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INCEPTIONTHE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTIONSTAR WARS A NEW HOPESTAR WARS THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
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BeatsActsAction SequencesBeat DescriptionStorylinesCobbArthurEamesYusufAriadneSaitoTodashiNashMilesCobb's KidsMalFischerMauriceBrowningGuardsBeatActsAction SequencesBeat DescriptionStorylinesAndyRedHeywoodBrooksFloydTommyCrowNortonHadleyParole BoardDoctorGovernmentGuardsProsecutorJudgeJuryBoggsRoosterLandladyGrocery managerAndy's wife's loverAndy's wifeAndy's wife's killerFat manContractorReporterTommy's wife and kidsPrisonersBeatActsAction SequencesBeat DescriptionStorylinesLukeBenR2C3POHanChewieLeiaVaderEmperorTarkinCommanderOfficerDeathstarStar DestroyersTie-fightersStormtroopersDodonnaWillardCommanderRed LeaderGold LeaderWedgeBiggsX-wingsRebelsOwenBeruJawasSandpeopleBartenderBar BullyBounty HunterJabbaMerchantBeatActsAction SequencesBeat DescriptionStorylinesLukeR2Leia
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Teaser of Act 12. Cobb searches for Saito in limbo and wants to set him free.
Teaser of Act 12. Cobb searches for Saito in limbo and wants to set him free. A security guard finds Cobb washed up on a beach below a Japanese castle. The security guard searches him and finds a gun and a spindle top, then the security guard calls for a jeep. Cobb A
Saito
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Andy’s crime and court case that sentences him to prison.
Andy catches his wife cheating and decides not to confront her. A man and woman enter a cabin and take each other’s clothes off to have sex.Andy's wife
Andy's wife's lover
(Andy )
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Leia is captured by Vader. C3PO and R2 escape, and Luke dreams of leaving Tatooine.
Prologue

State Leia's goal of delivering the Deathstar plans to the Rebels.

State the Empire's goal of destroying planets and finding the Deathstar plans.
Scrolling text in outer space informs the viewer that the galaxy is in civil war. Rebels won their first battle and stole secret plans for the empire’s ultimate weapon, an armored space station capable of destroying an entire planet. Leia is fleeing the battle carrying the stolen plans and is being pursued by the empire. (Rebels )
(Empire )
(Vader )
(Leia )
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While on patrol, Luke gets kidnapped by a Wampa as an Imperial spy droid lands on Hoth.
Words scroll through space saying the Empire is trying to hunt down the Rebel Alliance. The Empire
Rebels
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2The security guard meets Saito in the dining room of the castle and tells Saito that Cobb wanted to speak to Saito, and he was carrying a gun and a spindle top. 2Andy sits in a car outside the cabin listening to his wife have sex with another man. Andy drinks bourbon and loads a revolver with bullets. Andy
Andy's wife
Andy's wife's lover
2Introduce Leia, who is suffering a major setback in her goal of delivering the Deathstar plans to the Rebels.In space, Leia’s ship is reeled in by an empire ship’s tractor beam. Storm troopers invade the ship and shoot rebels trying to defend it. R2 and C3PO hide behind a blast door and lament being doomed. Liea
Stormtroopers
R2
C3PO
2A Star Destroyer deploys a probe to the ice planet, Hoth. Star Destroyer
Probe
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3Saito says he remembers the spindle top from a half forgotten dream. Saito starts to remember his past. VO of Cobb asking, “What’s the most resilient parasite?” 3Andy walks to the cabin with his gun but breaks down in tears before he can enter. Andy
Andy's wife
Andy's wife's lover
3Introduce Luke, who watches the fight in space longingly, which is a metaphor for his dreams and foreshadows his quest.At Luke’s moisture farm on Tatooine, Luke watches a battle in space with binoculars. Luke
(Leia )
3Luke rides a Tauntaun around the icy surface of Hoth. He tells Han he is on patrol and saw a meteor hit and is going to check it out. Then a Wampa attacks and knocks out Luke. Luke
Tauntaun
Probe
(Han)
Wampa
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The Team wants to extract info from Saito’s mind. They fail, and Saito offers Cobb a job.
In level 2 of the dream world, Cobb states his quest to steal info from Saito's dream.Years earlier, Saito and Cobb sit at the same table. Cobb and Arthur unsuccessfully tries to convince Saito to hire him to train him to resist extraction, someone coming into your dream and stealing your most valuable secrets. Cobb mentions a safe, and Saito briefly looks towards a hidden safe. Saito leaves the room, and the room starts shaking like there’s a small earthquake. The time on Cobb’s watch is practically frozen still. Cobb A
Saito
Arthur
4Andy's court case leading to him going to jail.In court, the prosecutor accuses Andy of killing his wife and claims his neighbors heard him say “I’ll see you in hell before I divorce you.”Prosecutor
Andy
Jury
Judge
(Andy's wife )
(Andy's wife's lover )
4Introduce Vader.

Leia fails to escape and is captured by Vader, but not before she gives R2 and C3PO a message to Ben, the Deathstar plans and a quest to deliver the message and Deathstar plans to Ben.

Vader states his quest goal is to find the Deathstar plans. He completes step #1 of his quest by capturing Leia, but it's a false victory since Leia no longer has the Deathstar plans.
Vader enters Leia’s ship, and storm troopers stand aside to let him pass. Vader
Stormtroopers
(Leia )
4Han enters the rebel base on a Tauntaun and greet Chewie, who is welding on the Millennium Falcon.Han
Chewie
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5In level 1 of the dream world, Cobb's team manages the extraction.Nash watches Cobb, Arthur and Saito sleeping in a dirty hotel room. Cobb is sitting unconscious in a chair above a bath tub full of ice water. All the sleepers are connected to dream machines. Outside a violent riot is happening on the street. The time on a clock moves abnormally slow. Nash
Cobb A
Arthur
Saito
5In court, Andy tells the story of how his wife told him she was cheating. Then he went to some bars and got drunk, then drove to the cheater’s house to scare them with a gun.Prosecutor
Andy
Jury
Judge
(Andy's wife )
(Andy's wife's lover )
5On Leia’s ship, Leia records a message on R2. Leia
R2
(Ben )
5Han meets with Rieeken and Leia. Han reports their patrols haven’t found anything, Luke is still out patrolling, and Han is leaving to settle his debt with Jaba. Leia is upset Han is leaving. Han
Rieeken
Leia
(Luke)
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6In the real world, Todashi manages Cobb's team. In a bullet train, Todashi watches Nash, Cobb, Arthur, and Saito sleeping connected to dream machines. The time on Todashi’s watch moves at regular speed. Todashi
Nash
Cobb
Arthur
Saito
6In court, Andy tells the story of how he chickened out, threw his gun in a river and went home. Prosecutor
Andy
Jury
(Andy's wife )
(Andy's wife's lover )
6On Leia’s ship, Vader asks a dying rebel where the Deathstar plans are. The rebel doesn’t cooperate, and Vader kills him. Vader orders his troops to find Leia. Vader
Rebels
Stromtroopers
(Leia )
6As Han leaves, Leia unsuccessfully tries to convince him to say, making it obvious she likes him. Han
Leia
(Luke)
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7In level 3 of the dream world, Cobb is double crossed by Mal. Leading to a failure in Cobb's plan. On a terrace of the castle, Cobb and Arthur suspect Saito knows he’s dreaming. Cobb says Saito’s secrets are in the safe. Mal shows up and taunts Cobb. Arthur says they have a job to do and leaves. Cobb tells Mal he can’t trust her anymore. Cobb A, B
Arthur
Mal
7In court, the prosecutor says the river was dragged and the gun was never found.Prosecutor
Andy
Jury
Judge
(Andy's wife )
(Andy's wife's lover )
7On Leia’s ship, storm troopers capture Leia. Leia
Stormtroopers
7C3PO and R2 walk through the halls of the rebel base and make comedic banter. C3PO
R2
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8In a bedroom in the castle, Cobb ties a bedsheet rope to a chair Mal is sitting in so he can climb down the outside wall of the castle to another room. Mal asks Cobb if their children miss her, and Cobb says yes. Cobb A, B
Mal
8In court, the prosecutor gives his closing statements. Prosecutor
Andy
Jury
Judge
(Andy's wife )
(Andy's wife's lover )
8R2 and C3PO complete step #1 of their quest to see Ben by flying an escape pod to Tatooine.

This leaves clue #1 for stormtroopers to find: knowledge of the escape pod going to Tatooine.
On Leia’s ship, R2 and C3PO escape in an escape pod. R2
C3PO
8C3PO and R2 approach Han at the Millennium Falcon and tell him Luke hasn’t checked in and Leia is worried about him. Han orders a deck officer to look for Luke in the rebel base. C3PO
R2
Han
(Luke)
(Leia)
Rebel officer
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9While repelling down the wall, Cobb falters when Mal gets off the chair. Cobb recovers and enters the dining room he was in previously in. He shoots a guard in the head and opens the safe and removes an envelope. Then he is caught by Mal, Saito and more guards. Cobb A. B
Mal
Saito
9The jury finds Andy guilty. Jury
Andy
Judge
(Andy's wife )
(Andy's wife's lover )
9On the star destroyer, a storm trooper says the escape pod left but there is no life onboard. So he chalks it up to a malfunction. Stormtroopers
(R2 )
(C3PO )
9Later, the deck officer reports to Han that Luke isn’t in the rebel base. Han says he’ll go look for Luke on Tauntaun. The deck officer says it’s too dangerous, but Han goes anyway. Rebel officer
Han
(Luke)
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10Mal and Saito demand Cobb give them the envelope, his gun and the name of his employer (Cobol Inc.). Cobb gives them a fake envelope and puts his gun on the table. A guard brings in Arthur, and Mal shoots him in the leg to motivate Cobb to talk. Cobb grabs his gun back and shoots Arthur in the head. There is a massive earthquake. Mal
Saito
Cobb A, B
Arthur
10The judge sentences Andy to two life sentences at Shawshank prison. Judge
Andy
Jury
(Andy's wife )
(Andy's wife's lover )
10Introduce Biggs, who states his goal of going to space, and Luke states his goal of going to space.At a power station on Tatooine, Luke talks to his friend, Biggs, who says he’s leaving Tatooine. Luke
Biggs;
10In an ice cave, Luke wakes up and uses the force to grab his lightsaber and kill the Wampa that has captured him. Then Luke stumbles out of the cave. Luke
Wampa
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11In level 1 of the dream world, Arthur wakes up and tries to recover from the failure. Arthur wakes up in the filthy bedroom. Nash says he’s awake too soon, and Arthur grabs another dream machine to “reconnect the loop” before the others wake up. Arthur
Nash
Saito
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Andy inprocesses into prison.
Introduce RedIn the Shawshank hearings room, Red is questioned by the parole board. Red says he’s remorseful and reformed, but the board denies his parole. Red
Parole board
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Vader searches for the Deathstar plans as C3PO and R2 look for Ben, but they find Luke instead.
Vader attempts step #2 of his plan to get the Deathstar plans by interrogating Leia, but he fails because she won't cooperate.

