shalt come with me. I shall not
Desert thee, but shall save thee yet.
ANAKIN
—O, Luke,
Thou hast already done. Thou knewest right—
Thou knewest what I was, for still there was
Some good within me aching to be free.
Tell thy sweet sister this: that thou wert right.
[Anakin Skywalker dies.
LUKE
O Father, fare thee well where’er thou goest,
And flights of Jedi sing thee to thy rest!
[Exit Luke Skywalker, dragging Anakin Skywalker’s body.
WEDGE
Good General Calrissian, the core
We now have reach’d—’tis here, within my sight.
LANDO
I see it too, Wedge. Let us strike it down!
Approach the power regulator there,
Upon the northern tower. Let it burn!
WEDGE
I hear and do obey, Gold Leader. Soon
It shall be done, and then I exit quick.
LANDO
Light up, you vicious beast of evil bent,
You sick creation of humanity’s
Most wretched and deprivèd sense of right—
Since you could not inspire love, you caus’d fear.
O that a people e’er should such a harsh
And treach’rous weapon like to this create.
For who would make a thing whose only point
Is to destroy and murder, maim and kill?
What beings would produce such wickedness
As this: an instrument of pain and death?
Thus I do strike at you with vengeance in
The name of those who have no voice to speak.
Farewell, you Star of Death—be now no more!
[Wedge Antilles and Lando of Calrissian fire at the Death Star’s power generator.
WEDGE
’Tis done, and now we make our great escape.
Make ready, Admiral, for it shall blow.
ACKBAR
Move all the fleet hence, from the Death Star, else
Our ships may from the grand explosion take
A mighty slap.
[The Death Star explodes. Exeunt Lando Calrissian,
Nien Nunb, Wedge Antilles, Admiral Ackbar and
other rebels from the space battle. The rebel crew
on Endor looks to the sky to see the explosion.
C-3PO
—Hurrah! They did it!
CHEWBAC.
—Auugh!
HAN
Behold, and all rejoice—the deed is done!
Yet be ye still, my tongue, for what of Luke?
[
To Leia:
] Certain I am that Luke was not inside
When it did perish.
LEIA
—Truly, he was not,
For I can sense he safely doth abide.
HAN
[
aside:
] O, shall the love I’ve shown thus come to naught?
Her heart doth move toward good Luke, my friend.
Thus shall I play the noble part, and stay
Aside whilst their hearts meet, though in the end
It shall undo me. [
To Leia:
] Thou dost love him? Say.
LEIA
Be sure I love him.
HAN
—Thus I ascertain’d
And do respect. Good lady, do not fear:
When he returns you may be unrestrain’d;
The two of you have my consent sincere.
LEIA
Nay, nay, ’tis not as thou dost think, good Han.
Let not thy visions run amok with thee,
But hear these words that must fall strangely on
Thine ears: he is my brother, dost thou see?
Enter
Wicket.
WICKET
N’yubba, yubba,
Heezur brubba,
Yoozur luvva,
Nyubba, nyubba.
[Han Solo rises, singing and dancing.
HAN
[
sings:
] O revelation kind, my heart doth swell—
A’merrily my feet do trip!
My Leia’s mine, and I am hers as well.
Sing ho, sing hi, sing heigh!
Though Leia and myself did fear the worst,
A’merrily my feet do trip!
Good Luke is safe from Death Star’s mighty burst.
Sing ho, sing hi, sing heigh!
We all are safe from that dire threat above—
A’merrily my feet do trip!
Thus end our wars with thoughts of blissful love!
Sing ho, sing hi, sing heigh!
Our rebel crew hath won the victory,
A’merrily my feet do trip!
Thus sing together, worthy company!
Sing ho, sing hi, sing heigh!
[Exeunt.
SCENE 4.
The forest moon of Endor.
Enter
L UKE S KYWALKER ,
with the body of
A NAKIN S KYWALKER .
LUKE
The fun’ral pyre shall light my father’s way
To glory out beyond the galaxy.
His final journey shall not be by ship,
But by the smoke that lifts into the air.
[Luke lights the wood on which Anakin’s body lies.
Rise up, my father—take thy closing flight.
Rise up, my father—stretch toward the sun.
