[sings:] Now he is gone, and so’s my life,
All frozen in a moment.
He my seiz’d lov’d one, I his strife,
Sing wroshyr, wroshyr, wroshyr.
[Exeunt.
Bespin, the cloud city.
Enter LUKE SKYWALKER, with R2-D2 behind.
LUKE
Yes, now am I in Bespin—more fool I,
For though my feelings say this is the place,
I know not yet for certain if it be.
My friends I have not heard from, hide nor hair,
And yet the Force doth call in clearest tones
As if to say: “Here lies thy destiny!”
[Luke sees Bespin guards carrying Han Solo.
But wait, what’s this? Procession most sincere,
And with such maimèd rites? This doth betoken
The corpse they follow was an enemy.
These Bespin guards do make odd pallbearers;
This scene is verily a sign of ill.
Enter BOBA FETT, shooting at Luke. Luke shoots back. Exit Boba Fett.
Aha! It seems that I expected am—
This then must be the place my vision saw.
The Force hath led me here by prophet’s hand—
I shall pursue the fiend most ardently,
Belike he shall lead me unto my mates.
[Exeunt Luke and R2-D2.
Enter CHEWBACCA, PRINCESS LEIA, and LANDO, with GUARDS and BOBA FETT.
LANDO
These blasts and great commotion indicate
Skywalker’s recent advent unto Bespin.
This great upheaval his arrival makes
Doth grant me the diversion that I seek
To call upon my man-at-arms for help.
[Lando presses buttons on his wrist communicator.
Enter LUKE SKYWALKER and R2-D2. Boba Fett shoots again.
LEIA
O Luke, pray fly! ’Tis but a trap! A trap!
Flee now, dear friend, ere thou art captur’d too.
LUKE
But what is this? ’Tis Leia in distress!
Yet here, beset by blasts, I’ll not prevail.
[Exit Luke Skywalker under fire, with R2-D2 behind him. Exit Boba Fett.
Enter LOBOT with ARMED BATTALION.
CHEWBAC.
LANDO
—Aye, well done, my aide! Pray, put them in
The tower most secure, and be ye quiet!
LOBOT
[Exeunt Lobot with battalion and Imperial guards.
LEIA
[aside:] O, will he play the hero now? A fig!
[To Lando:] What is in thy imagination, man?
LANDO
[He releases the bands from Chewbacca’s hands.
C-3PO
[aside:]—I knew ’twas thus,
A regular misunderstanding.
[Chewbacca begins to choke Lando.
CHEWBAC.
LANDO
[choking:] I had no choice!
C-3PO
—What is this foolishness?
Pray, trust him!
LEIA
—Aye, we understand, thou knave,
Thou didst have neither choice nor will to act.
Thou brute! Imperi’l officers act by
Their Lord’s command and blind obedience,
The bounty hunter is well paid for his
Nefari’us actions, e’en Darth Vader and
The Emperor are fully driven by
Their power, aye! But shalt thou say thou hadst
No choice? What lily-liver’d weak excuse
Is this? At least assume thy stature as
A man, and here confess thy shameful deeds!
We’ll give thee opportunity to ’fess
Thy wrongs before thou diest at Chewie’s hand.
LANDO
[choking:] I did but try to help.
LEIA
—We do not need
Thy help, thou whoreson, senseless villain!
LANDO
LEIA
C-3PO
—It sounded like a “Han!”
LANDO
[choking:] There may yet be a chance we can save Han.
The bounty hunter’s ship, the platform east.
LEIA
Pray, Chewie, let him go.
[Chewbacca releases Lando. He and Princess Leia begin to walk away, followed by Lando.
C-3PO
—My ferventest
Apologies for this, good Sir. See, he
Is but a Wookiee, ignorant and plain.
Enter BOBA FETT on balcony, with Guards and the frozen body of HAN SOLO.
FETT
Now put him in the cargo hold. Who now hath been victorious, Solo? Who is the winner clear? And as the victor, so go the spoils. Jabba’s bounty and his great pleasure shall I enjoy when I arrive with thee on Tatooine. I shall become a courtier in the palace of the Hutts ere this is through. Boba Fett triumphant!
[Exeunt Boba Fett and guards.
Enter R2-D2.
R2-D2
[aside:] I have been separated from my master.
Yet happy circumstance, for here I see
The others, and may now rejoin them.
[To C-3PO:] Squeak!
C-3PO
O R2, R2, say, where hast thou been?
It does me well to see thee, little droid.
Yet prithee, haste thee, for we all now strive
To save our captain from the clutches of
The bounty hunter!
R2-D2
—Meep, beep, whistle, squeak!
C-3PO
At least thou art still in one piece—observe
My sad fragmented fate!
[They arrive at the east platform to see Boba Fett’s ship flying away.
LEIA
[aside:]—O flown, alack!
My Han—his body flown and fled. Now break
My heart, and weep mine eyes. A princess I
May be, but first and foremost human with
Emotions that betray my higher sense.
O gracious Han, forgive that I did come
To love thee late, and only then to lose thee.
I’ll find thee in the stars, my Han—I’ll search
The galaxy until I find thee.
C-3PO
—O!
[To Chewbacca:] Pray, Chewie, look, they come behind thee!
CHEWBAC.
—Egh!
Enter STORMTROOPERS from behind, who battle with CHEWBACCA, PRINCESS LEIA, and LANDO. The stormtroopers are slain.
