Imperial Life
Written & submitted by Tom Munkresand Janus Arinia

[music starts as a shuttle lands in the Executor's docking bay. Hatch opens and camera follows a stromtrooper's feet, slowly pulling out/panning up to reveal his head when he begins to sing]

Trooper:Now You can tell by the way I march and walk
I'm the Empires man no time to talk
Orders loud and blasters warm,
I make the rebels wish that they weren't born.

[trooper walks past a TIE pilot climbing into
his TIE Bomber. Pilot sings next verse]

Pilot:And now it's alright, I'm OK
Fly my TIE another day.
We can try, to understand
the Holonet's effect on man.

[all the personel in the bay join in an
elaborate dance number for the chorus]

Personel:Whether your a pilot or whether your a trooper it's
Imperial life, Imperial life
Feel the shields-a breakin and start the rebels shakin'
It's Imperial life, Imperial life
ah ah ah ah Imperial life, Imperial life,
ah ah ah ah Imperial liii-iiiiii-iiiiife

[A Rebel Ship recently tractored in
opens it's doors and pours out troops.]

[blaster fire in time with music. View
pulls out to reveal it is just a view
screen in the Executor's Bridge pit, a
gunnery Ensign walks by and starts singing]

Gunner:Now I aim low and I aim high,
and when I can't hit either I really try.
Got the spit and polish on my shoes.
I'm a gunnery man and I just can't lose.

You know it's alright, it's OK,
Shoot them rebels another day.
We can try, to understand,
The Holonet's effect on man.

[Various pit crew members sing over
their shoulders, swaying to the beat]

Pit Crew:Whether your a captain or whether your a Ensign It's
Imperial life, Imperial life
Feel the shields-a breakin and start the rebels shakin'
It's Imperial life, Imperial life
ah ah ah ah Imperial life, Imperial life,
ah ah ah ah Imperial life, Imperial life,
I'm Imperial liii-iiiiii-iiiiife

Tractor beam operator:You're goin' nowhere!
Rebel ship, through speaker:Somebody help me, somebody help me yeah!. [lazer fire]
somebody help me, somebody help me yeah!. I'm losin my liiiiife........"[ship is blown up]

[camera pans up, once again following feet.
This time the camera reveals it to be Piett's toady Lieutenant]

Lieutenant:Now You can tell by the way I match his walk
I'm Piett's man no lines to talk
Heard Vader obeyed and Bossk get scorn,
I've been a lieutenant since I was born.

Piett:And now it's alright, I'm OK
Became an Admiral yesterday.
We can try, to understand
the Holonet's effect on man.

Entire Bridge crew:Whether your a Captain or whether your a Ensign it's
Imperial life, Imperial life
Feel the ship-a breakin and start the rebels shakin'
It's Imperial life, Imperial life
ah ah ah ah Imperial life, Imperial life,
ah ah ah ah Imperial liii-iiiiii-iiiiife

[Another Rebel Ship is shown in the
asteroid belt. As it flees one Destroyer a new
ISD appears from the rubble to corner it.]