Rise up, my
Desert thee, but shall save thee yet.
ANAKIN
—O, Luke,
Thou hast already done. Thou knewest right—
Thou knewest what I was, for still there was
Some good within me aching to be free.
Tell thy sweet sister this: that thou wert right.
[Anakin Skywalker dies.
LUKE
O Father, fare thee well where’er thou goest,
And flights of Jedi sing thee to thy rest!
[Exit Luke Skywalker, dragging Anakin Skywalker’s body.
WEDGE
Good General Calrissian, the core
We now have reach’d—’tis here, within my sight.
LANDO
I see it too, Wedge. Let us strike it down!
Approach the power regulator there,
Upon the northern tower. Let it burn!
WEDGE
I hear and do obey, Gold Leader. Soon
It shall be done, and then I exit quick.
LANDO
Light up, you vicious beast of evil bent,
You sick creation of humanity’s
Most wretched and deprivèd sense of right—
Since you could not inspire love, you caus’d fear.
O that a people e’er should such a harsh
And treach’rous weapon like to this create.
For who would make a thing whose only point
Is to destroy and murder, maim and kill?
What beings would produce such wickedness
As this: an instrument of pain and death?
Thus I do strike at you with vengeance in
The name of those who have no voice to speak.
Farewell, you Star of Death—be now no more!
[Wedge Antilles and Lando of Calrissian fire at the Death Star’s power generator.
WEDGE
’Tis done, and now we make our great escape.
Make ready, Admiral, for it shall blow.
ACKBAR
Move all the fleet hence, from the Death Star, else
Our ships may from the grand explosion take
A mighty slap.
[The Death Star explodes. Exeunt Lando Calrissian,
Nien Nunb, Wedge Antilles, Admiral Ackbar and
other rebels from the space battle. The rebel crew
on Endor looks to the sky to see the explosion.
C-3PO
—Hurrah! They did it!
CHEWBAC.
—Auugh!
HAN
Behold, and all rejoice—the deed is done!
Yet be ye still, my tongue, for what of Luke?
[
To Leia:
] Certain I am that Luke was not inside
When it did perish.
LEIA
—Truly, he was not,
For I can sense he safely doth abide.
HAN
[
aside:
] O, shall the love I’ve shown thus come to naught?
Her heart doth move toward good Luke, my friend.
Thus shall I play the noble part, and stay
Aside whilst their hearts meet, though in the end
It shall undo me. [
To Leia:
] Thou dost love him? Say.
LEIA
Be sure I love him.
HAN
—Thus I ascertain’d
And do respect. Good lady, do not fear:
When he returns you may be unrestrain’d;
The two of you have my consent sincere.
LEIA
Nay, nay, ’tis not as thou dost think, good Han.
Let not thy visions run amok with thee,
But hear these words that must fall strangely on
Thine ears: he is my brother, dost thou see?
Enter
Wicket.
WICKET
N’yubba, yubba,
Heezur brubba,
Yoozur luvva,
Nyubba, nyubba.
[Han Solo rises, singing and dancing.
HAN
[
sings:
] O revelation kind, my heart doth swell—
A’merrily my feet do trip!
My Leia’s mine, and I am hers as well.
Sing ho, sing hi, sing heigh!
Though Leia and myself did fear the worst,
A’merrily my feet do trip!
Good Luke is safe from Death Star’s mighty burst.
Sing ho, sing hi, sing heigh!
We all are safe from that dire threat above—
A’merrily my feet do trip!
Thus end our wars with thoughts of blissful love!
Sing ho, sing hi, sing heigh!
Our rebel crew hath won the victory,
A’merrily my feet do trip!
Thus sing together, worthy company!
Sing ho, sing hi, sing heigh!
[Exeunt.
SCENE 4.
The forest moon of Endor.
Enter
L UKE S KYWALKER ,
with the body of
A NAKIN S KYWALKER .
LUKE
The fun’ral pyre shall light my father’s way
To glory out beyond the galaxy.
His final journey shall not be by ship,
But by the smoke that lifts into the air.
[Luke lights the wood on which Anakin’s body lies.
Rise up, my father—take thy closing flight.
Rise up, my father—stretch toward the sun.
Rise up, my
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