STAR WARS
EPISODE II
JAR JAR'S GREAT ADVENTURE
Written by
GEORGE LUCAS
and
JONATHAN HALES
Lucasfilm Ltd. Second
Draft, June 24, 2000
P.O. Box 2009 Pink
Revisions, June 28, 2000
San Rafael, CA, USA 94912 Blue
Revisions, July 3, 2000
* Green Revisions, July 5, 2000
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1 EXT. SPACE 1
A vast sea of stars serves as a backdrop for the Main Title,
followed by a rollup, which crawls into infinity.
There is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several hundred solar
systems under the leadership of the rebel leader, Count Dooku, have declared
their intentions to secede from the Republic.
This separatist movement has made it difficult for the limited
number of Jedi Knights to maintain peace and order in the galaxy.
Senator Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, is returning to
Coruscant to vote on the critical issue of creating an army to assist the
overwhelmed Jedi.
PAN UP to reveal the amber city planet of Coruscant. A yellow
Naboo Fighter flies OVER CAMERA toward the planet, followed by a large Royal
Cruiser and two more Fighters.
2 EXT. CORUSCANT - DAWN 2
The ships skim across the surface of the city landscape. The sun
glints off the chrome hulls of the sleek Naboo spacecraft as they navigate
between the buildings of the capital planet.
3 EXT. CORUSCANT, LANDINGPLATFORM - DAWN 3
Two Naboo Fighters land on one leaf of a three-leaf-clover
landing platform. The Royal Starship LANDS on the central leaf, and the third
Fighter lands on the remaining platform.
A small GROUP OF DIGNITARIES waits to welcome the Senator. One of
the members of the group is a well dressed JAR JAR BINKS, a member of the
Galactic Representative Commission, and DORMÉ, Senator Amidala's handmaiden.
One of the FIGRTER PILOTS jumps from the wing of his ship, and
removes his helmet. He is CAPTAIN TYPHO, SENATOR AMIDALA'S Security Officer. He
moves over to a WOMAN PILOT.
CAPTAIN TYPHO
We made it. I guess I was wrong, there was no danger at all.
The ramp lowers. TWO NABOO GUARDS appear. SENATOR AMIDALA, ONE
HANDMAIDEN (VERSÉ), and FOUR TROOPERS descend the ramp. AMIDALA is more
beautiful now than she was ten years earlier when, as Queen, she was freeing
her people from the yoke of the Trade Federation.
The DIGNITARIES start to move forward. SENATOR AMIDALA reaches
the foot of the ramp, when suddenly there is a blinding FLASH and a huge
EXPLOSION. The DIGNITARIES and PILOTS are hurled to the ground as the starship
is destroyed.
Klaxons blare, alarms sound! CAPTAIN TYPHO and the TWO ESCORT
PILOTS get up and run to where SENATOR AMIDALA lies dying. Beyond, ARTOO DETOO
drops down from the Naboo Fighter and rolls toward the wreckage. Two FEMALE
ESCORT PILOT kneels by SENATOR AMIDALA and takes off her helmet, revealing
SENATOR PADMÉ AMIDALA.
3 CONTINUED:
PADMÉ
Cordé...
She gathers up her decoy double in her arms. Cordé's eyes open.
She looks up at her.
CORDÉ
... I'm sorry, M'Lady... I'm... not sure I...
CORDÉ dies. PADMÉ hugs her.
PADMÉ
No... No... No...!
TYPHO
M'Lady... You are still in danger.
PADMÉ lowers CORDÉ to the ground. She gets up and looks around
atthe devastation. There are tears in
her eyes.
PADMÉ
I should not have come back.
TYPHO
This vote is very important. You did your duty and CORDÉ did hers.
Now come.
(She doesn't respond)
M'Lady please!
She turns. They walk away. ARTOO lets out a small whimper and
rolls off after them.
4 EXT. SENATE BUILDING - DAY 4
The massive Senate Building glistens in the afternoon sun. Small
patches of fog have still to burn off.
5 INT. SENATE CHAMBER - DAY 5
The vast rotunda is buzzing with chatter. MAS AMEDDA, the Supreme
Chancellor's majordomo, tries to quiet things down as PALPATINE confers with an
AIDE, UV GIZEN, riding a small one man floating scooter.
MAS AMEDDA
Order! We shall have order! The motion for the republic to
commission an army takes precedent, and that is what we will vote on at this time.
Everything quiets down. The AIDE disperses, and SUPREME
CHANCELLOR PALPATINE steps to the podium.
PALPATINE
... My esteemed colleagues, excuse me... I have just received
some tragic and disturbing news. Senator Amidala of the Naboo system... has
been assassinated!
5 CONTINUED:
There is a shock silence in the vast arena.
PALPATINE
(continuing)
This grevious blow is especially personal to me. Before I
became Chancellor, I served Amidala when she was Queen. She was a great leader
who fought for justice, not only in this honorable assembly, but also on her
home planet. She was so loved she could have been elected queen for life. She
believed in public service, and she fervently believed in democracy. Her death
is a great loss to us all. We will all mourn her as a relentless champion of
freedom... and as a dear friend.
There is a moment of silence. ASK AAK, the SENATOR of MALASTARE,
moves his pod into the center of the arena.
ASK AAK
How many More Senators will die before this civil strife ends!
We must confront these rebels now, and we need an army to do it.
A second pad moves into the center of the area with DARSANA, the
AMBASSADOR OF GLEE ANSELM.
DARSANA
Why weren't the Jedi able to stop this assassination? We are no
longer safe under their protection.
SENATOR ORN FREE TAA swings forward in his pod.
ORN FREE TAA
The Republic needs more security now! Before it comes to war.
PALPATINE
Must I remind the Senator from Malastare that negotiations are
continuing with the separatists. Peace is our objective here... not war.
The SENATORS yell pro and con. MAS AMEDDA tries to calm things
down. SENATOR PADMÉ AMIDALA with CAPTAIN TYPHO, JAR JAR and DORMÉ, maneuvers
her pod into the center of the vast arena.
PADMÉ
My noble colleagues, I concur with the Supreme Chancellor. At
all costs, we do not want war!
The Senate goes quiet, then there is an outburst of cheering and
applause.
5 CONTINUED: (2) 5
PALPATINE
It is with with great surprise and joy the chair recognizes the
Senator from Naboo, Padmé Amidala.
PADMÉ
Less than an hour ago, an assassination attempt was made
against my life. One of my bodyguards and six others were ruthlessly and
senselessly murdered. I was the target but, more importantly, I believe this
security measure before you, was the target. I have led the opposition to build
an army... but there is someone in this body who will stop at nothing to assure
its passage...
Many of the SENATORS boo and yell at SENATOR AMIDALA.
PADMÉ
(continuing)
I warn you, if you vote to create this army, war will follow. I
have experienced the misery of war first-hand; I do not wish to do it again.
There is sporadic yelling for and against her statements.
PADMÉ
(continuing)
Wake up, Senators... you must wake up! If we offer the
separatists violence, they can only show us violence in return! Many will lose
their lives. All will lose their freedom. This decision could very well destroy
the very foundation of our great Republic. I pray you do not let fear push you
into a disastrous decision. Vote down this security measure, which is nothing
less than a declaration of war! Does anyone here want that? I cannotbelieve they do.
There is an undercurrent of booing... and groaning. SENATOR ORN
FREE TAA moves his pod next to AMIDWA.
ORN MEE TAA
My motion to defer the vote must be dealt with first. That is
the rule of law.
AMIDALA looks angry and frustrated. PALPATINE gives her a
sympathetic look.
5 CONTINUED: (3) 5
PALPATINE
Due to the lateness of the hour and the seriousness of this
motion, we will take up these matters tomorrow. Until then, the Senate stands
adjourned.
6 EXT. EXECUTIVE QUARTERS BUILDING - DAY 6
The giant towers of the Republic Executive Building seem to reach
the heavens. Traffic clogs the smoggy sky.
7 INT. CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE - DAY 7
CHANCELLOR PALPATINE sits behind his desk with TWO RED-CLAD ROYAL
GUARDS on either side of the door. YODA, PLO KI-ADI MUNDI,
and MACE WINDU sit across from him.
PALPATINE
I don't know how much longer I can hold off the vote, my
friends. More and more star systems are joining the separatists.
MACE WINDU
If they do break away -
PALPATINE
No! I will not let that happen!
MACE WINDU
But if they do, you must realize there aren't enough Jedi to
protect the Republic. We are keepers of the peace, not soldiers.
PALPATINE
Master Yoda, do you think it will really come to war?
YODA closes his eyes.
YODA
Worse than war, I fear... Much worse.
PALPATINE
What?
MACE WINDU
What do you sense, Master?
YODA
Impossible to see... The Dark Side clouds everything. But this
I am sure of -
(opens his eyes)
Do their duty the Jedi will.
A muted BUZZER SOUNDS. A hologram of an AIDE, DAR WAC, appears
on the Chancellor's desk.
7 CONTINUED: 7
DAR WAC
The loyalist committee has arrived, my Lord.
PALPATINE
Send them in.
They all stand as SENATOR AMIDALA, CAPTAIN TYPHO, JAR JAR, MAS
AMEDDA, DORMÉ, and THREE SENATORS (BAIL ORGANA, LUMINARA UNDULI, and HOROX
RYYDER) enter the office. As YODA and MACE WINDU move to greet the SENATOR,
YODA taps AMIDALA with his cane.
YODA
With you, the Force is strong... young Senator. To see you alive
brings warm feelings to my heart.
PADMÉ
Thank you, Master Yoda. Do you have any idea who was behind
this attack?
MACE WINDU
Our intelligence points to disgruntled spice miners, on the
moons of Naboo.
PADMÉ
I don't wish to disagree but I think that Count Dooku was
behind it.
There is a stir of surprise. They look at one another.
MACE WINDU
You know, M'Lady, Count Dooku was once a Jedi. He wouldn't
assassinate anyone, it's not in his character.
KI-ADI-MUNDI
He is a political idealist, not a murderer.
PALPATINE
Count Dooku has always avoided any kind of conflict. It appears
he has no desire to start a war. Why would he kill you? To what end?
PADMÉ
I don't know, but everything in my being tells me he was behind
it...
YODA
In dark times nothing is what it appears to be, but the fact
remains Senator, in grave danger you are.
PALPATINE gets up, walks to the window, and looks out at the vast
city.
7 CONTINUED: (2) 7
PALPATINE
Master Jedi, may I suggest that the Senator be placed under the
protection of your graces.
BAIL ORGANA
Do you think that is a wise use of manpower during these
stressful times?
PADMÉ
Chancellor, if I may comment, I do not believe the...
PALPATINE
..."situation is that serious." No, but I do,
Senator.
PADMÉ
Chancellor, please! I don't want any more guards!
PALPATINE
I realize all too well that additional security might be
disruptive for you, but perhaps someone you are familiar with...an old friend
like... Master Kenobi...
PALPATINE nods to MACE WINDU, who nods back.
MACE WINDU
That's possible. He has just returned from a border dispute on
Ansion.
PALPATINE
You must remember him, M'Lady... hewatched over you during the blockade
conflict.
PADMÉ
This is not necessary, Chancellor.
PALPATINE
Do it for me, M'Lady, please. I will rest easier. We had a big
scare today. The thought of losing you is unbearable.
AMIDALA sighs as the JEDI get up to leave.
MACE WINDU
I will have Obi-Wan report to you immediately, M'Lady.
YODA leans into her ear.
YODA
Too little about yourself you worry, Senator, and too much
about politics. Be mindful of your danger, Padmé. Accept our help.
7 CONTINUED: (3) 7
As the JEDI leave the office, PALPATINE continues to pace behind
his desk.
PALPATINE
I will not let this Republic, that has stood for over a
thousand years, be split in two.
8 EXT. SENATE APARTMENTS - TWILIGHT 8
A graceful skyskraper twinkles in the evening light of Coruscant.
9 INT. SENATE BUILDING, APARTMENT CORRIDOR - EVENING 9
The door to the apartment slides open. JAR JAR walks into the
corridor, where TWO JEDI are exiting the elevator. He recognizes OBI-WAN and
becomes extremely excited, jumping around, shaking his hand.
JAR JAR
Obi! Obi! Obi! Mesa soo smilen to see'en yousa. Wahooooo!
OBI-WAN smiles.
OBI-WAN
It's good to see you, too, Jar Jar.
JAR JAR
Oops! Weresa mesa manners? Excuse me, Master Obi-Wan. I
completely forgot myself for a moment there. I have had to learn
Diplodialect... speak it like a native now. Don't really see the point, actually,
but members of the Senate seem to prefer it...
JAR JAR notices OBI-WAN'S APPRENTICE.
JAR JAR
(continuing)
...and this, I take it, is your apprentice... Noooooooo! Annie?
Noooooooo! Little Bitty Annie?
(Looks at Anakin)
Noooooooo! Yousa so biggen! Yiyiyiyyi! Annie!! Mesa no
believen!
ANAKIN
Hi, Jar Jar.
JAR JAR grabs hold of ANAKIN and envelops him in a big hug.
JAR JAR
Annie! Annie! Yiyiyiyiyiyiiii!
10 INT. SENATE BUILDING, APARTMENT - EVENING 10
PADMÉ is in a conference with CAPTAIN TYPHO and DORMÉ. JAR JAR
enters the room, followed by the TWO JEDI.
JAR JAR
Lookie... lookie... Oops! Oh, dear, I'm afraid I've forgotten
myself again.
PADMÉ and TYPHO rise as OBI-WAN and ANAKIN stop before the
SENATOR. OBI-WAN steps forward. ANAKIN stares at PADMÉ. She glances at him.
OBI-WAN
It's a pleasure to see you again, M'Lady.
PADMÉ walks over to OBI-WAN and takes his hand in hers.
PADMÉ
It has been far too long, Master Kenobi. I'm so glad our paths
have crossed again... but I must warn you that I think your presence here is
unnecessary.
OBI-WAN
I'm sure the Jedi Council has their reasons.
She moves in front of ANAKIN.
PADMÉ
Annie??
(stares)
My goodness, you've grown.
They look at each other for a long moment.
ANAKIN
(trying to be smooth)
So have you... grown more beautiful, I mean... and much
shorter... for a Senator, I mean.
OBI-WAN looks disapprovingly at his apprentice. PADMÉ laughs and
shakes her head.
PADMÉ
Oh, Annie, you'll always be that little boy I knew on Tatooine.
This embarrasses ANAKIN, and he looks down. OBI-WAN and CAPTAIN
TYPHO smile.
OBI-WAN
Our presence will be invisible, M'Lady.
TYPHO
I'm very grateful you here, Master Kenobi. The situation is
more dangerous than the Senator will admit.
10 CONTINUED 10
PADMÉ
I don't need more security, I need answers. I want to know who
is trying to kill me.
OBI-WAN
(frowning)
We're here to protect you, Senator, not to start an
investigation.
ANAKIN
We will find out who's trying to kill you, Padmé, I promise
you!
He's done it again. he bites his lip in frustration and shame.
OBI-WAN gives ANAKIN a dirty look.
OBI-WAN
We are not going to exceed our mandate, my young Padawan
learner!
ANAKIN
I meant in the interest of protecting her, Master, of course!
OBI-WAN
We are not going through this exercise again, Anakin. You will
pay attention to my lead.
