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[Into comlink:] Prepare now, Chewie, ’tis the time. Detach!

[The Millennium Falcon detaches from the Star Destroyer.

LEIAThou hast these moments that are unsurpass’d—Aye, when thou hast them, they are without match.Not numerous are they, but aye: thou hast.

[Leia kisses Han and exits with C-3PO.

HAN’Tis said that sometimes those who knew us inOur youth did know us best. From them we haveNo secrets and cannot pretend to beAnother thing than what we are. They keepOur living honest, for they know who weHave been. And such a man is Lando. HeAnd I have known each other many years,So he doth know me from my smuggling past,The days when I did gamble, cheat, and fight—And often in that order, too. He knewMe ere I was with the Rebellion join’d,And knoweth what Han Solo once hath been.Thus is he prim’d uniquely to give aidUnto a friend who now hath found a cause:A cause to join, a cause e’en to defend.O Lando, all our hopes are pinn’d on thee.What shall it be, old friend? I here take allI have—my ship, my mates, my one true love—And stake it all on thee and on our past.How shalt thou answer, O Calrissian?Will this, my wager, prove a foolish bet?How shall the deck unfold, the players end?And is the dealing in my favor stack’d?The playing of the game is yet to be,But Lando: I do seek to win with thee.

[Exit.

EnterBOBA FETT.

FETT

A smuggler’s ways are e’er unchanging and predictable. Thou hast let the Millennium Falcon go out with the refuse, Solo, but I refuse to let thee play a jade’s trick and go thy merry way. Thy course shall I pursue, and e’en best, for my ship is swift of flight unlike thy tir’d and agèd Falcon. To the last I’ll grapple with thee, and in the heart of Bespin make thee cold with fright. The Fett doth promise it, and it shall be.

[Exit Boba Fett.

<p>Scene 2.</p>

The Dagobah system.

EnterYODA, R2-D2,andLUKE SKYWALKER, doing a handstand and lifting things with the Force.

YODANow, concentrate, Luke.Feel the Force, how it doth flow.Be calm, at peace, yes.When you use the Force,The Force, in your soul, beginsNew paths to open.Through the Force, your mindShall see future things, things past.Friends nearer and yon.LUKEAlas, my mind doth see—’tis Leia, Han!

[Everything drops as Luke’s concentration breaks.

YODANay, be in control!Thou must, beyond all else, Luke,Have control entire.LUKE

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