Darth Vader Strikes Back

"Darth Vader Strikes Back"

There's going to be an extra scene included
in the DVD release of EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
coming up next year! Basically, it expands on
the scene where Vader reveals his fatherhood
to Luke, and ties up some loose ends created
with the release of Episode 1 & 2...

The Empire Strikes Back: Extra-Special Edition

INT: BESPIN GANTRY - MOMENTS LATER:

A furious lightsaber duel is underway. DARTH
VADER is backing LUKE SKYWALKER
towards the end of the gantry. A quick move by
Vader, chops off Luke's hand! It goes spinning
off into the ventilation shaft. Luke backs away.
He looks around, but realizes there's nowhere
to go but straight down.

Darth Vader: Obi Wan never told you what
happened to your father.

Luke: He told me enough! He told me you killed
him!

Darth Vader: No... I am your father!

Luke: No, it's not true! It's impossible.

Darth Vader: Search your feelings... you know
it to be true...

Luke: NO!

Darth Vader: Yes, it is true... and you know
what else? You know that brass droid of
yours?

Luke: Threepio?

Darth Vader: Yes... Threepio... I built him...
when I was 7 years old...

Luke: No...

Darth Vader: Seven years old! And what
have you done? Look at yourself, no hand,
no job, and couldn't even levitate your
own ship out of the swamp...

Luke: I destroyed your precious Death Star!

Darth Vader: When you were 20! When I
was 10, I single-handedly destroyed a Trade
Federation Droid Control ship!

Luke: Well, it's not my fault...

Darth Vader: Oh, here we go... "Poor me...
my father never gave me what I wanted for
my birthday... boo hoo, my daddy's the Dark
Lord of the Sith...waahhh wahhh!"

Luke: Shut up...

Darth Vader: You're a slacker! By the time
I was your age, I had exterminated the
Jedi knights!

Luke: I used to race my T-16 through Beggar's
Canyon.

Darth Vader: Oh, for the love of the Emperor...
10 years old, winner of the Boonta Eve Open...
Only human to ever fly a Pod Racer... right
here, baby!

{Luke looks down the shaft. Takes a step
towards it.}

Darth Vader: I was wrong... You're not my kid...
I don't know whose you are, but you sure ain't
mine...

{Luke takes a step off the platform, hesitates,
then plunges down the shaft.}

{Darth Vader looks after him.}

Darth Vader: Get a haircut!

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Received on Thu May 19 07:20:04 2005