ANAKIN
Why?
OBI-WAN
What??!!
ANAKIN
Why else do you think we were assigned to her, if not to find
the killer? Protection is a job for local security... not Jedi. It's overkill,
Master. Investigation is implied in our mandate.
OBI-WAN
We will do as the Council has instructed, and you will learn
your place, young one.
PADMÉ
Perhaps with merely your presence the mysteries surrounding
this threat will be revealed. Now, if you will excuse me, I will retire.
Everyone gives AMIDALA a slight bow as she and DORMÉ leave the
room.
TYPHO
Well, I know I feel a lot better having you here.
(more)
10 CONTINUED: (2) 10
TYPHO
(cont'd)
I'll have an officer on every floor and I'll be at the command
center downstairs.
JAR JAR
Mesa busten wit happiness seein yousa again, Annie. Deesa bad
times, bombad times.
CAPTAIN TYPHO leaves.
ANAKIN
She didn't even recognize me, Jar Jar. I've thought about her
every day since we parted... and she's forgotten me completely.
JAR JAR
Shesa happy. Happer den mesa see-en her in longo time.
OBI-WAN
Anakin, you're focusing on the negative again. Be mindful of
your thoughts. She was glad to see us. Now let's check the security here.
ANAKIN
Yes, my Master.
11 EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - EVENING 11
The vast Jedi Temple sits on an endless flat plain, silhouetted
against the traffic-filled sky.
12 INT. JEDI TEMPLE, CORRIDOR - EVENING 12
MACE WINDU and YODA walk down the long hallway, silhouetted by a
lit room at the end.
MACE WINDU
Why couldn't we see this attack on the Senator?
YODA
Masking the future, is this disturbance in the Force.
MACE WINDU
The prophecy is coming true, the Dark Side is growing.
YODA
And only those who have turned to the Dark Side can sense the
possibilites of the future. Only going through the Dark Side can we see.
*GREEN REVISIONS 7/5/00
12 CONTINUED: 12
MACE WINDU
It's been then years, and the Sith still have not shown
themselves. Do you think they are behind this?
YODA
... Out there, they are. A certainty, that is.
MACE WINDU
Do you think Obi-Wan's apprentice will be able to bring balance
to the Force?
YODA
Only if he chooses to follow his destiny.
There is a long silence as they walk away. Only footsteps are
heard.
13 INT. SENATE BUILDING, AMIDALA'S APARTMENT, BEDROOM - NIGHT 13
PADMÉ is asleep in her bed, lit only by the light of the city
outside her window coming through the blinds. ARTOO stands in the corner of the
bedroom. His power is off.
14 INT. SENATE BUILDING, AMIDALA'S
APARTMENT, MAIN ROOM - NIGHT 14
ANAKIN is standing in the living room. He is in a meditative
state. It is quiet. We hear DISTANT FOOTSTEPS in the corridor outside the
apartment. Suddenly ANAKIN'S eyes pop open. His eyes dart around the room. He
reaches for his lightsaber, then smiles and puts it back on his belt.
The door to the apartment slides open, and OBI-WAN enters.
OBI-WAN
Captain Typho has more than enough men downstairs. No assassin
will try that way. Any activity up here?
ANAKIN
Quiet as a tomb. I don't like just waiting here for something
to happen to her.
OBI-WAN checks a palm-sized view scanner he has pulled out of his
utility belt. It shows a shot of ARTOO by the door, but no sign of PADMÉ on the
bed.
OBI-WAN
What's going on?
ANAKIN shrugs.
ANAKIN
She covered the camera. I don't think she liked me watching
her.
*GREEN REVISIONS 7/5/00
14 CONTINUED: 14
OBI-WAN
What is she thinking?
ANAKIN
She programmed Artoo to warn us if there's an intruder.
OBI-WAN
It's not an intruder I'm worried about. There are many other
ways to kill a Senator.
ANAKIN
I know, but we also want to catch this assassin. Don't we,
Master?
OBI-WAN
You're using her as bait??
ANAKIN
It was her idea... No harm will come to her. I can sense
everything going on in that room. Trust me.
OBI-WAN
It's too risky... and your senses aren't that attuned, young
apprentice.
ANAKIN
And yours are?
OBI-WAN
Possibly.
15 INT. SENATE BUILDING, AMIDALA'S APARTMENT, BEDROOM - NIGHT 15
As PADMÉ sleeps, a PROBE DROID approaches outside her window. It
sends out several small arms that attach to the window, creating a small hole
in the glass. A FAINT SOUND is heard as the small section of glass is removed
from the window.
ARTOO wakes up, and his lights go on. The PROBE DROID freezes.
ARTOO looks around, makes a PLAINTIVE LITTLE SOUND, then shuts down again. The
PROBE DROID attaches a little tube to the window. TWO DEADLY LOOKING
CENTIPEDE-LIKE KOUHUNS exit the tube, crawl through the blinds and head toward
the sleeping PADMÉ.
16 INT. SENATE BUILDING, AMIDALA'S APARTMENT, MAIN ROOM - NIGHT
16
ANAKIN and OBI-WAN continue their conversation in the main room
of the apartment.
OBI-WAN
You look tired.
*GREEN REVISIONS 7/5/00
16 CONTINUED: 16
ANAKIN
I don't sleep well, anymore.
OBI-WAN
Because of your mother?
ANAKIN
I don't know why I keep dreaming about her now. I haven't seen
her since I was little.
OBI-WAN
Dreams pass in time.
ANAKIN
I'd rather dream of Padmé. Just being around her again is...
intoxicating.
OBI-WAN
Mind your thoughts, Anakin, they betray you. You've made a
commitment to the Jedi Order... a commitment not easily broken... and don't
forget she's a politician. They're not to be trusted.
ANAKIN
She's not like the others in the Senate, Master.
OBI-WAN
It's been my experience that Senators are only focused on
pleasing those who fund their campaigns... and they are more than willing to
forget the niceties of democracy to get those funds.
ANAKIN
Not another lecture, Master. Not on the economics of
politics... and besides, you're generalizing. The Chancellor doesn't appear to
be corrupt.
OBI-WAN
Palpatine's a politician, I've observed that he is very clever
at following the passions and prejudices of the Senators.
ANAKIN
I think he is a good man. My instincts are very positive
about...
ANAKIN looks stunned. He looks sharply at OBI-WAN.
16 CONTINUED: (2) 16
OBI-WAN
I sense it too.
17 INT. SENATE BUILDING, AMIDALA'S APARTMENT, BEDROOM - NIGHT 17
ARTOO sounds an alarm and shines a light on the bed. THE KOUHUNS
are inches from PADMÉ'S face. Their mouths are open, and wicked stinger tongues
flick out.
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN burst into the room. The KOUHUNS stand on
their hind legs and hiss as PADMÉ wakes up. ANAKIN throws himself in front of
her, whacking in half the deadly creatures with his lightsaber.
OBI-WAN sees the DROID outside the window and races straight at
it, crashing through the blinds as he goes through the window,
18 EXT. WINDOW LEDGE, APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT 18
OBI-WAN flies through the glass window and flings himself at the
PROBE DROID, grabbing onto the deadly machine before it can flee. The PROBE
DROID sinks under the weight of OBI-WAN but manages to stay afloat and fly
away, with the Jedi hanging on for dear life, a hundred stories above the city.
19 INT. SENATE BUILDING, AMIDALA'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 19
ANAKIN and PADMÉ stare at the sight of OBI-WAN being carried off
by the DROID. ANAKIN turns to her. She pulls her nightdress around her shoulders.
ANAKIN
Stay here!
CAPTAIN TYPHO, with TWO GUARDS and DORMÉ, enter the room as
ANAKIN dashes out.
20 EXT. CITYSCAPE, CORUSCANT - NIGHT 20
The PROBE DROID sends several protective electrical shocks across
its surface, causing OBI-WAN to almost lose his grip. As they dart in and out
of the speeder traffic, OBI-WAN disconnects a wire on the back of the DROID.
Its power shuts off! OBI-WAN and the DROID drop like rocks. OBI-WAN realizes
the error of his ways and quickly puts the wire back. The DROIDI'S systems
light up again, and it takes off.
21 EXT. SENATE APARTMENTS - ENTRANCE - NIGHT 21
ANAKIN charges out of the building and runs to a line of parked
speeders. He vaults into a open one and takes off, gunning it fast toward the
lines of speeder traffic high above.
22 EXT. CITYSCAPE, CORUSCANT - NIGHT 22
The DROID bumps against a wall, hoping to knock the Jedi loose.
It moves behind a speeder afterburner to scorch him. It takes the JEDI wildly
between buildings and finally skims across a rooftop
*PINK REVISIONS 6/29/00
22 CONTINUED: 22
as OBI-WAN is forced to lift his legs, then run across the roof,
tenaciously hanging onto the DROID. The DROID heads for a dirty, beat-up
speeder hidden in an alcove of a building about twenty stories up. When the
pilot of the speeder, a scruffy Bounty Hunter called ZAM WESELL, sees the DROID
approach with OBI-WAN hanging on, she pulls a long rifle out of the speeder and
starts to fire at the JEDI, EXPLOSIONS burst all around OBI-VAN.
OBI-WAN
I have a bad feeling about this.
FINALLY the DROID suffers a direct hit and blows up. OBI-WAN
falls fifty stories, until a speeder drops down next to him, and he manages to
grab onto the back end of the speeder and haul himself toward the cockpit. The
JEDI struggles to climb into the passenger seat of the open speeder and sit
down next to the driver, ANAKIN.
ANAKIN
That was wacky! I almost lost you in the traffic.
OBI-WAN
What took you so long?
ANAKIN
Oh, you know, Master, I couldn't find a speeder I really liked,
with an open cockpit... and with the right speed capabilities... and then you
know I had to get a really gonzo color...
They zoom upward in hot pursuit of ZAM as she fires out the open
window at them with her laser pistol.
OBI-WAN
If you'd spend as much time working on your saber skills as you
do on your wit, young Padawan, you would rival Master Yoda as a swordsman.
ANAKIN
I thought I already did.
OBI-WAN
Only in your mind, my very young apprentice. Careful!! Hey,
easy!
As this conversation is going on, ANAKIN deftly moves in and out
of the oncoming traffic, across lanes, between buildings, and miraculously
through a construction site. ZAN WESELL continues firing at them.
ANAKIN
Sorry, I forgot you don't like flying, Master.
OBI-WAN
I don't mind flying... but what you're doing is suicide.
They barely miss a commuter train.
22 CONTINUED: (2) 22
ANAKIN
Master, you know I've been flying since before I could walk,
I'm very good at this.
OBI-WAN
Just slow down!
ZAM WESELL and the JEDI race through a line of cross-traffic made
up of giant trucks. The speeders bank sideways as they slide around right-angle
turns between buildings. ZAM races into a tram tunnel.
OBI-WAN
(continuing)
Wait! Don't go in there!
ANAKIN zooms into the tunnel after ZAM. They see a tram coming at
them. They brake, turn around, and race out, barely ahead of the charging
commuter transport.
OBI-WAN
(continuing)
You know I don't like it when you do that!
ANAKIN
Sorry, Master. Don't worry, this guy's gonna kill himself any
minute now!
ZAN WESELL turns into oncoming traffic, deliberately trying to
throw the JEDI off. Oncoming speeders swerve, trying to avoid ZAM and the JEDI.
ZAM does a quick, tight loop-over and ends up behind the JEDI. She is now in a
much better position to fire at them with her laser pistol. To avoid being hit
by the laser bolts, ANAKIN slams on the brakes and moves alongside ZAM. She now
fires point-blank at OBI-WAN.
OBI-WAN
What are you doing? He's gonna blast me.
ANAKIN
Right - this isn't working.
ANAKIN slides underneath Zam's speeder. They race along in
traffic, one speeder right on top of the other. The BOUNTY HUNTER
skims over the rooftops, causing ANAKIN to drop behind. ANAKIN
goes through his gears, zooming around traffic. They race at high
speed across a wide, flat surface of the city planet. A large spacecraft almost
collides with them as it attempts to land. They round a corner and clip a flag,
which gets caught on one of the front air scoops.
OBI-WAN
That was too close!
ANAKIN
Clear that!
OBI-WAN
What??
22 CONTINUED: (3) 22
ANAKIN
Clear the flag! We're losing power! Hurry!
OBI-WAN leans out of the speeder, then crawls out on the front
engine and pulls the flag free of the scoop. The speeder lurches forward with a
surge of power.
OBZ-WAN
Whooooaaa! Don't do that! I don't like it when you do that!
ANAKIN
So sorry, Master.
They chase the BOUNTY HUNTER through a power refinery.
OBI-WAN
It's dangerous near those power couplings! Slow down! Don't go
through there!
Huge electrical bolts shoot between the buildings as the speeders
pass.
OBI-WAN
(continuing)
Yiiii, what are you doing?
ANAKIN
Sorry, Master!
OBI-WAN
(sarcastically)
Oh, that was good...
ANAKIN
That was crazy!!!
ZAM slides around a corner sideways, blocking an alley, firing
point-blank as ANAKIN approaches.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
Ahh, damn.
OBI-WAN
Stop!!
ANAKIN
No, we can make it.
ANAKIN barely misses the BOUNTY HUNTER'S speeder as he dives
under it and through a small gap in the building hitting severa1 pipes and
going wildly out of control. ANAKIN struggles to regain
control of the speeder, narrowly missing a crane, barely clipping
a pair of giant struts. A giant gasball shoots up, causing ANAKIN
to spin and bump a building, stalling the speeder.
OBI-WAN
I'm crazy... 1I'm crazy... I'm crazy.
22 CONTINUED: (4) 22
ANAKIN
But it worked... we made it.
OBI-WAN
(angrily)
It didn't work... we've stalled! And you almost got us killed!
ANAKIN
I think we're still alive.
ANAKIN works to get the speeder started. It races to life.
OBI-WAN
(very angrily)
It was stupid!
ANAKIN.
(sheepishly)
I could have made it...
OBI-WAN
(furious)
But you didn't!!! And now we've lost him.
Suddenly, there is an ambush. Laser bolts are everywhere.
EXPLOSIONS surround them. They look up and see ZAM WESELL take off.
ANAKIN
No we didn't...
Out of a cloud of smoke and ball of flames the JEDI tear after
ZAM. They are smoking. OBI-WAN slaps out a small fire on the dashboard. ZAM
goes up and down, through cross-traffic. There is a near miss as a speeder
almost hits them. ZAM turns down and left between two buildings. ANAKIN pulls
up and to the right.
OBI-VAN
Where are you going?! ... He went down there, the other way.
ANAKIN
This is a shortcut... I think.
OBI-WAN
What do you mean, "You think?" What kind of
shortcut?! He went completely the other way! You've lost him!
ANAKIN
Master, if we keep this chase going, that creep's gonna end up
deep fried. Personally, I'd very much like to find out who in the hell he is
and who he's working for...
OBI-WAN
(sarcastic)
Oh, so that's why we're going in the wrong direction.
*PINK REVISIONS 6/29/00
22 CONTINUED: (5) 22
ANAKIN turns up a side street, zooms
up several small passageways, then stops, hovering about fifty stories up.
OBI-WAN
(continuing)
Well, you lost him.
ANAKIN
I'm deeply sorry, Master.
