POKE` WARS
Episode V
TEAM ROCKET STRIKES BACK
Adapted by Damien (SAMAS) Hailey
from a story by
George Lucas
LUCASFILM LTD.
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away...
It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Although the DeathOrb has
been destroyed, Rocket troops have driven the Rebel forces from
their hidden base and pursued them across the galaxy.
Evading the dreaded Rocket Starfleet, a group of freedom fighters
led by Brock Stonewalker has established a new secret base on the remote
ice world of Hoth.
The evil lord Rock Vader, obsessed with finding young Stonewalker,
has dispatched thousands of remote probes into the far reaches of
space...
EXTERIOR: GALAXY -- PLANET HOTH
A Star Destroyer moves through space, releasing probe
robots from its underside.
One of these probes zooms toward the planet Hoth and lands
on its ice-covered surface. An explosion marks the point of
impact.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- METEORITE CRATER -- SNOW PLAIN -- DAY
A weird mechanical sound rises above the whining of the
wind. A strange probe robot, with several extended sensors,
emerges from the smoke-shrouded crater. The ominous mechanical
probe floats across the snow plain and disappears into the
distance.
EXTERIOR: PLAIN OF HOTH -- DAY
A small figure gallops across the windswept ice slope. The
bundled rider is mounted on a large Rapidash. Curving plumes of
snow rise from beneath the speeding hooves of the four-legged beast.
The rider gallops up a slope and reins his horse to a
stop. Pulling off his protective goggles, Brock Stonewalker
notices something in the sky. He takes a pair of
electrobinoculars from his utility belt and through them sees
smoke rising from where the probe robot has crashed.
The wind whips at Brock's fur-lined cap and he activates a
comlink transmitter. His Rapidash shifts and moans nervously
beneath him.
Brock: (into comlink) Echo Three to Echo Seven. Ash, old buddy, do you
read me?
After a little static a familiar voice is heard.
ASH: (over comlink) Loud and clear. What's up?
Brock: (into comlink) Well, I finished my circle. I don't pick up any
life readings.
ASH: (over comlink) There isn't enough life on this ice cube to fill a
PokeBall. The sensors are placed. I'm going back.
Brock: (into comlink) Right. I'll see you shortly. There's a meteorite
that hit the ground near here. I want to check it out. It won't take
long.
Brock clicks off his transmitter and reins back on his
nervous steed. He pats the beast on the head to calm it.
Brock: Hey, steady girl. What's the matter? You smell something?
Brock takes a small device from his belt and starts to
adjust it when suddenly a large shadow falls over him from
behind. He hears a monstrous howl and turns to see a Primeape
lunging at him ferociously.
Brock: Aaargh!
Brock grabs for his pistol, but is hit flat in the face by a
huge claw. He falls unconscious into the snow and in a
moment the terrified screams of the Rapidash are cut short by
the horrible snap of a neck being broken.
The Primeape grabs Brock by one ankle and drags
him away across the frozen plain.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE ENTRANCE -- DAY
A stalwart figure rides his Rapidash up to the entrance
of an enormous ice cave.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR DECK
Rebel troopers rush about unloading supplies and otherwise
securing their new base. The rider, Ash Solo, swings off his
bird and pulls off his goggles.
He walks into the main hangar deck toward the Millennium
Pidgeot, which is parked among several fighters. Mechanics, and
various Poke` droids hurry about. Ash stops at the Millennium
Pidgeot where his Raichee copilot, Chupika, is welding on a central
lifter. Chuie stops her work and lifts her face shield, growling
an irritated greeting to her boss.
ASH: Chuie!
CHUPIKA(irritated): Pika!
ASH: All right, don't lose your temper. I'll come right back and give
you a hand.
Chupika puts her mask back on and returns to her welding
as Ash leaves.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- COMMAND CENTER
A makeshift command center has been set up in a blasted area
of thick ice. The low-ceilinged room is a beehive of activity.
Controllers, troops, and droids move about setting up
electronic equipment and monitoring radar signals.
General Anthony straightens up from a console at Ash's
approach. His Hitmonchan looks at Ash.
ANTHONY: Solo?
ASH: No sign of life out there, General. The sensors are in place.
You'll know if anything comes around.
ANTHONY: Commander Stonewalker reported in yet?
ASH: No. He's checking out a meteorite that hit near him.
ANTHONY: (indicates radar screen) With all the meteor activity in this
system, it's going to be difficult to spot approaching ships.
Taking a deep breath, Ash blurts out what is on his mind.
ASH: General, I've got to leave. I can't stay anymore.
Princess Misty, standing at a console nearby, is dressed in a
short white combat jacket and pants. Her hair is braided across
her head in a Nordic fashion. She overhears their
conversation and seems somewhat distressed.
ANTHONY: I'm sorry to hear that.
ASH: Well, there's a price on my head. If I don't pay off Snorlax the
Hutt, I'm Poke-chow.
ANTHONY: A death mark's not an easy thing to live with. You're a good
fighter, Solo. I hate to lose you.
HITMONCHAN: Mon, chan...
ASH: Thank you, General.
He turns to Misty as Anthony and Hitmonchan move away.
ASH: (with feeling) Well, Your Highness, I guess this is it.
MISTY: That's right.
Misty is angry. Ash sees she has no warmth to offer him. He
shakes his head and adopts a sarcastic tone.
ASH: (cooly) Well, don't get all mushy on me. So long, Princess.
Ash walks away into the quiet corridor adjoining the
command center. Misty stews a moment, then hurries after him.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- ICE CORRIDOR
MISTY: Ash!
Ash stops in the corridor and turns to face Misty.
ASH: Yes, Your Highnessness?
MISTY: I thought you decided to stay.
ASH: Well, the bounty hunter we ran into on Ord Mantell changed my
mind.
MISTY: Ash, we need you!
ASH: We?
MISTY: Yes.
ASH: Oh, what about you need?
MISTY: (mystified) I need? I don't know what you're talking about.
ASH: (shakes his head, fed up) You probably don't.
MISTY: And what precisely am I supposed to know?
ASH: Come on! You want me to stay because of the way you feel about
me.
MISTY: Yes. You're a great help to us. You're a natural leader...
ASH: No! That's not it. Come on. Aahhh -- uh huh! Come on.
Misty stares at him, understanding, then laughs.
MISTY: You're imagining things.
ASH: Am I? Then why are you following me? Afraid I was going to leave
without giving you a goodbye kiss?
MISTY: I'd just as soon kiss a Charizard.
ASH: I can arrange that!
Angrily, Ash strides down the corridor as Misty stares after
him.
ASH(shouting): You could use a good kiss!
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- ANOTHER ICE CORRIDOR
A familiar stream of beeps and whistles herald the approach
of Vultoo-Detoo and Togepio, who appear around a corner
and move along an ice wall toward the main hangar.
TOGEPIO: Don't try to blame me. I didn't ask you to spread Embers around
the room. I merely commented that it was freezing in the princess's
chamber. But it's made of ice, it's supposed to be freezing. How are we
going to dry out all her clothes? I really don't know.
VULTOO: Vulpix!
TOGEPIO: Oh, switch off.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR DECK
The two robots stop at Ash Solo's space freighter. Ash and
Chuie are struggling with their central lifters.
ASH: (to Chuie) Why do you take this apart now? I'm trying to get us
out of here and you pull both of these.
CHUPIKA: Pikachu!
TOGEPIO: Excuse me, sir.
ASH: (to Chuie) Put them back together right now.
TOGEPIO: Might I have a word with you, please?
ASH: What do you want?
TOGEPIO: Well, it's Princess Misty, sir. She's been trying to get you
on the communicator.
ASH: I turned it off. I don't want to talk to her.
TOGEPIO: Oh. Well, Princess Misty is wondering about Master Brock. He
hasn't come back yet. She doesn't know where he is.
ASH: I don't know where he is.
TOGEPIO: Nobody knows where he is.
ASH: What do you mean, "nobody knows"?
Ash glances at the fading light at the entrance of the ice
cave as night slowly begins to fall on the planet.
TOGEPIO: Well, uh, you see...
Ash jumps down off the lift, as Togepio follows him.
ASH: Deck Officer. Deck Officer!
TOGEPIO: Excuse me, sir. Might I inqu-...
Ash abruptly puts his hand over Togepio's mouth as the
deck officer approaches.
SAMURAI: What do you wish, Commander Solo?
ASH: Do you know where Commander Stonewalker is?
SAMURAI: I have not seen him. It is possible he came in through the
southern entrance.
ASH: It's possible? Why don't you go find out? It's getting dark out
there.
SAMURAI: With all haste, sir.
Samurai leaves hurriedly, as Ash takes his hand
off Togepio's mouth.
TOGEPIO: Excuse me, sir. Might I inquire what's going on?
ASH: Why not?
TOGEPIO: Impossible man. Come along, Vultoo, lets find Princess Misty.
Between ourselves, I think Master Brock is in considerable danger.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- MAIN ICE TUNNEL
Samurai and his assistant hurry toward Ash as he
enters the tunnel.
SAMURAI: Sir, Commander Stonewalker has not come in through the
south entrance. He may have neglected to check in.
ASH: Not likely. Are the speeders ready?
SAMURAI: Not yet. We are having some trouble adapting them to the
bitter cold of the climate.
ASH: Then we'll have to go out on Rapidashes.
SAMURAI: But Commander Solo, the temperature is dropping much too
rapidly.
ASH: That's right. And my friend's out in it.
BUG CATCHER: I'll cover sector twelve. Have com-control set
screen alpha.
Ash pushes through the troops and mounts a Rapidash.
SAMURAI: Your Rapidash will freeze before you are able to reach the
first marker.
ASH: Then I'll see you in hell!
Ash maneuvers his mount out of the cave and races into the
dark bitter night.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE GORGE -- DUSK
The jagged face of a huge ice wall sits gloomily in the dim
twilight of a Hoth day. Brock hangs upside down, ankles frozen
into icy stalactites, his extended arms within a foot of the
snow floor. He opens his eyes as a chilling moan of the
Primeape echoes off the gorge walls. Brock pulls
himself up, grabs hold of his ankles, and futilely tries to
unfasten the throngs.
Exhausted, he drops back into his hanging position. As he
hangs there, he spies his lightsaber lying near a pile of his
discarded gear, about three feet out of reach.
He focuses on the saber and, as his hand strains toward the
weapon, he squeezes his eyes tight in concentration.
Just as the Primeape looms over Brock, the lightsaber
jumps into Brock's hand.
The young warrior instantly ignites his sword, swinging up,
and cuts himself loose from the ice. He flops to the snow in a
heap. The startled creature moves back, his giant yellow eyes
blinking. Brock scrambles to his feet and throws out a PokeBall.
BROCK: Onix!
The giant rock snake wraps itself around the Primeape, squeezing it.
The Primeape passes out, and Brock captures it into a PokeBall.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ENTRANCE TO ICE GORGE -- DUSK
Brock staggers out of the gorge into the dark and snowy
twilight. Weak and exhausted, he stumbles down a snow bank.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- SNOW PLAIN -- DUSK
A small, lone figure riding a Rapidash races through the
hostile vastness of snow and cold. As it runs, the Rapidash's
legs kick up large clouds of snow and ice into the snowy air.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- OUTSIDE ICE HANGAR -- DUSK
Vultoo stands in the falling snow, beeping worriedly.
Togepio moves stiffly over to him.
TOGEPIO: You must come along now, Vultoo. There's really nothing more
we can do. And my joints are freezing up.
VULTOO: Vuuull...
TOGEPIO: Don't say thing like that! Of course we'll see Master Brock
again. He'll be quite all right, you'll see. (to himself) Stupid
little short-circuit. He'll be quite all right.
Togepio turns to go back inside the main hangar as Vultoo
mournfully keeps his vigil.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- SNOW DRIFT -- DUSK
The wind is blowing quite strong now. Brock struggles to
stay upright, but a blast of freezing snow knocks him over. He
struggles to get up, but he can't. The young warrior from
Pewterine drags himself a couple of feet and then collapses.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR DECK -- ENTRANCE -- NIGHT
Princess Misty stands inside the dark entrance to the Rebel
base, waiting for a sign of the two Rebel heroes. She shivers
in the cold wind as, nearby, Chuie sits with her head in her
hands. In the background, Vultoo and Togepio move through the
doors.
A Rebel lieutenant moves to Major Derlin, an officer
keeping watch with the princess.
JR. TRAINER(Male): Sir, all the patrols are in. There's still no contact
from Stonewalker or Solo.
TOGEPIO: Mistress Misty, Vultoo says he's been quite unable to pick up
any signals, although he does admit that his own range is far too
weak to abandon all hope.
Misty nods an acknowledgment, but she is lost in thought.
DERLIN: Your Highness, there's nothing more we can do tonight. The
shield doors must be closed.
He turns to the lieutenant.
DERLIN: Close the doors.
LIEUTENANT: Yes, sir.
The lieutenant walks away. Chuie lets out a long, mournful
howl. At the same moment, Vultoo begins a complex series of
efficient beeps.
TOGEPIO: Vultoo says the chances of survival are seven hundred
seventy-five...to one.
MISTY(sadly): Never tell me the odds...
Misty stands praying to herself as the huge metal doors slam
across the entrance of the ice cave. The loud booms echo
throughout the huge cavern. Chuie lets out another suffering
howl.
TOGEPIO: Actually, Vultoo has been known to make mistakes...from time
to time. Oh, dear, oh, dear. Don't worry about Master Brock. I'm sure
he'll be all right. He's quite clever, you know...for a human being.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- SNOW DRIFT -- DUSK
Brock lies face down in the snow, nearly unconscious. Slowly
he looks up and sees a Scyther. Besides the Scyther stands Oak
Kenobi, barely visible through the blowing snow. It is hard to tell
if Kenobi and the Scyther are real or hallucinations.
OAK: Brock...Brock.
Brock: (weakly) Oak?
OAK: You will go to the Cinnibar system.
Brock: Cinnibar system?
OAK: There you will learn from Mew, the Master who instructed
me.
The image of Oak fades, revealing a lone Rapidash rider
approaching from the windswept horizon.
Brock: (groaning faintly) Oak...Oak.
Brock drops into unconsciousness.
Ash pulls up and leaps off his mount. He hurries to his
snow-covered friend, cradling him in his arms. Ash's Rapidash
lets out a low, pitiful bellow. But Ash's concern is with
Brock, and he shakes him urgently.
ASH: Brock! Brock! Don't do this, Brock. Come on, give me a sign here.
Brock doesn't respond. Ash begins frantically rubbing and
slapping Brock's unconscious face. As he starts to lift the
youth, Ash hears a rasping sound behind him. He turns, just in
time to see his Rapidash stagger and then fall over into the
snow.
Ash carries Brock to the moaning bird. Then, with a final
groan, the Rapidash expires.
ASH: Not much time.
He pushes Brock's inert form against the belly of the dead
beast.
Brock: (moaning) Oak...Oak...
ASH: Hang on, kid.
Brock: Cinnibar system...
Ash ignites Brock's saber and cuts the beast from head to
toe. He quickly tosses it's steaming innards into the snow,
then lifts Brock's inert form and stuffs him inside the
carcass.
ASH: Ugh...
Brock: Cinnibar...
ASH: This may be a little disgusting, kid...
Brock: (moaning) Mew...
ASH: ...but it will keep you warm...til I get the shelter built.
(struggling to get Brock in the carcass) Ooh...
Ash looks down and sees a lone PokeBall lying in the snow.
He picks it up and places it in Brock's hands.
The wind has picked up considerably, making it difficult to
move. Ash removes a pack from the dead creature's back, taking
out a shelter container. He begins to set up what can only be
a pitiful protection against a bitter Hoth night.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- SNOWDRIFT -- DAWN
Four snub-nosed armored snowspeeders race across the white
landscape.
INTERIOR: SNOWSPEEDER COCKPIT
There is only one pilot in the enclosed two-man
craft. He concentrates on the scopes which ring his cockpit.
He hears a low beep from one of his monitors.
ROCKER: (into transmitter) Ec'o Base...Oi've got something! Not much, but
it could be a life form.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- SNOWDRIFT
The small craft banks and makes a slow arc, then races off
in a new direction.
INTERIOR: SNOWSPEEDER -- COCKPIT
The pilot switches over to a new transmitter.
ROCKER: (into transmitter) This is Rouge Two. this is Rouge Two. Cap'n
Solo, do you copy? Commander Stonewalker, do you copy? This is Rouge
Two.
There is a sharp crackle of static, then a faint voice.
ASH: (filtered over receiver) Good morning. Nice of you guys to
drop by.
ROCKER: (switching transmitters) Ec'o Base...this is Rouge Two. Oi found
'em. Repeat, Oi found 'em!
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- SNOWDRIFT -- DAY
The small shelter Ash set up is covered with snow on the
windward side. A makeshift antenna rests gingerly on top the
snowdrift. Ash spots Zev's snowspeeder approaching in the
distance, and begins waving his arms frantically at the tiny
craft.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- MEDICAL CENTER
Chansey adjust a mass of electronic equipment. A switch is
thrown and a sudden blinding flash obscures Brock in a bacta tank
filled with a thick, gelatinous slime. He begins to thrash about,
raving in delirium.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- MEDICAL CENTER -- RECOVERY ROOM
Brock sits up in a recovery-room bed, weak but smiling. His
face shows terrible wounds from the Primeape's attack. Togepio
and Vultoo enter the room.
TOGEPIO: Master Brock, sir, it's good to see you fully functional
again.
Vultoo beeps his good wishes.
TOGEPIO: Vultoo expresses his relief, also.
Ash and Chuie make their entrance. The Raichee growls a
greeting.
ASH: How are you feeling, kid? You don't look so bad to me. In fact,
you look strong enough to pull the horns off a Tauros.
Brock: Thanks to you.
ASH: That's two you owe me, Brock.
Ash turns as Misty enters the room. He looks at her with a
big, devilish grin.
ASH: Well your Worship, looks like you managed to keep me around for a
little while longer.
MISTY: (haughtily) I had nothing to do with it. General Anthony thinks
it's dangerous for any ships to leave the system until we've activated
the energy shield.
ASH: That's a good story. I think you just can't bear to let a
gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.
MISTY: I don't know where you get you delusions, laser brain.
Chuie is amused; she laughs in her manner. Ash, enjoying
himself, regards Chuie good-humoredly.
ASH: Laugh it up, fuzz ball. But you didn't see us alone in the south
passage.
Brock sparks to this; he looks at Misty.
ASH: She expressed her true feelings for me.
Misty is flushed, eyes darting between Brock and Ash.
MISTY: My...! Why, you stuck up,...half-witted,...scruffy-looking...
Paras-herder!
ASH: Who's scruffy-looking? (to Brock) I must have hit her pretty close
to the mark to get her all riled up like that, huh, kid?
Misty looks vulnerable for a moment, then the mask falls
again, and she focuses on Brock.
MISTY: Why, I guess you don't know everything about women yet?
With that she leans over and kisses Brock on the lips. Then
she turns on her heel and walks out, leaving everyone in the
room slightly dumbstruck. With some smugness, Brock puts his
hands behind his head and grins.
Suddenly, in the distance, the muffled sound of an alarm is
heard.
ANNOUNCER: (over loudspeaker) Headquarters personnel, report to command
center.
The voice repeats the order and Ash, Chuie, Vultoo, and
Togepio hurry out of the room, bidding farewell to Brock.