An Imperial commander states the risk of harming Leia (dipolomatic setback), but Vader says the benefit outweighs the risk and uses clue #1 to deduce a new plan to find the Deathstar planes. He gives his team a new quest: Search Tatooine for R2 and C3PO.
In Leia’s cell on the star destroyer, Vader asks Leia where the Deathstar plans are, but Leia doesn’t cooperate. Liea
Vader
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Han finds Luke and saves him from freezing.
R2 and C3PO stand vigil at the door to the rebel base. C3PO says it’s too cold to stay outside and look for Luke. C3PO goes inside while R2 remains outside watching for Luke. R2
C3PO
(Luke)
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12In level 2 of the dream world, Cobb experiences the repercussion of failure.Cobb runs out of the castle dining room as the building falls apart. Cobb reads the contents of the envelope as he runs. In the dining room, Mal opens the other envelope and discovers it’s a fake. Cobb A, B
Mal
12In the prison yard, Red sells contraband to prisoners. His voice over explains that he sells contraband to prisoners. A prison bus approaches the gates, and the prisoners in the yard gather near the fence to watch.Red
Prisoners
(Andy )
12Outside Leia’s cell, a commander tells Vader it’s diplomatically dangerous to hold Leia. Vader insists she is involved with the rebels, and she is his only hope to find the secret rebel base. Vader says the Deathstar plans must be on the escape pod and orders a search team to be sent to Tatooine. Commander
Vader
(Rebels )
(R2 )
(C3PO )
12Luke stumbles through the cold and collapses in the snow. Luke
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13In level 1 of the dream world, Saito begins experiencing the repercussion of Cobb's failure.In the filthy bedroom Saito begins to wake as Arthur frantically hooks himself up to another dream machine. Arthur says he’s not going to be able to reconnect the loop and orders Nash to wake Cobb. Nash slaps Cobb. Saito
Arthur
Nash
Cobb
13Andy arrives at prison.In the prison bus, Hadley pushes Andy out of the bus and abuses him a little. Voice over of Red restating that Andy was in prison for murdering his wife and her lover, and that he’d been a vice president of a bank. Hadley
Andy
Fat man
Prisoners
(Red )
(Andy's wife )
(Andy's wife's lover )
13R2 and C3PO enact step #2 of the plan to find Ben. They try asking Jawas for help, but this is a false victory since Jawas won't help them.In the Tatooine desert, R2 and C3PO make a plan to deliver Leia’s message to Ben. They see a sand crawler (transport vehicle) approaching and wave for help. R2
C3PO
Jawas
13In the rebel base, Leia asks Derlin if Luke has returned. Derlin says no and they have to close the doors to the rebel base and assume Luke is dead and/or unreachable. Leia
Derlin
(Luke)
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14In level 2 of the dream world, Saito experiences more repercussions of Cobb's failure, which brings him to level 1. In the castle, Cobb is thrown across the room from Nash’s slap. A piece of ceiling falls on Saito, crushing him. Cobb A
Saito
14Introduce Red's friends, who bet on which newbie will crack.In the prison yard, Red takes bets from Heywood, Ernie, Floyd, and Jigger on which new prisoner will crack their first night in prison. Red makes a large bet that Andy will crack.Red
Heywood
Floyd
Ernie
Jigger
(Andy )
(Prisoners )
14Biggs states his goal of joining the Rebels and the stakes of failure: The Empire will control the galaxy. At the Tatooine power station, Biggs tells Luke he’s joining the rebel alliance and states the stakes of the empire controlling the galaxy. Biggs
Luke
(Rebels )
(Empire )
14As Luke lays in the snow, Ben’s voice tells him to go to the Dagobah system. Then Luke falls unconscious. Luke
Ben
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15In level 1 of the dream world, Cobb enacts his backup plan to get Saito's info. In the filthy hotel room, Saito wakes up and puts a gun to Arthur’s head as Arthur fumbles with the dream machine. Saito
Arthur
15Andy arrives at prison.In the Shawshank admitting area, Norton introduces himself and Hadley to the new prisoners and give them Bibles. Then they begin showering the prisoners with water houses and delousing them. Norton
Hadley
Andy
Prisoners
15R2 and C3PO experience the consequence of their false victory: They're setback on their quest by being taken prisoner, but this is a false failure, since it will take them to Luke. In the Tatooine desert, R2 and C3PO are captured by jawas and taken to their sand crawler. R2
C3PO
Jawas
15Han finds Luke, then kills their Tauntauns with Luke’s lightsaber, and Han and Luke spend the night inside the Tauntauns. Han
Luke
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16In the filthy hotel room, Nash dunks Cobb into the icy bath water. In the castle, Cobb frantically tries to read the contents of the envelope while guards shoot at him and water explodes through the doors and windows of the castle. When the water hits him, Cobb wakes up in the filthy hotel room’s bath tub. Nash
Cobb A
16The new inmates are examined by a disinterested doctor who looks in their butt holes with a pen light. Doctor
Andy
Prisoners
16Stormtroopers complete step #1 of their plan to find R2 and C3PO. They investigate clue #1 (the escape pod) and find clue #2: Droid tracks. They use clue #2 to deduce step #3 of their plan: They'll follow the tracks. In the Tatooine desert, storm troopers investigate the abandoned escape pod. They see R2 and C3PO’s tracks in the desert and ascertain droids have left the escape pod. The storm troopers follow R2 and C3PO’s tracks. Stormtroopers
(R2 )
(C3PO )
16The next morning Zev drives a snow speeder through the Hoth landscape and retrieves Han and Luke. Zev
Han
Luke
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17Saito runs in the bathroom and knocks down Nash. Cobb jumps out of the bathtub and punches Saito, knocking the gun out of his hand. Saito
Nash
Cobb A
17In the Shawshank chapel, the new inmates are forced to listen to a service naked and cold. Norton
Andy
Prisoners
17R2 and C3PO continue experiencing the consequence of their false victory: They state the stakes of their predicament: a potentially horrible death. Inside the sand crawler, R2 and C3PO debate if/what horrible death awaits them. R2
C3PO
(Jawas )
17At the rebel base, Luke is put in a healing tank. Luke
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18Gun in hand, Cobb demands Saito tell him “the key piece of information” that wasn’t in the contents of the envelope in the castle. Saito mentions this hotel room is where he goes to have an affair with a married woman. Cobb A
Saito
18The new inmates are led to their cells, naked and carrying Bibles. Voice over of Red explaining how hard the first night is and how many new inmates will lose their mind that first night. Andy
Prisoners
(Red )
18Owen states his goal of buying farming droids. C3PO fills the condition of Owen's need. So he buys R2 an C3PO.Outside the sand crawler, the jawas line up a bunch of droids. Owen and Luke inspect the droids looking for one that speaks computer languages. Jawas
Owen
Luke
(R2 )
(C3PO )
18In a hospital room at the rebel base, Leia, Han, R2 and C3PO tell Luke how good it is to see him alive and recovering. Han and Leia flirt some more. Leia
Han
R2
C3PO
Luke
Chewie
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19In the real world, Todashi enacts step #1 of the plan to wake up Cobb's team. In the bullet train, Todashi checks his watch and puts a pair of headphones on Nash’s ears and pulls out an MP3 player. Todashi
Nash
19The first night at prisonAndy enters his cell, and the guards call for lights out. Veteran prisoners start taunting the new inmates. Voice over of Red explaining how they’re trying to make the new inmates crack.Andy
Guards
Prisoners
(Red )
19C3PO tells Owen he speaks computer languages. Owen buys R2 and C3PO. C3PO
Owen
R2
Jawas
Luke
19In the rebel base command center, Rieekan tells Leia and Han their instruments have detected something metal a few miles from the base. Han and Chewie leave to check it out. Rieeken
(Probe)
Leia
Han
Chewie
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20In level 1 of the dream world, Saito states his goal for letting Cobb's team in his dream.In the filthy hotel room, Cobb asks Saito why he let them in his dream only to withhold the key piece of information. Saito says this was an audition, which Cobb failed because his deception was obvious. Cobb
Saito
20Heywood taunts a fat new inmate into cracking. Heywood
Fat man
Prisoners
20Luke discovers Leia's message and the Deathstar plans. Luke makes a plan to investigate the message, but Owen creates a complication when he refuses to allow Luke to go and orders Luke to have the droids' memories wiped.

Luke experiences another complication when he discovers R2 has fled to continue his quest to find Ben.

Luke makes a plan to find R2 tomorrow.
At Owen’s workshop, Luke cleans C3PO while stating he wants to leave Tatooine. Luke finds something jammed in R2. It activates part of Leia’s message telling Ben he’s their only hope, but then disappears. Before Luke can investigate further. Then Beru summons Luke to dinner. Luke
(Owen )
C3PO
R2
Leia
(Ben )
20Han and Chewie find and destroy the Imperial probe. Han
Chewie
Probe
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21In the dream world, Todashi enacts step #2 of the plan to wake up Cobb's team.In the bullet train, Todashi opens a dream machine with syringes, controllers and timers. When the first timer hits 30, Todashi hits play on the MP3 player and raises the volume as he watches Nash face. Todashi
Nash
21Hadley enters and tells the fat inmate to be quiet. When he won’t comply, Hadley beats him and has him taken to the infirmary. Hadley
Guards
Fat Man
Prisoners
21In Owen’s dining room, Luke tells Owen and Beru about R2’s message. Owen tells Luke to take R2 into town the next day and have his memory wiped. Luke says he wants to leave Tatooine, and Owen tells him it’s never going to happen. Luke
Owen
Beru
(R2 )
(C3PO )
(Ben )
21Han reports back to Leia and Rieekan the Empire knows their location.Han
Leia
Rieekan
The Empire
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22Cobb states the stakes of failing his plan to steal Saito's info and enacts a new plan.In the filthy hotel room, music fills the air. Saito tells Cobb to give up, and Cobb says Cobol Inc. will kill them if they fail. Cobb throws Saito to the ground and puts the gun to Saito’s head and threatens him, but when Saito notices the carpet is the wrong texture.Saito
Cobb
22In Red’s cell, Red looks at the blood on the main floor below. Voice over of Red saying Andy didn’t make a sound and cost Red two packs of cigarettes. Red
(Fat man )
(Andy )
(Heywood )
22Luke returns to Owen’s workshop and discovers R2 has escaped and traveled into the desert. C3PO asks if they should go after him, but Luke says it’s too dangerous at night. Luke
C3PO
(R2 )
22On a Star Destroyer, Ozzel tells Vader their probe on Hoth sent suspicious readings. Vader uses the force to confirm the probe located the rebel base. Ozzel
Vader
(Probe)
(Rebels)
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23In the real world, Todashi enacts step #3 of the plan to wake up Cobb's team. In the bullet train, Todashi sees a counter on the dream machine reach zero, and Arthur starts to awaken. Todashi
Arthur
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Andy gets raped and plans his escape.
Andy starts work and meets Bogs and RoosterIn Cellblock 5, the prisoners line up in the morning for their head count. Andy is not disconcerted. Guards
Prisoners
Andy
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Luke meets Ben, gets a mission to save the galaxy, refuses the call and then accepts when he has nothing left to lose.
Beru tells Owen that Luke has enacted his plan to find R2.

While enacting step #1 of Luke's plan, he states the stakes of failure. He'll be in trouble with Owen if he can't find R2.

