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5A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
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9A vast sea of stars serves as the backdrop for the Main Title, followed by a rollup, which crawls into infinity.
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13War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.
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17In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate.
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21As the Separatist Droid Army attempts to flee the besieged capital with their valuable hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a desperate mission to rescue the captive Chancellor. . . .
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25PAN DOWN to reveal a REPUBLIC ATTACK CRUISER. Continue to PAN with the Cruiser as TWO JEDI STARFIGHTERS enter and head toward an enemy Battle Cruiser. TRUCK with the Jedi Fighters as they maneuver in unison, dodging flack and enemy laser fire. R2-D2 is on Anakin's ship. R4-P17 is on Obi-Wan's ship. A giant space battle is revealed as the tiny Jedi ships continue their assault in a synchronous ballet.
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45ANAKIN: There isn't a droid made that can out fly you, Master, and no other way to get to the Chancellor . . .
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534 EXT. CORUSCANT-SPACE BATTLE
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57The TWO JEDI FIGHTERS swerve in unison as FOUR TRADE FEDERATION DROID DROP FIGHTERS attack. After several clever moves by the Jedi, two of the FEDERATION DROID DROP FIGHTERS collide with each other in a ball of flame.
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69OBI-WAN: We've got to split them up.
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77OBI-WAN flies to the left of a huge tower on a REPUBLIC CRUISER. The TWO DROID DROP FIGHTERS follow.
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81OBI-WAN: Easy for you to say . . . why am I always the bait?
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89OBI-WAN deftly maneuvers around a large Starship's superstructure, but the TWO DROID FIGHTERS stay on his tail, BLASTING him with intense laser fire.
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93OBI-WAN: Anakin, they're all over me!
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101ARTOO BEEPS his reply as ANAKIN swoops in for the kill. ANAKIN BLASTS one of the DROID DROP FIGHTERS. It EXPLODES.
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125OBI-WAN dives toward the surface of one of the larger TRADE FEDERATION BATTLESHIPS and is forced to fly through a maelstrom of laser flack. He skims the surface, followed by the DROID DROP FIGHTER, which is followed by ANAKIN.
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129ANAKIN: (continuing) Cut right. Do you hear me?! Cut right. Don't let him get a handle on you. Come on, Artoo, lock on! Lock on!
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133ARTOO BEEPS. The crosshairs merge on the DROID DROP FIGHTER.
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137OBI-WAN: Hurry up! I don't like this!
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141OBI-WAN flies through a narrow gap between two towers on a Battleship. The DROID DROP FIGHTER hits one of Obi-Wan's wings with a laser blast, and parts of the ship go flying around Obi-Wan's Astro Droid, ARFOUR.
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145OBI-WAN: (continuing) Ouch!
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153OBI-WAN: (continuing) Don't even try to fix it, Arfour. I've shut it down.
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169OBI-WAN: Next time you're the bait . . . Now let's find the Command Ship and get on with it ...
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173R-4 BEEPS a blue streak.
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177ANAKIN: Lock onto them, Artoo. Master, General Grievous's ship is directly ahead.
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181ARTOO BEEPS a reply, and it reads out in Anakin's cockpit.
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197Ahead is a TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER with batlike DROID VULTURE FIGHTERS stalking around on the hull. The VULTURE FIGHTERS transform into flight configuration, lift off the CRUISER, and attack the JEDI STARFIGHTERS.
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201ANAKIN: Come on, Master.
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205OBI-WAN: Not this time. There's too much at stake. We need help. Odd Ball, do you copy?
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209ODD BALL: (OS) Copy, Red Leader.
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221ODD BALL: We're on your tail, General Kenobi. Set S-foils in attack position.
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225The protective ray shield lowers on the main hangar of the TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER, and six new DROID TRI-FIGHTERS emerge and join the DROID VULTURE FIGHTERS heading toward the Jedi. The JEDI STARFIGHTERS extend the stability foils on the ends of their wings.
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233ANAKIN: This is where the fun begins. Ten Vulture Droids straight ahead, coming down the left side.
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241OBI-WAN: Add five Tri-fighters on the right . . .
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249OBI-WAN: Take it easy, Anakin.
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257ODD BALL: I'm on your right, Red Leader.
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265ARTOO SQUEALS as five DROID TRI-FIGHTERS pass by at high speed on the right.
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273Four more VULTURE DROID FIGHTERS pass at high speed from the left. All hell breaks loose. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN continue to fly in unison, backing up each other. ARTOO SQUEALS.
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281The Jedi ships split up and make a quick loop around the DROID TRI-FIGHTERS, ending up behind them. BLASTING away. The DROID TRI-FIGHTERS EXPLODE.
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293OBI-WAN: Stay with me . . . swing back and right . . . help me engage. Back off ... Let them pass between us.
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301OBI-WAN: All right, engage . . . and hurry. These droids are all over me like a rash.
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305In one incredible move, ANAKIN swings in behind the DROID TRI-FIGHTERS, blowing them away one by one until there is only one left. ARTOO CHIRPS.
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309ARTOO lets out a HOWL as ANAKIN accelerates past the last DROID TRI-FIGHTER, slams on his brakes, flips the Fighter around, and BLASTS the Fighter from the front. ARTOO BEEPS frantically as they fly through the debris of the destroyed ships. ANAKIN looks behind him.
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313ANAKIN: How many back there. Artoo? (Artoo beeps) Three . . . (continuing) Four . . . that's not good.
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317OBI-WAN: Anakin, you have four on your tail.
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365OBI-WAN drops in behind the DROID VULTURE FIGHTERS chasing Anakin. ARFOUR BEEPS to OBI-WAN.
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373OBI-WAN fires as he swings across the back of the VULTURE DROIDS, BLASTING four of them away. ANAKIN heads for a trench along the surface of one of the Trade Federation Battleships. He flies into the trench, which ends in a conning tower with a small slit between two main struts.
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377OBI-WAN: (continuing) You'll never get through there, Anakin. It's too tight.
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393ARTOO SQUEALS in a panic. On the view screen Artoo's squeal reads out, "WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT."
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409OBI-WAN continues to fire on the VULTURE DROID FIGHTERS, driving them into the EXPLOSION.
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417ODD BALL: There are too many of them.
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421CLONE PILOT 2: I'm on your wing. Break left. Break left. They're all over me. Get them off my . . .
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449The second missile streaks next to Obi-Wan’s Fighter and EXPLODES. Obi-Wan's ship rocks, and R-4, SCREAMS as the Starfighter rips through the explosion. Debris flies all around them.
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457OBI-WAN: All right, Arfour. No, no. Nothing too fancy.
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493The BUZZ DROIDS crawl across Obi-Wan's ship and start to tear it apart. SPARKS ERUPT where the BUZZ DROIDS break into the wiring. One of the BUZZ DROIDS goes after ARFOUR.
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513OBI-WAN: The mission. Get to the Command Ship. Get the Chancellor! I'm running out of tricks here.
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609The shield door drops away, and OBI-WAN crashes on the deck of the hangar bay, engulfed in a FANTAIL OF SPARKS. A set of blast doors starts SLAMMING shut across the hangar opening, as material is sucked into space.
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623OBI-WAN: Artoo, locate the Chancellor.
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635OBI-WAN: The Chancellor's signal is coming from right there. The observation platform at the top of that spire.
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675GENERAL GRIEVOUS enters the bridge of the TRADE FEDERATION cruiser followed by his TWO BODYGUARDS. He walks to the front of the bridge and stands in front of the NEIMOIDIAN CAPTAIN.
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679GENERAL GRIEVOUS: What's the situation, Captain?
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699BODYGUARD I: General Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker. We've been waiting for you.
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727The TWO JEDI cut their way down several floors into a large generator room. Huge EXPLOSIONS outside the ship have caused several large pipes overhead to break, and fluid is spewing everywhere. The Jedi get up and turn off their light sabers. ANAKIN dips his hand into the fluid and sniffs it.
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731OBI-WAN: . . . fuel. The slightest charge from our sabers will send this ship into oblivion. That's why they've stopped shooting.
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751OBI-WAN: Six droids coming our way!
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755The last of the DOORS CAN BE HEARD CLOSING in the distance.
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771They move toward a second vent. OBI-WAN is swimming in the fuel as it reaches to within a couple yards of the ceiling. ANAKIN feels along the ceiling and finds another smaller vent. He closes his eyes and tries to sense an opening, then he moves on. OBI-WAN is forced into hand-to-hand combat with one of the SUPER BATTLE DROIDS. It pulls the Jedi under the fuel. Just before he is about to drown, OBI-WAN disables the SUPER BATTLE DROID by pushing him into an exhaust pipe.
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775The fuel is up to the Jedi's chins. ANAKIN finds a very, very small metal grate, then pounds on it until the tiny grate breaks loose.
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783OBI-WAN: Anakin, this is no time for jokes. We're in serious trouble here.
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855The fuel hits the SPARKING power discharger, and there is a HUGE EXPLOSION.
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85918 EXT. TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER-BATTLE
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863A GREAT EXPLOSION and a flaming gas cloud spray out of the side of the Federation Cruiser.
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871A large bulge appears in the wall around the sealed hatch as the EXPLOSION hits. OBI-WAN jumps back, then stands amazed.
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875OBI-WAN: All right, you win. I have much to learn. Let's go!
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88320 INT. WIDE HALLWAY-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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887The two JEDI wait for an elevator to arrive. They turn around and see they are face to face with THREE DESTROYER DROIDS. The DROIDS start blasting away. Anakin deflects the bolts. OBI-WAN frantically pushes the elevator button several more times.
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891ANAKIN: Destroyers!!
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895Finally the door opens, and they rush inside under a hail of laser bolts. The elevator door slides shut. The JEDI turn to see BATTLE DROIDS standing behind them.
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899BATTLE DROID: Drop your weapons! I said drop 'em.
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90721 INT HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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911R2-D2 notices two SUPER BATTLE DROIDS entering the hangar. He moves and hides behind a Jedi Starfighter.
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91522 INT. ELEVATOR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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919The elevator begins to move and screeches to a stop.
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923OBI-WAN: Did you press the stop button?
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927ANAKIN: No, did you?
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935ANAKIN: Well, there's more than one way out of here.
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939ANAKIN ignites his laser sword.
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943OBI-WAN: We don't want to get out, we want to get moving. Artoo . . . Artoo. Do you copy? Activate elevator . . . (looks at control panel) . . . 31174 . . .
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947ANAKIN cuts a hole in the elevator ceiling.
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95123 INT MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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955TWO SUPER BATTLE DROIDS are inspecting the Jedi starfighters. They overhear Obi-Wan's voice over the comlink and are distracted.
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959SUPER BATTLE DROID 1: What's that?
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963SUPER BATTLE DROID 2: Get back to work. It's nothing.
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96724 INT. ELEVATOR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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971OBI-WAN: Artoo?
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979OBI-WAN: (continuing) Always on the move.
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983OBI-WAN continues to talk on the comlink. Artoo quietly beeps a reply.
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98725 INT MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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991ARTOO tries to muffle the comlink as the TWO SUPER BATTLE DROIDS try to figure out where the voices are coming from. ARTOO extends an arm and plugs into a computer interface.
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995OBI-WAN: (OS) Artoo, switch on the comlink. Artoo, do you hear me? Artoo, we gave you a job to do! Artoo.
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99926 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1003Suddenly, the elevator plummets down the shaft. ANAKIN quickly jumps and grabs onto the hallway entry door. He watches as the elevator recedes down the shaft and disappears. ANAKIN struggles to keep his grip on the closed door as SPARKING wires rain down on him.
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100727 INT. ELEVATOR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1015OBI-WAN: Stop, stop! Artoo, we need to be going up.
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1023Anakin struggles to hang on to the narrow edge of the elevator shaft. The door to the elevator shaft is pried open, and TWO BATTLE DROIDS appear in the doorway and look down at ANAKIN. They point their guns at him.
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1027DROID 1: Hands up, Jedi! Don't move.
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1031DROID 2: Roger, roger.
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103529 INT. MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1039The TWO SUPER BATTLE DROIDS overhear OBI-WAN's comlink messages to ARTOO.
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1043SUPER BATTLE DROID 1: There it is again.
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1047OBI-WAN: (OS) Artoo, do you copy? Artoo, do you hear me? Artoo, we need to be going up, not down.
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105130 INT. ELEVATOR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1055The elevator races down as OBI-WAN holds on.
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1059OBI-WAN: Stop. Artoo! We need to go up! Stop, stop!
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1063The elevator stops with a jolt. OBI-WAN falls to the floor.
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106731 INT. MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1071The TWO SUPER BATTLE DROIDS see ARTOO and walk toward the little droid.
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1075SUPER BATTLE DROID 1: Hey you!
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1079ARTOO plugs into the interface again and the elevator shoots up.
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108332 INT. ELEVATOR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1087OBI-WAN stands up after having fallen in the elevator.
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1091OBI-WAN: Now, that's better . . .
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109533 INT. MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1099ARTOO is held up by TWO SUPER BATTLE DROIDS, who chuckle as the little Astro Droid curses and swings at them.
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110734 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1115Before ANAKIN can arc into a descent down the shaft, the elevator races up through the shaft, cutting the DROIDS in two. ANAKIN lands on the elevator and quickly drops back through the hole in the ceiling. OBI-WAN is startled and ignites his lightsaber.
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1119OBI-WAN: Oh, it's you . . .
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112335 INT. MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1127ARTOO activates his oil hose and sprays the SUPER BATTLE DROIDS. The SUPER BATTLE DROIDS slip on the oil.
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113136 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1135ANAKIN: What was that all about?
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1139OBI-WAN: Well, Artoo has been . . .
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1143ANAKIN: No loose wire jokes . . . He's doing the best he can.
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1147OBI-WAN: Did I say anything?
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1151ANAKIN: He's trying!
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1155OBI-WAN: I didn't say anything!
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115937 INT. MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1163ARTOO ignites his arm rockets and shoots out of their grip, spraying them both with oil and setting them on fire. The SUPER BATTLE DROIDS slip and slide until they fall, smoldering. ARTOO rolls away.
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116738 INT. GENERAL'S QUARTER'S-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1171The elevator door opens and the TWO JEDI carefully make their way into the main room of the General's Quarters.
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1173At the far end sits SUPREME CHANCELLOR PALPATINE. ANAKIN and OBI-WAN move toward the CHANCELLOR.
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1175As they get closer to PALPATINE, they see a very distressed look on the Chancellor's face.
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1179OBI-WAN: (bows) Chancellor.
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1183ANAKIN: Are you all right?
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1187PALPATINE: (quietly) Count Dooku.
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1191PALPATINE makes a small gesture with his hand. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN turn around. The elevator DOORS CAN BE HEARD OPENING AND CLOSING as COUNT DOOKU strides into the room. He is above the Jedi, standing on a balcony, with two SUPER BATTLE DROIDS. The Jedi turn to see him. He looks down on the Jedi.
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1195OBI-WAN: (quietly to Anakin) This time we will do it together.
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1199ANAKIN: I was about to say that.
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1207PALPATINE: Get help! You're no match for him. He's a Sith Lord.
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1211OBI-WAN: Chancellor Palpatine, Sith Lords are our specialty.
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1215OBI-WAN and ANAKIN throw off their cloaks and ignite their lightsabers.
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1219COUNT DOOKU: Your swords, please, Master Jedi. We don't want to make a mess of things in front of the Chancellor.
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1227OBI-WAN: You won't get away this time, Dooku.
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1231OBI-WAN and ANAKIN charge COUNT DOOKU. A great sword fight ensues.
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1235COUNT DOOKU: I've been looking forward to this.
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1239ANAKIN: My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count.
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1243COUNT DOOKU: Good. Twice the pride, double the fall.
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1247DOOKU lunges at the JEDI and they fall back . . .
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1251COUNT DOOKU: (continuing) Your moves are clumsy, Kenobi . . . too predictable. You'll have to do better.
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1255As the battle proceeds, OBI-WAN and COUNT DOOKU are tired. ANAKIN is stronger as he becomes angry. ANAKIN continues to drive the attack on DOOKU. COUNT DOOKU throws OBI-WAN back using the Force.
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1257ANAKIN and COUNT DOOKU move up the stairs. As they reach the upper landing of the General's Quarters, ANAKIN leaps over COUNT DOOKU. OBI-WAN reaches the top of the stairs, destroying TWO SUPER BATTLE DROIDS. COUNT DOOKU holds OBI-WAN in the air using the Force as he turns and kicks ANAKIN out of frame. OBI-WAN is choking.
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1259ANAKIN hits the archway.
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1261DOOKU sends OBI-WAN flying. The Jedi tumbles to the lower level unconscious. COUNT DOOKU spins around again and, using the Force, causes a section of the balcony to drop onto OBI-WAN. ANAKIN spins and kicks COUNT DOOKU, sending him over the balcony. ANAKIN Jumps, following him down to the main floor. COUNT DOOKU and ANAKIN continue the fight.
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1265COUNT DOOKU: (continuing) I sense great fear in you, Skywalker. You have hate, you have anger, but you don’t use them.
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1269Anakin regains his composure and attacks COUNT DOOKU as the Dark Lord continues his spin to meet him head on. Their fighting becomes even more intense.
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127539 INT. GENERAL'S QUARTERS-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1279Anakin and Dooku continue their fight. It is intense! Finally, in one last energized charge, ANAKIN cuts off COUNT DOOKU's hands. The Jedi catches the lightsaber as it drops from the severed Sith Lord's hand. COUNT DOOKU stumbles to the floor as ANAKIN puts the two lightsabers to his neck. PALPATINE is grinning as he watches COUNT DOOKU's defeat.
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1283PALPATINE: Good, Anakin, good. I knew you could do it. Kill him. Kill him now!
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1287ANAKIN: I shouldn't . . .
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1291PALPATINE: Do it!!
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1295ANAKIN cuts off COUNT DOOKU's head. A huge EXPLOSION somewhere deep in the ship rattles everything.
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1299ANAKIN: ... I couldn't stop myself.
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1303PALPATINE: You did well, Anakin. He was too dangerous to be kept alive.
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1307ANAKIN drops COUNT DOOKU's lightsaber, moving to PALPATINE.
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1311ANAKIN: Yes, but he was an unarmed prisoner.
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1315ANAKIN raises his hands toward PALPATINE, who is strapped in the Admiral's Chair. The Chancellor's restraints pop loose.
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1319ANAKIN: (continuing) I shouldn't have done that, Chancellor. It's not the Jedi way.
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1323PALPATINE stands up, rubbing his wrists.
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1327PALPATINE: It is only natural. He cut off your arm, and you wanted revenge. It wasn't the first time, Anakin. Remember what you told me about your mother and the Sand People. Now, we must leave before more security droids arrive.
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1331The ship begins to list to one side. ANAKIN rushes over to OBI-WAN, lifts the control console from on top of him, and pulls him free. He kneels down and checks out his unconscious friend. PALPATINE heads for the elevators.
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1335PALPATINE: (continuing) Anakin, there is no time. We must get off the ship before it's too late.
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1339ANAKIN: He seems to be all right. No broken bones, breathing's all right.
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1343PALPATINE: Leave him, or we'll never make it.
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1347ANAKIN: His fate will be the same as ours.
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1351ANAKIN picks up OBI-WAN, slings him over his shoulder, and heads for the elevators.
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135540 INT. BRIDGE-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1359GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Prepare for attack.
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1363PILOT: All batteries fire! Fire!
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136741 INT. BATTLESTATIONS-REPUBLIC CRUISER
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1371Clone gunners fire on the Trade Federation cruiser and take fire in return. Gun emplacements are destroyed. Clone troopers go flying.
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137542 INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY-GENERAL'S QUARTERS-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1379ANAKIN carries OBI-WAN to the elevator doors and hits the button. PALPATINE joins him.
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1383ANAKIN: The elevator's not working, (into his comlink) Artoo . . .
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1387ARTOO BEEPS a response to ANAKIN.
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1391ANAKIN: (continuing) . . . Activate Elevator 3224.
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1395Suddenly the ship shifts to its side as the elevator doors open. PALPATINE is thrown to the ground. ANAKIN jumps to the door frame of the elevator. ANAKIN looks into the elevator shaft.
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1399ANAKIN: (continuing) Artoo ... do you copy? Artoo, come in!
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140343 INT. BRIDGE-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1407Windows are blown out, droids and equipment are sucked into space.
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1419As the ship rolls, spacecraft and equipment CRASH from one side of the ship to the other.
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142545 INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY-GENERAL'S QUARTERS-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1429As the elevator shaft rotates, it has become a long hallway.
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143546 INT. MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1439ARTOO continues to skid and slide toward open space. He swerves around boxes and wrecked fighters. One of the BATTLE DROIDS stumbles and is consumed by the electronic shield in a zap. ARTOO BEEPS a reply as he dodges the laser blasts of the BATTLE DROIDS. One bolt hits very near him, and he SCREAMS in terror.
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1447PILOT: Magnetize! Magnetize!
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145148 INT. MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1455ARTOO is about to be overtaken by a starfighter sliding behind him. He falls into a heap of broken battle droid parts and the fighter bounces over him.
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145949 EXT. SPACE-CORUSCANT
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1463The TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER heads straight down toward the planet.
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146750 INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY-GENERAL'S QUARTERS-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1479PALPATINE climbs into the elevator shaft also. They start running. The ship begins to roll again, and the Jedi and the Chancellor are forced to jump from one side of the elevator to the other.
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1487GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Fire the emergency booster engines.
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1491PILOT: Leveling out, sir.
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149552 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT ON SIDE-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1499ANAKIN still carrying OBI-WAN on his back, and PALPATINE run down the elevator shaft as it starts to move upright. ANAKIN cuts a control box on one of the doors, but before the doors can open, the ship moves to an angle, causing ANAKIN and PALPATINE to start sliding down the shaft. ANAKIN grabs some wires in the control box with one hand. PALPATINE grabs onto the Jedi's leg. As the ship rights itself, they are left hanging in the bottomless elevator shaft.
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150353 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT, VERTICAL-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1511ANAKIN: Easy. . . . We're in a bit of a situation.
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1515OBI-WAN: Did I miss something?
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1519OBI-WAN looks down and sees PALPATINE and the bottomless pit. They hear ARTOO BEEPING on Obi-Wan's comlink. The ship begins to roll, causing the vertical shaft to move into a forty-five-degree angle. They hear the elevator brakes release and look up to see the elevator heading toward them.
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1523ANAKINN: Hold on.
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1527OBI-WAN: What is that?
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1531OBI-WAN and ANAKIN look up to watch the elevator approach them at high speed, then OBI-WAN turns to ANAKIN.
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1535OBI-WAN: (continuing) Oops.
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1539ANAKIN: Artoo, Artoo, shut down the elevator!
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1543OBI-WAN: Too late! Jump!
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1547They fall about three hundred feet before the tilt of the ship catches up with them, and they hit the side of the shaft and slide at great speed just ahead of the elevator. The shaft continues to rotate until it is completely horizontal.
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1549ANAKIN and OBI-WAN take out and throw grappling hooks. The hooks catch and they continue to fall. All the doors in the elevator shaft open up, and the group swings through the open door into a hallway. The elevator roars by.
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155354 INT. ELEVATOR LOBBY-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1561OBI-WAN: Let's see if we can find something in the hangar bay that's still flyable. Come on.
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1573As the Federation Cruiser continues to rotate, ARTOO SQUEALS and pokes a periscope out of a pile of broken BATTLE DROID PARTS. He looks around then rockets up out of the debris.
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158557 INT. DOORWAY TO HANGAR BAY-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1589It is extremely windy as bits and pieces are continually sucked into space. The hangar bay doors are closed, but great stresses are being exerted as the ship twists, re-entering the atmosphere of Coruscant. They stop in a doorway leading into the hangar bay.
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1593OBI-WAN: None of those ships will get us anywhere.
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1609OBI-WAN: Don't look at me. I don't know.
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1613ANAKIN and PALPATINE both look to OBI-WAN. He shrugs his shoulders. Anakin's Fighter has been sucked out of the hangar bay and is totaled. Suddenly, the ship turns on its side.
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1617ANAKIN: Here, Chancellor, lock this around your waist, and hold on.
