STAR WARS – Episode Kasumigaoka – Save the Earth!
Narration１
A few days ago, in a galaxy not so far from here…
It is a critical time for the earth. The environment is heating up, and the ozone layer is disappearing. Although some humans have begun a counter-attack against global warming, the dreaded Lord Vader and his Imperial Troops have turned their destructive gaze upon Earth, obsessed with conquest. Unaware, the humans continue their wasteful lifestyles as Lord Vader quickly approaches.
Alerted to this new thread, the rebellion, led by Master Yoda and his 3R rangers, are rushing to Earth to stop Vader before all is lost. Their only hope lies in the people of Earth, who control the destiny of its environment…
Introduction
Presentation 1 from Lord Vader’s side
Lord VaderI want a comfortable planet to live on. Which planet do you think it should be?
THow about Mars, Lord Vader? I’m sure that we could live there. We would be cold there though.
KNo, no. The best planet to live on is Earth. Earth is much warmer than Mars. In addition, there is much air and water.
Lord VaderAll right. Let’s invade the Earth.
M The creatures called humans are living on Earth. It is not so easy to invade Earth because they are very clever.
Lord VaderOK. Then, I will send my forces to Earth to destroy it.
KThey also have quite a strong defense system. There is a good possibility that we might be defeated.
MRight then, we should destroy the environment so that humans can’t live.
Lord VaderGood idea! You go to the Earth with your men and destroy its environment. Do you have any ideas?
KI will pollute the sea and the rivers and make the Earth full of garbage.
MI will pollute the atmosphere. Then the polluted air can bring acid rain. I will also turn the rich land into desert.
TI will deplete the ozone layer and increase the ultra-violet rays reaching the earth’s surface, and then advance global warming.
Lord VaderSounds nice! Do it now.
M&T&KYes, my Lord. As you wish.
Introduction
Presentation 2 from Master Yoda’s side
C3POWhat are you talking about? You must be a silly robot, R2.
R2Pipu…..
Obi-wanC3PO, what’s the matter with you?
C3POOh, master Obi-wan, R2 says that Vader is going to invade the planet called Earth.
LeiaYou mean Lord Vader?
C3POYes, master. I’m afraid that R2 might have been wrong.
Obi-wanNo, we can’t overlook it. We have to report it to Master Yoda.
LeiaAll right. Let’s collect more information about the planet earth.
(Yoda enters.)
YodaHmmm. I can feel the dark side of the force like that of Lord Vader.
(Obi-wan, Leia, R2, C3PO enter)
Obi-wanMaster Yoda, C3PO and R2D2 have got the information about Lord Vader.
R2D2Pipu…..
(R2 passes the piece of paper to C3P0. C3PO reads the message.)
C3POLord Vader is trying to destroy the planet called Earth.
YodaEarth?
LeiaYes, Master. There have been many kinds of environmental problems happening on Earth. Lord Vader is clever enough to worsen the environment to destroy the earth.
YodaWhat kinds of problems do they have on Earth?
Obi-wanWater pollution and an increasing amount of garbage.
LeiaAnd acid rain, desertification. What is worse, global warming and depletion of the ozone layer
YodaI see. Then we have to do something to cope with it immediately.
Obi-wanMaster Yoda, I will go to Earth together with C3PO to stop water pollution and prevent the amount of garbage from increasing.
YodaI can count on you.
LeiaI will solve the problems of acid rain and desertification.
YodaI will stop the depletion of the ozone layer and global warming with R2.
There is no time to lose. We must defeat Lord Vader.
May the force be with you.
AllYes, master.
Narration 2
Lord Vader, having reached earth, has begun his campaign of environmental destruction, using the humans as weapons of their own demise.
Unawares to Vader, Yoda and his 3R rangers have landed on this imperiled planet as well. They may be its only hope…
Presentation 3 from Lord Vader’s Side
Presentation 3-1 Ozone layer depletion & global warming
Operation “Ozone layer depletion”
Lord VaderNow we shall start the meeting for operations “Ozone Layer depletion” and “Global warming”. How are our operations going?
