The ice world of Hoth.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKER.

EnterWAMPA, aside.

[Exit, pursued by a wampa.

The rebel base on Hoth.

EnterHAN SOLO.

EnterCHEWBACCA, working on the Millennium Falcon.

[Exit Chewbacca. Han crosses to command center with Princess Leia and General Rieekan.

[Exit Rieekan. Han turns to Princess Leia.

[Han Solo begins to exit, pursued by Princess Leia.

[Exit Han Solo.

[Exit Princess Leia.

The rebel base on Hoth.

Enter C-3PO and R2-D2, withHAN SOLO and CHEWBACCAaside at the Millennium Falcon.

[C-3PO walks aside toward the Millennium Falcon.

[C-3PO makes his way to Han Solo.

EnterDECK OFFICER.

[Exit deck officer.

[Exit C-3PO and R2-D2.

EnterDECK OFFICER.

[Exeunt Han Solo, Chewbacca, and deck officer.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKER, hanging upside down from balcony.

EnterWAMPA. Luke cuts off the wampa�s arm and exits quickly.

[Exit wampa.

The rebel base on Hoth.

Enter C-3PO, R2-D2, PRINCESS LEIA, andCHEWBACCA.

EnterLIEUTENANTandMAJOR DERLIN.

[The shield doors close.

[Exeunt Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Lieutenant, and Major Derlin.

[Exeunt.

The ice world of Hoth.

Enter C-3PO, R2-D2, PRINCESS LEIA, andCHEWBACCA.

[He falls.

EnterGHOST OF OBI-WAN KENOBI.

[Exit Ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

[Luke collapses as Han enters and dismounts his tauntaun.

[The tauntaun falls over, frozen to death.

[Han takes Luke�s lightsaber and cuts open the tauntaun, pulling Luke close to its warmth.

[Han sits with Luke as night passes.

EnterZEVaside, flying.

[Exeunt.

The rebel base on Hoth.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKER, reclining on bed.

Enter C-3PO, R2-D2, andPRINCESS LEIA.

[To Luke:] Meep, squeak!

EnterHAN SOLOandCHEWBACCA.

[Leia kisses Luke at length, then exits.

[To Luke:] Be thou at ease.

[Exeunt Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2.

[Exit Luke.

EnterHAN SOLO, CHEWBACCA, C-3PO, andR2-D2,crossing toGENERAL RIEEKAN, theCONTROLLER, andPRINCESS LEIA.

[A faint signal is heard.

[Exeunt.

Aboard the Empire�s Super Star Destroyer.

EnterADMIRAL OZZEL, GENERAL VEERS, andCAPTAIN PIETT.

EnterDARTH VADER.

[Piett shows Vader the screen.

[Exeunt Admiral Ozzel, General Veers, and Captain Piett.

EnterGENERAL VEERS.

[Exit General Veers.

VADERhailsADMIRAL OZZELandCAPTAIN PIETT, who enter by balcony.

[Darth Vader begins to choke Admiral Ozzel using the Force.

[Admiral Ozzel dies. Exit Darth Vader.

[Exit.

The rebel base on Hoth.

EnterHAN SOLOandCHEWBACCA, working on the Millennium Falcon with a MAINTENANCE DROID.

[The ship begins to smoke and spark.

Enter LUKE SKYWALKER.

[Exit maintenance droid.

[Exit Luke Skywalker.

[Exeunt Han Solo and Chewbacca.

Enter theCONTROLLERandGENERAL RIEEKAN.

EnterREBEL PILOTS, includingHOBBIEandMAJOR DERLIN, andPRINCESS LEIA.

[Exeunt rebel pilots, including Hobbie and Lieutenant Derlin.

[Exeunt.

The ice world of Hoth.

EnterCHORUS.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKERandDACK, his copilot, withREBEL PILOTS, includingWEDGE ANTILLES, JANSON, andZEV.

Enter AT-ATS 1, 2, and 3, giant Imperial walkers, on other side.

[The AT-ATs advance on Luke Skywalker and other rebel pilots.

[Rebels and AT-ATs duel, and

[The fight resumes. Dack is struck.

[Dack dies.

[The fight resumes. Wedge and his gunner, Janson, strike AT-AT 1 with a rope around the legs.

[AT-AT 1 falls and dies.

[They duel again.

[Zev is slain. Luke is struck and falls to the ground.

