THE STAR WARSBYGEORGE LUCASFIRST DRAFTLUCASFILMJULY 1974LIMITEDFADE IN:1. SPACEA sea of stars is broken by the vast blue surface ofthe planet, OGANA. Five small moons slowly drift intoview from the far side of the planet. The maintitles are followed by a roll-up:Until the recent GREAT REBELLION,the DAI NOGAS were the most fearedwarriors in the universe. For onehundred thousand years, generationsof DAI perfected their art as thepersonal bodyguards of the King.They were the chief architects ofthe invincible ROYAL SPACE FORCE,which expanded the Kings power
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across the galaxy, from the celes-tial equator to the farthest stars.Now these legendary warriors are allbut extinct. One by one, they havebeen hunted down and destroyed asenemies of the NEW GALACTIC KINGDOMby a ferocious and sinister rivalwarrior sect, THE LEGIONS OF LETTOW.A small silver spacecraft emerges from behind one ofthe Ogana moons. The deadly little fightercraftspeeds past several of the moons, until it finallygoes into orbit around the FOURTH MOON.2. VALLEY OF COLORED LAKES- FOURTH MOON - OGANAA harsh gale blows across the bleak grey surface ofthe Fourth Moon. The blood red sky presses down on alone figure, JUSTIN VALOR, a tall, heavy-set boy ofsixteen. He slowly makes his way across a wierdplain covered with huge sprawling lakes. The water insome of the lakes is bright red, while in others it isa vivid green. The oddly colored lakes create anominous landscape against the eerie red sky.The heavy winds whip at the young boy and make thegoing extremely difficult. His face is covered by abreath mask and goggles. He stops for a second to
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