ANAKIN looks around front and back. He spots something. He seems
to start counting to himself as he watches something below approach.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
Excuse me for a moment.
ANAKIN jumps out of the speeder. OBI-WAN looks down and sees
Zam's speeder about five stories below then cruising past. ANAKIN miraculously
lands on top of the Bounty Hunter's speeder. The speeder wobbles under the
impact. ZAM looks up and realizes what has happened.
ZAM takes off, and ANAKIN slides to the back strut and almost
slips off, but manages to hang on. ANAKIN works his way back to the speeder's
cockpit, just as ZAM stops suddenly, and ANAKIN flies forward to the left front
fork. ZAM shoots at him with a laser pistol. There is a BLAST near ANAKIN's
hand, which breaks off a piece of the speeder. ANAKIN slides to the right fork
of the speeder, where ZAM can't reach him, then he scrambles to the top,
holding onto an air scoop.
OBI-WAN has jumped into the driver's seat of his speeder and is
deftly gaining on the rogue speeder. The two speeders dive through oncoming
traffic and then through cross traffic. Finally, ANAKIN is able to get hold of
his lightsaber and starts to cut his way through the roof of the speeder. ZAM
takes out her laser pistol and starts firing at the helpless JEDI, knocking the
sword out of his hand. OBI-WAN races under the speeder and catches the Jedi
weapon in the passenger's seat.
ANAKIN sticks his hand into the cockpit and, using the Force,
pulls the gun out of ZAM's hand. She grabs the Jedi's hand, and they struggle
for the weapon. It goes off, blowing a hole in the floor of the speeder. The
speeder careens wildly out of control. ZAM struggles to pull the speeder out of
its nose dive. OBI-WAN gets slowed down by traffic and loses sight of the
Bounty Hunter's speeder.
Just as the speeder is about to nose dive into the ground, ZAM
pulls it out, and it slides hard on the pavement in a shower of sparks. ANAKIN
goes flying into the street.
23 EXT. ENTERTAINMENT STREET - NIGHT 23
ZAM exits the crashed speeder and runs. ANAKIN picks himself up
of the pavement and runs after her down the very crowded street.
It's the seedy underbelly of the city. Broken sidewalks, garish
lights reflected in filthy puddles. It's pretty crowded with various ALIEN
LOW-LIFES, PANHANDLING DROIDS, and the occasional group of UPPERCLASS SLUMMERS.
*PINK REVISIONS 6/29/00
23 CONTINUED: 23
ANAKIN barges into several of them as he chases after the fleeing
ZAM. He loses the Bounty Hunter in the crowd, then sees him again. The young
Jedi is having a very difficult time getting through the crowd.
Ahead, ZAM turns in through a door and disappears.
A nightclub sign is flashing over the door. ANAKIN is just about
to follow ZAM when there is a sudden swirl of litter from downthrusters. PEOPLE
start moving out of the way, and the open speeder lands in the street beside
him. OBI-WAN gets out and walks over, holding out ANAKIN'S lightsaber.
OBI-WAN
Anakin!
ANAKIN
She went into that club, Master.
OBI-WAN
Patience.
OBI-WAN hands ANAKIN the lightsaber.
OBI-WAN
(continuing)
Here. Next time try not to lose it.
ANAKIN
Sorry, Master.
ANAKIN reaches for the lightsaber, but OBI-WAN holds it back.
OBI-WAN
A Jedi's saber is his most precious possession...
ANAKIN
Yes Master.
He reaches for the lightsaber. OBI-WAN pulls it back.
OBI-WAN
He must keep it with him at all times
ANAKIN
I know, Master.
OBI-WAN
This weapon is your life.
ANAKIN
I've heard this lesson before...
OBI-WAN finally holds out the lightsaber and ANAKIN grabs it.
OBI-WAN
But, you haven't learned anything, Anakin.
ANAKIN
I try Master.
*PINK REVISIONS 6/29/00
24 INT. NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT 24
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN enter the nightclub bar, and everyone stares
at them.
OBI-WAN
Why do I think you are going to be the death of me?!
ANAKIN
Don't say that Master... You're the closest thing I have to a
father... I love you. I don't want to cause you pain.
OBI-WAN
Then why don't you listen to me?!
ANAKIN
I will. I'll do better, I promise.
OBI-WAN
Do you see him?
ANAKIN
I think he's a she...
OBI-WAN
Then be extra careful...
(nods to the room)
Check it out.
OBT-WAN goes away.
ANAKIN
Where are you going, Master?
OBI-WAN
To get a drink.
OBI-WAN heads for the bar. ANAKIN blinks in surprise, then moves
into the room, where ALIEN FACES look back at him with hostility, suspicion,
and invitation as he moves among the tables. OBI-WAN arrives at the bar. He
signals the BARMAN.
CLOSE - Somewhere in the room a HAND moves to a pistol in its
holster and unsnaps the safety catch. At the bar, a glass is placed in front of
OBI-WAN. A drink is poured. He lifts the glass.
ELIAN SLEAZEBAGGANO
Wanna buy some death sticks?
OBI-WAN looks at him. He moves his fingers slightly.
OBI-WAN
You don't want to sell me deathsticks.
ELIAN SLEAZEBAGGANO
I don't want to sell you deathsticks.
OBI-WAN moves his fingers.
*PINK REVISIONS 6/29/06
24 CONTINUED: 24
OBI-WAN
You want to go home and re-think your life.
ELIAN SLEAZEBAGGANO
I want to go home and re-think my life.
He leaves. OBI-WAN lifts the drink and tosses it back.
CLOSE - The gun is drawn from its holster and held down out of
sight. The BOUNTY HUNTER starts to move toward the bar.
ANAKIN checks out ALIEN FACES. OBI-WAN signals for another drink.
The gun moves toward his unsuspecting back.
The drink is poured. OBI-WAN reaches for it. The gun is raised to
aim directly at his back, and suddenly OBI-WAN turns fast. His lightsaber
flashes. There is a shrill SCREAM and ZAM'S ARM hits the floor. The gun drops
from its twitching fingers. Blood spreads.
The room is silent. ALIEWS rise menacingly from their seats, and
ANAKIN is suddenly at OBI-WAN's side, his lightsaber glowing.
ANAKIN
Easy... official business. Go back to your drinks.
Slowly, the ALIENS sit. Conversation resumes. Onstage, THE
PEFORMERS pick up their routine. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN lift ZAM and carry her out.
25 EXT. ALLEY OUTSIDE NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT 25
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN carry ZAN into the alley and lower her to the
ground. OBI-WAN attends to her wounded shoulder. She stares up hatefully at
ANAKIN. She winces in pain, then nods.
OBI-WAN
Do you know who it was you were trying to kill?
ZAM WESELL
The Senator from Naboo.
OBI-WAN
Who hired you?
ZAM glares at OBI-WAN.
ZAM WESELL
It was just a job.
ANAKIN
Tell us!
ZAM WSELL
That Senator's gonna die soon anyway, and the next one won't
make the same mistake I did...
25 CONTINUED: 25
OBI-WAN
This wound's going to need treatment.
ANAKIN
Who hired you? Tell us... tell us now!
ZAM glares hatefully.
ZAM WESELL
It was a bounty hunter called...
There is a sudden FTZZZ sound. ZAM twitches. She blinks in
surprise and dies.
There is a WHOOSH from above. OBI-1WAN and ANAKIN look up to see
an ARMORED ROCKET-MAN taking off from a roof high above. He shoots up fast into
the sky and disappears. OBI-WAN looks down at ZAM. He touches her neck and
pulls out a small, wicked-looking dart.
OBI-WAN
Toxic dart...
26 INT. SENATE, BUILDING, AMIDALA'S APARTMENT - DAY 26
ANAKIN and JAR JAR stand near the door of the anteroom to PADMÉ's
bedroom. PADMÉ and DORMÉ move about packing luggage.
PADMÉ
Representative Binks, I know I can count on you.
JAR JAR
Yousa betchen mesa bottums.
PADMÉ
What??!!
JAR JAR
(coughs, recovers)
Oh, pardone-ay, Senator. I mean, I am honored to accept this
heavy burden. I take on this responsibility with deep humility tinged with an
overwhelming pride.
(pompously)
It is not every day that I am called upon to...
PADMÉ kisses him on the cheek and gives him a hug. JAR JAR turns
red.
PADMÉ
You are a good friend, Jar Jar. I don't wish to hold you up.
I'm sure you have a great deal to do.
JAR JAR
Of course, M'Lady.
*BLUE REVISIONS 7/3/00
26 CONTINUED: 26
JAR JAR bows and goes out. As he passes ANAKIN, he flashes a
dazzling smile... PADMÉ is in a very bad mood.
PADMÉ
I do not like this idea of hiding.
ANAKIN
Don't worry, now that the council has ordered an investigation,
it won't take Master Obi-Wan long to find that bounty hunter.
PADMÉ
(frustrated)
I haven't worked for a year to defeat the "military
creation act" not to be here when its fate is decided!
ANAKIN
Sometimes we have to let go of our pride and do what is
requested of us.
PADMÉ
Pride?!? Annie, you're young, and you don't have a very firm
grip on politics. I suggest you reserve your opinions for some other time.
ANAKIN
Sorry, M'Lady. I was only trying to...
FADMÉ
Annie! No!
ANAKIN
Please don't call me that.
PADMÉ
What?
ANAKIN
Annie...
PADMÉ
I've always called you that... it is your name, isn't it?
ANAKIN
It's Anakin. When you say Annie it's like I'm still a little
boy... and I'm not.
PADMÉ
I'm sorry, Anakin. It's impossible to deny you've...
(looks him over)
...that you've grown up.
PADMÉ smiles at ANAKIN. He becomes a little shy.
26 CONTINUED: (2) 26
ANAKIN
Master Obi-Wan manages not to see it...
PADMÉ
Mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than we would
like. It's the only way we grow.
ANAKIN
Don't get me wrong... Obi-Wan is a great mentor, as wise as
Master Yoda and as powerful as Master Windu. I am truly thankful to be his
apprentice. Only... although I'm a Padawan learner, in some ways... a lot of
ways... I'm ahead of him. I'm ready for the trials. I know I am! He knows it
too. He feels I'm too unpredictable... other Jedi my age have gone through the
trials and made it... I know I started my training late... but he won't let me
move on.
PADMÉ
That must be frustrating.
ANAKIN
It's worse... he's overly critical! He never listens! He just
doesn't understand. It's not fair!
PADMÉ cannot suppress a laugh. She shakes her head.
PADMÉ
I'm sorry... You sounded exactly like that little boy I once
knew, when be didn't get his way.
ANAKIN
I'm not whining! I'm not.
PADMÉ just smiles at him. DORMÉ laughs in the background.
PADMÉ
I didn't say it to hurt you.
ANAKIN
I know...
There is a brief silence, then PADMÉ comes over to ANAKIN.
PADMÉ
Anakin...
They look into each other's eyes for the first time.
PADMÉ
(continuing)
Don't try to grow up too fast.
26 CONTINUED: (3) 26
ANAKIN
I am grown up. You said it yourself.
ANAKIN looks deep into PADME's eyes.
PADMÉ
Please don't look at me like that.
ANAKIN
Why not?
PADMÉ
Because I can see what you're thinking.
ANAKIN
(laughing)
Ahh... So, you have Jedi powers too?
DORMÉ is watching with concern.
PADMÉ
It makes me feel uncomfortable.
ANAKIN
Sorry, M'Lady.
ANAKIN backs away as PADMÉ turns and goes back to her packing.
27 EXT. CORUSCANT, SPACEPORT
FREIGHTER DOCKS, TRANSPORT BUS - DAY 27
A small bus speeds toward the massive freighter docks of
Coruscant's industrial area. The spaceport is bustling with activity.
Transports of various sizes move supplies and passengers as giant floating
cranes lift cargo out of the starships. The bus stops before a huge,
intergalactic freighter starship. It parks in the shadows of an overhang.
27 EXT. CORUSCANT, SPACEPORT
FREIGHTER DOCKS, TRANSPORT BUS - DAY 28
ANAKIN and PADMÉ, dressed in Outland peasant outfits, get up and
head for the door where CAPTAIN TYPHO, DORMÉ, and OBI-WAN are waiting to hand
them their luggage. DORMÉ is dressed to look like Senator Amidala.
CAPTAIN TYPHO
Be safe, M'Lady.
PADMÉ
Thank you, Captain. Take good care of Dormé... The threat's on
you two now.
DORMÉ
He'll be safe with me.
They laugh, and PADMÉ embraces her faithful handmaiden. DORMÉ
starts to weep.
28 CONTINUED: 28
PADMÉ
You'll be fine.
DORMÉ
It's not me, M'Lady. I worry about you. What if they realize
I'm not you?
PADMÉ
(looks to Anakin)
Then my Jedi protector will have to prove bow grown up he is.
DORMÉ and PADMÉ smile. ANAKIN frowns as OBI-WAN pulls him aside.
OBI-WAN
Anakin, you stay put on Naboo. Don't attract attention. Do
absolutely nothing without checking in with me or the Council.
ANAKIN
Yes, Master.
OBI-WAN
(to Padmé)
I will get to the bottom of this plot quickly, M'Lady. You'll
be back here in no time.
PADMÉ
I will be most grateful for your speed, Master Jedi.
ANAKIN
Time to go.
PADMÉ
I know.
PADMÉ gives DORMÉ a last hug, ANAKIN picks up the luggage, and
the TWO PEASANTS exit the speeder bus, where ART00 is waiting for them.
OBI-WAN
May The Force Be With You.
ANAKIN
May The Force Be With You, Master.
They head off toward the giant Starfreighter.
PADMÉ
Suddenly, I'm afraid...
ANAKIN
This is my first assignment on my own, I'm kinda scared too.
PADMÉ
There's nothing to worry about we have Artoo with us.
They 1augh.
28 CONTINUED: (2) 28
OBI-WAN and CAPTAIN TYPHO watch ANAKIN and PADMÉ disappear into
the vastness of the spaceport with ARTOO trundling along behind them.
OBI-WAN
I hope he doesn't try anything foolish.
CAPTAIN TYPHO
I'd be more concerned about her doing something, than him.
29 EXT. FREIGHTER DOCKS - CORUSCANT - DAY 29
The freighter slowly takes off from the huge docks area of
Coruscant. It soon moves into the crowded skies.
30 EXT. JEDI TEMPLE, MAIN HALLWAY - LATE DAY 30
From high above, light streams down from the lofty ceilings.
OBI-WAN crosses the floor of the great hallway, heading for the Analysis Rooms.
31 INT. JEDI TEMPLE, ANALYSIS CUBICLES - LATE DAY 31
OBI-WAN walks past several glass cubicles where work is going on.
He comes to an empty one and sits down in front of a console. A PK-4 ANALYSIS
DROID comes to life. A tray slides out of the console.
PK-4
Place the subject for analysis on the sensor tray, please.
091-WAS puts the dart onto the tray, which retracts into the
console. The DROID activates the system, and a screen lights up in front of
OBI-WAN.
OBI-WAN
It's a toxic dart, I need to know where it came from and who
made it
PK-4
One moment, please.
Diagrams and data appear on the screen, scrolling past at great
speed. OBI-WAN watches as the screen goes blank. The tray slides out.