[Luke strikes AT-AT 3 from below, and AT-AT 3 dies.

[He shoots and destroys the power generator. Exeunt all, in confusion.

The rebel base on Hoth.

EnterGENERAL RIEEKANandPRINCESS LEIA, with an aide.

EnterHAN SOLOandCHEWBACCAon balcony, repairing the Millennium Falcon.

Enter C-3PO with R2-D2, aside.

[Exit R2-D2. C-3PO moves to Princess Leia and General Rieekan. Loud sounds of shaking are heard.

[Han Solo moves to General Rieekan and Princess Leia.

[A blast is heard, closer.

[Exeunt General Rieekan and aide. Han Solo and Princess Leia begin to walk toward the transport.

[As they make their way to the ship, a wall falls in their path.

[Han Solo and Princess Leia run the other way, toward the Millennium Falcon, shutting the door against C-3PO.

[The door opens.

[They enter the Millennium Falcon.

[Exeunt in the Millennium Falcon.

The rebel base on Hoth.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKERand R2-D2.

[Exeunt.

Space, in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon.

EnterHAN SOLO, CHEWBACCA, andPRINCESS LEIA.

Enter C-3PO.

�Not yet: observe!

[The Millennium Falcon makes a sound and fails.

[He runs to repair the ship, yelling back to Chewbacca.

[Loud sound. Han is knocked aside.

[Han runs back to the cockpit.

[The Millennium Falcon flies deep into one of the asteroids.

[Exeunt into an asteroid�s tunnel.

Aboard the Empire�s Super Star Destroyer.

EnterADMIRAL PIETTwithDARTH VADER, replacing his mask.

[Exeunt.

The Dagobah system.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKERand R2-D2.

EnterYODA, hidden behind.

[Yoda reveals himself.

[Luke points his blaster at Yoda.

[Yoda rummages through Luke�s supplies, discarding them to the ground.

[Yoda removes a light from Luke�s supplies.

[R2-D2 reaches out and grabs the lamp.

[R2-D2 and Yoda fight for the lamp.

[R2-D2 releases the lamp.

[Exeunt, Luke following Yoda.

Aboard the Millennium Falcon, inside the asteroid.

EnterHAN SOLO, PRINCESS LEIA, CHEWBACCA, and C-3PO.

[The ship shakes and all are rocked from side to side.

[Exeunt Chewbacca and C-3PO. The ship shakes again and Leia falls into Han�s arms.

[Exit Han Solo.

[Exit Princess Leia.

Enter C-3PO.

EnterHAN SOLOandCHEWBACCA.

[Exit C-3PO.

[Exit Chewbacca.

EnterPRINCESS LEIA, aside, working.

[He approaches to help her and is shoved away.

[Leia stops working and rubs her sore hands.

[Han Solo takes Leia�s hands in his.

[They kiss.

Enter C-3PO.

[Exit Princess Leia.

[Exeunt.

Aboard the Empire�s Super Star Destroyer.

EnterDARTH VADERandCAPTAIN NEEDA(in beam).

[Exit Captain Needa from beam.

EnterADMIRAL PIETT.

[Exit Admiral Piett.

EnterEMPEROR PALPATINE, in beam.

[Exeunt.

Inside Yoda�s homestead.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKER.

Enter Yoda.

The voice of theGHOST OF OBI-WAN KENOBIis heard.

[Exeunt.

Aboard the Millennium Falcon, inside the asteroid.

EnterHAN SOLO, CHEWBACCA,and C-3PO.

EnterPRINCESS LEIA, in fear.

[A great sound is heard and the ship shakes.

[Another sound is heard.

O dear!

[Exit C-3PO as the others go outside the ship.

[Han sees something move.

Take thou cover!

[He shoots.

[Several mynocks fly by. Han shoots, and the cave walls shake.

[Han shoots the cave wall, and the ground shakes mightily.

[They run into the Millennium Falcon.

[following Han to the cockpit:] The Empire is without, we should not go�

[They arrive in the cockpit and start the ship.

[They begin to leave the cave, which is actually an exogorth, or space slug. Its mouth begins to close.

Enter C-3PO.

[Exeunt C-3PO, Han Solo, Princess Leia, and Chewbacca in the Milennium Falcon, flying out of exogorth�s mouth and leaving it alone on stage.

[Exit.

