His face is a mass of computer lights, surrounding a radar eye. Artoo is a short (36 inches), claw-armed, tri-ped. An explosion rocks the ship, and two construction robots, ARTOO DETOO (R2-D2) and SEE THREEPIO (C-3PO) struggle to make their way through the shaking, bouncing passageway. The chaos of battle echoes through the narrow, main passageway of the starfighter. Several stubby, three-legged ROBOTS scurry to and fro, bringing equipment, and repairing damage to sections of the turrets.ģ. The crews snap-to, and turn back to their giant guns. I don’t know what you boys are so cheery about there are still three more out there. The gunnery CHIEF finishes speaking into his helmet “com-link”, and yells to the crew. The two elaborate laser gun turrets belch a smoky exhaust as the gun crews, wearing heat-protective suits, gogglss and breath masks, cheer and congratulate each other on the direct hit. The three remaining stardestroyers continue the pursuit.Ģ. Hundreds of deadly laser bolts streak from the Imperial warships as they dive on the smaller craft.Įvery few moments, the little rebel ship returns the fire, until one of the Imperial battlewagons explodes, causing it to fall out of formation.
The small rebel spacefighter is being chased by four giant Imperial stardestroyers. The Empire knows that one more such defeat will bring a thousand more solar systems into the rebellion, and Imperial control of the Outlands could be lost forever…Ī tiny silver space craft races from behind one of the lifeless Utapau moons. Under the command of a mighty Jedi warrior known as THE STARKILLER, the REBEL ALLIANCE has won a crushing victory over the deadly Imperial Star Fleet. Fromthe celestial equator to the farthest reaches of the GREAT RIFT, seventy small solar systems have united in a common war against the tyranny of the Empire. The EMPIRE is crumbling into lawless barbarism throughout the million worlds of the galaxy. One by one they have been hunted down and destroyed by a ferocious rival sect of mercenary warriors: THE BLACK KNIGHTS OF THE SITH. Now these legendary warriors are all but extinct. For a hundred thousand years, generations of Jedi Bendu knights learned the ways of the mysterious FORCE OF OTHERS, and acted as the guardians of peace and justice in the REPUBLIC. Until the tragic Holy Rebellion of “06”, the respected JEDI BENDU OF ASHLA were the most powerful warriors in the Universe. Ruthless trader barons, driven by greed and the lust for power, have replaced enlightenment with oppression, and “rule by the people” with the FIRST GALACTIC EMPIRE.
Five small moons slowly drift into view from the far side of the planet. The Star Wars – Episode One – “The Star Wars” – Second DraftĪ vast sea of stars is broken as the warm, amber surface of the planet, UTAPAU, emerges from a total eclipse.