Sandpeople complicate Luke's quest by attacking him, but this is a false victory for them and a false failure for Luke, because Ben saves Luke, R2 and C3PO.
The next morning, in Owen’s kitchen, Beru tells Owen that Luke left early. Owen is upset. Beru
Owen
(Luke )
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Team 1 plans and prepares to defend themselves as Team 2 plans and prepares to attack.
A rebel captain issues orders for speeder squadrons to defend the base while the rest of the personnel is evacuated by transport space ships. Rebel captain
Rebels
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24In the dream world, level 1, Saito realizes he's dreaming, which means Cobb failed, but this is a false failure, since it impresses Saito, which is the condition Cobb needs to fulfill to pass Saito's test. In the filthy hotel room, Saito realizes and tells Cobb he’s still dreaming, which impresses him. He says Cobb has lived up to his reputation. Cobb looks to Arthur and realizes he’s vanished. Saito
Cobb
Arthur
24In the mess hall, Andy is cat called by Bogs and Rooster. Andy sits down and meets Brooks, Red, Floyd, Heywood and Tyrell. Andy learns that Brooks has a pet crow, and the fat inmate is dead. Andy
Bogs
Rooster
Brooks
Red
Heywood
Crow
24Luke drives his speeder across the Tatooine desert with C3PO looking for R2. Luke states the consequences of taking too long to find R2. He’ll get in a lot of trouble. Luke
C3PO
(R2 )
(Owen )
24Han and Chewie frantically and unsuccessfully try to repair the Millennium Falcon. Han
Chewie
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25In the real world, Todashi enacts step #4 of the plan to wake up Cobb's team. In the bullet train, Arthur wakes up and checks the other counters. Arthur
Cobb A
Saito
Nash
25In the laundry room, Andy does a poor job of working the laundry line. Andy
Prisoners
25Sandpeople watch/hunt Luke from a distance. Sandpeople
Luke
C3PO
25Luke dresses for battle and orders a droid which equipment to prioritize loading on the transport ships. Luke
Rebels
R2
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26In level 1 of the dream world, Cobb experiences the repercussion of his failure. Saito stands and muses that he’s in a dream within a dream. Cobb lowers his gun, knowing he has no more leverage. As the music plays in the air, rioters bang on the door. Saito
Cobb A
26Andy is almost raped by Bogs, Rooster and Pete (Team 3) in the shower. Andy
Bogs
Rooster
26Luke finds R2 and then is attacked by sand people. Luke
R2
C3PO
Sandpeople
26Luke says farewell to Han and Chewie as they continue trying to repair the Millennium Falcon. Luke
Han
Chewie
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27In the real world, Todashi enacts step #4 of the plan to wake up Cobb's team. In the bullet train, Arthur watches another counter reach zero. Arthur
Cobb A
27Andy buys a rock hammer from Red.In Andy’s cell, he lays in bed staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep. Andy 27Ben saves Luke from the sand people.Ben
Sandpeople
Luke
R2
C3PO
27In the rebel base control room, Controller tells Rieeken a fleet of Star Destroyers has come out of hyper space above Hoth. Rieeken orders Controller to reroute all the power to the shields until the transports get away and to prepare for the ground assault. Rebels
Rieeken
(The Empire)
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28In level 1 of the dream world, Saito and Nash explain/show how dream walks end. Saito says if this is his dream, they should be playing by his rules. Cobb vanishes, and Nash says they’re in his dream as rioters break down the door and overwhelm Nash. The music dies, and the light starts to fade. Saito
Cobb
Nash
28In the exercise yard, Andy formally introduces himself to Red and asks to buy a rock hammer. Red says he’ll get it for $10 and warns Andy that Team 3 wants to rape him. Andy
Red
(Boggs )
(Rooster )
Prisoners
28Introduce Ben, who makes a plan to deliver the Deathstar plans to Alderaan and train Luke in the force. Ben gives Luke a lightsaber, but Luke refuses the call, siting the stakes of failing to get R2 and C3PO back to Owen. Ben introduces himself to Luke and makes a plan to leave the desert. Ben
Luke
R2
C3PO
Sandpeople
28On a Star Destroyer, Veers tells Vader the rebels are aware of the Imperial fleet and are preparing to defend/evacuate. Vader blames Ozzel and kills him using the force. Then Vader promotes Piett to Ozzel’s position. Veers
Vader
Ozzel
Piett
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29In the real world, Cobb's team flees as Saito wakes up. In the bullet train, Nash wakes up and is shamed by Arthur for failing his duty as an architect and getting the carpet wrong. Cobb gives Saito more sedative and then packs up their stuff and pays Todashi. Cobb, Arthur and Nash exit the car with plans to run away. Nash
Arthur
Cobb
Saito
Todashi
29In the mess hall, Andy gives Red $10 while in line for breakfast. Andy
Red
Prisoners
29At Ben’s house, Ben tells Luke about his father and the force and gives Luke a light saber. Ben
Luke
Vader
R2
C3PO
29In the hangar of the rebel base, Leia explains to an audience they will send escorted transports through the shields two at a time and use an ion blast cannon to clear a path for their escape through the space fleet blockade. Then, survivors are to proceed directly to the rendezvous point. Leia
Rebels
(The Empire)
33
30Saito wakes up and sees Todashi nonchalantly reading a comic. Then Saito notices the prick in his arm from the dream machine needle and smiles mischievously. Saito
Todashi
30At the loading dock, a driver drops off a bag of laundry. Leonard stealthily retrieves the rock hammer from the laundry bag. Prisoners
(Red )
(Andy )
30At Ben’s house, Ben plays Leia’s message and makes a plan to go to the planet, Alderaan, with Luke and train Luke in the force. Luke refuses the call. Ben
Leia
Luke
R2
C3PO
30In/around the rebel base, troops prepare to fight the incoming Imperial forces. Rebels
Stormtroopers
34
31Cobb states his external quest goal (return to his children) and the internal conflict preventing his from accomplishing it (his feelings for Mal are undermining his efforts). As a helicopter approaches a tall building in Tokyo, Cobb sits in one of the building’s apartments. He checks his gun and then spins a spindle top on the table, which falls over when its inertia runs out. Then the phone rings. Cobb A, B31In the laundry exchange, Red gives Leonard two packs of cigarettes, and Leonard gives Red the rock hammer. Red
Prisoners
(Andy )
31Vader states his goal of controlling the galaxy with fear. One of his henchman restates the Empire's goal of finding the Deathstar plans.On a star destroyer, Vader’s general discuss how the emperor has taken control of the galactic government and will rule with fear. One general restates Vader’s mission to find the Deathstar plans. Vader
General
(Emperor )
314
Team 1 attacks Team 2 while also successfully beginning their escape.
A rebel transport ship and two fighter escorts leave Hoth. An Imperial officer tells his Captain that a transport ship is leaving the planet. The Captain is happy about blowing up the transport ship. Rebels
Imperial officer #1
Imperial officer #2
35
32Cobb answers the phone and talks to his children. His kids ask when he’s coming home, and Cobb says when he’s done working. The children say their grandma told them Cobb is never coming home, and they ask if Mal (their mother) is with him. Cobb says Mal is gone. Their grandma says it’s time to go and hangs up the phone. Cobb B, A
Cobb's kids
32In Red’s cell, Red inspects the rock hammer. Voice over of Red saying it would take 600 years to tunnel out with it. Red
(Andy )
32Luke and Ben discover clue #2. Stormtroopers have killed the Jawas and covered it up, foreshadowing they know Owen bought R2 and C3PO and is in danger.

Luke investigates clue #2 and finds Owen and Beru are dead.
In the Tatooine desert, Luke drives his speeder with Ben, R2 and C3PO. They stop at a destroyed sand crawler, and Ben realizes it has been made to look like sand people attacked it. Luke leaves Ben and rushes home to check on Owen and Beru.Luke
R2
C3PO
Jawas
(Sandpeople )
(Stormtroopers )
32Two giant cannons at the Rebel base shoot into the sky. The blasts hit a Star Destroyer, which burns and veers as the Rebel transport ship and its escorts fly past the Imperial blockade. Rebels
The empire
36
33A knock on the door startles Cobb. He grabs his gun and checks the door. It’s Arthur. As they pack their things, Arthur asks Cobb where Nash is, why Mal showed up in the dream and if Mal’s influence on Cobb’s subconscious is getting worse. Cobb dismisses the question about Mal and says Nash never showed up and they need to leave immediately because their Cobol Inc. is probably already looking for them to punish them for their failure.Cobb A, B
Arthur
(Nash)
33In cellblock 5, Brooks is passing out library books to inmates. Red passes Brooks the rock hammer and some cigarettes. Then Brooks passes the rock hammer to Andy in his cell. Brooks
Prisoners
(Red )
(Andy )
33Luke returns home on his speeder and finds Owen and Beru have been killed. Luke
Owen
Beru
(Stormtroopers )
33In the Rebel base’s hangar, Luke and Dack get in their snow speeders. They hear an announcement that the first transport ship escaped successfully, and Luke and Dack tell each other they’re in good spirits. Luke
Dack
37
34Saito offers Cobb an opportunity to accomplish his goal to see his children (incept Fischer and convince him to break up his empire). Saito also gives Cobb a quest to find a replacement for Nash. Walking through the hallway, Cobb says he’s going to South America, and Arthur says he’s going to America. Cobb is bashful about asking a question with an obvious answer. Cobb wishes he could go to America. Cobb A
Arthur
34Andy gets rapedAndy gets raped by Team 2.Andy
Boggs
Rooster
34Vader enacts step #3 of his plan to find the Deathstar plans. He tortures Leia but fails, requiring him to escalate his next step. On a star destroyer, Leia is tortured for information. Vader
Leia
Stormtroopers
34On the surface of Hoth, a Rebel officer spots an Imperial Walker in his binoculars. He announces on his radio that he’s spotted Walkers. Rebels
Walkers
38
35Cobb and Arthur approach the helicopter on the roof. The door opens revealing Saito and a bloody Nash. Saito says Nash sold them out for protection that Saito did not end up giving him. Saito offers Cobb the chance to kill Nash, which Cobb declines but adds he’ll never work with Nash again even if he isn’t caught/killed by their Cobol Inc. Cobb A
Saito
(Nash)
Arthur
35Voice over as Red narrates multiple scenes, talking about how Andy was raped repeatedly in his first two years. He fought back as much as he could but and ended up in solitaire or the infirmary often. He might have gone crazy, except something happened that changed everything in the spring of 1949.(Red )
Boggs;
Rooster
Andy
Guards
Doctor
35With his original plans in life cut off, he decides to return to the path and accept Ben's quest to go to Aaleran and train in the force. Luke returns to Ben and accepts his invitation to go to Alderaan. Luke
Ben
R2
C3PO
35Rebel troops run around, aim their weapons and prepare to fight the Walkers. Rebels
Walkers
39
36Saito asks Cobb about inception, which Cobb explains. Saito offers Cobb a job to put an idea into the heir of his competitor’s subconscious to break up his inherited business empire in exchange for erasing Cobb’s criminal record that prevents him from returning to America and being with his kids. Cobb reluctantly accepts the job. Saito tells Cobb to assemble his team and choose his people more wisely. Saito
Cobb A, B
Arthur
(Fischer)
364
Andy wins the guard’s favor and vanquishes his rapists.
Andy wins favor with the guards.Norton announces the roof of the license plate factory needs to be re-tarred. Team 1 volunteers in order to spend more time outside. Norton
Prisoners
Guards
Red
Andy
Heywood
364
Luke and Ben hire Han and Chewie to take them to Alderaan and fly away from Tatooine.
Ben enacts step #1 of his plan to get to Alderaan. They arrive at Mos Eisley, where Ben plans step #2: Hire a spaceship captain to take them to Alderaan. Ben, Luke, R2 and C3PO arrive at the spaceport city of Mos Eisley. While entering, they’re stopped by storm troopers looking for R2 and C3PO. Ben uses the force to mesmerize the storm troopers into leaving them alone. Luke
Ben
R2
C3PO
Stormtroopers
36Montage shot of Rebel snow speeders, including Luke’s, approach the Walkers. Rebel speeders
Luke
Walkers
40
373
Cobb recruits Ariadne to be his new architect.
Cobb makes a plan to find a new architect (get one from Miles), then enacts the plan, succeeds and gets the new architect (Ariadne). On Saito’s private jet, Arthur says the job is impossible. Cobb says he knows it is because he’s done it before but won’t say to who. Arthur asks where they’re going. Cobb says they’re going to Paris to get a new dream architect. Arthur
Cobb A, B
37On the license plate factory roof, Team 2 spreads tar while Hadley complains to Youngblood about how he’s going to be over-taxed on an inheritance he will be receiving. Hadley
(Hadley's wife )
Guards
Andy
Red
Heywood
37Luke parks his speeder in front of a bar. Ben makes a plan to hire a ship to take them to Alderaan in the bar. Luke
Ben
R2
C3PO
(Han )
37After shooting a Walker a few times without effect, Luke says on his radio that blasters don’t affect Walkers and to use harpoons and tow cables instead. Walkers
Luke
Rebel speeders
41
38Cobb enters an architecture class room and meets Miles. Miles tries to convince Cobb to go home and face the justice system. Miles also criticizes Cobb for being an idea thief. Cobb says he can’t go back and needs money, and his children need their father. Cobb A, B
Miles
(Cobb's kids)
38Andy tells Hadley he won’t have to pay taxes on his inheritance if he gives the money to his wife as a gift, but he’ll need someone to prepare the tax documents, which Andy will do in exchange for beers for Team 1. Andy
Hadley
(Hadley's wife )
Guards
Red
Heywood
38Ben completes step #2 of his plan to get to Alderaan. He hires Han and Chewie while badguys close in.

