Thou dost not understand, thou useless scamp.I search not for a friend in this damp place,But for a Jedi master wise in skill!YODAO Jedi master!Yoda that you seek it is.’Tis truly Yoda!LUKE[aside:] A strange turn of events! This tiny spriteMay yet prove useful if he knows the man.[To Yoda:] Attend: thou know’st of Yoda, little one?YODAI’ll take thee to him.Aye, but first, let us eat food.Come, I good food have!LUKEI follow. R2, stay and watch the camp—Mayhap some hope still lives within this damp.

[Exeunt, Luke following Yoda.

<p>Act III</p><p>Scene 1.</p>

Aboard the Millennium Falcon, inside the asteroid.

EnterHAN SOLO, PRINCESS LEIA, CHEWBACCA, and C-3PO.

HANNow shall I shut down ev’rything exceptThe ship’s emergency pow’r systems.C-3PO—Sir,I am almost afraid to ask, but dothThis mean that I shall be shut down as well?HANNay, nay, good droid, for thou shalt speak untoThe Falcon to determine wherefore dothThe hyperdrive not operate aright.For once I find thee useful, goldenrod.

[The ship shakes and all are rocked from side to side.

C-3POSir, it is possible this ast’roid mayNot be entirely stable.HAN—Dost thou think?O droid of wisdom, skill, and excellence—Howe’er would I survive if I did notHave thee here to reveal such mysteries?From usefulness to obvious withinA single stroke. I pray, Chewbacca, takeThis scholar made of wires and metal toThe back and plug him in the hyperdrive!C-3POSometimes I do not comprehend the strangeAnd varied ways of human beings. TrueIt is that I did only try to help!

[Exeunt Chewbacca and C-3PO. The ship shakes again and Leia falls into Han’s arms.

LEIA[aside:] O happy accident! O fall most fair!Now in his arms, where I have long’d to be,I know not whether ’tis the ship or ifIt is my heart that I feel quaking. Yet,Alas, this moment not befits our love.The situation is too strain’d. I wish,With all my being, to be in this place—But not like this. [To Han:] Pray, let me go.HAN—Tut, tut!LEIAI prithee, let me go.HAN[aside:]—O small requestThat tears apart my soul! [To Leia:] Indeed, indeed,Be not with such excitement overcome.LEIAMy captain, being held by you is farToo plain a thing to e’er excite my mood.HANI crave your kindly pardon, sweetheart fierce,But we have little time for something else—I’ll leave thee here alone and then, mayhap,The time apart shall heighten thy desire.

[Exit Han Solo.

LEIA
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