NOperation “Ozone Layer depletion” is proceeding very smoothly.
KPlease take a look at this. (holding a video monitor in her hand. )
We secretly sent an agent to Earth.
Lord VaderStart the VCR.
(Video )
Agent:It’s very hot. Let’s turn on the air-conditioner.
Human 1OK. The preset temperature of air-conditioning should be adjusted to 28℃.
AgentAre you crazy? It’s very hot today. (She lowers the temperature by using the remote control.)
KWe can succeed in increasing the amount of Freon by using air-conditioners more often.
NFreon can destroy the ozone layer, and the amount of ultraviolet rays will increase.
Ozone layerHold it!
FreonI will destroy you. Eventually all the creatures on Earth shall die!
Ozone layerHelp me!!
(At that time on Earth)
Human2There is too much radiation. I can’t go out without a parasol.
Human1Ultraviolet rays cause humans to suffer from skin cancer and cataracts.
AA lot of vegetables are dead. I want to eat vegetables.
NAs we have planned, ultraviolet rays have caused bad harvests.
Human1What has made the amount of ultra-violet radiation increase?
Human2Perhaps it is because of the depletion of ozone layer.
Human 1Please help us.
KI have no doubt that we will win.
Lord VaderThat’s good to know. How about your operation?
Operation “Global warming.”
T1Lord Vader, we are proceeding with operation” global warming” now.
T2Greenhouse gases cause global warming by trapping energy in theatmosphere.
DI want to see how the creatures on Earth are suffering.
T3Ok! First we are going to show you what’s happening in the ocean.
AllStart the VCR.
(In the sea)
FThese days, the water is becoming warmer and warmer.
PWe have to move to a colder place again.
(Fish died off, and the penguins migrated.)
T1We succeeded with operation “global warming.” We raised water and land temperatures. There are fewer fish. A lot of drift ice has melted, and many creatures are dead.
DYou did it! Tell me about what’s happening on the land.
All TsYes, my Lord.
T2Global warming is causing abnormal weather all over the earth. It does great damage to agriculture and forestry.
T3What is “better”, abnormal weather can help spread infectious diseases. My Lord, this is what we have done for you.
DWell done! Go on with global warming.
Presentation 3-2 Desertification & Acid rain part
(Scene1)
(Lord Vader has caught some humans.)
MNow, I’ll make the people on Earth pollute their air.
Human1Help us. If you help us, we will do anything.
MSilence! Do you want to go home? I could let you go home if you want to. But on one condition: Develop your industry and then you must make your society a more advanced one.
Human2Is that all? That’s easy for us.
MIt’s stupid of them to do so. They don’t know it can lead to the destruction of their environment.
NarratorHuman beings fall into the trap that Lord Vader set. They don’t know what will happen to them.
(Scene2)
Human3I’m glad to have escaped from Lord Vader. But we must develop our society as quickly as possible.
Human4Let’s produce more energy to make useful and convenient things.
Human1We have to cut down trees to build many factories.
Human2We will produce a lot of new cars and have people drive them.
NarratorHumans are enjoying their comfortable lives. However, the environment has been destroyed before they notice it.
(Scene3)
Human3It’s begun to rain!!
Human4Look! The fish in the lake are dead.
Human1Look! The forests are dying!
(Humans look up at the sky.)
Human2It is because of acid rain!
Human4Acid rain? What is that?
Human3Pollutants mix with clouds and cause acid rain. Acid rain has killed forests and fish in the lakes and the oceans.
All humansOh my God!
NarratorFish died, and forests died. People are suffering from food shortage.
And desertification is progressing across Earth.
(A few years later)
Human2Our town has become like a desert.
Human3There is no water here, and we can’t grow crops.
Human4How will we live from now on?
Human1It must have been the trap of Lord Vader!
MThey were caught in our trap! They were so stupid!