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1625ANAKIN hands PALPATINE the end of a cable that is attached to his utility belt. PALPATINE attaches it around his waist. ANAKIN and OBI-WAN throw their utility cables to some pipes in the ceiling and swing to a second set of pipes.
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162958 INT. MAIN HANGAR-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1633OBI-WAN grabs onto the pipes that run along what was the ceiling and is now the wall. As he moves out into the hangar, TWO SUPER BATTLE DROIDS start firing at him. The Jedi ignites his lightsaber and deflects the bolts back at the DROIDS, blowing them up. ANAKIN and PALPATINE follow OBI-WAN along the pipes running along the ceiling of the hangar. PALPATINE struggles against the escaping air of the pressurized hangar. PALPATINE loses his grip as a pipe breaks, causing a rush of steam, but ANAKIN manages to maintain his grasp on the pipe as the CHANCELLOR dangles on the other end of the utility cable. They are surrounded by SPARKS and EXPLOSIONS as the ship twists and tries to break apart. ANAKIN moves out of the steam and struggles to pull PALPATINE back to safety. ANAKIN is almost pulled loose in the buffeting winds. The ceiling behind them buckles, causing pipes to break, creating geysers of steam. Some bits of pipe go hurling into the blast doors and out into space. They make it through a hangar doorway and close it behind them.
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163759 INT. HANGAR DOORWAY-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1641OBI-WAN, ANAKIN and PALPATINE are out of breath.
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1645ANAKIN/OBI-WAN: Well, that was close.
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1649They laugh.
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165360 INT. BRIDGE-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1657BODYGUARD: General, we found the Jedi. They're in hallway 328.
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1661GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Activate ray shields.
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166561 INT. HALLWAY-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1669They run down the hallway. Suddenly, ray shields drop around them, putting them in an electronic box in the middle of the hallway.
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1673ANAKIN: Ray shields!
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1677OBI-WAN takes a deep breath to express his total disappointment.
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1681OBI-WAN: Wait a minute, how'd this happen! We're smarter than this.
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1685ANAKIN: Apparently not, Master. This is the oldest trap in the book . . . Well ... I was distracted.
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1689OBI-WAN: Oh, so all of a sudden it's my fault.
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1693ANAKIN: You're the Master. I'm just a hero.
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1697OBI-WAN: I'm open to suggestions here.
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1701PALPATINE: Why don't we let them take us to General Grievous. Perhaps with Count Dooku's demise, we can negotiate our release.
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1705The Jedi look at each other in disbelief.
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1709ANAKIN: I say . . . patience.
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1713OBI-WAN: Patience! That's your plan, is it?
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1717ANAKIN: Yes, Artoo will be along in a few moments and he'll release the ray shields . . .
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1721ARTOO comes skidding across the hallway and bashes into the opposite wall. He takes a moment to compose himself.
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1725ANAKIN: (continuing) See! No problem.
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1729Suddenly several doorways open, revealing TWO DESTROYER DROIDS. SIXTEEN SUPER BATTLE DROIDS emerge from behind the DESTROYER DROIDS.
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1731ARTOO turns and zaps one of the SUPER BATTLE DROIDS who then kicks ARTOO over.
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1735SUPER BATTLE DROID: Don't move, dummy. Ouch! Zap this.
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1739OBI-WAN: Do you have a plan B?
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174362 EXT. BRIDGE-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1747OBI-WAN, ANAKIN PALPATINE, and ARTOO are captured by GENERAL GRIEVOUS. They stand before the ALIEN DROID GENERAL.
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1751GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Oh yes. General Kenobi, the Negotiator. We've been waiting for you. That wasn't much of a rescue.
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1755A BATTLE DROID walks to GENERAL GRIEVOUS and hands him the JEDI'S lightsabers.
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1759OBI-WAN: That depends upon your point of view. Hah!
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1763GENERAL GRIEVOUS: And Anakin Skywalker ... I was expecting someone with your reputation to be a little older.
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1767ANAKIN: General Grievous . . . Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies. You're shorter than I expected.
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1771GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Ahhhh, Jedi scum . . .
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1775OBI-WAN: Anakin, try not to upset him. We have a job to do.
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1779GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Your lightsabers will make a fine addition to my collection.
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1783OBI-WAN: Not this time. And this time you won't escape.
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1787ANAKIN: Artoo.
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1791ARTOO creates a distraction by extending all his arms, shooting out electrical pulses, and bouncing around.
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1793OBI-WAN, hands restrained with electrobonds, spins around, reaches out and, using the Force, yanks his lightsaber out of the General's hand, ignites it, and cuts his bonds. He continues to spin around and cuts Anakin free.
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1797GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Crush them! Make them suffer!
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1801ANAKIN uses the Force to yank his lightsaber out of the General's hand.
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1805The DROIDS that surround them begin to FIRE. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN jump into the line of fire. The bridge degenerates into chaos. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN are locked in a pitched battle between electro staffs and laser swords with GENERAL GRIEVOUS's TWO BODYGUARDS.
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1809CHANCELLOR PALPATINE is taken away by two BATTLE DROIDS. GENERAL GRIEVOUS walks around the bridge directing the BATTLE DROIDS.
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1813GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Stay and watch your stations.
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1817OBI-WAN fights one of General Grievous's BODYGUARDS. The BODYGUARD carries an electrified staff about five feet long. When the laser sword hits it, electrical bolts fly everywhere and surround the laser sword. OBI-WAN is unable to cut the staff. The Jedi gets whacked pretty good a couple of times and is knocked halfway across the bridge.
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1819OBI-WAN pulls himself together and attacks again, cutting off the DROID BODYGUARD'S head. The DROID BODYGUARD keeps attacking. ANAKIN struggles to defend himself against the other manic DROID BODYGUARD. He cuts the DROID BODYGUARD in half. TWO BATTLE DROIDS try to take the CHANCELLOR away.
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1821ANAKIN follows them down the hallway and cuts them down, rescuing the Chancellor.
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1823OBI-WAN finishes off the headless BODYGUARD. It crumbles to the floor in pieces.
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1825ALARMS SOUND as the giant spacecraft begins to list and fall out of orbit. A PILOT yells at GENERAL GRIEVOUS.
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1829PILOT: Sir, we are falling out of orbit. All aft control cells are dead.
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1833GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Stay on course . . . Don't bother with them. Keep the ship in orbit.
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1837OBI-WAN and ANAKIN destroy the remaining DROIDS. GENERAL GRIEVOUS retrieves one of the BODYGUARD'S staffs and faces OBI-WAN. ANAKIN leaps over a console and lands behind GENERAL GRIEVOUS.
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1841GENERAL GRIEVOUS: You lose, General Kenobi.
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1845One of the PILOTS stands next to the General.
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1849PILOT: The ship is breaking up!
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1853GENERAL GRIEVOUS: We've run out of time.
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1857OBI-WAN tries to get at GENERAL GRIEVOUS. ANAKIN runs at the General from the opposing side. GENERAL GRIEVOUS turns and throws his electrified staff at the window. It breaks, causing chaos as everything that is not nailed down is sucked into space. GENERAL GRIEVOUS is the first one sucked out into space. He fires a cable from his arm that attaches to the ship. He swings in and lands firmly on the side of the ship.
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1859OBI-WAN, ANAKIN, and PALPATINE hold on for dear life. A blast shield closes around where the window used to be.
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186363 INT. BRIDGE-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1867OBI-WAN continues to fight the BATTLE DROIDS. The DROIDS have backed him into a corner. OBI-WAN hides behind a control panel as the DROIDS blast away at him. He jumps up and over the DROIDS, cutting most of them down before he lands. He destroys the DROIDS and joins ANAKIN.
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1869ANAKIN and OBI-WAN cut through the rest of the DROIDS as if they were made of butter. PALPATINE stands in shock as he watches the carnage. Droid parts are firing everywhere. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN stand back to back and cut down the last of the DROIDS just as there is a huge shudder, followed by more alarms. SPARKS begin to fly outside the windows.
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1873PALPATINE: The hull is burning up!
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187764 EXT. HULL-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER-SPACE
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1881GENERAL GRIEVOUS detaches his cable and crawls along the exterior hull of the Federation Cruiser, using his magnetized hands and feet. He reaches a row of escape pods and enters an airlock.
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188565 INT. POD BAY-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER-SPACE
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1889GENERAL GRIEVOUS enters the escape pod bay through the hatch. The Droid General goes to a control panel and opens an escape pod.
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1893GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Time to abandon ship.
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1897GENERAL GRIEVOUS pulls a row of switches, and one by one the escape pods are jettisoned.
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190166 INT. ESCAPE POD-SPACE
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1905He gets in one, the hatch closes, and the escape pod blasts away from the damaged Cruiser.
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190967 INT. BRIDGE-TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
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1913OBI-WAN and ANAKIN go over to the navigator's chair.
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1917ANAKIN: All the escape pods have been launched.
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1921OBI-WAN: Grievous. Can you fly a cruiser like this?
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1925ANAKIN: You mean, do I know how to land what's left of this thing?
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1929ANAKIN sits in the pilot's chair and sees on a screen the back half of the ship break away. There is a great jolt, and the ship tilts forward.
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1933OBI-WAN: Well?
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1937ANAKIN: Under the circumstances, I'd say the ability to pilot this thing is irrelevant. Strap yourselves in.
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1941OBI-WAN and PALPATINE strap themselves into chairs. ANAKIN struggles with the controls of the ship. The ship starts to glow, and pieces break off. ARTOO moves in on Palpatine 's controls and assists in flying the cruiser.
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1945OBI-WAN: Steady . . . Attitude . . . eighteen degrees.
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1949ARTOO beeps.
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1953ANAKIN: Pressure rising. We've got to slow this wreck down. Open all hatches, extend all flaps, and drag fins.
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1957OBI-WAN: Temp steady. Hatches open, flaps extended, drag fins . . .
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1961A large part of the ship breaks away.
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1965ANAKIN: We lost something.
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1969OBI-WAN: Not to worry, we're still flying half the ship.
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1973ANAKIN: Now we're really picking up speed . . . I'm going to shift a few degrees and see if I can slow us down.
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1977OBI-WAN: Careful . . . we're heating up-twelve thousand . . . thirteen thousand . . .
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1985OBI-WAN: Eight plus sixty-forty. Eight plus sixty-twenty. Eight plus sixty. Temp ten thousand, nine thousand . . . we're in the atmosphere . . .
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1989ANAKIN points to one of the controls. ARTOO beeps madly.
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1993ANAKIN: Grab that . . . Keep us level.
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2001ANAKIN: Easy, Artoo. Hang on, this may get a little rough. We lost our heat shields.
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2005OBI-WAN: Five thousand. Three thousand . . . two thousand. Fireships on the left and the right.
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2013OBI-WAN: Copy that. Landing strip's straight ahead.
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2021OBI-WAN: Easy-easy.
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2025The ship leaves a contrail as it streaks across the Coruscant skyline. PALPATINE and OBI-WAN hold on for dear life as the ship shakes and rattles toward an industrial landing platform.
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202968 EXT. CORUSCANT-INDUSTRIAL LANDING PLATFORM-AFTERNOON
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2033A large landing platform in the industrial part of the city is surrounded by Emergency Fire Speeders. The smoking ship approaches as five Fireships spray it with foam. The ship finally makes a rather hard landing.
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2037OBI-WAN: Another happy landing.
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204169 EXT. CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-LANDING PLATFORM-LATE AFTERNOON
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2045The small Jedi Shuttle carrying PALPATINE and the JEDI arrives at the landing platform. There are a DOZEN SENATORS, including BAIL ORGANA, JAR JAR BINKS, and C-3PO, waiting for them. PALPATINE, R2-D2, and ANAKIN get out. OBI-WAN and MACE stay in the doorway of the Jedi Shuttle.
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2049ANAKIN: (to Obi-Wan) Are you coming, Master?
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2053OBI-WAN: Oh no. I'm not brave enough for politics. I have to report to the Council. Besides, someone needs to be the poster boy.
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2057ANAKIN: Hold on, this whole operation was your idea. You planned it. You led the rescue operation. You have to be the one to take the bows this time.
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2061OBI-WAN: Sorry, old friend. Let us not forget that you rescued me from the Buzz Droids. And you killed Count Dooku. And you rescued the Chancellor, carrying me unconscious on your back, and you managed to land that bucket of bolts safely . . .
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2065ANAKIN: All because of your training, Master. You deserve all those speeches of your greatness.
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2069OBI-WAN: . . . the endless speeches . . . Anakin, let's be fair. Today, you are the hero and you deserve your glorious day with the politicians.
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2073ANAKIN: All right. But you owe me . . . and not for saving your skin for the tenth time . . .
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2077OBI-WAN: Ninth time . . . that business on Cato Nemoidia doesn't count. I'll see you at the briefing.
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2081ANAKIN smiles and walks away from OBI-WAN.
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2083The CHANCELLOR and his entourage approach MACE.
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2087MACE WlNDU: Chancellor Palpatine, what a welcome sight! Are you all right?
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2091PALPATINE: Yes, thanks to your two Jedi Knights. They killed Count Dooku, but General Grievous has escaped once again.
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2095MACE WlNDU: General Grievous will run and hide as he always does. He is a coward.
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2099PALPATINE: That maybe true, but with Count Dooku dead, he is the leader of the Droid Army, and I assure you, the Senate will vote to continue the war as long as Grievous is alive.
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2103MACE WlNDU: Then the Jedi Council will make finding Grievous our highest priority.
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2107BAIL, ANAKIN, and the crowd walk away from the platform toward the Senate Building Grand Hallway.
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2111BAIL ORGANA: Skywalker, the Republic cannot praise you enough.
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2115ANAKIN and BAIL ORGANA, walking in the hallway.
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2119ANAKIN: Thank you, Senator Organa. The kidnapping was a bold move by the Separatists, but it was a mistake that Obi-Wan and I were able to take advantage of.
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2123ARTOO and THREEPIO follow behind the crowd.
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2127C-3PO: It couldn't possibly be as bad as all that.
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2131ARTOO beeps.
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2135C-3PO: (continuing) Well, there, I agree with you. In fact, I could do with a tune-up myself.
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213970 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-MAIN HALLWAY-LATE AFTERNOON
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2143ANAKIN is at the back of the crowd of SENATORS, talking with BAIL ORGANA. R2-D2 and C-3PO scoot along ahead of them.
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2147BAIL ORGANA: The end of Count Dooku will surely bring an end to this war, and an end to the Chancellor's draconian security measures.
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2151ANAKIN: I wish that were so, but the fighting is going to continue until General Grievous is spare parts . . . The Chancellor is very clear about that.
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2155Behind a row of large columns, a SHADOWY FIGURE follows the JEDI and the SENATOR. ANAKIN senses the figure.
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2159BAIL ORGANA: I'll do everything I can with the Senate.
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2163ANAKIN: Excuse me.
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2167BAIL ORGANA: Certainly.
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2171ANAKIN stops, and BAIL goes off after PALPATINE and the others. ANAKIN goes behind one of the giant columns to meet up with the SHADOWY FIGURE, who is revealed to be SENATOR PADME AMDALA. They embrace and kiss.
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2175PADME: Oh, Anakin! Thank goodness, you're back.
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2179ANAKIN: I missed you, Padme. I've missed you so.
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2183PADME: There were whispers . . . that you'd been killed. I've been living with unbearable dread.
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2187ANAKIN: I'm back, I'm all right. It feels like we've been apart for a lifetime. And it might have been ... If the Chancellor hadn't been kidnapped. I don't think they would have ever brought us back from the Outer Rim sieges.
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2191ANAKIN starts to give her another kiss. She steps back.
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2195PADME: Wait, not here . . .
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2199He grabs her again.
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2203ANAKIN: Yes, here! I'm tired of all this deception. I don't care if they know we're married.
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2207PADME: Anakin, don't say things like that. You're important to the Republic ... to ending this war. I love you more than anything, but I won't let you give up your life as a Jedi for me . . .
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2211ANAKIN: I've given my life to the Jedi order, but I'd only give up my life, for you.
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2215PADME: (playfully) I wouldn't like that. I wouldn't like that one bit. Patience, my handsome Jedi . . . Come to me later.
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2219ANAKIN embraces her, then looks at her.
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2223ANAKIN: Are you all right? You're trembling. What's going on?
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2227PADME: I'm just excited to see you.
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2231ANAKIN: That's not it. I sense more . . . what is it?
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2235PADME: Nothing . . . nothing . . .
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2239ANAKIN: You're frightened. (a little angry) Tell me what's going on!
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2243PADME begins to cry.
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2247PADME: You've been gone five months . . . it's been very hard for me. I've never felt so alone. There's . . .
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2251ANAKIN: . . . Is there someone else?
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2255PADME: (peeved, angry) No! Why do you think that? Your jealousy upsets me so much, Anakin. I do nothing to betray you, yet you still don't trust me. Nothing has changed.
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2259ANAKIN: (sheepish) I'm afraid of losing you, Padme . . . that's all.
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2263PADME: I will never stop loving you, Anakin. My only fear is losing you.
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2267ANAKIN: It's just that I've never seen you like this . . .
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2271PADME: Something wonderful has happened.
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2275They look at each other for a long moment.
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2279PADME: (continuing) I'm . . . Annie, I'm pregnant.
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2283ANAKIN is stunned. He thinks through all of the ramifications of this. He takes her in his arms.
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2287ANAKIN: That's . . . that's wonderful.
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2291PADME: What are we going to do?
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2295ANAKIN: We're not going to worry about anything right now, all right? This is a happy moment. The happiest moment of my life.
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229971 EXT. UTAPAU-LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
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2303A small NEIMOIDIAN SHUTTLE lands. BATTLE DROIDS surround the ramp as GENERAL GRIEVOUS descends onto the platform. SUPER BATTLE DROID G21 approaches.
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2307SUPER BATTLE DROID G21: The planet is secure, sir. The population is under control.
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2311GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Good. Where is the Separatist Council?
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2315SUPER BATTLE DROID G21: This way, sir ...
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2319GENERAL GRIEVOUS takes the elevator to an upper level. He enters a conference room and presses a series of buttons on the table, and bows.
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232372 INT. UTAPAU-CONFERENCE ROOM-GRAND CHAMBER-DAY
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2327A hologram of Darth Sidious appears.
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2331GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Yes, Lord Sidious.
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2335DARTH SlDIOUS: General Grievous, I suggest you move the Separatist leaders to Mustafar.
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2339GENERAL GRIEVOUS: It will be done, My Lord.
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2343DARTH SlDIOUS: The end of the war is near, General, and I promise you, victory is assured.
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2347The hologram of Sidious talks to GRIEVOUS about the death of Count Dooku.
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2351GENERAL GRIEVOUS: But the loss of Count Dooku?
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2355DARTH SlDIOUS: His death was a necessary loss, which will ensure our victory. Soon I will have a new apprentice . . . one far younger and more powerful than Lord Tyranus.
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235973 INT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-TWILIGHT
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2363PADME stands in the balcony brushing her hair. ANAKIN leans against the wall, watching her lovingly.
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2367ANAKIN: . . . every second I was thinking of you. Protecting the endless, nameless Outer Rim settlements became a torture . . . the battles were easy, the longing became unbearable . . . I've never been so happy as I am at this moment.
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2371PADME: Annie, I want to have our baby back home on Naboo. We could go to the lake country where no one would know . . . where we would be safe. I could go early-and fix up the baby's room. I know the perfect spot, right by the gardens.
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2375ANAKIN: You are so beautiful!
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2379PADME: It's only because I'm so in love . . .
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2383ANAKIN: No, it's because I'm so in love with you.
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2387PADME: So love has blinded you?
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2391ANAKIN: Well, that's not exactly what I meant . . .
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2395PADME: But it's probably true!
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2399They laugh.
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2403ANAKIN: I haven't laughed in so long . . .
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2407PADME: Neither have I.
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241174 INT. POLIS MASSA-MEDICAL CENTER-DREAM
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2415The view is strangely distorted and disorienting. PADME is on a table in an alien medical chamber. She is giving birth and is screaming.
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2419PADME: Anakin, help me! Help, Anakin! Anakin, I love you. I love you.
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2423She screams and dies.
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242775 INT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-BEDROOM-NIGHT
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2431ANAKIN awakens in a panic. He is covered in sweat. He looks over in the bed and sees PADME sound asleep next to him. ANAKIN gets out from under the sheets and sits on the side of the bed. He is breathing heavily. He puts his head in his hands and weeps. He regains his composure and leaves the room down a set of stairs. PADME awakens, realizes Anakin is gone.
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2435PADME: Anakin??
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2439She gets out of bed and goes downstairs to look for him.
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244376 EXT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-VERANDA-NIGHT
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2447ANAKIN walks down a flight of stairs onto a large veranda. The vast city planet of Coruscant, smoldering from the battle, is spread out before him. He is distraught.
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2449PADME descends the stairs and joins ANAKIN on the veranda. She takes his hand. He doesn't look at her.
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2453PADME: What's bothering you?
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2457ANAKIN: Nothing . . .
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2461ANAKIN touches the japor snippet around PADME'S neck, that Anakin gave her when he was a small boy.
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2465ANAKIN: (continuing) I remember when I gave this to you.
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2469PADME: Anakin, how long is it going to take for us to be honest with each other?
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2473ANAKIN: It was a dream.
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2477PADME: Bad?
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2481ANAKIN: Like the ones I used to have about my mother just before she died.
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2485PADME: And?
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2489ANAKIN: It was about you.
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2493They look at each other. A moment of concern passes between them.
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2497PADME: Tell me.
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2501ANAKIN: It was only a dream.
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2505PADME gives him a long, worried look. ANAKIN takes a deep breath.
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2509ANAKIN: (continuing) You die in childbirth . . .
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2513PADME: And the baby?
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2517ANAKIN: I don't know.
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2521PADME: It was only a dream.
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2525ANAKIN takes PADME in his arms.
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2529ANAKIN: . . . I won't let this one become real, Padme.
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2533They embrace, then part.
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2537PADME: Anakin, this baby will change our lives. I doubt the Queen will continue to allow me to serve in the Senate, and if the Council discovers you are the father, you will be expelled from the Jedi Order.
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2541ANAKIN: I know ….
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2545PADME: Anakin, do you think Obi-Wan might be able to help us?
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2549ANAKIN: (suspicious) Have you told him anything?
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2553PADME: No, but he's your mentor, your best friend . . . he must suspect something.
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2557ANAKIN: He's been a father to me, but he's still on the Council. Don't tell him anything!
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2561PADME: I won't, Anakin.
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2565ANAKIN: I don't need his help . . . Our baby is a blessing, not a problem.
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256977 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-YODAS QUARTERS-DAY
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2573YODA and ANAKIN sit in Yoda 's room, deep in thought.
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2577YODA: Premonitions . . . premonitions . . . Hmmmm . . . these visions you have . . .
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2581ANAKIN: They are of pain, suffering, death . . .
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2585YODA: Yourself you speak of, or someone you know?
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2589ANAKIN: Someone . . .
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2593YODA: . . . close to you?
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2597ANAKIN: Yes.
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2601YODA: Careful you must be when sensing the future, Anakin. The fear of loss is a path to the dark side.
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2605ANAKIN: I won't let these visions come true, Master Yoda.
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2609YODA: Death is a natural part of life. Rejoice for those around you who transform into the Force. Mourn them, do not. Miss them, do not. Attachment leads to jealousy. The shadow of greed, that is.
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2613ANAKIN: What must I do, Master Yoda?
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2617YODA: Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.
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262178 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-HALLWAY-DAY
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2625ANAKIN hurries down a temple hallway, heading toward a Jedi Briefing Room. SEVERAL JEDI are exiting.
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262979 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-BRIEFING ROOM-DAY
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2633ANAKIN rushes into the Briefing Room. By the time he reaches the Chamber, the last of the Jedi are leaving. Only OBI-WAN remains at the front of the lecture hall. He is shutting off some holograms and electronic charts and maps.
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2637OBI-WAN: You missed the report on the Outer Rim sieges.
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2641ANAKIN: I'm sorry, I was held up. I have no excuse.
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2645OBI-WAN: In short, they are going very well. Saleucami has fallen, and Master Vos has moved his troops to Boz Pity.
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2649ANAKIN: What's wrong then?
