The Forgotten Hero: A Star Wars Story

Trench Run

The princess, 3PO, and a field commander sit quietly before the giant display showing the planet Yavin and its four moons. The red dot that represents the Death Star moves ever closer to the system. A series of green dots appear around the fourth moon. A din of indistinct chatter fills the war room.

Intercom: Stand-by alert. Death Star approaching. Estimated time to firing range, fifteen minutes.

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The Death Star slowly moves behind the massive yellow surface of Yavin in the foreground, as many X-wing fighters flying in formation zoom toward us and out of the frame.

Light from a distant sun creates an eerie atmospheric glow around a huge planet, Yavin. Rebel fighters flying in formation settle ominously in the foreground and very slowly pull away.

Red Leader lowers his visor and adjusts his gun sights, looking to each side at his wing men.

Red Leader: All wings report in.

One of the Rebel fighters checks in through his mike.

Red Ten: Red Ten standing by.

Biggs checks his fighter's controls, alert and ready for combat.

Red Seven: (over Biggs' headset) Red Seven standing by.

Biggs: Red Three standing by.

Porkins: Red Six standing by.

Red Nine: (over headset) Red Nine standing by.

Wedge: Red Two standing by.

Red Eleven: (over headset) Red Eleven standing by.

Luke: Red Five standing by.

R2-D2, in position outside of the fighter, turns his head from side to side and makes beeping sounds.

Y/N fiddles with his helmet some more as he flips a few switches on his panel.

Y/N: Red four standing by. (to himself) I don't know why I agreed to this, but here we are.

Red Leader: Lock S-foils in attack position.

The group of X-wing fighters move in formation toward the Death Star, unfolding the wings and locking them in the "X" position.

Red Leader: (over headset) We're passing through their magnetic field. Hold tight!

Luke adjusts his controls as he concentrates on the approaching Death Star. The ship begins to be  buffeted slightly.

Red Leader: (over headset) Switch your deflectors on.

Red Leader: (over headset) Double front!

The fighters, now X-shaped darts, move in formation. The Death Star now appears to be a small moon growing rapidly in size as the Rebel fighters approach. Complex patterns on the metallic surface begin to become visible. A large dish antenna is built into the surface on one side.

Wedge is amazed and slightly frightened at the awesome spectacle.

Wedge: Look at the size of that thing!

Y/N: That took some people's tax credits.

Red Leader: (over headset) Cut the chatter. Accelerate to attack speed. This is it, boys!

As the fighters move closer to the Death Star, the awesome size of the gargantuan Imperial fortress is revealed. Half of the deadly space station is in shadow and this area sparkles with thousands of small lights running in thin lines and occasionally grouped in large clusters; somewhat like a city at night as seen from a weather satellite.