Presentation 3-3 Water pollution part
NEarth was peaceful. One day, a mysterious object came down from the universe. And…
LI don’t like recycling. Increase the amount of garbage and then pollute water supply.
KYes, my Lord. As you wish.
NLord Vader controlled the industries, and made remarkable progress. Rivers and oceans were polluted with wasted water from factories.
F1Wow! I’m in danger.
F2What fell down?
F3It’s a bicycle. Look! There is also a fridge over there.
F4Well, recently water has been polluted.
F1It is polluted water from factory.
F2When I was young, the river used to be clean.
F3No! I can’t stand living here.
(A few years later)
H1We can’t live in this world.
H2Fish have gone and we can’t drink water any more.
H3We are going to die soon.
H4No!
(Humans cried.)
NThe extinction of all the creatures on Earth will come soon.
LThis is what I have expected. Hahaha.
Presentation4 from Master Yoda’s side
Presentation4-1
Human1It is useless to recycle resources.
Human2I quite agree with you.
NarratorObi-wan, who was ordered to persuade humans to protect the environment, landed on Earth together with C3PO. The place where they arrived was full of garbage. People threw away garbage after Lord Vader appeared. The sea and the rivers became more polluted. Nevertheless, people still continued to throw away litters.
Human1We don’t have anything to eat. What should we do?
Human2We are hopeless.
Human1I’m starving to death.
(Human1 fell.)
(The 3R rangers appear)
Obi-wanOh, look! There is someone falling.
C3POWe must help her!
Human1(After becoming conscious) who are you?
NarratorPeople were so selfish that they just thought of themselves. The seas and the rivers became polluted, and fish died off. Finally they couldn’t drink the water. The people felt it so hard to live on.
PenguinWe are the 3R rangers. We have come here to save and protect the environment.
OI’m “Reduce Ranger”, Obi-wan.
CI’m “Reuse Ranger”, C3PO.
PI’m “Recycle Ranger”, penguin.
O&C&PWe are the 3R rangers.
Human2You must be enemies of Lord Vader.
Human1Why did you come here?
CWe came here to help you.
OYou are in trouble because you have little food, right?
Human 1&2・・・
ONow, let’s clean up the rivers so that fish will come back to them. And you don’t have to worry about food.
NarratorThe 3Rs rangers, Obi-wan, C3PO and Pen-chan(Penguin) tried to teach the 3Rs to help people.
PFirst, let’s collect the garbage in the rivers.
Human2All right. Then what do we do with the collected garbage?
PWe recycle the collected garbage. For example, these empty cans can be reused as cans again. Also this tray can be reused as a tray or made into clothes.
AllLet’s recycle!
Human1This broken chair can’t be used any more. We will throw it away.
CWait! We should fix broken things and use them again. In other words
“Reuse”
PLet me explain. In Japan, 50 million mobile phones a year are exchanged for new models. On top of that, 6.5 million bicycles, 3.78 million television sets and 2.8 million refrigerators are thrown away every year.
CBut half of the world’s population live with no mobile phones, bicycles, television sets or fridges.
Human2I see your point. We just pursued our comfortable lives and didn’t care about our limited resources.
CIf there is something that you can repair, you should take it to a service center.
Human1Look! Many plastic bags are floating in the river. We should have realized that we wasted our precious resources.
OWhy don’t you stop using plastic bags and use your own bags instead?
Human1&2Sounds good!
ALLLet’s start reducing.
CToday, 60 percent of disposable waste in Japan consists of packaging.
Human2Is that right?
OYou can reduce garbage by 10g every time you don’t use a plastic bag.
PImagine. If all humans in this world carry out the“3Rs”, surely the amount of garbage will decrease.
CIf everyone contributes just a little thing, it can result in amazing change.
Human2What a simple and great idea! I wonder why we haven’t realized such a simple fact!
CKeep what we have told you in your mind. The river will become much cleaner.
PThen fish and animals will return. The important things are …
Human1Reduce!
