| SCRIPTS |
| Late Script - The Journey to Nockmaar to Planning for Battle |
| "WILLOW" * Story by George Lucas * Screenplay by Bob Dolman * Second Draft Second Revision April 1, 1987 * |
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The rebels chase Kael's army toward the canyon maze.
MADMARTIGAN: You out for a little ride in the country, Airk?
AIRK: Thought you might get lonely!
They spur their horses and gallop after the others. Then, Raziel trots out of the
castle and clip-clops across the valley. EXT. CANYON MAZE - DAY
The Nockmaar horsemen race through the canyon, followed by Madmartigan,
Sorsha, and two rebels. Madmartigan and Sorsha ride competitively. Madmartigan
is slightly ahead. Sorsha rides up alongside, draws her bow, and hits two of the
enemy. Madmartigan is impressed. EXT. NOCKMAAR CASTLE - DAY Kael leaps onto the castle drawbridge as it begins to rise. His two remaining horsemen leap after him but fall short and tumble into the dry craggy moat. The drawbridge shuts with a loud echoing KLUNGG!
Madmartigan and Sorsha screech to a halt on the brink of the moat.
The castle looms, huge, dark, powerful, evil.
MADMARTIGAN: Is there any way in there?
SORSHA: No. It's protected on all sides. INT. NOCKMAAR CASTLE COURTYARD [In the movie, Kael is shown riding through the courtyard before the arrival of Madmartigan and Sorsha.] Kael rides up as troops rush to grab his horse. An alarm sounds. They prepare for battle. EXT. NOCKMAAR CASTLE - DAY Led by Airk, the Tir Asleen warriors arrive at the moat. AIRK: We need towers and a battering ram. Make camp! We'll assault tomorrow at dawn. The army dismounts and begins to unpack supplies. It is late in the day and shadows lengthen toward evening. INT. QUEEN'S THRONE ROOM The fading sunlight seeps into the impressive room. Two decrepit DRUIDS stand by as Bavmorda inspects a creepy box. Kael enters. BAVMORDA: What is it! Kael!
KAEL: My queen. I have the child.
The baby squirms and cries. Seething with hate, Bavmorda reaches out her arms, and
almost touches the baby's face.
BAVMORDA: Good! We will start the ritual immediately. KAEL: She has turned against us, your highness. Bavmorda opens her eyes furiously. To her druids: BAVMORDA: Turned against me? I'll deal with that little beast. Purify the altar! EXT. NOCKMAAR CASTLE - DUSK
The Tir Asleen rebels pitch tents and build fires. Then they feel a terrible presence
and look up at the castle wall. BAVMORDA: This is not an army! RAZIEL: Willow! Quick! Hide! Raziel suddenly butts Willow into a tent. INT. TENT Willow tumbles into the tent and Raziel follows him. RAZIEL: The shelter chant! Protect yourself! WILLOW: Why? RAZIEL: Do it! Willow takes out the magic wand and begins to chant. WILLOW: Helgafel swathben helgafel, claideb danu locktwarr! EXT. NOCKMAAR CASTLE Madmartigan faces the queen. MADMARTIGAN: We've come for Elora Danan! Turn her over to
us!
Bavmorda stabs her finger down at him, laughing. BAVMORDA: You dare to challenge me? You are not warriors. You're pigs! Nocklith! Vohkbar! Toa thonna mondarr! She waves her hand, casting a horrible spell over the army. Madmartigan's body begins to change its shape. His armor breaks apart. He grows hideous. BAVMORDA: You're all pigs! Kothon lockdar bahkdt! The rebels panic and run. Slowly, horribly, they all expand and contort, ripping out of their armor and clothes, casting down their weapons and shields. SORSHA: Mother! No!! BAVMORDA: You made your decision. I warned you never
to disobey me.
SORSHA: Don't do this to us! Bavmorda points at Sorsha, and Sorsha, too, begins to change. The mountainside becomes a sea of writhing flesh. Every one of the Tir Asleen army is transformed into a pig. INT. QUEEN'S TOWER - NIGHT Bavmorda throws open the door. Her druids are binding the baby in a leather thong. BAVMORDA: Begin the ritual. Now! Light the first candle. A druid lights one of THIRTEEN ENORMOUS CANDLES. Bavmorda glares up at a large circular hole in the roof. BAVMORDA: Come, thunder. Come lightning. Touch this altar with your power. Lightning flashes. Bavmorda smiles with satisfaction. A druid places the baby on the altar. The other druid hits a loud gong, once. BAVMORDA: Dark runes, dark powers! Blend and bind, bind and
blend, Universal night! And the might of Nockmaar!