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2653OBI-WAN: The Senate is expected to vote more executive powers to the Chancellor today.
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2657ANAKIN: Well, that can only mean less deliberating and more action. Is that bad? It will make it easier for us to end this war.
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2661OBI-WAN: Anakin, be careful of your friend Palpatine.
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2665ANAKIN: Be careful of what?
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2669OBI-WAN: He has requested your presence.
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2673ANAKIN: What for?
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2677OBI-WAN: He would not say.
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2681ANAKIN: He didn't inform the Jedi Council? That's unusual, isn't it?
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2685OBI-WAN: All of this is unusual, and it's making me feel uneasy. You're probably aware that relations between the Council and the Chancellor are stressed.
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2689ANAKIN: I know the Council has grown wary of the Chancellor's power, mine also for that matter. Aren't we all working together to save the Republic? Why all this distrust?
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2693OBI-WAN: The Force grows dark, Anakin, and we are all affected by it. Be wary of your feelings.
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269780 INT. CORUSCANT-CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE-DAY
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2701ANAKIN stands with PALPATINE at his window overlooking the vastness of Coruscant. Several buildings have been destroyed. A brown haze hangs over the landscape.
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2705PALPATINE: Anakin, this afternoon the Senate is going to call on me to take direct control of the Jedi Council.
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2709ANAKIN: The Jedi will no longer report to the Senate?
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2713PALPATINE: They will report to me . . . personally. The Senate is too unfocused to conduct a war. This will bring a quick end to things.
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2717ANAKIN: I agree, but the Jedi Council may not see it that way.
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2721PALPATINE: There are times when we must all endure adjustments to the constitution in the name of security.
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2725ANAKIN: With all due respect, sir, the Council is in no mood for more constitutional amendments.
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2729PALPATINE: Thank you, my friend, but in this case I have no choice . . . this war must be won.
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2733ANAKIN: Everyone will agree on that.
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2737PALPATINE: Anakin, I've known you since you were a small boy. I have advised you over the years when I could ... I am very proud of your accomplishments. You have won many battles the Jedi Council thought were lost . . . and you saved my life. I hope you trust me, Anakin.
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2741ANAKIN: Of course.
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2745PALPATINE: I need your help, son.
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2749ANAKIN: What do you mean?
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2753PALPATINE: I fear the Jedi. The Council keeps pushing for more control. They're shrouded in secrecy and obsessed with maintaining their autonomy . . . ideals. I find simply incomprehensible in a democracy.
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2757ANAKIN: I can assure you that the Jedi are dedicated to the values of the Republic, sir.
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2761PALPATINE: Nevertheless, their actions will speak more loudly than their words. I'm depending on you.
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2765ANAKIN: For what? I don't understand.
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2769PALPATINE: To be the eyes, ears, and voice of the Republic . . .
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2773ANAKIN thinks about this.
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2777PALPATINE: (continuing) Anakin . . . I'm appointing you to be my personal representative on the Jedi Council.
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2781ANAKIN: Me? A Master? I am overwhelmed, sir, but the Council elects its own members. They will never accept this.
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2785PALPATINE: I think they will . . . they need you more than you know.
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278981 INT. CORUSCANT-BAIL ORGANA'S OFFICE-DAY
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2793PADME, BAIL ORGANA, and SENATORS MON MOTHMA, FANG ZAR, TERR TANEEL, and GIDDEAN DANU sit in Senator Organa 's office.
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2797BAIL ORGANA: Now that he has control of the Jedi Council, the Chancellor has appointed Governors to oversee all star systems in the Republic.
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2801FANG ZAR: When did this happen?
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2805BAIL ORGANA: The decree was posted this morning.
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2809PADME: Do you think he will dismantle the Senate?
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2813MON MOTHMA: Why bother? As a practical matter, the Senate no longer exists.
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2817GIDDEAN DANU: The constitution is in shreds. Amendment after amendment . . . executive directives, sometimes a dozen in one day.
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2821BAIL ORGANA: We can't let a thousand years of democracy disappear without a fight.
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2825EVERYONE looks at each other, a little worried at the implications of what was just said.
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2829TERR TANEEL: What are you suggesting?
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2833BAIL ORGANA: I apologize. I didn't mean to sound like a Separatist.
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2837MON MOTHMA: We are not Separatists trying to leave the Republic. We are loyalists, trying to preserve democracy in the Republic.
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2841BAIL ORGANA: It has become increasingly clear to many of us that the Chancellor has become an enemy of democracy.
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2845PADME: I can't believe it has come to this! Chancellor Palpatine is one of my oldest advisors. He served as my Ambassador when I was Queen.
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2849GlDDEAN DANU: Senator, I fear you underestimate the amount of corruption that has taken hold in the Senate.
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2853MON MOTHMA: The Chancellor has played the Senators well. They know where the power lies, and they will do whatever it takes to share in it. Palpatine has become a dictator and we have helped him to do it.
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2857BAIL ORGANA: We can't sit around debating any longer, we have decided to do what we can to stop it. Senator Mon Mothma and I are putting together an organization . . .
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2861PADME: Say no more. Senator Organa. I understand. At this point, it's better to leave some things unsaid.
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2865BAIL ORGANA: Yes. I agree and we must not discuss this with anyone, without everyone in this group agreeing.
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2869MON MOTHMA: That means those closest to you . . . even family ... no one can be told.
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2873They ALL nod their heads. PADME considers this for a moment.
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2877PADME: Agreed.
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288182 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-HALLWAY OUTSIDE COUNCIL CHAMBERS-DAY
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2885ANAKIN stands pensively in front of the Jedi Council Chambers. The door opens.
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288983 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-COUNCIL CHAMBERS-DAY
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2893ANAKIN enters and stands in the middle of the room. He is surrounded by the Jedi Council MACE WINDU, EETH KOTH OBI-WAN, YODA, the HOLOGRAMS of PLO KOON and KI-ADI-MUNDI.
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2897MACE: Anakin Skywalker, we have approved your appointment to the Council as the Chancellor's personal representative.
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2901ANAKIN: I will do my best to uphold the principles of the Jedi Order.
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2905YODA: Allow this appointment lightly, the Council does not. Disturbing is this move by Chancellor Palpatine.
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2909ANAKIN: I understand.
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2913MACE: You are on this Council, but we do not grant you the rank of Master.
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2917Anakin reacts with anger.
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2921ANAKIN: What? ! How can you do this?? This is outrageous, it's unfair . . . I'm more powerful than any of you. How can you be on the Council and not be a Master?
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2925MACE: Take a seat, young Skywalker.
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2929ANAKIN: Forgive me, Master.
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2933ANAKIN goes and sits in one of the empty chairs. Everyone is embarrassed. KI-ADI-MUNDI WHO APPEARS AS A HOLOGRAM, speaks.
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2937Kl-ADI-MUNDI: We have surveyed all systems in the Republic, and have found no sign of General Grievous.
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2941YODA: Hiding in the Outer Rim, Grievous is. The outlying systems, you must sweep.
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2945OBI-WAN: It may take some time . . . we do not have many ships to spare.
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2949MACE: We cannot take ships from the front line.
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2953OBI-WAN: And yet, it would be fatal for us to allow the droid armies to regroup.
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2957YODA: Master Kenobi, our spies contact, you must, and then wait.
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2961Kl-ADI-MUNDI: What about the droid attack on the Wookiees?
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2965MACE: It is critical we send an attack group there, immediately!
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2969OBI-WAN: He's right, that is a system we cannot afford to lose. It's the main navigation route for the southwestern quadrant.
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2973ANAKIN: I know that system well. It would take us little time to drive the droids off that planet.
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2977MACE: Skywalker, your assignment is here with the Chancellor, and Kenobi must find General Grievous.
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2981YODA: Go, I will. Good relations with the Wookiees, I have.
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2985MACE: It is settled then. Yoda will take a battalion of clones to reinforce the Wookiees on Kashyyyk. May the Force be with us all.
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2989ANAKIN is disappointed.
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299384 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-MASSIVE MAIN HALLWAY AND ALCOVE-LATE AFTERNOON
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2997ANAKIN and OBI-WAN walk through one of the massive Jedi Temple hallways. ANAKIN is furious.
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3001ANAKIN: What kind of nonsense is this, put me on the Council and not make me a Master!?? That's never been done in the history of the Jedi. It's insulting!
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3005OBI-WAN: Calm down, Anakin. You have been given a great honor. To be on the Council at your age . . . It's never happened before. Listen to me, Anakin. The fact of the matter is you're too close to the Chancellor. The Council doesn't like it when he interferes in Jedi affairs.
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3009ANAKIN: I swear to you, I didn't ask to be put on the Council . . .
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3013OBI-WAN: But it's what you wanted! Your friendship with Chancellor Palpatine seems to have paid off.
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3017ANAKIN: That has nothing to do with this.
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3021OBI-WAN: Anakin, regardless of how it happened, you find yourself in a delicate situation.
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3025ANAKIN: You mean divided loyalties.
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3029OBI-WAN: I warned you there was tension between the Council and the Chancellor. I was very clear. Why didn't you listen? You walked right into it.
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3033ANAKIN: The Council is upset I'm the youngest to ever serve.
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3037OBI-WAN: No, it is not. Anakin, I worry when you speak of jealousy and pride. Those are not Jedi thoughts. They're dangerous, dark thoughts.
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3041ANAKIN: Master, you of all people should have confidence in my abilities. I know where my loyalties lie.
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3045OBI-WAN: I hope so . . .
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3049ANAKIN: I sense there's more to this talk than you're saying.
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3053OBI-WAN: Anakin, the only reason the Council has approved your appointment is because the Chancellor trusts you.
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3057ANAKIN: And?
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3061OBI-WAN: Anakin, look, I am on your side. I didn't want to see you put in this situation.
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3065ANAKIN: What situation?
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3069OBI-WAN: (takes a deep breath) The Council wants you to report on all of the Chancellor's dealings. They want to know what he's up to.
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3073ANAKIN: They want me to spy on the Chancellor? That's treason!
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3077OBI-WAN: We are at war, Anakin. The Jedi Council is sworn to uphold the principles of the Republic, even if the Chancellor does not.
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3081ANAKIN: Why didn't the Council give me this assignment when we were in session?
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3085OBI-WAN: This assignment is not to be on record. The Council asked me to approach you on this personally.
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3089ANAKIN: The Chancellor is not a bad man, Obi-Wan. He befriended me. He's watched out for me ever since I arrived here.
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3093OBI-WAN: That is why you must help us, Anakin. Our allegiance is to the Senate, not to its leader who has managed to stay in office long after his term has expired.
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3097ANAKIN: Master, the Senate demanded that he stay longer.
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3101OBI-WAN: Yes, but use your feelings, Anakin. Something is out of place.
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3105ANAKIN: You're asking me to do something against the Jedi Code. Against the Republic. Against a mentor . . . and a friend. That's what's out of place here. Why are you asking this of me?
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3109OBI-WAN: The Council is asking you.
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311385 EXT. CORUSCANT-CLONE LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
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3117A JEDI GUNSHIP heads for the huge Clone landing platform.
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312186 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI GUNSHIP-DAY
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3125YODA, MACE, and OBI-WAN ride in the GUNSHIP as it heads for the Clone landing platform. Mace and Obi-Wan are sitting.
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3129OBI-WAN : Anakin did not take to his assignment with much enthusiasm.
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3133YODA: Too much under the sway of the Chancellor, he is. Much anger there is in him. Too much pride in his powers.
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3137MACE: It's very dangerous, putting them together. I don't think the boy can handle it. I don't trust him.
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3141OBI-WAN: He'll be all right. I trust him with my life.
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3145MACE:I wish I did.
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3149OBI-WAN: With all due respect, Master, is he not the Chosen One? Is he not to destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force?
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3153MACE: So the prophecy says.
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3157YODA: A prophecy . . . that misread could have been.
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3161OBI-WAN: He will not let me down. He never has.
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3165YODA: I hope right you are. And now destroy the Droid armies on Kashyyyk, I will. May the Force be with you.
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3169The GUNSHIP lands and the ramp lowers. YODA exits the GUNSHIP. MACE and OBI-WAN stand and give him a brief bow then take off in the GUNSHIP.
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317387 EXT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-VERANDA-SUNSET
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3177Padme's Speeder pulls up to the landing platform. CAPTAIN TYPHO escorts PADME onto the veranda, where TWO HANDMAIDENS (ELLE and MOTEE) are waiting. PADME turns to CAPTAIN TYPHO.
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3181PADME: Thank you, Captain.
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3185CAPTAIN TYPHO: Rest well. My Lady.
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3189CAPTAIN TYPHO gets back into the Speeder, and it disappears into the cityscape. The HANDMAIDENS, Motee and Elle, approach PADME as the SHADOW OF A FIGURE moves in the background. C-3PO is standing nearby.
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3193PADME: I'll be up in a while.
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3197MOTEE: Yes, my lady.
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3205C-3PO: Is there anything I might do for you, my lady?
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3209PADME: Yes, make sure all the security droids are working. Thank you, Threepio.
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3213The golden droid turns and exits.
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3217PADME stands and watches the sunset. The SHADOWY FIGURE moves toward her. She senses something.
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3221ANAKIN: Beautiful, isn't it?
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3225PADME jumps and turns around.
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3229PADME: You startled me.
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3233He sits next to her on the bench.
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3237ANAKIN: How are you feeling?
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3241PADME: He keeps kicking.
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3245ANAKIN: He?! Why do you think it's a boy?
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3249PADME: (laughs) My motherly intuition.
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3253She puts his hand on her belly.
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3257ANAKIN: Whoa! With a kick that strong, it's got to be a girl.
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3265PADME: I heard about your appointment. Anakin. I'm so proud of you.
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3269ANAKIN: I may be on the Council, but . . . they refused to accept me as a Jedi Master.
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3273PADME: Patience. In time, they will recognize your skills.
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3277ANAKIN: They still treat me as if I were a Padawan learner. . . they fear my power, that's the problem.
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3281PADME: Anakin . . .
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3285ANAKIN: Sometimes, I wonder what's happening to the Jedi Order . . . I think this war is destroying the principles of the Republic.
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3289PADME: Have you ever considered that we may be on the wrong side?
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3293ANAKIN: (suspicious) What do you mean?
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3297PADME: What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we have been fighting to destroy?
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3301ANAKIN: I don't believe that. And you're sounding like a Separatist!
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3305PADME: Anakin, this war represents a failure to listen . . . Now, you're closer to the Chancellor than anyone. Please, please ask him to stop the fighting and let diplomacy resume.
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3309ANAKIN: (growing angry) Don't ask me to do that, Padme. Make a motion in the Senate, where that kind of a request belongs. I'm not your errand boy. I'm not anyone's errand boy!
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3313PADME: What is it?
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3317ANAKIN: Nothing.
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3321PADME: Don't do this . . . don't shut me out. Let me help you.
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3325ANAKIN: You can't help me . . . I'm trying to help you.
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3329They look in each other's eyes.
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3333ANAKIN: (continuing) I sense . . . there are things you are not telling me.
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3337PADME is startled at this.
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3341PADME: I sense there are things you are not telling me.
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3345PADME smiles. ANAKIN is a little embarrassed.
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3349PADME: (continuing) Hold me . . . like you did by the lake on Naboo, so long ago . . . when there was nothing but our love ... No politics, no plotting ... no war.
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335388 INT. CORUSCANT-GALAXIES OPERA HOUSE-NIGHT
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3357ANAKIN lands his speeder and exits.
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3359ANAKIN runs up the stairs at the Galaxies Opera House.
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3361ANAKIN runs through the hallway and enters Palpatine's box, where the CHANCELLOR is sitting with Mas Amedda and Sly-Moore, watching the Man Calamari Ballet doing "Squid Lake."
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3365ANAKIN: You wanted to see me, Chancellor.
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3369PALPATINE: Yes, Anakin! Come closer. I have good news. Our Clone Intelligence Units have discovered the location of General Grievous. He is hiding in the Utapau system.
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3373ANAKIN: At last, we'll be able to capture that monster and end this war.
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3377PALPATINE: I would worry about the collective wisdom of the Council if they didn't select you for this assignment. You are the best choice by far … but, they can't always be trusted to do the right thing.
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3381ANAKIN: They try.
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3385PALPATINE: Sit down, (to his aides) Leave us.
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3389ANAKIN sits next to PALPATINE. The Chancellor leans over to him.
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3393PALPATINE: (continuing) Anakin, you know I'm not able to rely on the Jedi Council. If they haven't included you in their plot, they soon will.
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3397ANAKIN: I'm not sure I understand.
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3401PALPATINE: You must sense what I have come to suspect . . . the Jedi Council want control of the Republic . . . they're planning to betray me.
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3409PALPATINE: Anakin, search your feelings. You know, don't you?
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3413ANAKIN: I know they don't trust you . . .
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3417PALPATINE: Or the Senate . . . or the Republic . . . or democracy for that matter.
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3421ANAKIN: I have to admit my trust in them has been shaken.
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3425PALPATINE: Why? They asked you to do something that made you feel dishonest, didn't they?
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3429ANAKIN doesn't say anything. He simply looks down.
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3433PALPATINE: (continuing) They asked you to spy on me, didn't they?
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3437ANAKIN: I don't know ... I don't know what to say.
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3441PALPATINE: Remember back to your early teachings. Anakin. "All those who gain power are afraid to lose it." Even the Jedi.
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3445ANAKIN: The Jedi use their power for good.
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3449PALPATINE: Good is a point of view, Anakin. And the Jedi point of view is not the only valid one. The Dark Lords of the Sith believe in security and justice also, yet they are considered by the Jedi to be. . .
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3453ANAKIN: . . . evil.
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3457PALPATINE: . . . from a Jedi's point of view. The Sith and the Jedi are similar in almost every way, including their quest for greater power. The difference between the two is the Sith are not afraid of the dark side of the Force. That is why they are more powerful.
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3461ANAKIN: The Sith rely on their passion for their strength. They think inward, only about themselves.
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3465PALPATINE: And the Jedi don't?
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3469ANAKIN: The Jedi are selfless . . . they only care about others.
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3473PALPATINE smiles.
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3477PALPATINE: Or so you've been trained to believe. Why is it, then, that they have asked you to do something you feel is wrong?
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3481ANAKIN: I'm not sure it's wrong.
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3485PALPATINE: Have they asked you to betray the Jedi code? The Constitution? A friendship? Your own values? Think. Consider their motives. Keep your mind clear of assumptions. The fear of losing power is a weakness of both the Jedi and the Sith.
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3489ANAKIN is deep in thought.
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3493PALPATINE: (continuing) Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis "the wise"?
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3497ANAKIN: No.
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3501PALPATINE: I thought not. It's not a story the Jedi would tell you. It's a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create life ... He had such a knowledge of the dark side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying.
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3505ANAKIN: He could actually save people from death?
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3509PALPATINE: The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
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3513ANAKIN: What happened to him?
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3517PALPATINE: He became so powerful . . . the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. (smiles) Plagueis never saw it coming. It's ironic he could save others from death, but not himself.
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3521ANAKIN: Is it possible to learn this power?
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3525PALPATINE: Not from a Jedi.
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352989 EXT. KASHYYYK-DAY
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3533A WOOKIEE CATAMARAN flanked by WOOKIEE HELICOPTERS approaches the tree housing the HOLOGRAM AREA.
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353790 INT. KASHYYYK-HOLOGRAM AREA-DAY
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3541YODA and various JEDI speak via hologram. The discussion includes OBI-WAN, MACE, AGEN KOLAR, YODA- KI-ADI-MUNDI and PLO KOON.
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3545Kl-ADI-MUNDI: (holo) Palpatine thinks General Grievous is on Utapau. We have had no reports of this from our agents.
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3549MACE: (holo) How could the Chancellor have come by this information and we know nothing about it? We have had contact with Baron Papanoida and he said no one was there.
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3553ANAKIN: A partial message was intercepted in a diplomatic packet from the Chairman of Utapau.
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3557YODA: Act on this, we must. The capture of General Grievous will end this war. Quickly and decisively we should proceed.
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3561OBI-WAN: Does everyone agree?
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3565All the JEDI concur.
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3569ANAKIN: The Chancellor has requested that I lead the campaign.
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3573They all look at ANAKIN a bit disturbed.
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3577MACE: (a little peeved) The Council will make up its own mind who is to go, not the Chancellor.
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3581Kl-ADI-MUNDI: Yes, this decision is ours to make.
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3585ANAKIN is embarrassed and becomes sullen.
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3589YODA: A Master is needed, with more experience.
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3593MACE: Given our resources, I recommend we send only one Jedi . . . Master Kenobi.
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3597ANAKIN: He was not so successful the last time he met Grievous.
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3601OBI-WAN throws ANAKIN a dirty look.
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3605ANAKIN: (continuing) No offense, my Master, but I'm only stating a fact.
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3609OBI-WAN: Oh no, you're quite right, but I do have the most experience with his ways of combat.
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3613YODA: Obi-Wan, my choice is.
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3617Kl-ADI-MUNDI: I concur. Master Kenobi should go.
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3621YODA: I agree.
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3625All the JEDI concur.
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3629MACE: Very well. Council is adjourned.
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3633ANAKIN is angry.
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3637MACE: (continuing) Obi-Wan, prepare two clone brigades as quickly as you can. If this report is true, there's no telling how many battle droids he may have with him.
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364191 INT. KASHYYYK-HOLOGRAM AREA-DAY
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3645YODA gets out of his chair and walks to the edge of the platform.
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3649CLONE COMMANDER GREE: The droids have started up their main power generators.
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3653YODA: Then now the time is, Commander.
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3657CLONE COMMANDER GREE: Yes, sir.
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3661The battle begins.
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366592 EXT. KASHYYYK-BEACH HEAD-DAY
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3669A WOOKIEE CHIEFTAIN lets out a roar as the Wookiee army rushes to face the DROID ARMY. CORPORATE ALLIANCE TANK DROIDS race across the water against the WOOKIEES and CLONE TROOPERS on the beach. DROID GUNSHIPS provide air support, while a SPIDER DROID emerges from the watery depths. A brave WOOKIEE places an explosive on a SEPARATIST TANK and jumps off just before the TANK EXPLODES. From the Hologram Area, Yoda observes the ongoing battle.
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367393 EXT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-EARLY MORNING
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3677Padme's apartment building is surrounded by the smog-shrouded city of Coruscant.
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368194 INT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-LIVING ROOM-EARLY MORNING
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3685PADME and OBI-WAN sit on one of the couches.
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3689OBI-WAN: Has Anakin been to see you?
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3693PADME: Several times . . . I was so happy to hear he was accepted on the Jedi Council.
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3697OBI-WAN: I know ... he deserves it. He is impatient, strong willed, very opinionated, but truly gifted.
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3701They laugh.
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3705PADME: You're not just here to say hello. Something is wrong, isn't it?
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3709OBI-WAN: You should be a Jedi, Padme.
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3713PADME: You're not very good at hiding your feelings.
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3717OBI-WAN: It's Anakin . . . He's becoming moody and detached. He's been put in a difficult position as the Chancellor's representative . . . but I think it's more than that. I was hoping he may have talked to you.
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3721PADME: Why would he talk to me about his work?
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3725OBI-WAN studies her.
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3729OBI-WAN: Neither of you is very good at hiding your feelings either.
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3733PADME: Don't give me that look.
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3737OBI-WAN: I know how he feels about you.
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3741PADME: (nervous) What did he say?
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3745OBI-WAN: Nothing. He didn't have to.
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3749PADME is a little flustered. She stands and Obi-Wan follows. She walks to the balcony.
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3753PADME: I don't know what you're talking about.
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3757OBI-WAN: I know you both too well. I can see you two are in love. Padme, I'm worried about him.
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3761PADME looks down and doesn't answer.
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3765OBI-WAN: (continuing) I fear your relationship has confused him. He's changed considerably since we returned . . .
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3769They stand on the balcony and look off at the early morning city. OBI-WAN starts to leave. PADME stays looking off into the distant city.
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3773OBI-WAN: (continuing) Padme, I'm not telling the Council about any of this. I ... I hope I didn't upset you. We're all friends, I care about both of you . . .
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3777PADME: Thank you, Obi-Wan.
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3781OBI-WAN: Please do what you can to help him.