ASH: Take it easy.
TOGEPIO: Excuse us, please.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- COMMAND CENTER
Anthony looks up grimly from a console screen. He calls
over to Misty and Ash.
ANTHONY: Princess...we have a visitor.
The group hurries over to Anthony.
ANTHONY: We've picked up something outside the base in zone twelve,
moving east.
SENIOR CONTROLLER: It's metal.
MISTY: Then it couldn't be one of those creatures that attacked Brock.
ASH: It could be a speeder, one of ours.
SENIOR CONTROLLER: No. Wait -- there's something very weak coming
through.
Togepio steps up to the control panel and listens intently
to the strange signal.
TOGEPIO: Sir, I am fluent in six million forms of communication. This
signal is not used by the Alliance. It could be a Rocket code.
The transmission ends in static.
ASH: It isn't friendly, whatever it is. Come on, Chuie, let's check
it out.
ANTHONY: Send Rouges Ten and Eleven to station three-eight.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- SNOW PLAIN -- DAY
A Magneton moves past the smoldering ruins of
station three-eight and down a ridge toward the Rebel base. It
raises a large antenna from the top of its head and begins to
send out a piercing signal.
The Magneton has spotted Chupika who, not thirty feet
away, has popped her head over a snow bank. Instantly, the
Magneton swings around, building up a charge of electricity. But
before it can get a shot off, it is hit from behind by a Fire
Blast, and explodes in a million pieces.
Ash Solo pats Charizard on the back and peers
intently at the smoldering remains of the Rocket probe.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- COMMAND CENTER
Misty and Anthony listen to Ash on the comlink.
ASH: (over comlink) Afraid there's not much left.
MISTY: (into comlink) What was it?
ASH: (over comlink) Droid of some kind. I didn't hit it that hard. It
must have used Self-Destruct.
MISTY: (into comlink) Team Rocket.
ASH: (over comlink) Then it's a good bet they know we're here.
ANTHONY: We'd better start the evacuation.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- Rocket FLEET
Rock Vader's Star Destroyer, larger and more awesome than
the five Rocket Star Destroyers that surround it, sits in
the vastness of space. The six huge ships are surrounded by a
convoy of smaller spacecraft. BAT fighters dart to and fro.
INTERIOR: DARTH VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE -- MAIN CONTROL DECK
Controllers working the vast complex of electronic controls
hear ominous approaching footsteps and look up from their
controls. The squat, evil-looking Admiral Ozzel and the young,
powerfully built General Veers, who have been conferring near
the front, also feel the approaching presence and turn toward
it. Rock Vader, Lord of the Sith, enters like a chill wind.
As Vader moves across the wide bridge, Captain Piett hurries
up to Ozzel.
PIETT: Admiral.
OZZEL: Yes, Captain
PIETT: I think we've got something, sir. The report is only a fragment
from a probe droid in the Hoth system, but it's the best lead we've
had.
OZZEL: (irritated) We have thousands of probe droids searching the
galaxy. I want proof, not leads!
PIETT: The visuals indicate life readings.
OZZEL: It could mean anything. If we followed every lead...
PIETT: But, sir, the Hoth system is supposed to be devoid of human
forms.
Vader moves to a large screen showing an image of the Rebel
snow base. Rebel speeders can be seen approaching the base in
the distance.
VADER: You found something?
PIETT: Yes, my lord.
VADER: (studying the image on the console screen) That's it. The
Rebels are there.
OZZEL: My lord, there are so many uncharted settlements. It could be
smugglers, it could be...
VADER: That is the system. And I'm sure Stonewalker is with them. Set
your course for the Hoth system. General Veers, prepare you men.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- TRANSPORT BAY
A captain issues instructions to two of his men at the
entrance to the main transport bay. Several Rebel transports
behind them are being loaded by men carrying heavy boxes and
moving quickly, but not in panic.
REBEL CAPTAIN: Groups seven and ten will stay behind to fly the
speeders. As soon as each transport is loaded, evacuation control will
give clearance for immediate launch.
REBEL FIGHTER: Right, sir.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR DECK
Alarms sound. Troops, ground crews, and droids rush to
their alert stations. Armored snowspeeders are lined up in
attack formation near the main entrance.
In the midst of all this activity, Ash does some frantic
welding on the lifters of the Millennium Pidgeot.
Ash finishes his work and hops down to the hangar floor. He
pulls out his comlink, all the while eyeing problematic
lifters.
ASH: (into comlink, to Chuie) Okay, that's it. Try it...Off! Turn it
off! Turn it off! Off!
Smoke rises from a minor explosion on the lifter.
Exasperated, Ash surveys the new damage.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- MEDICAL CENTER
Brock dresses in readiness for the evacuation as
Nurse Joy stands by.
JOY: Sir, it will take quite awhile to evacuate the T-forty-
sevens.
Brock: Well, forget the heavy equipment. There's plenty of time to get
the smaller modules on the transports.
JOY: Take care, sir.
Brock: Thanks.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR DECK
Pilots, gunners, and R2 units scurry about. Brock, pulling
on his heavy-weather jacket, is headed toward a row of armored
speeders. He stops at the rear of the Millennium Pidgeot, where
Ash and Chuie are trying to repair the right lifter with even
more haste than before.
Brock: Chuie, take care of yourself, okay?
As Brock pats Chuie on the arm, Chuie puts his arms around
Brock and gives him a tight hug. Ash is discussing the lifter
with a repair droid when he sees Brock.
ASH: Hi, kid. (to droid) There's got to be a reason for it. Check it
at the other end. Wait a second. (to Brock) You all right?
Brock: Yeah.
ASH: Be careful.
Brock: You, too.
Brock smiles, then waves at his friend and walks on. After a
few steps, he stops and looks back. Ash glances up and the two
exchange a silent communication, each wishing the other
safety, happiness -- many things, all difficult to verbalize.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- CONTROL ROOM.
Alarms sound throughout the hidden Rebel base. In the
control room, a controller urgently gestures for General
Anthony to check a computer scan.
CONTROLLER: General, there's a fleet of Star Destroyers coming out of
hyperspace in sector four.
ANTHONY: Reroute all power to the energy shield. We've got to hold
them till all transports are away. Prepare for ground assault.
Anthony exits hurriedly.
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- VADER'S CHAMBER -- MEDITATION CUBICLE
The dark cubicle is illuminated by a single shaft of light
which falls on the brooding Dark Lord as he sits on a raised
meditation cube. General Veers enters the room and approaches
the silent, unmoving Vader. Although seemingly very sure of
himself, Veers is still not bold enough to interrupt the
meditating lord. The younger general stands quietly at
attention until the evil presence speaks.
VADER: What is it, General?
VEERS: My lord, the fleet has moves out of light-speed. Com-Scan has
detected an energy field protecting an area around the sixth planet of
the Hoth system. The field is strong enough to deflect any
bombardment.
VADER: (angrily) The Rebels are alerted to our presence. Admiral Ozzel
came out of light-speed too close to the system.
VEERS: He felt surprise was wiser...
VADER: He is as clumsy as he is stupid. General, prepare your troops
for a surface attack.
VEERS: Yes, my lord.
Veers turns smartly and leaves as Vader activates a large
viewscreen showing the bridge of his mighty ship. Admiral
Ozzel appears on the viewscreen, standing slightly in front of
Captain Piett.
OZZEL: Lord Vader, the fleet has moved out of light-speed, and we're
preparing to...Aaagh!
VADER: You have failed me for the last time, Admiral. Captain Piett.
Piett steps forward, as the admiral moves away, slightly
confused, touching his throat as it begins to constrict
painfully.
PIETT: Yes, my lord.
VADER: Make ready to land out troops beyond the energy shield and
deploy the fleet so that nothing gets off that system. You are in
command now, Admiral Piett.
PIETT: Thank you, Lord Vader.
Piett's pleasure about his unexpected promotion is not an
unmixed emotion. He glances warily at the struggling Admiral
Ozzel who, with a final choke, stumbles and falls in a
lifeless heap before him.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR DECK
With a sense of urgency, Misty quickly briefs a group of
pilots gathered in the center of the hangar.
MISTY: All troop carriers will assemble at the north entrance. The
heavy transport ships will leave as soon as they're loaded. Only two
fighter escorts per ship. The energy shield can only be opened for a
short time, so you'll have to stay very close to your transports.
HOBBIE: Two fighters against a Star Destroyer?
MISTY: The ion cannon will fire several shots to make sure that any
enemy ships will be out of your flight path. When you've gotten past
the energy shield, proceed directly to the rendezvous point.
Understood?
PILOTS: (in unison) Right. Okay.
MISTY: Good luck.
DERLIN: Okay. Everyone to your stations. Let's go!
The pilots hurry away.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- SNOW TRENCH -- DAY
Rebel troops carry heavy bazooka-type weapons and position
them along the snow trench. Men hurriedly respond to their
officers' yelled orders and brace themselves against the
rhythmic gusts of bitter-cold wind.
Other troops help a Lapras, loaded with missles and laser
cannons, get into position. A targeting sight slides down
from the Pokemon's helmet, and begins scanning the horizon.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- POWER GENERATORS
Near the base power generators, troops rush to set up their
heavy battle equipment. Buzzing loudly, the generators send
along, sparking fingers of energy into the bitter Hoth wind.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- COMMAND CENTER
The long line of Rebel controllers is tense, as are
Princess Misty and General Anthony, who are trying very hard
not to show any fear.
ANTHONY: Their primary target will be the power generators. Prepare to
open the shield.
EXTERIOR: ICE PLAIN
The Rebel transport and two escort fighters begin their
departure from the ice planet.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- Rocket STAR DESTROYER
A huge Rocket Star Destroyer rest against a sea of stars,
far above the white surface of the planet Hoth.
INTERIOR: Rocket STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE
An Rocket controller approaches his commander.
CONTROLLER: Sir, Rebel ships are coming into our sector.
CAPTAIN: Good. Our first catch of the day.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- COMMAND CENTER
WOMAN CONTROLLER: Stand by, ion control....Fire!
EXTERIOR: REBEL BASE ICE CAVE -- ION CANNON
The giant ball-shaped ion cannon rotates into position and
blasts two red energy beams skyward.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- HOTH -- REBEL TRANSPORT
The Rebel transport and its escort race away from the white
planet, closely followed by the two red energy beams.
As the Rebel transport races toward the waiting Rocket
Star Destroyer, it is overtaken by the two scarlet energy
bolts. The Rocket Star Destroyer is hit in the conning tower
by the powerful bolts, which set up fiery explosions on its
metal hull.
The big Star Destroyer veers, then spins wildly out of
control. As the Rocket ship careers into deep space, the
Rebel transport races away to safety.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR DECK
Pilots, gunners, and troopers hurry to their stations and
their vehicles.
ANNOUNCER: (over loudspeaker) The first transport is away.
Everyone cheers at the announcement, which echoes through
the hangar. Brock turns and walks on, heading toward his
snowspeeder. His gunner, Dack, a fresh-faced, eager kid, is
glad to see him. They climb in.
DACK: Feeling all right, sir?
Brock: Just like new, Dack. How about you?
DACK: Right now I feel I could take on the whole Team Rocket myself.
Brock: (quietly, strapping in) I know what you mean.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN
A thin horizon line cuts across the bleak landscape. Small
dot-size objects begin to appear on the horizon, moving in the
direction of the Rebel base.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- SNOW TRENCH
A Rebel officer lifts a pair of electrobinoculars to his
eyes. Through the lens he sees a very close view of a giant
Rocket snow walker. He adjusts the view which then zooms
back to reveal three more of the Venasaur-shaped battle machines.
Small flashes of yellow fire billow from the guns of the
lumbering snow walkers.
The officer lowers his binoculars as the regular rhythmic
pounding begins to make the ground vibrate. The pounding grows
louder and is accompanied by a high-pitched, metallic
rattling. The officer speaks into his comlink.
TRENCH OFFICER: Echo Station Three-T-Eight.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- CORRIDOR
Pilots and gunners race to their waiting snowspeeders. Ice
and snow begin falling from the walls of the corridor, shaken
by the pounding Rocket snow walkers as they draw ever nearer.
TRENCH OFFICER: (over comlink) We have spotted Rocket walkers!
CONTROLLER: Rocket walkers on the north ridge.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- SNOW TRENCH
The Rebel troops aim their weapons at the horizon as
explosions erupt all around them. They are nervous and their
grip on their weapons tightens from the cold and from fear.
Behind the troops a dozen snowspeeders race through the
sky.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Brock: (into comlink) Echo station Five-Seven. We're on our way.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- BATTLEFIELD
The fleet of snowspeeders races above the ice field at full
throttle. They accelerate away from the base and head toward
the distant walkers.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Brock: (into comlink) All right, boys, keep tight now.
DACK: Brock, I have no approach vector. I'm not set.
Brock: Steady, Dack. Attack pattern delta. Go now!
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- BATTLEFIELD
The cannons mounted on the walker head fire at the
speeders. Other walkers loom in the background. Two speeders
race away past two of the enormous walkers and bank to the
right.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Brock: All right, I'm coming in.
He turns his speeder and heads directly at one of the
walkers, flying toward its towering legs. The horizon twists
as the speeder banks between the legs.
Brock: (into comlink) Hobbie, you still with me?
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- BATTLEFIELD
Two speeders race directly at the head of a walker, then
split and fly past it.
Three other walkers march onward, firing all cannons.
INTERIOR: ROCKET ARMORED WALKER -- COCKPIT
Jessie, James, and Meowth are commanding one of the massive
AT-VT walkers.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- SNOWTRENCH
Rebel troops fire on the approaching walkers, as the snow
and ice explode all around them.
INTERIOR: ROCKET ARMORED WALKER -- COCKPIT
JESSIE: Those poor rebels!
JAMES: Now we'll show these fools what it means to mess with Team Rocket!
MEOWTH(hits a button on the control panel): Let's see 'em deal with dis!
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- BATTLEFIELD
Three mortar-like shots erupt from the walker, streaking towards
the rebel troops.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- SNOW TRENCH AREA
Two the shells each hit in the midst of a group of soldiers and
burst into a tangle of metal tentacles that wrap up the rebels. A
third hits a Snowspeeder, shutting down it's engines and sending it
crashing into the snow.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- BATTLEFIELD
A speeder banks through and away from the legs of a walker.
Two other speeders pass the first speeder from the opposite
direction. Other Rebel craft race just above the icy plain.
A huge metal tentacle lashes out, striking a snowspeeder and
sending it crashing in a ball of flames.
INTERIOR: ROCKET ARMORED WALKER -- COCKPIT
General Veers and two walker pilots keep a careful eye on
the racing Rebel snowspeeders as they maneuver their lumbering
war machine forward.
Brock's speeder banks in from the side of Veers's walker and
heads straight for its viewport, blasting away. An explosion
hits the walker window, but dissipates, doing no harm. The
speeder roars up and over the impregnable war machine.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Brock looks back at the walker as it grows smaller in the
distance.
Brock: That armor's too strong for blasters.
On the horizon, another walker moves up past Brock's cockpit
window, twisting out of sight as Brock banks and starts another
run.
Brock: (into comlink) Rouge Group, use your harpoons and tow cables. Go
for the legs. It might be our only chance of stopping them. (to Dack)
All right, stand by, Dack.
Dack is at the gunner's controls.
DACK: Brock, we've got a malfunction in fire control. I'll have to cut
in the auxiliary.
Brock: Just hang on. hang on, Dack. Get ready to fire that tow cable.
Barely keeping his seat in the tumbling ship, Dack struggles
to set up his harpoon gun.
Brock swings his speeder around and heads toward an oncoming
walker. Laser bolts and metal vines fill the air, creating a deadly
obstacle course for the tiny craft.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- BATTLEFIELD
Rouge Leader and another snowspeeder fly in tight formation
toward the walker as explosions burst all around them.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
After sustaining a heavy volley of fire, Brock turns around
to see if Dack is all right.
Brock: Dack? Dack!
Dack is lost. Blood streams down his forehead, which
rests on his smoldering controls. Out the back window, a
Rocket walker recedes in the distance.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- SNOW TRENCH AREA
A Rebel Lapras stands its ground, firing while explosions
erupt around it.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- BATTLEFIELD
Two walkers lumber toward the Rebel base as a speeder
between them explodes in a ball of flames.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- SNOW TRENCH
A series of blaster bolts stike on and around the Lapras.
When the smoke clears, the Lapras is lying still on the ice.
INTERIOR: ROCKET ARMORED WALKER -- COCKPIT
Through the cockpit window, Veers and his pilot can see the
Rebel power generators in the distance.
A hologram of Rock Vader appears on a control panel
screen.
VEERS: Yes, Lord Vader. I've reached the main power generator. The
shield will be down in moments. You may start your landing.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Brock: (into comlink) Rouge Three.
INTERIOR: SABRINA'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE THREE -- COCKPIT
SABRINA: (into comlink) Copy, Rouge Leader
Brock: (over comlink) Sabrina, I've lost my gunner. You'll have to make
this shot. I'll cover for you. Set your harpoon. Follow me on the next
pass.
SABRINA: (into comlink) Coming around, Rouge Leader.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Brock: (into comlink) Steady, Rouge Two
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
Sabrina's speeder races through the legs of one of the
monstrous walkers.
INTERIOR: SABRINA'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE THREE -- COCKPIT
SABRINA: (to gunner) Activate harpoon.
Abra, Sabrina's gunner, telekinetically activates the
harpoon. The harpoon flashes out, and speeds toward the
receding legs of the walker.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
The harpoon hurtles toward the walker, In an instant it is
embedded in one of the walker's legs.
INTERIOR: SABRINA'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE THREE -- COCKPIT
SABRINA: (to gunner) Good shot, Abra.
ABRA(still asleep): Aaabraaa...
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
The speeder Rouge Three races around one of the giant
walker's feet, trailing the cable behind it. Continuing around
the back foot, Rouge Three then circles the walker around the
tail end.
INTERIOR: SABRINA'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE THREE -- COCKPIT
Sabrina checks his controls and banks around the front of the
walker.
SABRINA: One more pass.
ABRA: Abraa...
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
The speeder sweeps left to right in front of the giant
legs, towing the cable behind it.
INTERIOR: SABRINA'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE THREE -- COCKPIT
ABRA: ...
Sabrina swings the speeder between the legs of the giant
walker.
ABRA: ...
SABRINA: Detaching cable.
EXTERIOR: SABRINA'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE THREE
The cable release on the back of the speeder snaps loose
and the cable drops away.
INTERIOR: SABRINA'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE THREE -- COCKPIT
ABRA: Abraaa...
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
The speeder zooms away into the distance. The tangled legs
of the enormous war machine attempt a step, but as they do the
giant Rocket walker begins to topple. It teeters for a
moment, and then crashes onto the icy ground, sending snow and
metal pieces flying.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- SNOW TRENCH
The troops in the trenches cheer at the sight of the
crashing walker.
An officer gives a signal to his men and Rebel troops
charge the fallen war machine.
TRENCH OFFICER: Come on!
The troops run toward the downed walker, followed by two
Rebel speeders flying overhead. Just as they reach the walker,
it explodes, the impact throwing some of the men onto the
frozen ground.
INTERIOR: SABRINA'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE THREE -- COCKPIT
Sabrina smiles, banking her speeder away from the fallen
walker.
