V: All too easy.
(Vader throws the switch, and the steam billows up. Vader turns away, and then hears a clanging sound and turns back to see that Luke has jumped up into the tubing above the pit.)
V: Impressive. Most impressive.
(Vader slashes at the tubing near Luke.)
A: Hey, are those frolicking handmaidens over there?
V: What? Where?
(Luke drops down, grabs a tube, and hits Vader with a faceful of steam.)
V: AAAGGGHHH!
(Luke retrieves his lightsaber and defends himself.)
V: You distracted me on purpose!
A: I did not!
V: Yes, you did!
A: No, I- Well, okay, I did. I'm just trying to give the kid a sporting chance!
V: Well, stop it!
(Vader urges Luke to give in to his anger, and Luke presses the attack, pushing Vader back.)
A: Might want to watch your step here. They were waxing this part of the floor a little while ago.
(Vader cries out as his feet go out from under him and he tumbles off of the platform.)
A: See? Told you.
(Luke drops down after him, walks through a brightly-lit tube, and emerges into a corridor with a large circular window. Vader steps out of the shadows to greet him. Then Vader begins using the Force to rip equipment out of the walls and pummels Luke with it.)
A: Okay, back in the old days, we used to call this "cheating".
V: I'm evil. Get over it.
A: What's next? Gonna punch some old ladies? Start breaking windows?
V: That's not a bad idea.
A: You're going to punch some old ladies?!
V: No, no. The other one.
(Vader hurls a piece of equipment at the window, breaking it. The air rushes out, and he grabs at the wall to steady himself, while Luke gets sucked out. Vader makes his way over to the broken window and looks out to see Luke dangling off the edge of a gantry below. As he watches, Luke grabs at the railing and begins to haul himself up.)
A: Wow. The one walkway in the galaxy that actually has handrails, and he finds it. The Force really is with him!
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(Luke, having been hurled through a window and down onto a gantry, makes his way into a lighted corridor. Vader springs out, and the lightsaber duel continues, Vader frequently striking the corridor walls and sending out showers of sparks.)
ANAKIN: Far be it from me to question your technique, but is there a reason you're swinging that thing around like a drunken Wookiee?
VADER: Yes.
(pause)
A: And that reason is...?
V: I...just like making the pretty sparks.
A: Oh. Well, I suppose that's all right, then.
(Vader forces Luke backward out onto the narrow walkway and knocks him to the ground.)
V: (aloud) You are beaten. It is useless to resist. Don't let yourself be destroyed as Obi-Wan did.
(Luke bats Vader's lightsaber away and regains his feet. After a flurry of blows, he lands a strike against Vader's shoulder. Vader cries out.)
V: Hey! I just polished that armor you little-!
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