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THE STAR
WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL 1. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON -
COCKPIT Han and Chewbacca are seated in
the cockpit of the Falcon. 2. EXT. SPACE The Falcon speeds across the
screen. Two Star Destroyers chase the Falcon
and fire on her. Several of the laser blasts connect with
the shields. 3. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON -
COCKPIT The Falcon rocks as lasers hit
their shields. HAN That's it I'm turning back. Chewie growls at Han in reply. HAN I know your family's waiting. Chewie growls again. HAN I know it's an important day. Chewie growls again at Han. HAN All right. We'll give it a try.
I'll set short coordinates -
we won't jump far. Han flips some switches on a
control panel. HAN I'll get you back there in time,
pal. Trust me. Chewie growls and leans over and
pits his arm around Han very
affectionately. 4. EXT. SPACE A Star Destroyer is firing on the
falcon. 5. INT. MILLENNIUM FALCON -
COCKPIT HAN Our only hope now, is to outrun
that Imperial garbage scow, tho'. I'm going to lightspeed. Chewie growls yet again. Han
smiles. HAN That's the spirit! You'll be
celebrating Life Day before you know it!
Standby, here's where we say goodbye to
our unpleasant friends. The Falcon makes the jump to
hyperspace. 6. EXT. SPACE - STARFIELD A graphic is displayed
over the starfield left from the Falcon jumping
to lightspeed. It says: THE STAR WARS
HOLIDAY SPECIAL ANNOUNCER The Star Wars
Holiday Special. Starring Mark Hamill as Luke
Skywalker. A clip is
shown of Luke in his flight uniform. ANNOUNCER Harrison Ford as Han
Solo. A clip is
shown of Han in the cockpit of the Falcon. ANNOUNCER Carrie Fisher as Princess
Leia. A clip is
shown of Leia in her white dress from Star Wars. ANNOUNCER with, Anthony
Daniels as C-3PO. A clip is
shown of C-3PO. ANNOUNCER Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca. A clip is
shown of Chewie. ANNOUNCER R2-D2 as R2-D2. A clip is
shown of Artoo rolling around. ANNOUNCER And, James
Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader. A clip is
shown of Vader walking down a corridor of the Death Star
with an Imperial Officer. ANNOUNCER Introducing
Chewbacca's family, A clip is
shown of Chewie's family altogether. ANNOUNCER His wife, Malla. A clip is
shown of Malla who is around Chewbacca's height and slightly
heavier. ANNOUNCER His father, Itchy. A clip is
shown of Itchy who is shorter than Chewie. He has gray and white hair and a very bad under bite. ANNOUNCER His son, Lumpy. A clip is
shown of Lumpy who is a small wookiee child. ANNOUNCER With special
guest stars, Beatrice Arthur. A clip of her
is shown. ANNOUNCER Art Carney. A clip of him
is shown. ANNOUNCER Diahann Carroll. A clip of her
singing is shown. ANNOUNCER The Jefferson
Starship. A clip of the
band performing is shown. ANNOUNCER Harvey Korman. Different
clips of him is shown in the roles he plays. ANNOUNCER And an
animated Star Wars story on... A clip is
shown from the cartoon of Boba Fett on some creature. ANNOUNCER The Star Wars
Holiday Special. The original
graphic of THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL, is brought back
up. 7. EXT. WOOKIEE HOME - DAY Outside shot of Chewbacca's
family's home. It is a high in the trees and
looks like a cartoonish painting. 8. INT. WOOKIEE HOME - MAIN
LIVING AREA Malla is busy in
the kitchen cleaning or cooking. Itchy is sitting in a chair
carving X-wings out of wood. Lumpy comes down the steps
"flying" one of the X-wings that his grandfather
has carved. He then proceeds to "fly" the X-wing around Itchy's
head. Itchy growls at Lumpy in anger. Malla makes a reluctant Lumpy leave his Grandfather alone and to take
out the garbage. On his way over to the garbage can, Lumpy sees some
cookies on the table and picks one up. Malla sees this and makes him put it back. She then hands him the garbage
can he is to take out. Lumpy heads to take out the
garbage and Malla goes back into the kitchen. 9. EXT. WOOKIEE HOUSE - PORCH -
DAY Lumpy exits the door and sets the
can next to it. He looks through the railing to the cartoonish ground far below. He then
looks back into the house to see if anyone is watching.
Apparently, the coast is clear, so, he climbs up on the railing and
walks along it like a tightrope walker. 10. INT. WOOKIEE HOME - MAIN
LIVING AREA Malla walks over to
Itchy and pats him on the shoulder. She then walks over to some
shelves and gets a picture frame down with a
picture of Chewbacca in it. Itchy walks over to her. They
exchange some grunts and growls. Malla goes back to the
kitchen. Itchy gets a cartridge from a shelf and looks
around for Lumpy. Lumpy runs up to him. They head over to a hologram
table similar to the chess board on the
Falcon. Itchy puts the cartridge in and a strange circus of
holographic aliens appear. They dance, do acrobatics,
and in general caper around. Lumpy is very amused by
this and claps at the end of the show. Malla makes Lumpy
come over and dry the dishes when its over. Malla goes over to
a computer console and pushes some buttons on it.