Human2Reuse!
Human1&2Recycle!
OThat’s right. You can do it. We will always be watching you.
CSo we will meet on a beautiful earth next time.
PGood-bye.
Human1&2Thank you very much, the 3R rangers.
NarratorPeople learned three ways from the 3R rangers to save the environment, and they keep practicing the 3Rs, Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
Presentation 4-2
NarratorPrincess Leia came to the earth and met a human.
LeiaThe Environmental Destruction Force is trying to destroy the earth. So we should do something to protect it.
HumanLet’s go to the affected area and see what is happening there.
(Go to theCzech Republic) WARP
Tree(Crying)
HumanI hear somebody crying. What’s the matter with you?
TreeEveryone died because of acid rain. I absorbed harmful aluminum ions.
HumanTell us what is happening.
TreeThe increasing amount of carbon dioxide has caused global warming. You should go to the river in Norway.
LeiaAll right. We will go there.
(Go to Norway) WARP
LeiaHello. Is anyone here?
HumanWhat! There are no fish in this river. What happened?
RiverThe fish in this river died because of acid rain. You can’t eat fish because the water has been polluted. You should go and look at the Bronze statue in Tokyo.
(Go to Tokyo) WARP
HumanOh, look! The Bronze Statue is melting.
BSAcid rain makes me melt. My arms….! Help me! Not only my body but also my foundation is melting.
LeiaReally? I didn’t know that. We have to do something about it.
(Tree appears again.)
TreeListen! The entire forest has disappeared. Come with me.
WARP
BaobabI’m a baobab. Overpasturage for domestic animals caused deforestation. We are planted to revive the forest in this area. We are the most useful trees to green lands. Please let me have more tree friends.
LeiaThe environmental destruction is much worse than we expected it to be. I’m afraid that all living creatures on Earth will become extinct. We should do something to protect the earth.
LeiaTo prevent all the creatures from becoming extinct,
Human1Don’t waste energy and recycle as much as you can.
Human2Don’t use air conditioning so much.
Human3Don’t waste water.
Human5Don’t keep the water running when you take a shower or brush your teeth.
Human4Let’s do whatever we can do to save our resources.
Presentation4-3
Narrator:On the other side, Yoda also came down to Earth with R2D2. And they found a family, who had just come back home.
N&C&F&MWe are home!
NaoI’m thirsty. I want something to drink.
(Nao opens the fridge.)
Chiaki:Me, too.
(Chiaki opens the fridge.)
CMom, didn’t you see a bottle of coke?
MHuh? Here it is.
FI will have a beer. Nao, pass me one.
NOK.
(Nao opens the fridge. She finds Yoda.)
NOh, my!! Come here, everyone!
FWho are you?
YodaNice to meet you, folks. My name is Yoda. I came here to tell you something important.
NWhat’s that?
YThe global environment is going from bad to worse. A man called Lord Vader sent his army here and is trying to destroy the earth.
CReally? So, what does it matter to us?
YUmm. First global warming is getting worse here on Earth. Just now you left the fridge open.
FSo what?
YLeaving the door of the fridge open has much to do with global warming. Calculate, R2.
R2Pipipipi….
YWe can each reduce the amount of CO2 we put into the atmosphere by4.9kg a year if we reduce the frequency with which we open the fridge by half.
NOh, really?
YAnd what’s worse, Freon is used in fridges. This is a substance that destroys the ozone layer.
NOh, I have heard the term, the ozone layer, at school. My teacher said that we have to deal with Freon in a proper way.
RThat’s right.
CThen, let’s be careful when we open and close the fridge.
MBy the way, there is nothing inside the fridge because Yoda was there.
FThen, let’s go to the nearby supermarket by car and get some food.
YWait! Don’t use your car.
FWhy?
YExhaust gas coming out of cars is also a cause of global warming. Calculate, R2.
R2Pipipipi…
YWe can reduce the amount of CO2 by another 420kg if take one fewer trips each week in our cars.