Magically she produces a razor-sharp knife and grazes the palm of her hand. Lightning
flashes again, getting closer. INT. TENT - NIGHT Willow chants with his eyes closed. [In the movie, Willow does the chanting a little earlier.] WILLOW: Avaggdu luatha bairn off haefermore... RAZIEL: It's over, Willow. You did well. You protected
yourself.
Willow hears grunting outside. With great trepidation, he crawls to the tent
door. OUTSIDE TENT - WILLOW'S VIEW Amid tents and weapons, hundreds of pigs wander about, including two baby pigs, Franjean and Rool. INT. TENT - NIGHT Willow collapses to his knees beside Raziel. WILLOW: I've come all this way and now Elora Danan's going to die! RAZIEL: We can still defeat Bavmorda! WILLOW: She's too powerful, Raziel Raziel sternly stamps the ground with her hoof. RAZIEL: Transform me! I will destroy her. Hexagram! Willow grabs a sword and draws a hexagram around Raziel. He steps outside of it, holds up his philosopher's stone and begins his magic. WILLOW: Elements of eternity, above and below. Balance of essence, fire beget snow. Raziel begins to change. Willow wrestles with his own powers of concentration and will, now and then losing strength. RAZIEL: (voice distorted) Don't give up! Willow! Raziel momentarily changes into a partly-formed grotesque creature. Then into a deer. Then she becomes human. At last she becomes herself, a once-beautiful and now elderly woman. Willow covers her unclothed body with a simple smock. WILLOW: Raziel! She looks down at her old hands. Then her eyes focus with purpose. RAZIEL: It's been so long. WILLOW: I'm sorry. RAZIEL: We've got a lot of work to do. We must undo Bavmorda's sorcery... Willow opens the tent. Some pigs shuttle in, and Raziel begins to change them back into warriors. RAZIEL: Luatha grain chnox, y foel famau... EXT. NOCKMAAR - CASTLE WALL - NIGHT
Three drunk MINIONS they hear the baby scream. They look up at the Queen's Tower. INT. QUEEN'S TOWER - NIGHT A druid hits the gong twice. With razor-sharp shears, Bavmorda clips the baby's hair and sprinkles it into a Witch's Bottle. BAVMORDA: Black fire forever kindled within, let the second rite begin! The bottle glows and sparks, and the heavens answer with distant thunder. EXT. NOCKMAAR CASTLE - NIGHT In the dark camp, figures crouch and hurry from tent to tent. CLOSER, the rebels watch the castle wall. Fear. INT. TENT - NIGHT Willow, Raziel, Madmartigan, Sorsha, Airk Thaughbaer and a dozen rebel warriors argue back and forth. AIRK: We'll never make it inside! We must return another day. SORSHA: Elora Danan will die.... RAZIEL: Upon thirteen tolls of the drum! WARRIOR: Bavmorda is too powerful. Other warriors agree. RAZIEL: She cannot transform you again. My spell has protected this camp. MADMARTIGAN: Can you use your magic to get us into the fortress? Raziel shakes her head. The warriors grumble and protest. AIRK: It's hopeless. Willow suddenly jumps to his feet. WILLOW: Wait a minute! Back in my village we catch a lot of hedgehogs. MADMARTIGAN: Willow, this is war, not agriculture. WILLOW: I know, I know! But I have an idea about how to get inside the castle... They all gather around Willow to listen. INT. QUEEN'S TOWER - NIGHT A druid hits the gong three times. A third candle is lit. The baby screams. Bavmorda's face is becoming more grotesque as the ritual proceeds. She digs her hands into a vat, raises them above her head, and blood runs down her arms into the folds of her black cloak. INT. TENT - NIGHT They all look at Willow. AIRK: It's too much work to get finished by morning.
SORSHA: I don't think Kael would fall for it.
WILLOW: Madmartigan -- Elora Danan needs us.
MADMARTIGAN: I don't know, Willow. The chances aren't good. AIRK: Come on, Madmartigan. You and I are warriors. You know the Peck's plan'll never work. The men rally with Airk. The gong rings four times. RAZIEL: If the baby dies, all hope for the future is lost. I am going to fight. WILLOW: Me too. Madmartigan raises his arm to silence the protest. MADMARTIGAN: Time is running out. We must decide who's going to leave and who's going to stay... EXT. NOCKMAAR CASTLE - NIGHT
Light pulsates in the Queen's Tower.
INT. QUEEN'S TOWER - NIGHT
The baby has been streaked with ritual paint. BAVMORDA: Ocht veth nockkthirth bordak! Exile the child to the thirteenth night! [This line occurs later in the movie.] Bavmorda raises her hand, and the baby levitates above the altar. |