Nonsense letter and number combinations come up and then the message: YOU
HAVE REACHED TRAFFIC CONTROL is displayed. Itchy
becomes interested and comes over to Malla. She pushes more buttons and a message saying: NO STARSHIPS
IN AREA is displayed. Malla switches off the computer. They both then go over to the
shelves again and pull aside two panels to reveal a
hidden communications monitor. Appearing on
the screen is Luke, in his pilot uniform, and Artoo
working on an engine in a workshop. Luke, who is on his knees, looks
up. LUKE (on monitor) What's that? (to Artoo) Oh, Artoo, look. It's Chewbacca's
family. 11. INT. WORKSHOP Chewbacca's family waves at Luke
and Artoo from the monitor on Luke's
end. 12. INT. WOOKIEE HOME - MAIN
LIVING AREA On the monitor, Luke gives Artoo
something. LUKE (to Artoo) Here, keep working on it. Luke gets up and walks toward his
monitor. LUKE (to wookiees) Hello Malla,
Itchy. Hiya Lumpy. The wookiees
wave at Luke through the monitor. LUKE Where's Chewbacca? All three of them start grunting
and growling at the same time. Luke holds
up his hands, as if to slow them down. LUKE Whoa, wait a minute! One at a
time. Itchy growls at Lumpy and Lumpy
walks away mad at him. Malla then
"explains" to Luke what is wrong. LUKE Yeah... Something begins to smoke so
Artoo whistles and bumps into Luke's leg.
Luke just motions him away without looking at what Artoo
wants. LUKE Not now, Artoo. Malla gets down the
picture of Chewbacca off of her shelf and holds it up
to her monitor. Artoo beeps more at Luke. This time he notices the problem
about the smoke. LUKE Uh, wait a minute, I don't like
the looks of this. Let
me get this fixed. More smoke pours out of the
engine that Luke was working on. He takes a
tool to it and adjusts something. LUKE (to Artoo) Oh, Artoo, you're supposed to be
watching that... There,
that ought to hold it. I think. He waves the smoke away and makes
another adjustment. He then looks up to
his monitor. LUKE (to Malla) What's up? He sees the picture of Chewbacca
that Malla is holding. LUKE Chewbacca... yeah, well, bring
him to the screen. I want to
say hello to him. The wookiees
shake their heads at Luke. They continue their growling. LUKE You don't know where he is?
...Oh, he's not there yet. Is
that it? The wookiees
shake their heads in agreement at Luke's answer. LUKE Oh boy. Well, all I can tell you
is that, uh, he and Han
left here on schedule. If he's not there
now, they're way overdue. There must've been trouble. More smoke comes out of the
engine and Artoo beeps at Luke. The wookiees
start sounding upset. LUKE (to Artoo) Artoo, please, this is important. (to Malla) Now, now listen. Calm down. I
mean, you know how Han and Chewbacca are -
anything could've happened - they
could've, they could've stopped off somewhere,
or been held up by an
asteroid storm. Listen, I wouldn't worry about Chewbacca, I
know him and he hasn't missed a Life
Day yet, right? The wookiees
nod in agreement at Luke on their monitor. LUKE Well, there you go! He's not
going to miss this one
either. It's just taking him a little longer to get there,
that's all. He'll make
it. Luke starts to turn away and
notices the "sad" expression on Malla's face. LUKE Come on, don't look so worried.
Now, Chewie's not gonna
wanna come home to a house full of long
faces, is he? Come on, Malla. Let's see a
little smile. Come on... Malla finally gives
in and smiles for Luke. Luke smiles back at her in
response. LUKE There, that's better. Try to
enjoy your Life Day. I gotta get back to
this engine. I think we might have it solved. Artoo touches the engine and
smoke comes out of it very heavily. LUKE (to Artoo) OH! ARTOO! What are you doing?!
Oh no... Artoo beeps at Luke. He looks up
and pats Artoo on his dome. LUKE It's alright. Nobody's perfect. Smoke continues to fill the
workshop and the wookiees monitor's picture
breaks up as the connection is broken. They then close the secret panels
to conceal the monitor. Malla walks back
over to the console that she used earlier. She pushes
more buttons on it and the screen comes to life.
First, the screen displays a message saying: SUB TERMINAL
446B. Then, it flashes: STANDBY followed by: CONNECT.