PK-4
(continuing)
As you can see on your screen, subject weapon does not exist in
any known culture. Markings cannot be identified. Probably self-made by a
warrior not associated with any known society.
OBI-WAN
Excuse me? Could you try again please?
31 CONTINUED: 31
PK-4
Master Jedi, our records are very thorough. They cover eighty
percent of the galaxy. If I can't tell you where it came from, nobody can.
OBI-WAN picks up the dart and looks at it, then looks to the
DROID.
OBI-WAN
Thanks for your assistance! You may not be able to figure this
out, but I think I know someone who might.
32 EXT. SPACE, STARSHIP FREIGHTER 32
The massive, slow-moving Freighter suddenly zooms away into
lightspeed.
33 INT. STARFREIGHTER, STEERAGE HOLD - DAY 33
A great, gloomy hold is crowded with EMIGRANTS and their
belongings. To one side ARTOO is coming to the head of a food line, where
SERVERS are ladling out bowls of mush. ARTOO holds two bowls.
SERVER
Keep moving! Keep moving!
ARTOO slips a tube into a tub of mush and sucks up a large
quantity. With one of his little claw-arms, he grabs several chunks of
something that looks like bread. A SERVER sees him.
SERVER
(continuing)
Hey! No Droids!
ARTOO takes one last big suck and heads away from the food line.
The SERVER shouts after him angrily. The little droid moves past groups of
eating or sleeping EMIGRANTS and comes to where ANAKIN is sound asleep. The
young Jedi seems to be having a nightmare. He is very restless,
ANAKIN
No, no, Mom, no...
He is sweating. PADMÉ leans over to wipe some of the sweat from
his forehead. He wakes with a start, then realizes where he is. PADMÉ simply
looks at him. He stares back, somewhat confused. ARTOO fills up two bowls with
mush.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
What?
PADMÉ
You seemed to be having a nightmare.
ANAKIN looks at PADMÉ a little more closely, trying to see if he
revealed any of his secrets. She hands him a bowl of mush and bread.
33 CONTINUED: 33
PADMÉ
(continuing)
Are you hungry?
ANAKIN
Thanks.
PADMÉ
We went into lightspeed a while ago.
ANAKIN looks into PADMÉ's eyes.
ANAKIN
I look forward to seeing Naboo again. I've thought about it
every day since I left. It's by far the most beautiful place I've ever seen...
PADMÉ is a little unnerved by his intense stare.
PADMÉ
You were just a little boy then. It may not be as you remember
it; time changes your perception.
ANAKIN
I think time has given me much more mature feelings to enhance
my perception.
PADMÉ
It must be difficult having sworn your life to the Jedi... not
being able to visit the places you like... or do the things you like...
ANAKIN
Or be with the people I love.
PADMÉ
Are you allowed to love? I thought it was forbidden for a Jedi.
ANAKIN
Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden. Compassion,
which I would define as unconditional love, is central to a Jedi's life, so you
might say we're encouraged to love.
PADMÉ
You have changed so much.
33 CONTINUED: (2) 33
ANAKIN
You haven't changed a bit. You're exactly the way I remember
you in my dreams. I doubt if Naboo has changed much either.
PADMÉ
It hasn't...
ANAKIN
I can't wait to breathe that sweet breeze that comes off the
rolling hills. Whenever I try to visualize the Force, those hills are what I
see.
ANAKIN looks at PADMÉ when he says this.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
I love Naboo...
There is an awkward moment.
PADMÉ
(changing the subject)
You were dreaming about your mother earlier, weren't you?
ANAKIN
Yes... I left Tatooine so long ago, my memory of her is fading.
I don't want to lose it. Recently I've been seeing her in my dreams... vivid
dreams... scary dreams. I worry about her.
PADMÉ gives ANAKIN a sympathetic look.
34 EXT. CORDSCANT, DOWNTOWN, BACK STREET - MORNING 34
OBI-WAN walks down the street. It is a pretty tough part of town.
Old buildings, warehouses, beat up speeders and transporter rigs thundering
past. Above, the old elevated monospeed with occasional "shiny
freighters" hissing through.
OBI-WAN comes to a kind of alien diner. On the steamed-up windows
it says "DEX'S DINER," in alien lettering. He goes inside.
35 INT. CORUSCANT, DEX'S DINER - MORNING 35
A young waitress, HERMIONE BAGWA, is wiping off a booth tabletop.
There is a counter with stools and a line of booths along the wall by the window.
A number of CUSTOMERS are eating - TOUGH-LOOKING WORKES, FREIGHTER DRIVERS ETC.
HERNIONE looks up as OBI-WAN comes in.
HERMIONE BAGWA
Can I help ya?
OBI-WAN
I'm looking for Dexter.
35 CONTINUED: 35
HERMIONE's eyes narrow.
HERMIONE BAGWA
Waddya want him for?
OBI-WAN
He's not in trouble. It's personal.
HERMIONE stares at OBI-WAN. There is a brief pause, then she goes
to the open serving hatch behind the counter.
HERMIONE BAGWA
Someone to see ya, honey.
(lowering her voice)
A Jedi, by the looks of him.
Steam billows out from the kitchen hatch behind the counter as a
huge head pokes through.
DEXTER JETTSTER
Obi-Wan!
OBI-WAN
Hey, Dex.
DEXTER JETTSTER
Take a seat! Be right with ya!
OBI-WAN sits in a booth.
HERMIONE BAGWA
You want a cup of ardees?
OBI-WAN
Thank you.
HERMIONE moves off as the door to the counter opens and DEXTER
JETTSTER a1ppears. He is big - bald and sweaty, old and alien. Not
someone to tangle with. He arrives, beaming hugely.
DEXTER JETTSTER
Hey, ol' buddy!
OBI-WAN
Hey, Dex.
DEXTER eases himself into the seat opposite OBI-WAN. He can just
make it. HERMIONE sets two mugs of steaming ardees in front of them.
DEXTER JETTSTER
So, my friend, what can I do for ya?
OBI-WAN
You can tell me what this is.
OBI-WAN places the dart on the table between them. DEX's eyes
widen. He puts down his mug.
DEXTER JETTSTER
(softly)
Well, waddya know...
35 CONTINUED: (2) 35
DEXTER picks up the dart delicately between his puffy fingers and
peers at it.
DEXTER JETTSTER
(continuing)
I ain't seen one of these since I was prospecting on Subterrel
beyond the outer rim!
OBI-WAN
Do you know where it came from?
DEXTER grins. He puts the dart down between them.
DEXTER JETTSTER
This baby belongs to them cloners. What you got here, is a
Kamino Kyberdart.
OBI-WAN
Kamino Kyberdart?.. I wonder why it didn't show up in our
analysis archive.
DEXTER JETTSTER
It's these funny little cuts on the side that give it away...
Those analysis droids you've got over there only focus on symbols, you know. I
should think you Jedi would have more respect for the difference between
know1edge and wisdom.
OBI-WAN
Well, Dex, if droids could think, we wouldn't be here, would
we?
(laughing)
Kamino... doesn't sound familiar. Is it part of the Republic?
DEXTER JETTSTER
No, it's beyond the outer rim. I'd say about twelve parsecs
outside the Rishi Maze, toward the south. It should be easy to find, even for
those droids in your archive to find. These Kaminoians keep to themselves.
They're cloners. Damned good ones, too.
OBI-WAN picks up the dart, holding it midway between them.
OBI-WAN
Cloners? Are they friendly?
DEXTER JETTSTER
It depends.
OBI-WAN
On what, Dex?
DEXTER grins.
35 CONTINUED: (3) 35
DEXTER JETTSTER
On how good your manners are... and how big your pocketbook
is...
36 EXT. NABOO SPACEPORT - DAY 36
The Starfreighter lands in the giant port city of Theed.
PADMÉ, ANAKIN, and ARTOO are among the EMIGRANTS streaming from
the Starfreighter into the vast docking area. They exit onto the main plaza.
37 EXT. NABOO PALACE, GRAND COURTYARD -AFTERNOON 37
The speeder bus pulls up and stops. PADMÉ, ANAKIN, and ARTOO get
out. The great courtyard stretches before them, and they see the rose-colored
domes of the palace on the far side. ARTOO WHISTLES. They pick up their gear
and start to cross the courtyard. ARTOO trundles behind them.
ANAKIN
If I grew up here, I don't think I'd ever leave.
PADMÉ
(laughing)
I doubt that.
ANAKIN
No, really. When I started my training, I was very homesick and
very lonely. This city and my Mom were the only pleasant things I had to think
about... the problem was, the more I thought about my Mom, the worse it felt.
But I would feel better if I thought about the palace - the way it shimmers in
the sunlight - the way the air always smells of flowers...
PADMÉ
...and the soft sound of the distant waterfalls. The first time
I saw I the Capital, I was very young... I'd never seen a waterfall before. I
thought they were so beautiful... I never dreamed one day I'd live in the
palace.
ANAKIN
Well, tell me, did you dream of power and politics when you
were a little girl?
PADMÉ
(laughing)
No. That was the last thing I thought of.
(more)
37 CONTINUED: 37
PADMÉ(cont'd)
My dream was to help in the "Refugee Relief
Movement." I never thought of running for elected office. But the more
history I studied, the more I realized how much good politicians could do. So
when I was eight, I joined the "Apprentice Legislators," then later
on became a Senatorial advisor, with such a passion that, before I knew it, I
was elected Queen. Partly because I scored so high on my education certificate,
but for the most part it was my conviction that reform was possible. I wasn't
the youngest Queen ever elected, but now that I think back on it, I'm not sure
I was old enough. I'm not sure I was ready.
ANAKIN
The people you served thought you did a good job. I heard they
tried to amend the Constitution so you could stay in office.
PADMÉ
Popular rule is not democracy, Annie. It gives the people what
they want, not what they need. And, truthfully, I was relieved when my two
terms were up. So were my parents. They worried about me during the blockade
and couldn't wait for it all to be over. Actually, I was hoping to have a family
by now... My sisters have the most amazing, wonderful kids... but when the
Queen asked me to serve as Senator, I couldn't refuse her.
ANAKIN
I agree! I think the Republic needs you... I'm glad you chose
to serve. I feel things are going to happen in our generation that will change
the galaxy in profound ways.
PADMÉ
I think so too.
ANAKIN and PADMÉ walk toward the palace. ARTOO continues to
follow.
38 INT. NABOO PALACE, THRONE ROOM - AFTERNOON 38
QUEEN JAMILLIA is seated on the throne, flanked by SIO BIBBLE and
a COUPLE 0F ADVISORS. FOUR HANDMAIDENS stand close by, and GUARDS are at the
doors.
38 CONTINUED: 38
QUEEN JAMILLIA
We've been worried about you.
(takes her hand)
I'm so glad you're safe, Padmé.
PADMÉ
Thank you, Your Highness. I only wish I could have served you
better by staying on Coruscant for the vote.
SIO BIBBLE
Given the circumstances, Senator, you know it was the only
decision Her Highness could have made.
QUEEN JAMILLIA
How many systems have joined Count Dooku and the separatists?
PADMÉ
About two hundred. And more are leaving the Republic every day.
If the Senate votes to create an army, I'm sure it's going to push us into a
civil war.
SIO BIBBLE
It's unthinkable. There hasn't been a full-scale war since the
formation of the Republic.
QUEEN JAMILLIA
Do you see any way, through negotiations, to bring the
separatists back into the Republic?
PADMÉ
Not if they feel threatened. The separatists don't have an
army, but if they are provoked, they will move to defend themselves, I'm sure
of that. And with no time or money to build an army, my guess is they will turn
to the Commerce Guilds or the Trade Federations for help.
QUEEN JAMILLIA
The armies of commerce! Why has nothing been done in the Senate
to restrain them?
PADMÉ
I'm afraid that, despite the Chancellor's best efforts, there
are still many bureaucrats, judges, and even Senators on the payrolls of the
Guilds.
38 CONTINUED: (2) 38
SIO BIBBLE
It's outrageous that, after all of those hearings, and four
trials in the Supreme Court, Nute Gunray is still the Viceroy of the Trade
Federation. Do those money mongers control everything?
QUEEN JAMILLIA
Remember, Counselor, the courts were able to reduce the
Federation's armies. That's a move in the right direction.
PADMÉ
There are rumors, Your Highness, that the Federation Army was
not reduced as they were ordered.
ANAKIN
The Jedi have not been allowed to investigate. It would be too
dangerous for the economy, we were told.
QUEEN JAMILLIA
We must keep our faith in the Republic. The day we stop
believing democracy can work is the day we lose it.
PADMÉ
Let's pray that day never comes.
QUEEN JAMILLIA
In the meantime.. we must consider your own safety.
SIO BIBBLE signals. All the OTHER ADVISORS and ATTENDANTS bow and
leave the room.
SIO BIBBLE
(to Anakin)
What is your suggestion, Master Jedi?
PADMÉ
Anakin's not a Jedi yet, Counselor. He's still a Padawan
learner. I was thinking...
ANAKIN
(nettled)
Hey, hold on a minute.
PADMÉ
Excuse me! I was thinking I would stay in the Lake Country.
There are some places up there that are very isolated.
ANAKIN
Excuse me! I am in charge of security here, M'Lady.
38 CONTINUED: (3) 38
SIO BIBBLE and QUEEN JAMILLIA exchange a look. Something is going
on here.
PADMÉ
Annie, my life is at risk, and this is my home. I know it very
well... that is why we're here. I think it would be wise for you to take
advantage of my knowledge in this instance.
ANAKIN
(takes a deep breath)
Sorry, M'Lady.
SIO BIBBLE
(to Anakin, amused)
She is right. The lake country is the most remote part of
Naboo. Not many people and a clear view of the surrounding terrain.
QUEEN JAMILLIA
Perfect. It's settled then.
ANAKIN glares at PADMÉ. Then QUEEN JAMILLIA gets up, and they all
start to leave.
QUEEN JAMILLIA
(continuing)
Padmé, I had an audience with your father yesterday. I told him
what was happening. He hopes you will visit your mother before you leave...
your family's very worried about you.
PADMÉ looks worried. They ALL exit down the main staircase.
39 EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - DAY 39
The main entrance at the base of the huge temple is bustling with
activity. All sorts of JEDI are coming and going.
40 INT. JEDI TEMPLE, ARCHIVE LIBRARY - DAY 40
A bronze bust of Count Dooku, stands among a line of other busts
of Jedi in the Archive Room. OBI-WAN stands in front of it, studying the
striking features of the chiseled face.
On the walls, lighted computer panels seem to stretch to
infinity. Farther along the room in the background, FIVE JEDI are seated at
tables, studying archive material.
After OBI-WAN studies the bust for a few moments, MADAME JOCASTA
NU, the Jedi Archivist, is standing next to him. She is an elderly,
frail-looking human Jedi. Tough as old boots and smart as a whip.
JOCASTA NU
Did you call for assistance?
40 CONTINUED: 40
OBI-WAN
(distracted in thought)
Yes... yes, I did...
JOCASTA NU
He has a powerful face, doesn't he? He was one of the most
brilliant Jedi I have had the privilege of knowing.
OBI-WAN
I never understood why he quit. Only twenty Jedi have ever left
the Order.
JOCASTA NU
(sighs)
The Lost Twenty... And Count Dooku was the most recent and the
most painful. No one likes to talk about it. His leaving was a great loss to
the Order.