SABRINA: (into comlink) Got him.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Brock: (into comlink) I see it, Sabrina. Good work.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- COMMAND CENTER
Large chunks of ice tumble into the command center as Misty
and General Anthony monitor computer screens.
ANTHONY: I don't think we can protect two transports at a time.
MISTY: It's risky, but we can't hold out much longer. We have no
choice.
ANTHONY: (into comlink) Launch patrols.
MISTY: (to an aide) Evacuate remaining ground staff.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR
Muffled distant explosions create widening cracks in the
ice roof of the hangar. Trying to ignore the noise and falling
bits of snow, Ash works on one of the Pidgeot's lifters while
Chuie works on one of the wings. Noticing Chuie attach a
wrong part, Ash grows impatient.
ASH: No, no! No! This one goes there, that one goes there. right?
In another area of the hangar, Togepio watches as Vultoo is
raised up into Brock's Z-wing fighter.
TOGEPIO: Vultoo, you take good care of Master Brock now, understand?
And...do take care of yourself. Oh, dear, oh, dear.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
The fierce battle on the vast snow plains of Hoth rages on.
The Rocket walkers continue their slow, steady assault on
the Rebel base, firing lasers as they lumber ever onward. In
the snow trench, Rebel troops and their Pokemon fire at the
oncoming Rockets as explosions erupt around them. A gun tower
is hit by a laser bolt and instantly explodes. Another blast
destroys a ray gun.
INTERIOR: Rocket SNOW WALKER -- COCKPIT
General Veers studies various readouts on his control
panel.
VEERS: All troops will debark for ground assault. Prepare to target
the main generator.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
Brock's speeder and Rouge Two fly in formation, banking from
right to left and flying above the erupting battlefield. Flak
bursts all around them.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Brock, glancing over, sees Rouge Two on his left. His ship
shudders as flak bursts nearby.
Brock: (into comlink) Rouge Two, are you all right?
INTERIOR: SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE TWO -- COCKPIT
ROCKER: (into comlink) Yeah. I'm with ya, Rouge Leader.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Brock: (into comlink) We'll set harpoon. I'll cover for you.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
The two speeders race across the horizon toward the giant
walkers.
INTERIOR: SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE TWO -- COCKPIT
ROCKER: (into comlink) Comin' around.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Brock: (into comlink) Watch that cross fire, boys.
INTERIOR: ZEV'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE TWO -- COCKPIT
ROCKER: (into comlink) Set for position three. (to gunner) Steady.
Brock: (over comlink) Stay tight and low.
EXTERIOR: SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE TWO
Brock's speeder moves in formation with Rouge Two, when
suddenly Rouge Two is hit by a laser bolt. His ship bucks
violently under the impact and the cockpit explodes in a ball
of flame.
Spewing smoke, the speeder hurtles toward a looming walker.
Before they collide. Rouge Two explodes in a million flaming
pieces.
INTERIOR: Brock'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROUGE LEADER -- COCKPIT
Desperately, Brock works the controls of his flak-buffeted
ship. Suddenly, the speeder is rocked by a huge explosion.
Brock struggles with the controls with a look of terror on his
face. The speeder fills with smoke, and electrical sparks jump
about the cockpit. Metal vines begin to close around the speeder.
Brock: (into comlink) Great, I've been hit!
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- COMMAND CENTER
Apart from the distant thunder of laser blasts, the
corridor is strangely quiet and empty. Running footsteps echo
through the freezing hallway, then Ash appears. Cracks have
appeared in some of the walls and some pipes have broken,
sending hot steam billowing into the underground hallways. Ash
hurries into the command center. It is a shambles, but some
people are still at their posts. As he enters, a gigantic
cave-in almost obliterates the room. He finds Misty and
Togepio near one of the control boards.
ASH: You all right?
Misty nods. She is surprised to see him.
MISTY: Why are you still here?
ASH: I heard the command center had been hit.
MISTY: You got your clearance to leave.
ASH: Don't worry. I'll leave. First I'm going to get you to your ship.
TOGEPIO: Your Highness, we must take this last transport. It's our
only hope.
MISTY: (to controller) Send all troops in sector twelve to the south
slope to protect the fighters.
A blast rocks the command center, throwing Togepio
backward into Ash's arms.
ANNOUNCER: (over loudspeaker) Rocket troops have entered the base.
ASH: Come on...that's it.
MISTY: (to head controller) Give the evacuation code signal. And get to
your transports!
Misty looks exhausted. Ash grabs her and starts to lead her
out.
As Ash, Misty, and Togepio run out of the command center,
the code signal can be heard echoing off the corridor walls.
HEAD CONTROLLER: K-one-zero...all troops disengage.
TOGEPIO: (to Ash and Misty) Oh! Wait for me!
EXTERIOR: BATTLEFIELD -- SNOW TRENCH
Rebel troops retreat under the awesome Rocket onslaught.
OFFICER: Begin retreat!
SECOND OFFICER: Fall back!
Troops flee from the battle, the ground exploding around
them.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
Three of the giant walkers, firing lasers, advance toward
the Rebel headquarters.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- SNOW TRENCH
Continuing their retreat, the Rebels see the walkers
looming ever nearer.
INTERIOR: ROCKET ARMORED WALKER -- COCKPIT
JAMES: We've got them now!
JESSIE: We're finally going to get this done right!
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD -- ICE PLAIN
On the battlefield, Brock watches as a walker foot rises and
moves over him. He looks up at the underbelly of the huge
walker, passing overhead.
Running beneath the monstrous machine, Brock fires his
harpoon gun at the walker's underside. A thin cable follows
the projectile from the gun. The magnetic head and cable
attach firmly to the metal hull.
Still running under the walker, Brock attaches the cable
drum to his belt buckle. Soon he is pulled up the cable and
hangs dangling underneath the walker.
The walker's giant feet continue to pound onward across the
frozen snow. Stray laser bolts whistle by Brock as he climbs up
the cable to the walker's hull, reaching a small hatch.
Ashging precariously, Brock cuts the solid metal hatch with his
lightsaber.
He takes a PokeBall from his belt and throws it
inside the Rocket machine. Quickly, Brock starts down the
cable and crashes onto the icy ground far below. He lies
unconscious as a giant rear leg passes by -- and just misses
him.
INTERIOR: ROCKET ARMORED WALKER -- COCKPIT
The sound of much crashing is heard from the troop carrier in
the rear. Jessie and James turn around.
JESSIE: Do you...
JAMES: ...hear something?
VOICE(through door): Prrr! Prr-Primeape!
With a heavy pounding, large fist-shaped dents appear in the
door. Jessie, James, and Mewoth scream as the door breaks apart.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE PLAIN -- BATTLEFIELD
The giant walker stops in mid-step. The muffled sounds of a
struggle come from within -- and then the walker's head bursts
apart as Brock's Primeape tears it's way out. The machine sits
dead in its tracks, smoking like a locomotive on stilts. Three
distant figures can be seen flying into the faraway mountains.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
Veers's walker continues to advance toward the Rebel base.
The smoldering walker that Brock exploded stands smoking just
to the right of Veers's path.
INTERIOR: Rocket SNOW WALKER - COCKPIT
Inside his walker, General Veers prepares to fire on the
Rebel power generators.
VEERS: Distance to power generators?
PILOT: One-seven, decimal two-eight.
Veers reaches for the electrorangefinder and lines up the
main generator.
VEERS: Target. Maximum fire power.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- BATTLEFIELD
The Rebel troops continue their desperate retreat, pushed
back by the relentless Rocket assault.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- ICE CORRIDORS
With Togepio lagging behind, Ash and Misty race through the
crumbling ice corridors. Suddenly, there is an explosion. Ash
turns, grabs the princess, and pulls her to the wall as a
tremendous cave-in blocks their path.
He takes the comlink from his pocket.
ASH: (into comlink) Transport, this is Solo. Better take off -- I
can't get to you. I'll get the princess out on the Pidgeot.
Ash and Misty turn and race down the corridor.
TOGEPIO: But...but...but...where are you going? Uh...come back!!
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- COMMAND CENTER
Rocket troops have reached the base. As they push through
the blocked passageway, Rock Vader strides behind them.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- ICE CORRIDOR
Ash and Misty run toward the entrance of the main hangar
where the Millennium Pidgeot is docked. Togepio still lags
behind.
TOGEPIO: Wait! Wait for me! Wait! Stop!
The door to the hangar closes in his face.
TOGEPIO: (exasperated) How typical.
Quickly, the door reopens as Ash reaches out and pulls the
egg-shaped droid through.
ASH: Come on.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR
Chuie paces under the shelter of the Millennium Pidgeot's
landing gear. The giant Raichee pats the underbelly of her
beloved ship and barks a few reassuring words. As she searches
worriedly for her captain, something at last catches her eye.
Chuie lets out a relieved shriek at seeing Ash and Misty
running toward the ship. The Raichee runs out into the
falling ice, lets out a howl, then runs up the ship's ramp.
Ash and Misty run up the ramp after him, closely followed by
Togepio.
ASH: Hurry up, egghead, or you're going to be a permanent resident!
TOGEPIO: Wait! Wait!
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- ICE CORRIDOR
Rocket troops run through the base corridors. Vader
surveys the place. A huge chunk falls, almost hitting him, but
he calmly, purposefully, continues around it.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- MAIN ASHGER -- MILLENNIUM FALCON
A distant, huge, explosion rocks the hangar deck. Ice cakes
come crashing down on the Millennium Pidgeot.
INTERIOR: MAIN HANGAR -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- MAIN HOLD
Ash, standing before a control panel, is busy flipping
switches as Chuie watches a troublesome gauge. A worried Misty
observes their efforts.
ASH: (to Chuie) How's this?
The Raichee barks a negative reply.
MISTY: Would it helped if I got out and pushed?
ASH: It might.
Togepio clanks into the hold.
TOGEPIO: Captain Solo, Captain Solo...sir, might I suggest that
you...
Ash gives the robot a devastating Glare that would make an
Arbok jealous.
TOGEPIO: It can wait.
INTERIOR: MAIN HANGAR -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
They move to the cockpit where Ash flips some more
switches. Misty watches him, impatient, disbelieving.
MISTY: The bucket of bolts is never going to get us past that blockade.
ASH: This baby's got a few surprises left in her, sweetheart.
Ash and Misty look out the cockpit window and see a squad of
stormtroopers rushing into the far side of the hangar.
Quickly, Ash straps himself into the pilot's seat and Misty
into the navigator's chair.
INTERIOR: HOTH -- REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR
Stormtroopers hurriedly set up a large bazookalike weapon.
Behind them the giant hangar doors open slowly.
EXTERIOR: MAIN HANGAR -- MILLENNIUM FALCON
A small plarform drops from the Pidgeot. Squirtle, standing on
it, sprays torrents of water at the Rocket troops.
The stormtroopers, preparing to fire their bazooka cannon,
are hit by the Water Guns and are quickly frozen in the sub-zero
temperatures of the cave.
INTERIOR: MAIN HANGAR -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Chuie rushes into the cockpit.
ASH: Come on! Come on! Switch over. Let's hope we don't have a
burnout.
A laser hits the window near Chuie as she is settling into
her chair. Letting out a loud whelp, Chuie quickly pulls back
on the controls and the first stage of engine fire can be
heard. Ash flashes a big grin at Misty.
ASH: See?
MISTY: Someday you're going to be wrong, and I hope I'm there to see it.
Ash looks at Chuie.
ASH: Punch it!
The roar of the Pidgeot's main engines blasts out everything
as the ice-cave wall rushes by outside the cockpit window.
INTERIOR: REBEL BASE -- MAIN HANGAR
More stormtroopers run into the hangar, closely followed by
Vader. Hearing the loud roar of the Millennium Pidgeot's
engines, Vader looks toward the main hangar doors just in time
to see the Pidgeot lift up and disappear outside the cave.
EXTERIOR: HOTH -- ICE SLOPE -- DAY
Brock and two other pilots look up as the Millennium Pidgeot
races above them, flying very close to the ground.
The three pilots turn then, and trudge onward toward their
Z-wing fighters, each going to his own ship. Brock waves
farewell, then heads toward his own fighter.
Vultoo, seated on his cubbyhole, chirps an excited greeting
as Brock climbs aboard the spacecraft.
Brock: Vultoo! Get her ready for takeoff.
From his ship, Brock sees Sabrina in her own Z-wing, preparing
for takeoff.
SABRINA: Good luck, Brock. See you at the rendezvous.
Brock smiles and nods at Sabrina, then lowers himself into the
cockpit of his Z-wing while Vultoo waits in the cubbyhole,
beeping impatiently.
Brock: Don't worry, Vultoo. We're going, we're going.
The canopy over the Z-wing lowers and snaps shut.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- Brock'S Z-WING
Brock's fighter, its wings closed, speeds away from the icy
planet. Soon it disappears into the stars.
INTERIOR: Brock'S Z-WING -- COCKPIT
Brock, looking thoughtful, suddenly makes a decision. He
flips several switches. The stars shift as he takes his
fighter into a steep turn. The Z-wing banks sharply and flies
away in a new direction.
The monitor screen on Brock's control panel prints out a
question from the concerned Vultoo.
Brock: (into comlink) There's nothing wrong, Vultoo. I'm just setting a
new course.
VULTOO: Vul?
Brock: (into comlink) We're not going to regroup with the others.
Vultoo begins a protest, whistling an unbelieving, "What?!"
Brock reads Vultoo's exclamation on his control panel.
Brock: (into comlink) We're going to the Cinnibar system.
Brock checks his readouts and makes a few adjustments. He
rides along with only the soft hum of the instruments to break
the silence. Finally, Vultoo chirps up.
Brock: (into comlink) Yes, Vultoo?
VULTOO: Vul, vulpix.
Brock: (into comlink, chuckling) That's all right. I'd like to keep it
on manual control for a while.
The little droid lets out a defeated whimper. Brock smiles,
and continues on his course.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON
The Millennium Pidgeot speeds away from Hoth, closely
followed by one huge Star Destroyer and four tiny BAT
fighters.
As it is pursued, the Pidgeot races toward two very bright
star-sized objects.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Inside the cockpit, Chuie lets out a loud howl. Ash checks
as the ship is buffeted by exploding flak. He appears to be
doing six things at once.
ASH: (harried) I saw them! I saw them!
MISTY: Saw what?
ASH: Star Destroyers, two of them, coming right at us.
Togepio bumps and bangs his way into the cockpit.
TOGEPIO: Sir, sir! Might I suggest...
ASH: (to Misty) Shut him up or shut him down! (to Chuie) Check the
deflector shield!
Chuie barks a reply as she readjusts an overhead switch.
ASH: Oh, great. Well, we can still outmaneuver them.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- STAR DESTROYERS
The Millennium Pidgeot races toward one of the huge oncoming
Star Destroyers. Suddenly, the Pidgeot starts into a deep dive
straight down, closely followed by four BAT fighters. The
underside of the Star Destroyer continues on a collision
course with two oncoming Star Destroyers. Slowly, it starts
to veer to the left.
INTERIOR: STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE
Out the front window, the two approaching Star Destroyers
can be seen veering to the left.
Rocket OFFICER: Take evasive action!
Alarms sound all over the huge ship. The two other Star
Destroyers get closer, one of them moving over the bridge so
close that it makes brushing contact with it.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- BAT FIGHTERS
The Millennium Pidgeot races away from the colliding Star
Destroyers, still followed by four BAT fighters. Laser bolts
spark the pitch-black skies.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Things have calmed down a bit, but the race isn't over yet.
Chuie barks at Ash. Misty is still trying to recover from the
steep dive. The ship is buffeted by laser blasts.
ASH: Prepare to make the jump to light-speed.
TOGEPIO: But, sir!
The buffeting of lasers becomes louder and stronger.
MISTY: They're getting closer!
ASH: (with a gleam in his eye) Oh yeah? Watch this.
Expectantly, they look out the cockpit window as stars do
not go into hyperspace, but just sit there.
Ash and Chuie look at each other and are thrown into an
acute state of concern.
MISTY: Watch what?
Ash tries again. Still nothing.
ASH: I think we're in trouble.
TOGEPIO: If I may say so, sir, I noticed earlier the hyperdrive
motivator has been damaged. It's impossible to go to light-speed!
ASH: We're in trouble!
The explosions become heavier.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- BAT FIGHTERS -- STAR DESTROYER
The Pidgeot races into the starry vastness, followed by the
four Rocket BAT fighters and an Rocket Star Destroyer.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Stars race by as flak bursts outside the Pidgeot's window.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- HOLD
Ash works furiously at some control panels while giving
various orders to Chuie.
ASH: Horizontal boosters...!
CHUPIKA: Pikachu.
ASH: Alluvial dampers...! Well that's not it.
CHUPIKA: Pika pika.
ASH: Bring me the hydrospanners!
Chuie hurries over to the pit and places the tools on the
edge.
ASH: I don't know how we're going to get out of this one.
Suddenly, a loud thump hits the side of the Pidgeot,
causing it to lurch radically. Chuie barks. The tools fall
into the pit on top of Ash.
ASH: Oww! Chuie!
More turbulence rocks the ship.
ASH: That was no laser blast! Something hit us.
MISTY: (over comlink) Ash, get up here!
ASH: Come on, Chuie!
Ash climbs out of the hold like a shot. Both he and Chuie
run out of the hold and toward the cockpit.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Out the front cockpit window, they see hundreds of
asteroids racing by.
MISTY: Asteroids!
Ash changes places with Misty who has been at the controls,
and Chuie gets into his chair. Ash works his controls as a
chunk of rock crosses in front of the ship.
ASH: Oh, no! Chuie, set two-seven-one.
MISTY: What are you doing? You're not actually going into an asteroid
field?
ASH: They'd be crazy to follow us, wouldn't they?
Another asteroid thumps against the ship and Misty winces at
the jolt.
MISTY: You don't have to do this to impress me.
TOGEPIO: Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid
field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one.
ASH: Never tell me the odds!
EXTERIOR: ASTEROID BELT -- MILLENNIUM FALCON
The Pidgeot turns into the asteroid storm and as the ship
completes its turn, asteroids start coming straight at the
cockpit windows.
A large asteroid tumbles away from the Pidgeot's path at top
speed. Several smaller asteroids crash into the big one,
creating small explosions on its surface. Other asteroids of
all sizes pass by in every direction, some colliding and
exploding. The tiny Millennium Pidgeot veers around the big
asteroid and races past it through the rain of rocks, followed
by four BAT fighters, which bob and weave around the
asteroids.
One of the pursuing BAT fighters connects with an asteroid
and explodes. The other fighters are pelted with a steady
stream of smaller explosions.
Two huge asteroids tumble toward the Millennium Pidgeot,
which quickly banks around both of them. The three BAT
fighters follow in hot pursuit until one of the fighters
scrapes an asteroid and tumbles out of control into deep
space.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- STAR DESTROYER -- ASTEROID BELT
The massive Star Destroyer blasts oncoming asteroids as it
follows the Pidgeot. Smaller asteroids explode across its vast
surface.
EXTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- BAT FIGHTERS -- ASTEROID BELT
The Pidgeot twists on its side as it races around an
oncoming asteroid. Two BAT fighters follow in the distance,
coming from either side.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Asteroids race by the cockpit window as Ash pilots his
trusty craft through the dangerous field.
Looking out the cockpit window, the Pidgeot crew sees a big
asteroid drop past the window, narrowly missing their ship.