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378595 INT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-DAY
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3789PADME, MON MOTHMA, and five other Senators (BANA BREEMU, FANG ZAR. CHI EEKWAY, GIDDEAN DANU, BAIL ORGANA) sit in Padme's living room. C-3PO serves drinks to the guests.
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3793PADME: We cannot let this turn into another war.
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3797BAIL ORGANA: Absolutely, that is the last thing we want.
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3801MON MOTHMA: We are hoping to form an alliance in the Senate to stop the Chancellor from further subverting the constitution, that's all.
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3805PADME: I know a Jedi I feel it would be wise to consult.
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3809BANA BREEMU: That would be dangerous.
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3813MON MOTHMA: We don't know where the Jedi stand in all this.
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3817PADME: I only wish to discuss this with one . . . one I trust.
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3821GiDDEAN DANU: Going against the Chancellor without the support of the Jedi is risky.
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3825PADME: The Jedi aren't any happier with the situation than we are . . .
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3829CHI EEKWAY: Patience, Senator.
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3833FANG ZAR: We have so many Senators on our side, surely that will pursuade the Chancellor.
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3837BANA BREEMU: When you present the "petition of the two thousand" to the Chancellor, things may change.
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3841BAIL ORGANA: Let us see what we can accomplish in the Senate, before we include the Jedi.
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3845PADME takes a deep breath in frustration and disappointment.
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384996 EXT. CORUSCANT-CLONE LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
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3853ANAKIN and OBI-WAN walk onto a landing platform overlooking a docking bay where THOUSANDS OF CLONE TROOPS and armored weapons, tanks, etc., are being loaded onto a massive REPUBLIC ASSAULT SHIP.
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3857ANAKIN: You're going to need me on this one, Master.
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3861OBI-WAN: Oh, I agree. However it may turn out just to be a wild bantha chase.
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3865OBI-WAN starts to turn and leave.
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3869ANAKIN: Master!
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3873OBI-WAN stops and ANAKIN walks over to him.
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3877ANAKIN: (continuing) Master, I've disappointed you. I have not been very appreciative of your training . . . I have been arrogant and I apologize . . . I've just been so frustrated with the Council. Your friendship means everything to me.
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3881OBI-WAN: You are strong and wise, Anakin, and I am very proud of you. I have trained you since you were a small boy. I have taught you everything I know. And you have become a far greater Jedi than I could ever hope to be, and you have saved my life more times than I can remember. But be patient, Anakin. It won't be long before the Council makes you a Jedi Master.
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3885OBI-WAN starts down the ramp, then turns back.
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3889OBI-WAN: (continuing) Don't worry. I have enough clones with me to take three systems the size of Utapau. I think I'll be able to handle the situation . . . even without your help.
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3893ANAKIN: Well, there's always a first time.
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3897OBI-WAN laughs.
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3901They talk for a few more minutes before ANAKIN watches OBI-WAN depart.
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3905ANAKIN: Obi-Wan, may the Force be with you.
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3909OBI-WAN: Good-bye, old friend. May the Force be with you.
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3913OBI-WAN heads down a ramp toward the waiting Republic cruiser.
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391797 EXT. CORUSCANT-CLONE LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
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3921The Republic cruiser lifts off and heads for space.
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392598 INT. REPUBLIC BATTLE CRUISER-HANGAR-SPACE
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3929CLONE TROOPERS stand at attention in rows on the floor of the hangar deck, waiting to board landing craft. OBI-WAN stands next to his BLUE JEDI FIGHTER- talking to SEVERAL CLONE COMMANDERS with their helmets off. A hologram of the planet Utapau is projected by R4-G9 into the middle of the hangar.
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3933CLONE COMMANDER CODY: Fortunately, most of the cities are concentrated on this small continent here . . . on the far side.
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3937OBI-WAN: I'll keep them distracted until you get there. Just don't take too long.
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3941CLONE COMMANDER CODY: Come on, boss, when have I ever let you down?
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3945They laugh.
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3949OBI-WAN: (laughing) Cato Nemoidia . . . for starters.
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3953OBI-WAN climbs into his Jedi Fighter.
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3957CLONE COMMANDER CODY: That was Anakin who was late. I believe.
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3961OBI-WAN: Very well, the burden is on me not to destroy all the droids before you get there.
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3965CLONE COMMANDER CODY: I'm counting on you.
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396999 EXT. JEDI FIGHTER-SPACE
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3973OBI-WAN blasts the BLUE JEDI FIGHTER out of the Republic Battle Cruiser and into the hyperspace ring. He heads for the planet Utapau.
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3977100 EXT. CORUSCANT-CITYSCAPE-CHANCELLOR'S TRANSPORT-DAY
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3981The Chancellor's Transport races through the city and heads for the Senate Office Building landing platform. Waiting on the landing platform is a LONE JEDI. The Transport lands, and CHANCELLOR PALPATINE emerges with FOUR ROYAL GUARDS and MAS AMEDDA. The FOUR ROYAL GUARDS move off in another direction as PALPATINE greets ANAKIN, who has been waiting for him.
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3985PALPATINE: Well, Anakin, did you see your friend off?
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3989ANAKIN: He will soon have Grievous's head.
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3993PALPATINE: We can only hope the Council didn't make a mistake.
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3997ANAKIN: The Council was very sure in its decision.
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4001They exit the landing platform.
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4005101 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-MAIN HALLWAY-DAY
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4009They enter the main hallway of the Senate Office Building. They pass SEVERAL SENATORS, including REPRESENTATIVE JAR JAR BINKS from Naboo.
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4013JAR JAR: Helloo Annie. Good en to see yousa . . .
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4017The Gungan waves to Anakin.
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4021ANAKIN: Hi, Jar Jar.
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4025JAR JAR: Oopsin da Chancellor!! So sorry, Your Highness, sir.
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4029Anakin turns back to the Chancellor.
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4033PALPATINE: There are rumors in the Senate about Master Kenobi. Many believe he is not fit for this assignment.
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4037ANAKIN: Not fit? Why would anyone think that?
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4041PALPATINE: They say his mind has become fogged by the influence of a certain female Senator.
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4045ANAKIN: That's ridiculous. Who?!?
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4049PALPATINE: (slyly) No one knows who she is ... only that she is a Senator.
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4053ANAKIN: That's impossible. I would know.
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4057PALPATINE: Sometimes the closest are the ones who cannot see.
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4061ANAKIN becomes worried.
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4065PALPATINE: (continuing) Idle Senate gossip is rarely true and never accurate. I'm sure your Master will do fine.
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4069102 INT. POLIS MASSA-MEDICAL CENTER-DREAM
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4073PADME calls out in pain. OBI-WAN is near her and softly speaks to her.
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4077OBI-WAN: Save your energy.
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4081PADME: I can't!
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4085OBI-WAN: Don't give up, Padme. Don't give up . . .
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4089103 INT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-LANDING ROOM-DAY
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4093ANAKIN is in the living room, working. He sits on the couch where Obi-Wan was sitting. PADME enters and crosses behind him.
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4097ANAKIN: I sense someone familiar . . . Obi-Wan's been here, hasn't he?
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4101PADME: He came by this morning.
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4105ANAKIN: What did he want?
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4109PADME looks at him for a moment. ANAKIN seems tense.
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4113PADME: He's worried about you.
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4117ANAKIN: You told him about us, didn't you?
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4121She continues to walk to the bedroom, he follows.
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4125PADME: He's your best friend, Anakin. He says you're under a lot of stress.
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4129ANAKIN: And he's not?
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4133PADME: You have been moody lately.
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4137ANAKIN: I'm not moody . . .
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4141PADME: Anakin! Don't do this again.
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4145ANAKIN: I don't know ... I feel . . . lost.
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4149PADME: Lost? What do you mean? You're always so sure of yourself. I don't understand.
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4153ANAKIN: Obi-Wan and the Council don't trust me.
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4157PADME: They trust you with their lives. Obi-Wan loves you as a son.
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4161ANAKIN: Something's happening . . . I'm not the Jedi I should be. I am one of the most powerful Jedi, but I'm not satisfied ... I want more, and I know I shouldn't.
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4165PADME: You expect too much of yourself.
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4169They stop in front of the window in the bedroom. ANAKIN puts his hand on her belly.
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4173ANAKIN: I have found a way to save you.
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4177PADME: Save me?
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4181ANAKIN: From my nightmares.
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4185PADME: Is that what's bothering you?
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4189ANAKIN: I won't lose you, Padme.
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4193PADME: I'm not going to die in childbirth, Annie. I promise you.
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4197ANAKIN: No, I promise you! I am becoming so powerful with my new knowledge of the Force, I will be able to keep you from dying.
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4201PADME looks ANAKIN in the eye.
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4205PADME: You don't need more power, Anakin. I believe you can protect me against anything, just as you are.
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4209They embrace and kiss.
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4213104 EXT. UTAPAU-SPACE
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4217OBI-WAN blasts out of the BLUE JEDI FIGHTER's hyperspace ring and heads for the planet Utapau. The BLUE FIGHTER skims over the planet's surface, flat except for a few giant sinkholes.
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4221105 INT. UTAPAU-LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
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4225OBI-WAN lands his ship on a Platform projecting out of the side of a giant sinkhole. All is quiet. A local administrator, TION MEDON, comes out to greet the ship. OBI-WAN climbs out of his Fighter as a SHORT GROUND CREW looks over his ship. On a ledge above the landing platform, GRIEVOUS's BODYGUARDS watch as OBI-WAN talks to TION MEDON.
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4229TlON MEDON: Greetings, young Jedi. What brings you to our remote sanctuary?
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4233OBI-WAN: Unfortunately, the war.
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4237TlON MEDON: There is no war here unless you've brought it with you.
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4241OBI-WAN: With your kind permission, I should like some fuel and to use your city as a base as I search nearby systems for General Grievous.
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4245A GROUND CREW rushes out and refuels Obi-Wan’s Fighter. TION MEDON leans close to OBI-WAN and speaks quietly.
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4249TlON MEDON: He is here! We are being held hostage. They are watching us.
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4253OBI-WAN: I understand.
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4257TlON MEDON: The tenth level . . . thousands of Battle Droids . . .
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4261OBI-WAN: Tell your people to take shelter. If you have warriors, now is the time.
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4265OBI-WAN starts back toward his Starfighter as TION MEDON leaves the Landing Platform. GRIEVOUS's BODYGUARDS retreat from the overhead platform. OBI-WAN climbs back into his BLUE JEDI FIGHTER. His Astro Unit (R4-G9) turns to him:
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4269OBI-WAN: (continuing) Geenine, take the Fighter back to the ship. I'm staying here. Tell Cody I've made contact.
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4273The little Astro Droid BEEPS a reply.
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4277106 EXT. UTAPAU-OBSERVATION DECK-DAY
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4281On a high balcony, TION MEDON looks down on the landing platform. A few steps behind him stands one of GENERAL GRIEVOUS's BODYGUARDS. They watch the canopy lower.
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4285TlON MEDON: I told you, all he wanted was fuel.
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4289BODYGUARD: What was his name?
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4293TlON MEDON: He didn't say.
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4297They watch as the BLUE JEDI FIGHTER takes off.
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4301107 INT. UTAPAU-LANDING PLATFORM-HALLWAY-DAY
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4305OBI-WAN also watches his ship take off. He is hiding in the hallway. He quietly moves farther into the city.
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4309108 EXT. UTAPAU STAIRWAY-SINKHOLE RIM-DAY
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4313OBI-WAN quickly rushes up a stairway cut into the side of the sinkhole. It's hard to see him. In an alcove, he carefully surveys the city, then quickly moves on.
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4317109 INT. UTAPAU-CITY-DRAGON CORRAL-DAY
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4321OBI-WAN makes his way through the city, looking up at the tenth level with electro-binoculars from his utility belt. He tries to figure out how he is going to get up there. He hears strange bellowing cries and he investigates.
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4323He comes across a corral filled with about half a dozen DRAGON-LIKE LIZARDS. SEVERAL WRANGLERS are standing around.
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4325OBI-WAN walks up to the WRANGLERS and uses the Force with his slight hand movements.
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4329OBI-WAN: I need transportation.
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4333WRANGLER: (subtitled, in native tongue) You need transportation.
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4337OBI-WAN: Get it for me.
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4341WRANGLER: (subtitled, in native tongue) I will get it for you.
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4345One of the WRANGLERS turns to the others and chatters away in his strange tongue. OBI-WAN walks along the line of DRAGON/LIZARDS, checking out each one. He looks at their teeth, legs, etc. Finally he pats one on the neck.
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4349OBI-WAN: This one.
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4353The WRANGLER brings the chosen one over to him.
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4357WRANGLER: Boga. She answers to Boga.
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4361OBI-WAN: Good girl, Boga.
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4365OBI-WAN swings onto the back of the LIZARD. The beast rears up and scurries outside to the edge of the sinkhole.
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4369110 EXT. UTAPAU-SINKHOLE WALL-LIZARD-DAY
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4373The LIZARD BOGA rears up on her hind legs again, then climbs the wall of the sheer cliff and starts moving up toward the tenth level. The city appears to be deserted. OBI-WAN is alert to any movement.
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4377111 INT. UTAPAU-CONFERENCE ROOM-GRAND CHAMBER-DAY
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4381GENERAL GRIEVOUS stands before the COUNCIL OF SEPARATISTS, including NUTE GUNRAY, RUNE HAAKO. POGGLE THE LESSER, SHU MAI, SAN HILL PO NUDO, WAT TAMBOR, and PASSEL ARGENTE. OBI-WAN hides above the assembly and watches intently.
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4385GENERAL GRIEVOUS: It won't be long before the armies of the Republic track us here. I am sending you to the Mustafar system in the Outer Rim. It is a volcanic planet which generates a great deal of scanning interference. You will be safe there.
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4389NUTE GUNRAY: Safe? Chancellor Palpatine managed to escape your grip, General, without Count Dooku. I have doubts about your ability to keep us safe.
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4393GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Be thankful, Viceroy, you have not found yourself in my grip . . . Your ship is waiting.
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4397OBI-WAN is deep in thought.
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4401112 INT. UTAPAU-TENTH LEVEL-CONTROL CENTER-DAY
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4405The JEDI removes his cloak and jumps down behind the GENERAL.
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4409OBI-WAN: Hello, there!
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4413GENERAL GRIEVOUS: General Kenobi, you are a bold one. I find your behavior bewildering . . . Surely you realize you're doomed, (to droids) Kill him!
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4417About a HUNDRED BATTLE DROIDS surround OBI-WAN, GENERAL GRIEVOUS, and his BODYGUARDS. OBI-WAN looks around, then walks right up to GENERAL GRIEVOUS.
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4419They stare at each other for a moment.
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4423GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Enough of this.
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4427The BODYGUARDS raise their power staffs to knock OBI-WAN away, but OBI-WAN ducks as the deadly staffs whistle over his head. The Jedi's lightsaber ignites, and OBI-WAN deftly cuts one BODYGUARD in two. His staff flies into the air and is caught by GENERAL GRIEVOUS. The other THREE BODYGUARDS attack OBI-WAN with an intense fury.
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4429OBI-WAN uses the Force to release apiece of equipment from the ceiling. It drops on the BODYGUARDS, smashing them. OBI-WAN walks toward GRIEVOUS, slashing the last BODYGUARD to pieces. BATTLE DROIDS move toward OBI-WAN.
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4433GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Back away. I will deal with this Jedi slime myself.
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4437OBI-WAN: Your move.
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4441GENERAL GRIEVOUS: You fool. I have been trained in your Jedi arts by Count Dooku himself. Attack, Kenobi.
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4445His arms separate and grab all four lightsabers on his belt. His four arms create a flashing display of swordsmanship.
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4449OBI-WAN: You forget I trained the Jedi that defeated Count Dooku!
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4453OBI-WAN is hard-pressed to defend himself against the deadly onslaught. They fight across the control room as the BATTLE DROID SHARPSHOOTERS try to pick off the Jedi. OBI-WAN mounts a ferocious counterattack and cuts off one of GRIEVOUS's hands. A loud EXPLOSION is heard echoing throughout the sinkhole. GENERAL GRIEVOUS and OBI-WAN glance to the entrance of the control center and see CLONE TROOPS in the distance, attacking DROIDS in the sinkhole. On the far wall of the sinkhole, CLONES can be seen rappelling onto balconies.
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4457OBI-WAN: I may not defeat your droids, but my troops certainly will.
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4461GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Army or not, you must realize you are doomed.
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4465OBI-WAN: I don't think so.
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4469TWENTY CLONES suddenly rappel into the entrance of the control center, ray guns blazing. Chaos. Laser bolts fly everywhere as the DROIDS return fire. OBI-WAN attacks GENERAL GRIEVOUS, who defends himself rigorously with one of his bodyguard's electro-staffs. OBI-WAN uses the Force to hurl GENERAL GRIEVOUS backwards. He falls onto a lower platform and OBI-WAN jumps down after him.
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4473113 INT. UTAPAU-TENTH LEVEL-CONTROL CENTER-DAY
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4477More CLONES rappel into the control center and blast away at the remaining DROIDS.
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4479The JEDI cuts down several DROIDS as he races to the entrance of the control center. OBI-WAN spots GENERAL GRIEVOUS racing toward one of the landing platforms in the midst of the battle. GENERAL GRIEVOUS jumps onto a WHEEL SCOOTER and takes off down the wall of the sinkhole. OBI-WAN whistles for his LIZARD BOGA, who runs to him. OBI-WAN jumps on.
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4483114 EXT. UTAPAU-CLIFF AND LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
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4487The chase begins. Obi-Wan drops his lightsaber while riding Boga.
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4491115 EXT. CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-SUNSET
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4495The sun is setting as the lights come on in the massive Senate Office Building. The sky is red.
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4499116 INT. CORUSCANT-CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE-SUNSET
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4503PALPATINE listens to a delegation from the Senate, which includes PADME and five other Senators: NEE ALAVAR, FANG ZAR, MALEDEE, SWEITT CONCORKILL, and MON CALAMARI. ANAKIN stands to one side of PALPATINE.
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4507PALPATINE: I understand your reservations completely, Senator, and I assure you the appointment of Governors will in no way compete with the duties of the Senate.
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4511PADME: May I take it then, that there will be no further amendments to the Constitution?
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4515PALPATINE: I want this terrible conflict to end as much as you do, My Lady, and when it does I guarantee an immediate return to democracy . . .
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4519PADME: You are pursuing a diplomatic solution to the war, then.
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4523PALPATINE: You must trust me to do the right things, Senator. That is why I am here.
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4527FANGZAR: But surely . . .
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4531The Chancellor turns on FANG ZAR.
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4535PALPATINE: I have said I will do what is right, that should be enough for your . . . committee.
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4539PADME: On behalf of the "delegation of two thousand," I thank you, Chancellor.
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4543PALPATINE: I thank you for bringing this to my attention, Senator.
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4547PADME gives ANAKIN a frustrated look, then turns and exits with the other FIVE SENATORS. PALPATINE turns to ANAKIN.
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4551PALPATINE: (continuing) Their sincerity is to be admired, although I sense there is more to their request than they are telling us.
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4555ANAKIN: What do you mean?
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4559PALPATINE: They are not to be trusted.
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4563ANAKIN: Surely Senator Amidala can be trusted . . .
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4567PALPATINE: These are unstable times for the Republic, Anakin. Some see instability as an opportunity. Senator Amidala is hiding something. I can see it in her eyes.
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4571ANAKIN: I'm sure you're mistaken.
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4575PALPATINE: I'm surprised your Jedi insights are not more sensitive to such things.
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4579ANAKIN: I simply don't sense betrayal in Senator Amidala.
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4583PALPATINE studies ANAKIN carefully and gives him a skeptical look.
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4587PALPATINE: Yes, you do, but you don't seem to want to admit it. There is much conflict in you, Anakin.
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4591117 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI WAR ROOM-EARLY EVENING
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4595KI-ADI-MUNDI, ANAKIN, YODA, MACE, CLONE COMMANDER CODY, and AAYLA SECURA talk via holograms.
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4599CLONE COMMANDER CODY: Master Windu, may I interrupt? General Kenobi has made contact with General Grievous, and we
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4601have begun our attack.
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4605MACE WlNDU: Thank you, Commander. Anakin, deliver this report to the Chancellor. His reaction will give us a clue to his
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4611ANAKIN: Yes, Master.
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4615ANAKIN leaves the room. COMMANDER CODY's hologram disappears.
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4619MACE WINDU: I sense a plot to destroy the Jedi. The dark side of the Force surrounds the Chancellor.
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4623Kl-ADI-MUNDI: If he does not give up his emergency powers after the destruction of Grievous, then he should be removed from
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4629MACE WiNDU: That could be a dangerous move ... the Jedi Council would have to take control of the Senate in order to secure a peaceful transition . . .
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4633Kl-ADI-MUNDI: . . . and replace the Congress with Senators who are not filled with greed and corruption.
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4637YODA: To a dark place this line of thought will carry us. Hmmmmm. . . . great care we must take.
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4641118 INT. CORUSCANT-CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE-EARLY EVENING
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4645ANAKIN brings news to PALPATINE.
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4649ANAKIN: Chancellor, we have just received a report from Master Kenobi. He has engaged General Grievous.
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4653PALPATINE: We can only hope that Master Kenobi is up to the challenge.
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4657ANAKIN: I should be there with him.
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4661PALPATINE: It is upsetting to me to see that the Council doesn't seem to fully appreciate your talents. Don't you wonder why they won't make you a Jedi Master?
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4665ANAKIN: I wish I knew. More and more I get the feeling that I am being excluded from the Council. I know there are things about the Force that they are not telling me.
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4669PALPATINE: They don't trust you, Anakin. They see your future. They know your power will be too strong to control. Anakin, you must break through the fog of lies the Jedi have created around you. Let me help you to know the subtleties of the Force.
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4673They walk into the hallway.
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4677ANAKIN: How do you know the ways of the Force?
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4681PALPATINE: My mentor taught me everything about the Force . . . even the nature of the dark side.
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4685They stop.
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4689ANAKIN: You know the dark side?!?
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4693PALPATINE: Anakin, if one is to understand the great mystery, one must study all its aspects, not just the dogmatic, narrow view of the Jedi. If you wish to become a complete and wise leader, you must embrace a larger view of the Force. Be careful of the Jedi, Anakin. (pausing) They fear you. In time they will destroy you. Let me train you.
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4697ANAKIN: I won't be a pawn in your political game. The Jedi are my family.
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4701PALPATINE: Only through me can you achieve a power greater than any Jedi. Learn to know the dark side of the Force, Anakin, and you will be able to save your wife from certain death.
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4705ANAKIN: What did you say?
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4709PALPATINE: Use my knowledge, I beg you . . .
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4713ANAKIN: You're a Sith Lord!
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4717ANAKIN ignites his lightsaber.
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4721PALPATINE: I know what has been troubling you . . . Listen to me. Don't continue to be a pawn of the Jedi Council! Ever since I've known you, you've been searching for a life greater than that of an ordinary Jedi . . . a life of significance, of conscience.
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4725ANAKIN: You're wrong!
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4729PALPATINE: Are you going to kill me?
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4733ANAKIN: I would certainly like to.
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4737PALPATINE: I know you would. I can feel your anger. It gives you focus, makes you stronger.
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4741ANAKIN raises his lightsaber to PALPATINE's throat. There is a tense moment, then ANAKIN relaxes, and then turns off his lightsaber.
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4745ANAKIN: I am going to turn you over to the Jedi Council.
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4749PALPATINE: Of course you should. But you're not sure of their intentions, are you? What if I am right and they are plotting to take over the Republic?
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4753ANAKIN: I will quickly discover the truth of all this.
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4757PALPATINE: You have great wisdom, Anakin. Know the power of the dark side. The power to save Padme.
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4761ANAKIN stares at him for a moment.
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4763PALPATINE turns and moves to his office.
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4767PALPATINE: (continuing) I am not going anywhere. You have time to decide my fate. Perhaps you'll reconsider and help me rule the galaxy for the good of all . . .
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4771PALPATINE sits behind his desk.
