the imperial stardestroyer comes over the surface of the planet tatooine.
imperial tie fighter races toward the death star.
several tie fighters approach the death star.
the millennium falcon zooms into infinity in less than a second.
the fighter races past the corellian pirateship.
the pirateship zooms over the camera and away into the vastness of space after the imperial tie fighter.
the tie fighter is losing ground to the larger pirateship as they race toward camera and disappear over head.
two tie fighters dive down toward the pirateship.
a tie fighter streaks in front of the starship.
a tie fighter heads right for the pirateship, then zooms overhead.
two tie fighters move toward and over the millennium falcon, unleashing a barrage of laserbolts at the ship.
two more tie fighters cross in front of the pirateship.
a tie fighter moves up over the pirateship, firing laserblasts at it.
the tie fighter zooms toward the pirateship, firing destructive blasts at it.
the surface of the death star ominously approaches the red planet yavin.
the death star begins to move around the planet toward the tiny green moon.
the death star slowly moves behind the massive yellow surface of yavin in the foreground, as many x-wing fighters flying in formation zoom toward us and out of the frame.
the group of x-wing fighters move in formation toward the death star, unfolding the wings and locking them in the "x" position.
the fighters, now x-shaped darts, move in formation. the death star now appears to be a small moon growing rapidly in size as the rebel fighters approach. complex patterns on the metallic surface begin to become visible. a large dish antenna is built into the surface on one side.
as the fighters move closer to the death star, the awesome size of the gargantuan imperial fortress is revealed. half of the deadly space station is in shadow and this area sparkles with thousands of small lights running in thin lines and occasionally grouped in large clusters; somewhat like a city at night as seen from a weather satellite.
two squads of rebel fighters peel off. the x-wings dive towards the death star surface. a thousand lights glow across the dark grey expanse of the huge station.
an x-wing zooms across the surface of the death star.
x-wings continue in their attack course on the death star.
luke's x-wing races toward the death star. laserbolts streak from luke's weapons, creating a huge fireball explosion on the dim surface.
luke's ship soars away from the death star's surface as he spots the tailing tie fighter.
the imperial tie fighter pilot scores a hit on luke's ship. fire breaks out on the right side of the x-wing.
the tie fighter explodes, filling the screen with white light. luke's ship can be seen far in the distance.
red leader roams down the trench of the death star as lasers streak across the black heavens.
red twelve's x-wing fighter is hit by vader's laserfire, and it explodes into flames against the trench.
the rebel ships race toward the fourth moon of yavin.