Chuie barks in terror as a slightly smaller asteroid comes
especially close -- to close -- and bounces off the Pidgeot
with a loud crunch. Togepio pulls his head into his shell. He
manages a short peek at the cockpit window. Princess Misty sits
stone-faced, staring at the action. Ash gives her a quick
look.
ASH: You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake; well,
this could be it, sweetheart.
MISTY: I take it back. We're going to get pulverized if we stay out
here much longer.
The group watches as more asteroids race by outside the
window.
ASH: I'm not going to argue with that.
TOGEPIO: Pulverized?
ASH: I'm going in closer to one of the big ones.
MISTY: Closer?
TOGEPIO: Closer?!
CHUPIKA: PIKA?!
EXTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- ASTEROID BELT
The Millennium Pidgeot dives toward the surface of one of
the moon-sized asteroids. There is a continued display of
explosions against the starry void as smaller asteroids
collide with larger chunks of rock. The two remaining BAT
fighters follow the Pidgeot to the large asteroid. The Pidgeot
skims the surface of the giant asteroid as, all the while,
small asteroids explode on the surface of the ship.
The BAT fighters approach the Pidgeot, but a giant asteroid
hurtles directly into their path. As the asteroid continues on
its way, it leaves remains of the two exploded BAT fighters to
tumble into deep space.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Rattled by the violent rocking of the starship, Togepio is
nearly in hysterics.
TOGEPIO: Oh, this is suicide!
Ash notices something on his main scope and nudges his
faithful Raichee, pointing.
ASH: There. That looks pretty good.
MISTY: What looks pretty good?
ASH: Yeah. That'll do nicely.
TOGEPIO: (to Misty) Excuse me, ma'am, but where are we going?
Out the cockpit window, they see that they are skimming the
surface of the enormous asteroid and nearing a large crater.
EXTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- GIANT ASTEROID CRATER
The Millennium Pidgeot dives into the huge crater and
disappears.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
MISTY: I hope you know what you're doing.
ASH: Yeah, me too.
Misty, Togepio, and Chupika facefault.
INTERIOR: GIANT ASTEROID CRATER
The Pidgeot races down into the crater. The walls are barely
visible as the ship speed through the tunnellike opening. A
small cave appears on one side of the crater, and the Pidgeot
turns, slows, and scoots into it.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- Brock'S Z-WING
The tiny Z-wing speeds toward the cloud cover of Cinnibar.
Vultoo, riding on the back of the fighter, turns his head back
and forth with some anxiety.
INTERIOR: Brock'S Z-WING -- COCKPIT
Brock watches Vultoo's words as they are translated and
screened on the computer scope.
Brock: (into comlink) Yes, that's it. Cinnibar.
Vultoo beeps a hopeful inquiry.
Brock: (into comlink) No, I'm not going to change my mind about this.
(getting a little nervous) I'm not picking up any cities or
technology. Massive life-form readings, though. There's something
alive down there...
Vultoo beeps, this time a slightly worried question.
Brock: (into comlink) Yes, I'm sure it's perfectly safe for droids.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- CINNIBAR -- Brock'S Z-WING
The Z-wing continues its flight through the twilight above
the cloud-covered planet.
INTERIOR: Brock'S Z-WING -- COCKPIT
Brock sees the cloud race by as he takes his craft closer
to the planet. He must operate his controls carefully since
the cloud cover has completely obscured his vision. An alarm
buzzes in the background, Vultoo beeps and whistles
frantically.
Brock: (into comlink) I know, I know! All the scopes are dead. I can't
see a thing! Just hang on, I'm going to start the landing cycle...
The blast of the retrorockets is deafening, drowning out
Vultoo's electronic squeals. Suddenly, there is a cracking
sound as if limbs were being broken off trees and then a
tremendous jolt as the spacecraft stops. Brock pulls a switch
and his canopy pops open.
EXTERIOR: CINNIBAR -- DUSK
The mist-shrouded Z-wing fighter is almost invisible in the
thick fog. Brock climbs out onto the long nose of the
spacecraft as Vultoo pops out of his cubbyhole on the back. The
young warrior surveys the fog, which is barely pierced by the
ship's landing lights. About all he can make out are some
giant, twisted trees nearby. Vultoo whistles anxiously.
Brock: No, Vultoo, you stay put. I'll have a look around.
Vultoo lets out a short beep. As Brock moves along the nose,
Vultoo loses his balance and disappears with a splash into the
boggy lake.
Brock: Vultoo?
Brock kneels and leans over the plane looking for Vultoo, but
the water is still and reveals no sign of the little droid.
Brock: Vultoo! Where are you?
A small periscope breaks the surface of the water and a
gurgly beep is heard. The periscope starts to move to shore.
Relieved, Brock starts running along the nose of the fighter to
its tip.
Brock: Vultoo! You be more careful.
The outline of the shore is now more than ten feet away.
Brock jumps off the plane into the water, scrambles up to the
shore, and turns to look for Vultoo. The periscope still
steadily moves toward shore.
Brock: Vultoo -- that way!
Suddenly, through the thick fog layer, a dark shape
appears, moving toward the little droid. The dark, sinuous bog
beast dives beneath the swampy water, making a loud clunk
against Vultoo's metal hull. The droid disappears from sight,
uttering a pathetic electronic scream.
Holding his ignited lightsaber before him, Brock wades a few
feet into the murky pool, looking for any sign of his little
friend.
Brock: Vultoo!
The black surface is still as death itself...until a few
bubbles begin to appear. Then, phheewaat!! The runt-size robot
is spit out of the water, makes a graceful arc, and comes
crashing down into a patch of soft gray moss.
Brock: Oh, no! Are you all right? Come on. You're lucky you don't taste
very good. Anything broken?
Brock helps Vultoo to his feet and begins wiping the mud and
roots from his round metal body. Vultoo responds with feeble,
soggy beeps.
Brock: If you're saying coming here was a bad idea, I'm beginning to
agree with you. Oh, Vultoo, what are we doing here? It's like...
something out of a dream, or, I don't know. Maybe I'm just going
crazy.
As Brock glances around at the spooky swamp jungle that
surrounds him, Vultoo spits out a stream of muddy water.
EXTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- VADER'S CHAMBER
Jessie, James, and Meowth hesitate in the entryway to Vader's
private cubicle. After a moment, they step into the room and pause
at the surprising sight before them.
Rock Vader, his back turned, is silhouetted in the gloom
on the far side of the chamber. A black, insectlike droid
attends him. Among the various apparatuses surrounding them, a
respirator tube now retracts from Vader's uncovered head. The
head is bald with a mass of ugly scar tissue covering it. The
black droid then lowers the mask and helmet onto Vader's head.
When it is in place, the Dark Lord turns to face Team Rocket.
VADER: Yes?
JESSIE: Our ships have sighted the Millennium Pidgeot, lord. But...it
has entered an asteroid field and we cannot risk...
VADER: (interrupting) Asteroids do not concern me. I want that ship and
not excuses.
JESSIE: Yes, lord.
EXTERIOR: ASTEROID CAVE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON
The pirate starship rests in a dark, dripping asteroid
cave. It is so dark that the cave's exact dimensions are
impossible to determine.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Ash and Chuie busily shut down the engine and all
electronic systems. Togepio and Misty watch worriedly.
ASH: I'm going to shut down everything but the emergency power
systems.
TOGEPIO: Sir, I'm almost afraid to ask, but...does that include
shutting me down, too?
CHUPIKA(nods): Chu.
Ash, however, thinks otherwise.
ASH: No, I need you to talk to the Pidgeot, find out what's wrong with
the hyperdrive.
Suddenly, the ship lurches, causing all the loose items in
the cockpit to go flying. Chuie howls.
TOGEPIO: Sir, it's quite possible this asteroid is not entirely
stable.
ASH: Not entirely stable? I'm glad you're here to tell us these
things. Chuie, take the egghead in the back and plug him into the
hyperdrive.
TOGEPIO: Oh! Sometimes I just don't understand human behavior. After
all, I'm only trying to do my job in the most...
The sliding door closes behind the indignant Togepio as
Chuie and he move back to the hold. Suddenly, the ship
lurches again, throwing Misty across the cabin into Ash's arms.
Then, abruptly, the motion stops as suddenly as it started.
With some surprise, Ash and Misty realize they are in each
other's arms.
MISTY: Let go.
ASH: Sshh!
MISTY: Let go, please.
Misty blushes, averting her eyes. She's not exactly fighting
to get free. But, of course, Ash blows it...
ASH: Don't get excited.
The anger rises in Misty.
MISTY(deadpan): Ash, being held by you isn't quite enough to get me
excited.
ASH: Sorry, sweetheart. We haven't got time for anything else.
Ash grins quickly wickedly at Misty as he turns and exits
through the door. Misty's confused emotions show clearly on her
lovely face.
EXTERIOR: CINNIBAR -- BOG CLEARING -- DUSK
The mist has dispersed a bit, but it is still a very
gloomy-looking swamp.
Brock pulls an equipment box from the shore to the clearing.
He ignites a little fusion furnace and warms his hands before
it. Taking a power cable, he plugs it into Vultoo's nose.
Brock: Ready for some power? Okay. Let's see now. Put that in there.
There you go.
The droid whistles his appreciation. Brock then opens a
container of processed food and sits before the thermal
heater.
Brock: (sighs) Now all I have to do is find this Mew...if he even
exists.
Nervously, he looks around at the foreboding jungle.
Brock: Still...there's something familiar about this place. I feel
like...I don't know...
STRANGE VOICE: Feel like what?
Brock jumps out of his skin. Vultoo screeches in terror. The
young warrior grabs for his lightsaber as he spins around,
looking for the speaker. Mysteriously standing right in front
of Brock is a strange, pinkish creature, not more than two feet
tall. The catlike little thing is dressed in rags. It motions
toward Brock's sword.
Brock: (looking at the creature) Like we're being watched!
CREATURE: Away with your weapon! I mean you no harm.
After some hesitation, Brock puts away his weapon, although
he really doesn't understand why. Vultoo watches with interest.
CREATURE: I am wondering, why are you here?
Brock: I'm looking for someone.
CREATURE: Looking? Found someone, you have, I would say, hmmm?
The little creature laughs.
Brock: (Trying to keep from smiling) Right.
CREATURE: Help you I can. Yes, mmmm.
Brock: I don't think so. I'm looking for a great warrior.
CREATURE: Ahhh! A great warrior. (laughs and shakes his head) Wars not
make one great.
Floating over the ground, the tiny stranger moves
over to one of the cases of supplies. He begins to rummage
around.
Vultoo moves to the edge of the case -- standing almost eye
level to the creature who is carelessly handling the supplies
-- and squeaks his disapproval.
Their tiny visitor picks up the container of food Brock was
eating from and takes a bite.
Brock: Put that down. Hey! That's my dinner.
The creature spits out the bite he has taken. He makes a
face.
CREATURE: How you get so big, eating food of this kind?
He flips the container in Brock's direction and reaches into
one of Brock's supply cases.
Brock: Listen, friend, we didn't mean to land in that puddle, and if we
could get our ship out, we would, but we can't, so why don't you
just...
CREATURE: (teasing) Aww, cannot get your ship out?
The creature spots something of interest in Brock's case.
Brock loses patience and grabs the case away. The creature
retains his prize -- a tiny power lamp -- and examines it with
delight.
Brock: Hey, you could have broken this. Don't do that. Ohhh...you're
making a mess. Hey, give me that!
CREATURE: (retreating with the lamp) Mine! Or I will help you not.
Clutching its treasure, the creature backs away from Brock,
drawing closer to Vultoo. As Brock and the creature argue,
Vultoo grabs onto on end of the lamp with his teeth.
Brock: I don't want your help. I want my lamp back. I'll need it to get
out of this slimy mudhole.
CREATURE: Mudhole? Slimy? My home this is.
Vultoo grabs hold of the lamp and the two little figures are
immediately engaged in a tug-of-war over it.
VULTOO(muffled): Pix!
CREATURE: Ah, ah, ah!
Brock: Oh, Vultoo, let him have it.
CREATURE: Mine! Mine!
Brock: Vultoo!
CREATURE: Mine!
The creature lets go with one hand and slaps Vultoo lightly
with its long tail. Vultoo reacts with a startled squeal, and
lets go.
CREATURE: Mine!
Brock: (fed up) Now will you move along, little fella? We're got a lot
of work to do.
CREATURE: No! No, no! Stay and help you, I will. (laughs) Find your
friend, hmm?
Brock: I'm not looking for a friend, I'm looking for a Pokemon Master.
CREATURE: Oohhh. Master. Mew. You seek Mew.
Brock: You know him?
CREATURE: Mmm. Take you to him, I will. (laughs) Yes, yes. But now, we
must eat. Come. Good food. Come.
With that, the creature levitates and floats out of the
clearing, laughing merrily. Brock stares after him. All he
sees is the faint light from the small power lamp moving
through the fog. Brock makes his decision and starts after
the creature.
CREATURE: (in the distance) Come, come.
Vultoo, very upset, whistles a blue streak of protest.
Brock: Stay here and watch after the camp, Vultoo.
Vultoo beeps even more frantically. But as Brock disappears
from view, the worried little droid grows quieter, and utters
a soft sigh.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- MAIN HOLD AREA
Togepio whistles and beeps a strange dialect into the
control panel in front of him. The control panel whistles back
a few mystifying beeps.
TOGEPIO: Oh, where is Vultoo when I need him?
Ash enters the hold area and kneels on the floor near the
control box.
TOGEPIO: Sir, I don't know where your ship learned to communicate,
but it has the most peculiar dialect. I believe, sir, it says that the
power coupling on the negative axis has been polarized. I'm afraid
you'll have to replace it.
ASH: Well, of course I'll have to replace it.
He hands a wire coil up to Chuie who is working near the
ceiling.
ASH: Here! And Chuie...
Chuie brings his head back through the trap door in the
ceiling and whines. Ash glances back at Togepio, then speaks
quietly to Chuie so only she can hear.
ASH: (continued)...I think we'd better replace the negative power
coupling.
Misty finishes welding the valves she has been working on
and attempts to reengage the system by pulling a lever
attached to the valve. It doesn't budge. Ash notices her
struggle, and moves to help her. She rebuffs him.
ASH: Hey, Your Worship, I'm only trying to help.
MISTY: (still struggling) Would you please stop calling me that?
Ash hears a new tone in her voice. He watches her pull on
the lever.
ASH: Sure, Misty.
MISTY: Oh, you make it so difficult sometimes.
ASH: I do, I really do. You could be a little nicer, though. (he
watches her reaction) Come on, admit it. Sometimes you think I'm all
right.
She lets go of the lever and rubs her sore hand.
MISTY: Occasionally (a little smile, haltingly) maybe...when you aren't
acting like a scoundrel.
ASH: (laughs) Scoundrel? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that.
With that, Ash takes her hand and starts to massage it.
MISTY: Stop that.
ASH: Stop what?
MISTY(ultra-blushes): Stop that! My hands are dirty.
ASH: My hands are dirty, too. What are you afraid of?
MISTY: (looking right into his eyes) Afraid?
Ash looks at her with a piercing look. He reaches out
slowly and takes Misty's hand again from where it is resting
on a console. He draws it toward him.
ASH: What's wrong?
MISTY: N-nothing! Nothing, really!
Then with an irresistible combination of physical strength
and emotional power, the space pirate begins to draw Misty
toward him...very slowly.
ASH: You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough
scoundrels in your life.
Misty is now very close to Ash and as she speaks, her voice
becomes an excited whisper, a tone completely in opposition to
her words.
MISTY: I happen to like nice men.
ASH: I'm a nice man.
MISTY: No, you're not. You're...
Ash moves, almost invouluntarily, closer to Misty. Their
eyes close as their lips come ever closer... almost touching...
Suddenly, Togepio appears in the doorway, speaking excitedly.
TOGEPIO: Sir, sir! I've isolated the reverse power flux coupling.
Ash turns slowly, icily, from their embrace. He looks like
he's ready to kill Togepio.
ASH: Thank you. Thank you
_very_ much.
TOGEPIO: Oh, you're perfectly welcome, sir.
The moment spoiled, Ash marches out after Togepio.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- ASTEROID FIELD
The Rocket fleet moves through the asteroid-filled void,
intently seeking its prey.
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE
Asteroids collide, creating a fireworks display outside the
bridge window. Rock Vader stands, staring out the window
above the control deck. Then slowly turns toward the bridge.
Before him are the hologram images of twenty battleship
commanders. One of these images, the commander of a ship that
has just exploded, is fading away quickly. Another image, in
the center and a little apart from the others, is faded and
continually disrupted by static. It is the image of Captain
Needa, commander of the Star Destroyer most hotly on the tail
of the Millennium Pidgeot. Admiral Piett and an aide stand
behind the Dark Lord.
NEEDA: (in hologram)...and that, Lord Vader, was the last time they
appeared in any of our scopes. Considering the amount of damage we've
sustained, they must have been destroyed.
VADER: No, Captain, they're alive. I want every ship available to
sweep the asteroid field until they are found.
The Rocket star captains fade out one by one as Vader
turns to Admiral Piett.
PIETT: Lord Vader.
VADER: Yes, Admiral, what is it?
The admiral is scared, his face white as a sheet.
PIETT: The Emperor commands you make contact with him.
VADER: Move the ship out of the asteroid field so that we can send a
clear transmission.
PIETT: Yes, my lord.
EXTERIOR: ASTEROID FIELD -- VADER'S STAR DESTROYER
Vader's Rocket Star Destroyer moves against the vast sea
of stars away from the rest of the fleet.
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- VADER'S CHAMBER
The Dark Lord, Rock Vader, is alone in his chamber. A
strange sound enters the room and a light begins to play
across Vader's black figure. He looks up and bows quickly.
A twelve-foot hologram of the Galactic Emperor materializes
before Vader. The Emperor's dark robes and monk's hood are
reminiscent of the cloak worn by Oak Kenobi, and conceal his body.
But from what can be seen, the Emperor is most likely not human.
VADER: What is thy bidding, my master?
EMPEROR: There is a great disturbance in the Force.
VADER: I have felt it.
EMPEROR: We have a new enemy -- Brock Stonewalker.
VADER: Yes, my master.
EMPEROR: He could destroy us.
VADER: He's just a boy. Oaki-Wan can no longer help him.
EMPEROR: The Force is strong with him. The son of Stonewalker must not
become a Gym Leader.
VADER: If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally.
EMPEROR: Yes. Yes. He would be a great asset. Can it be done?
VADER: He will join us or die, my master.
Vader kneels. The supreme Emperor passes a hand over the
crouched Lord of the Sith and fades away.
EXTERIOR: CINNIBAR -- CREATURE'S HOUSE -- NIGHT
A heavy downpour of rain pounds through the gnarled trees.
A strange baroque mud house sits on a moss-covered knoll on
the edge of a small lagoon. The small, gnomish structure
radiates a warm glow from its thick glass windows. As rain
tap-dances a merry tune on Vultoo's head, the stubby little
droid rises up on his hind legs to peek into one of the glowing
portals.
INTERIOR: CREATURE'S HOUSE
Vultoo, peeking in the window, sees the inside of the house
-- a very plain, but cozy dwelling. Everything is in the same
small scale as the creature. The only thing out of place in
the miniature room is Brock, whose height makes the four-foot
ceiling seem even lower. He sits cross-legged on the floor of
the living room.