The Dagobah system.

EnterYODA, R2-D2, andLUKE SKYWALKER, training.

[Yoda points to the opening of a cave.

[Luke begins to enter the cave, carrying his weapons.

Beep, meep, meep, squeak, beep, whistle, meep, beep, nee!

[Luke enters, bringing his weapons, as Yoda and R2-D2 remain outside.

Enter shadow ofDARTH VADER.

[Exit Luke, in fear.

[Exit Yoda.

[Exit.

Space, aboard the Empire�s Super Star Destroyer and the Millennium Falcon.

EnterADMIRAL PIETTandIMPERIAL CONTROLLER, withDARTH VADERandBOUNTY HUNTERS, includingBOBA FETT, aside, aboard the Super Star Destroyer.

As you wish. [Aside:] The darkest Sith that e�er did live, and I am his choice to find those he cannot. Yet who am I? A mere bounty hunter like the others here? Nay, far more. I am Boba Fett, the vilest, fiercest, most deadly hunter in the galaxy. More than that, Darth Vader knows that I shall serve him well and faithfully in the pursuit of Solo. He knoweth well that Boba Fett doth worship at sweet compensation�s throne, and would happily betray my own kin to earn the great reward that hath been promis�d. I would kill Solo without a thought, for what is he to me? Disintegrations, indeed. I would disintegrate, disembowel, dismember, destroy utterly Han Solo, for I know him not nor care what he hath done to earn Darth Vader�s ire and the scorn of Jabba of the Hutt. I shall play my bounty hunter�s part, obey the dark lord, take my prize from the Empire, and receive a second prize on the dunes of Tatooine. A double prize��tis wonderful a bounty hunter to be.

[Exeunt Darth Vader, Boba Fett, other bounty hunters, Admiral Piett, and Imperial Controller.

EnterHAN SOLO, CHEWBACCA, PRINCESS LEIA, and C-3PO aboard the Millennium Falcon.

[The Millennium Falcon makes a sound and fails.

��Tis not fair. I say, it is not just!

[Exeunt, flying toward the Star Destroyer.

EnterCAPTAIN NEEDA, TRACKING OFFICER, andCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER.

[To Communications Officer:] Prepare a shuttle for me. I�ll accept

[Exit Tracking and Communications officers.

EnterDARTH VADER, as Captain Needa makes his way toward him.

[Darth Vader chokes Captain Needa with the Force, killing him.

EnterADMIRAL PIETT.

[Exit Admiral Piett.

[Exit.

The Dagobah system.

EnterYODA, R2-D2, and LUKE SKYWALKER, who practices lifting things with the Force.

[R2-D2 begins to beep as Luke�s ship sinks.

[Everything that was lifted falls.

[Luke tries to lift the ship with the Force, but the ship sinks lower.

[Luke sits aside, as Yoda lifts his hands.

[Yoda moves the ship out of the swamp using the Force.

[Exeunt.

Aboard the Millennium Falcon, moored to a Star Destroyer.

EnterCHORUS.

[Exit.

EnterHAN SOLO, PRINCESS LEIA, CHEWBACCA, and C-3PO.

[Exit Chewbacca.

[Leia turns off C-3PO.

[The ship shakes.

[The Millennium Falcon detaches from the Star Destroyer.

[Leia kisses Han and exits with C-3PO.

[Exit.

EnterBOBA FETT.

A smuggler�s ways are e�er unchanging and predictable. Thou hast let the Millennium Falcon go out with the refuse, Solo, but I refuse to let thee play a jade�s trick and go thy merry way. Thy course shall I pursue, and e�en best, for my ship is swift of flight unlike thy tir�d and ag�d Falcon. To the last I�ll grapple with thee, and in the heart of Bespin make thee cold with fright. The Fett doth promise it, and it shall be.

[Exit Boba Fett.

The Dagobah system.

EnterYODA, R2-D2,andLUKE SKYWALKER, doing a handstand and lifting things with the Force.

[Everything drops as Luke�s concentration breaks.

EnterGHOST OF OBI-WAN KENOBI.

[Exeunt Luke and R2-D2.

[Exit Ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

[Exit Yoda.

Bespin, the cloud city.

EnterHAN SOLO, CHEWBACCA, PRINCESS LEIA, and C-3PO, attempting to land the Millennium Falcon in the city,speaking withGUARD 1 in comlink.

