Boushh
Ya-toe cha.
C-3PO
—Praise the maker, he agrees!
Chewbac.
Auugh!
[Chewbacca is led away by Gamorrean guards as music begins to play again.
Lando
[ aside:] —This sad scene I witness with contempt:
Another bounty hunter earns his sum
For bringing in a harmless innocent.
Now all is merriment and patting on
The back whilst yet another’s added to
Their clan. A scoundrel’s life ’tis true I’ve known,
Yet never did I stoop so low as this.
But still, I smile at what I here survey,
For I know well this bounty hunter is
No normal man—no normal man indeed!
And his apparent prize—my Wookiee friend
Chewbacca—is not as a pris’ner come.
Bear thou this burden bravely, Lando, for
The wait is almost over—soon the plan
O’er which we took great pains shall come to pass.
Be still, my scoundrel heart, with patience wait,
For retribution comes in time, though late.
[Exeunt.
Scene 3.
The desert planet Tatooine, at Jabba’s Palace. Night.
Enter BOUSHH.
Boushh
The silence of the night doth mark my work
And like a gentle breeze sweeps o’er the air.
In stealth I move throughout the palace dark,
That no one shall bear witness to my acts.
Now cross the court, with footsteps nimbly plac’d.
Ne’er did a matter of such weight depend
Upon a gentle footfall in the night.
Put out the light, and then relume his light—
Aye, now I spy my goaclass="underline" the frozen Han.
Thy work is finish’d, feet. Now ’tis the hands
That shall a more profound task undertake.
Quick to the panel, press the needed code.
O swiftly fly, good hands, and free this man
From his most cold and undeservèd cell.
O true decryptionist, thy codes are quick!
The scheme hath work’d, the carbonite doth melt.
Forsooth, ’tis done—within the silent dark
The greatest light doth sing within my heart!
[Han Solo melts from the carbonite and falls to the floor.
[ To Han Solo:] Relax thou for a moment; thou art free
Of carbonite’s embrace, but thou dost burn
From this harsh hibernation malady.
Han
I cannot see.
Boushh
—Thine eyesight shall return.
Han
But where am I?
Boushh
—In Jabba’s Palace you
Have been detain’d.
Han
—Who art thou, voice severe?
[Boushh removes his mask to reveal Princess Leia.
Leia
The one whose heart and soul do love thee true.
Han
O, Leia!
[They kiss.
Leia
—Come, and let’s away from here.
Enter JABBA OF THE HUTT, BIB FORTUNA, BOBA FETT, THE MAX REBO BAND, SALACIOUS CRUMB, LANDO OF CALRISSIAN in disguise, and other members of Jabba’s court.
Jabba
Ho, ho, ho.
Han
—O, that laugh, it works me woe.
’Tis too familiar in my memory,
And like a chime from Hell’s forsaken bells
Doth ring most evilly within mine ears.
Jabba
Oofila mooga bos.
Han
—Pray, Jabba, see:
I was upon my way to pay thee back,
And in returning happen’d on a course
That ran the other way. ’Tis not my fault.
Jabba
Achi pahbuk moonitnuh, Solo, bah.
Akingsah rebah bachmanah bakmah
Jaja weetnowah bantha poodoo, ho!
Crumb
He shall be bantha fodder, O, ’tis true—
A Solo may make progress through the guts
Of banthas! Aye, my master’s passing wise.
Han
I’ll pay thee triple, Jabba, thou canst not
Deny this fortune—be thou not a fool!
[Han Solo is taken away by guards.
Jabba
Nakko, kosleeya ni.
[Guards take Princess Leia to Jabba.
Leia
—Now shall I be
His plaything? [ To Jabba:] We have friends most powerful.
Thou shalt, with all thy heart, regret this act.
Jabba
Bana madota, heah.
C-3PO
—Why were my eyes
E’er made to see, when such as this must be
Within my sight? I cannot bear to watch.
[Exeunt Jabba’s court.
Enter HAN SOLO and CHEWBACCA on balcony, as their cell.
Han
What fate is this? What curs’d, unearnèd path?
Within a minute rescu’d by my love,
Then taken from her unto this grim place.
How long was I in carbonite encas’d?
Am I an old man now, with graying hair?
What jubilant occasions have I miss’d?
What friends have died, or have been lost fore’er?
Hath our Rebellion disappointed been,
Or is it now fulfill’d with all success?
Because I do not know how long I’ve slept,
Or what transpir’d while I was frozen thus,
It seems my mind is sluggish to defrost.
Chewbac.
Grrm.
Han
—Yet another sound familiar, but
This one doth bring delight into my soul.
Chewbacca? Prithee, tell me, Chewie, is
It thou who art here with me?
Chewbac.
—Auugh.
Han
—Sweet joy!
What bounty of affection do I feel
For thee, dear Wookiee. I cannot yet see,
But knowing thou art here doth warm my heart.
I prithee, give me news of all that is.
Chewbac.
Egh, auugh!
Han
—What sayst thou? Luke—a Jedi Knight?
What strange tomfoolery! Luke is but young,
Not made for rescues.
Chewbac.
—Auugh!
Han
—Thou dost report
I have been gone a time but fleeting, so
Have all acquir’d delusions of some grandeur?
And what of Han? Have I been left behind?
O thought most base, O destiny unkind.
[Exeunt.
Scene 4.
The desert planet Tatooine, at Jabba’s Palace.
Enter LUKE SKYWALKER.