello runs up the ramp. Han gives chase, but the ramp closes right in front of him. He pounds on the door. HAN Dammit! Chewie ROARS at him and he turns just in time to see a swooper RACING AT HIM on a speeder. Before he can move, the swoop SWEEPS HIM AWAY and he falls across the handlebars. The swooper smiles at him with a toothless grin. Han hauls back and SMASHES him in the mouth with his fist. The swooper falls backward, pulling the handlebars with him. The swoop loops into the sky and CRASHES onto the Millennium Falcon, depositing Han and the swooper onto the top hull. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT Trello drops into the pilot's seat and throws switches and levers. The ship begins to SURGE around him. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - REPAIR BAY Spanner sits up from his work and hits the intercom. SPANNER (into intercom) What the hell's going on up there? TRELLO (filter, voice over) Get that thing installed. We're lifting off. SPANNER (into intercom) I'm not finished here, yet. TRELLO (filtered) Then you'll finish in flight. SPANNER (into intercom) Are you crazy? Electrical fields surge like a lightening storm in flight. If I catch the wrong charge we'll blow this unit and be right back where we started. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT - DAY Trello eyes at the battle outside the cockpit window as he works the controls. Boba Fett can be seen taking down man after man. TRELLO Then you better not blow it if you know what's good for you. He switches off the communicator. EXT. SALVAGE YARD - MILLENNIUM FALCON - DAY Chewie runs to the ship, but is taken down by two swoopers. Dust fills the air as the engines SURGE. The ordinance officers converge on the battle. The lead officer raises his facemask. Boba Fett is in the heat of battle, thrashing swoopers like rag dolls. OFFICER #1 You are all under arrest! One of the swoopers stops and FIRES a shot at the officers. They leap from their speeders and join the battle. EXT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - TOP HULL - DAY The swooper is still stunned from the crash. Han recovers and sits up. The ship VIBRATES beneath him. He tries to stand, but loses his footing. The engines RUMBLE loudly. EXT. SALVAGE YARD Boba Fett throws a swooper to the ground and turns around. The Millennium Falcon is lifting off. Kamen Trello can be seen at the controls. Fett runs toward the ship, but it is gaining altitude too quickly. He ACTIVATES his jetpack and BLASTS into the sky after it. EXT. SKY - MILLENNIUM FALCON - TOP HULL/LOWER HULL Han holds on for dear life. He begins to crawl toward the front of the ship. The swooper stirs. ANGLE DOWN to bottom side of the ship. Boba Fett SAILS into view and grasps onto one of the landing gear lifters. It RETRACTS, carrying him up into the ship. The landing gear doors seal him inside. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - REPAIR BAY Spanner is hard at work. TRELLO (filtered, on intercom) Come on, Spanner. We don't have all day. EXT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - TOP HULL - SKY The ship is ascending into the clouds now. Han crawls slowly toward the top hatch. The swooper stands up and levels a blaster at him. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - CORRIDOR A floor panel pops open and Boba Fett emerges. He scans his surroundings before crawling out. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT Trello is busying himself with the controls. Lights blink and warning buzzers WHINE. A shadow falls over the cockpit. He looks forward and sees the reflection of Boba Fett in the cockpit window. He does not turn around. TRELLO It's been a long time. The days of the Mandalore warriors are over. I can't believe you still wear the uniform. BOBA FETT It serves me. TRELLO We used to be partners for god's sake. What happened to your honor? BOBA FETT You betrayed us, Kamen. You sold us out. Honor has no meaning for you. TRELLO So, what do you want from me, a bounty? BOBA FETT The bounty doesn't concern me... this time. I want your blood. I'm here for you, Kamen. TRELLO Then, by all means, take me. He pulls back on the controls, throwing Fett against the back wall. He leaps out of the chair and tackles the bounty hunter into the corridor. EXT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - TOP HULL The swooper is thrown off balance and FIRES. The BLAST barely misses Han. He rolls onto his back as the swooper recovers and takes aim again. His gun JAMS. Han jumps to his feet, runs unsteadily back to the swooper and tackles him. They slide precariously toward the edge of the ship and struggle for control of the blaster. The swooper smashes Han in the face with his elbow. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - MAIN HOLD AREA Boba Fett and Kamen Trello roll into the hold area. Fett is instantly on his feet. BOBA FETT You're losing your edge, Trello. You're not even amusing anymore. Trello attacks again. Fett throws him painfully against a control panel in the wall. Sparks FILL THE ROOM. EXT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - TOP HULL The swooper kicks Han away and stands up with the blaster. He clears it and takes aim. Solo is at his mercy. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - REPAIR BAY Spanner makes a final adjustment and shoves the regulator into place. The control panels LIGHT UP around him. EXT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - TOP HULL The engines ENGAGE, lurching the ship forward. The swooper loses his balance, FIRES haplessly into the air, and flies off the back of the ship into the engine lash. Han crawls slowly toward the top hatch. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - MAIN HOLD AREA Boba Fett and Trello tumble to the floor from the surge. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT Pilotless, the maneuvering controls sway randomly, throwing the ship in varying directions with the prevailing winds. SPANNER (filtered, voice over) Okay, you got your power, now let's quit playing games and fly right. Kamen...? Kamen...? EXT./INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - TOP HATCH Han opens the top hatch and crawls desperately inside. He drops to the floor and the hatch slides shut. The ship sways. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - MAIN HOLD AREA* (Scenes with "*" Indicate INTERCUTS of the swaying controls as needed.) Trello recovers and produces a THERMAL DETONATOR. He activates it and it GLOWS with a high pitched WHINE! Fett approaches him. TRELLO Ready to die, Boba? Han moves into the room in the background. Trello diverts his attention for a moment and Boba Fett is in action. Two silvery blades EXTRACT from his left forearm and he attacks! Trello SCREAMS in pain and the detonator flies from his fingers. HAN No! Han chases after the HUMMING silver ball as it rolls across the floor. EXT. SKY - DAY* The Millennium Falcon tilts out of control and drops into the clouds. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - MAIN HOLD AREA* Han slides across the deck on his stomach, desperately reaching out for the detonator, but the ship changes direction, and the detonator rolls away from him. Fett and Trello tumble with the ship's momentum in the background. Han stumbles to his feet and chases after the detonator. It rolls away into the corridor. EXT. SKY* The Falcon goes into a spinning dive through the atmosphere. The engines are at FULL POWER. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - CORRIDOR* The detonator rolls through the corridor and up the side of the circular wall as the ship rolls. It HUMMS at a high pitch now. Han tumbles and finds himself on the ceiling next to Spanner. SPANNER Now, who the hell are you? HAN I own this ship! The ship completes the roll and they topple back onto the deck. The detonator rolls down the side of the wall and drops into the smuggling compartment with a loud KLANG! Han dives after it and also disappears with a KLANG! EXT. SKY The Falcon emerges from the clouds and climbs into the atmosphere again. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - CORRIDOR* Spanner rolls off screen with the movement of the ship. Han emerges from the compartment with the detonator in hand. It is WHINE is ear-bursting now. He stands up and runs through the corridor with it. EXT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - TOP HATCH The hatch slides open and Han pitches the detonator out. It bounces across the hull a couple of times and then into the empty sky. NEW ANGLE - MILLENNIUM FALCON The ship SOARS away as the detonator EXPLODES in a BLINDING BALL OF FLAME! DISSOLVE TO: EXT. SALVAGE YARD - MILLENNIUM FALCON - DAY The battered officers lead a group of handcuffed swoopers away. The assassin droid continues to patrol the area in the background. The gundark is bound and gagged by thick chains. Chewie approaches the Millennium Falcon. Han leads Spanner down the ramp at blaster point. Directly behind, Boba Fett emerges with Kamen Trello. Trello is bound by his ankles and wrists. His mouth is also gagged. BOBA FETT I think I'll take that bounty after all. Chewie BARKS something to Han. HAN Pal, am I glad to see you. For that matter, I'm actually kind of glad to see anyone. An ordinance officer approaches and takes Spanner into custody. Han holsters his blaster. The lead officer approaches. OFFICER #1 Well, Mr. Calrissian, it seems you've been able to cause me trouble after all. I understand this is your ship? HAN That's right, yeah. Now that we have her back, we're lifting off this rock and not looking back. OFFICER #1 Well, it's not going to be quite that simple. This ship has made a lot of illegal liftoffs lately, and seeing as how you are the rightful owner, you get the bad news. I'll need to see your ship operations license and craft permits. Boba Fett approaches with Trello. The officer stops them. OFFICER #1 And you, bounty hunter, I'm afraid I'm going to have to take custody of Mr. Trello. After all, I wear the local shield here and I do have jurisdiction over... well, shall we say... privateers such as yourself. Fett looks at Han and Chewie for a moment and then at the officer. He hands Trello over. BOBA FETT I'm always interested in cooperating with the local law enforcement... He offers his hand in a noble gesture. The officer smiles and takes it. Fett activates a button on his shoulder and BLUE SPARKLING ELECTRICITY crawls over the officer, SHAKING HIM VIOLENTLY into a drooling frenzy. BOBA FETT (continued) ...but not today. The officer bounces around for a couple of seconds more and then Fett throws him to the ground where he continues to spasm and make odd sounds as the electricity SLOWLY DISSIPATES. Fett takes his prisoner and turns to Han. BOBA FETT Oh, and Captain Solo... Catch you later. He herds Trello away. Han's smile fades and he looks at Chewie. HAN What do you suppose he meant by that? Chewie shrugs. Han kneels down to the twitching ordinance officer. HAN About those permits. You know, I'm pretty sure I left them in my other pants. And darned the luck! My other pants just happen to be on the second moon of Dierdonn IV. Tell you what... you wait right here and I'll go get them. (faked chuckle) Ohhhh, what a day... Han stands up and smiles at Chewie. They walk to the ship. The officer tries to stand up, but falls flat on his ass in a dazed stupor. EXT. SPACE - PLANET DELBASHI The Falcon breaks the atmosphere and SOARS into the stars. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT Han and Chewie. HAN About ready for lightspeed. Let's get the hell out of here. Chewie agrees. Han savors the feel of the controls. HAN I missed you, baby. I missed you. A MUFFLED THUD echoes from somewhere back in the ship. Han looks around. HAN What was that? Chewie shrugs. Han draws his blaster and moves cautiously out of the cockpit. HAN I'm gonna go check it out. Han exits and Chewie smiles. A mischievous Cheshire cat smile. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - MAIN HOLD AREA Darkness. Han moves cautiously into the hold. He glances around and then chuckles and holsters his pistol. HAN You need a vacation, Solo. As he turns to leave, a SHADOW LEAPS at him from the darkness, tackling him to the floor. REVEAL the Twi'lek girl as she climbs onto him and runs her fingers across his chest in delight. Han is stunned. She gazes dreamingly into his eyes and then runs her tongue across his lips and over his nose. He stares back in virtual shock. HAN Chew-- Chew-- Chew-- INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON - COCKPIT Chewie LAUGHS, a loud wookiee belly laugh, and pulls the hyperdrive throttle. EXT. HYPERSPACE The Millennium Falcon ZOOMS away into infinity. HAN (voice over) Cheeeeeewwwwwiiiieeee....! FADE OUT. END OF ACT FIVE THE END NOTE: This episode of "THE UNTOLD TALES OF HAN SOLO" was obtained from THE MILLENNIUM FALCON.