Han agrees to the quest under two conditions: Large payment upfront and another payment once they reach Alderaan.
Luke, Ben, R2 and C3PO enter the bar, but the bartender says R2 and C3PO must wait outside. Ben acquiesces. Luke
Ben
R2
C3PO
Bartender
38Luke’s snow speeder is hit, and his copilot, Dack dies. Luke
Dack
Walkers
42
39Cobb asks Miles to give him an architect for his team, and Cobb will give the architect money and the chance to build great things. Miles tells Cobb to be his own architect, and Cobb says Mal won’t let him. Cobb says this is his last job, and Miles reluctantly agrees to give him a gifted architect. Cobb A, B
Miles
(Mal)
39Team 1 drinks beers on the roof of the license plate factory. Andy
Hadley
Guards
Red
Heywood
39Ben speaks with Chewie while Luke waits at the bar. Ben
Chewie
Luke
39Walkers and snow speeders fight each other, both with successes and failures. Walkers
Rebel speeders
43
40Later, Miles introduces Cobb to Ariadne. Cobb offers Ariadne a job. Miles
Ariadne A
Cobb
40Andy and Red get to know each other, and Andy plans/prepares to escape.In the prison yard, Red and Andy play checkers. Andy says he’d like to make a chess board and carve his own pieces. Red asks Andy why he killed his wife and her lover, and Andy restates his innocence. Red confesses he did kill the person he went to jail for. Red
Andy
(Andy's wife )
(Andy's wife's lover )
Prisoners
40A brute harasses Luke. Ben tries to talk the brute down, but the brute gets violent. So Ben kills him with his light saber. Bar bully
Luke
Ben
40In a Walker, Veers tells Vader over the radio that he’s approaching the Rebel base and will disable the base’s shields in moments. Veers
Vader
Rebels
44
41Cobb trains Ariadne is how to be a dream architect and explains the rules and risks of the dream world, but Ariadne strays from the path and refuses the call to continue her quest as Cobb's architect because of Mal.On a rooftop, Cobb makes Ariadne draw a series a mazes that Cobb must find the path through in under a minute. After several unsuccessful attempts, Ariadne makes an unconventional maze Cobb can’t figure out in time. Cobb A
Ariadne A
41In Andy’s cell, he polishes a piece of limestone to make a chess piece out of and scratches a name in the wall with this rock hammer. Andy 41Outside the bar, C3PO sees a creature telling storm troopers about them. C3PO
Stormtroopers
41In his snow speeder, Luke tells Wedge he’ll have to harpoon the Walker they’re engaged with because Dack, Luke’s copilot, is dead. Luke
Wedge
(Dack)
Walkers
45
42In an empty warehouse, Arthur sets up a dream machine. Cobb A42In the prison movie theater, Andy asks Red to get him a Rita Heywood poster. Andy
Red
Prisoners
42In the bar, Ben and Luke hire Han and Chewie to fly them to Alderaan. Ben
Luke
Han
Chewie
42Wedge shoots a harpoon around a Walker’s legs and then circles the Walker, tying up its legs and making it trip and crash. Wedge
Walkers
46
43At a café, Cobb explains the duties of a dream architect to Ariadne. Then Ariadne realizes she’s in a dream, and the buildings explode. Cobb A
Ariadne A
43Andy gets raped, and the guards neutralize Bogs. While leaving the prison movie theater, Andy meets Team 3, who pushes him in the projection booth and attempts to rape him. Andy doesn’t cooperate. So they beat him within an inch of his life. Andy
Boggs
Rooster
43In the bar, Han sees storm troopers approaching and warns Ben. They all flee before the storm troopers arrive. Han
Chewie
Stormtroopers
Ben
Luke
43Montage of shots of Rebels, including Luke and Wedge, celebrating Wedge’s victory. Rebels
Walkers
Luke
Wedge
47
44In the empty warehouse, Cobb explains to Ariadne that dream-sharing was invented by the military to train soldiers for battle and that pain in the dreams feel real, but death just wakes you up. Cobb also says time moves slower in dreams than in real life.Cobb A
Ariadne A
44Voice over of Red explaining that Andy spent a month in traction, and Bogs spent a week in solitary. After Bogs gets out of solitary, he goes back to his cell where he’s beat and crippled by Hadley and Mert. Voice over as Red explains Team 3 never bothered Andy again. Andy
Boggs
Rooster
Hadley
Guards
Red
44Ben plans step #3 of their quest to get to Alderaan. They'll sell Luke's speeder to pay for Han's first condition: a large payment upfront.In the street, Ben makes a plan to sell Luke’s speeder. Ben
Luke
44In the Rebel base command center, Rieekan says they need to send more transports at a time but can’t protect them en mass. Leia says they have to try because they’re running out of time. Rieeken
Leia
(Rebels)
(The Empire)
48
45Back in the dream world, Cobb and Ariadne walk down a street. Cobb explains you can steal info from a dream by building a bank, safe, etc. and trick the subject into filling it with info they’re trying to protect. Cobbb explains the NPCs in a dream will attack the architect like white blood cells if they change too much. Cobb says not to build dreams with your memories so it’s harder to forget you’re in a dream and get stuck there. Ariande changes the world and attracts Mal, who kills her. Cobb A, B
Ariadne
Mal A, B
45In the prison yard, Team 1 watches Bogs get loaded into an ambulance to be transferred. Red suggests Team 1 gets Andy some rocks to make chess pieces out of as a welcome home gift for when he gets out of the hospital. Red
Heywood
Boggs
Guards
Prisoners
(Andy )
45Han encounters a complication in his quest to get to Alderaan. A bounty hunter states Jabba's goal of capturing Han dead or alive. Han kills the bounty hunter and escapes. In the bar, Han runs into Greedo, who says Jaba has put a bounty on Han’s life for dumping contraband from his ship when approaching a blockade. Greedo tries to kill Han, but Han shoots Greedo first. Han
Greedo
(Jabba )
(Ben )
(Luke )
455
Team 2 advances on Team 1 as Team 1 suffers losses and scrambles to escape.
In the Rebel base hangar, Han and Chewie frantically try to fix the Millennium Falcon. Han
Chewie
49
46In the empty warehouse, Cobb says the only way to leave a dream is to die. Arthur explains the need for a totem, a small object nobody else knows about that tells you if you’re in a dream. Ariadne says she won’t work for Cobb because she doesn’t want to share a dream with Mal. Then she leaves. Cobb A, B
Ariadne A, B
(Mal)
46Andy returns from the infirmary while his friends do him a kindness. While working in a field, Team 1 gathers large rocks for Andy.Red
Heywood
(Andy )
46Vader states step #1 and #2 of his plan to find the Rebels: Fly the Deathstar to Alderaan and threaten to blow it up if Leia doesn't tell him the location of the Rebel base.On the Deathstar, Vader makes a plan to blow up Alderaan. He orders an officer to fly the Deathstar to Alderaan. Vader
Officer
46C3PO oversees R2 being lowered into an X-wing spaceship that Luke will use to escape Hoth. C3PO
R2
Rebels
50
47Cobb spins his spindle top in the bathroom of the empty warehouse. The spindle top falls, proving he’s not still dreaming. Cobb B, A47In the prison laundry room, Red gets a shipment of contraband that includes Andy’s Rita Heywood poster. Red
Prisoners
(Andy )
47Ben completes step #3 of his plan to get to Alderaan. He sells Luke's speeder while badguys close in. In the streets of Mos Eisley, R2 and C3PO hide from more storm troopers. R2
C3PO
Stormtroopers
47As the battle on the surface of Hoth wages on, in his Walker, Veers orders his troops to advance. Veers
Stormtroopers
Rebels
51
484
Cobb recruits Eames and Yusuf while Arthur trains Ariadne.
Cobb makes a plan to find a new forger, enacts the plan and succeeds in recruiting Eames. Cobb returns from the bathroom and says Ariadne will be back because she can’t pass up the opportunity to create architecture in dreams. Then Cobb says he’s going to talk to Eames in Mombai. Arthur says Eames is on Cobol Inc.’s turf, and Cobb says the risk is necessary because Eames is a skilled forger. Cobb A
Ariadne
(Eames)
48Andy returns to his cell limping. He finds the Rita Heywood poster waiting for him. Andy
Guards
(Red )
48In the streets of Mos Eisley, Luke and Ben sell Luke’s speeder to a vendor. Luke
Ben
Vendor
48In his snow speeder, Luke talks to Zev over his radio. Luke tells Zev to use his harpoon on another Walker while Luke covers him. Luke
Zev
Walkers
52
49Cobb meets Eames in a casino in Mombasa and convinces him to hear his job offer. Cobb A
Eames
495
Andy gets a job in the library and doing guards’ taxes.
Norton recruits Andy to do bank work for the guards. The next morning, as the inmates exit their cells for breakfast, Red sees the poster on Andy’s wall.Guards
Prisoners
Red
(Andy )
49While completing step #1 of his plan to get to Alderaan (prep the Millenium Falcon), Han experiences a complication. Jabba confronts him demanding money, but Han neutralizes the complication by increasing his debt to Jabba. In a docking bay, Jabba confronts Han. Han tells Jaba he can pay him back for the lost contraband plus 20%. Jaba agrees. Jabba
Han
(Ben )
(Luke )
49Sev and Luke engage the Walker while coordinating their attack over the radio. Sev
Luke
Walkers
53
50Cobb offers Eames a job committing inception. Eames tells Cobb you need to plant the simplest version of an idea deep in the victim’s subconscious. Eames tells Cobb to exploit Fischer’s relationship with his father and that they’ll need a chemist to pull off the job. Cobb A
Eames
(Yusuf)
50Norton and Hadley enter cellblock 5 and perform a contraband search. They give other prisoners weeks in solitary for contraband found. Norton
Hadley
Guards
Prisoners
Andy
Red
50While completeing step #4 of Ben's plan to get to Alderaan (Leave Tatooine in the Millenium Falcon) (which is also step #2 of Han's plan), they experience a complication when stormtroopers attack, but they neutralize the complication by flying away in a hurry and going into hyperdrive. This is a semi-false victory, because they leave clue #5: The plans to the Deathstar are in the Millenium Falcon. In the docking bay Han and Chewie prep the Millennium Falcon for launch while Luke, Ben, R2 and C3PO board the ship. Han
Chewie
Ben
Luke
R2
C3PO
50Zev’s speeder is blown up by laser fire, and Luke’s speeder is critically hit with laser fire. Zev
Luke
Walkers
54
51Cobb and Eames flee from a Cobol henchman who is following Cobb. Cobb and Eames make plans to meet back at their original location in an hour. Cobb A
Eames
51Norton and Hadley search Andy’s cell. They question his rock collection and poster but let it slide. Norton tells Andy he’s heard he’s good with numbers. Voice over of Red explaining that the search was an excuse for Norton to size up Andy. Norton
Hadley
Andy
(Red )
51A creature points some storm troopers to the Millennium Falcon. The storm troopers attack Han and Chewie, who return fire. Stormtroopers
Han
Chewie
51Han meets Leia running through the halls of the Rebel base, and they flirt. An announcement over a loudspeaker says Imperial troops have breached the base. Leia tells a Rebel officer to issue a final evacuation order. Han
Leia
Stormtroopers
Rebels
55
52Cobb continues fleeing from the Cobol henchman and is saved by Saito.Cobb
Saito
52Andy starts working in the libraryWhile working in the prison laundry room, Hadley tells Andy he’s being taken off laundry duty. Andy is taken to Norton’s office where Norton tells Andy he has a new job befitting his education.Hadley
Andy
Prisoners
Norton
52The Millennium Falcon takes off amid laser gun fire from the storm troopers. Stormtroopers
Han
Chewie
Ben
Luke
R2
C3PO
52On the surface of Hoth, Rebel troops retreat as Imperial forces advance. Rebels
Stormtroopers
Walkers
56
53Later, Saito and Cobb pick up Eames.Saito
Cobb
Eames
53Andy enters the prison library where he tells Brooks he’s been reassigned. Brooks is unhappy but compliant. Guards
Andy
Brooks
Crow
(Norton )
53In space, the Millennium Falcon is attacked by tie fighters, but the Millennium Falcon escapes them by jumping to hyper drive. Han
Chewie
Ben
Luke
R2
C3PO
Tie fighters
53Luke jumps out of his damaged snow speeder and he blows up the Walker by climbing up it and throwing mines in it. Luke
Walkers
57
54Ariadne returns to the path and accepts her quest as Cobb's dream Architect, and Arthur continues her training. Ariadne returns to Arthur and accepts the job. Arthur offers to train her in dream architecture. Ariadne accepts. Ariadne A
Arthur
54As Brooks gives Andy the short tour of the library, Andy questions why Brooks is getting an assistant when he’s never had one. Brooks says he doesn’t know. Brooks
Andy
(Norton )
545
En route to Alderaan, Ben trains Luke in the force whole Vader blows up Alderaan. After arriving at Alderaan, the Millennium Falcon is abducted by the Deathstar. On the Deathstar, Team 1 makes a plan to save Leia and escape.
Vader completes step #2 of his plan to find the Rebel base. He blows up Alderaan, and Leia tells him the Rebel's location to prevent more deaths. This is a false victory for Vader though, because Leia tells him the wrong location. On the Deathstar, Vader makes Leia watch as he blows up her home planet of Alderaan. Leia tells Vader the location of the rebel base on Dantooine to prevent him from blowing up any more planets. Vader
Leia
(Rebels )
(Deathstar )
54In his Walker, Veers prepares to fire on the Rebel shield generators. Veers
Rebels
58
55In the dream world, Arthur teaches Ariadne to make Penrose steps and closed maps. He says the better the maze, the longer it takes dream projections to catch the dream architect. Arthur tells Ariadne Mal is messing with Cobb’s mind and that she’s dead in real life. Arthur
Ariadne A, B
(Cobb B, A)
(Mal)
55While working in the prison library, Hadley introduces Andy to Dekins. Dekins tells Andy he wants to set up a college fund for his children, and Andy helps him. Hadley
Guards
Andy
Brooks
55While completing step #5 of Ben's plan to get to Alderaan, Ben's team gets to know each other. On the Millennium Falcon, Ben makes Luke practice using the force and his light saber. Ben is distraught when he senses the disturbance in the force caused by the destruction of Alderaan. Ben
Luke
55In the Rebel base, Han and Leia run to the Millennium Falcon to evacuate themselves. Han
Leia
59
56Cobb's team makes a plan for investigate Browning for clues how to accomplish their goal of convincing Fischer to break up his father's business empire. In Mombasa, Saito says Fischer needs to break up his business empire to prevent a corrupt energy monopoly. Cobb says he needs more info on Fischer’s relationship with his father. Saito says he can get them access to Browning (Fischer’s right hand man and godfather) with the right references. Eames says he can forge references. Saito
(Fischer)
Cobb A
(Browning)
Eames
56In the mess hall, Brooks tells the rest of Team 1 about Andy’s encounter with Dekins. Andy says he’s being used by the guards. Red points out that at least it got him out of laundry duty. Andy makes a plan to expand the library by asking around for funds. Brooks says nobody gives money to prisoners. Brooks
Andy
Guards
Red
Heywood
56R2 and Chewie play chess. At Han's urging, R2 lets Chewie win. R2
Chewie
Han
56Vader strides through the halls of the Rebel base surrounded by storm troopers. Vader
Stormtroopers
60
57Eames helps Cobb recruit Yusuf as their chemisit. Yusuf makes a plan to use super strength Somnacin on Fischer. Eames takes Saito and Cobb to meet Yusuf, who shows them Somnacin (a sedative that makes you sleep deeply). Cobb tells Yusuf he needs to go into the dream world with them to make more Somnacin there so they can go three levels deep. Saito says he must go into the dream as well to make sure the job is completed. Eames
Cobb A
Saito
Yusuf
57Andy plans/prepares to improve the library.In Norton’s office, Andy asks Norton for more money for the library. Norton refuses. Andy asks permission to write letters to the government, and Norton agrees to allow him, reiterating it’s a fool’s errand. Andy
Norton
Government
57Vader learns of his false victory. The Rebels aren't where Leia said. On the Deathstar, an officer tells Vader that the rebel base on Dantooine is abandoned. Thus, Leia lied to Vader earlier. Officer
Vader
(Rebels )
(Leia )
57Han, Leia and C3PO continue running towards the Millennium Falcon. Han
Leia
C3PO
61
58Yusuf leads Cobb, Saito and Eames into a room full of sleeping men and says they come to dream and to be woken up each morning. They’re all addicted to the dream machine. They can’t dream without it, and the dream world has become their primary reality, where one hour of sleep equals ten hours of dream time. Yusuf
Cobb A
Saito
Eames
58In Andy’s cell, Andy writes a letter. Voice over of Red explaining Andy would write/send one letter a week to the government asking for funds for the library. Even though Andy never got a response, he kept writing.Andy
Government
(Red )
58Ben's team completes step #5 of their plan to get to Alderaan by leaving hyperspace and arriving near Alderaan. This is a false victory though, since Alderaan was destroyed by the Deathstar.

