[Imperial Scout 5 dies.
Enter HAN SOLO, CHEWBACCA, C-3PO, and R2-D2, from the opposite side.
R2-D2
Beep, meep, beep, whistle, meep, squeak, whistle, nee!
C-3PO
O, Gen’ral Solo, someone comes anon!
Han
[ seeing Luke:] Luke! We have found thee! But thou lack’st one thing:
I bid thee tell me: where is Leia? Eh?
Luke
She came not back?
Han
—I thought she was with thee.
Luke
And truly was. But lo, within the wood,
The battle was borne out with speed and fire,
Amid the blasts and cruel Imperi’l scouts
’Twas only muddledom that won the day.
We separated were, and there’s an end.
Anon! We must fly hence and search for her.
Good R2, come, thy scanners we shall need.
C-3PO
Fear not, good master, we know what to do!
[ To R2-D2:] And thou didst say ’twas pretty here. O pish!
[Exeunt Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca,
C-3PO, and R2-D2.
Enter WICKET, an Ewok, approaching Princess Leia.
Wicket
A buki buki,
Luki, luki,
Issa creecher,
Nuki, nuki!
[Wicket jabs Princess Leia with his staff. She wakes up.
Leia
Desist at once, thou furry little imp!
Wicket
E danvay, danvay,
Staa awanvay,
Da livvy creecher!
Panvay, panvay!
Leia
I shall not hurt thee, little one. But O,
My body cries with soreness from my fall.
I wonder where Luke and the others are?
Wicket
Fangowa, gowa,
I nonowa.
Da creecher muvvee
Slowa, slowa.
Leia
It seemeth I am fix’d and grounded here,
Yet I am lost and know not what “here” means.
All that I have is this small creature, from
A species I have ne’er encounterèd.
Mayhap thou wilt assist me, little friend.
Sit down beside me, here, and let us talk.
I promise I’ll not hurt thee. Aye, approach.
Wicket
A dunga, dunga,
Wassee wunga?
Ino commee,
Junga junga.
Leia
Belike thou wouldst like something thou canst eat?
If thou art like most creatures, thou mayst be
Directed by thy stomach’s wish for food—
Where bellies lead, the other members trail.
Here, friend, taste thou this morsel from my hand.
Wicket
Aytru, aytru,
See mebbe tru,
Iya tryee,
Maytru, maytru.
[Wicket takes a wafer from Princess Leia and eats it.
Leia
I’ll warrant I have made a friend at last—
The food succeeds where words alone have
fail’d. Now shall I take this helmet off, for sure,
It gives me pain to wear it still so tight.
Wicket
A kusha kusha,
Wassee doona?
Mia scardu,
Pusha, pusha.
Leia
Nay, fear thou not, O little one; ’tis but
A hat, and shall not harm thee. ’Tis no threat.
Thou art a scamp fill’d full of skittishness.
[Wicket hears a sound in the forest.
Wicket
A kiata, ata,
Summink mata,
Summink commee,
Giata ata.
[A shot is fired near Princess Leia, who falls to the ground.
Leia
[ aside:] This creature’s customs and his language are
Unknown to me, and yet his instincts prove
Most capable. He smell’d the danger ere
I knew ’twas here. A pow’rful ally might
He and his people be, if e’er we could
Communicate and share each other’s thoughts
And hopes and aspirations openly.
[Another shot is fired.
Wicket
A wundah wundah,
Shutee gundah,
Shutee baddee,
Nundah nundah.
[Wicket hides.
Enter IMPERIAL SCOUTS 7 and 8.
Scout 7
[ to Leia:] Stand down, milady, else you breathe your last!
[ To Scout 8:] Go, get thy bike, and take her back to base,
For none but our own troops have clearance to
Be on the sanctuary moon. She must
Give answer for her furtive presence here.
Scout 8
Indeed, Sir.
[Imperial Scout 8 begins to exit. Wicket comes out of hiding and strikes Imperial Scout 7.
Scout 7
—O! What manner of a beast—
[Princess Leia hits Imperial Scout 7, who falls unconscious. Imperial Scout 8 begins to run.
Leia
Now, blaster, hit thy mark, else we’re found out!
[Princess Leia shoots and kills Imperial Scout 8.
Good cheer! The scout is slain, and we are safe.
I give thee thanks, thou bantam warrior,
For thy protection and thy bravery.
Come, let us go at once, ere others come.
Wicket
A yubnub, yubnub,
Shessa noolub,
Shessa frenda,
Yubyub, yubyub.
Leia
[ aside:] Although it seems I came from over there
He wisheth me to follow him that way.
Belike in following I’ll earn his trust.
Then shall I make our budding friendship real
And see what this chance meeting may reveal.
[Exeunt.
Scene 2.
Inside the second Death Star.
Enter DARTH V ADER, EMPEROR PALPATINE, and ROYAL GUARDS.
Emperor
Now wherefore hast thou come to see me here?
Thine orders were to stay aboard thy ship.
Vader
I would not disobey thine orders, were
It not of grave importance to our cause.
A rebel force hath made it past the shield,
And landed on the forest moon of Endor.
Emperor
I know all this already.
Vader
—And my son
Is with them on their mission.
Emperor
—Art thou sure?
Vader
Forsooth, for I have felt him.
Emperor
—Strange that I
Have not. Lord Vader, are thy feelings on
This matter clear, or need’st thou clarity?