OBI-MAN
What happened?
JOCASTA NU
Well, one might say, he was always a bit out of step with the
decisions of the Council... much like your old Master, Qui-Gon Jinn.
OBI-WAN
(surprised)
Really?
JOCASTA NU
Oh, yes. They were alike in many ways. Very individual
thinkers... idealists...
JOCASTA NU gazes at the bust.
JOCASTA NU
(continuing)
He was always striving to become a more powerful Jedi. He
wanted to be the best. With a lightsaber, in the old style of fencing, he had
no match. His knowledge of the Force was... unique. In the end, I think he left
because he lost faith in the Republic. He believed that politics were corrupt,
and he felt the Jedi betrayed themselves by serving the politicians. He always
had very high expectations of government. He disappeared for nine or ten years,
then just showed up recently as the head of the separatist movement.
40 CONTINUED: (2) 40
OBI-WAN
Interesting... I'm still not sure I understand.
JOCASTA NU
Well, I'm sure you didn't call me over here for a history
lesson. Are you having a problem, Master Kenobi?
OBI-WAN
Yes, I'm trying to find a planet system called Kamino. It
doesn't seem to show up on any of the archive charts.
JOCASTA NU
Kamino? It's not a system I'm familiar with... let me see...
JOCASTA NU leans over OBI-WAN's shoulder, looking at the screen.
JOCASTA NU
(continuing)
Are you sure you have the right coordinates?
OBI-WAN
(nodding)
According to my information, it should be in this quadrant
somewhere... just south of the Rishi Maze.
JOCASTA NU taps the keyboard and frowns.
JOCASTA NU
No coordinates? It sounds like the sort of directions you'd get
from a street tout... some old miner or Furbog trader.
OBI-WAN
All three, actually.
JOCASTA NU
Are you sure it exists?
OBI-QAN
Absolutely.
JOCASTA NU
Let me do a gravitational scan.
OBI-WAN and JOCASTA NU study the star map hologram.
JOCASTA NU
(continuing)
There are some inconsistencies here. Maybe the planet you're
seeking was destroyed.
OBI-WAN
Wouldn't that be on record?
40 CONTINUED: (3) 40
JOCASTA NU
It ought to be, unless it was very recent.
(shakes her head)
I hate to say it, but it looks like the system you're searching
for doesn't exist.
OBI-WAN
That's impossible... perhaps the archives are incomplete.
JOCASTA NU
The archives are comprehensive and totally secure, my young
Jedi. One thing you may be absolutely sure of - if an item does not appear in
our records, it does not exist!
OBI-WAN stares at her, then looks back to the map.
41 EXT. THEED, RESIDENTIAL AREA, SIDE STREET - AFTERNOON 41
PEOPLE are passing through the little street. OLD MEN are sunning
themselves. WOMEN are gossipping, KIDS are playing. ANAKIN, PADMÉ, and ART00
turn onto a side street. ANAKIN is back in his Jedi robes. PADMÉ wears a
beautiful simple dress. She stops, beaming.
PADMÉ
There's my house!
PADMÉ starts forward; ANAKIN hangs back.
PADMÉ
(continuing)
What? Don't say you're shy!
ANAKIN
(untruthfully)
No, but I...
Suddenly there are shouts from two little girls, RYOO (age 6) and
POOJA (age 4). They come running toward PADMÉ.
RYOO & POOJA
Aunt Padmé!! Aunt Padmé!!
PADMÉ
Ryoo!! Pooja!!
PADMÉ scoops up RYOO and POOJA and hugs them.
PADMÉ
(continuing)
I'm so happy to see you! This is Anakin. Anakin, this is Ryoo,
and this is Pooja.
ANAKIN and the GIRLS say hello shyly. Then:
41 CONTINUED: 41
RYOO & POOJA
Artoo!!!
As they see the droid, they hug him. ARTOO WHISTLES and BEEPS.
PADMÉ laughs. ANAKIN and PADMÉ go on toward the house. The GIRLS stay and play
with ARTOO.
42 INT. PADMÉ'S PAENTS' HOUSE, MAIN ROOM - AFTERNOON 42
SOLA, PADMÉ'S beautiful older sister, comes in from the kitchen
carrying a big bowl of food.
SOLA
(over her shoulder)
They're eating over at iev Narran's later, Mom. The just had a
snack. They'll be Fine.
SOLA puts the bowl down on the table, where ANAKIN, PADMÉ, and
RUWEE NABERRIE (Padmé's father) are coming-intar the room.
PADMÉ
Anakin, this is my sister, So1a.
SOLA
Hello, Anakin.
ANAKIN
Hello.
SOLA sits, as JOBAL NABERRIE (Padmé's mother) comes in with a
heaped bowl of steaming good.
JOBAL
You're just in time for dinner. I hope you're hungry, Anakin.
ANAKIN
A little.
PADMÉ
He's being polite, Mom. We're starving.
RUWEE
(grinning)
You came to the right place at the right time. Sit down, son.
EVERYONE sits and starts passing food.
JOBAL
(to Padmé)
Honey, it's so good to see you safe. We were so worried.
PADMÉ gives JOBAL a dirty look. RUWEE smiles as he watches.
RUWEE
Dear...
42 CONTINUED: 42
JOBAL
I know, I know but I bad to say it. Now it's done.
SOLA
Well, this is exciting! Do you know, Anakin, you're the first
boyfriend my sister's ever brought home?
PADMÉ
(rolls her eyes)
Sola!! He isn't my boyfriend! He's a Jedi assigned by
the Senate to protect me.
JOBAL
A bodyguard?! 0h, Padmé! The didn't tell us it was that
serious!
PADMÉ
It's not, Mom, I promise.
(glances at Jobal)
Anyway, Anakin's a friend. I've known him for years. Remember
that little boy who was with the Jedi during the blockade crisis?
They nod.
PADMÉ
(continuing)
He grew up.
JOBAL
Honey, when are you going to settle down? Haven't you had
enough of that life? I certainly have.
PADMÉ
Mom, I'm not in any danger.
RUWEE
(to Anakin)
Is she?
ANAKIN
...Yes... I'm afraid she is.
PADMÉ
(quickly)
But not much.
43 EXT. PADMÉ'S PARENTS' GADEN - AFTERNOON 43
ANAKIN and RUWEE are walking.
RUWEE
Sometimes I wish I'd traveled more... but I must say, I'm happy
here.
43 CONTINUED: 43
ANAKIN
Padmé tells me you teach at the university?
RUWEE
(nodding)
Yes, and before that, I was a builder. I also worked for the
Refugee Relief Movement, when I was very young.
44 INT. PADMÉ'S PARENTS' HOUSE, MAIN ROOM - AFTERNOON 44
PADMÉ, SOLA and JOBAL are clearing the table.
SOLA
Why haven't you told us about him?
PADMÉ
What's there to talk about? He's just a boy.
SOLA
A boy? Have you seen the way he looks at you?
PADMÉ
Sola - stop it!
SOLA
It's obvious he has feelings for you. Are you saying, little
baby sister, that you haven't noticed?
PADMÉ
I'm not your baby sister, Sola, Anakin and I are friends... our
relationship is strictly professional.
(to Jobal)
Mom, would you tell her to stop it?
SOLA
(laughing)
Well, maybe you haven't noticed the way he looks at you. I
think you're afraid to.
PADMÉ
Cut it out.
JOBAL
Sola's just concerned... we all are.
PADMÉ
Oh, Mom, you're impossible. What I'm doing is important.
JOBAL
You've done your service, Padmé. It's time you had a life of
your own. You're missing so much.
45 EXT. PADME'S PARENTS' GARDEN - AFTERNOON 45
ANAKIN and RUWEE are walking in the garden. RUWEE stops and faces
ANAKIN directly.
RUWEE
Now tell me, son. How serious in this thing? How much danger is
my daughter really in?
ANAKIN
There have been two attempts on her life. Chances are there'll
be more. My Master is tracking down the assassins. I'm sure he'll find out who
they are. This situation won't last long.
RUWEE
I don't want anything to happen to her.
ANAKIN
I don't either.
46 INT. PADMÉ'S PARENTS' HOUSE, PADMÉS ROOM - AFTERNOON 46
PADMÉ throws some things into a bag.
PADMÉ
Don't worry, this won't take long.
ANAKIN
I just want to get there before dark.
PADMÉ goes on packing. ANAKIN looks around the rocm.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
You still live at home.
PADMÉ
I move around so much, I've never had a place of my own. Official
residences have no warmth. I feel good here. I feel at home.
ANAKIN
I never had a real home. Home was always where my Mon was.
ANAKIN picks up a framed hologram.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
Is this you?
The hologram shows PADMÉ at age seven or eight surrounded by
forty or fifty little green creatures. She is holding one in her arms. They are
all smiling hugely.
46 CONTINUED: 46
PADMÉ
That was when I went with the Relief Group to Shadda-Bi-Boran.
Their sun was imploding, and the planet was dying. I was helping to relocate
the children. See that little one I'm holding? His name was N'a-kee-tula, which
means sweetheart. He was so full of life. All those kids were. I did everything
I could to save him, but he died... they all did. They were never able to
adapt... to live off their native planet.
ANAKIN picks up another hologram. It shows PADMÉ at age ten or
eleven. She is wearing official robes and standing between two robed
legislators. Her expression is severe.
PADMÉ
(continuing)
My first day as an Apprentice Legislator. Notice the
difference?
PADMÉ pulls a face. ANAKIN grins. She continues packing. ANAKIN
sets the two holograms down side by side - the beaming little girl, and the
stern, unsmiling adolescent.
47 INT. JEDI TEMPLE, MAIN HALLWAY - DAY 47
OBI-WAN walks through the main hallway to the training area.
48 INT. JEDI TEMPLE, TRAINING VERANDA - DAY 48
OBI-WAN comes out onto the veranda and stops, watching TWENTY or
so FOUR-YEAR-0LDS doing training exercises, supervised by YODA. They wear
helmets over their eyes and try to strike little TRAINING DROIDS with their
miniature lightsabers. The DROIDS dance in front of them.
YODA
Don't think... feel... be as one with the Force. Help you, it
will.
(he sees Obi-Wan)
Younglings - enough! A visitor we have. Welcome him.
The CHILDREN take off their helmets and turn off their
lightsabers.
YODA
(continuing)
Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, meet the mighty Bear Clan.
CHILDREN
Welcome, Master Obi-Wan!
OBI-WAN
I am sorry to disturb you, Master.
YODA,
What help to you, can I be?
48 CONTINUED: 48
OBI-WAN
I'm looking for a planet described to me by an old friend. I
trust him. But the system doesn't show up on the archive maps.
YODA
An interesting puzzle. Gather round the map reader, Younglings.
Master Obi-Wan has lost a planet. Find it, we will try...
The reader is a small shaft with a hollow at the top. The
CHILDREN gather around it. OBI-WAN takes out a little glass ball and places it
into the bowl. The window shades-close, the reader lights up and projects the
star map hologram into the room. The CHILDREN laugh. Some of them reach up to
try and touch the nebulae and stars. OBI-WAN walks into the display.
OBI-WAN
This is where it ought to be... but it isn't. Gravity is
pulling all the stars in this area inward to this spot. There should be a star
here... but there isn't.
YODA
Most interesting. Gravity's silhouette remains, but the star
and all of its planets have disappeared. How can this be?
There is a brief pause. Then a CHILD puts its hand up. YODA nods.
JEDI CHILD JACK
Because someone erased it from the archive memory.
CHILDREN
That's right! Yes! That's what happened! Someone erased it!
JEDI CHILD MAY
If the planet blew up, the gravity would go away.
OBI-WAN stares; YODA chuckles.
YODA
Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is. Uncluttered. To the
center of the pull of gravity go, and find your planet you will.
OBI-WAN
But Master Yoda, who could have erased information from the
archives? That's impossible, isn't it?
YODA
(frowning)
Much harder to answer, that question is.
49 EXT. NABOO LAKE RETREAT, WATER SPEEDER, LANDING PLATFORM -
LATE AFTERNOON
A water speeder driven by PADDU ACCU, the retreat caretaker,
skims across the lake away from the landing platform where a chrome Naboo
Starship rests. ANAKIN and PADMÉ are sitting in the
speeder as it skims away to where a lodge rises on a beautiful
island in tbe middle of the lake.
50 EXT. NABOO LAKE RETREAT, LODGE, GARDEN TERRACE - LATEAFTERNOON
ANAKIN and PADMÉ walk up the stairs from where the water speeder
is parked onto a terrace overlooking a lovely garden. Behind them, PADDY ACCU
supervises two serving girls, NANDI and TECKLA, as they carry the bags inside.
ANAKIN and PADMÉ stop at the balustrade. PADMÉ looks out across
the garden to the shimmering lake and the mountains rising beyond. ANAKIN looks
at her.
PADMÉ
When I was in Level Three, we used to come here for school
retreat. See that island? We used to swim there every day. I love the water.
ANAKIN
I do too. I guess it comes from growing up on a desert planet.
PADMÉ becomes aware that ANAKIN is looking at her.
PADMÉ
...We used to lie on the sand and let the sun dry as and try to
guess the names of the birds singing.
ANAKIN
I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating, and it
gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything's soft... and smooth...
He touches her arm. PADMÉ has become receptive to the way he
looks at her but is nervous.
PADMÉ
There was a very old man who lived on the island. He used to
make glass out of sand - and vases and necklaces out of the glass. They were
magical.
ANAKIN
(looks in her eyes)
Everything here is magical.
PADMÉ
You could look into the glass and see the water. The way it
ripples and moves. It looked so real... but it wasn't.
50 CONTINUED: 50
ANAKIN
Sometimes, when you believe something to be real, it becomes
real. Real enough, anyway...
They look into each other's eyes. He touches her chin.
PADMÉ
I used to think if you looked too deeply into the glass, you
would lose yourself.
ANAKIN
I think it's true...
ANAKIN kisses PADMÉ. She doesn't resist. She comes to her senses
and pulls away.
PADMÉ
I shouldn't have done that.
ANAKIN
I'm sorry. When I'm around you, my mind is no longer my own.
PADMÉ
It's the situation... the stress...
He looks at her.
ANAKIN
...the view.
51 EXT. CORUSCANT, LANDING PLATFORM - LATE AFTERNOON 51
Obi-Wan's Starfighter is ready for takeoff. OBI-WAN and MACE
WINDU stand beside it.
MACE WINDU
Be wary, this disturbance in the Force is growing stronger.
OBI-WAN
I'm concerned for my Padawan. He is not ready to be on his own.
MACE WINDU
He has exceptional skills. The Council is confident in its
decision, Obi-Wan. If the prophecy is true, he will be the one to bring balance
to the Force.
OBI-WAN
But he still has much to learn. His skills have made him...
well... arrogant. I realize now what you and Master Yoda knew from the
beginning... the boy was too old to start the training, and...
OBI-WAN hesitates.
51 CONTINUED: 51
MACE WINDU
There's something else?
OBI-WAN
Master, we should not have been given this assignment. I'm
afraid Anakin won't be able to protect the Senator.
MACE WINDU
Why?
OBI-WAN
He has a... an emotional connection with her. It's been there
since he was a boy. Now he's confused... distracted.
MACE WINDU
Obi-Wan, you must have faith that he will take the right path.