The Empire captures the Millenium Falcon and uses clue #5 to deduce the plans to the Deathstar are onboard, which means they'll kill the crew.
The Millennium Falcon leaves hyperspace near Alderaan and discovers the planet has been destroyed. Han
Chewie
Ben
Luke
R2
C3PO
58Han, Leia and C3PO arrive at the Millennium Falcon and meet a relieved Chewie. Han
Leia
C3PO
Chewie
62
59Cobb tests Yusuf’s Somnacin and wakes up unsure if he’s in the real world or dream world. He tries spinning his spindle top, and Saito sees him freaking out. Cobb A, B
(Yusuf)
Saito
59Andy's work with the guards escalatesIn the prison library, Andy is doing Mert’s taxes, and a line of prison guards are waiting for their turn. Voice over of Red explaining Andy did half the guard’s taxes that year. Andy
Guards
Brooks
(Red )
59The Millennium Falcon is attacked by a tie fighter. The Millennium Falcon tries to shoot it, but it is captured by the Deathstar’s tractor beam. Han
Chewie
Ben
Luke
R2
C3PO
Tie fighters
Deathstar
59Vader and his accompanying storm troopers continue walking down a hallway of the Rebel base. The storm troopers are panicked, but Vader is calm. Vader
Stormtroopers
63
605
Team 1 plans and prepares to implant an idea in Fischer’s subcsoncious.
Ariadne and Cobb get to know each other. Cobb explains how/why Mal complicates their plan and why Cobb needs Ariadne. As Ariadne builds her totem in the warehouse, she hears a noise in the other room. She investigates and finds Cobb, who is setting up a dream machine. Neither knew the other was there. Cobb says he’s testing something in the dream world. Then he tells her Mal invented the concept of a totem, and Mal is dead. Ariadne A, B
Cobb B, A
(Mal)
60In the prison library, Andy is doing more guards taxes. Voice over of Red explaining the next year Andy did all the guards’ taxes. Andy
Guards
Brooks
(Red )
60On the Deathstar, storm troopers prepare to board the Millennium Falcon as an officer orders the Deathstar’s shields up to prevent the Millennium Falcon from escaping. Stormtroopers
(Han )
(Chewie )
(Ben )
(Luke )
(R2 )
(C3PO )
(Deathstar )
60In the Millennium Falcon, Han and Chewie have problems getting the ship started. Han
Chewie
Leia
C3PO
64
61Ariadne says she’s designing the three dream worlds to relate to the part of the subconscious they’re accessing. Cobb says not to tell him so that Mal won’t know. Ariadne deduces this is why she is the architect and not Cobb. He doesn’t want the rest of the team to know Mal is a liability. He also says he can’t go home to his kids because the police think he killed Mal. Ariadne doesn’t ask if he did. Ariadne A, B
(Fischer)
Cobb B, A
(Mal)
61At the prison baseball field, guards from another prison play baseball against the Shawshank guards. Voice over of Red explaining the next year Andy did the taxes for other prisons’ guards, and softball season was moved to accommodate it. Each April Red got to get out of the wood working shop to help Andy with filing, which he was happy about. Andy
Guards
Brooks
(Red )
61On the Deathstar, an officer tells Vader the Millennium Falcon is the same ship that left Mos Eisley and it’s empty. Vader orders the ship to scanned for hiding passengers. Officer
Vader
(Han )
(Chewie )
(Ben )
(Luke )
(R2 )
(C3PO )
61Storm troopers enter the Rebel hangar. The Millennium Falcon shoots them. Stormtroopers
Han
Chewie
Leia
C3PO
65
62Cobb tells his team the plan to convince Fischer to break up his father's business empire. The next day, Cobb tells the team the master plan Implant the idea, “I will split up my father’s empire,” three levels deep into Fishcher’s subconscious. They do this by translating the idea into a positive emotional concept that they’ll partially have to figure out on the fly when they see what’s in Fischer’s subconscious. Cobb A
Saito
Arthur
Ariadne A
Eames
Yusuf
62Andy continues trying to improve the library.Outside Norton’s office, Andy puts a letter in the outgoing mail pile. Voice over of Red explaining Andy kept sending letters to the government asking for more library funds. Andy
(Government )
(Red )
62Ben's team makes a plan to escape the Deathstar and rescue Leia. Step #1 of the plan to escape the Deathstar is to find the tractor beam controls. Step #2 is for Ben to reach the tractor beam controls. Step #3 is to disable it. Step #4 is to return to the Millenium Falcon.

