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...Oh, no. We'll never get it out now...

So certain are you. Always with you it cannot be done. Hear you nothing that I say?

....Master....moving stones around is one thing. This is totally different....

No! No different! Only different in your mind. You must unlearn what you have learned.

....All right, I'll give it a try.

No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.

...Luke closes his eyes and concentrates on thinking the ship out. Slowly, the X-wing's nose begins to rise above the water. It hovers for a moment and then slides back, disappearing once again.

I.....can't. It's too big.

Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hm? Mmmm.

And well you should not. For my ally in the Force. And a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. It's energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we...

(Yoda pinches Luke's shoulder)...not this crude matter. (a sweeping gesture)

You must feel the Force around you. (gesturing) Here, between you...me...the tree...the rock...everywhere! Yes, even between this land and that ship!

You want the impossible.

YodaQuietly Yoda turns toward the X-wing fighter. With his eyes closed and his head bowed, he raises his arm and points at the ship. Soon, the fighter rises above the water and moves forward as Artoo beeps in terror and scoots away. The entire X-wing moves majestically, surely, toward the shore. Yoda stands on a tree root and guides the fighter carefully down toward the beach. Luke stares in astonishment as the fighter settles down onto the shore. He walks toward Yoda.

I don't...I don't believe it.

That is why you fail.
Luke, tell me. What's troubling you?

Vader is here...now, on this moon.

How do you know?

I felt his presence. He's come for me. He can feel when I'm near. That's why...I have to go. (facing her) As long as I stay, I'm endangering the group and our mission here. (beat) I have to face him.

Why?

He's my father.

Your father?

There's more.... It won't be easy for you to hear it, but you must. If I don't make it back, you're the only hope for the Alliance.

Luke, don't talk that way. You have a power I--I don't understand and could never have.

You're wrong, Leia. You have that power too. In time you'll learn to use it as I have. The Force is strong in my family. My father has it...I have it...and...my sister has it.

Leia stares into his eyes. What she sees there frightens her. But she doesn't draw away. She begins to understand.

Yes. It's you Leia.

I know. Somehow...I've always known.

Then you know why I have to face him.

No! Luke, run away, far away. If he can feel your presence, then leave this place. I wish I could go with you.

No, you don't. You've always been strong.

But, why must you confront him?

Because...there is good in him. I've felt it. He won't turn me over to the Emperor...I can save him. I can turn him back to the good side. I have to try.

You cannot hide forever, Luke.

I will not fight you.

Give yourself to the dark side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes, your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for...

Vader stops and senses something. Luke shuts his eyes tightly, in anguish.

Sister! So...you have a twin sister. Your feelings have now betrayed her, too. Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me. Now his failure is complete. If you will not turn to the dark side, then perhaps ...she will.

Never-r-r!

Luke ignites his lightsaber and screams in anger, rushing at his father with a frenzy we have not seen before. Sparks fly as Luke and Vader fight in the cramped area. Luke's hatred forces Vader to retreat out of the low area and across a bridge overlooking a vast elevator shaft. Each stroke of Luke's sword drives his father further toward defeat.

The Dark Lord is knocked to his knees, and as he raises his sword to block another onslaught, Luke slashes Vader's right hand off at the wrist, causing metal and electronic parts to fly from the mechanical stump. Vader's sword clatters uselessly away, over the edge of the platform and into the bottomless shaft below. Luke moves over Vader and holds the blade of his sword to the Dark Lord's throat. The Emperor watches with uncontrollable, pleased agitation.

Good! Your hate has made you powerful. Now, fulfill your destiny and take your father's place at my side!

Never! I'll never turn to the dark side. You've failed, Your Highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me.

So be it...Jedi.

If you will not be turned, you will be destroyed.

Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side. You have paid the price for your lack of vision.

Father, please. Help me.

Now, young Skywalker...you will die.

Luke, help me take this mask off.

But you'll die.

Nothing can stop that now. Just for once... let me look on you with my own eyes.

Slowly, hesitantly, Luke removes the mask from his father's face. There beneath the scars is an elderly man. His eyes do not focus. But the dying man smiles at the sight before him.

(very weak) Now...go, my son. Leave me.

No. You're coming with me. I can't leave you here. I've got to save you.

You already have, Luke. You were right about me. Tell your sister...you were right.

Father... I won't leave you!

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heroLuke sets a torch to the logs stacked under a funeral pyre where his father's body lies, again dressed in black mask and helmet. He stands, watching sadly, as the flames leap higher to consume Darth Vader -- Anakin Skywalker. AS THE REBELS and Ewoks celebrate the destruction of the Death Star, and their victory over the empire, Luke burns his father's armor on a funeral pyre. The spirit of Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker, joins the spirit of Ben and Yoda. Luke has achieved the final triumph of the mythic hero's journey--he has brought back from his adventures, the means for the regeneration of his society. BEOWULF AND STAR WARS

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