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Aboard the Death Star (4)
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(The Millenium Falcon makes its escape from the Death Star. Tarkin and Vader stand together in the control room of the space station, and Tarkin asks if the homing beacon is secure aboard the ship, mentioning that he's taking an awful risk. Vader stands in silence...) VADER: I did remember to attach the homing beacon, didn't I? ANAKIN: Afraid I wasn't really paying attention. V: What?! A: Hey, I've got more important things to ponder. Like trying to figure out how Ben did that vanishing trick. I mean, an entire person disappeared! Poof! You know how much money you could make if you could figure out how to do that? V: Money is the least of my concerns. If the princess escapes-- A: I mean, think about it....Instead of roaming the galaxy surrounded by all these uptight military types, you could be roaming the galaxy surrounded by scantily clad assistants! V: I don't care if--scantily clad, you say? A: *Very* scantily clad. And isn't there a guy on Tatooine who breeds white Rontos? They'd be perfect for the act... (pause) V: No. No. I must focus. Right now, my reputation's at stake. I mean it's bad enough that I, Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith, destroyer of the Jedi, have been reduced to obeying that scrawny little twit Tarkin's orders; I'm not going to run the risk of making a fool of myself as well, by not carrying out my duties properly. If I forgot to attach that homing beacon, I'll be a laughingstock... A: You say that like it's a bad thing. Jar Jar was a laughingstock, and people loved him! V: No they didn't! And I am not going down in history as the Jar Jar Binks of the Sith Lords. That's not going to happen. Now, for the last time--seriously--do you, or do you not, remember if I put the homing beacon onboard the Millenium Falcon? A: Oh, very well. Yes. You *did* put the homing beacon on the Millenium Falcon. V: *Thank* you. (pause) A: But you forgot to turn it on. V: D'oh!
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