Han kills some Stormtroopers, and he and Luke disguise themselves as Stormtroopers.
On the Millenium Falcon, hiding in a smuggling compartment, Ben makes a plan to disable the tractor beam. Han
Chewie
Ben
Luke
R2
C3PO
(Deathstar )
62Han starts the engine of the Millennium Falcon and takes off. Stormtroopers
Han
Chewie
Leia
C3PO
66
63In the dream world, Ariadne tells the team that the three levels will be 1 Fischer’s relationship with his father, Maurice. 2 Ambition and self-esteem 3 “My father doesn’t want me to be him.” Eames says the emotional triggers will come from Fischer interacting with Browning. Saito says Eames will be flown to Sydney to meet Browning so that he can forge his likeness in the dream world. Ariadne A
(Fischer)
(Maurice)
(Browning)
Cobb A
Eames
Saito
Yusuf
63In Andy’s cell, he polishes a chess piece and looks longingly at his poster. Andy 63Two storm troopers bring a scanner onto the Millennium Falcon and are killed by Han. Stormtroopers
Han
Chewie
Ben
Luke
R2
C3PO
63Vader sees the Millennium Falcon fly away. Vader
Stormtroopers
Han
Chewie
Leia
C3PO
67
64Eames investigates Browning and finds clue #1 (Fischer's unfulfilled need for Maurice's approval). Then Eames tells Arthur how he can use this clue to manipulate Fischer.At Maurice Fischer’s office, Eames talks to Browning about litigating a court case instead of settling. They ask Maurice, who is bedridden and dying. Browning mentions the picture of Fischer with a pinwheel by Maurice’s bed must have been important to Fischer, not Maurice, since Maurice never looks at it. Eames
Browning
Maurice
(Fischer)
646
Brooks gets out of prison, fails to acclimate to freedom and kills himself.
Brooks prepares to leave ShawshankIn the prison yard, Floyd tells Red and Andy in a panic that Brooks needs help. They run to the prison library and find Brooks threatening to kill Heywood. Brooks is upset he’s getting paroled and feels killing Heywood is the only way to stay in prison. Andy talks Brooks down. Floyd
Andy
Red
(Brooks )
(Heywood )
64Han disguises himself as a storm trooper. He and Chewie kill two more storm troopers who were guarding the Millennium Falcon. Han
Chewie
Stormtroopers
64As Luke and Wedge get into X-wings, Luke says goodbye to Wedge and says he’ll meet him at the rendezvous. Then Luke takes off and flies into space. Luke
Wedge
68
65In the warehouse, Eames practices impersonating Browning and tells Arthur that he can suggest ideas to Fischer in the dream world, and Fischer will think about them when they go deeper into his subconscious, feeding the idea to himself so that it becomes self-generated. Eames as Browning
(Browning)
Arthur
(Fischer)
65In the prison yard, Andy asks Red why Brooks was freaking out about getting paroled, and Red explains that Brooks has been institutionalized. Andy
Red
(Brooks )
(Parole board )
65R2 completes step #1 of the plan to disable the tractor beam by hacking the Deathstar's computer. Ben states he will complete the rest of the steps alone.

While completing step #1, R2 finds clue #6: Leia's location.

Luke makes a plan to rescue Leia. Step #1 of the plan to rescue Leia is for Luke and Han is to lead Chewie to the detention cells while disguised as Stormtroopers. Step #2 is to break Leia out. Step #3 is to return to the Millenium Falcon.
R2 hacks the Deathstar’s computer system and finds the location of the tractor beam generator. Ben says he’ll go disable it. Han
Chewie
Ben
Luke
R2
C3PO
Deathstar
656
Luke flies to Dagobah as Team 2 chases the Millennium Falcon into an asteroid belt.
Luke tells R2 they’re not going to the rendezvous point. They’re going to the Degobah system. Luke
R2
69
66The team debates plans for how to fulfill the quest condition that Cobb's team must have total access to a heavily sedated for a long time.

Saito finds clue #2 Fischer will be on an airplane for a long time.

Saito makes an enacts a plan to buy the airline.
In a hotel lobby, Cobb and Eames try to figure out a good excuse to sedate Fischer for ten hours, such as surgeries. Saito suggests they sedate Fischer on his biweekly airplane trip from Sydney to Los Angeles. Cobb A
Eames
(Fischer)
Saito
66In Andy’s cell, Andy watches the morning light shine across his poster. Andy 66R2 locates Leia in the detention block. Luke convinces Han they need to rescue her. R2
(Leia)
Luke
Chewie
Han
C3PO
66The Millennium Falcon is pursued by Tie-fighters. Han says there are two Star Destroyers in front of them, which they’ll have to outmaneuver. Han
Liea
Chewie
C3PO
Tie-fighters
Star destroyers
70
67At an airfield, Fischer is about to board his private jet, but a distraught pilot tells him something. Then back in the hotel lobby, Cobb says they’ll need to buy every seat in the first class section of the public plane Fischer will take. Saito says he bought the whole airline. Fischer
Cobb A
Saito
67In the prison library, Brooks lets his crow fly free out the window. Brooks
Crow
67Luke comes up with a plan to save Leia. He and Han will dress as storm troopers and pretend to escort Chewie as a prisoner, and R2 and C3PO will stay with the Millennium Falcon. R2
(Leia)
Luke
Chewie
Han
C3PO
67The Millennium Falcon flies past the two Star Destroyers. Han
Liea
Chewie
C3PO
Tie-fighters
Star destroyers
71
68Yusuf tells Cobb's team his plan to sedate everyone and get them out of the dream world safely. In the warehouse, Yusuf explains his sedative will increase brain function, making an hour in real time last much longer in dream time. Yusuf has modified the sedative to allow inner ear function, so they can get out of the dream by creating a “kick,” like falling backwards in a chair. If the kick happens at all three layers at the same time, it will make a major kick that will wake them up from all the dreams. They’ll use music to synchronize the kicks. Yusuf
(Fischer)
Cobb A
Saito
Arthur
Ariadne
Eames
68Brooks enters his new life and show his reaction and plan.Montage of Brooks being let out of prison and making his way to his new apartment. Voice over of Brooks explaining in a letter to Team 1 how much things have changed and how out of place he feels. Brooks
Guards
(Andy )
(Red )
(Heywood )
686
Team 1 breaks Leia out of jail and escapes the Deathstar while Ben disables a tractor beam and gets killed by Vader.
While enacting step #1 of the plan to rescue Leia, Han and Luke's disguises fail, alerting the Empire. Han makes a new plan for Luke to break Leia out and return while Han holds off the incoming Stormtroopers. Luke and Han pretend to escort Chewie to the detention block. Luke
Chewie
Han
68Han tries to jump to light speed, but it doesn’t work. C3PO says the hyperdrive motor is broken. Han says they’re in trouble. Han
Liea
Chewie
C3PO
Tie-fighters
Star destroyers
72
69Cobb and Ariadne get to know each other. Cobb tells Ariadne more of his bacstory with Mal, the stakes of reuniting with his children and his doomed plan to control Mal. That night, Ariadne finds Cobb attached to a dream machine in the warehouse. She attaches herself to the dream machine and enters Cobb’s dream. Ariadne A, B
Cobb B
69A woman leads Brooks up some stairs to his apartment. She is terse and strict. Voice over of Brooks complaining about the world he’s returned to. Brooks
Landlady
(Andy )
(Red )
(Heywood )
69Luke, Han and Chewie’s cover is blown when a security guard stops them. Luke, Han and Chewie kill the security guard and more storm troopers. Luke
Chewie
Han
Stormtroopers
69As Han and Chewie frantically mess with controls an check things in the cockpit, they realize they’ve flown into an asteroid field. Han
Liea
Chewie
C3PO
Tie-fighters
Star destroyers
73
70Ariadne sees Mal trying to convince Cobb to kill himself to be with her. Mal sees Ariadne and leaves. Cobb chides Ariadne for being there. Ariadne says she wanted to see what tests he was running. Ariadne B, A
Cobb B
Mal
70Brooks stands in his room looking lost. Voice over of Brooks explaining the parole board got him an apartment at a boarding house and a job at a grocery store. Brooks
(Parole board )
(Grocery boss )
(Andy )
(Red )
(Heywood )
70Han makes a plan for Luke to go get the princess while Luke holds off any incoming storm troopers. Luke
Chewie
Han
Stormtroopers
70Han says they’ll fly into the asteroid field despite Leia and C3PO’s protests. Han
Liea
Chewie
C3PO
Tie-fighters
Star destroyers
74
71Cobb and Ariadne walk on a beach where Cobb’s children play. Cobb says he never sees their faces in the dream, and he wants to see their faces in real life. Cobb B
Ariadne B
Cobb's kids
71Brooks tries and fails to adjust and then kills himself. Brooks bags groceries at the grocery store. He is miserable. Voice over of Brooks explaining how miserable he is. Brooks
Grocery boss
(Andy )
(Red )
(Heywood )
71Luke completes step #1 and #2 of the new plan to rescue Leia. He reaches her cell and breaks her out. Luke breaks Leia out of her cell. Luke
Leia
71The Millennium Falcon races through the asteroid field. Some of the Tie-fighters following it hit asteroids and blow up. Han
Liea
Chewie
C3PO
Tie-fighters
Star destroyers
75
72In an elevator, Cobb and Ariadne go to the basement floor of a building. In the basement Mal tells Cobb they’re supposed to be together forever. Then Cobb shuts the elevator door, locking her in the basement. Ariadne deduces Cobb is trying to lock Mal away in a maze of dreams in his subconscious. She is skeptical that Cobb’s plan will work. Cobb B
Ariadne B
Mal
72Brooks sits alone feeding pigeons. Voice over of Brooks explaining he misses his crow. Brooks
(Crow )
(Andy )
(Red )
(Heywood )
72Vader uses the force to discover Ben. Vader states his new plan to find and kill Ben. Vader tells Tarkin that he sense Ben is on the Deathstar. Then a computer alerts Tarkin that there’s a security breach in the detention block. Tarkin sounds a general alarm, and Vader says he must face Ben alone. Vader
Tarkin
(Ben)
72Leia tells Han they need to get out of the asteroid field before they’re pulverized. Han says he’s going to take them closer to a big asteroid. Han
Liea
Chewie
C3PO
Tie-fighters
Star destroyers
76
73Cobb and Ariadne wake up in the warehouse. Saito enters and said Maurice just died in Sydney, and the funeral will be in Los Angeles. So they have to get ready. Ariadne says she needs to come into the dream as well to help control Mal since she knows Mal is a liability. Cobb reluctantly agrees. Cobb A, B
Ariadne A, B
Saito
(Maurice)
(Mal)
73Brooks wakes up in his sleep confused and afraid in his room. Voice over of Brooks explaining he has trouble sleeping at night.Brooks
(Prisoners )
(Andy )
(Red )
(Heywood )
73Luke and Leia complete step #3 of the new plan to rescue Leia. They meet back up with Han. They can't complete step #4 though, because their path is blocked. So Leia makes and enacts a new plan to take a different route. The she completes step #1 and #2 by creating a new path by blasting a hole in a vent and everybody jumping through it. This is a false victory though, because the path leads to a deadly dead end (a trash compactor). Luke and Leia meet back up with Han and Chewie. They determine their escape route is blocked and need to find another way back to the Millennium Falcon. Luke calls C3PO and asks him to find another escape route. Luke
Leia
Han
Chewie
(C3PO)
73As the Millennium Falcon dives towards a large asteroid, another asteroid hits the two Tie-fighters chasing the Millennium Falcon. Han
Liea
Chewie
C3PO
Tie-fighters
Star destroyers
77
74Cobb's team enacts step #1, #2 and #3 of phase #1 of their plan to convince Fischer to break up his father's business empire. They board the plane with him, sedate him and hook everybody up to the dream machine. At the airport, Cobb tells Saito he’ll be arrested when they land in Los Angeles if Saito doesn’t hold up his end of the bargain. Saito says he will erase Cobb’s criminal record with a phone call after Cobb finishes the job. Cobb A, B
Saito
74Brooks is bagging groceries at the grocery store. Voice over of Brooks explaining he thinks about buying a gun and robbing the grocery store so he can go back to prison. Brooks
(Grocery boss )
(Andy )
(Red )
(Heywood )
74Storm troopers attack Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia. Leia shoots a grate in the wall, and the team jumps through it. Luke
Leia
Han
Chewie
Stormtroopers
74Han sees a good place to land on an asteroid and maneuvers the Millenium Falcon. Leia and C3PO are surprised and confused. Han
Liea
Chewie
C3PO
Tie-fighters
Star destroyers
78
75Eames, Cobb, Ariadne and Arthur get seated on the plane next to Fischer. Eames steals Fischer’s passport and gives it to Cobb. Then the plane takes off. Cobb A
Ariadne A
Team 1
Fischer
75Brooks is packing his possessions in a carry bag. Voice over of Brooks explaining he’s too old for crime.Brooks
(Andy )
(Red )
(Heywood )
75Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia slide into a trash compactor room. Luke tries to call C3PO on his radio, but there is no answer. Luke
Leia
Han
Chewie
Stormtroopers
(C3PO)
757
Luke finds/trains with Yoda as the rest of Team 1 hides in an asteroid and tries to fix the Millennium Falcon.
Luke flies over Dagobah. He tells R2 his sensors aren’t picking up any technology but lots of life on the surface of the planet. Luke
R2
79
76Cobb hands Fischer’s passport back to him and says he must have dropped it. The flight attendant brings them both water, and Cobb puts a sedative in Fischer’s. Cobb A
Fischer
76Dressed in his best clothes, Brooks hangs himself in his room. Voice over of Brooks explaining he doesn’t like it where he is, and he’s leaving. And nobody will notice he’s gone. Brooks
(Andy )
(Red )
(Heywood )
76Stormtroopers fulfill step #1 of Vader's orders to search the Millenium Falcon for rebels. They find C3PO and R2, who avoid death by claiming to be Imperial droids and escape. This is a false victory though, because they can get lost and can't help their friends by using the same comm port to hack the Deathstar. Storm troopers board the Millennium Falcon and find C3PO and R2. C3PO lies and says they’re imperial droids and need to go to the maintenance department. The storm troopers let them go. Storm troopers
R2
C3PO
76Luke crashes his X-wing. Luke
R2
80
77Once Fischer is asleep, the team sets up their dream machines. Fischer
Cobb A
Ariadne A
Team 1
77Brooks's friends react to his death and honors him. In the prison exercise yard, Andy reads Brooks’ letter. Red says Brooks should have died in prison. Andy
Red
Heywood
(Brooks )
77Luke's team suffers the consequences of their false failure. They're stuck in a shrinking trash compactor. After several failed attempts, they succeed at contacting R2, who finds a new comm port, hacks the Deathstar and reverses the trash compactor and opens a new path for Luke's team to complete step #4 of their new plan to rescue Leia. The trash compactor room begins to shrink. Luke finally gets C3PO on the radio, and R2 hacks the Deathstar’s computer system and shuts off the trash compactor room and opens the door. Luke
Leia
Han
Chewie
C3PO
R2
77R2 falls in the swamp and is briefly attacked by a swamp monster. Luke begins to question whether coming to Dagobah was a wise idea. R2
Luke
81
786
Level 1 of the dream world.
In level 1 of the dream world, Cobb's team enacts steps #1, #2, and #3 of phase #2 of their plan to convince Fischer to break up his father's business empire. They kidnap Fischer, take him to a safe place and then pretend to be kidnappers looking for the combination to Maurice's safe, which contains something valuable.