The creature is in an adjoining area -- his little kitchen
-- cooking up an incredible meal. The stove is a steaming
hodgepodge of pots and pans. The tiny little host scurries
about chopping this, shredding that, and showering everything
with exotic herbs and spices. He rushes back and forth putting
platters on the table in front of Brock, who watches the
creature impatiently.
Brock: Look, I'm sure it's delicious. I just don't understand why we
can't see Mew now.
CREATURE: Patience! For the Jedi it is time to eat as well. Eat, eat.
Hot. Good food, hm? Good, hmm?
Moving with some difficulty in the cramped quarters, Brock
sits down near the fire and serves himself from the pot.
Tasting the unfamiliar concoction, he is pleasantly surprised.
Brock: How far away is Mew? Will it take us long to get there?
CREATURE: Not far. Mew not far. Patience. Soon you will be with him.
(tasting food from the pot) Oddishleaf, I cook. Why wish you become
Gym Leader? Hm?
Brock: Mostly because of my father, I guess.
CREATURE: Ah, your father. Powerful was he, powerful, mmm.
Brock: (a little angry) Oh, come on. How could you know my father? You
don't even know who I am. (fed up) Oh, I don't even know what I'm
doing here. We're wasting our time.
The creature turns away from Brock and speaks to a third
party.
CREATURE: (irritated) I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience.
Brock's head spins in the direction the creature faces. But
there is no one there. The boy is bewildered, but it gradually
dawns on him that the little creature is Mew, the Pokemon
Master. One of the PokeBalls on his belt drops off and opens.
Oak's Scyther emerges in a flash of light and faces Mew.
OAK'S VOICE: He will learn patience.
MEW: Hmmm. Much anger in him, like his father.
OAK'S VOICE: Was I any different when you taught me?
MEW: Hah. He is not ready.
Brock: Mew! I am ready. I...Oak! I can be a Gym Leader. Oak, tell him
I'm ready.
Trying to see Oak, Brock starts to get up but hits his head
on the low ceiling.
MEW: Ready, are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years
have I trained Gym Leaders. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be
trained! A Leader must have the deepest commitment, the most serious
mind. (to the Scyther, indicating Brock) This one a long time
have I watched. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was
doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh! Excitement. Heh! A Gym Leader craves not
these things. (turning to Brock) You are reckless!
Brock looks down. He knows it is true.
OAK'S VOICE: So was I, if you'll remember.
MEW: He is too old. Yes, too old to begin the training.
Brock thinks he detects a subtle softening in Mew's voice.
Brock: But I've learned so much.
Mew turns his piercing gaze on Brock, as though the Pokemon
Master's huge eyes could somehow determine how much the boy
had learned. After a long moment, the little Jedi turns toward
where he alone sees Oak.
MEW: (sighs) Will he finished what he begins?
Brock: I won't fail you -- I'm not afraid.
MEW: (turns slowly toward him) Oh, you will be. You will be.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- STAR DESTROYERS -- ASTEROID FIELD
The Rocket fleet around Vader's ship is surrounded by the
asteroid storm. Asteroids big and small pelt the vast
exteriors of the menacing ships. One of the smaller Rocket
vessels is hit by a huge asteroid and explodes in a brilliant
flash of light.
INTERIOR: ASTEROID CAVE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
The cockpit is quiet and lit only by the indicator lights
on the control panel. Princess Misty sits in the pilot's seat.
She runs her hand across the control panel as she thinks of
Ash and the confusion he has created within her. Suddenly,
something outside the cockpit window catches her eye. The
reflection of the panel lights obscures her vision until a
large mouth attaches itself to the windscreen. Misty
moves closer to see what it might be. Large, yellow eyes flash
open and stare back at her. Startled, she jumps back into her
seat, her heart pounding. There is a scurry of feet and a loud
screech, and in an instant the eyes are gone. The young
princess catches her breath, jumps out of her chair, and races
from the cockpit.
INTERIOR: ASTEROID CAVE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- HOLD AREA
The lights go bright for a second then out again. Togepio
and Chupika watch as Ash finishes with some wires.
TOGEPIO: Sir, if I may venture an opinion...
ASH: I'm not really interested in your opinion, Togepio.
Misty rushes into the cabin just as Ash drops the final
floor panel into place.
MISTY: (out of breath) There's something out there.
ASH: Where?
MISTY: Outside, in the cave.
As she speaks, there comes a sharp banging on the hull.
Chuie looks up and barks anxiously.
TOGEPIO: There it is. Listen! Listen!
ASH: I'm going out there.
MISTY: Are you crazy?!
ASH: I just got this bucket back together. I'm not going to let
something tear it apart.
He and Chuie grab their breath masks off a rack and hurry
out. Misty follows.
MISTY: Then I'm going with you.
TOGEPIO: I think it might be better if I stay here and guard the
ship. (hears another mysterious noise) Oh, no.
EXTERIOR: ASTEROID CAVE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON
It is very dark inside the huge asteroid cave, too dark to
see what is attacking the ship.
Misty stamps her foot on the floor of the cave.
MISTY: This ground sure feels strange. It doesn't feel like rock at
all.
Ash kneels and studies the ground, then attempts to study
the outline of the cave.
ASH: There's an awful lot of moisture in here.
MISTY: I don't know. I have a bad feeling about this.
ASH: Yeah.
Chuie barks through her face mask, and points toward the
ship's cockpit. A bat-like shape can be seen moving
across the top of the Pidgeot. The leathery creature lets out a
screech as Ash blasts it with a laser bolt.
ASH: (to Misty) Watch out!
The black shape tumbles off the spaceship and onto the
ground in front of the princess. Ash bends down to investigate
the dead creature.
ASH: Yeah, that's what I thought. Golbat. Chuie, check the rest of
the ship, make sure there aren't any more attached. They're chewing on
the power cables.
MISTY: Golbats?
ASH: Go on inside. We'll clean them off if there are any more.
Just then, a swarm of the ugly creatures swoops through the
air. Misty puts her arms over her head to protect herself as
she runs toward the ship. Chuie shoos another Golbat away
with his blaster. Several of the batlike creatures flap their
wings loudly against the cockpit window of the Pidgeot. Inside,
Togepio shudders at their presence.
TOGEPIO: Ohhh! Go away! Go away! Beastly thing. Shoo! Shoo!
Ash looks around the strange, dripping cave.
ASH: Wait a minute...
He unholsters his blaster and fires at the floor of the
huge cave. The cavern begins to shake and the ground starts to
buckle.
Chuie barks and moves for the ship, followed closely by
Misty and Ash. The large wings of the Golbats flap past them as
they protect their faces and run up the platform.
INTERIOR: ASTEROID CAVE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- ENTRY AREA
As soon as Ash and Misty are on board, Chuie closes the
main hatch. The ship continues to shake and heave.
ASH: All right, Chuie, let's get out of here!
The Raichee heads for the cockpit as Ash, followed by
Togepio, rushes to the hold area and checks the scopes on the
control panel. Misty hurries after.
MISTY: The Empire is still out there. I don't think it's wise to...
Ash rushes past her and heads for the cockpit.
ASH: (interrupting) No time to discuss this as a committee.
And with that he is gone. The main engines of the Pidgeot
begin to whine. Misty races after him, bouncing around in the
shaking ship.
MISTY: (angry) I am not a committee!
INTERIOR: ASTEROID CAVE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Ash is already in the pilot's seat pulling back on the
throttle. The cave-quake has greatly diminished.
MISTY: You can't make the jump to light-speed in this asteroid field...
ASH: Sit down, sweetheart. We're taking off!
As the ship begins to move forward, Chuie barks. He
notices something out the window ahead. Togepio sees it too.
TOGEPIO: Look!
ASH: I see it, I see it.
Suddenly, a row of jagged white stalagmites and stalactites
can be seen surrounding the entrance. And as the Pidgeot moves
forward, the entrance to the cave grows ever smaller. Ash
pulls hard on the throttle, sending his ship surging forward.
TOGEPIO: We're doomed!
MISTY: The cave is collapsing.
ASH: This is no cave.
MISTY: What?
Misty's mouth drops open . She sees that the rocks of the
cave entrance are not rocks at all, but giant teeth, quickly
closing around the tiny ship. Chuie howls.
INTERIOR: GIANT GYARADOS MOUTH
The Millennium Pidgeot, zooming through the monster's mouth,
rolls on its side and barely makes it between two of the
gigantic white teeth before the huge jaws slams closed.
EXTERIOR: CAVE ENTRANCE -- GIANT ASTEROID
The enormous Gyarados moves its head out of the cave as
the Pidgeot flies out of its mouth. The monster tilts its head,
watching the starship fly away.
EXTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- GIANT ASTEROID
The Pidgeot races out of the asteroid crater and into the
deadly rain of the asteroid storm.
EXTERIOR: CINNIBAR -- DAY
With Mew strapped to his back, Brock climbs up one of the
many thick vines that grow in the swamp. Panting heavily, he
continues his course -- climbing, flipping through the air,
jumping over roots, and racing in and out of the heavy ground
fog.
MEW: Run! Yes. A Leader's strength flows from the Force. But beware of
the dark side. Anger...fear...aggression. The dark side of the Force
are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. If once you
start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny,
consume you it will, as it did Oaki-Wan's apprentice.
Brock: Vader. Is the dark side stronger?
MEW: No...no...no. Quicker, easier, more seductive.
Brock: But how am I to know the good side from the bad?
MEW: You will know. When you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Gym Leader
uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.
Brock: But tell me why I can't...
MEW: (interrupting) No, no, there is no why. Nothing more will I
teach you today. Clear your mind of questions. Mmm. Mmmmmm.
Vultoo beeps in the distance as Brock lets Mew down to the
ground. Breathing heavily, he takes his shirt from a nearby
tree branch and pulls it on.
He turns to see a huge, dead, black tree, its base
surrounded by a few feet of water. Giant, twisted roots form a
dark and sinister cave on one side. Brock stares at the tree,
trembling.
Brock: There's something not right here.
Mew sits on a large root, poking his tail into the
dirt.
Brock: I feel cold, death.
MEW: That place...is strong with the dark side of the Force. A domain
of evil it is. In you must go.
Brock: What's in there?
MEW: Only what you take with you.
Brock looks warily between the tree and Mew. He starts to
strap on his weapon belt.
MEW: Your weapons...you will not need them.
Brock gives the tree a long look, than shakes his head "no."
Mew shrugs. Brock reaches up to brush aside some hanging vines
and enters the tree.
INTERIOR: CINNIBAR -- TREE CAVE
Brock moves into the almost total darkness of the wet and
slimy cave. The youth can barely make out the edge of the
passage. Holding his lit saber before him, he sees a Paras
crawling up the side of the cave and an Ekans wrapped around
the branches of a tree. Brock draws a deep breath, then pushes
deeper into the cave.
The space widens around him, but he feels that rather than
sees it. His sword casts the only light as he peers into the
darkness. It is very quiet here.
Then, a loud hiss! Rock Vader appears across the
blackness, illuminated by his own just-ignited laser sword.
Immediately, he charges Brock, saber held high. He is upon the
youth in seconds, but Brock sidesteps perfectly and slashes at
Vader with his sword.
Vader is decapitated. His helmet-encased head flies from
his shoulders as his body disappears into the darkness. The
metallic banging of the helmet fills the cave as Vader's head
spins and bounces, smashes on the floor, and finally stops.
For an instant it rests on the floor, then it cracks
vertically. The black helmet and breath mask fall away to
reveal...Brock's head.
Across the space, the standing Brock gasps at the sight,
wide-eyed(or at least as wide as Brock can get) in terror.
The decapitated head fades away, as in a vision.
EXTERIOR: CINNIBAR -- CAVE -- DUSK
Meanwhile, Mew sits on the root, calmly floating in midair.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- VADER'S STAR DESTROYER
Vader's Rocket Star Destroyer moves through space,
guarded by its convoy of BAT fighters.
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE -- CONTROL DECK
Vader stands in the back control area of his ship's bridge
with a motley group of men and creatures. Admiral Piett and
two controllers stand at the front of the bridge and watch the
group with scorn.
PIETT: Bounty hunters. We don't need that scum.
FIRST CONTROLLER: Yes, sir.
PIETT: Those Rebels won't escape us.
A second controller interrupts.
SECOND CONTROLLER: Sir, we have a priority signal from the Star
Destroyer Avenger.
PIETT: Right.
The group standing before Vader is a bizarre array of
galactic fortune hunters: There is Bossk, a slimy, tentacled
monster with two huge, bloodshot eyes in a soft baggy face;
Haunter and Gengar, two battle-scarred, mangy Ghost types;
IG-88, a battered, tarnished chrome war droid; and A.J. Fett,
a man in a weapon-covered armored space suit standing with a
Sandshrew.
VADER: ...there will be a substantial reward for the one who finds
the Millennium Pidgeot. You are free to use any methods necessary, but
I want them alive. No disintegrations.
A.J. FETT: If you say so.
At that moment, Admiral Piett approaches Vader in a rush of
excitement.
PIETT: Lord Vader! My lord, we have them.
EXTERIOR: Rocket STAR DESTROYER, AVENGER -- ASTEROID BELT
The Millennium Pidgeot speeds through deep space, closely
followed by a firing Rocket Star Destroyer. A large asteroid
about the same size as the Pidgeot tumbles rapidly toward the
starship. The tiny Pidgeot banks to avoid the giant asteroid as
smaller rocks pelt its surface. Then the small craft roars
under the asteroid which explodes harmlessly on the hull of
the vast Star Destroyer.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
The ship shudders as flak explodes near the cockpit window.
Togepio checks a tracking scope an the side control panel
while Misty watches tensely out the window.
TOGEPIO: Oh, thank goodness we're coming out of the asteroid field.
Chuie barks excitedly as the rain of asteroids begins to
subside. A bolt from the Star Destroyer sets up a fiery
explosion on the back side of the Pidgeot, causing it to lurch
to one side.
EXTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- STAR DESTROYER, AVENGER -- ASTEROID FIELD
The Pidgeot is hit hard by another bolt from the Star
Destroyer which creates a huge explosion near the cockpit of
the smaller ship. The Pidgeot tilts steeply, then rights
itself.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Ash corrects the angle of his ship.
ASH: Let's get out of here. Ready for light-speed? One...two...three!
Ash pulls back on the hyperspace throttle and -- nothing
happens. Flak bursts continue to rock the ship.
ASH: (frantic) It's not fair!
Chuie is very angry and starts to growl and bark at her
friend and captain. Again, Ash desperately pulls back on the
throttle.
ASH: The transfer circuits are working. It's not my fault!
Chuie puts her head in her hands, whining.
MISTY: (almost expecting it) No light-speed?
ASH: It's not my fault.
TOGEPIO: Sir, we just lost the main rear deflector shield. One more
direct hit on the back quarter and we're done for.
Ash pauses for a moment, makes a decision, and pulls back
on a lever.
ASH: Turn her around.
CHUPIKA: Pikachu?
ASH: I said turn her around! I'm going to put all power in the front
shield.
MISTY: You're going to attack them?!
TOGEPIO: Sir, the odds of surviving a direct assault on an Rocket
Star Destroyer...
MISTY: Shut up!
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- ASTEROID FIELD
The Pidgeot banks, makes a steep, twisting turn. In the
next moment it is racing toward the Star Destroyer, looking
very small against the massive surface of the Rocket ship.
As it moves across the surface of the Star Destroyer, the
Pidgeot bobs and weaves to avoid the numerous flak bursts.
INTERIOR: STAR DESTROYER, AVENGER -- BRIDGE
The tiny Pidgeot heads directly for the Avenger's bridge.
The Rockets stationed there are stunned to see the small
spaceship racing low across the hull, headed directly at the
huge windows of the bridge area. Alarms go off everywhere. The
Destroyer's commander, Captain Needa, can scarcely believe his
eyes.
NEEDA: They're moving to attack position. Shields up!
Needa and his men duck as the Pidgeot nears the bridge
window. At the last minute, the Pidgeot veers off and out of
sight. All is quiet.
NEEDA: Track them,. They may come around for another pass.
TRACKING OFFICER: Captain Needa, the ship no longer appears on our
scopes.
NEEDA: They can't have disappeared. No ship that small has a cloaking
device.
TRACKING OFFICER: Well, there's no trace of them, sir.
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER: Captain, Lord Vader demands an update on the
pursuit.
NEEDA: (drawing a breath) Get a shuttle ready. I shall assume full
responsibility for losing them, and apologize to Lord Vader.
Meanwhile, continue to scan the area.
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER: Yes, Captain Needa.
EXTERIOR: CINNIBAR -- BOG -- DAY
Brock's face is upside-down and showing enormous strain. He
stands on his hands, with Mew perched on his feet. Opposite
Brock and Mew are two rocks the size of bowling balls. Brock
stares at the rocks and concentrates. One of the rocks lifts
from the ground and floats up to rest on the other.
MEW: Use the Force. Yes...
Mew taps Brock's leg. Quickly, Brock lifts one hand from the
ground. His body wavers, but he maintains his balance. Vultoo,
standing nearby, is whistling and beeping frantically.
MEW: Now...the stone. Feel it.
Brock concentrates on trying to lift the top rock. It rises
a few feet, shaking under the strain. But, distracted by
Vultoo's frantic beeping, Brock loses his balance and finally
collapses. Mew stays floating in midair.
MEW: Concentrate!
Annoyed at the disturbance, Brock looks over at Vultoo, who
is rocking urgently back and forth in front of him.
Vultoo waddles closer to Brock, chirping wildly, then scoots
over the edge of the swamp. Catching on, Brock rushes to the
water's edge. The Z-wing fighter has sunk, and only the tip of
its nose shows above the lake's surface.
Brock: Oh, no. We'll never get it out now.
MEW: So certain are you. Always with you it cannot be done. Hear you
nothing that I say?
Brock looks uncertainly out at the ship.
Brock: Master, moving stones around is one thing. This is totally
different.
MEW: No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn
what you have learned.
Brock: (focusing, quietly) All right, I'll give it a try.
MEW: No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.
Brock closes his eyes and concentrates on thinking the ship
out.
Slowly, the Z-WING's nose begins to rise above the water.
It hovers for a moment and then slides back, disappearing once
again.
Brock: (panting heavily) I can't. It's too big.
MEW: Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hm?
Mmmm.
Brock shakes his head.
MEW: And well you should not. For my ally in the Force. And a
powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. It's energy
surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we...(Mew pinches
Brock's shoulder)...not this crude matter. (a sweeping gesture) You must
feel the Force around you. (gesturing) Here, between you...me...the
tree...the rock...everywhere! Yes, even between this land and that
ship!
Brock: (discouraged) You want the impossible.
Quietly Mew turns toward the Z-wing fighter. With his eyes
closed and his head bowed, he raises his arm and points at the
ship.
Soon, the fighter rises above the water and moves forward
as Vultoo beeps in terror and scoots away.
The entire Z-wing moves majestically, surely, toward the
shore. Mew stands on a tree root and guides the fighter
carefully down toward the beach.
Brock stares in astonishment as the fighter settles down
onto the shore. He walks toward Mew.
Brock: I don't...I don't believe it.
MEW: That is why you fail.
Brock shakes his head, bewildered.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- Rocket FLEET
The fleet around Vader's Star Destroyer now includes
Needa's Star Destroyer, the Avenger.