[The Millennium Falcon lands and Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, and C-3PO disembark.

EnterLANDOwithLOBOTandGUARDS.

My friend!

[To Chewbacca:] But keep thou watch now, Chewie, just in case.

LANDO[aside:] How shall I play this? Shall I distant be?Nay, then he shall become suspicious andMay have some cause to fear ere Vader comes.I shall be jovial and shine with joy�A colt is ridden best by kindly rider.I know �tis true: it worketh ev�ry time.Thus, to deceive I shall employ a jest.[Walking to Han:] Thou slimy, double-crossing, no-good swine!Thou hast a nerve to show thy cheating face,Since thou hast prov�n thyself a lying thief.HANIs�t possible? Is friendship�s mem�ry slain?LANDOHeigh-ho, I mock at thee, my goodly friend!How art thou, pirate? �Tis a joy to seeThee here.C-3PO[to Princess Leia:]�He doth seem full of friendship�s mirth.LEIAAye, truly, he seems full of it indeed.LANDOWhat brings thee here to Bespin?HAN�Ship repairs.Methought thou couldst some kind assistance grant.LANDOWhat hast thou done unto my ship?HAN�Thy ship?Remember thou didst lose her o�er to meAs fairly as the day is long.LANDO�And howDost thou, Chewbacca? Hang�st thou still aroundThis aging renegade?CHEWBAC.�Egh!LANDO[to Princess Leia:]�O, what lightDoth break upon mine eyes? What beauty�s this?I give thee welcome, gentle lady. IAm Lando of Calrissian, and doAdminister this great facility.And who, pray tell, art thou? Eh?LEIA�Leia, I.LANDO[kissing her hand:] Most welcome, Leia.HAN�Aye, �tis well, �tis well.Thou ever wert a lover of fair things.C-3POC-3PO am I, and at your service�

[Lando turns his back.

[Exeunt Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, and Lando.

Enter another 3PO DROID.

[Exit 3PO droid.

[C-3PO enters another room.

Enter aSHADOWY FIGURE.

[Exeunt as C-3PO is shot into pieces.

EnterPRINCESS LEIA.

EnterHAN SOLO.

[Exeunt Han Solo and Princess Leia.

Enter a merry band ofUGNAUGHTS, singing as they pass around parts of C-3PO�s body.

EnterCHEWBACCA.

[Chewbacca begins collecting pieces of C-3PO.

[Exeunt Ugnaughts, singing.

EnterHAN SOLOandPRINCESS LEIA.

EnterLANDO.

[They walk, leaving C-3PO�s parts.

[They arrive at a door and open it.

EnterDARTH VADERandBOBA FETT, revealed inside.

[Han fires, but Vader deflects the blast and uses the Force to takes Han�s blaster.

[Exeunt.

Bespin, the cloud city.

EnterGUARDS 1 and 2.

[Exeunt Guards 1 and 2.

EnterLANDO.

EnterLOBOT, DARTH VADER, andBOBA FETT.

�Tis, my Lord. But Solo is no good to me, should he be dead upon delivery. He hath been tortur�d severely in this last hour. �Tis well, but I prithee do not kill the man ere I deliver him to Jabba.

[Exeunt Darth Vader and Boba Fett.

[Exeunt.

Bespin, the cloud city.

EnterCHEWBACCA, with C-3PO�s parts.

[Chewbacca disconnects C-3PO and tries to reconnect him again.

[Chewbacca adjusts C-3PO.

[Chewbacca switches off C-3PO.

EnterHAN SOLO, carried bySTORMTROOPERS, who drop him and exit.

EnterPRINCESS LEIA.

EnterLANDO, withGUARDS.

[Han Solo strikes Lando but is quickly restrained by guards.

[Exeunt Lando and guards.

[Exeunt.

Bespin, the cloud city.

EnterUGNAUGHTS 1, 2, and 3, singing.

[Exeunt Ugnaughts.

EnterLANDO, LOBOT, DARTH VADER, andBOBA FETT.

EnterIMPERIAL SOLDIER.

[Exit Imperial soldier.

My Lord, although his death would bring me joy, it doth not pay. Jabba, like thine Emperor, giveth no fees for damag�d goods. I prithee, what shall happen if the man doth die? What then, for Boba Fett?