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4775119 EXT. UTAPAU-CLIFF AND LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
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4779OBI-WAN gives the LIZARD a swift kick with the heel of his boot, and they take off down the vertical side of the sheer cliff. As GENERAL GRIEVOUS reaches the landing platform where his shuttle is waiting. OBI-WAN drops onto the top of the starship with his LIZARD. GENERAL GRIEVOUS spins his scooter around and takes off up the vertical cliff face with OBI-WAN and his LIZARD in hot pursuit. The sinkhole is engulfed in a great battle between CLONES and DROIDS. The PEOPLE OF UTAPAU cower in whatever shelter they can find.
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4783120 EXT. UTAPAU-MAIN CITY PLAZA-DAY
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4787A LARGE GROUP OF UTAPAUAN TROOPS on LIZARDS attack the DROID ARMY.
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4791OBI-WAN and GENERAL GRIEVOUS race through the city at breakneck speed. Passing through battle zones, narrowly escaping EXPLOSIONS, laser bolts, and TROOPS from both sides.
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4795GENERAL GRIEVOUS lays the Scooter down as he goes around sharp turns. Obi-Wan's LIZARD breathes hard as she tries to keep up. They destroy droids, equipment, and clone troops as the JEDI and the GENERAL cut a swath of destruction through the city.
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4799121 EXT. UTAPAU-WINDMILLS-DAY
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4803GENERAL GRIEVOUS works his way out onto the rim of the sinkhole, passing some wind blades. The evil Droid General releases the brakes on the lethal blades, and they begin to spin, cutting off Obi-Wan's access to the General. Obi-Wan's LIZARD pulls up short in front of the blades. GENERAL GRIEVOUS laughs and talks into a comlink.
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4807GENERAL GRIEVOUS: Prepare to move out of orbit. I will be up in a few moments.
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4811OBI-WAN sizes up the situation, looking for a way to get to GENERAL GRIEVOUS.
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4815The GENERAL accelerates off the edge, activating his claws, drops, and clings to another nearby grouping of windmills. Obi-Wan's LIZARD attempts to jump to follow and barely makes it, almost falling into the precipice below.
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4819122 INT. UTAPAU-CITY TUNNEL SYSTEM-DAY
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4823GENERAL GRIEVOUS roars through the stone block tunnel system, riding up on the curved walls as he goes around corners or passes oncoming traffic. OBI-WAN races after the Droid, his LIZARD moving onto the ceiling as they pass traffic. OBI-WAN catches up with GENERAL GRIEVOUS, and they charge through the tunnel, side by side. OBI-WAN grabs the Droid's electronic staff.
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4827123 EXT. UTAPAU-SECRET LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
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4831Extending from the wall of a small sinkhole is a secret landing platform with a small Federation Fighter sitting in the middle of it. OBI-WAN and GENERAL GRIEVOUS race out of the tunnel system and onto the landing platform.
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4835OBI-WAN yanks on the staff, then jumps off his LIZARD onto the General's scooter, knocking both warriors to the ground. GENERAL GRIEVOUS pulls out a laser pistol and fires at OBI-WAN. The Jedi reaches out his hand, grabs the General's electro-staff and spins the staff, blocking the laser bolts.
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4839OBI-WAN charges GENERAL GRIEVOUS, swinging the staff and hitting the Droid in the stomach, knocking the gun away. GENERAL GRIEVOUS is hit by the staff, and the Force bends his forearm. He pulls OBI-WAN close to him, and they engage in a furious fight. The electro-staff is knocked away. The two engage in hand-to-hand combat. OBI-WAN struggles to avoid the deadly blows of the brutal, unstoppable Droid.
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4843GENERAL GRIEVOUS's stomachplate is loose. OBI-WAN grabs it and rips it off, revealing the alien life form's guts encased in a bag in the Droid's chest. GENERAL GRIEVOUS grabs OBI-WAN, hoists him over his head, and tosses him across the platform. OBI-WAN dangles off the edge of the platform. He clutches the rim, trying to hold on. The DROID then grabs the staff and charges OBI-WAN. At the last second, OBI-WAN reaches out his hand and uses the Force to retrieve the Droid's laser pistol.
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4847The JEDI fires several blasts in the stomach area of the alien Droid, and he EXPLODES from the inside out. The smoldering Droid falls to the ground. OBI-WAN has killed GENERAL GRIEVOUS. He pulls himself up onto the platform and walks by the destroyed carcass.
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4851OBI-WAN: So uncivilized . . .
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4855OBI-WAN brushes himself off. He throws the pistol onto the platform, picks up the electro-staff, and jumps on BOGA. The trusty beast rears up and takes off into the tunnel system.
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4859124 INT. JEDI GUNSHIP-LANDING PLATFORM-EARLY EVENING
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4863MACE and the JEDI (AGEN KOLAR, KIT FISTO, AND SAESEE TIIN) are preparing to board a JEDI GUNSHIP to the CHANCELLOR's office. ANAKIN enters the hangar.
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4867ANAKIN: Master Windu, I must talk to you.
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4871MACE WiNDU: What is it, Skywalker? We are in a hurry. We have just received word that Obi-Wan has destroyed General Grievous. We are on our way to make sure the Chancellor returns emergency powers back to the Senate.
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4875ANAKIN: He won't give up his power. I've just learned a terrible truth. I think Chancellor Palpatine is a Sith Lord.
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4877
4878
4879MACE WINDU: A Sith Lord?
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4883ANAKIN: Yes. The one we have been looking for.
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4886
4887MACE WiNDU: How do you know this?
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4890
4891ANAKIN: He knows the ways of the Force. He has been trained to use the dark side.
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4894
4895MACE WiNDU: Are you sure?
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4898
4899ANAKIN: Absolutely.
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4901
4902
4903MACE WiNDU: Then our worst fears have been realized. We must move quickly if the Jedi Order is to survive.
4904
4905
4906
4907ANAKIN: Master, the Chancellor is very powerful. You will need my help if you are going to arrest him.
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4909
4910
4911MACE WiNDU: For your own good, stay out of this affair. I sense a great deal of confusion in you, young Skywalker. There is much fear that clouds your judgment.
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4914
4915ANAKIN: I must go, Master.
4916
4917
4918
4919MACE WiNDU: No. If what you told me is true, you will have gained my trust, but for now remain here.
4920
4921
4922
4923ANAKIN: Yes, Master.
4924
4925
4926
4927MACE WiNDU: Wait for us in the Council Chamber until we return.
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4929
4930
4931ANAKIN: Yes, Master.
4932
4933
4934
4935ANAKIN watches as the JEDI leave in their ship.
4936
4937
4938
4939125 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI COUNCIL/PADME'S APARTMENT-EARLY EVENING
4940
4941
4942
4943(INTERCUT)
4944
4945
4946
4947PADME is alone in her apartment, thinking of Anakin. ANAKIN sits alone in the Jedi Council Chamber thinking of PADME.
4948
4949
4950
4951PALPATINE: (V.O.) You do know, don't you, if the Jedi destroy me, any chance of saving her will be lost.
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4953
4954
4955PADME: I truly, deeply love you. Before I die. I want you to know.
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4957
4958
4959C-3PO: My Lady, are you. . . . Are you all right?
4960
4961
4962
4963ANAKIN: I can't do this ... I can't let her die.
4964
4965
4966
4967ANAKIN rushes out of the Council Chamber and to his speeder. The hangar door opens and he lifts off.
4968
4969
4970
4971126 EXT. CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-LANDING PLATFORM-EARLY EVENING
4972
4973
4974
4975The sky is still blue as a JEDI GUNSHIP lands on the Senate Office Building landing platform.
4976
4977FOUR JEDI exit the SHUTTLE and enter the Senate Office Building. MACE WINDU, AGEN KOLAR, KIT FISTO, and SAESEE TIIN, like gunfighters out of the Old West, walk through the massive hallway, four across.
4978
4979
4980
4981127 INT. CORUSCANT-LOBBY TO CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE-EARLY EVENING
4982
4983
4984
4985The FOUR JEDI enter the lobby, raising their arms, and send the Chancellor's aide, DAR WAC, flying against the wall, along with TWO REPUBLIC GUARDS. They storm into the Chancellor's office.
4986
4987
4988
4989128 INT. CORUSCANT-CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE-EARLY EVENING
4990
4991
4992
4993MACE arrives with THREE JEDI to arrest PALPATINE.
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4995
4996
4997PALPATINE: Master Windu. I take it General Grievous has been destroyed then. I must say, you're here sooner than expected.
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4999
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5001MACE WINDU: In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you are under arrest, Chancellor.
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5003
5004
5005MACE WINDU and the other JEDI ignite their lightsabers.
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5007
5008
5009PALPATINE: Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?
5010
5011
5012
5013MACE: The Senate will decide your fate.
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5015
5016
5017PALPATINE: (burst of anger) I am the Senate!
5018
5019
5020
5021MACE: Not yet!
5022
5023
5024
5025PALPATINE stands, a laser sword appears out of his cloak sleeve, and he spins toward the JEDI.
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5027
5028
5029PALPATINE: It's treason, then.
5030
5031
5032
5033A close shot of PALPATINE as the fight begins. Close shots of THREE JEDI getting cut down by PALPATINE. PALPATINE and MACE continue to fight.
5034
5035
5036
5037Jedi Master MACE WINDU and the Sith Lord fight their way down the hallway and into the main office area. PALPATINE is able to use the Force to slam MACE against the wall, but he recovers before the Chancellor can cut him down.
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5039
5040
5041ANAKIN lands his speeder, jumps out, and runs down a long corridor toward the Chancellor's office.
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5043
5044
5045In the heat of battle, MACE cuts the window behind the Chancellor's desk, and it crashes away. MACE is forced out onto the ledge, which is twenty stories up. They fight over the precipice. ANAKIN arrives to see PALPATINE and MACE fighting.
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5047
5048
5049They stop as MACE forces PALPATINE to drop his sword. PALPATINE and MACE start yelling at each other.
5050
5051
5052
5053MACE WINDU: You are under arrest, My Lord.
5054
5055
5056
5057PALPATINE: Anakin! I told you it would come to this. I was right. The Jedi are taking over.
5058
5059
5060
5061MACE WlNDU: You old fool. The oppression of the Sith will never return. Your plot to regain control of the Republic is over . . . you have lost . . .
5062
5063
5064
5065PALPATINE: No! No! You will die!
5066
5067
5068
5069PALPATINE raises his hands, and lightning bolts shoot out. They are blocked by MACE's lightsaber. PALPATINE is pushed back against the window sill.
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5071
5072
5073PALPATINE: He is a traitor, Anakin.
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5075
5076
5077MACE WlNDU: He's the traitor. Stop him!
5078
5079
5080
5081PALPATINE: Come to your senses, boy. The Jedi are in revolt. They will betray you, just as they betrayed me.
5082
5083
5084
5085MACE WlNDU: Aarrrrggghhhhh . . .
5086
5087
5088
5089PALPATINE: You are not one of them, Anakin. Don't let him kill me.
5090
5091
5092
5093MACE WlNDU: Aarrrrggghhhhh . . .
5094
5095
5096
5097PALPATINE: I am your pathway to power. I have the power to save the one you love. You must choose. You must stop him.
5098
5099
5100
5101MACE WlNDU: Don't listen to him, Anakin.
5102
5103
5104
5105PALPATINE: Help me! Don't let him kill me. I can't hold on any longer. Ahhhhhhh . . . ahhhhhhh . . . ahhhhhhh . . .
5106
5107
5108
5109MACE pushes PALPATINE out to the edge of the ledge. As the Jedi moves closer, the bolts from Palpatine's hands begin to arch back on him. The Chancellor's face begins to twist and distort. His eyes become yellow as he struggles to intensify his powers.
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5111
5112
5113PALPATINE: I can't ... I give up. Help me. I am weak ... I am too weak. Don't kill me. I give up. I'm dying. I can't hold on any longer.
5114
5115
5116
5117MACE WlNDU: You Sith disease. I am going to end this once and for all.
5118
5119
5120
5121ANAKIN: You can't kill him, Master. He must stand trial.
5122
5123
5124
5125MACE WlNDU: He has too much control of the Senate and the Courts. He is too dangerous to be kept alive.
5126
5127
5128
5129PALPATINE: I'm too weak. Don't kill me. Please.
5130
5131
5132
5133ANAKIN: It is not the Jedi way . . .
5134
5135
5136
5137MACE raises his sword to kill the CHANCELLOR.
5138
5139
5140
5141ANAKIN: (continuing) He must live . . .
5142
5143
5144
5145PALPATINE: Please don't, please don't . . .
5146
5147
5148
5149ANAKIN: I need him . . .
5150
5151
5152
5153PALPATINE: Please don't . . .
5154
5155
5156
5157ANAKIN: NO!!!
5158
5159
5160
5161Just as MACE is about to slash PALPATINE, ANAKIN steps in and cuts off the Jedi's hand holding the lightsaber.
5162
5163
5164
5165As MACE stares at ANAKIN in shock, PALPATINE springs to life.
5166
5167The full force of Palpatine's powerful Bolts blasts MACE. He attempts to deflect them with his one good hand, but the force is too great. As blue rays engulf his body, he is flung out the window and falls twenty stories to his death. No more screams. No more moans. PALPATINE lowers his arm.
5168
5169
5170
5171PALPATINE: Power! Unlimited power!
5172
5173
5174
5175His face has changed into a horrible mask of evil. ANAKIN looks on in horror. PALPATINE cackles.
5176
5177
5178
5179ANAKIN: What have I done?
5180
5181
5182
5183ANAKIN sits.
5184
5185
5186
5187PALPATINE: You are fulfilling your destin, Anakin. Become my apprentice. Learn to use the dark side of the Force.
5188
5189
5190
5191ANAKIN: I will do whatever you ask.
5192
5193
5194
5195PALPATINE: Good.
5196
5197
5198
5199ANAKIN: Just help me save Padme's life. I can't live without her. I won't let her die. I want the power to stop death.
5200
5201
5202
5203PALPATINE: To cheat death is a power only one has achieved, but if we work together, I know we can discover the secret.
5204
5205
5206
5207ANAKIN kneels before PALPATINE.
5208
5209
5210
5211ANAKIN: I pledge myself to your teachings. To the ways of the Sith.
5212
5213
5214
5215PALPATINE: Good. Good. The Force is strong with you. A powerful Sith you will become. Henceforth, you shall be known as Darth . . . Vader.
5216
5217
5218
5219ANAKIN: Thank you. my Master.
5220
5221
5222
5223PALPATINE: Rise, Darth Vader.
5224
5225
5226
5227Palpatine moves over to his desk.
5228
5229
5230
5231129 EXT. KASHYYYK-MEETING HALL-DAY
5232
5233
5234
5235YODA winces, closes his eyes, and holds his head. He feels a disturbance in the Force.
5236
5237
5238
5239130 INT. CORUSCANT-CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE-EVENING
5240
5241
5242
5243PALPATINE is putting on his dark cloak: he is now fully DARTH SIDIOUS.
5244
5245
5246
5247PALPATINE: Because the Council did not trust you, my young apprentice, I believe you are the only Jedi with no knowledge of this plot. When the Jedi learn what has transpired here, they will kill us, along with all the Senators.
5248
5249
5250
5251ANAKIN: I agree. The Jedi's next move will be against the Senate.
5252
5253
5254
5255PALPATINE: Every single Jedi, including your friend Obi-Wan Kenobi, is now an enemy of the Republic. You understand that, don't you?
5256
5257
5258
5259ANAKIN: I understand, Master.
5260
5261
5262
5263PALPATINE: We must move quickly. The Jedi are relentless; if they are not all destroyed, it will be civil war without end. First, I want you to go to the Jedi Temple. We will catch them off balance. Do what must be done, Lord Vader. Do not hesitate. Show no mercy. Only then will you be strong enough with the dark side to save Padme.
5264
5265
5266
5267ANAKIN: What about the other Jedi spread across the galaxy?
5268
5269
5270
5271PALPATINE: Their betrayal will be dealt with. After you have killed all the Jedi in the Temple, go to the Mustafar system. Wipe out Viceroy Gunray and the other Separatist leaders. Once more, the Sith will rule the galaxy, and we shall have peace.
5272
5273
5274
5275131 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE ENTRY-NIGHT
5276
5277
5278
5279ANAKIN goes to the Jedi Temple with a battalion of Clone Troopers.
5280
5281
5282
5283132 EXT. UTAPAU-TENTH LEVEL-LANDIXG PLATFORM-DAY
5284
5285
5286
5287The battle between the CLONES and the DROIDS rages throughout the sinkhole. OBI-WAN rides up to CLONE COMMANDER CODY.
5288
5289
5290
5291OBI-WAN: Commander, contact your troops. Tell them to move to the higher levels.
5292
5293
5294
5295CLONE COMMANDER CODY: Very good, sir.
5296
5297
5298
5299CLONE COMMANDER CODY starts to move away, then remembers something and returns to OBI-WAN.
5300
5301
5302
5303CLONE COMMANDER CODY: (continuing) Oh, by the way, I think you'll be needing this.
5304
5305
5306
5307He hands OBI-WAN his lightsaber, and the LIZARD rears up.
5308
5309
5310
5311OBI-WAN: Thank you, Cody, (smiling) Now let's get a move on. We've got a battle to win here.
5312
5313
5314
5315CLONE COMMANDER CODY: Yes, sir!
5316
5317
5318
5319OBI-WAN and the LIZARD ride off down the wall of the giant sinkhole.
5320
5321The battle rages throughout the city. CLONE COMMANDER CODY (2224,) takes out his comlink and listens to the HOLOGRAM OF DARTH SIDIOUS as, far below, OBI-WAN can been seen battling DROIDS on a landing platform.
5322
5323
5324
5325DARTH SlDIOUS: Commander Cody, the time has come. Execute Order Sixty-Six.
5326
5327
5328
5329CLONE COMMANDER CODY: It will be done, My Lord.
5330
5331
5332
5333The HOLOGRAM disappears, and CLONE COMMANDER CODY gestures to a nearby Clone Trooper.
5334
5335
5336
5337CLONE COMMANDER CODY: Blast him!
5338
5339
5340
5341The battle rages all around OBI-WAN. DROIDS and CLONES are everywhere. OBI-WAN is riding on a LIZARD, cutting down DROIDS as he races across the battlefield. Suddenly a volley of laser blasts from behind him knocks him and his LIZARD off the wall of the sinkhole. He looks around just in time to see his CLONE TROOPS are firing on him.
5342
5343OBI-WAN falls hundreds of feet to the bottom of the water-filled sinkhole.
5344
5345
5346
5347133 EXT. MYGEETO-DAWN
5348
5349
5350
5351The sky slowly awakens on the crystal world of Mygeeto. A battle rages. Clone troops battle the droid armies across a long bridge. KI-ADI-MUNDi uses his light saber to deflect enemy fire. CLONE COMMANDER BACARA (1138) exits a Gunship near the entrance to the city. He rallies his TROOPS to attack the city, then gets a message on his comlink. He stops and moves to one side as a HOLOGRAM OF DARTH SIDIOUS appears on the comlink in the palm of his hand. He moves further into the shadows.
5352
5353
5354
5355DARTH SlDIOUS: Commander 1138 . . .
5356
5357
5358
5359CLONE COMMANDER BACARA: Yes, sir.
5360
5361
5362
5363DARTH SlDIOUS: The time has come. Execute Order Sixty-Six.
5364
5365
5366
5367CLONE COMMANDER BACARA: It will be done, My Lord.
5368
5369
5370
5371DARTH SIDIOUS fades, and the CLONE COMMANDER snaps the comlink closed and looks to the main plaza of the city, where KI-ADI-MUNDI is leading the charge. The clones stop. KI-ADI-MUNDI turns around and is blasted by clone fire. He's killed before he can defend himself.
5372
5373
5374
5375134 EXT. FELUCIA-FOREST-DAY
5376
5377
5378
5379A column of CLONE WALKERS marches across the forest floor. The STRANGE CALLS of the alien forest creatures of FELUCIA suddenly stop. The Jedi AAYLA SECURA and her CLONE TROOPS brace for an ambush.
5380
5381
5382
5383AAYLA: Steady. . . . steady . . .
5384
5385
5386
5387They all look around for signs of the enemy. CLONE COMMANDER BLY moves up behind the Jedi.
5388
5389
5390
5391AAYLA: (continuing) Bly, do you think they're Droids?
5392
5393
5394
5395BLY: No.
5396
5397
5398
5399BLY blasts AAYLA in the back. The OTHER CLONES fire on her as she hits the ground.
5400
5401
5402
5403Another Jedi, BARRISS OFFEE, is cutting down a patrol of DROIDS when a CLONE WALKING TANK and SEVEN CLONE TROOPERS round a corner and blast the Jedi away.
5404
5405
5406
5407135 EXT. KASHYYYK-MEETING HALL-DAY
5408
5409
5410
5411YODA drops his gimer stick, clutches his chest, and rests against a wall.
5412
5413
5414
5415136 EXT. KASHYYYK-EDGE OF VILIAGE-DAY
5416
5417
5418
5419The battle appears to be over. WOOKIEES stack destroyed Droids while CLONES assess the damage to their equipment. A Jedi, LUMINARA UNDULI, talks with EIGHT CLONE OFFICERS standing in a circle around her. Suddenly they reveal their hidden pistols and blast her before she can react.
5420
5421
5422
5423The Jedi QUINLAN VOS is riding on top of a CLONE TURBO TANK. The main cannon of a second tank slowly swings to point right at him and a COUPLE OF CLONES.
5424
5425The cannon fires, and QUINLAN VOS and the CLONES disappear in a huge EXPLOSION.
5426
5427
5428
5429137 INT. CATO NEIMOIDIA-COCKPIT CLONE FIGHTER-DAY
5430
5431
5432
5433The CLONE PILOT watches a hologram of DARTH SIDIOUS.
5434
5435
5436
5437DARTH SIDIOUS: Execute Order Sixty-Six.
5438
5439
5440
5441CLONE PILOT: It will be done, My Lord.
5442
5443
5444
5445138 INT. CATO NEIMOIDIA-JEDI STARFIGHTER-DAY
5446
5447
5448
5449PLO KOON heads his ship toward a battle on a landing platform.
5450
5451
5452
5453PLO KOON: There they are. Land on the nearest platform.
5454
5455
5456
5457139 EXT. CATO XEIMOIDIA-JEDI STARFIGHTER-DAY
5458
5459
5460
5461The FOUR CLONE PILOTS with PLO KOON drop back and blast him out of the sky.
5462
5463
5464
5465140 EXT. SALEUCAMI-FOREST
5466
5467
5468
5469Three Speeder Bikes race through the forest. A Jedi, STASS ALLIE is in the lead. The TWO CLONES following her drop back and blast her, causing her to crash in a huge EXPLOSION.
5470
5471
5472
5473141 INT. CORUSCANT-CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE-NIGHT
5474
5475
5476
5477DARTH SIDIOUS stands alone in his private office, illuminated only from a hologram projector beam from above. A small HOLOGRAM OF COMMANDER GREE stands in front of him.
5478
5479
5480
5481CLONE COMMANDER GREE: Yes, My Lord.
5482
5483
5484
5485DABTH SIDIOUS: The time has come. Execute Order Sixty-Six.
5486
5487
5488
5489142 EXT. KASHYYYK-MEETING HALL BALCONY-DAY
5490
5491
5492
5493A vista of waterways, high green mesas, and giant tree cities serves as a backdrop for the fierce battle, CLONES AND WOOKIEES against TRADE FEDERATION DROID ARMIES, with treaded tank-like vehicles. CLONE COMMANDER GREE holds his comlink.
5494
5495
5496
5497CLONE COMMANDER GREE: It will be done, My Lord.
5498
5499
5500
5501CLONE COMMANDER GREE snaps his comlink shut.
5502
5503
5504
5505YODA watches from the balcony. The battle rages as CLONES and WOOKIEES attack DROIDS coming across the water on CORPORATE ALLIANCE TANK DROIDS. CHEWBACCA and TARFFUL stand on either side of the Jedi Master as he watches the battle below. CLONE COMMANDER GREE and ONE OFFICER walk onto the balcony toward YODA. YODA stands looking over the battlefield below. When they are close enough, the CLONES reveal their weapons and fire.
