BLACK SCREEN 

ESTABLISHING SHOT -- INT. LOBBY OF THE PLAZA 
HOTEL 

WIDE ANGLE displaying the elegant white-and-
gold Plaza lobby to its best advantage.  Angle
favors the revolving doors on the Fifth Avenue
side.  Through them a Central Park hansom cab
can be seen passing by, and the Plaza double-
P logo with "The Plaza" in script under it is 
in evidence in the shot. Various well-to-
do looking people, bellmen, etc, are going 
about their business in the lobby, as we HOLD 
on this angle for a moment.  Then:  SFX:
TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION!  as the revolving doors
are BLOWN UP and inwards toward our POV.  
People in the lobby REACT with predictable 
alarm -- 

CLOSER ON THE DOORS 

Or where they used to be, as fragments of glass
and brass and whatnot collapse inward toward
us with appropriate SFX.  In over the rubble 
come running several STORMTROOPERS, armed with
rifle-blasters with which they cover the lobby
and the people in it.  And through the smoke 
and haze still lingering where the doors were 
blasted in, comes striding a tall, dark, 
menacing, very familiar figure, with his black 
cloak billowing behind him, and the expected 
SFX: LOUD, MECHANICAL BREATHING NOISES coming
from inside his helmet.  He walks right up 
to the camera till he is framed in MED. ANGLE.

		DARTH VADER 
	     (that famous voice, making
             this a very silly question)
	Do you know me?...

DIFFERENT ANGLE 

CAMERA FOLLOWS as the Dark Lord strolls through 
the Plaza lobby, past the Palm Court, and toward
the registration desk.  As Vader walks along,
we see various people in b.g. REACTING to his
presence -- a child starting toward Vader in
absolute fascination, a worried mother realizing
just who that is, and hustling the child OUT 
OF SHOT -- businessmen staring, elegantly-
dressed little old ladies glancing up in 
annoyance at having their afternoon tea 
disturbed, etc. ad lib.  Also in b.g., following
Vader as unobtrusively as possible, we see 
several Stormtroopers carrying in his luggage.  
All black, of course....

	            VADER 
              (to the camera, as he 
              goes:  slightly sinister 
              overtones)
	My...*business*...takes me all 
        over the Galaxy.  To Force-
	forsaked spots like Hoth, and
	Tattooine.  
	      (very slight beat)
	And New York City.  

CLOSER -- AT THE REGISTRATION DESK

He pauses beside it,  In b.g., again rather 
unobtrusively, a Stormtrooper comes up carrying
a two-suiter (black again) and leading a pair 
of Dobermans, on leashes, each with its own 
black cloak.  

                    VADER 
	That's why I carry the American 
	Express Gold Card.  
	       (holds it up)
	With the Card, I'm guaranteed an 
        imperial welcome in the greatest 
	hotels and restaurants on Earth. 
	And no matter where I may find
	myself, the Card makes sure I'm 
	treated with the respect I deserve. 

DIFFERENT ANGLE 

Including more of the registration desk, and a 
HOTEL RESERVATION CLERK, who leans over the desk 
a bit to take in Vader, the Stormtroopers, 
the Dobermans.  His expression is rather super-
cilious and annoyed,  a "Who *is* this clown?"
look.

		    CLERK 
                (a touch snide)
	Sir...do you have a reservation?

Vader looks at him, says nothing -- simply raises 
the Card a bit, very slowly.  The clerk clutches 
abruptly at his throat, choking.  He begins to 
collapse behind the desk.  Vader leans forward
slightly as the clerk starts going down, 
"following" him.  The clerk grabs frantically 
at the desk for support, then reaches for the 
bell atop it and just manages to hit it (SFX:
DING!) as he goes down behind the desk and OUT 
OF SHOT.  

     		    CLERK (CONT'D)
		(barely squeaks it out)
	Front!

CLOSER ON VADER 

Still holding up the Card, Vader glances ever so
briefly at it...then BACK AT CAMERA again.  No 
expression is visible through his helmet, of 
course...but his voice sounds like a shark's 
smile.

		    VADER 
		(wicked enjoyment)  
	Sometimes I help it a little.  

INSERT -- ON BLANK CARD 

The usual shot of the Gold Card.  With SFX:
TELETYPE NOISE, the words appear on it:  
D-A-R-T-H  V-A-D-E-R.  (There is no expiration 
date.  Would *you* ever try to cancel Darth 
Vader's Amex card?)

		    ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
	The American Express Gold Card.  
	Don't leave *your* galaxy without
	it. 

BLACK SCREEN

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