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE
Clutching desperately at his throat, Captain Needa slumps
down, then falls over on his back, at the feet of Rock Vader.
VADER: Apology accepted, Captain Needa.
Two stormtroopers pick up the lifeless body and carry it
quickly away as Admiral Piett and two of his captains hurry up
to the Dark Lord.
PIETT: Lord Vader, our ships have completed their scan of the area and
found nothing. If the Millennium Pidgeot went into light-speed, it'll
be on the other side of the galaxy by now.
VADER: Alert all commands. Calculate every possible destination along
their last know trajectory.
PIETT: Yes, my lord. We'll find them.
VADER: Don't fail me again, Admiral.
Vader exits as the admiral turns to an aide, a little more
uneasy than when he arrived.
PIETT: Alert all commands. Deploy the fleet.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- Rocket FLEET
Vader's ship moves away, flanked by its fleet of smaller
ships. the Avenger glides off into space in the opposite
direction. No one on that ship or on Vader's is aware that,
clinging to the side of the Avenger, is the pirateship, the
Millennium Pidgeot.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
TOGEPIO: Captain Solo, this time you have gone too far. (Chuie
growls) No, I will not be quiet, Chupika. Why doesn't anyone listen
to me?
ASH: (to Chuie) The fleet is beginning to break up. Go back and stand
by the manual release for the landing claw.
Chuie barks, struggles from his seat, and climbs out of
the cabin.
TOGEPIO: I really don't see how thats going to help. Surrender is a
perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances. Team Rocket
may be gracious enough...
Misty pulls out a PokeBall and taps Togepio, mid-sentence.
Togepio is sucked into the ball.
ASH: Thank you.
MISTY: What did you have in mind for your next move?
ASH: Well, if they follow standard Rocket procedure, they'll dump
their garbage before they go to light-speed, then we just float away.
MISTY: With the rest of the garbage. Then what?
ASH: Then we've got to find a safe port somewhere around here. Got any
ideas?
MISTY: No. Where are we?
ASH: The Venonat system.
MISTY: Venonat system. There's not much there.
ASH: No. Well, wait. This is interesting. Gary.
He points to a computer mapscreen on the control panel.
Misty slips out of her chair and moves next to the handsome
pilot. Small light points representing several systems flash
by on the computer screen.
MISTY: Gary system?
ASH: Gary's not a system, he's a man. Gary Calrissian. He's a card
player, gambler, scoundrel. You'd like him.
MISTY: (dryly) Thanks.
ASH: Bespin. It's pretty far, but I think we can make it.
MISTY: (reading from the computer) A mining colony?
ASH: Yeah, a Tibanna gas mine. Gary conned somebody out of it. We go
back a long way, Gary and me.
MISTY: Can you trust him?
ASH: No. But he has no love for Team Rocket, I can tell you that.
Chuie barks over the intercom. Ash quickly changes his
readouts and stretches to look out the cockpit window.
ASH: (into intercom) Here we go, Chuie. Stand by. Detach!
Ash leans back in his chair and gives Misty an invisible
smile. She thinks for a moment, shakes her head; a grin creeps
across her face and she gives him a quick hug. Ash turns as red
as Charizard.
MISTY: You do have your moments. Not many, but you have them.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- Rocket STAR DESTROYER
As the Avenger Star Destroyer moves slowly into space, the
hatch on its underbelly opens, sending a trail of junk behind
it. Hidden among the refuse, the Pidgeot tumbles away. In the
next moment, the Avenger roars off into hyperspace. The
Pidgeot's engines are ignited, and it races off into the
distance. Amidst the slowly drifting junk, A.J. Fett's ship
appears and moves after the Pidgeot.
EXTERIOR: CINNIBAR -- BOG -- CLEARING -- DAY
In the clearing behind Mew's house, Brock again stands
upside-down, but his face shows less strain and more
concentration than before. Mew sits on the ground below the
young warrior. On the other side of the clearing, two
equipment cases slowly rise into the air. Nearby Vultoo
watches, humming to himself, when suddenly he, too, rises into
the air. His little legs kick desperately and his head turns
frantically, looking for help.
MEW: Concentrate...feel the Force flow. Yes. Good. Calm, yes. Through
the Force, things you will see. Other places. The future...the past.
Old friends long gone.
Brock suddenly becomes distressed.
Brock: Ash! Misty!
The two packing boxes and Vultoo fall to the ground with a
crash, then Brock himself tumbles over.
MEW: (shaking his head) Hmm. Control, control. You must learn control.
Brock: I saw...I saw a city in the clouds.
MEW: Mmm. Friends you have there.
Brock: They were in pain.
MEW: It is the future you see.
Brock: Future? Will they die?
Mew closes his eyes and lowers his head.
MEW: Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.
Brock: I've got to go to them.
MEW: Decide you must how to serve them best. If you leave now, help
them you could. But you would destroy all for which they have fought
and suffered.
Brock is stopped cold by Mew's words. Gloom shrouds him as
he nods his head sadly. He absently kicks the Gloom away.
EXTERIOR: BESPIN SYSTEM -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- DAWN
The powerful pirate starship blasts through space as it
heads toward the soft pink planet of Bespin.
EXTERIOR: BESPIN SURFACE -- MILLENNIUM FALCON
It is down on the gaseous planet. Huge billowing clouds
form a canyon as the ship banks around them, heading toward
the system's Cloud City.
Suddenly, two twin-pod cloud cars appear and move toward
the Pidgeot. The cloud cars draw up alongside the starship.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
One of the cloud cars opens fire on the Pidgeot, its flak
rocking the ship. Chuie barks his concern.
ASH: (into transmitter) No, I don't have a landing permit. I'm trying
to reach Gary Calrissian.
More flak bursts outside the cockpit window and rattles the
ship's interior. Misty looks worried.
ASH: (into transmitter) Whoa! Wait a minute! Let me explain.
INTERCOM VOICE: You will not deviate from your present course.
TOGEPIO: Rather touchy, aren't they?
MISTY: I thought you knew this person.
Chuie barks and growls at his boss.
ASH: (to Chuie) Well, that was a long time ago. I'm sure he's
forgotten about that.
INTERCOM VOICE: Permission granted to land on Platform
Three-two-seven.
ASH: (into transmitter) Thank you.
Angry, Ash snaps off the intercom. Chuie looks at him and
grunts. Ash turns to the worried princess and her droid.
ASH: There's nothing to worry about. We go way back, Gary and me.
Misty doesn't look convinced.
MISTY: Who's worried?
EXTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- CLOUD CARS
The clouds part to reveal a full view of the city as it
bobs in and out of the cloud surface. The cloud cars and the
Pidgeot head for the gleaming white metropolis.
EXTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- LANDING PLATFORM -- MILLENNIUM FALCON
With the cloud cars still guarding it, the Pidgeot lands on
one of the Cloud City's platforms.
EXTERIOR: LANDING PLATFORM -- DOOR OF MILLENNIUM FALCON
Ash and Misty stand at the open door, armed. Behind them,
Chuie, also armed, surveys the scene warily.
TOGEPIO: Oh. No one to meet us.
MISTY: I don't like this.
ASH: Well, what would you like?
TOGEPIO: Well, they did let us land.
ASH: Look, don't worry. Everything's going to be fine. Trust me.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CORRIDOR -- DAY
Gary Calrissian, a suave, dashing young man about Ash's age,
leads a group of cheerleaders and some Cloud City guard
rapidly toward the landing platform. The group, like the other
citizens of the city, is a motley collection of aliens,
Pokemon, and humans of all descriptions. Gary has a grim
expression on his face as he moves onto the landing platform.
EXTERIOR: LANDING PLATFORM -- DOOR OF MILLENNIUM FALCON
ASH: See? My friend. (to Chuie) Keep your eyes open, okay?
Chuie growls as Ash walks down the ramp. Gary and his men
head across the bridge to meet the space pirate.
EXTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- LANDING PLATFORM
Gary stops ten feet from Ash. The two men eye each other
carefully. Gary shakes his head.
GARY: Why, you slimy, double-crossing, no-good swindler! You've got a
lot of guts coming here, after what you pulled.
Ash points to himself innocently, mouthing, "Me?"
Gary moves threateningly toward Ash. Suddenly, he throws
his arms around his startled, long-lost friend and embraces
him.
GARY: (laughs) How you doing, you old pirate? So good to see you! I
never thought I'd catch up with you again. Where you been?
The two old friends embrace, laughing and chuckling.
EXTERIOR: LANDING PLATFORM -- DOOR OF MILLENNIUM FALCON.
TOGEPIO: Well, he seems very friendly.
MISTY: (wary) Yes...very friendly.
EXTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- LANDING PLATFORM
GARY: What are you doing here?
ASH: (gestures toward the Pidgeot) Ahh...repairs. I thought you could
help me out.
GARY: (in mock panic) What have you done to my ship?
ASH: Your ship? Hey, remember, you lost her to me fair and square.
Chuie growls a reserved greeting. Gary suddenly notices
the princess and smiles.
GARY: Hello. What have we here? Welcome. I'm Gary Calrissian. I'm
the administrator of this facility. and who might you be?
MISTY: Misty.
GARY: Welcome, Misty.
Gary bows before Misty and kisses her hand.
ASH: All right, all right, you old smoothie.
Ash takes Misty by the hand and steers her away from Gary.
TOGEPIO: Hello, sir. I am Togepio, human-cyborg relations. My
facilities are at your...
Before Togepio can finish his self-introduction, Gary has
turned to follow Ash and Misty, who are walking toward the
city.
TOGEPIO: Well, really!
Gary, his aide, Jenny, and Ash lead the way across the
bridge, followed by Togepio, Chuie and Misty.
GARY: What's wrong with the Pidgeot?
ASH: Hyperdrive.
GARY: I'll get my people to work on it.
ASH: Good.
Gary turns to Misty.
GARY: You know, that ship saved my life quite a few times. She's the
fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CORRIDOR
The group has crossed the narrow bridge and entered the
city. They walk down the lovely Art Deco passageway, rounding
several corners and passing many small plazas as they go.
Togepio lags a bit behind.
ASH: How's the gas mine? Is it paying off for you?
GARY: Oh, not as well as I'd like. We're a small outpost and not very
self-sufficient. And I've had supply problems of every kind. I've had
labor difficulties...(catches Ash grinning at him) What's so funny?
ASH: You. Listen to you -- you sound like a businessman, a responsible
leader. Who'd have thought that, huh?
Gary is reflective. He looks at Ash a moment.
GARY: You know, seeing you sure brings back a few things.
ASH: Yeah.
GARY: (shakes his head) Yeah, I'm responsible these days. It's the
price you pay for being successful.
Ash and Gary laugh together, and the group moves on
through the corridor.
The lagging Togepio passes a Togepio-type silver droid
who is coming out of a door.
TOGEPIO: Oh! Nice to see a familiar face.
SECOND TOGEPIO: (mumbles) Bbbrriiiiii!
TOGEPIO: How rude!
Togepio stops, watching the silver droid move away. Then
he hears the muffled beeping and whistling of a Vulpix unit
coming from within the room.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- ANTEROOM
Curious, Togepio enters the room.
TOGEPIO: That sounds like a Vulpix unit in there. I wonder if...
Togepio walks through the doorway to the main room. He
looks in.
TOGEPIO: Hello? How interesting. Oh, my.
MAN'S VOICE: (from within) Who are you?
TOGEPIO: Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I...I didn't mean to intrude. No,
no, please don't get up. No!
A laser bolt to Togepio's chest sends him flying in twenty
directions. Smoldering mechanical arms and legs bounce off the
walls as the door whooshes closed behind him.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CORRIDOR
Gary, Ash, and Misty continue down the corridor unaware of
Togepio's dreadful accident. Chupika glances around, sniffs
the air, but shrugs her shoulders and follows the group.
EXTERIOR: CINNIBAR -- BOG -- DUSK
In the bright lights of the fighter, Brock loads a heavy
case into the belly of the ship. Vultoo sits on top of the
Z-wing, settling down into his cubbyhole. Mew stands nearby
on a log.
MEW: Brock! You must complete the training.
Brock: I can't keep the vision out of my head. They're my friends. I've
got to help them.
MEW: You must not go!
Brock: But Ash and Misty will die if I don't.
OAK'S VOICE: You don't know that.
Brock looks toward the voice in amazement. Oak has
materialized as a real, slightly shimmering image near Mew.
The power of his presence stops Brock.
OAK: Even Mew cannot see their fate.
Brock: But I can help them! I feel the Force!
OAK: But you cannot control it. This is a dangerous time for you, when
you will be tempted by the dark side of the Force.
MEW: Yes, yes. To Oaki-Wan you listen. The cave. Remember your failure
at the cave!
Brock: But I've learned so much since then. Master Mew, I promise to
return and finish what I've begun. You have my word.
OAK: It is you and your abilities the Emperor wants. that is why your
friends are made to suffer.
Brock: And that is why I have to go.
OAK: Brock, I don't want to lose you to the Emperor the way I lost
Vader.
Brock: You won't.
MEW: Stopped they must be. On this depends. Only a fully trained Gym
Leader with the Force as his ally will conquer Vader and his Emperor.
If you end your training now, if you choose the quick and easy path,
as Vader did, you will become an agent of evil.
OAK: Patience.
Brock: And sacrifice Ash and Misty?
MEW: If you honor what they fight for...yes!
Brock is in great anguish. He struggles with the dilemma, a
battle raging in his mind.
OAK: If you choose to face Vader, you will do it alone. I cannot
interfere.
Brock: I understand. (he moves to his Z-wing) Vultoo, fire up the
converters.
Vultoo whistles a happy reply.
OAK: Brock, don't give in to hate -- that leads to the dark side.
Brock nods and climbs into his ship.
MEW: Strong is Vader. Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.
Brock: I will. And I'll return. I promise.
Vultoo closes the cockpit. Oak and Mew stand watching as
the roar of the engines and the wind engulf them.
MEW: (sighs) Told you, I did. Reckless is he. Now matters are worse.
OAK: That boy is our last hope.
MEW: (looks up) No. There is another.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- PLANET CINNIBAR
Brock's tiny Z-wing rockets away from the green planet of
Cinnibar and off into space.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- LIVING QUARTERS -- DAY
Within the quarters assigned her on Cloud City, Misty paces
in agitation. She has changed from her cold-weather pants and
jacket to a lovely dress. Her hair is down, tied back with
ribbons. She moves from a large, open window and turns to see
Ash entering through the doorway.
ASH: The ship is almost finished. Two or Three more things and we're
in great shape.
MISTY: The sooner the better. Something's wrong here. No one has seen
or knows anything about Togepio. He's been gone too long to have
gotten lost.
Ash takes Misty by the shoulders and gently kisses her
forehead.
ASH: Relax. I'll talk to Gary and see what I can find out.
MISTY: I don't trust Gary.
ASH: Well, I don't trust him, either. But he is my friend. Besides,
we'll soon be gone.
MISTY: And then you're as good as gone, aren't you?
Not speaking, Ash considers her words and gazes at her
troubled face.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- JUNK ROOM
The room is piled high with broken and discarded machine
parts. Four Ugnaughts, small hoglike creatures, separate the
junk and throw some pieces onto a conveyer belt which moves
briskly toward a pit of molten metal. Pieces of Togepio's
golden body move down the belt. Chuie enters the room and
spots a Pinsir picking up and inspecting Togepio's head.
The Raichee barks a command, startling the Pinsir, then
reaches to grab the head. But the Pinsir tosses it away from
him to another Pinsir. This game of keep-away goes on until
Togepio's head falls from their grip and bounces with a clang
onto the ground.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- LIVING QUARTERS -- DAY
The door zaps open. Chupika walks in, carrying a packing
case of Togepio, arms and legs hanging over the edge.
MISTY: What happened?
Chuie sets the case on a table.
CHUPIKA: Pika, Pikapi. Pikachu!
ASH: Where? Found him in a junk pile?
MISTY: Oh, what a mess. Chuie, do you think you can repair him?
The giant Raichee studies the array of robot parts. She
looks at the princess and shrugs sadly.
ASH: Gary's got people who can fix him.
MISTY: No, thanks.
There is a buzz and the door slides open, revealing Gary.
GARY: I'm sorry. Am I interrupting anything?
MISTY: Not really.
GARY: You look absolutely beautiful. You truly belong here with us
among the clouds.
MISTY: (coolly) Thank you.
GARY: Will you join me for a little refreshment?
Ash looks at Gary suspiciously, but Chuie barks at the
mention of food and licks her lips.
GARY: Everyone's invited, of course.
Misty takes Gary's proffered arm, and the group turns to
go. Gary spots Togepio's remains.
GARY: Having trouble with you droid?
Ash and Misty exchange a quick glance.
ASH: No. No problem. Why?
Ash and Misty move arm-in-arm through the door, followed by
Gary and Chuie. The door slides closed behind them.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CORRIDOR -- DAY
Misty walks between Ash and Gary as Chuie follows a short
distance behind. Long shafts of light pour across the corridor
between tall, pure-white columns.
GARY: So you see, since we're a small operation, we don't fall into
the...uh...jurisdiction of Team Rocket.
MISTY: So you're part of the mining guild then?
GARY: No, not actually. Our operation is small enough not to be
noticed...which is advantageous for everybody since our customers are
anxious to avoid attracting attention to themselves.
The group walks into another corridor and heads for a huge
doorway at the far end.
ASH: Aren't you afraid Team Rocket's going to find out about this
little operation and shut you down?
GARY: That's always been a danger looming like a shadow over
everything we've built here. But things have developed that will
insure security. I've just made a deal that will keep Team Rocket out
of here forever.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- DINING ROOM
The mighty doors to the dining room slide open and the
group enters the dining room. At the far end of a huge banquet
table sits Rock Vader. Standing at his side and slightly
behind him is A.J. Fett, the bounty hunter.
Faster than the wink of an eye, Ash draws his blaster and
pops off a couple of shots directly at Vader. The Dark Lord
quickly raises his hand, deflecting the bolts into one of the
side walls, where they explode harmlessly. Just as quickly,
Ash's weapon and PokeBall belt zip into Vader's hand. The evil
presence calmly places the gun and belt on the table in front of
him.
VADER: We would be honored if you would join us.
Ash gives Gary a mean look.
GARY: I had no choice. They arrived right before you did. I'm sorry.
ASH: I'm sorry, too.
EXTERIOR: Brock'S Z-WING -- BESPIN SYSTEM
Brock's Z-wing races through thick clouds toward Cloud City.
INTERIOR: Brock'S Z-WING -- COCKPIT
Brock is grim-faced as he pilots his course toward Bespin's
shining city. Vultoo's beeps and whistles are transmitted onto
the scope.
Brock: (into comlink) No, Togepio's with them.
Vultoo whistles another worried inquiry.
Brock: (into comlink) Just hang on. We're almost there.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- LARGE CELL
Chupika is in a Cloud City prison cell. The stark room is
flooded with hot light. To add to Chuie's misery, a
high-pitched whistle screeches loudly. Chuie is going mad. She
hits the wall with giant fists as she paces back and forth
across the cell floor. The upper lights go off abruptly. The
prisoner rubs her eyes and moves to a wall, where she listens
for a moment. Then, moaning to herself, she moves to a platform
where the disassembled pieces of Togepio lie. She picks up the
golden droid's head and meditates on it for a moment, barking
a few philosophical remarks. Chuie sticks the robot's head on
its torso and starts adjusting wires and circuits. Suddenly,
the lights in Togepio's eyes spark to life as Chuie touches
two connectors together. Togepio immediately begins to speak,
but his voice is so slow and so low as to be nearly
unintelligible.