5506
5507
5508
5509But faster than the CLONES can reveal their weapons, YODA ignites his lightsaber, leaps in the air, and beheads both CLONES. CHEWBACCA and TARFFUL fire their weapons as more CLONES enter the hall. The Wookiees call out to YODA to follow them. CHEWBACCA picks YODA up and carries him away.
5510
5511
5512
5513143 EXT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-NIGHT
5514
5515
5516
5517A JEDI is surrounded and gunned down by CLONE TROOPERS.
5518
5519
5520
5521144 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-NIGHT
5522
5523
5524
5525ANAKIN walks through the Jedi Temple, where he finds and kills SHAAK TI.
5526
5527He exits Shaak Ti's room and enters a hallway, where the battle is taking place.
5528
5529
5530
5531145 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-BATTLE-NIGHT
5532
5533
5534
5535ANAKIN enters a room full of YOUNGLINGS huddled in a corner.
5536
5537
5538
5539YOUNGLINGS: Master Skywalker, there are too many of them. What are we going to do?
5540
5541
5542
5543ANAKIN looks back at them with a stern expression on his face and ignites his lightsaber.
5544
5545
5546
5547146 INT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-PRE-DAWN
5548
5549
5550
5551C-3PO and PADME look out the apartment window.
5552
5553
5554
5555C-3PO: The Chancellor's office indicated Master Anakin returned to the Jedi Temple. Don't worry, My Lady. I am sure he will be all right.
5556
5557
5558
5559PADME bursts into tears.
5560
5561
5562
5563147 EXT. CORUSCANT-CITYSCAPE-PRE-DAWN
5564
5565
5566
5567The city planet is covered in a hazy glow. A column of black smoke can be seen rising in the distance. BAIL ORGANA's Speeder flies overhead, straight toward the smoke.
5568
5569
5570
5571148 EXT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-LANDING PLATFORM-PRE-DAWN
5572
5573
5574
5575The Jedi Temple is on fire. Large plumes of smoke billow toward the sky as BAIL ORGANA lands his Speeder on a Jedi Temple platform. FOUR CLONE TROOPERS stand guard at the entrance to the Temple. They lower their guns as BAIL gets out of his Speeder and walks toward them.
5576
5577
5578
5579BAIL ORGANA: What's going on here?!?
5580
5581
5582
5583CLONE SERGEANT: There's been a rebellion. Don't worry, sir, the situation is under control.
5584
5585
5586
5587The CLONES bar the Senator from entering the Temple.
5588
5589
5590
5591CLONE SERGEANT: (continuing) I'm sorry, sir. No one is allowed entry.
5592
5593
5594
5595The CLONES point their guns at BAIL and cock them.
5596
5597
5598
5599CLONE SERGEANT: (continuing) It's time for you to leave, sir.
5600
5601
5602
5603BAIL ORGANA: And so it is.
5604
5605
5606
5607BAIL reluctantly heads hack toward his Speeder. Suddenly, several SHOTS RING OUT. BAIL turns and sees a ten-year-old Jedi, ZETT JUKASSA, fighting the CLONES. Several more CLONES join in the fight, followed by CLONE COMMANDER APPO (1119), who points at BAIL.
5608
5609
5610
5611CLONE COMMANDER APPO: Get him! Shoot him!
5612
5613
5614
5615SEVERAL CLONES start firing at BAIL. The Senator jumps for cover behind his Speeder, starting the engines and pulling out his laser
5616
5617pistol.
5618
5619
5620
5621The YOUNG JEDI cuts down several CLONES, including APPO, before he is overrun and shot.
5622
5623
5624
5625The Speeder takes off with BAIL clinging to the side. The CLONES fire at it as it disappears into the cityscape.
5626
5627
5628
5629149 EXT. CORUSCANT-CITYSCAPE-PRE-DAWN
5630
5631
5632
5633BAIL ORGANA struggles to pull himself into the Speeder as it races along through the cityscape. Finally, he climbs in, just as the Speeder is about to hit a building. BAIL steers clear of the building and races away.
5634
5635
5636
5637150 EXT. UTAPAU-UNDERWATER SINKHOLE-DAY
5638
5639
5640
5641The Jedi dives below the surface amid a barrage of laser fire. He dives deeper under the water, fumbling in his utility belt for a breathing device. He finds it and puts it in his mouth. He swims underwater until the CLONE TROOPS give up and stop filing.
5642
5643
5644
5645151 EXT. UTAPAU-UNDERWATER CAVES-DAY
5646
5647
5648
5649OBI-WAN removes the breathing apparatus after coming up from underwater. He starts to climb the rock wall.
5650
5651
5652
5653OBI-WAN climbs the wall to the second cave just as TWO LITTLE SEEKER DRONES pop out of the water with their searchlights glowing. OBI-WAN presses himself against the wall of the smaller cave as the TWO SEEKER DRONES search the grotto. One of the SEEKERS begins to enter the cave in which OBI-WAN is hiding. OBI-WAN presses further into the wall. The light shines on the opposite wall and moves to the back of the cave, illuminating a huge NOS MONSTER. OBI-WAN holds his breath. The SEEKER is confused for a moment, then the NOS MONSTER lunges at the SMALL DROID and consumes it in one bite.
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5655
5656
5657The NOS MONSTER'S lunge takes him past OBI-WAN, out of the cave, and into the water.
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5659
5660
5661The SECOND SEEKER shines its light on the NOS MONSTER as the evil creature tries to grab the LITTLE DRONE. OBI-WAN slinks off toward the back of the cave. He comes upon a nest of BABY NOS MONSTERS. They SCREECH and make horrible sounds. OBI-WAN jumps over them and continues on his way through the tunnel system.
5662
5663
5664
5665152 EXT. KASHYYYK-LAKE ON VILLAGE EDGE-DUSK
5666
5667
5668
5669CLONES in modified one-man AT-ST's and Swamp Speeders flash their searchlights across the gloomy lake. The light of one of the AT-ST's spots something floating in the water. It is what's left of a Wookiee catamaran. The body of a dead Wookiee (TARFFUL) is lying across the stern of the wreckage of the flying boat. There is some movement on the boat. The CLONE SERGEANT on the AT-ST fires a warning shot past the boat.
5670
5671
5672
5673AT-ST CLONE SERGEANT: Everyone out of there!
5674
5675
5676
5677A CRAZY LITTLE CREATURE about two feet high pops its head over the rail. The creature is covered with mud. His long hair is frizzed out in all directions.
5678
5679
5680
5681CREATURE: Wookiee good . . . eat Wookiee. (crazy little laugh)
5682
5683
5684
5685CLONE SERGEANT: Did you find something?
5686
5687
5688
5689CREATURE: It's nothing, nothing. (laughs)
5690
5691
5692
5693CLONE SERGEANT: It's nothing, nothing. All these Wookiees are dead. Move to the east.
5694
5695
5696
5697CLONE TROOPER: Yes, sir.
5698
5699
5700
5701Suddenly, CHEWBACCA climbs up behind the AT-ST CLONE, dripping wet, and throws the CLONE SERGEANT into the water. CHEWIE BARKS.
5702
5703
5704
5705CREATURE: Right you are, Chewbacca. Faster that will be.
5706
5707
5708
5709TARFFUL jumps up in the boat, and the CREATURE takes off his hair. It is Yoda.
5710
5711
5712
5713YODA: Stink, this mud does. A moment to bathe, give me.
5714
5715
5716
5717YODA, covered with mud, jumps into the water. TARFFUL climbs onto the AT-ST with CHEWBACCA. YODA is out of the water and putting his robes back on.
5718
5719
5720
5721YODA: (continuing) Not far, are we, from the emergency ship. Quickly . . .
5722
5723
5724
5725YODA whistles and a large ALIEN FLYING INSECT called CAN-CELL appears. YODA jumps on the insect's back and they take off. The WOOKIEES follow on the AT-ST. The CLONES continue to search the swamp.
5726
5727
5728
5729153 EXT. KASHYYYK-HILLS OVERLOOKING LAKE-DUSK
5730
5731
5732
5733The AT-ST marches up the hill and stops. The WOOKIEES jump down. YODA lands on CAN-CELL nearby. CHEWBACCA goes to a tree and pulls down one of its branches.
5734
5735The ground opens up, and a small WOOKIEE ESCAPE POD rises into the field. YODA opens the door of the pod.
5736
5737
5738
5739YODA: Good-bye. Chewbacca and Tarfful, miss you I will. Good friends you are. For your help, much gratitude and respect, I have.
5740
5741
5742
5743The Wookiees BARK as the Jedi climbs into the WOOKIEE POD and takes off into the dusk sky.
5744
5745
5746
5747154 EXT. CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-UNDERGROUND STARSHIP LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
5748
5749
5750
5751BAIL ORGANA walks out of a tunnel onto a huge underground platform with two of his AIDES. He is stopped by TWO ROYAL GUARDS.
5752
5753
5754
5755ROYAL GUARD: Identification . . .
5756
5757
5758
5759BAIL ORGANA: Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan.
5760
5761
5762
5763BAIL and his AIDES hand them their ID cards. The ROYAL GUARDS check them over and give them back, then BAIL and his CREW walk on board his Starship.
5764
5765
5766
5767155 EXT. CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-UNDERGROUND LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
5768
5769
5770
5771The platform rises to the surface of the Office Building. The ALDERAAN STARCRUISER takes off and disappears into the crisp morning sky.
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5773
5774
5775156 INT ALDERAAN-STARCRUISER-HALLWAY-DAY
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5777
5778
5779BAIL ORGANA is greeted by CAPTAIN ANTILLES and TWO ALDERAAN TROOPERS.
5780
5781
5782
5783BAIL ORGANA: Were you able to get hold of a Jedi homing beacon?
5784
5785
5786
5787CAPTAIN ANTILLES: Yes, sir. We've encountered no opposition. The clones are still a bit confused. It appears no one is in command.
5788
5789
5790
5791BAIL ORGANA: That will change soon. Hopefully we will be able to intercept a few Jedi before they walk into this catastrophe.
5792
5793
5794
5795157 EXT. UTAPAU-SINKHOLE WALL-LATE DAY
5796
5797
5798
5799OBI-WAN hides from a group of CLONE TROOPERS.
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5801
5802
5803CLONE CAPTAIN: Did you find Kenobi?
5804
5805
5806
5807CLONE TROOPER: No one could have survived that fall.
5808
5809
5810
5811He watches them pass.
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5813
5814
5815CLONE CAPTAIN: Start loading your men on the ship.
5816
5817
5818
5819CLONE TROOPER: Yes, sir.
5820
5821
5822
5823OBI-WAN tries to sneak back to the secret platform, down a flight of stairs.
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5825
5826
5827158 EXT. UTAPAU-SECRET LANDING PLATFORM-LATE DAY
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5829
5830
5831OBI-WAN makes his way out of the cave and onto General Grievous's secret landing platform. He runs to the Starfighter and climbs into the one-man ship. The Starfighter takes off and disappears into the sky.
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5833
5834
5835159 EXT. UTAPAU-SPACE
5836
5837
5838
5839OBI-WAN flies away from the planet Utapau in General Grievous's tiny Starfighter.
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5841
5842
5843160 INT. GENERAL GRIEVOUS'S STARFIGHTER-SPACE
5844
5845
5846
5847OBI-WAN activates the controls on the Starfighter. He punches in several coordinates and codes. A BEEPING SOUND is heard. It quickly speeds up until it is a steady tone. OBI-WAN speaks into his comlink.
5848
5849
5850
5851OBI-WAN: Emergency Code Nine Thirteen ... I have no contact on any frequency. Are there any Jedi out there? . . . anywhere . . .
5852
5853
5854
5855A BURST OF STATIC is heard- and a FUZZY HOLOGRAM image appears.
5856
5857
5858
5859BAIL: (hologram) . . . Kenobi . . .
5860
5861
5862
5863OBI-WAN: (continuing) I've locked on. Repeat.
5864
5865
5866
5867The FUZZY HOLOGRAM image comes into focus, and it is BAIL ORGANA.
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5869
5870
5871BAIL ORGANA: Master Kenobi??
5872
5873
5874
5875OBI-WAN: Senator Organa! My Clone Troops turned on me ... I need help.
5876
5877
5878
5879BAIL ORGANA: We have just rescued Master Yoda. It appears this ambush has happened everywhere. We're sending you our coordinates.
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5881
5882
5883161 INT. CORUSCANT-PADME’SAPARTMENT-PRE-DAWN
5884
5885
5886
5887PADME stands before the window of her living room, watching the plume of smoke from the Jedi Temple. C-3PO enters from the bedroom.
5888
5889
5890
5891C-3PO: My Lady, there's a Jedi fighter docking on the veranda.
5892
5893
5894
5895PADME turns and rushes to the bedroom.
5896
5897
5898
5899162 EXT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-VERANDA-PRE-DAWN
5900
5901
5902
5903THREEPIO walks out to ANAKIN's ship and talks with ARTOO. ARTOO beeps.
5904
5905
5906
5907THREEPIO: Hush! Not so loud!
5908
5909
5910
5911PADME rushes onto the veranda as ANAKIN exits his GREEN JEDI FIGHTER. They embrace.
5912
5913
5914
5915PADME: Are you all right? I heard there was an attack on the Jedi Temple . . . you can see the smoke from here.
5916
5917
5918
5919ANAKIN: I'm fine. I'm fine. I came to see if you and the baby are safe.
5920
5921
5922
5923PADME: Captain Typho's here, we're safe. What's happening?
5924
5925
5926
5927C-3PO continues to talk to R2-D2 on the GREEN FIGHTER.
5928
5929
5930
5931C-3PO: What is going on?
5932
5933
5934
5935ARTOO SQUEAKS and BEEPS.
5936
5937
5938
5939C-3PO: (continuing) You can't be anymore confused than I am.
5940
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5942
5943ANAKIN: The situation is not good. The Jedi have tried to overthrow the Republic . . .
5944
5945
5946
5947PADME: I can't believe that!
5948
5949
5950
5951ANAKIN: I couldn't either at first, but it's true. I saw Master Windu attempt to assassinate the Chancellor myself.
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5953
5954
5955C-3PO leans over and whispers to ARTOO.
5956
5957
5958
5959C-3PO: Something important is going on! I heard a rumor they are going to banish all droids.
5960
5961
5962
5963ARTOO BEEPS rather loudly. C-3PO puts his fingers to his lips.
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5965
5966
5967C-3PO: (continuing) Shhhhhh . . . not so loud.
5968
5969
5970
5971ARTOO BEEPS quietly.
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5973
5974
5975C-3PO: (continuing) Whatever it is, we'll be the last to know.
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5977
5978
5979PADME: Anakin, what are you going to do?
5980
5981
5982
5983ANAKIN looks down for a moment and then walks away from Padme.
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5985
5986
5987ANAKIN: I will not betray the Republic . . . my loyalties lie with the Chancellor and with the Senate . . . and with you.
5988
5989
5990
5991ANAKIN turns and walks back to Padme.
5992
5993
5994
5995PADME: What about Obi-Wan?
5996
5997
5998
5999ANAKIN: I don't know . . . Many Jedi have been killed. We can only hope that he's remained loyal to the Chancellor.
6000
6001
6002
6003PADME: How could this have happened?
6004
6005
6006
6007ANAKIN: The Republic is unstable, Padme. The Jedi aren't the only ones trying to take advantage of the situation. There are also traitors in the Senate.
6008
6009
6010
6011PADME stands and reacts ever so slightly.
6012
6013
6014
6015PADME: What are you saying?
6016
6017
6018
6019ANAKIN: You need to distance yourself from your friends in the Senate. The Chancellor said they will be dealt with when this conflict is over.
6020
6021
6022
6023PADME: What if they start an inquisition? I've opposed this war. What will you do if I become a suspect?
6024
6025
6026
6027ANAKIN: That won't happen. I won't let it.
6028
6029
6030
6031PADME: Oh, Anakin, I'm afraid.
6032
6033
6034
6035ANAKIN takes PADME in his arms.
6036
6037
6038
6039ANAKIN: Have faith, my love. Everything will soon be set right. The Chancellor has given me a very important mission. The Separatists have gathered in the Mustafar system. I'm going there to end this war. Wait for me until I return . . . things will be different, I promise.
6040
6041
6042
6043They kiss.
6044
6045
6046
6047ANAKIN: (continuing) Please, wait for me.
6048
6049
6050
6051PADME: I will.
6052
6053
6054
6055ANAKIN gets into his Fighter as THREEPIO backs away.
6056
6057
6058
6059C-3PO: (to Artoo) Well, he is under a lot of stress, Artoo.
6060
6061
6062
6063ARTOO beeps.
6064
6065
6066
6067C-3PO: (continuing) Take care, my little friend.
6068
6069
6070
6071ARTOO BEEPS a good-bye, and the fighter takes off. PADME is left alone on the veranda. She starts to cry. THREEPIO comes up to her.
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6073
6074
6075C-3PO: (continuing) My Lady, is there anything I might do?
6076
6077
6078
6079PADME: No thank you, Threepio.
6080
6081
6082
6083G-3PO: A snack, perhaps?
6084
6085
6086
6087PADME: No.
6088
6089
6090
6091THREEPIO starts to move off.
6092
6093
6094
6095C-3PO: I feel so helpless.
6096
6097
6098
6099163 EXT. ALDERAAN-STARCRUISER-SPACE
6100
6101
6102
6103OBI-WAN's ship docks with Bail Organa's Starcruiser.
6104
6105
6106
6107164 INT. ALDERAAN-STARCRUISER-HALLWAY-DAY
6108
6109
6110
6111The door to the main hallway slides open. OBI-WAN enters and is greeted by YODA and BAIL ORGANA. The three walk down the hallway.
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6113
6114
6115BAIL ORGANA: You made it.
6116
6117
6118
6119YODA: Master Kenobi, dark times are these. Good to see you. it is.
6120
6121
6122
6123OBI-WAN: You were attacked by your Clones, also?
6124
6125
6126
6127YODA: With the help of the Wookiees, barely escape, I did.
6128
6129
6130
6131OBI-WAN: How many other Jedi managed to survive?
6132
6133
6134
6135YODA: Heard from no one, have we.
6136
6137
6138
6139BAIL ORGANA: I saw thousands of troops attack the Jedi Temple. That's why I went looking for Yoda.
6140
6141
6142
6143OBI-WAN: Have we had any contact from the Temple?
6144
6145
6146
6147YODA: Received a coded retreat message, we have.
6148
6149
6150
6151BAIL ORGANA: It requests all Jedi to return to the Temple. It says that the war is over . . .
6152
6153
6154
6155OBI-WAN: Well, then we must go back! If there are other stragglers, they will fall into the trap and be killed.
6156
6157
6158
6159BAIL ORGANA: It's too dangerous to return.
6160
6161
6162
6163YODA: Suggest dismantling the coded signal, do you?
6164
6165
6166
6167OBI-WAN: Yes, Master. There is too much at stake here, and we need a clearer picture of what has happened.
6168
6169
6170
6171YODA: I agree. In a dark place we find ourselves ... a little more knowledge might light our way.
6172
6173
6174
6175165 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LAVA FIELDS-DAY
6176
6177
6178
6179Workers move across the lava beds, gathering the magma. A column of aliens riding giant MUSTAFAR FLEAS marches forward.
6180
6181
6182
6183166 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
6184
6185
6186
6187A HOLOGRAM of DARTH SIDIOUS is in the center of the room. NUTE GUNRAY and the REST OF THE SEPARATIST COALITION watch SIDIOUS.
6188
6189
6190
6191NUTE GUNRAY: The plan has gone as you had promised, My Lord.
6192
6193
6194
6195DARTH SIDIOUS: You have done well, Viceroy. When my new apprentice, Darth Vader, arrives, he will take care of you.
6196
6197
6198
6199The hologram disappears.
6200
6201
6202
6203167 INT. CRUISER-COCKPIT
6204
6205
6206
6207The Republic Cruiser heads toward Coruscant. OBI-WAN, BAIL, YODA, and TWO PILOTS sit in the cockpit.
6208
6209
6210
6211PILOT: We are receiving a message from the Chancellor's office, sir.
6212
6213
6214
6215BAIL ORGANA: Send it through.
6216
6217
6218
6219PILOT: Yes, sir.
6220
6221
6222
6223The PILOT pushes some buttons. MAS AMEDDA appears on screen.
6224
6225
6226
6227MAS AMEDDA: Senator Organa . . . the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic requests your presence at a special session of Congress.
6228
6229
6230
6231BAIL ORGANA: Tell the Chancellor I will be there.
6232
6233
6234
6235MAS AMEDDA: Very well. He will be expecting you.
6236
6237
6238
6239MAS AMEDDA's image disappears from the screen.
6240
6241
6242
6243BAIL ORGANA: It could be a trap.
6244
6245
6246
6247OBI-WAN: No, I don't think so. The Chancellor will not be able to control the thousands of star systems without keeping the Senate intact.
6248
6249
6250
6251YODA: If a special session of Congress there is, easier for us to enter the Jedi Temple it will be.
6252
6253
6254
6255168 EXT. CORUSCANT-SENATE LANDING PLATFORM-LATE DAY
6256
6257
6258
6259OBI-WAN, BAIL, and YODA land on Coruscant. The elevator door opens, and they step out.
6260
6261
6262
6263GUARD: Welcome back, Senator. May I see your clearance?
6264
6265
6266
6267BAIL ORGANA: Certainly.
6268
6269
6270
6271GUARD: Thank you, you may proceed. We will take custody of the Jedi.
6272
6273
6274
6275OBI-WAN: It would be better if we stayed with the Senator.
6276
6277
6278
6279GUARD: It would be better if they stayed with you.
6280
6281
6282
6283BAIL and his AIDES go into the Senate. YODA and OBI-WAN head for the Jedi Temple.
6284
6285
6286
6287169 EXT. MUSTAFAR-JEDI STARFIGHTER-SPACE
6288
6289
6290
6291ANAKIN's Jedi Starfighter heads for the hazy blood-red planet of Mustafar.
6292
6293
6294
6295170 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
6296
6297
6298
6299ANAKIN flies over the volcanoes of Mustafar and lands his Jedi Starfighter on a complex of Landing Platforms. His cockpit opens as R2-D2 pops from the ship with a happy BEEP.
6300
6301
6302
6303ANAKIN: Artoo . . . stay with the ship.
6304
6305
6306
6307ARTOO lets out a sad little BEEP and moves back toward the ship.
6308
6309
6310
6311171 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
6312
6313
6314
6315ANAKIN, putting on his hood, walks across a walkway upon arriving on Mustafar.
6316
6317
6318
6319172 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
6320
6321
6322
6323ANAKIN appears in the doorway of the control center.
6324
6325
6326
6327NUTE GUNRAY: Welcome, Lord Vader. We've been expecting you.
6328
6329
6330
6331Everyone in the room looks to him as he raises his hand toward a control panel, and all the exits close. The confused SEPARATISTS look around in bewilderment.
6332
6333
6334
6335173 EXT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-LATE DAY
6336
6337
6338
6339Smoke from the smoldering shell of the Jedi Temple fills the air with a brown haze.
6340
6341
6342
6343174 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-MAIN ENTRANCE-LATE DAY
6344
6345
6346
6347A DOZEN CLONE TROOPERS stand guard at the entrance of the Jedi Temple. Suddenly there is a flash of a lightsaber, a flurry of confusion, and all of the Clone Troopers are dead on the floor. YODA and OBI-WAN stand in the middle of the carnage.
6348
6349
6350
6351OBI-WAN: There are several battalions of Clone Troopers on every level. Many are dressed as Jedi.
6352
6353
6354
6355YODA: Dismantle the coded signal quickly. That group back there, soon discovered will be.
6356
6357
6358
6359175 EXT. CORUSCANT-SENATE BUILDING-SUNSET
6360
6361
6362
6363The awesome Senate Building looms over the city. The endless traffic continues to clutter the skyline.
6364
6365
6366
6367176 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE CHAMBER-SUNSET
6368
6369
6370
6371The Chancellor is in the podium in the center of the vast arena giving a speech. MAS AMEDDA stands to the right of SIDIOUS. BAIL ORGANA walks through the hallway of the Main Senate Chamber. He enters the Senate Pod of Naboo and sits next to PADME. JAR JAR, CAPTAIN TYPHO and TWO HANDMAIDENS are in the pod also.