The team encounters two complications that raise the stakes of failure. Saito gets shot, and Cobb reveals that if they die in the dream world, they'll fall into a limbo coma. They debate continuing the quest and decide to continue.
On a New York street in level 1 of the dream world, the team gets in a sedan, then rear-ends a taxi and then steals the taxi. They make plans to get Fischer into the taxi, and the sedan follows the taxi.Cobb A
Ariadne A
Team 1
(Fischer)
78In the library, Andy discovers Brook’s crow had returned to the library and died of starvation or grief on a shelf waiting for Brooks. Andy
Crow
(Brooks )
78Ben completes step #2 and #3 of his plan to escape the Deathstar. He reaches the tractor beam controls and disables it. Then he begins step #4: return to the Millenium Falcon.Ben arrives at the tractor beam generator and shuts it down. Ben78Piett enters Vader’s room and tells him the Millennium Falcon entered an asteroid field. Vader says to pursue it despite the risks. Piett
Vader
(Millenium Falcon)
82
79The team picks up Fischer in the taxi and then point guns at him, revealing this is a kidnapping. Then bullets fly through the windows and the sedan his hit by a train. The taxi is surrounded by black SUVs, and there’s a gun fight in which Saito is shot in the belly. The taxi narrowly escapes. Cobb A
Ariadne A
Tream 1
Fischer
79In the wood shop, Red is making something. Voice over of Red explaining Andy suggested Team 1 does something, and everyone agreed. Red
Andy
(Brooks )
(Heywood )
79Storm troopers enter the room Ben is in. He uses the force to distract them while he slips away. Stormtroopers
Ben
79Han and Chewie mess with a bunch of controls. Han says C3PO needs to diagnose the problem with the hyperdrive. The Millennium Falcon lurches, and C3PO says the asteroid isn’t stable. Han
Chewie
C3PO
Leia
83
80The team transfers Fischer to a warehouse. Cobb deduces Fischer has been trained to protect his subconscious from extraction, and that’s why they were attacked by SUVs and a train. Cobb admits their mind will get stuck in subconscious limbo if they die in this heavily sedated of a dream.Cobb A
Ariadne A
Tream 1
Fischer
80While working on a chain gang in a field, Team 1 buries Brook’s crow in a small casket, and Red gives a eulogy for Brooks and his crow. Red
Andy
Heywood
(Brooks )
(Crow )
Guards
80Luke's team ecounters a complication while completing step #4 of their plan to escape the Deathstar. They run into more Stormtroopers. Han uses his flaw and strays from the path by chasing the Stormtroopers with Chewie. Luke and Leia continue moving towards the Millenium Falcon.Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia run into storm troopers and fight them. Han and Chewie chase a fleeing storm trooper, and Luke and Leia head towards the Millennium Falcon. Luke
Leia
Han
Chewie
Stormtroopers
80Leia and Han flirt. Leia
Han
84
81The team chides Cobb for not revealing the risks to them. Cobb says it was the only way he could see his children. Eames refuses to go deeper into Fischer’s subconscious, but Cobb says he’ll be killed by security if he stays. Deeper is the only way forward. The team agrees to continue the plan. Team 1
Cobb A, B
Ariadne A
(Fischer)
(Cobb's kids)
817
Andy builds up the library, gets in trouble for playing music and celebrates his 10 year anniversary.
Andy improves the library but gets sent to solitary for an act of defiance and humanity.Norton storms into the prison exercise yard and angrily accuses Andy of doing something wrong. Hadley orders Andy to go to Norton’s office. Norton
Andy
Prisoners
(Government )
81Han experiences the consequence of using his flaw and straying from the path. He an Chewie meet more Stormtroopers. With no other options, he turns and runs away in the direction he came.

Meanwhile, Luke and Leia also encounter a complication: more Stormtroopers. They're to stray from the path and run away.

Ben encounters a complication in the form of Stormtroopers, but he uses the force to evade them and continues on his quest to return to the Millenium Falcon, but this is a false victory, since Vader is closing in on Ben.
Han runs into more storm troopers. So he turns around and runs back. He meets Chewie, and they both run away together. Han
Stormtroopers
Chewie
81On Dagobah, as Luke fixes his X-wing, Yoda comes to him and says he’ll lead Luke to Yoda in exchange for a flashlight. Luke agrees. Luke
Yoda
R2
85
82Cobb and Arthur pretend to be kidnappers. They tell Fischer they want the combination to Maurice’s safe. Fischer says he doesn’t know the combination. Cobb says they have it on good authority that he does. Cobb A
Arthur
Fischer
(Maurice)
(Browning)
82In Norton’s office, Hadley shows Andy several boxes of library material, $200 and a letter from the government saying they’ve filled Andy’s request and to stop sending letters. Andy says he’s going to write two letters a week now. Hadley tells Andy to get the boxes out of the office. Then Hadley leaves. Andy
Hadley
(Government )
82Luke and Leia run from storm troopers.Luke
Leia
Stormtroopers
82C3PO tells Han he needs to replace a part on the Millennium Falcon to get the hyperdrive working. C3PO
Han
Chewie
Leia
86
83Yusuf finds clue #3 a photo of Fischer's pinwheel that he gave to Maurice.

Eames enacts step #4 of phase #2 of the plan to manipulate Fischer by turning into Browning.
In an adjacent office in the warehouse, Yusuf finds the picture of Fischer with a pinwheel that was in Maurice’s real office. Then Eames turns himself into Browning. Cobb says Eames has one hour to manipulate Fischer instead of ten hours since Saito is dying. Yusuf
(Maurice)
Eames as Browning
Cobb A
(Fischer)
(Saito)
83Andy looks at the records, then puts one on the record player next to the prison intercom microphone. Andy plays classical music throughout the prison. Andy
Guards
Prisoners
Red
83Ben evades storm troopers as Vader follows him. Ben
Stormtroopers
Vader
83Leia and Han flirt. Han kisses Leia. Leia
Han
87
84In level 1 of the dream world, Eames enacts step #5 of phase #2 of the plan to manipulate Fischer. He pretends to be Browning and getting tortured by the kidnappers for info.

Eames enacts step #6 of phase #2 of the plan to manipulate Fischer. He gets to know Fischer, who gives him clue #4 The last word Maurice said to Fischer was "disappointed."
Fischer hears Browning screaming like he’s being tortured. Fischer tells them to stop and that he’ll talk to Browning and figure out the combination. Fischer
Eames as Browning
Cobb A
Arthur
84All the prisoners stop and listen in awe as Andy barricades the door to prevent the guards from entering. Voice over of Red glorifying the event and saying Andy got two weeks solitary confinement for his misdeed. Andy
Prisoners
Guards
84R2 and C3PO are experiencing the consequence of their false victory. They're lost on the Deathstar. So they make and enact a plan to find their team members by using a comm port to hack the Deathstar. C3PO wonders where their team is. R2 hacks the Deathstar computer system to find out. C3PO
R2
84Vader tells several commanders to keep looking for the Millennium Falcon. Then Piett tells Vader that the Emperor wants to speak with him. Vader
Imperial officers
Piett
(The Emperor)
88
85Browning is brought in to talk to Fischer. Browning tells Fischer that Maurice loved him in his own way. Fischer says that Maurice’s last word to him was “disappointed.”Eames as Browning
Fischer
(Maurice)
85Andy is sitting in solitary confinement contendedly listening to music in his head. Andy 85Han and Chewie's complication continues and escalates. They're still being chased by Stormtroopers.Han and Chewie run from storm troopers. Han
Chewie
Stormtroopers
85Vader speaks with a hologram of the Emperor in his chamber. The Emperor says the force is strong with Luke Skywalker and he poses a threat. Vader says Skywalker would make a powerful ally, and he will try to convert or kill him. The Emperor approves of the plan. Vader
The Emperor
(Luke)
89
86In level 1 of the dream world, Cobb restates the stakes of failure to foreshadow Saito dying and getting stuck in limbo. Cobb talks to Saito. He restates the risk of Saito dying and getting trapped in limbo for a lifetime and waking up a vegetable. Cobb A
Saito
86In the mess hall, Team 1 discusses Andy’s misdeed. Andy says it was worth it because it reminded him he is free, and they need to remember music. Red
Heywood
Andy
(Guards )
86Vader completes step #1 of his plan to kill Ben by finding him. This adds a new condition to Ben's quest to return to the Millenium Falcon if. Ben can't continue until he kills Vader. So Ben prepares to fight Vader. Ben meets Vader and they prepare for a light saber fight. Ben
Vader
86Yoda says he can’t train Luke because he’s impatient. Luke begs, and Yoda agrees to train him. Yoda
Luke
90
87In level 1 of the dream world, Cobb and Ariadne get to know each other. Cobb states Mal's goal and motive to prevent Cobb from completing his mission to reunite with his children. Ariadne asks Cobb what happened when Cobb and Mal were stuck in limbo. Cobb says he and Mal were experimenting with multi-level dreams and didn’t realize how fast time past and how you could forget what’s real. Cobb wanted to leave, but Mal wanted to forget that she was dreaming. When they woke, Mal still believed they were in a dream and wanted to commit suicide to wake up. She set up Cobb to force him to kill himself. She did. He didn’t, and he had to flee the police. Ariadne B
Cobb B
(Mal)
87Red and Andy celebrate Andy's 10 year anniversary and their friendshipIn the parole room, Red gives the same speech to the parole board as he did earlier and is rejected again. Red
Parole board
87Luke, Liea, Han and Chewie recover from their setbacks by accidentally finding each other and reuniting. They state their plan to continue step #4 of their plan to escape the Deathstar: getting back to the Millenium Falcon. Luke states the stakes of Ben failing his quest to disable the tractor beam. Luke and Leia meet back up with Han and Chewie. They plan to get back to the Millennium Falcon. Han hopes Ben disabled the tractor beam. Luke
Leia
Han
Chewie
(Ben)
87Leia thinks about Han in the cockpit until an alien bat lands on the windshield and startles her. She runs out of the cockpit. Leia
Han
Bats
91
88In level 1 of the dream world, Eames enacts step #7 of phase #2 of the plan to manipulate Fischer. He tells Fischer that Maurice's safe contains a will that breaks up his business empire.