TOGEPIO: Mmmm. Oh, my. Uh, I, uh -- Take this off! I, uh, don't mean
to intrude here. I, don't, no, no, no...Please don't get up. No!
Chuie looks at Togepio in bewilderment, then scratches
her furry head. She gets an idea and adjusts some connections,
whereupon Togepio immediately begins speaking normally.
TOGEPIO: Stormtroopers? Here? We're in danger. I must tell the
others. Oh, no! I've been shot!
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- PRISON ENTRY AREA
Rock Vader strides through the room as two stormtroopers
prepare an elaborate torture mechanism. Ash is strapped to a
rack which tilts forward onto the torture device. Vader
activates the mechanism, creating two bursts of sparks, one of
which strikes Ash's face.
The door opens, and Rock Vader moves to the holding
chamber, where Gary and A.J. Fett await him.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- HOLDING CHAMBER
GARY: Lord Vader.
VADER: (to Fett) You may take Captain Solo to Snorlax the Hut after I
have Stonewalker.
Ash's screams filter through the torture room door.
A.J. FETT: He's no good to me dead.
VADER: He will not be permanently damaged.
GARY: Lord Vader, what about Misty and the Raichee?
VADER: They must never again leave this city.
GARY: That was never a condition of our agreement, nor was giving Ash
to this bounty hunter!
VADER: Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly.
GARY: No.
VADER: Good. It would be unfortunate if I had to leave a garrison
here.
Vader turns and sweeps into the elevator with A.J. Fett.
Gary walks swiftly down another corridor, muttering to
himself.
GARY: This deal's getting worse all the time.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- LARGE CELL
Chuie now has a little more of Togepio back together. One
arm is connected, but the legs are yet to be attached. There
is one small problem, however. It seems the Raichee has
managed to put the droid's head on backwards.
TOGEPIO: Oh, yes, that's very good. I like that. Oh! Something's not
right because now I can't see. Wait. Wait! Oh, my! what have you done?
I'm backwards, you stupid furball. Only an overgrown mophead like you
would be stupid enough...
Togepio is cut off in mid-sentence as Chuie angrily
shocks the droid, shutting him down. The Raichee
smells something and sits up. The door to the chamber slides
open and a ragged Ash Solo is shoved into the room by two
stormtroopers. Barking her concern, the huge Raichee gives Ash
a big hug. Ash is very pale, with dark circles under his eyes.
ASH: I feel terrible.
Chuie helps Ash to a platform and then turns as the door
slides open revealing Misty. She, too, looks a little worse for
wear. The troopers push her into the cell, and the door slides
closed. She moves to Ash, who is lying on the platform, and
kneels next to him, gently stroking his head.
MISTY: Why are they doing this?
ASH: They never even asked me any questions.
The cell door slides open. Gary and two of his guards
enter.
MISTY: Gary.
ASH: Get out of here, Gary!
GARY: Shut up and listen! Vader has agreed to turn Misty and Chuie
over to me.
ASH: Over to you?
GARY: They'll have to stay here, but at least they'll be safe.
MISTY: What about Ash?
GARY Vader's giving him to the bounty hunter.
MISTY: Vader wants us all dead.
GARY: He doesn't want you at all. He's after somebody called
Stonewalker.
ASH: Brock?
GARY: Lord Vader has set a trap for him.
Misty's mind is racing.
MISTY: And we're the bait.
GARY: Well, he's on his way.
Ash's rage peaks.
ASH: Perfect. You fixed us all pretty good, didn't you? (spits it out)
My friend!
Ash hauls off and punches Gary. The two friends are
instantly engaged in a frantic close-quarters fight. The
guards hit Ash with their rifle butts and he flies across the
room. Chuie growls and starts for the guards. They point
their laser weapons at the giant Raichee, but Gary stops
them.
GARY: Stop! I've done all I can do. I'm sorry I couldn't do better,
but I have my own problems.
ASH: Yeah, you're a real hero.
Gary and the guards leave. Ash wipes the blood from his
chin as Misty and Chuie help him up.
MISTY: (dabs at his wound) You certainly have a way with people.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CARBON-FREEZING CHAMBER
Four armor-suited stormtroopers stand at the ready in the
large chamber, which is filled with pipes and chemical tanks.
In the middle of the room is a round pit housing a hydraulic
platform. Rock Vader and Gary stand near the platform.
VADER: This facility is crude, but it should be adequate to freeze
Stonewalker for his journey to the Emperor.
An Rocket soldier appears.
Rocket SOLDIER: Lord Vader, ship approaching. Z-wing class.
VADER: Good. Monitor Stonewalker and allow him to land.
The soldier bows and leaves the chamber.
GARY: Lord Vader, we only use this facility for carbon freezing. If
you put him in there, it might kill him.
VADER: I do not want the Emperor's prize damaged. We will test it...on
Captain Solo.
Gary's face registers dismay.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- BESPIN SYSTEM -- Brock'S Z-WING
Brock's Z-wing moves through the clouds as it nears the
city.
INTERIOR: Brock'S Z-WING -- COCKPIT
Encountering no city guards, Brock scans the display panel
with concern.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CARBON-FREEZING CHAMBER
There is a great activity on the carbon-freezing platform.
Six Pinsirs frantically prepare the chamber for use. A
special coffinlike container is put in place. With A.J. Fett
in the lead, a squad of six stormtroopers brings in Ash, Misty
and Chuie. Strapped to Chuie's back, with only his head,
torso, and one arm assembled, is Togepio. Togepio's head
faces the opposite direction from Chuie's and the droid is
constantly twisting around in a vain effort to see what is
happening. His one attached arm is animate and expressive,
intermittently pointing, gesturing, and covering his eyes. The
remaining pieces of his body are randomly bundled to the
Raichee's back so that his legs and other arm stick out at odd
angles from the pack.
TOGEPIO: If only you had attached my legs, I wouldn't be in this
ridiculous position. Now, remember, Chupika, you have a
responsibility to me, so don't do anything foolish.
ASH: (to Gary) What's going on...buddy?
GARY: You're being put into carbon freeze.
A.J. Fett moves away from the group to Rock Vader.
A.J. FETT: What if he don't survive? He's worth a lot to me.
VADER: The Empire will compensate you if he dies. Put him in!
Realizing what is about to happen, Chuie lets out a wild
howl and attacks the stormtroopers surrounding Ash. Within
seconds, other Rocket reinforcements join the scuffle,
clubbing the giant Raichee with their laser weapons. From the
instant of Chuie's first move, Togepio begins to scream in
panic while he tries to protect himself with his one arm.
TOGEPIO: Oh, no! No, no, no! Stop, Chupika, stop...!
The stormtroopers are about to bash Chuie in the face.
ASH: Stop, Chuie, stop! Do you hear me? Stop!
TOGEPIO: Yes, stop, please! I'm not ready to die.
Ash breaks away from his captors. Vader nods to the guards
to let him go and the pirate breaks up the fight.
ASH: Chuie! Chuie, this won't help me. Hey!
Ash gives the Raichee a stern look.
ASH: Save your strength. There'll be another time. The princess -- you
have to take care of her. You hear me?
Ash winks at the Raichee, who wails a doleful farewell.
In a flash the guards have slipped binders on Chupika,
who is too distraught to protest. Ash turns to Princess Misty.
They look sorrowfully at one another.
MISTY: Ash, I...
Ash silences her gently.
ASH: I know.
Tears roll down Misty's face as she watches the dashing
pirate walk to the hydraulic platform. Ash looks one final
time at his friends -- and then, suddenly, the platform drops.
Chuie howls. Misty turns away in agony. Gary winces in
sorrow; it makes a life-changing impression on him.
Instantly, fiery liquid begins to pour down in a shower of
sparks and fluid as great as any steel furnace. Holding Misty,
Chuie half-turns away from the sight, giving Togepio a view
of the procedure.
TOGEPIO: What...what's going on? Turn around, Chupika, I can't see.
Oh...they've encased him in carbonite. He should be quite
well-protected -- if he survives the freezing process, that is.
Chuie is in no mood for technical discussion; she gives the
droid an angry glance and barks.
A huge mechanical tong lifts the steaming metal-encased
space pirate out of the vat and stands him on the platform.
Some Pinsirs rush over and push the block over onto the
platform. They slide the coffinlike structure to the block and
lift the metal block, placing it inside. They then attach an
electronic box onto the structure and step away.
Gary kneels and adjusts some knobs, measuring the heat. He
shakes his head in relief.
VADER: Well, Calrissian, did he survive?
GARY: Yes, he's alive. And in perfect hibernation.
Vader turns to A.J. Fett.
VADER: He's all yours bounty hunter. Reset the chamber for Stonewalker.
Rocket OFFICER: Stonewalker has just landed, my lord.
VADER: Good. See to it that he finds his way here. Calrissian, take
the princess and the Raichee to my ship.
GARY: You said they'd be left in the city under my supervision.
VADER: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.
Gary's hand instinctively goes to his throat as he turns
to Misty, Chuie, and Togepio.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CORRIDOR -- DAY
As Brock and Vultoo move carefully down a deserted corridor,
they hear a group of people coming down a side hallway. Vultoo
lets out an excited series of beeps and whistles. Brock glares
at the tiny droid, who stops in his tracks with a feeble
squeak.
A.J. Fett enters from a side hallway followed by two guards
pushing the floating, encased body of Ash Solo. Two
stormtroopers, who follow, immediately spot Brock and open fire
on him. The youth draws his weapon and blasts the two
troopers before they can get off a second shot. The two guards
whisk Ash into another hallway as Fett lowers his arm and
fires a deadly laser at Brock, which explodes to one side and
tears up a huge chunk of wall.
Brock rushes to a side hallway, but by the time he reaches
it, Fett, Ash, and the guards are gone. A think metal door
blocks the passage. Brock turns to see Misty, Chuie, Togepio,
and Gary being herded down a second hallway by several other
stormtroopers. Misty turns just in time to see Brock.
MISTY: Brock! Brock, don't -- it's a trap! It's a trap!
Before she can finish, she is pulled through a doorway and
disappears from sight. Brock races after the group, leaving
little Vultoo trailing behind.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- ANTEROOM
Brock runs into an anteroom and stops to get his bearings.
Misty and the others are nowhere to be seen. Behind Brock, Vultoo
scoots down the corridor toward the anteroom when suddenly a
giant metal door comes slamming down, cutting off Brock's exit.
Several more doors clang shut, echoing through the chamber.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- HALLWAY LEADING TO ANTEROOM
Vultoo stands with his nose pressed against the giant metal
door. He whistles a long sigh of relief and, a little dazed,
wanders off in the other direction.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CARBON-FREEZING CHAMBER -- ANTEROOM
Brock cautiously walks forward among hissing pipes and
steam. Seeing an opening above him, he stops to look up. As he
does, the platform he stands on begins to move.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CARBON-FREEZING CHAMBER
Brock rises into the chamber, borne by the platform. The
room is deathly quiet. Very little steam escapes the pipes and
no one else seems to be in the large room. Warily, Brock walks
toward the stairway.
Steam begins to build up in the chamber. Looking up through
the steam, Brock sees a dark figure standing on a walkway above
him. Brock holsters his gun and moves up the stairs to face
Vader. He feels confident, eager to engage his enemy.
VADER: The Force is with you, young Stonewalker. But you are not a Leader
yet.
Brock ignites his sword in answer. In an instant, Vader's
own sword is lit. Brock lunges, but Vader repels the blow.
Again Brock attacks, and the swords of the two combatants clash
in battle. Vader pushes Brock back, and tosses down a Pokeball,
releasing Kabutops. Brock lets Oak's Scyther loose, and the
four comatants clash again.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CORRIDOR
Misty, Gary, and Chuie, with Togepio on his back, march
along, guarded by six stormtroopers. The group reaches an
intersection where Jenny and a dozen of Gary's guards stand
at attention.
The guards immediately aim their weapons at the startled
stormtroopers. Taking the stormtroopers' weapons from them,
Jenny hands one to Misty and one to Gary.
GARY: Well done. Hold them in the security tower -- and keep it
quiet. Move.
As Gary's guards quickly march the stormtroopers away,
Gary begins to undo Chuie's binding.
MISTY: What do you think you're doing?
GARY: We're getting out of here.
TOGEPIO: I knew all along it had to be a mistake.
Chuie turns on Gary and starts to choke him, shocking him at
the same time.
MISTY: Do you think that after what you did to Ash we're going to trust
you?
Gary tries to free himself from Chuie.
GARY: I-I had n-no ch-ch-choice...
CHUPIKA: (increases the voltage) Chuuu...
TOGEPIO: (to Chuie) What are you doing? Trust him, trust him!
MISTY: Oh, so we understand, don't we, Chuie? He had no choice.
GARY: I'm j-just trying to h-heeellppp...
MISTY: We don't need any of your help.
GARY: A-a-s-h...
MISTY: What?
TOGEPIO: It sounds like Ash.
GARY: Th-there's stil-l-l a-a chance t-to save Aaa-ash...I-I mean, at
the E-east Platfooorrmm...
MISTY: Chuie.
Chuie finally stops shocking Gary, who looks more than a
little charred.
TOGEPIO: (to Gary) I'm terribly sorry about all this. After all,
she's only a Raichee.
EXTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- EAST LANDING PLATFORM -- A.J. FETT'S SHIP
The two guards slide Ash's encased body into an opening in
the side of the bounty hunter's ship. A.J. Fett climb aboard
on a ladder next to the cargo hold.
A.J. FETT: Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold.
And with that, the door slams shut.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CORRIDOR
Gary, Misty, and Chuie run down a Cloud City corridor when
suddenly they spot Vultoo who rushes toward them, beeping
wildly.
TOGEPIO: Vultoo! Vultoo! Where have you been?
Chuie turns around to see the stubby droid, causing
Togepio to be spun out of sight of his friend.
TOGEPIO: Turn around, you...! (to Vultoo) Hurry, hurry! We're
trying to save Ash from the bounty hunter!
Whistling frantically to Togepio, Vultoo scampers along with
the racing group.
TOGEPIO: Well, at least your still in one piece! Look what happened
to me!
EXTERIOR: EAST LANDING PLATFORM -- SIDE BAY
An elevator door slides open and Gary, Misty, and Chupika
race for a large bay overlooking the East Landing Platform.
Just as they arrive, A.J. Fett's ship takes off against a
cloudy sunset sky.
In wild anguish, Chuie howls and starts firing Thunderbolts
at the ship.
TOGEPIO: Oh, no! Chuie, they're behind you!
A laser bolt explodes near the princess. Everyone turns to
see what Togepio has already spotted coming from the other
direction; a squad of stormtroopers running toward them. Vultoo
peeks out from the elevator.
Misty and Chupika start firing at the troopers as Gary
makes a break for the elevator. Laser bolts continue to
explode around the princess and the Raichee, but they refuse
to budge. Gary sticks his head out of the elevator and
motions for the pair to run, but they barely notice. They seem
possessed, transported, as all the frustration of captivity
and anger of loss pour through their death-dealing weapons.
But after a few moments, they begin to move through the
rain of laser fire toward the elevator. Once they are inside,
the door slams shut and the stormtroopers race forward.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CARBON-FREEZING CHAMBER
Brock and Vader are locked in combat on the platform
overlooking the chamber. Their swords clash, the platform
sways. Brock aggressively drives Vader back, forcing Vader to
use defensive tactics. Scyther and Kabutops have forced each
other off the platform, and the sounds of their battle echoes
through the chamber.
VADER: You have learned much, young one.
Brock: You'll find I'm full of surprises.
Vader makes two quick moves, hooking Brock's sword out of
his hand and sending it flying. Another lightning move at
Brock's feet forces the youth to jump back to protect himself.
Losing his balance, Brock rolls down the stairs to the circular
carbon-freezing platform. There he sprawls on the floor,
surprised and shaken. Just in time he looks up to see Vader,
like a giant black bird, flying right at him. Brock rolls away
as Vader lands. Crouching, Brock keeps his gaze steadily on his
enemy.
VADER: Your destiny lies with me, Stonewalker. Oaki-Wan knew this to be
true.
Brock: No!
Behind Brock the hydraulic elevator cover has opened
noiselessly. All the while, Brock slowly, cautiously moves
back, away from the Dark Lord.
Suddenly, Vader attacks so forcefully that Brock loses his
balance and falls back into the opening. There is a rumble,
and in an instant freezing steam rises to obscure Vader's
vision. Vader turns aside and deactivates his sword.
VADER: All to easy. Perhaps you are not as strong as the Emperor
thought.
A buzzing sound overhead is all the warning Vader gets before
Scyther plows into him, Slashing him across the arm. Kabutops
knocks the mantis off with a blast of water, and they continue
their duel.
Through the steam behind Vader something blurs upward.
Liquid metal begins to pour into the pit.
Vader turns around -- and then looks up. He sees Brock, who
has leaped fifteen feet straight up and who now hangs from
some hoses on the carbonite outlet.
VADER: Impressive...most impressive.
Brock jumps down to the platform where he is separated from
Vader by the steaming carbonite pit. He raises his hand. His
sword, which had fallen on another part of the platform,
swiftly jumps into his outstretched hand and is instantly
ignited. Vader immediately lights his sword as well.
VADER: Oaki-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear...
now release your anger.
Brock is more cautious, controlling his anger. He begins to
retreat as Vader goads him on. As Brock takes a defensive
position, he realizes he has been foolhardy. A quick sword
exchange and Brock forces Vader back. Another exchange and
Vader retreats. Brock presses forward.
VADER: Only your hatred can destroy me.
Breathing hard, Brock jumps in the air, turning a somersault
over Vader. He lands on the floor and slashes at Vader as the
room continues to fill up with steam.
Kabutops slashes at one of two Scythers, but chooses wrong,
and is struck from behind by the real one. The bladed trilobyte
goes tumbling over a ledge.
Vader retreats before Brock's skillful sword. Vader blocks
the sword, but looses his balance and falls into the outer rim
of pipes. The energy Brock has used to stop Vader has brought
him to the point of collapse. Brock moves to the edge and looks
down, but sees no sign of Vader. He then deactivates his
sword, hooks it on his belt, and lowers himself into the pit.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- TUNNEL AND REACTOR CONTROL ROOM
Moving through a tunnellike entrance, Brock cautiously
approaches the reactor room. He ignites his sword and moves
into the room and toward a large window as Vader enters.
Brock raises his sword and moves forward to attack.
Behind Brock a large piece of machinery detaches itself from
the wall and comes smashing forward toward his back. Brock
turns and cuts it in half just as another machine comes
hurtling at him. Using the Force, Brock manages to deflect it
and send it flying as if it had hit an invisible shield. A
large pipe detaches and comes flying at Brock. He deflects it.
Sparking wires pull out of the wall and begin to whip at the
youth. Small tools and equipment come flying at him.
Bombardment from all sides, Brock does his best to deflect
everything, but soon he is bloodied and bruised. Finally, one
machine glances off his shoulder and goes flying out the large
window. A fierce wind blows into the room, unmoving, stands the
dark, rocklike figure of Vader.
A piece of machinery hits Brock and he is knocked out of the
window.
