UGN. 3
The time is ripe!
UGN. 1
His time is nigh!
UGN. 2
And soon he will be frozen!
UGN. 1
We’ve never done—
UGN. 2
This on a man—
UGN. 3
But someone’s now been chosen!
UGN. 2
A merry prank!
UGN. 3
O shall it work?
UGN. 1
Or will the man be dying?
UGN. 3
What’er befall—
UGN. 1
One thing is sure—
UGN. 2
The pleasure’s in the trying!
[Exeunt Ugnaughts.
Enter LANDO, LOBOT, DARTH VADER, and BOBA FETT.
VADER
A perfect touch this is, to freeze Skywalker.
The plan is perfect—he who hath destroy’d
The Death Star shall be packag’d as a gift.
But now, let us inspect the details. Aye,
This crude contraption should be adequate
To put this vexing Skywalker on ice
Ere his deliv’ry to the Emperor.
Enter IMPERIAL SOLDIER.
SOLDIER
Lord Vader—there’s a ship that doth approach,
An X-wing class.
VADER
—’Tis well. Watch Skywalker,
Allow his landing, let him hither come.
[Exit Imperial soldier.
LANDO
Lord Vader, this facility has ne’er
Been us’d for humans, only carbon freezing.
If thou dost put him in this vast machine
It may not freeze him, but may mean his death.
VADER
This is a point that I consider’d not.
It seems, Calrissian, that thou dost learn
To be obedient unto thy Lord.
’Tis well, and it is in thine interest.
I do not wish him harm’d; the Emperor
Shall not enjoy a damag’d prize. So shall
Another stand for him to be a test—
We shall make Captain Solo undergo
The freezing process first, to test its pow’r.
FETT
My Lord, although his death would bring me joy, it doth not pay. Jabba, like thine Emperor, giveth no fees for damag’d goods. I prithee, what shall happen if the man doth die? What then, for Boba Fett?
VADER
Fear not, thy hunt shall have its bounty still.
Thou shalt be compensated if he dies.
Enter HAN SOLO, CHEWBACCA, PRINCESS LEIA, and C-3PO (attached to Chewbacca’s back), all guarded.
C-3PO
[to Chewbacca:] I almost fully am restor’d to my
Old self, except thy work is not complete.
If thou had but attach’d my legs, I would
Not yet remain in this position rare!
I prithee, good Chewbacca, do recall
That I am thy responsibility—
Do not in any instance foolish be!
HAN
[to Lando:] Pray tell, O dearest friend, what is at hand?
LANDO
Thou shalt be plac’d in total carbon freeze.
HAN
[aside:] The news of my grim fate doth chill my blood.
O, how I once thought Hoth was cold and bleak,
Yet now I pine for all its balmy plains.
VADER
Now, put him in!
CHEWBAC.
—Auugh!
[Chewbacca fights guards and slays three of them.
HAN
—Chewie, stop, I pray!
C-3PO
Alas, yes, stop! I am not set to die!
HAN
This cannot help me, brave Chewbacca, nay.
I prithee, save thy strength to fight again.
Attend me now: the princess—thou must be
Her strength, her stay, her guard, her confidence:
These things that I no longer can bestow.
LEIA
O, I do love thee wholly, Han.
HAN
—I know.
[Han is placed into the machine and emerges in a frozen block.
C-3PO
Pray, turn around, Chewbacca, let me see.
O, he in carbonite hath been encas’d—
He should be well protected, if he hath
Surviv’d the freezing process.
VADER
—Make report,
Calrissian, is he alive?
LANDO
—He is,
And rests in perfect hibernation here.
VADER
The prize is thine now, bounty hunter Fett.
Take him to Jabba, with my gratitude.
FETT
[aside:] Aye, prize, indeed, and worthy of the wait. To Tatooine I fly, with expectation of payment great.
VADER
Reset the chamber for young Skywalker—
He shall the next a’freezing undergo.
Enter IMPERIAL SOLDIER.
SOLDIER
Skywalker’s ship hath just made landing, Lord.
VADER
’Tis well, and be thou sure he hither comes—
Put him upon the path that leads him here.
[Exit Imperial soldier.
Calrissian, take thou the princess and
The Wookiee to my ship, and there remain.
LANDO
Nay, thou didst say they would in Bespin dwell—
With me, under my supervision keen.
How canst thou bargain thus? ’Tis always thy
Side of the deal that doth improve. What shalt
Thou give to me to make this deal worthwhile?
VADER
Seek not to deal thyself a winning hand.
The Empire shall not e’er play by thy rules.
By my command, the deal is alterèd.
In all thy orisons thou mayst yet plead
The deal no further alterèd will be.
[Exeunt Darth Vader and Boba Fett. Chewbacca and Princess Leia sing a song of lament.
CHEWBAC.
[sings:] Auugh, egh, auugh, auugh egh. Auugh, muh, muh,
Egh, egh, auugh, egh, egh, muh, muh.
Auugh, auugh, egh, auugh, muh, egh, muh, muh,
Muh, wroshyr, wroshyr, wroshyr.
LEIA
[sings:] Full fathom five my lover lies,
Within an icy tomb,
They say he lives, yet my heart dies,
Sing wroshyr, wroshyr, wroshyr.
CHEWBAC.
[sings:] Egh, auugh, auugh, auugh, egh, egh, muh, muh,
Auugh, egh, egh, auugh, auugh, muh, muh.
Egh, auugh, auugh, grrm, auugh, egh, muh, muh,
Muh, wroshyr, wroshyr, wroshyr.
LEIA