6372
6373
6374
6375PALPATINE: . . . and the Jedi Rebellion has been foiled.
6376
6377
6378
6379BAIL ORGANA: I was held up. What's happening?
6380
6381
6382
6383PADME: The Chancellor has been elaborating on a plot by the Jedi, to overthrow the Senate.
6384
6385
6386
6387BAIL ORGANA: That's not true!
6388
6389
6390
6391PADME: He's been presenting evidence all afternoon.
6392
6393
6394
6395BAIL ORGANA: And the Senate will go along with it, just like they always do.
6396
6397
6398
6399PALPATINE: The remaining Jedi will be hunted down and defeated. (applause) Any collaborators will suffer the same fate.
6400
6401
6402
6403(applause)
6404
6405
6406
6407These have been trying times, but we have passed the test.
6408
6409
6410
6411177 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-HALLWAY-SUNSET
6412
6413
6414
6415YODA and OBI-WAN make their way through the Temple, avoiding the HUNDREDS OF CLONE TROOPERS. They use the Force to distract the CLONES when they can.
6416
6417YODA and OBI-WAN walk through the ruins of the Temple until they come across the bodies of some students.
6418
6419
6420
6421OBI-WAN: Not even the younglings survived.
6422
6423
6424
6425YODA: Killed not by clones, this Padawan. By a lightsaber, he was.
6426
6427
6428
6429OBI-WAN: . . .Who?? Who could have done this?
6430
6431
6432
6433178 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
6434
6435
6436
6437ANAKIN ignites his lightsaber, NUTE and the OTHERS panic. The DROIDS at the controls and the GUARDS grab their weapons, but it is too late. They are cut down in a flash. The Separatists bang on the doors, and NUTE and RUNE HAAKO flee under a table.
6438
6439
6440
6441ANAKIN, stone-faced, moves through the room like the grim reaper. Bodies drop everywhere. SCREAMS are cut short as the head of the Banking Clan dies.
6442
6443
6444
6445Then POGGLE THE LESSER loses his head; WAT TAMBOR, SHU MAI, and the REST OF THE SEPARATISTS run into the conference room.
6446
6447
6448
6449179 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE CHAMBER-SUNSET
6450
6451
6452
6453PALPATINE: The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed, but I assure you my resolve has never been stronger.
6454
6455
6456
6457Applause.
6458
6459
6460
6461180 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
6462
6463
6464
6465In the hallway, ANAKIN cuts down DROIDS and SEPARATISTS alike. He is unstoppable. ANAKIN turns his head-his eyes are yellow.
6466
6467
6468
6469181 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE CHAMBER-SUNSET
6470
6471
6472
6473PALPATINE continues his speech at the podium.
6474
6475
6476
6477PALPATINE: The war is over. (applause) The Separatists have been defeated, (applause) and the Jedi rebellion has been foiled. We stand on the threshold of a new beginning.
6478
6479
6480
6481There is a long period of APPLAUSE.
6482
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6485PADME: Well, this is the moment we discover if he intends to return the Republic to a democracy.
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6489PALPATINE: In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire, for a safe and secure society which I assure you will last for ten thousand years.
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6493There is a loud, sustained CHEER from the Senate. BAIL ORGANA and PADME sit, dumbfounded.
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6497PALPATINE: (continuing) An empire that will continue to be ruled by this august body, and a sovereign ruler chosen for life . . .
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6501The Senate CHEERS again. BAIL and PADME are devastated. PADME begins to cry.
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6505PALPATINE: (continuing) An empire ruled by the majority . . . Ruled by a new constitution . . .
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6508
6509The Senate APPLAUDS.
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6512
6513PADME: So this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause . . .
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6517BAIL ORGANA: We cannot let this happen.
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6520
6521He starts to stand up. PADME stops him.
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6523
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6525PADME: Not now! There will be a time.
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6528
6529182 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-CONFERENCE ROOM-DAY
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6532
6533After everyone in the Main Control Room is dead, ANAKIN moves to the small conference room where WAT TAMBOR. SHU MAI, and some OTHER SEPARATISTS are hiding. RUNE HAAKO tries to run but is trapped by a dead-end as ANAKIN advances.
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6536
6537RUNE HAAKO: Stop! Enough, this is not right!
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6540
6541RUNE is cut down. NUTE GUNRAY crawls out from under the table and opens the Main Door, allowing DESTROYER DROIDS to enter. WAT TAMBOR is cut down, along with SHU MAI. DESTROYER DROIDS appear in the doorway and blast away, causing total destruction. When the firing is over, ANAKIN is gone. Blown away? No. ANAKIN drops from the ceiling behind the TWO DROIDS and cuts them to pieces before they know what hit them.
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6545183 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-HALLWAY-DAY
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6548
6549NUTE GUNRAY is the last Separatist leader alive. ANAKIN moves on to find NUTE GUNRAY hiding in an alcove.
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6552
6553NUTE GUNRAY: The war is over. Lord Sidious promised us peace ... we only want . . .
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6557NUTE GUNRAY is cut down in midsentence.
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6560
6561184 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-COMPUTER ROOM-NIGHT
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6565OBI-WAN stands in a large computer area as YODA looks on, in the hatchway to the Main Control Center.
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6568
6569OBI-WAN: I've recalibrated the code warning all surviving Jedi to stay away.
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6573YODA: Good . . . For the Clones to discover the recalibration, a long time it will take. To change it back, longer still. Hurry.
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6577185 INT. CORUSCANT-JEDI TEMPLE-CONTROL CENTER-NIGHT
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6581OBI-WAN enters the Main Control Center with YODA and heads for the hologram area.
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6585OBI-WAN: Wait, Master. There is something I must know . . .
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6589YODA: If into the security recordings you go, only pain will you find.
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6593OBI-WAN: I must know the truth, Master.
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6597OBI-WAN moves to a panel and flips some switches. He sees a HOLOGRAM of ANAKIN slaughtering JEDI, including the YOUNG ONES. OBI-WAN and YODA react.
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6601OBI-WAN: (continuing) It can't be . . . It can't be . . .
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6605As ANAKIN surveys the carnage, a DARK-ROBED SITH LORD enters. ANAKIN turns to DARTH SIDIOUS and kneels before him.
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6609ANAKIN: The traitors have been taken care of, Lord Sidious.
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6613DARTH SlDIOUS: Good . . . good . . . You have done well, my new apprentice. Do you feel your power growing?
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6617ANAKIN: Yes, My Master.
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6621DARTH SlDIOUS: Now, Lord Vader, now go and bring peace to the Empire.
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6625OBI-WAN watches in horror. Tears well up in his eyes.
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6629OBI-WAN: I can't watch any more.
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6633OBI-WAN switches off the hologram. The TWO JEDI stand in silence for a few moments.
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6637YODA: Destroy the Sith, we must.
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6640
6641OBI-WAN: Send me to kill the Emperor. I will not kill Anakin.
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6645YODA: To fight this Lord Sidious, strong enough, you are not.
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6649OBI-WAN: He is like my brother ... I cannot do it.
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6653YODA: Twisted by the dark side, young Skywalker has become. The boy you trained, gone he is . . . Consumed by Darth Vader.
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6657OBI-WAN: How could it have come to this?
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6661YODA: To question, no time there is.
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6665OBI-WAN: I do not know where the Emperor has sent him. I don't know where to look.
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6669YODA: Use your feelings, Obi-Wan, and find him, you will. Visit the new Emperor, my task is. May the Force be with you.
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6673OBI-WAN: May the Force be with you, Master Yoda.
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6677186 INT. CORUSCANT-PADME'S APARTMENT-AFTERNOON
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6680
6681A DC0052 Intergalactic Speeder pulls up to the veranda landing of Padme's apartment.
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6685187 EXT. CORUSCANT -PADME'S APARTMENT-VERANDA-AFTERNOON
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6688
6689The cockpit of the sleek yellow Galactic Speeder opens, and a HOODED FIGURE emerges and walks onto the veranda. An ALARM GOES OFF deep in the apartment. The FIGURE stops before a security curtain that protects the veranda. C-3PO enters the veranda and approaches the FIGURE.
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6693C-3PO: Hello, might I help you . . . Oh, it's you, Master Kenobi. Come in, quickly.
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6697The security curtain disappears, and the FIGURE lifts his hood. It is OBI-WAN. The alarm stops sounding.
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6701OBI-WAN: Has Anakin been here . . . ?
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6705C-3PO: Yes . . . right after the attack on the Jedi Temple.
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6709PADME comes down the stairs in a robe. THREEPIO leaves.
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6713PADME: Master Kenobi . . .
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6717She embraces Obi-Wan.
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6721PADME: (continuing) Oh, Obi-Wan, thank goodness . . . you're alive.
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6725OBI-WAN: The Republic has fallen. Padme . . . The Jedi Order is no more . . .
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6729PADME: I know, it's hard to believe everything to which we've dedicated our lives is gone.
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6733OBI-WAN: I believe we have been part of a plot hundreds of years in the making.
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6737PADME: The Senate is still intact, there is some hope.
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6741OBI-WAN: No. Padme . . . It's over . . . The Sith now rule the galaxy as they did before the Republic.
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6744
6745PADME: The Sith!?!
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6749OBI-WAN: I'm here looking for Anakin . . . When was the last time you saw him?
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6752
6753PADME: Yesterday.
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6757OBI-WAN: And do you know where he is now?
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6761PADME: (looks down) No.
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6765OBI-WAN: Padme, I need your help. He's in grave danger.
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6769PADME: From the Sith?
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6773OBI-WAN: From himself . . . Padme, Anakin has turned to the dark side.
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6777PADME: You're wrong! How could you even say that?
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6781OBI-WAN: I have seen a security hologram of him killing younglings.
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6784
6785PADME: Not Anakin! He couldn't!
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6787
6788
6789OBI-WAN: He was deceived by a lie. We all were. It appears that the Chancellor is behind everything, including the war. Palpatine is the Sith Lord we've been looking for. After the death of Count Dooku, Anakin became his new apprentice.
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6793PADME: I don't believe you ... I can't.
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6797OBI-WAN: Padme, I must find him.
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6801PADME: You're going to kill him, aren't you?
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6805OBI-WAN: He has become a very great threat.
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6809As PADME moves to sit down, she reveals her pregnancy.
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6812
6813PADME: I can't . . .
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6817OBI-WAN: Anakin is the father, isn't he?
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6821PADME looks away.
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6825OBI-WAN: (continuing) I'm so sorry.
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6829OBI-WAN turns and leaves as PADME stares transfixed, not knowing what to do. She is worried and tormented. OBI-WAN takes off in the Speeder. She studies the japor snippet that is hanging around her neck.
6830
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6832
6833188 INT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
6834
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6836
6837R2-D2 waits forlornly for his Master in front of the Jedi Starfighter.
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6840
6841189 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
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6844
6845ANAKIN surveys the slaughter with a crazed look in his eyes.
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6848
6849190 INT. MUSTAFAR-CONTROL CENTER-BALCONY-DAY
6850
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6852
6853ANAKIN stares out at Mustafar, standing on the control room balcony.
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6855
6856
6857191 EXT. CORUSCANT-LANDING PLATFORM-SUNSET
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6859
6860
6861A small Naboo Skiff rests on a landing platform in the vast congestion of Coruscant. PADME gets out of her Speeder, followed by CAPTAIN TYPHO and C-3PO.
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6863
6864
6865CAPTAIN TYPHO: My Lady, let me come with you.
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6868
6869PADME: There is no danger. The fighting is over, and . . . this is personal.
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6872
6873TYPHO bows.
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6876
6877CAPTAIN TYPHO: As you wish, My Lady . . . but I strongly disagree.
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6880
6881PADME: I'll be all right, Captain.
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6883
6884
6885He goes to the speeder and gets in.
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6887
6888
6889PADME: (continuing) This is something I must do myself. Besides, Threepio will look after me.
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6892
6893C-3PO: Oh, dear.
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6895
6896
6897TYPHO takes off and PADME and THREEPIO board the small NABOO SKIFF. A shadow moves out from under the SKIFF. It is OBI-WAN. He quickly jumps on the retracting ramp as the SKIFF takes off.
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6900
6901192 INT. NABOO SKIFF
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6903
6904
6905THREEPIO chatters away as PADME breaks down in tears, the painful reality sinking in.
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6907
6908
6909C-3PO: Green light. Do you know that I think I'm beginning to get the hang of this flying business.
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6911
6912
6913OBI-WAN stows away on Padme's ship. The ship lifts from the landing platform and heads into the traffic lanes.
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6915
6916
6917193 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE ARENA-CHANCELLOR'S HOLDING OFFICE-SUNSET
6918
6919
6920
6921A HOLOGRAM OF ANAKIN appears before PALPATINE in his office at the bottom of the Senate Arena.
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6924
6925DARTH VADER: The Separatists are taken care of, My Master.
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6927
6928
6929DARTH SlDIOUS: It is finished, then. You have restored peace and justice to the galaxy. You have done well, Lord Vader.
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6933DARTH VADER: Thank you, My Master.
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6936
6937194 INT. MUSTAFAR-COXFERENCE ROOM-DAY
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6939
6940
6941A Hologram of Sidious speaks with Anakin in the Mustafar control room.
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6943
6944
6945DARTH SlDIOUS: Send a message to the ships of the Trade Federation. Tell them the Separatist leaders have been wiped out. Grievous and Dooku have been destroyed. All droid units must shut down immediately.
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6947
6948
6949DARTH VADER: Very good, My Lord.
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6952
6953ANAKIN sees Padme's ship arriving on the screen and goes out to meet her.
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6956
6957195 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
6958
6959
6960
6961The sleek NABOO SKIFF lands on the Mustafar landing platform near Anakin's GREEN STARFIGHTER. ANAKIN runs up to the SKIFF as the ramp lowers. PADME runs to him.
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6963
6964
6965ANAKIN: Padme, I saw your ship . . .
6966
6967
6968
6969They embrace.
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6971
6972
6973PADME: Oh, Anakin!
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6975
6976
6977ANAKIN: It's all right, you're safe now. What are you doing out here?
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6980
6981PADME: I was so worried about you. Obi-Wan told me terrible things.
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6984
6985ANAKIN: What things?
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6987
6988
6989PADME: He said you have turned to the dark side . . . that you killed younglings.
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6991
6992
6993ANAKIN: Obi-Wan is trying to turn you against me.
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6995
6996
6997PADME: He cares about us.
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6999
7000
7001ANAKIN: Us??!
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7003
7004
7005PADME: He knows . . . He wants to help you.
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7007
7008
7009ANAKIN: Is Obi-Wan going to protect you? He can't ... he can't help you. He's not strong enough.
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7012
7013PADME: Anakin, all I want is your love.
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7015
7016
7017ANAKIN: Love won't save you, Padme. Only my new powers can do that.
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7019
7020
7021PADME: At what cost? You are a good person. Don't do this.
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7024
7025ANAKIN: I won't lose you the way I lost my mother! I've become more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of and I've done it for you. To protect you.
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7027
7028
7029PADME: Come away with me. Help me raise our child. Leave everything else behind while we still can.
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7031
7032
7033ANAKIN: Don't you see, we don't have to run away anymore. I have brought peace to the Republic. I am more powerful than the Chancellor. I can overthrow him, and together you and I can rule the galaxy. Make things the way we want them to be.
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7036
7037PADME: I don't believe what I'm hearing . . . Obi-Wan was right. You've changed.
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7040
7041ANAKIN: I don't want to hear any more about Obi-Wan. The Jedi turned against me. Don't you turn against me.
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7044
7045PADME: I don't know you anymore. Anakin, you're breaking my heart. I'll never stop loving you, but you are going down a path I
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7047can't follow.
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7049
7050
7051ANAKIN: Because of Obi-Wan?
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7053
7054
7055PADME: Because of what you've done . . . what you plan to do. Stop, stop now. Come back! I love you.
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7057
7058
7059ANAKIN: (seeing Obi-Wan) Liar!
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7063PADME turns around and. sees OBI-WAN standing in the doorway of the Naboo Cruiser.
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7065
7066
7067PADME: No!
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7070
7071ANAKIN: You're with him. You've betrayed me! You brought him here to kill me!
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7074
7075PADME: NO! Anakin. I swear ... I ...
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7078
7079ANAKIN reaches out, and PADME grabs her throat as she starts to choke.
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7081
7082
7083OBI-WAN: Let her go, Anakin.
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7086
7087ANAKIN: What have you and she been up to?
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7090
7091OBI-WAN: Let her go!
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7095ANAKIN releases his grip on the unconscious PADME and she crumples to the ground.
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7098
7099ANAKIN: You turned her against me.
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7102
7103OBI-WAN: You have done that yourself.
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7106
7107ANAKIN: You will not take her from me.
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7111ANAKIN throws off his cloak.
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7114
7115OBI-WAN: Your anger and your lust for power have already done that.
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7118
7119OBI-WAN flings off his cloak.
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7122
7123OBI-WAN: (continuing) You have allowed this Dark Lord to twist your mind until now . . . until now you have become the very thing you swore to destroy.
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7125
7126
7127They circle each other until OBI-WAN is near PADME. He places his hand on her.
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7129
7130
7131ANAKIN: Don't lecture me, Obi-Wan. I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do. I have brought peace, justice, freedom, and security to my new Empire.
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7134
7135OBI-WAN: Your new Empire?
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7137
7138
7139ANAKIN: Don't make me kill you.
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7141
7142
7143OBI-WAN: Anakin, my allegiance is to the Republic ... to democracy.
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7145
7146
7147ANAKIN: If you're not with me, you're my enemy.
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7149
7150
7151OBI-WAN: Only a Sith Lord deals in absolutes. I will do what I must.
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7153
7154
7155(ignites his lightsaber)
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7157
7158
7159ANAKIN: You will try.
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7162
7163ANAKIN ignites his lightsaber.
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7166
7167ANAKIN lashes out at OBI-WAN, and they begin a ferocious sword fight. ANAKIN throws CONTAINERS at OBI-WAN using the Force.
7168
7169They work their way off the landing platform and into the main entry hallway. ANAKIN kicks OBI-WAN, and OBI-WAN drops to a lower level.
7170
7171ARTOO BEEPS his concern and rushes to the unconscious PADME's aid.
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7174
7175196 INT. CORRIDOR-SENATE ARENA-CHANCELLOR'S HOLDING OFFICE-NIGHT
7176
7177
7178
7179YODA enters, using the Force to throw two RED GUARDS against the wall, knocking them unconscious. DARTH SIDIOUS turns his chair toward YODA. MAS AMEDDA stands behind SIDIOUS's desk.
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7181
7182
7183YODA: I hear a new apprentice, you have. Emperor, or should I call you Darth Sidious.
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7185
7186
7187DARTH SlDIOUS: Master Yoda, you survived.
7188
7189
7190
7191YODA: Surprised?
7192
7193
7194
7195DARTH SlDIOUS: Your arrogance blinds you, Master Yoda. Now you will experience the full power of the dark side.
7196
7197
7198
7199The Dark Lord raises his arms, and LIGHTNING BOLTS shoot out, surrounding YODA.
7200
7201YODA is picked up and thrown across the room, hitting the wall and sliding down in a crumpled heap. DARTH SIDIOUS chuckles.
7202
7203
7204
7205197 INT. MUSTAFAR-PASSAGES TO MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
7206
7207
7208
7209ANAKIN and OBI-WAN move their fight toward the main control center. As the laser swords fly, bits of the hallway are cut up. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN jump and use every trick in the Jedi book.
7210
7211
7212
7213198 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-NABOO CRUISER-DAY
7214
7215
7216
7217R2-D2, tries to drag PADME on board the Naboo Cruiser. C-3PO pokes his head out of the ship's doorway.
7218
7219
7220
7221C-3PO: What are you doing? You're going to hurt her. Wait!!
7222
7223
7224
7225C-3PO starts down the ramp.
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7228
7229199 INT. CORRIDOR-SENATE ARENA-CHANCELLOR'S HOLDING OFFICE-NIGHT
7230
7231
7232
7233MAS AMEDDA leaves the room. PALPATINE approaches a stunned YODA.
7234
7235
7236
7237DARTH SlDIOUS: I have waited a long time for this moment, my little green friend. At last, the Jedi are no more.
7238
7239
7240
7241YODA: Not if anything I have to say about it, Lord Sidious.
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7243
7244
7245YODA uses the Force to throw DARTH SIDIOUS back, knocking him clear over his desk and onto the floor in a heap.
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7247
7248
7249YODA: (continuing) At an end your rule is and not short enough it was, I must say.
7250
7251
7252
7253DARTH SIDIOUS flies through the air, cape flapping, heading toward the exit. At the last second, YODA flies into the exit and stops the Dark Lord.
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7255
7256
7257YODA: (continuing) If so powerful you are, why leave??
7258
7259
7260
7261YODA ignites his lightsaber.
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7263
7264
7265DARTH SlDIOUS: You will not stop me. Darth Vader will become more powerful than either of us.
7266
7267
7268
7269DARTH SIDIOUS ignites his lightsaber.
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7271
7272
7273YODA: Faith in your new apprentice, misplaced may be, as is your faith in the dark side of the Force.
7274
7275
7276
7277Their swords CLASH. The battle is extremely fast and furious.
7278
7279
7280
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7282
7283200 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
7284
7285
7286
7287View screens EXPLODE around ANAKIN and OBI-WAN as they work their way into the Control Room. The fighting is intense. OBI-WAN is on the defensive as he jumps up on the table view screen in the center of the room.
7288
7289
7290
7291ANAKIN: Don't make me destroy you, Master. You're no match for the dark side.
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7293
7294
7295OBI-WAN: I've heard that before, Anakin . . . but I never thought I'd hear it from you.
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7297
7298
7299ANAKIN forces OBI-WAN back into the Conference Room where the quarters are much closer. Sparks fly everywhere. ANAKIN jumps onto the conference table. OBI-WAN slides across the table, knocking ANAKIN over. OBI-WAN grabs ANAKIN’s lightsaber as he falls. OBI-WAN uses the Force to summon his dropped lightsaber. ANAKIN does the same.
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7301
7302
7303201 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE CHAMBER-MAIN ARENA-NIGHT
7304
7305
7306
7307PALPATINE seeks refuge in the vast Senate Chamber. He gets into the Chancellor's Podium and it starts to rise up into the Arena. YODA makes a giant leap into the control pod. The sword fighting is intense in the confined space.
7308
7309
7310
7311202 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
7312
7313
7314
7315The battle intensifies.
7316
7317
7318
7319OBI-WAN: (continuing) The flaw of power is arrogance.
7320
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7322
7323OBI-WAN stands looking at his former apprentice for a moment.
7324
7325
7326
7327ANAKIN: You hesitate . . . the flaw of compassion.
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7329
7330
7331OBI-WAN and ANAKIN lock sabers. OBI-WAN puts out his hand to use the Force to push ANAKIN away. ANAKIN puts out his hand to block OBI-WAN.
7332
7333Both combatants are blasted backwards onto the control panels.
7334
7335They regain their footing and the battle continues. ANAKIN kicks OBI-WAN away.
7336
7337They battle around the room, and eventually the door to the exterior is knocked open. They continue battling out onto the balcony.
7338
7339
7340
7341203 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE CHAMRER-MAIN ARENA-NIGHT
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7343
7344
7345YODA unleashes a ferocious assault on PALPATINE, causing him to almost go over the edge. The Dark Lord drops his lightsaber but recovers with a BLAST OF ENERGY from his hands that surrounds YODA. YODA is deflecting the Sith Lord's lightning bolts.
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7347
7348
7349The energy bolts begin to arc back on the Emperor. It looks as if the Dark Lord is doomed.
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7351
7352
7353YODA: Destroy you I will, just as Master Kenobi, your apprentice will destroy.
7354
7355
7356
7357YODA jumps to a lower Senate Pod. PALPATINE reaches out with one hand, and a Senate pod is released from its mooring and heads toward the Podium. PALPATINE uses the Force to hurl pod after pod at YODA, who ducks and jumps from one flying pod to another.
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7359
7360
7361YODA leaps away from the pods. He uses the Force to hold one pod suspended in the air. The pod spins and YODA throws it back at PALPATINE, who leaps away at the last moment.
