STAR WARS A science fiction adventure A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, the evil Sith lord PALPATINE has overthrown the galactic Republic and installed himself as the emperor of his own New Empire. The last bastion of defense, an ancient order of peacekeepers known as the Jedi Knights, have seemingly been eradicated. There is one pocket of resistance remaining, though, in the form of the Rebel Alliance. One of its most prominent members, the PRINCESS LEIA ORGANA of Alderaan, is on a mission to find a Jedi, OBI-WAN KENOBI, who is believed to be hiding on a desert planet called Tatooine. The craft on which she is travelling is attacked by a fleet of Imperial starships, but before she is captured Leia manages to hide the schematics of the Death Star, a mighty new Empire space station, inside a small droid, R2-D2, who jettisons off to Tatooine with another droid, C-3PO. After the pod crashes, the droids are discovered by scavengers, the JAWAS, who in turn sell them to a young man, LUKE SKYWALKER. Luke is at the market looking to buy droids on behalf of his uncle, a farmer, OWEN LARS. Luke's father was a pilot, and Luke dreams of leaving Tatooine to pursue the same career. While cleaning the smaller droid, he triggers a holographic message. The message is from a beautiful young woman and is intended for someone called Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke knows an old hermit who lives nearby called BEN KENOBI, and he wonders if the two are related. Waking the next morning, Luke discovers that R2-D2 is missing. Setting out in his landspeeder, Luke and C-3PO go to look for him but are set upon by the hostile Sand People. The old man, Ben, rescues them and takes them back to his home. They see R2-D2, and Ben reveals that he is indeed Obi-Wan Kenobi and that the message is a plea from Princess Leia to deliver the plans to her father in the hope that he can determine a weakness in the structure. Obi-Wan also reveals to Luke that not only did he know his father, Anakin, but that he was a Jedi as well, murdered by the Emperor's henchman, DARTH VADER. Obi-Wan tells Luke that he must now learn the ways of the Force himself. Luke says no but agrees to at least give Obi Wan a ride to Mos Eisley, a nearby spaceport, so that he can find a way to get to Alderaan. However, stopping at his own home on the way there, he discovers that his aunt and uncle have been murdered by Imperial Stormtroopers searching for the droids. This changes things for Luke, and he now wishes to become a Jedi. At Mos Eisley, the two men and the droids meet HAN SOLO, captain of a ship called the Millennium Falcon, and a wookiee named CHEWBACCA, who is Han's first mate. Han is a smuggler with a bounty on his head, but he agrees to make the trip to Alderaan—for a price. Obi-Wan agrees to the fee, but just as they are about to leave, a legion of stormtroopers arrive, and the ship only just manages to escape. Meanwhile, Princess Leia is a prisoner on the Death Star, under interrogation from the commander of the Death Star, GRAND MOFF TARKIN, who has targeted her home planet for destruction unless she reveals the coordinates of the rebel base. Reluctantly she does so, but Tarkin destroys the planet anyway as a demonstration of the space station's power. Leia's coordinates turn out to be false, and Darth Vader schedules her for execution. The Millennium Falcon arrives in the Alderaan system just after the planet has been destroyed. Obi-Wan spots what he thinks is a moon, but they realize too late that this is the Death Star and their ship is caught in a tractor beam that pulls it into the gigantic space station. The crew escape and, disguised as stormtroopers, Luke and Han rescue Princess Leia. Obi-Wan however is caught in a confrontation with Darth Vader and is killed. With plans in hand, the rebel forces launch their attack, with Luke newly installed as a pilot. It is Luke who is to pilot his craft down a small shaft and fire a torpedo into a weak section of the structure. As he does so, however, he is pursued by Darth Vader and other Imperial fighters. Vader's craft is knocked off course by Han and Chewbacca in another ship and spins off into deep space. Luke's shot is successful, and the Death Star is destroyed. Some weeks later, in a grand ceremony, Princess Leia awards Luke and Han with medals for their efforts while still leaving Luke free to try to find another way to pursue training as a Jedi now that Obi-Wan is dead. Charles Pearson WGA 12345 Modesto, CA (209) 555-0198 hopefulscreenwriter@emailservice.com Downloaded from http://www.wikihow.com