EnterHAN SOLO, CHEWBACCA, PRINCESS LEIA, and C-3PO (attached to Chewbacca�s back), all guarded.

�Auugh!

[Chewbacca fights guards and slays three of them.

[Han is placed into the machine and emerges in a frozen block.

[aside:] Aye, prize, indeed, and worthy of the wait. To Tatooine I fly, with expectation of payment great.

EnterIMPERIAL SOLDIER.

[Exit Imperial soldier.

[Exeunt Darth Vader and Boba Fett. Chewbacca and Princess Leia sing a song of lament.

[Exeunt.

Bespin, the cloud city.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKER, with R2-D2 behind.

[Luke sees Bespin guards carrying Han Solo.

EnterBOBA FETT, shooting at Luke. Luke shoots back. Exit Boba Fett.

[Exeunt Luke and R2-D2.

EnterCHEWBACCA, PRINCESS LEIA, andLANDO, withGUARDSandBOBA FETT.

[Lando presses buttons on his wrist communicator.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKERandR2-D2. Boba Fett shoots again.

[Exit Luke Skywalker under fire, with R2-D2 behind him. Exit Boba Fett.

EnterLOBOTwithARMED BATTALION.

[Exeunt Lobot with battalion and Imperial guards.

[He releases the bands from Chewbacca�s hands.

[Chewbacca begins to choke Lando.

[Chewbacca releases Lando. He and Princess Leia begin to walk away, followed by Lando.

EnterBOBA FETTon balcony, with Guards and the frozen body ofHAN SOLO.

Now put him in the cargo hold. Who now hath been victorious, Solo? Who is the winner clear? And as the victor, so go the spoils. Jabba�s bounty and his great pleasure shall I enjoy when I arrive with thee on Tatooine. I shall become a courtier in the palace of the Hutts ere this is through. Boba Fett triumphant!

[Exeunt Boba Fett and guards.

Enter R2-D2.

[To C-3PO:] Squeak!

[They arrive at the east platform to see Boba Fett�s ship flying away.

�Egh!

EnterSTORMTROOPERSfrom behind, who battle withCHEWBACCA, PRINCESS LEIA, andLANDO. The stormtroopers are slain.

[Lando tries to open a door and fails.

[R2-D2 tries to plug into the computer and gets shocked.

[More stormtroopers enter and begin to shoot at Chewbacca, Princess Leia, and Lando.

[The door opens.

[Exeunt R2-D2, Lando, and Chewbacca with C-3PO, into the Millennium Falcon.

[Exit Princess Leia.

Bespin, the cloud city.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKER.

[A sound is heard.

EnterDARTH VADER.

[They duel.

EnterCHORUS.

[They duel, and Luke falls into the carbon freezing machine.

[Luke leaps out of the carbon freezing machine.

[Darth Vader uses the Force to strike Luke with nearby objects.

[Luke falls out a window.

[Exit Darth Vader. Luke begins to climb through the window.

EnterDARTH VADER. They duel, and Luke is forced to the edge of a deep cavern.

[They duel. Darth Vader cuts off Luke�s right hand with his lightsaber.

[Luke looks down and drops into the cavern.

[Luke falls onto a weather vane at the bottom of the shaft.

[Exit Darth Vader.

EnterCHEWBACCA, PRINCESS LEIA, andLANDO, aside in the Millennium Falcon.

�Auugh!

[They approach Luke in the ship. Lando breaks off from the others to let Luke in.

[Lando opens the hatch. Luke drops from the weather vane into the ship.

[Luke and Leia embrace while Lando returns to the cockpit.

[Leia goes to the cockpit.

[The Millennium Falcon makes a sound and fails.

EnterDARTH VADERandADMIRAL PIETTon balcony.

[Exit Admiral Piett, while Darth Vader stares into space.

Enter C-3PO and R2-D2, who is repairing C-3PO.

[R2-D2 continues to repair C-3PO.

[Luke walks to the cockpit.

[R2-D2 goes to the control panel.

[R2-D2 adjusts the control panel and the Millennium Falcon flies into lightspeed. Exeunt all but Darth Vader.

[Exit Darth Vader.

Aboard a rebel cruiser.

EnterLUKE SKYWALKER.

EnterCHEWBACCA, PRINCESS LEIA, andLANDO.

[They move to separate parts of the stage.

Enter chorus as epilogue.

[Exeunt omnes.