Cobb enacts step #8 of phase #2 of the plan to manipulate Fischer. He threatens Fischer at gunpoint to give him six numbers.

Fischer gives Cobb clue #5 Fischer's six numbers.
Browning tells Fischer that Maurice’s safe contains a second will that breaks up his business empire. Cobb enters and puts a gun to Browning’s head and asks Fischer for the combination. Fischer says the first six numbers he can think of. Cobb repeats the numbers over a phone and says it didn’t work. Then he puts bags over Fischer and Browning’s heads. Eames as Browning
Fischer
(Maurice)
88Red emerges into the exercise yard unsurprised and unbothered by his parole rejection. Andy gives him an anniversary gift of a harmonica. Andy asks Red to play it, but Red says, “Not today.” Red
Andy
Prisoners
88Luke's team's quest and Ben's quest meet, when Luke's team sees Ben fighting Vader. This is a complication for Luke's team's quest since it's a distraction and possible loss of a team member.Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia see Ben fighting Vader on a walkway above them. Luke
Leia
Han
Chewie
Ben Vader
88Leia tells Han they’re not alone. Han says he’ll go check it out. Leia says she’ll go with him. Leia
Han
(Bats)
92
89In level 1 of the dream world, Cobb's team enacts step #9 of phase #2 of the plan to manipulate Fischer. They put him in a van and sedate him more.

Cobb states the condition that they need to find a way to use Fischer and Maurice's estrangement to their advantage.

Cobb states the plan to fulfill the condition They will reconcile Fischer and Maurice by destroying Fischer's relationship with Browning by pretending to be projections protecting him from Browning's extraction.

Cobb's team enacts step #10 and #11 of phase #2 of the plan to manipulate Fischer. Yusuf drives the van towards the kick-bridge while the rest of the team uses the dream machine to go one level deeper in the dream world.
Fischer is put in a van and given more sedative. Eames tells Cobb that Fischer’s emotions about his estrangement between his father are intense, which will help plant the idea. The team just needs to find a way to reconcile their estrangement. Cobb says they need to move before Fischer’s projections block them in. Fischer
Cobb A
Ariadne A
Team 1
89In Andy’s cell block, Andy finds a Marylin Monroe poster with a note from Red that says, “Happy 10 year anniversary.” Andy
(Red )
89C3PO and R2 enact and continue on their quest to return to the Millenium Falcon.C3PO and R2 move through the hallways of the Deathstar evading storm troopers. C3PO
R2
Stormtroopers
89Han, Leia and Chewie exit the Millennium Falcon and discover there are Mynocks in the cave, and the cave walls are the inside of a living creature. Han rushes everyone inside. Han
Leia
Chewie
Bats
93
90Driving away in the van, Cobb says they need to repair Fischer’s relationship with Maurice by destroying Fischer’s relationship with Browning. Cobb says he’ll pretend to be one of Fischer’s projections in the next level. Arthur says it won’t work, but Cobb says it will if they distract Fischer with a pretty woman to throw off his concentration. They the team uses their dream machines to enter the next level of the dream world. Cobb A
(Fischer)
(Maurice)
Ariadne A
Team 1
90In Red’s cell, Red stares at the ceiling and briefly considers playing the harmonica but puts it back. Red
(Andy )
90Ben fails his quest to return to the Millenium Falcon when he's killed Vader. Luke and his team show their emotional reaction, but they're interrupted when a new complication arises in the form of more Stormtroopers.

Ben's death is a false failure, because Ben's voice speaks to Luke and tells him to continue on his quest. So Ben isn't really dead.
Vader kills Ben as Luke watches. Vader
Ben
Luke
Chewie
Han
Leia
90Han prepares the ship for takeoff, dismissing Leia’s advice to stay put. Han
Leia
Chewie
Bats
94
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Level 2 of the dream world.
In level 2 of the dream world, Cobb and Eames enact step #1 and #2 of phase #3 of the plan to manipulate Fischer. Eames (as Pretty woman) flirts with Fischer, and Cobb introduces himself to Fischer as the head of his security team, and says the Pretty woman stole Fischer's wallet.

Meanwhile, Arthur states the risk of the plan to Ariadne.
In the second level of the dream world, in a hotel lobby, Fischer sits at a bar talking to a pretty woman. Cobb enters. Across the room, Arthur tells Ariadne that Cobb is going to pretend to be a projection to turn Fischer against his real projections. Fischer
Eames as Pretty woman
Cobb A
Arthur
Ariadne
91Andy completes his quest to improve the library. In the library, a work crew expands the library. Voice over of Red explaining the government gave a large donation and recurring payment to the library just to get Andy to stop sending letters. Government
Andy
(Red )
91Luke shoots at storm troopers, but Ben’s voice magically tells Luke to run. Luke, Han, Chewie and Leia run towards the Millennium Falcon. Ben
Luke
Chewie
Han
Leia
Stormtroopers
91The Millennium Falcon takes off just in time to escape the cave (which is actually a monster’s mouth) closing in on them. Han
Leia
Chewie
95
92Cobb introduces himself to Fischer. The woman walks away, leaving a napkin with the combination numbers Fischer said earlier written on it like a phone number. Cobb
Fischer
Eames as Pretty woman
92In the library, Andy oversees a delivery of new books. Andy is very proud of himself. Andy
Red
Heywood
92Luke's team completes step #4 of their plan to escape the Deathstar. They board the Millenium Falcon. They complete step #5 and #6. They start the Millenium Falcon and fly it away. The team is aboard the Millennium Falcon. Han flies it away from the Deathstar.Luke
Chewie
Han
Leia
R2
C3PO
92Luke trains with Yoda, who teaches him about the force. Luke
Yoda
96
93Arthur tells Ariadne that Cobb’s gambit is dangerous because it draws attention to the team. Arthur
Ariadne
93In the wood shop, Red makes a sign for the library, naming it in memory of Brooks. Voice over of Red explaining it was the best prison library for hundreds of miles. Red
Andy
(Brooks )
937
The Millennium Falcon fights Tie-fighters as it escapes the Deathstar.
After Luke shows his emotional reaction to Ben's death, Luke's team experiences a complication in their escape plan when Tie-fighters attack them. They make, enact and complete a plan to use evasive maneuvers and cannons to blow up the Tie-fighters.

The fight sequence goes as follows:
Plan/prepare
Prepare
Approach
Bad guys attack/advance
Emotional reaction/state the stakes
Good guys attack/advance X2
Emotional reaction/state the stakes
Good guys attack/big win
Victory dance
Escape/complete quest

This is a false victory though, because Tarkin put a homing beacon on the Millenium Falcon.
Leia comforts Luke as he mourns Ben’s death. Leia
Luke
(Ben)
93Yoda tells Luke to enter a path between dark trees to confront the dark side of the force. Yoda
Luke
97
94Cobb tells Fischer that he’s the head of Fischer’s subconscious security team and that the woman stole Fischer’s wallet. Cobb
Fischer
(Eames as Pretty woman)
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Norton begins stealing money, and Andy helps launder his money.
Norton starts a business, and Andy helps him embezzle the profits. Montage of Norton campaigning in public. Voice over of Red explaining how that year, Norton made a name for himself using his prisoners as slave labor doing contract work for the government.Norton
Government
Guards
Prisoners
94Han sees Imperial fighters coming towards them. He tells Chewie to power up the deflector shields while he prepares the ship’s weapons. Han goes and tells Luke they have to fight. Han
Chewie
Tie-fighters
Luke
94Luke enters the space between the dark trees and meets Vader. They have a light saber battle, and Luke cuts off Vader’s head, which has Luke’s face. Luke
Vader
98
95In level 2 of the dream world, Eames takes the prize (Fischer's wallet) for his success to Saito in an elevator, where they feel repercussions from events in level 1 of the dream world. The woman meets Saito on an elevator, and the woman reveals herself to be Eames. The elevator shakes, and Eames says it was caused by the van Yusuf is driving in level 1 of the dream world. Eames as Pretty woman
Saito
(Yusuf)
95On the side of a road, Team 1 works on a chain gang. A reporter asks for a photo, and they are uncooperative. Heywood in particular taunts the reporter. Reporter
Guards
Heywood
Andy
Red
95Han returns to the driver’s seat while Leia and Luke prepare to fire the ship’s guns. Han
Chewie
Luke
Leia
Tie-fighters
958
Team 1 flies to Cloud City and is taken hostage by Lando as Luke prematurely ends his training with Yoda to go save his friends.
Vader tells a group of bounty hunters they will be paid a fortune to capture the Millennium Falcon. Piett tells Vader their ship’s sensors have found the Millennium Falcon. Vader
Boba Fett
(The Millenium Falcon)
99
96In level 1 of the dream world, Yusuf experiences complications completing step #10 of phase #2 of the plan to manipulate Fischer. The van he's driving to the kick-bridge is attacked by guards. In level 1 of the dream world, Yusuf drives the van crazily evading black SUVs. Yusuf
Guards
96Heywood sits in solitary confinement looking bummed. Voice over of Red explaining prisoners weren’t allowed to express their views. Heywood
(Guards )
(Red )
96The team tracks the incoming Imperial fighters and engages them. Han
Chewie
Luke
Leia
Tie-fighters
96A Star Destroyer chases the Millenium Falcon. C3PO tells Han the rear deflector shields are out. Han turns the ship around and flies straight toward the Star Destroyer. Han
Liea
Chewie
C3PO
Tie-fighters
Star destroyers
100
97In level 2 of the dream world, Cobb enacts step #3 of phase #3 of the plan to manipulate Fischer. He tells Fischer he's there to protect him from extraction. Cobb tells Fischer he’s there to protect Fischer from extraction. Cobb
Fischer
97At a work site, Ned complains to Norton that his slave labor is underbidding the competition and putting them out of business. Ned bribes Norton to get the contract for the job they’re at. Norton says he’ll take his crew elsewhere. Voice over of Red explaining that Norton found 100 ways to skim money out of the contract chain gang business. Norton
Contractor
Prisoners
(Government )
97The Imperial fighters rock the Millennium Falcon with laser fire. Han
Chewie
Luke
Leia
Tie-fighters
97On the Star Destroyer, Needa watches the Millenium Falcon fly toward the Imperial ship and then disappear. Needa tells an officer he’ll apologize to Vader for losing the Millennium Falcon and to keep scanning for it. Needa
The Millenium Falcon
(Vader)