OBI-WAN climbs into the cockpit of the Starfighter.
OBI-WAN
Has Master Yoda gained any insight into whether or not this war
will come about?
MACE WINDU
Probing the Dark Side is a dangerous process. He could be in
seclusion for days... May The Force Be With You.
The canopy closes. MACE WINDU watches as the Starfighter takes
off.
52 INT. JEDI TEMPLE, YODA'S QUARTERS - LATE AFTERNOON 52
YODA sits with his eyes closed, meditating. Silence.
53 EXT. NAB00 LAKE RETREAT, LODGE - LATE AFTERNOON 53
The setting sun touches the mountain peaks. The lake glows in the
rose-tinted light. Floating lamps gleam softly like jewels at the lodge.
54 INT. NABOO LAKE RETREAT, DINING ROOM - LATE AFTERNOON 54
NANDI places dessert in front of PADMÉ. TECKLA does the same for
ANAKIN. The dessert is some kind of fruit. PADMÉ picks up her fork and goes to
spear a piece, but it moves! She frowns and tries again - the fruit moves. She
looks up at ANAKIN. His eyes are on his plate.
PADMÉ
You did that?
ANAKIN looks up - wide-eyed innocence.
54 CONTINUED: 54
ANAKIN
What?
PADMÉ scowls at him. PADMÉ jabs at the fruit - Anakin subtly
moves his hand and it lifts up from the plate and hovers in front of her!
PADMÉ
That! Now stop it!
PADMÉ laughs. ANAKIN laughs. She reaches out for the fruit - it
loops.
PADMÉ
(continuing)
Anakin!!
ANAKIN moves his fingers. The fruit flies into his hand.
ANAKIN
I'm not really-supposed to do that... for fun, I mean. If
Master Obi-Wan were here, he'd be very grumpy.
ANAKIN is pleased. He cuts the fruit into several pieces and
sends one back to PADMÉ. She bites it out of the air and laughs.
55 INT. NABOO LAKE RETREAT, LODGE, FIREPLACE
ALCOVE - TWILIGHT 55
A fire blazes in the open hearth. PADMÉ is sitting in front of
it, gazing into the flames.
She looks up as ANAKIN arrives. She makes room for him. Brief
pause.
ANAKIN
May I tell you something?
PADMÉ
I don't know.
ANAKIN
Then how can I tell you?
PADMÉ
Maybe you should use your Jedi intuition.
ANAKIN
It doesn't work around you. My mind is always a muddle... I can
only think of you.
PADMÉ
Anakin, don't...
ANAKIN
From the moment I met you, all those years ago, a day hasn't
gone by when I haven't thought of you.
(more)
55 CONTINUED: 55
ANAKIN(cont'd)
And now that I'm with you again, I'm in agony. The closer I get
to you, the worse it gets. The thought of not being with you makes my stomach
turn over - my mouth go dry. I feel dizzy. I can't breathe. I'm haunted by the
kiss you should never have given me. My heart is beating, hoping that kiss will
not become a scar. You are in my very soul, tormenting me. What can I do? I
will do anything you ask...
Silence. The logs flame in the hearth.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
If you are suffering as much as I am, tell me.
PADMÉ
...I can't. We can't. It's just not possible.
ANAKIN
Anything's possible. Padmé, please listen...
PADMÉ
You listen. We live in a real world. Come back to it. You're
studying to become a Jedi Knight. I'm a Senator. If you follow your thoughts
through to conclusion, they will take us to a place we cannot go... regardless
of the way we feel about each other.
ANAKIN
Then you do feel something! There's an extraordinary connection
between us. You'can't deny that.
PADMÉ
Annie, it doesn't make any difference. Jedi aren't allowed to
marry. You swore an oath, remember? You'd be expelled from the Order. I will
not let you give up your responsibilities... your future, for me.
ANAKIN
I was destined to be a Jedi. I don't think I could be anything
else. But you are asking me to be rational, that is something I know I cannot
do. I wish I could wish my feelings away... but I can't.
55 CONTINUED: (2) 55
PADMÉ
I am not going to give in to this. I'm not going to throw my
life away. I have more imortant things to do than fall in love.
There is silence as they stare at the fire. ANAKIN is thinking.
ANAKIN
It wouldn't have to be that way... we could keep it a secret.
PADMÉ
Then we'd be living a lie - one we couldn't keep up even if we
wanted to. My sister saw it. So did my mother. I couldn't do that, could you,
Anakin? Could you live like that?
Silence for a moment.
ANAKIN
...No, you're right. It would destroy us.
56 EXT. SPACE 56
It's just like the star map hologram, plus the storm-shrouded
planet of Kamino, which is exactly where it ought to be. Obi-Wan's starship
flies OVER CAMERA and heads down toward the planet.
57 EXT. TIPOCA CITY, KAMINO LANDING PLATFORM (RAINSTORM) - DAY 57
Heavy rains and hard-driving winds lash the platform as Obi-Wan's
Starship approaches. The huge, ultra-modern city of Tipoca rests on great
stilts that keep it above the pounding and ever-present waves that cover the
surface of this watery world.
The Starfighter lands. OBI-WAN gets out and makes his way through
the howling wind toward a tower on the far side of the platform. A door slides
open. A shaft of brilliant light pierces the swirling rain. OBI-WAN passes
through it and goes inside.
58 INT. TIPOCA CITY, CORRIDOR ENTRANCE - DAY 58
Brilliant white light. OBI-WAN pushes the soaking hood from his
face.
TAUN WE
Welcome to Tipoca City, Master Jedi.
OBI-WAN wipes the rain from his face and blinks in surprise at a tall,
pasty-white alien named TAUN WE. He has large, almond-shaped eyes.
TAUN WE
(continuing)
Everything is ready. The Prime Minister expects you.
58 CONTINUED 58
OBI-WAN
(warily)
I'm expected?
TAUN WE
Of course! He is anxious to see you. After all these years, we
were beginning to think you weren't coming. Now please, this way!
OBI-WAN masks his surprise as they move away along the corridor.
59 INT. TIPOCA CITY, PRIME MINISTER OFFICE - DAY
The door slides open. OBI-WAN and TAUN WE enter and cross to
where LAMA SU rises, smiling, from behind his desk, which, like all the
furniture on Kamino, seems made out of pure light.
TAUN WE
May I present Lama Su, Prime Minister of Kamino... and this is
Master Jedi...
OBI-WAN
Obi-Wan Kenobi.
LAMA SU
Please...
LAMA SU indicates a chair. OBI-WAN sits. TAUN WE hovers. The room
is bathed in brilliant white light. The whole place is ultra-high-tech.
LAMA SU
I trust you are going to enjoy your stay. We are most happy you
have arrived at the best part of the season.
OBI-WAN
You make me feel most welcome.
LAMA SU
And now to business. You will be delighted to hear we are on
schedule. Two hundred thousand units are ready, with another million well on
the way.
OBI-WAN
(improvising)
That is... good news.
LAMA SU
Please tell your Master Sido-Dyas that we have every confidence
his order will be met on time and in full. He is well, I hope?
OBI-WAN
I'm sorry Master - ?
LAMA SU
Jedi Master Sido-Dyas. He's still a leading member of the Jedi
Council, is he not?
OBI-WAN
Oh, yes. Sido-Dyas.
LAMA SU
(rising)
You must be anxious to inspect the units for yourself.
OBI-WAN
(rising)
That's why I'm here.
60 EXT. NABOO, MOUNTAIN MEADOW - LATER AFTERNOON 60
PADMÉ and ANAKIN are in the middle of an idyllic hilly meadow,
its lush grasses sprinkled with flowers. At a distance, a herd of SHAAKS grazes
contentedly.
Beyond is the shimmering expanse of the lake. Several other lakes
stretch to the horizon. The warm air is full of little floating puffballs. They
sit on the grass, in a playful, coy mood, talking. PADMÉ is picking flowers.
PADMÉ
I don't know...
ANAKIN
Sure you do... you just don't want to tell me.
PADMÉ
Are you going to use one of your Jedi mind tricks on me?
ANAKIN
They only work on the weak-minded. You are anything but
weak-minded.
PADMÉ
All right... his name was Palo. I was twelve. We were both in
the Legislative Youth Program. He was a few years older then I... very cute...
dark curly hair... dreamy eyes.
ANAKIN
All right, I get the picture... whatever happened to him?
PADMÉ
I went on to become a Queen. He went on to become an artist.
ANAKIN
Maybe he was the smart one.
60 CONTINUED: 60
PADMÉ
You really don't like politicians, do you?
ANAKIN
I like two or three, but I'm not really sure about one of them.
(smiling)
I don't think the system works.
PADMÉ
How would you have it work?
ANAKIN
We need a system where the politicians sit down and discuss the
problems, agree what's in the best interests of all the people, and then do it.
PADMÉ
That is exactly what we do. The trouble is that people don't
always agree. In fact, they hardly ever do.
ANAKIN
Then they should be made to.
PADMÉ
By whom? Who's going to make them?
ANAKIN
I don't know. Someone.
PADMÉ
You?
ANAKIN
Of course not me.
PADMÉ
But someone.
ANAKIN
Someone wise.
PADMÉ
That sounds an awful lot like a dictatorship to me.
A mischievious little grin creeps across his face.
ANAKIN
Well, if it works...
PADMÉ stares at ANAKIN. He looks back at her, straight-faced, but
can't hold a smile.
PADMÉ
You're making fun of me!
60 CONTINUED: (2) 60
ANAKIN
(sarcastic)
On no, I'd be much too frightened to tease a Senator.
PADMÉ
You're so bad!
PADMÉ picks up a piece of fruit and throws it at him. He catches
it. PADMÉ throws two more pieces of fruit, and ANAKIN catches them.
ANAKIN
You're always so serious. Always carrying the weight of the
universe on your shoulders.
ANAKIN then starts to juggle the fruit. PADMÉ laughs and throws
more fruit at him. He manages to juggle them too until there are too many, and
he loses control and ducks, letting food fall on his head. They both laugh.
ANAKIN stands in front of a SHAAK, yelling at it and waving his
arms. PADMÉ starts laughing as ANAKIN runs in circles, chased by the SHAAK.
The SHAAK crosses in front of PADMÉ. ANAKIN is riding it, facing
the Shaak's tail. The SHAAK bucks, and ANAKIN falls off. PADMÉ laughs even
harder. ANAKIN lies still. PADMÉ jumps uip and runs to where ANAKIN is face
down in the grass. She turns him over. He is pulling a stupid face at her. She
yelps in mock fury and takes a swing at him. He catches her arm. She struggles.
They roll over in the grass. Suddenly, they become aware of the contact between
them. They let go of each other quickly and sit up, looking away.
ANAKIN stands up and holds out his hand to her. She takes it. He
pulls her up. And now they are easy together, not self-conscious any more.
PADMÉ scrambles up onto the SHAAK behind ANAKIN. She puts her arms around his
waist and leans against his back. ANAKIN digs his heels in. The SHAAK starts
forward, and they ride away.
61 EXT. TIPOCA CITY, PARADE GROUND (RAINSTORM) - DAY 61
OBI-WAN, LAMA SU and TAUN WE come out onto a balcony. Below is a
huge parade ground. The rain and wind are brutal. THOUSANDS OF STORMTROOPERS,
faces covered by helmets, are marching and drilling in formations of several
hundred.
LAMA SU
(beaming)
Magnificent, aren't they?
OBI-WAN nods slowly.
62 INT. TIPOCA CITY, CLONE CENTER, COMMISSARY - DAY 62
LAMA SU conducts OBI-WAN through a large eating area. TAUN WE
follows as they walk by HUNDREDS OF CLONES who look exactly alike, all about
twenty years old, dressed in black. They are seated at tables, eating.
62 CONTINUED: 62
LAMA SU
We modified their genetic structure to make them less
independent than the original host. As a result they are totally obedient,
taking any order without question.
OBI-WAN
Who was the original host?
LAMA SU
A bounty hunter called Jango Fett. We felt a Jedi would be the
perfect choice, but Sido-Dyas hand-picked Jango Fett himself.
OBI-WAN
Where is this bounty hunter now?
LAMA SU
Oh, we keep him here. After a few hundred thousand clones, the
genetic pattern starts to fade, so we take a fresh supply. He lives here, but
he's free to come and go as he pleases.
63 INT. TIPOCA CITY, CLONE CENTER, BARRACKS - DAY 63
The tour continues through a long corridor filled with narrow,
transparent tubes into which CLONES are climbing. Once in the tube, the CLONE
goes to sleep.
LAMA SU
Apart from his pay, which is considerable, Fett demanded only
one thing - an unaltered clone for himself. Curious, isn't it?
OBI-WAN
Unaltered?
LAMA SU
Pure genetic replication. No tampering with the structure to
make it more docile... and no growth acceleration...
OBI-WAN
I would like to meet this Jango Fett.
TAUN WE
I would be most happy to arrange it, for you.
TAUN WE bows, and leaves.
64 INT. TIPOCA CITY, CLONE CENTER, CLASSROOM - DAY 64
The tour continues through a classroom filled with IDENTICAL
YOUNG BOY CLONES.
OBI-WAN
You mentioned growth acceleration...
LAMA SU
Oh yes, it's essential.
Otherwise, a mature clone would take a lifetime to grow. Now,
we can do it in half the time. Those items you saw on the parade ground were
started ten years ago, when Sido-Dyas first placed the order, and they're
already mature...
OBI-WAN looks at the BOY CLONES.
OBI-WAN
And these?
LAMA SU
About five years ago.
65 INT. TIPOCA CITY, CLONE CENTER, HATCHERY - DAY 65
They enter a space filled with great racks of glass spheres,
which are filled with fluid in which EMBRYOS are suspended.
LAMA SU
They're immensely superior to droids, capable of independent
thought and action.
OBI-WAN
Very impressive.
LAMA SU
I'd hoped you would be pleased.
OBI-WAN gazes at the nearest embryos.
OBI-WAN
(carefully)
Tell me, Prime Minister, when my Master Sido-Dyas first
contacted you, did he say the order was for... himself... or...?
LAMA SU
Himself? Of course not. This army is for the Republic!
OBI-WAN
(astonished)
The Republic?
LAMA SU
We are also very much agasint this Count Dooku and his
seccessionist movement. We are proud to be of help to the Republic.
66 INT. TIPOCA CITY, APARTMENT - LATE DAY 66
TAUN WE shows OBI-WAN into his room.
TAUN WE
I have arranged for you to meet Jango Fett in the morning.
Sleep well.
TAUN WE goes. The door slides closed behind him. OBI-WAN looks
around, then moves swiftly to check the room over. Finally, satisfied, he takes
out his comlink.
OBI-WAN
Arfour, Arfour...
67 EXT. TIPOCA CITY LANDING PLATFORM, JEDI FIGHTER, (RAINSTORM) -
LATE DAY
The R4 D17, Obi-Wan's Astro-Droid, who is sitting on top of
Obi-Wan's Starfighter, switches on and BEEPS.
68 INT. TIPOCA CITY, APARTMENT - LATE DAY 68
OBI-WAN hears ARFOUR BEEP through his comlink.
OBI-WAN
Arfour, relay this, "scramble code five," to
Courscant: care of "the old folks home."