The next screen pulls up the message: TRADING POST
WOOKIEE PLANET C. This then cuts to a scene of a shop with an
Imperial guard looking around at the goods for
sale. The owner of the establishment walks into the
store and notices the man. The owner is Saundan. SAUNDAN Hello, an Imperial Guard. I
suppose you want to see my
identification. He reaches into his pocket to
pull out his identification. IMPERIAL GUARD No, I'm off duty. I've come to
look around your shop. SAUNDAN Well, good, good, good. Look
around, browse around, make
yourself at home... As you can see I've got just
about everything a man or wookiee would want. The Imperial Guard, who looking
around on a table picks up a clear bag
and examines it. SAUNDAN Oh here, let me show you this; I
really love this. He picks up a small clear box
with a dark back on it. He blows on it and
shines it with his sleeve. He decides that it is not good
enough. SAUNDAN No... He then picks up another and
decides it is not good enough either. SAUNDAN Uh-uh... He then gets one that has a green
base and smiles. SAUNDAN Ah, here we are. Here it is. A
pocket sized aquarium.
Wonderful, isn't it? He hands the aquarium to the
guard who holds it up to show the fish that
are inside of it. SAUNDAN And, you can take it with you
anywhere. And the tank is a snap to clean. IMPERIAL GUARD I hate fish. He puts the small tank back on
the table and browses some more at what is on
it. SAUNDAN Well, so do I,
as a matter of fact. I take a drink once and a while,
but I just thought I'd show you some of the
stupid stuff those wookiees purchase from me. Oh, here... He walks over to a shelf behind
them and gets a shoe box sized container
from off it. SAUNDAN Here's a hot little item that
seems to be moving pretty
rapidly these days. He sets the box on the table and
opens it. A warbling buzzer sounds and
makes him look up. SAUNDAN Excuse me,
I got a wall screen customer. He turns to the wall screen. SAUNDAN (to Malla) Good to see you again. Malla growls and
waves to him. SAUNDAN Don't worry Malla.
I know just why you're calling. You're
wondering when that shaggy carpet you ordered will
arrive at your home. Malla growls in
agreement with his assumption. SAUNDAN Let me assure you madam, it's on
its way. You know, it was made especially
for you by a little old
woman four planets away. She did it all by herself. In
fact, you might say she did
it by Han... Solo. Malla growls
enthusiastically at him. SAUNDAN Tho' it's going
to take some time to get to you. I know
you'll understand. He looks back to see if the
Imperial Guard is paying attention to him. SAUNDAN (under his breath) You understand don't you? Malla growls
agreement. SAUNDAN (normally) Terrific! By the way, I'll be by
later to drop off that
extra proton energy pack. Malla waves
farewell and growls. SAUNDAN You're welcome. The call is terminated. Saundan turns back to the Guard who is still
browsing around the shop. He then proceeds to pick up the item from the box
that he was showing before the wall
screen call. SAUNDAN (to guard) What's a matter? Don't you like
this? IMPERIAL GUARD It's just a groomer. SAUNDAN Just a groomer? IMPERIAL GUARD A groomer.. SAUNDAN Just a groomer,
you say? It's a lot more than that. He picks up the manual for the groomer out of its box. SAUNDAN Evidently, you haven't read the instructions, the warranty, and
the guarantee. (reading from the manual) ... besides
shaving and hair trimming. It's guaranteed to lift stains
off clothing, faces, and
hands. Cleans teeth, fingers, and
toenails. Washes eyes, pierces ears, calculates,
modulates, and syncopates like rhythms and can
repeat the entire Imperial Code, all 17
volumes, in half the time
of the old XP-21. Just the thing to keep
you squeaky clean. He puts the manual down on the
table. SAUNDAN I use one of these all the time. IMPERIAL GUARD Really? Saundan glances down
at himself and notices how unkempt he looks. SAUNDAN Well, not all the time, but some
of the time. Oh, another
outstanding, uh, feature of this little model -
you can recharge it by simply plugging it
into any ordinary
laser outlet. The Imperial Guard takes the groomer from the Saundan's hands and puts it
in his belt. IMPERIAL GUARD I'll take it. SAUNDAN Good! I thought you would. Well,
would you like to pay me something for it
or give me something in trade? IMPERIAL GUARD I said I'll take it! The Imperial Guard turns and
leaves the shop with the groomer. SAUNDAN That's a load off my mind. I
thought I might embarrass you when I told
you it was a gift. (to himself) I don't like embarrassing people.
I don't like being embarrassed myself
that's why I, uh, don't like to embarrass
people. I just said that.
... just a groomer... 13. EXT. SPACE Two Star Destroyers head across
the screen. 14. INT. CORRIDOR Darth Vader and an Imperial
Officer are walking down a corridor. IMPERIAL OFFICER We've ordered a blockade and a
curfew. And, started a search
operation. It's just a matter of time
before we find the Rebels. DARTH VADER I want the Rebels located and
identified. If it means searching every
household in the system. 15. EXT. WOOKIEE HOME - DAY Again, we are outside the cartoonish tree home of Chewbacca's family. |