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7363
7364
7365YODA leaps after him, but PALPATINE quickly turns and aims the full force of his energy bolts at the tiny green Jedi, catching him in mid-air and throwing him back hard against the Podium. The force causes YODA to drop his lightsaber. YODA blocks the lightning and throws PALPATINE backwards off the podium. YODA is knocked off the Podium and falls several hundred feet to the base of the Podium. PALPATINE follows in his pod, searching for YODA.
7366
7367
7368
7369204 EXT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER BALCONY-DAY
7370
7371
7372
7373ANAKIN forces OBI-WAN down a narrow balcony outside the Control Room. He rips objects off the wall and throws them at OBI-WAN as he pushes him further and further along the walkway.
7374
7375
7376
7377The balcony ends, and OBI-WAN is trapped. He looks over the balcony and into a river of lava.
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7379
7380
7381ANAKIN cuts apiece of the balcony railing off, along with a control panel.
7382
7383ALARMS SOUND, and a protective ray shield around the superstructure disappears. It tumbles into the molten abyss, disappearing in a puff of smoke. A small pipe connects the Control Center to the Main Collection Plant. OBI-WAN has no choice but to tightrope-walk out across the lava river while fighting ANAKIN.
7384
7385
7386
7387205 EXT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER BALCONY, PIPE ACROSS LAVA RIVER, MAIN COLLECTION PLANT-DAY
7388
7389
7390
7391ANAKIN, following OBI-WAN, jumps down onto the flexing pipe, lands, and resumes fighting.
7392
7393
7394
7395206 INT. MUSTAFAR-PIPE ACROSS LAVA RIVER-DAY
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7397
7398
7399OBI-WAN and ANAKIN work their way across the small pipe, fighting ferociously as they go. OBI-WAN slips, throws his lightsaber up in the air, grabs on to the pipe, swings around, grabs on to an upper pipe, retrieves his lightsaber, and lands back on the original pipe. They continue to fight across the pipe until they reach the Main Collection Plant.
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7401
7402
7403207 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-WIRING CHUTE-NIGHT
7404
7405
7406
7407YODA squishes his way through a mass of wires in a small chute. He talks on his comlink.
7408
7409
7410
7411YODA: Hurry. Careful timing we will need.
7412
7413
7414
7415BAIL ORGANA: (in speeder) There aren't many troops on this side. Activate your homing beacon when you're ready.
7416
7417
7418
7419208 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE CHAMBER-MAIN ARENA-NIGHT
7420
7421
7422
7423A Senate pod with COMMANDER THIRE (4477) and SEVERAL OTHER CLONE TROOPERS climb up to where MAS AMEDDA and PALPATINE are waiting. Beneath the Main Podium, TWENTY CLONE TROOPERS search for Yoda 's body.
7424
7425
7426
7427CLONE COMMANDER THIRE: There is no sign of his body, sir.
7428
7429
7430
7431MAS AMEDDA: Then he is not dead.
7432
7433
7434
7435PALPATINE: Double your search.
7436
7437
7438
7439CLONE COMMANDER THIRE: Yes sir. Right away, sir.
7440
7441
7442
7443PALPATINE: (to Mas Amedda) Tell Captain Kagi to prepare my shuttle for immediate takeoff.
7444
7445
7446
7447MAS AMEDDA: Yes, Master.
7448
7449
7450
7451PALPATINE: I sense Lord Vader is in danger.
7452
7453
7454
7455PALPATINE walks into the Arena hallway. COMMANDER THIRE descends down to the floor of the Arena, where an intense search is taking place. SEVERAL CURIOUS SENATORS rubberneck in scattered pods.
7456
7457
7458
7459209 EXT. MUSTAFAR-COLLECTION PANELS-DAY
7460
7461
7462
7463OBI-WAN and ANAKIN battle on the top of the multispired collection panels, jumping from one to the other. At the end of the collection cluster, a huge spray of lava covers the attachments that hold up the collectors. The frame begins to melt. It's raining lava. Both ANAKIN and OBI-WAN run for cover under the collection cluster. They continue to fight in the lava rain, darting from cover to attack, then quickly retreating to cover.
7464
7465Support for the entire structure begins to fall away, and the collection cluster falls into the lava river. The Jedi continue their fight, climbing to the highest point on the tower as the rest begins to melt away as it rides the swift current down the river.
7466
7467
7468
7469It bends toward the lava as they get out toward the end. The fighting gets fierce. OBI-WAN gets to the end and is trapped. The tower slowly starts to sink under the lava.
7470
7471
7472
7473210 EXT. CORUSCANT-SENATE OFFICE BUILDING-NIGHT
7474
7475
7476
7477BAIL ORGANA, in his open Cockpit Speeder, flies along next to the roof eave of the huge Senate Building. He slows and moves closer to a long row of recessed lights. Suddenly YODA falls out of one of the light recesses and lands in the Speeder. BAIL guns it and heads away from the Senate Building.
7478
7479
7480
7481211 INT. CORUSCANT-BAIL ORGANA'S SPEEDER-NIGHT
7482
7483
7484
7485YODA straightens himself out.
7486
7487
7488
7489YODA: Into exile I must go. Failed, I have.
7490
7491
7492
7493YODA and BAIL fly into the traffic of the city.
7494
7495
7496
7497212 EXT. MUSTAFAR-COLLECTION PANELS-DAY
7498
7499
7500
7501OBI-WAN realizes he is getting very close to the edge of the lava falls. He grabs a rope and leaps from the collection arm. ANAKIN follows.
7502
7503ANAKIN and OBI-WAN continue their sword fight hanging from cables as they swing past each other.
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7505
7506
7507213 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-NABOO SKIFF-DAY
7508
7509
7510
7511C-3PO carefully lifts PADME into his arms. R2-D2 nervously looks on. BEEPING.
7512
7513
7514
7515C-3PO: I am being careful. I've got a good hold on her, but . . . I'm worried about my back. I hope it's able to hold up under this weight.
7516
7517
7518
7519C-3PO carries PADME into the Naboo Skiff.
7520
7521
7522
7523214 EXT. MUSTAFAR-COLLECTION PANELS-DAY
7524
7525
7526
7527From their cables, ANAKIN and OBI-WAN both spot something that causes them to stop fighting. The lava river ahead drops off in a tremendous lava fall.
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7529
7530
7531SNAPPING AND METAL GROANS are heard as the main part of the collector starts to break away and move toward the lava fall. OBI-WAN looks around and sees a small floating platform making its way toward the tower.
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7533
7534
7535OBI-WAN does a double hack-flip and lands squarely on the floating platform. He immediately leans to one side and moves away from the tower.
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7537
7538
7539ANAKIN realizes he is doomed as the entire tower heads for the falls. In the distance he sees some CONSTRUCTION DROIDS. He swings back to the tower, climbs up and makes a running leap and miraculously lands on A WORKER DROID. The DROID is confused and chatters to his CO-WORKER. The giant collector goes over the lava flow and disappears in the mist of sparks below.
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7541
7542
7543OBI-WAN heads for the bank of the lava river, but Anakin's DROID is faster. He catches up with his old Master.
7544
7545
7546
7547OBI-WAN and ANAKIN continue the swordfight. They battle away, balancing on the tiny platform and puzzled DROID. ANAKIN, standing on the Droid, approaches OBI-WAN on the work platform.
7548
7549
7550
7551OBI-WAN: I have failed you, Anakin. I was never able to teach you to think.
7552
7553
7554
7555ANAKIN and OBI-WAN confront each other on the lava river.
7556
7557
7558
7559ANAKIN: I should have known the Jedi were plotting to take over . . .
7560
7561
7562
7563OBI-WAN: From the Sith!!! Anakin, Chancellor Palpatine is evil.
7564
7565
7566
7567ANAKIN: From the Jedi point of view! From my point of view, the Jedi are evil.
7568
7569
7570
7571OBI-WAN: Well, then you are lost!
7572
7573
7574
7575ANAKIN: This is the end for you, My Master. I wish it were otherwise.
7576
7577
7578
7579ANAKIN jumps and flips onto OBI- WAN's platform. The fighting continues again until OBI-WAN jumps toward the safety of the black sandy edge of the lava river. He yells at Anakin.
7580
7581
7582
7583OBI-WAN: It's over, Anakin. I have the high ground.
7584
7585
7586
7587ANAKIN: You underestimate my power!
7588
7589
7590
7591OBI-WAN: Don't try it.
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7593
7594
7595ANAKIN follows, and OBI-WAN cuts his young apprentice at the knees, then cuts off his left arm in the blink of an eye. ANAKIN tumbles down the embankment and rolls to a stop near the edge of the lava.
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7597
7598
7599ANAKIN struggles to pull himself up the embankment with his mechanical hand. His thin leather glove has been burned off. He keeps sliding down in the black sand.
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7601
7602
7603OBI-WAN: (continuing) . . . You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would, destroy the Sith, not join them. It was you who would bring balance to the Force, not leave it in Darkness.
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7605
7606
7607OBI-WAN picks up Anakin's light saber and begins to walk away. He stops and looks back.
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7609
7610
7611ANAKIN: I hate you!
7612
7613
7614
7615OBI-WAN: You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you.
7616
7617
7618
7619ANAKIN'S clothing blows into the lava river and ignites. Suddenly ANAKIN bursts into flames and starts SCREAMING.
7620
7621
7622
7623215 INT. MUSTAFAR-VOLCANO EDGE-DAY
7624
7625
7626
7627OBI-WAN looks in horror as ANAKIN becomes engulfed in flames. OBI-WAN can't watch him as he struggles to climb the embankment, covered in flames.
7628
7629
7630
7631He runs back to Padme's ship as ANAKIN drops, smoldering, near the top of the lava pit.
7632
7633
7634
7635216 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-NABOO SKIFF-DAY
7636
7637
7638
7639OBI-WAN makes his way to the SKIFF. He looks for Padme. THREEPIO sticks his head out the door of the SKIFF.
7640
7641
7642
7643C-3PO: Master Kenobi! We have Miss Padme on board. Please, please hurry. We should leave this dreadful place.
7644
7645
7646
7647OBI-WAN runs on board the Naboo Skiff.
7648
7649
7650
7651217 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-NABOO SKIFF-DAY
7652
7653
7654
7655PADME lies on a cot or bed inside the ship. OBI-WAN walks over and checks on her.
7656
7657
7658
7659PADME: Obi-Wan? Is Anakin all right?
7660
7661
7662
7663OBI-WAN looks at her sadly and does not answer. He brushes her hair back. Padme drops back into unconsciousness. ARTOO watches over her.
7664
7665OBI-WAN rides in the co-pilot's station. He sits looking pensive. THREEPIO drives.
7666
7667
7668
7669218 EXT. MUSTAFAR-VOLCANO EDGE-DAY
7670
7671
7672
7673ANAKIN crawls up the bank, his body smoking. A shuttle flies overhead and lands.
7674
7675
7676
7677219 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-IMPERIAL SHUTTLE-DAY
7678
7679
7680
7681An Imperial Shuttle closes its wings and settles on the highest of the Mustafar Landing Platforms. A PLATOON OF CLONE TROOPERS exits the craft, followed by DARTH SIDIOUS.
7682
7683
7684
7685220 INT. MUSTAFAR-VOLCANO PIT-DAY
7686
7687
7688
7689DARTH SIDIOUS walks in front of the CLONE TROOPERS on his way to get to Anakin at the edge of the lava pit.
7690
7691
7692
7693221 EXT. MUSTAFAR-VOLCANO PIT-DAY
7694
7695
7696
7697DARTH SIDIOUS discovers what remains of ANAKIN and checks him out. He turns to the CLONES.
7698
7699
7700
7701DARTH SIDIOUS: Anakin! Anakin! There he is. He's still alive. Get a medical capsule, immediately.
7702
7703
7704
7705CLONE CAPTAIN: Yes sir. Right away.
7706
7707
7708
7709Several of the CLONES rush off as DARTH SIDlOUS puts his hand on ANAKIN's forehead.
7710
7711
7712
7713222 INT. POLIS MASSA-OBSERVATION DOME-NIGHT
7714
7715
7716
7717On the isolated asteroid of Polis Massa, YODA meditates.
7718
7719
7720
7721YODA: Failed to stop the Sith Lord, I have. Still much to learn, there is ...
7722
7723
7724
7725QUI -GON: (V.O.) Patience. You will have time. I did not. When I became one with the Force I made a great discovery. With my training, you will be able to merge with the Force at will. Your physical self will fade away, but you will still retain your consciousness. You will become more powerful than any Sith.
7726
7727
7728
7729YODA: Eternal consciousness.
7730
7731
7732
7733QUI-GON: (V.O.) The ability to defy oblivion can be achieved, but only for oneself. It was accomplished by a Shaman of the Whills. It is a state acquired through compassion, not greed.
7734
7735
7736
7737YODA: . . . to become one with the Force, and influence still have . . . A power greater than all, it is.
7738
7739
7740
7741QUI-GON: (V.O.) You will learn to let go of everything. No attachment, no thought of self. No physical self.
7742
7743
7744
7745YODA: A great Jedi Master, you have become, Qui-Gon Jinn. Your apprentice I gratefully become.
7746
7747
7748
7749YODA thinks about this for a minute, then BAIL ORGANA enters the room and breaks his meditation.
7750
7751
7752
7753BAIL ORGANA: Excuse me, Master Yoda. Obi-Wan Kenobi has made contact.
7754
7755
7756
7757223 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-DAY
7758
7759
7760
7761The CLONES have placed ANAKIN in a medical capsule. They float the wounded Sith Lord into the belly of the IMPERIAL CRUISER. DARTH SIDIOUS follows the capsule into the ship. The ship takes off.
7762
7763
7764
7765224 EXT. POLIS MASSA-LANDING PLATFORM-NIGHT
7766
7767
7768
7769OBI-WAN lands the Naboo Cruiser on the landing platform of the isolated post of Polis Massa. YODA and BAIL ORGANA, along with a FEW GROUND CREW, are waiting as the ramp lowers and OBI-WAN emerges, carrying the unconscious PADME in his arms, followed by ARTOO and THREEPIO.
7770
7771
7772
7773BAIL ORGANA: We'll take her to the medical center, quickly.
7774
7775
7776
7777225 EXT. LANDING PLATFORM-CORUSCANT-IMPERIAL REHAB CENTER-DAY
7778
7779
7780
7781The shuttle lands. DARTH SIDIOUS and CLONE TROOPERS leave the shuttle. ANAKIN's body is carried along in a floating medical capsule.
7782
7783
7784
7785226 INT. POLIS MASSA-MEDICAL CENTER-NIGHT
7786
7787
7788
7789POLIS MEDICS work, on PADME in an operating theater. OBI-WAN and one of the MEDICAL DROIDS enter an observation room where BAIL and YODA are waiting.
7790
7791
7792
7793MEDICAL DROID: Medically, she is completely healthy. For reasons we can't explain, we are losing her.
7794
7795
7796
7797OBI-WAN: She's dying?
7798
7799
7800
7801MEDICAL DROID: We don't know why. She has lost the will to live. We need to operate quickly if we are to save the babies.
7802
7803
7804
7805BAIL ORGANA: Babies??!!
7806
7807
7808
7809MEDICAL DROID: She's carrying twins.
7810
7811
7812
7813YODA: Save them, we must. They are our last hope.
7814
7815
7816
7817The MEDICAL DROID rushes back to the operating room. ARTOO and THREEPIO watch, greatly puzzled. ARTOO BEEPS.
7818
7819
7820
7821C-3PO: It s some kind of reproductive process, I think.
7822
7823
7824
7825227 INT. CORUSCANT-IMPERIAL REHAB CENTER-DAY
7826
7827
7828
7829ANAKIN, in the medical capsule, is lifted onto a table in the Rehab Center. DROIDS go to work on him. ANAKIN has new legs and a new arm.
7830
7831
7832
7833228 INT. POLIS MASSA-MEDICAL CENTER-NIGHT
7834
7835
7836
7837The TWINS are being delivered as BAIL ORGANA, YODA, ARTOO, and THREEPIO watch. OBI-WAN is in the operating theater with PADME. He takes her hand.
7838
7839
7840
7841OBI-WAN: Don't give up, Padme.
7842
7843
7844
7845PADME winces from the pain. The MEDICAL DROID is holding the BABY.
7846
7847
7848
7849MEDICAL DROID: It's a boy.
7850
7851
7852
7853PADME: Luke . . .
7854
7855
7856
7857PADME can only offer up a faint smile. She struggles to touch the baby on the forehead.
7858
7859
7860
7861MEDICAL DROID: ... and a girl.
7862
7863
7864
7865PADME: . . . Leia.
7866
7867
7868
7869R2-D2, THREEPIO and BAIL ORGANA watch from an adjoining space.
7870
7871
7872
7873229 INT. CORUSCANT-IMPERIAL REHAB CENTER-DAY
7874
7875
7876
7877VADER, dressed in his black body armor, lies on the table. Nose plugs are inserted and the mask drops from above, sealing tightly. The helmet is fitted and VADER begins breathing.
7878
7879
7880
7881230 INT. POLIS MASSA-MEDICAL CENTER-NIGHT
7882
7883
7884
7885OBI WAN leans over PADME and softly speaks to her.
7886
7887
7888
7889OBI-WAN: You have twins, Padme They need you . . . hang on.
7890
7891
7892
7893PADME: I can't . . .
7894
7895
7896
7897PADME winces again and takes OBI-WAN's hand. She is holding Anakin's japor snippet.
7898
7899
7900
7901OBI-WAN: Save your energy.
7902
7903
7904
7905PADME: Obi-Wan . . . there . . . is good in him. I know there is ... still . . .
7906
7907
7908
7909A last gasp, and she dies. Obi-Wan studies the necklace.
7910
7911
7912
7913231 INT. CORUSCANT-IMPERIAL REHAB CENTER-DAY
7914
7915
7916
7917DARTH SIDIOUS hovers around the periphery of a group of MEDICAL DROIDS who are working on ANAKIN. DARTH SIDIOUS paces in the foreground. A DROID approaches the Dark Lord.
7918
7919
7920
7921MEDICAL DROID: My Lord, the construction is finished ... he lives.
7922
7923
7924
7925DARTH SIDIOUS: Good. Good.
7926
7927
7928
7929The DROID moves back to the table where DARTH VADER lies. The table begins to move upright. DARTH SIDIOUS moves in next to DARTH VADER.
7930
7931
7932
7933DARTH SIDIOUS: (continuing) Lord Vader, can you hear me?
7934
7935
7936
7937DARTH VADER, with his dark mask and helmet, moves up into the frame until he is in a CLOSEUP.
7938
7939
7940
7941DARTH VADER: Yes, My Master.
7942
7943
7944
7945DARTH VADER looks around the room.
7946
7947
7948
7949DARTH VADER: (continuing) Where is Padme? Is she safe, is she all right?
7950
7951
7952
7953DARTH SIDIOUS moves closer to the half droid/half man.
7954
7955
7956
7957DARTH SIDIOUS: I'm afraid she died. ... it seems in your anger, you killed her.
7958
7959
7960
7961A LOW GROAN emanates from Vader's mask. Suddenly everything in the room begins to implode, including some of the DROIDS.
7962
7963
7964
7965DARTH VADER: I couldn't have! She was alive! I felt her! She was alive! It's impossible! No!!!
7966
7967
7968
7969VADER SCREAMS, breaks his bonds to the table, and steps forward, waving his hands, causing objects to fly around the room. SIDIOUS deflects the objects, but some of the DROIDS aren't so lucky. VADER'S PAINFUL SCREAMS echo throughout the Center.
7970
7971
7972
7973232 EXT. NABOO-ALDERAAN STARCRUISER
7974
7975
7976
7977BAIL ORGANA's Starcruiser approaches the city of Theed.
7978
7979
7980
7981233 INT. ALDERAAN CRUISER-CONFERENCE ROOM
7982
7983
7984
7985BAIL ORGANA, YODA, and OBI-WAN sit around a conference table.
7986
7987
7988
7989YODA: Pregnant, she must still appear. Hidden, safe, the children must be kept.
7990
7991
7992
7993OBI-WAN: We must take them somewhere the Sith will not sense their presence.
7994
7995
7996
7997YODA: Split up, they should be.
7998
7999
8000
8001BAIL ORGANA: My wife and I will take the girl. We've always talked of adopting a baby girl. She will be loved with us.
8002
8003
8004
8005OBI-WAN: And what of the boy?
8006
8007
8008
8009YODA: To Tatooine. To his family, send him.
8010
8011
8012
8013OBI-WAN: I will take the child and watch over him. Master Yoda, do you think Anakin's twins will be able to defeat Darth Sidious?
8014
8015
8016
8017YODA: Strong the Force runs, in the Skywalker line. Hope, we can . . . Done, it is. Until the time is right, disappear we will.
8018
8019
8020
8021BAIL leaves the conference room. YODA stops OBI-WAN.
8022
8023
8024
8025YODA: (continuing) Master Kenobi, wait a moment. In your solitude on Tatooine, training I have for you.
8026
8027
8028
8029OBI-WAN: Training??
8030
8031
8032
8033YODA: An old friend has learned the path to immortality.
8034
8035
8036
8037OBI-WAN: Who?
8038
8039
8040
8041YODA: One who has returned from the netherworld of the Force to train me . . . your old Master, Qui-Gon Jinn.
8042
8043
8044
8045OBI-WAN: Qui-Gon? But, how could he accomplish this?
8046
8047
8048
8049YODA: The secret of the Ancient Order of the Whills, he studied. How to commune with him. I will teach you.
8050
8051
8052
8053OBI-WAN: I will be able to talk with him?
8054
8055
8056
8057YODA: How to join the Force, he will train you. Your consciousness you will retain, when one with the Force. Even your physical self, perhaps.
8058
8059
8060
8061234 INT. ALDERAAN STARCRUISER-HALLWAY- SPACE
8062
8063
8064
8065BAIL ORGANA, followed by ARTOO and THREEPIO, approaches CAPTAIN ANTILLES and TWO CREW MEMBERS.
8066
8067
8068
8069BAIL ORGANA: Captain Antilles.
8070
8071
8072
8073CAPTAIN ANTILLES: Yes, Your Highness.
8074
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8077BAIL ORGANA: I'm placing these droids in your care. Treat them well. Clean them up. Have the Protocol Droid's mind wiped.
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8081C-3PO: Oh, no.
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8085235 EXT. NABOO-MAIN SQUARE-DAWN
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8089SIO BIBBLE walks with other MOURNERS.
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8091LARGE CROWDS line the street as a flowered, covered coffin is drawn by SIX BEAUTIFUL WHITE BEASTS. SOLDIERS AND FAMILY
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8093ATO DIGNITARIES follow the casket.
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8095PADME's hand clutches the japor snippet.
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8099236 EXT. DAGOBAH-DAY
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8103A small escape pod hurls toward the swamp planet and disappears in the mist. The pod has landed, and YODA descends the ramp, surveying the unfamiliar terrain.
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8107237 EXT. IMPERIAL STAR DESTROYER-SPACE
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8111A Star Destroyer is surrounded by ATTACK CRUISERS. On the bridge of the Star Destroyer stands the EMPEROR and GOVERNOR
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8113TARKIN.
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8117DARTH VADER walks along the bridge to join the EMPEROR and GOVERNOR TARKIN. The camera PANS to reveal the huge frame
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8119structure which is the beginning of the DEATH STAR.
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8123238 EXT. ALDERAAN-STARCRUISER-SPACE
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8127The ship approaches the surface of Alderaan.
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8131239 EXT. ALDERAAN-LATE AFTERNOON
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8135The QUEEN OF ALDERAAN sits on a balcony looking out over the awesome mountains of Alderaan. BAIL ORGANA brings a small baby to her. She takes her and rocks her.
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8139240 EXT. TATOOINE-SUNSET
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8143OBI-WAN rides up to the moisture farm homestead on an EOPIE. He dismounts, takes the BABY out of a papoose on his back, and walks toward AUNT BERU, who walks over to greet him. They talk for a moment, and OBI-WAN turns the baby over to the young homesteader. AUNT BERU walks to UNCLE OWEN who is standing on the ridge near the homestead. OBI-WAN leaves as OWEN, BERU, and the BABY watch the twin suns set.