69 EXT. TIPOCA CITY LANDING PLATFORM, JEDI FIGHTER, (RAINSTORM) -
LATE DAY
ARFOUR BEEPS and WHISTLES. The panels light up inside the
cockpit, as the message is transmitted.
70 EXT. JEDI TEMPLE, LIVING QUARTERS - EARLY EVENING 70
YODA and MACE WINDU listen as a hologram of OBI-WAN stands
between them broadcasting the massage. The signal is very weak, the image fades
in and out.
OBI-WAN (V.O.)
...I've never heard of a Jedi called Sido-Dyas, have you,
Master?
MACE WINDU
No. Whoever placed that order was not a Jedi, I can assure you.
OBI-WAN (V.O.)
I have a strong feeling that this bounty hunter is the assassin
we're looking for.
71 CONTINUED: 71
YODA
Who he is working for... discover that, you must.
OBI-WAN (V.O.)
I will, Master, and I will also find out more about this clone
army... May The Force...
The hologram switches off, and OBI-WAN fades away.
MACE WINDU
A clone army! Ordered by someone in the Senate perhaps...
Someone's out to start a war.
YODA
Inform the chancellor of this, we must.
MACE WINDU
Who do you think this imposter, Sido-Dyas could be?
YODA stares back at MACE WINDU, then slowly shakes his head.
72 EXT. NABOO LAKE RETREAT - NIGHT 72
The silent lodge. The triple moons of Naboo reflected in the
tranquil waters of the lake.
73 INT. NABOO LAKE RETREAT, ANAKIN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT 73
ANAKIN moves restlessly in his sleep. He mutters to himself.
Sweat forms on his forehead. He turns violently. He cries out.
ANAKIN
No... No... No... Mom!... Don't, no, don't!
74 EXT. NABOO LAKE RETREAT, LODGE, BALCONY OVERLOOKING GARDENS -
MORNING
ANAKIN is on the balcony overlooking the gardens. After a moment,
PADMÉ comes onto the balcony behind him. She sees he is meditating and turns to
go.
ANAKIN
(eyes closed)
Don't go.
PADMÉ
I don't want to disturb you.
ANAKIN
Your presence is soothing.
Brief pause.
74 CONTINUED: 74
PADMÉ
You had a nightmare again last night.
ANAKIN
Jedi don't have nightmares.
PADME
I heard you.
ANAKIN opens his eyes and looks at her.
ANAKIN
I saw my mother. I saw her as clearly as I see you now. She is
suffering, Padmé. She is in pain... They're killing her!
(getting up)
I know I'm disobeying my mandate to protect you, Senator. I
know I will be punished and possibly thrown out of the Jedi Order, but I must
go. I have to help her! I'm sorry, Padmé. I don't have a choice.
PADMÉ
Annie, I told you I wouldn't let you give up your future for
me. I'll go with you. That way you can continue to protect me, and you won't be
disobeying your mandate.
ANAKIN
What about Master Obi-wan?
PADMÉ smiles and takes his hand.
PADMÉ
I guess we won't tell him, will we?
75 EXT. NABOO LAKE, FLOATING LANDING PLATFORM - DAY 75
ANAKIN and PADMÉ step onto the landing platform from the water
speeder. They enter the Naboo Starship. ARTOO BEEPS, and follows them on board.
The ramp retracts.
PADDY ACCU drives the water speeder away from the platform as
Anakin's Starship takes off.
76 EXT. TIPOCA CITY (RAINSTORM) - DAY 76
Rain lashes the city. Below, mightly waves pound the stilts,
breaking almost to the height of the platforms.
77 INT. TIPOCA CITY, CORRIDOR - DAY 77
TAUN WE conducts OBI-WAN to the door of Jango Fett's apartment.
TAUN WE waves his hand, and a muted bell RINGS.
77 CONTINUED: 77
As they wait, OBI-WAN notes the door lock entry mechanism. Then
the door opens, and a ten-year-old boy, BOBA FETT, looks at them. He is
identical to the boys in the classroom.
TAUN WE
Boba, is your father here?
There is a brief pause, then BOBA FETT nods.
TAUN WE
(continuing)
May we see him?
BOBA FETT
Sure.
Another brief pause, then BOBA FETT steps aside, and TAUN WE and
OBI-WAN go through.
78 INT. TIPOCA CITY, FETT APARTMENT - DAY 78
OBI-WAN, TAUN WE, and BOBA FETT enter the apartment. OBI-WAN
looks around the room.
BOBA FETT
Dad! Taun We's here!
JANGO FETT comes in from the bedroom. He wears a jumpsuit. He is
unshaven and mean looking, his face pitted with scars of old wounds. There are
a couple of weird tattoos on his muscular forearms. He eyes OBI-WAN with
suspicion.
TAUN WE
Welcome back, Jango. Was your trip productive?
JANGO FETT
Fairly.
OBI-WAN and JANGO FETT size each other up. BOBA FETT studies both
of them.
TAUN WE
This is Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi. He's come to check on our
progress.
JANGO FETT
That right?
JANGO FETT's eyes fix OBI-WAN coldly.
OBI-WAN
Your clones are very impressive. You must be very proud.
JANGO FETT
I'm just a simple man, trying to make my way in the universe,
Master Jedi.
OBI-WAN
Aren't we all?
78 CONTINUED: 78
OBI-WAN eyes the half-open bedroom door, through which a couple
of pieces of body armour can be seen on the floor. JANGO FETT registers OBI-WAN'S
look. He moves in front of him, blocking the view.
OBI-WAN
(continuing)
Ever make your way as far into the interior as Coruscant?
JANGO FETT
Once or twice.
OBI-WAN
Recently?
JANGO FETT
(eyes Obi-Wan carefully)
Possibly...
OBI-WAN
Then you must know Master Sido-Dyas?
JANGO FETT
Boba, close the door.
BOBA FETT moves to close the bedroom door. JANGO FETT smiles
thinly at OBI-WAN.
JANGO FETT
(continuing)
Master who?
OBI-WAN
Sido-Dyas. Isn't he the Jedi who hired you for this job?
JANGO FETT
Never heard of him. I was recuited by a man called Darth
Tyranus on one of the moons of Bogden.
OBI-WAN
No? I thought...
TAUN WE
Sido-Dyas told us to expect him. And he showed up just when
your Jedi Master said he would. We have kept the Jedi's involvement a secret
until your arrival, just as your Master requested.
OBI-WAN
Curious...
JANGO FETT
Do you like your army?
78 CONTINUED: (2) 78
OBI-WAN
It seems to me it's your army - being that they are all
clones of you.
JANGO FETT
(grinning)
They'll do their job well, I'll guarantee that.
OBI-WAN
I look forward to seeing them in action. Thank you for your
time, Jango.
JANGO FETT
Always a pleasure to meet a Jedi.
OBI-WAN and TAUN WE go out. The door slides closed. JANGO FETT
turns to his son. He is deep in thought.
BOBA FETT
What is it, Dad?
79 EXT. SPACE 79
The Naboo Starship heads toward the desert planet of Tatooine.
80 EXT. TATOOINE, MOS ESPA STREETS AND WATTO'S SHIP - DAY 80
The Naboo Starship lands in a large parking lot of Spaceships on
the outskirts of Mos Espa. ANAKIN and PADMÉ ride a rickshaw through the
streets. ANAKIN stares at sights he hasn't seen for years. Finally, they come
to Watto's shop, and the rickshaw stops.
ANAKIN
(to the droid driver)
Wait, please.
ANAKIN and PADMÉ get down. Sitting on a stool in front of the
shop is WATTO. He is using a small electronic screwdriver on a fiddly DROID.
THREE PIT DROIDS are chattering away and are trying to help him, but they seem
only to make him madder.
WATTO
(yelling, in Huttese)
No, not that one - that one!
ANAKIN
(arriving)
Excuse me, Watto.
WATTO
(in Huttese)
What?
ANAKIN
(in Huttese)
I said excuse me.
WATTO turns to the chattering PIT DROIDS.
WATTO
(in Huttese)
Shut down.
The PIT DROIDS snap into their storage position.
WATTO
(continuing, in Huttese)
What? I don't know you... What can I do for you? You look like
a Jedi. Whatever it is... I didn't do it.
WATTO drops the screwdriver and curses loudly in Huttese
ANAKIN
Let me help you with that.
ANAKIN takes the fiddly piece of equipment and starts to play
with it. WATTO blinks in surprise.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
I'm looking for Shmi Skywalker.
WATTO looks at him suspiciously. He stares at PADMÉ, then back to
ANAKIN.
WATTO
Annie?? Little Annie?? Naaaah!!
Suddenly, the fiddly piece of equipment in Anakin's hands WHIRS
into life. WATTO blinks at it.
WATTO
(continuing; in
English)
You are Annie! It is you! You little womp rat.
WATTO gives ANAKIN a big hug.
WATTO
(continuing)
You sure sprouted! Weehoo! A Jedi! Waddya know? Hey, maybe you
couldda help wit some deadbeats who owe...
ANAKIN
My mother...
WATTO
Oh, yeah. Shmi... she's not mine no more. I sold her.
ANAKIN
Sold her...
WATTO
Years ago. Sorry, Annie, but you know, business is business.
(more)
80 CONTINUED: (2) 80
WATTO (cont'd)
Sold her to a moisture farmer named Lars. Least I think it was
Lars. Believe it or not, I heard he freed her and married her. Can ya beat
that?
ANAKIN
Do you know where they are?
WATTO
Long way from here... someplace over on the other side of Mos
Eisley, I think...
ANAKIN
I'd like to know.
ANAKIN'S grim look means business; WATTO gets the hint quickly.
WATTO
Yeah... sure... absolutely. Let's go look in my records.
ANAKIN and WATTO go into the shop.
81 EXT. TIPOCA CITY (RAINSTORM) - DAY 81
The waves crash against the water city as the storm continues.
Light suddenly streams from the base of a landing platform as a door slides
open.
82 INT. TIPOCA CITY, CORRIDOR - DAY 82
OBI-WAN stands with LAMA SU and TAUN WE just inside the open
door.
LAMA SU
Tell your Council the first battalions are ready. And remind
them that if they need more troops, we will need time to grow them.
OBI-WAN
I won't forget.
83 EXT. TIPOCA CITY, KAMINO LANDING PLATFORM (RAINSTORM) - DAY
OBI-WAN comes out from the tower into the driving rain. The door
closes behind him. He pulls his robe around him and stands braced against the
gale.
Below, a huge wave crashes against the stilts. Spray flies high
and whips across the platform where OBI-WAN is standing. He walks over to his
Starfighter, looks to see if anyone is watching, then turns and goes back to
the door. It slides open.
84 INT. TIPOCA CITY, CORRIDOR - DAY 84
OBI-WAN enters cautiously from outside. Ahead, the corridor is
deserted. He moves down it.
85 INT. TIPOCA CITY, CORRIDOR OUTSIDE FETT APARTMENT - DAY 85
OBI-WAN arrives at the door to Jango Fett's apartment. He reaches
up and runs his fingers along the door, locating the lock. The door slides
open.
86 INT. TIPOCA CITY, FETT APARTMENT - DAY 86
OBI-WAN walks in to find the room in complete disorder. The
bedroom door is wide open - clear signs of hurried departure. All of the Fetts'
personal belongings are gone.
OBI-WAN goes to an ultra-thin computer screen. He punches up AN
ONSCREEN PICTURE of JANGO FETT and BOBA FETT unhitching the lines securing
their ship to the landing platform. JANGO FETT is wearing his armour and rocket
pack. BOBA FETT climbs aboard the small Fighter.
87 EXT. TIPOCA CITY, KAMINO LANDING PLATFORM (RAINSTORM) - DAY
JANGO FETT picks up a case and swings it up to BOBA FETT, who
stows it inside the ship. JANGO FETT picks up another case and is about to
swing it, when:
BOBA FETT
Dad!!
JANGO FETT turns to see OBI-WAN charging out of the tower toward
him. As he runs, OBI-WAN draws his lightsaber from his belt. It flashes on.
JANGO FETT draws his gun and fires at the charging JEDI. OBI-WAN
deflects the blast and swings at JANGO FETT.
The bounty hunter rockets up and over OBI-WAN, landing behind
him. He fires a thin wire from his wrist pack, trying to entangle the Jedi.
JANGO FETT fire several Kamino Kyber Darts from his elbow
launcher. OBI-WAN deflects them back at JANGO FETT, but they strike harmlessly
against the bounty hunter's armour.
IN THE COCKPIT of Jango Fett's ship, BOBA FETT grabs the controls
of a laser gun and swings it to aim at OBI-WAN.
OUTSIDE, in the driving rain, OBI-WAN and JANGO FETT circle each
other, sizing each other up - feinting.
IN THE COCKPIT, each time BOBA FETT is ready to fire, JANGO FETT
blocks his view of OBI-WAN.
OUTSIDE, OBI-WAN makes a sudden attack, swinging at JANGO FETT,
who deflects the blows. One slices off a piece of the bounty hunter's shoulder
plate. JANGO FETT rockets into the air and hovers above OBI-WAN. The Jedi spins
as:
IN THE COCKPIT, BOBA FETT fires.
87 CONTINUED 87
OUTSIDE, the laser shell streaks past OBI-WAN to strike the edge
of the tower. JANGO FETT fires down at OBI-WAN. The Jedi deflects the shots
back, but JANGO FETT evades them. Then he swoops down, swinging around OBI-WAN.
As he shoots past, he kicks the lightsaber out of the Jedi's hand.
The lightsaber skids across the wet surface of the landing
platform. OBI-WAN dives after it. JANGO FETT zooms in front of him and grabs
the lightsaber. OBI-WAN punches it out of his hand.
IN THE COCKPIT, BOBA FETT watches as:
OUTSIDE, OBI-WAN and JANGO FETT grapple and fight, punching,
kicking, grabbing hold, and throwing each other around. OBI-WAN grabs JANGO
FETT tightly, and JANGO FETT rockets up into the air and kicks OBI-WAN loose.
OBI-WAN crashes to the deck and slides toward the edge. He grapples desperately
for a handhold on the slick surface.
JANGO FETT rockets down to kick at him. OBI-WAN hauls himself up.
JANGO FETT zooms to the far side of the platform.
OBI-WAN uses Jedi powers to pull part of the structure loose. It
hits JANGO FETT, who loses his balance, teetering on the edge. OBI-WAN charges
acress, dives, and grabs hold of JANGO FETT just as he falls over the edge.
Locked together, OBI-WAN and JANGO FETT plummet down toward the
raging ocean. At the last moment, JANGO FETT fires a cable out of his backpack
that shoots upward and locks onto a metal strut on the underside of the
platform. OBI-WAN and JANGO FETT swing and CRASH onto one of the stilts.
OBI-WAN is knocked clear and drops onto a SMALL SERVICE PLATFORM
just above the waves. He hauls himself to his feet. JANGO FETT hovers in
mid-air opposite him, as a HUGE WAVE crashes over OBI-WAN. When it subsides,
the Jedi has disappeared.
JANGO FETT rockets up to the landing platform, where he drops
down beside his ship. He clambers inside the cockpit and settles into the
pilot's seat. He punches buttons. The engines ROAR.
OUTSIDE, Jango Fett's ship lifts off from the platform and heads
up into the lowering sky. It disappears. Lightning flashes. Rain lashes the
tower and streams across the surface of the platform, to where:
A HAND suddenlt clutches at the very edge of the platform. A
moment later, ANOTHER HAND grabs hold.