INTERIOR: GANTRY -- OUTSIDE CONTROL ROOM -- REACTOR SHAFT
Brock falls onto the gantry, rolls, and hangs over the edge,
holding his deactivated sword in hand. He puts the sword on
his belt and begins to scramble up.
Elsewhere, Kabutops and Scyther face off. Both of them are
covered in dozens of cuts. They Leer at each other one last
time before flying at each other in a rage, blades flashing.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CORRIDOR LEADING TO LANDING PLATFORM
Misty, Gary, Chuie and the droids come round a corner and
head for the door to the landing platform. They glimpse the
Millennium Pidgeot for a moment before the door slams shut. The
group ducks into an alcove as stormtroopers arrive at the end
of the corridor. The troopers send a rain of laser bolts at
the group. Chuie returns their fire as Gary punches
desperately at the door's control panel.
GARY: The security codes has been changed!
TOGEPIO: Vultoo, you can tell the computer to override the security
system.
Togepio points to a computer socket on the control panel.
Vultoo beeps and scoots toward it. Gary meanwhile has
connected up to the panel's intercom.
GARY: Attention! This is Gary Calrissian. Team Rocket has taken
control of the city. I advise everyone to leave before more Rocket
troops arrive.
Vultoo takes off a computer cover and sticks his forepaw
into the socket. Suddenly, a short beep turns into a wild
scream. Vultoo's circuits light up, his head spins wildly, and
smoke begins to seep out underneath him. Quickly, Chuie pulls
him away.
GARY: This way.
Gary, Misty, Vultoo, and Chuie flee down the corridor. As
he scoots along with them, Vultoo sends some angry beeps
Togepio's way.
TOGEPIO: Don't blame me. I'm an interpreter. I'm not supposed to know
a power socket from a computer terminal.
INTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- CORRIDOR
In a panic, Cloud City residents are trying to get out of
the city. Some carry boxes, others packages. They run, then
change direction. Some are shooting at stormtroopers, others
simply try to hide.
Other stormtroopers pursue Gary, Misty, and Chuie who are
firing back at them. Vultoo works on another door to the
landing platform while Togepio berates him for his seeming
ineptitude.
TOGEPIO: What are you talking about? We're not interested in the
hyperdrive on the Millennium Pidgeot. It's fixed! Just open the door,
you stupid fox!
Chuie, Misty, and Gary retreat along the corridor. A
triumphant beep from Vultoo -- and the door snaps open.
TOGEPIO: (to Vultoo) I never doubted you for a second. Wonderful!
Vultoo lays a cloud fog, obscuring everything, as the group
dashes outside.
EXTERIOR: LANDING PLATFORM -- CLOUD CITY -- DUSK
They race for the Millennium Pidgeot as a battalion of
stormtroopers reaches the main door. Gary and Misty hold off
the troops as the droids get on board with Chuie. As Chuie
bounds to the ship the Togepio on his back, Togepio hits his
head on the top of the ramp.
TOGEPIO: Ouch! Oh! Ah! That hurt, Bend down, you thoughtless...Ow!
Chuie starts up the ship. The giant engines begin to whine
as Gary and Misty race up the ramp under a hail of laser fire.
GARY: Misty! Go!
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- CORRIDOR
Vultoo drags the partially assembled Togepio down the
corridor of the Pidgeot.
TOGEPIO: I thought that hairy beast would be the end of me. Of
course, I've looked better.
VULTOO: Vulpix...
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Chuie works the controls as Misty sits in Ash's seat and
Gary watches over their shoulders. As Chuie pulls back on
the throttle, the ship begins to move.
EXTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- LANDING PLATFORM -- DUSK
The Millennium Pidgeot lifts gracefully into the twilight
sky and roars away from the city. Troops fire after it and BAT
fighters take off in pursuit.
INTERIOR: GANTRY -- OUTSIDE CONTROL ROOM -- REACTOR SHAFT
Brock moves along the railing and up to the control room.
Vader lunges at him and Brock immediately raises his lit sword
to meet Vader's. Sparks fly as they duel, Vader gradually
forcing Brock backward toward the gantry.
VADER: You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't let yourself be
destroyed as Oaki-Wan did.
Brock answers by rolling sideways and thrusting his sword at
Vader so viciously that he nicks Vader on the shoulder. The
black armor sparks and smokes and Vader seems to be hurt, but
immediately recovers.
Brock backs off along the narrow end of the gantry as Vader
comes at him, slashing at the young Jedi with his sword. Brock
makes a quick move around the instrument complex attached to
the end of the gantry. Vader's sword comes slashing down,
cutting the complex loose; it begins to fall, then is caught
by the rising wind and blown upward.
Brock glances at the instrument complex floating away. At
that instant, Vader's sword comes down across Brock's right
forearm, cutting off his hand and sending his sword flying.
In great pain, Brock squeezes his forearm under his left armpit
and moves back along the gantry to its extreme end. Vader
follows. Kabutops, looking rather battered, jumps down from a
high pipe to join it's master. It is covered in the yellow blood
of a Scyther. The wind subsides. Brock holds on.
There is nowhere else to go.
VADER: There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. You do not yet
realize your importance. You have only begun to discover you power.
Join me and I will complete your training. With our combined strength,
we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy.
Brock: I'll never join you!
VADER: If you only knew the power of the dark side. Oaki-Wan never told
you what happened to your father.
Brock: He told me enough! He told me you killed him.
VADER: No. I am your father.
Shocked, Brock looks at Vader in utter disbelief.
Brock: No. No. That's not true! That's impossible!
VADER: Search your feelings. You know it to be true.
Brock: No! No! No!
VADER: Brock. You can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is
your destiny. Join me, and we can rule the galaxy as father and son.
Come with me. It's the only way.
Vader puts away his sword and holds his hand out to Brock.
A calm comes over Brock, and he makes a decision. In the
next instant he steps off the gantry platform into space. The
Dark Lord looks over the platform and sees Brock falling far
below. The wind begins to blow at Vader's cape and the torrent
finally forces him back, away from the edge. The wind soon
fades and the wounded Jedi begins to drop fast, unable to grab
onto anything to break his fall.
INTERIOR: REACTOR SHAFT
Suddenly Brock is sucked into an exhaust pipe in the side of
the shaft. When Vader sees this, he turns and hurries off the
platform.
INTERIOR: EXHAUST PIPE
Brock tumbles through the exhaust pipe.
He slides to the end of the slickly polished pipe and stops
as his feet hit a circular grill and knock it open. Brock claws
at the surface of the pipe, trying to keep from sliding out
into space.
EXTERIOR: BOTTOM OF CLOUD CITY -- WEATHER VANE -- DUSK
Unable to hang onto the pipe, Brock tumbles out, emerging at
the undermost part of Cloud City. Reaching out desperately, he
manages to grab onto on electronic weather vane.
Brock: Oak...Oak, please!
Brock tries to pull himself up on the weather vane but slips
back down. He hooks one of his legs around the fragile
instruments. All the while, a powerful current of air rushes
out at him from the exhaust pipe.
Brock: Oak. Misty!
There is an ominous cracking sound from the base of the
weather vane and a piece breaks off, falling into the clouds
far below.
Brock: Hear me! Misty!
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Misty seems to be lost in a fog, her expression troubled.
Chuie is busy operating the ship. Gary stands next to the
Raichee, watching a readout on the control panel.
MISTY: Brock...We've got to go back.
CHUPIKA: Pika?
GARY: What?
MISTY: I know where Brock is.
GARY: But what about those fighters?
CHUPIKA: Pi!
MISTY: Chuie, just do it.
GARY: But what about Vader?
Chuie turns on Gary, the newcomer, with an ominous growl.
GARY: All right, all right, all right.
EXTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- MILLENNIUM FALCON -- DUSK
The Pidgeot makes a graceful banking turn back toward Cloud
City.
EXTERIOR: CLOUD CITY -- LANDING PLATFORM
Vader enters the landing platform and watches as the speck
that is the Pidgeot disappears. The wind blows at his cape.
He turns to two aides who are standing near the entrance to
the landing platform.
VADER: Bring my shuttle.
EXTERIOR: BOTTOM OF CLOUD CITY -- WEATHER VANE
Nearly unconscious, Brock hangs upside-down on the weather
vane as his body shifts in the wind.
EXTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- BOTTOM OF CLOUD CITY
The Pidgeot dives to the underside of the floating city.
Three BAT fighter close in on the starship.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON
Misty tries to remain calm.
GARY: (pointing out the cockpit window) Look, someone's up there.
MISTY: It's Brock. Chuie, slow down. Slow down and we'll get under him.
Gary, open the top hatch.
Gary rushes out of the cockpit.
EXTERIOR: BOTTOM OF CLOUD CITY -- WEATHER VANE
Brock hangs by one arm from the crossbar of the weather
vane. He slips from the bar and grabs onto the pole of the
vane as the Pidgeot banks toward him. The Pidgeot positions
itself under Brock as Gary moves up through the opening of the
hatch. Brock begins to slide and finally falls from the vane
into space.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Out the cockpit window, Misty sees Brock falling from the
bottom of the city. The ship gains on him.
MISTY: Okay. Easy, Chuie.
The Pidgeot closes in on Brock.
EXTERIOR: BOTTOM OF CLOUD CITY
Three BAT fighters race toward the Pidgeot, firing away.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- HATCH
The hatch pops open with a hiss of pressure. Gary and
Bulbasaur step out, and Bulbasaur uses his vines to grab Brock
and pull him into Gary's reach. Gary reaches out to help the
battered warrior inside the ship.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Flak bursts all around it as the Pidgeot banks away from the
city. Misty and Chuie struggle with the controls.
MISTY: (into intercom) Gary?
GARY: (over intercom) Okay, let's go.
EXTERIOR: BOTTOM OF CLOUD CITY
The Pidgeot races away. It is closely followed by three BAT
fighters, all of which keep up a heavy laser assault on the
fleeing starship. Charizard flames one of the BATs, but the other
two break off, then continue the assault.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Explosions erupt all around the cockpit, buffeting the ship
wildly. Chuie howls as he frantically tries to control the
ship.
Misty and Chuie turns to see Brock, bloody and battered,
enter the cockpit supported by Gary. Misty jumps up and hugs
him while Chuie barks in joyous relief.
Brock: Oh, Misty.
GARY: All right, Chuie. Let's go.
Misty helps Brock from the cockpit as another huge blast
rocks the ship.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- CLOUD CITY -- DAY
The Pidgeot, still followed by the three BAT fighters, races
away from the cloud-covered city.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- SLEEPING QUARTERS
Brock rests on a cot, his injured arm wrapped in a
protective cuff. Misty gently wipes his face. The ship lurches
again.
MISTY: I'll be back.
She kisses him, then leaves the quarters.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
All over the ship muted alarm buzzers sound. Gary
anxiously watches the flashing lights on the control panel and
hurriedly adjusts some switches. Seated next to him, Chuie
points out a new blip appearing on the panel. Misty, watching
over their shoulders, recognizes the shape.
MISTY: Star Destroyer.
GARY: All right, Chuie. Ready for light-speed.
MISTY: If your people fixed the hyperdrive.
Another explosion rocks the ship. Misty notices as a green
light on the panel next to her flashes on.
MISTY: All the coordinates are set. It's now or never.
Chuie barks in agreement.
GARY: Punch it!
The Raichee shrugs and pulls back on the light-speed
throttle. The sound of the ion engine changes...it is winding
up. Faces are tense, expectant. But nothing happens, and the
engine goes off. Chuie lets out a frustrated howl. The flak
still violently rocks the ship.
GARY: They told me they fixed it. I trusted them to fix it. It's not
my fault!
Chuie gets up from his chair and starts out of the
cockpit. He gives Gary and angry shove as he storms past him.
EXTERIOR: SPACE
In the distance the BAT fighters continue their chase,
still shooting lasers. Vader's Star Destroyer moves behind
them, determinedly following the Pidgeot.
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE
Vader stands on the bridge looking out the window as
Admiral Piett approaches him.
PIETT: They'll be in range of our tractor beam in moments, lord.
VADER: Did your men deactivate the hyperdrive on the Millennium
Pidgeot?
PIETT: Yes, my lord.
VADER: Good. Prepare the boarding party and set for your weapons for
stun.
PIETT: Yes, my lord.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON
Beeping while he works, Vultoo is busy connecting some wires
to Togepio who now has one leg attached.
Chuie enters through the doorway, grunting to himself.
TOGEPIO: Noisy brute. Why don't we just go into light-speed?
Vultoo beeps in response.
TOGEPIO: We can't? How would you know the hyperdrive is deactivated?
Vultoo whistles knowingly.
TOGEPIO: The city's central computer told you? Vultoo-Detoo, you know
better than to trust a strange computer. Ouch! Pay attention to what
you're doing!
Chuie is in the pit. She is trying to loosen something with
an enormous wrench. Frustrated, sparks begin to fly from her
cheeks.
Chuie: Pika...
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Chuie: (offscreen) ...CHUUUUUUUUUU!
Misty and Gary, seated in front of the control panel, are
suddenly sprayed by a shower of sparks.
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE
Vader stands on the bridge, watching as the Millennium
Pidgeot is chased by the BAT fighters. As his Destroyer draws
nearer, Vader's breathing gets slightly faster.
VADER: Brock.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- SLEEPING QUARTERS
Brock realizes that Vader's ship is very near. He feels
resigned to his fate. He senses that he is beaten, more
emotionally than physically.
Brock: Father.
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE
VADER: Son, come with me.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- SLEEPING QUARTERS
Brock: (moaning) Oak, why didn't you tell me?
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Gary and Misty are at the controls of the Pidgeot.
Meanwhile, in the ship's hold, Chuie continues to work
frantically on the hyperdrive mechanism.
GARY: (into intercom) Chuie!
EXTERIOR: SPACE
The Pidgeot races through space followed very closely by the
BAT fighters and the huge Rocket Star Destroyer.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Brock enters the cockpit and looks out the window. He is
almost unconscious with pain and depression.
Brock: It's Vader.
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE
VADER: Brock...it is your destiny.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Brock: Oak, why didn't you tell me?
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE
PIETT: Alert all commands. Ready for the tractor beam.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- HOLD
Vultoo races to a control panel and starts working on a
circuit board. Furious, Togepio stands on one leg, yelling.
TOGEPIO: Vultoo, come back at once! You haven't finished with me yet!
You don't know how to fix the hyperdrive. Chupika can do it. I'm
standing here in pieces, and you're having delusions of grandeur!
Vultoo moves a circuit on a control panel. Suddenly, the
control panel lights up.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Misty and Gary are thrown into their seats as the
Millennium Pidgeot unexpectedly shoot into hyperspace.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- HOLD
The ship tilts up and Vultoo topples into the pit on top of
Chuie.
TOGEPIO: Oh, you did it!
EXTERIOR: SPACE
The Pidgeot soars into infinity and away from the huge Star
Destroyer which seems, by contrast, to stand still.
INTERIOR: VADER'S STAR DESTROYER -- BRIDGE
Admiral Piett and another captain glance at Vader in
terror. Vader turns slowly and walks off the bridge, his hands
held behind his back in a contemplative gesture.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- REBEL CRUISER
The Millennium Pidgeot is attached to a huge Rebel cruiser
by a docking tube. Rebel fighters move about the giant
cruiser, and a Rebel transport ship hovers near the fleet.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
Gary sits in the pilot's seat as he talks into the
comlink. Chuie busily throws a variety of switches in
preparation for takeoff.
GARY: (into comlink) Brock, we're ready for takeoff.
Brock: (over comlink) Good luck, Gary
GARY: (into comlink) When we find Snorlax the Hutt and that bounty
hunter, we'll contact you.
Cheerleaders: Gary, Gary! He'll save Ash! That hunter's butt he's
gonna trash!
INTERIOR: STAR CRUISER -- MEDICAL CENTER
Brock speaking into the comlink as a Chansey droid works on
his hand. Misty stands near him while Togepio and Vultoo look
out the window.
Brock: (into comlink) I'll meet you at the rendezvous point on
Pewterine.
INTERIOR: MILLENNIUM FALCON -- COCKPIT
GARY: (into comlink) Princess, we'll find Ash. I promise.
INTERIOR: STAR CRUISER -- MEDICAL CENTER
Brock: (into comlink) Chuie, I'll be waiting for your signal.
CHUPIKA: Chaaa...
Brock: (into comlink) Take care, you two. May the Force be with you.
Brock looks down at his hand. A metalized type of bandage
has been wrapped around his wrist. The Chansey makes
some adjustments in a tiny electronic unit, then pricks each
one of Brock's fingers.
Brock: Ow!
Brock wriggles his fingers, makes a fist, and relaxes it.
His hand is completely functional.
He gets up and walks over to Misty. There is a new bond
between them, a new understanding. Misty is thinking about Ash;
Brock is thinking about his uncertain and newly complicated
future. Together they stand at the large window of the medical
center looking out on the Rebel Star Cruiser and a dense,
luminous galaxy swirling in space. Brock puts his arm around
Misty. The droids stand next to them, and Togepio moves closer
to Vultoo putting his arm on him. The group watches as the
Millennium Pidgeot moves into view, makes a turn, and zooms
away into space.
EXTERIOR: SPACE -- REBEL STAR CRUISER
While Brock, Misty, and the droids stand, looking out the
window of the star cruiser, two escort fighters join the large
ship. Slowly, the cruiser turns and moves away into space.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXTERIOR: GALAXY -- SPACE
END CREDITS FADE IN AND OUT OVER BACKGROUND
THE END
Directed by
IRVIN KERSHNER
Produced by
GARY KURTZ
Screenplay by
LEIGH BRACKETT and LAWRENCE KASDAN
Story by
GEORGE LUCAS
Adaptation by
DAMIEN "SAMAS" HAILEY
Executive Producer
GEORGE LUCAS
STARRING
Brock Stonewalker BROCK STONE
Ash Solo ASH KETCHEM
Princess Misty MISTY WATERFLOWER
Gary Calrissian GARY OAK
Togepio TOGEPI
CO-STARRING
Rock Vader FLINT STONE
Chupika PIKACHU
Vul-2-D2 VULPIX
Mew ITSELF
SUPPORTING CAST
Oak (Oaki-Wan) Kenobi ALEC GUINNESS
A.J. Fett A.J.
Gary's Aide JOHN HOLLIS
Chief Ugnaught JACK PURVIS
Snow Creature PRIMEAPE
Performing Assistant for Mew KATHRYN MULLEN
Voice of Emperor #150
Rocket FORCES
Admiral Piett KENNETH COLLEY
General Veers JULIAN COLLEY
Admiral Ozzel MICHAEL SHEARD
Captain Needa MICHAEL CULVER
Other Officers
JOHN DICKS, MILTON JOHNS, MARK JONES, OLIVER MAGUIRE,
JESSIE, JAMES, ROBIN SCOBEY
REBEL FORCES
General Anthony ANTHONY BALBOA
Zev (Rouge 2) CHRISTOPHER MALCOM
Sabrina (Rouge 3) SABRINA NATSUME
Hobbie (Rouge 4) RICHARD OLDFIELD
Dak (Brock's Gunner) JOHN MORTON
Abra (Wedge's Gunner) ITSELF
Major Derlin JOHN RATZRNBERGER
Deck Lieutanant SAMURAI
Head Controller JERRY HARTE
Other Officers
NORMAN CASHCER, NORWICH DUFF, RAY HASSETT, BRIGITTE KAHN,
BERNELL TUCKER
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