SCENE 3.
Mos Eisley, on the desert planet Tatooine.
Enter C-3PO and R2-D2.
I prithee, lockest thou the door anon!
[They hide behind door.
Enter STORMTROOPERS.
This door is lock’d. And as my father oft
Hath said, a lockèd door no mischief makes.
So sure am I that, thus, behind this door
Cannot be found the droids for which we search.
And thus may we move on with conscience clear.
[Exeunt stormtroopers. C-3PO and R2-D2 emerge.
I’ll tell thee true, I would with Master Luke
Prefer to go than now remain with thee.
I do not know what trouble here may be,
Yet certain am I thou deserv’st the blame.
[aside:] I’ll warrant, thou shalt have thy recompense!
[To C-3PO:] Squeak, whistle, beep, meep, nee, meep, whistle, squeak!
Hold thou thy cursing and most cursèd tongue!
Enter OBI-WAN KENOBI and LUKE SKYWALKER.
Thou must thy speeder sell.
—That matters not.
For ne’er shall I return unto this place.
Young Luke doth with a buyer swiftly meet,
And in a trice a hasty deal is wrought.
A speeder sold along a dusty street—
But with the sale new chance for hope is bought.
A paltry sum, in truth! Aye, ever since
The XP-38 hath been releas’d,
This model hath but little value. Fie!
Fear not—it shall suffice. ’Twill serve our need.
[All stand aside.
Now while young Luke and Obi-Wan prepare,
Their deeds are watch’d by eyes as yet unseen.
With black beak menacing he spies the pair,
Then comes another fiend with portly mien.
Enter HAN SOLO with CHEWBACCA and JABBA THE HUTT with henchmen.
Ba’Solo! Hay lapa no ya, Solo!
[aside:] Now, marry, ’tis an unexpected scene.
[To Jabba:] Aye, here, thou Jabba slimy and rotund.
I have awaited long thy coming here.
Boonowa tweepi. Heh, ho, ha!
—Nay, nay!
Thou didst not think that I should run, didst thou?
Na-Han mah bukee. Keel-ee c’leya kuk’h.
Wanta dah moolee-rah? Muh wonkee chee
Sa crispo Greedo?
—Next time thou dost wish
To counsel hold with me, pray come thyself!
Send not thy churlish dismal-dreaming knaves.
Han, Han. Make-cheesay. Pa’sa tah nay
Ono caulky malia. Ee youngee
D’emperiolo teesaw. Twa spastik’
Wahl no. Yanee dah poo noo.
—Nay, see here!
As I have said before—O verily,
’Tis though I just have said thus—even I
From time to time have boarded been. Dost thou
Believe that e’er I had the choice? [Aside:] Aye, true,
It sometimes seemeth I repeat myself.
[To Jabba:] Now have I, though, a simple charter found,
And soon as it is done, thy payment shall
Be done as well—belike with interest.
I need but time and I shall do it, Sir.
—Nay, say thou not so much.
Fifteen percent, I’ll warrant, shall be well.
See fah luto eetheen, ee yaba ma
Dukey massa. Eeth wong che coh pa na
Geen, nah meet’ toe bunk’ dunko. Lo choda!
O Jabba, thou wert e’er a kindly soul.
Boska!
[Exeunt Jabba and henchmen.
—Now if yon ship is truly fast,
As quick as this Han Solo boasted so,
We shall do well.
[spying ship:] —What folly-fallen ship
Is this? What rough-hewn wayward scut is here?
Point-five past light speed shall she make, my lad.
Now truly, earneth she low marks for looks,
But still a finer spirit hath no ship.
Full many small improvements have I made
To render her e’en faster than before.
Now, marry, gentlemen, if thou agree,
We shall be off, and speedily, from here.
[Aside:] And if thy mouth insulteth it again,
I promise, boy, thy face shall meet my hand.
[Chewbacca, Obi-Wan, Luke, C-3PO, and R2-D2 board ship.
But ere the ship departs the sandy dock,
The stormtroopers appear with massive threat.
Informèd by the beak’d spy’s trait’rous talk,
They come upon the ship, with weapons set.
Pray, stop yon ship! Aye, blast them to the stars!
Chewbacca, prithee, hence! Now let us go!
O, traveling in space, it works me woe!
[Exeunt.