88 EXT. TATOOINE, BLUFF OVERLOOKING HOMESTEAD - LATE DAY 88
The Naboo Starship descends, hovers, and land on a bluff. ANAKIN
and PADMÉ get out. They look down from the edge of the bluff to where the
homestead is seen on the desert floor below.
PADME
Stay with the ship, Artoo.
ARTOO WHISTLES as ANAKIN and PADMÉ start down the trail toward
the homestead.
89 EXT. TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD MOISTURE FARM - LATE DAY 89
C-3PO is working outside the homestead. He still lacks an outer
covering; his inner parts and wiring show. He looks up as ANAKIN and PADMÉ
arrive,
C-3PO
Good evening. May I help you?
ANAKIN
Threepio?
C-3PO
Oh, my... oh, my! Master Anakin! My goodness, I can hardly
believe it! And this must be Miss Padmé.
PADMÉ
Hello, Threepio.
ANAKIN
I've come to see my mother.
C-3PO
Oh, dear! I'm so terribly sorry, Master Annie.
PADMÉ
Threepio, what's happened?
C-3PO
I think we'd better go inside.
89 EXT. TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, COURTYARD - LATE DAY 89
ANAKIN, PADMÉ and THREEPIO arrive in the courtyard. THREEPIO
shuffles ahead.
C-3PO
Master Lars - Master Owen! Somebody to see you!
OWEN LARS and BERU WHITESUN come out into the courtyard.
ANAKIN
I'm Anakin Skywalker. I'm here looking for my mother.
OWEN
Owen Lars... I guess I'm your step-brother.
(they shake hands)
This is my girlfriend, Beru.
BERU
Hello.
PADMÉ
I'm Padmé.
OWEN
I had a feeling you might show up some day.
90 CONTINUED: 90
ANAKIN
Is my mother here?
CLIEGG
No, she's not.
CLIEGG LARS swings from the house on a small floating chair. One
of his legs is heavily bandaged; the other is missing. He balances awkwardly
and puts out a hand.
CLIEGG
(continuing)
Cliegg Lars. Shmi is my wife... Come on inside. We have a lot
to talk about.
91 INT. TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, KITCHEN - LATE DAY 91
BERU puts several steaming cups of ardees on a tray and exits the
kitchen...
CLIEGG (O.S.)
It was just before dawn. They came out of nowhere. A hunting
party of Tusken Raiders.
92 INT. TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, DINING AREA - LATE DAY 92
CLIEGG, OWEN, PADME and ANAKIN sit around the table, BERU brings
the drinks from the kitchen.
CLIEGG
Your mother had gone out early, like she always did, to pick
mushrooms that grow on the vaporatos. From the tracks, she was about halfway
when they took her. Those Tuskens walk like men, but they're vicious, mindless
monsters. Thirty of us went out after her. Four of us came back. Three more are
still out there looking. I'd be with them, only... I just couldn't ride any
more... until I heal.
CLIEGG grimaces, easing his throbbing leg.
CLIEGG
(continuing)
This isn't the way I wanted to meet you, son. This isn't how
your mother and I planned it. I don't want to give up on her, but she's been
gone a month. There's little hope she's lasted this long.
Silence. Then ANAKIN stands up.
OWEN
Where are you going?
92 CONTINUED: 92
ANAKIN
To find my mother.
PADMÉ
No, Annie!
CLIEGG
She's dead, son. Accept it.
ANAKIN
I can feel her pain, and I will find her. I know she's alive.
ANAKIN turns abruptly.
93 EXT. TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, MOISTURE FARM - LATE DAY 93
ANAKIN stands looking across the desert. PADMÉ comes running out
of the homestead after him, followed by OWEN. ANAKIN turns to PADMÉ.
ANAKIN
You are going to have to stay here. These are good people,
Padmé. You'll be safe.
OWEN
Take my speeder bike.
PADMÉ
Anakin...
PADMÉ hugs him. ANAKIN walks over to Owen's speeder bike, which
is standing close by.
ANAKIN
I trust you'll watch over her, Owen.
OWEN
Don't worry.
ANAKIN swings onto the bike. The engine fires.
ANAKIN
I won't be long.
ANAKIN takes off across the desert. PADMÉ watches him go.
94 EXT. SPACE, GEONOSIS 94
The red planet of Geonosis is circled by a large asteroid field
that form rings. Jango Fett's ship appears, heading toward it.
95 INT. COCKPIT, FETT SHIP, SPACE, GEONOSIS 95
JANGO FETT grins at BOBA FETT.
JANGO FETT
Nearly there, son.
95 CONTINUED: 95
JANGO FETT guides he ship around the asteroids. Suddenly:
BOBA FETT
Dad, look!!
On the view screen, Obi-Wan's ship appears, chasing after them.
JANGO FETT grabs the controls. They are thrown around as the ship plummets to
try to lose OBI-WAN.
JANGO FETT
Hang on!
The ship goes into a power-climb. A GREAT SPACE DDOGFIGHT ensues
between OBI-WAN and JANGO FETT.
96 EXT. SPACE, GEONOSIS 96
The ships flip, roll, and turn at incredible speed, dodging,
weaving and firing. They tumble from near misses. Hits fly off Obi-Wan's
fighter as one of Jango's missiles gets through.
Finally, it seems as if OBI-WAN is getting the upper hand. JANGO
FETT breaks off the fight and dives sharply. He maneuvers deftly between two
huge asteroids.
In JANGO FETT'S COCKPIT, BOBA FETT flinches as asteroids pass
very close by.
BOBA FETT
Dad! Watch out!
JANGO FETT
Stay calm, son. We'll be fine. That Jedi won't be able to
follow us through this.
But Obi-Wan ship dives into the asteroid belt after them.
IN OBI-WAN'S COCKPIT, his skill is pushed to the limit as he
throws the ship from side to side, avoiding great rocks. Then a huge asteroid
tumbles across his path. There seem no way he can avoid it. OBI-WAN fires a
couple of aerial torpedoes. They streak toward the asteroid.
IN JANGO'S COCKPIT, they see the huge explosion as Obi-Wan's ship
appears to smash into the asteroid.
BOBA FETT
Got him! Yeahhhhh!
JANGO FETT
We won't see him again.
BOBA FETT laughs. Jango Fett's ship emerges from the asteroid
belt and heads down toward the planet of Geonosis.
97 EXT. TATOOINE, DESERT, JAWA CAMP - SUNSET 97
ANAKIN stands in the middle of a crowd of JAWAS. He asks them
from directions. The JAWAS confer exicitedly, then the CHIEF JAWA points in a
particular direction. ANAKIN gets on the bike and speeds off to where the JAWA
pointed.
98 EXT. TATOOINE, DUNE SEA, CAMPFIRE - TWILIGHT 98
ANAKIN rides over a large dune toward a small flickering light in
the distance.
He rides up and stops the bike in front of a campfire. There are
bodies of THREE DEAD FARMERS lying beside the campfire. TWO EOPIES are
thethered nearby, along with a burned and smoking speeder.
99 EXT. TATOOINE, LANDSCAPE (FULL MOON) - NIGHT 99
THREE DIFFERENT SHOTS. ANAKIN rids the speeder bike through three
exotic landscapes. In one shot, he stops and looks down at some tracks. Then he
starts up his speeder and rides off.
100 EXT. TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD (FULL MOON) - NIGHT 100
The lights of the vaporators blink in the night sky. Somewhere
close by, a night animal HOWLS.
101 EXT. TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, COURTYARD (FULL MOON) - NIGHT 101
PADMÉ is pacing the courtyard restlessly. She stops, listening to
the animal HOWLING nearby. She shivers slightly, then turns and goes into the
garage at the side of the courtyard.
102 INT. TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD - GARAGE (FULL MOON) - NIGHT 102
PADMÉ stands looking at a speeder parked in the garage. Short
silence. Then:
C-3PO
Please don't leave us, Miss Padmé. These people need your help.
THREEPIO is parked in a corner.
PADMÉ
I'm not leaving, Threepio. I just can't sleep.
C-3PO
That's something I cannot relate to. As a Protocol Droid, I'm
either active or inactive. There's no in-between.
PADMÉ
I guess you're lucky.
C-3PO
Do you really think so..? I suppose I shouldn't expect...
PADMÉ
You're not happy here?
102 CONTINUED: 102
C-3PO
Oh, I'm not unhappy... and my masters here ar so kind I
wouldn't wish to trouble them, it's just... being like this... well, it's
embarrassing.
PADMÉ
Being like what?
C-3PO
Naked. If you pardon the expression. You see, when Master Annie
made me, he never quite found the time to give me any outer covering. It's so
humiliating. How would you like it if you had to go around with all your
circuits showing?
PADMÉ
I guess I wouldn't like it at all.
C-3PO
Of course you wouldn't. Nobody would. It's simply not protocol.
PADMÉ looks thoughtfully at a pile of spare parts and bits of
metal and tools.
PADMÉ
Maybe we can do something about it.
C-3PO
I don't think so. Only Master Annie...
PADMÉ
Why not? They seem to have a box of old coverings here.
C-3PO
Oh? How observant of you, Miss Padmé. Of course, I'm just not
mechanically minded... if you see what I mean.
PADMÉ picks up a piece of metal and holds it against him.
PADMÉ
Let's see, if we put this... here...
C-3PO
Ooooh! That's tickles.
PADMÉ
You'll have to be quiet, Threepio. Hold still, please.
103 EXT. SPACE, GEONOSIS RINGS 103
A huge chunk of rock tumbles slowly through the asteroid belt.
CAMERA CLOSES, to discover Obi-Wan's Starship hidden in a blasted-out area on
the pitted back side of the great rock.
104 INT. COCKPIT, JEDI FIGHTER, SPACE, GEONOSIS RINGS 104
OBI-WAN looks out toward Geonosis and sees in the distance a
large fleet of Trade Federation Ships hidden among the asteroids. He starts the
engines of his Fighter.
104 CONTINUED: 104
Obi-Wan's Fighter moves out from the back side of the asteroid
and heads away from the asteroid field, descending toward Geonosis.
105 EXT. GEONOSIS, LANDING AREA - NIGHT 105
Obi-Wan's ship skims across the top of a small mesa along the
edge of a rocky ridge. He maneuvers under a rock overhang and lands. He gets
out of the Fighter and walks onto the mesa. The wind whips at him. He looks
around.
Geonosis is a red rock planet, featureless apart from buttes and
mesas, and occasional tall stalagmites that stand out dramatically on the arid
plains.
The night is quiet, except for an occasional WEIRD CRY. OBI-WAN
checks his bearings, then heads away.
106 EXT. GEONOSIS, ROCK FACE TRAIL - NIGHT 106
OBI-WAN climbs a steep, narrow trail. Suddenly, a CRY is heard
close by. OBI-WAN stumbles slightly. His foot slips on the edge, sending a
stream of peblles skittering into the darkness.
OBI-WAN listens. Silence. He draws his lightsaber but does not
ignite it.
He sets off again and works his way around a narrow corner, to
confront a crouching MASSIFF (a dog-sized lizard) with slavering fangs! The
beast leaps at him, and OBI-WAN ignites his lightsaber as the MASSIFF knocks
him on his back. Its jaws open wide. OBI-WAN stabs the creature, throws it off
of him, and jumps up.
A SECOND MASSIFF jumps from behind. OBI-WAN swings around and
cuts it in half. The MASSIFF flies over the cliff, HOWLING. It plummets to its
death hundreds of feet below.
107 EXT. TATOOINE, CLIFF (FULL MOON) - NIGHT 107
ANAKIN pulls up near the edge of a cliff. He gets off the bike
and creeps to the edge. He looks over to see a Tusken camp in the oasis below.
One of the huts at the edge of the camp has TWO TUSKEN GUARDS outside it.
108 EXT. TATOOINE, TUSKEN RAIDER CAMP, OASIS (FULL MOON) - NIGHT
ANAKIN creeps through the camp, working his way from hut to hut,
flattening himself against the walls, overhearing snatches of Tusken
conversation from inside, using the shadows to hide him until he arrives at the
hut with the TWO GUARDS. They are sitting a short distance from the door.
ANAKIN wriggles around the back. He takes out his lightsaber and cuts into the
base of the wall.
109 INT. TUSKEN RAIDER HUT - NIGHT 109
The lightsaber completes the hole in the wall. ANAKIN wriggles
in. He pulls himself to his feet. There are candles everywhere.
A shaft of moonlight from a hole in the roof pierces the gloom of
the hut. By its light, ANAKIN sees SHMI, hanging from a wooden frame in the
middle of the hut.
109 CONTINUED 109
He cuts her free, takes her into his arms, and lowers her gently
to the ground. Her eyes are closed. Her face is bloodied. She has been terribly
beaten. Anakin cradles her tenderly.
ANAKIN
Mom... Mom... Mom...
SHMI's eyelids flutter - and barely open. They are caked with
blood.
SHMI
Annie...? Is it you?
SHMI's eyes focus slowly. ANAKIN gives a little choking gasp.
ANAKIN
I'm here, Mom. You're safe. Hang on. I'm going to get you out
of here...
SHMI
I'm so glad... to see you, Annie... Now... I am complete...
ANAKIN
Just stay with me, Mom. I'm going to make you well again.
Everything's going to be fine.
SHMI
You look so handsome. My son... my grown-up son. I'm so proud
of you, Annie... so proud... I missed you so much... I love...
SHMI dies. ANAKIN draws her to his breast. There is silence for a
moment. ANAKIN lifts his head, listening for a moment, then he sits on the
floor of the Tusken hut, cradling his dead mother in his arms.
110 EXT. GEONOSIS, ROCK FACE TRAIL - NIGHT 110
OBI-WAN arrives at the head of the trail. Far below, a flat plain
stretches into the distance. He stops, peering into the darkness, where strange
shapes loom indistinctly.
OBI-WAN takes a pair of electronic binoculars from his belt and
puts them to his eyes. He sees a cluster of great towers like fantastic
stalagmites rise from the plain below.
SLOW PAN with the binoculars, and suddenly a line of Battle
Starships come into view. OBI-WAN touches the viewfinder. Between fifty and a
hundred Federation Starships in near rows. Some are on platforms that are
carrying the Starships down to an underground facility. Other platforms are
rising to the surface. They carry THOUSANDS of BATTLE DROIDS that step off and
file into the waiting ships. A fully loaded Starship takes off. OBI-WAN swings
the binoculars upward, to see more Federation Starships.
111 EXT. TATOOINE, TUSKEN RAIDER CAMP, OASIS - DAWN 111
The pale light grows. Thin tendrils of smoke rise slowly in the
cold, clear air. Somewhere a dog BARKS. An OLD WOMAN comes out of one of the
huts. She carries a pail. She swirls it and tosses the dirty water onto the
ground.
As she goes back inside the hut, a TUSKEN CHILD runs past,
dragging a stick in the sand. The CHILD runs through the line of huts, turns a
corner, and stops suddenly, staring at the bodies of the TWO TUSKEN GUARDS.
Between them, ANAKIN stands outside the hut door. His face is a grim mask. The
CHILD stares, then there is a FLASH OF LIGHT as Anakin's lightsaber switches
on.
112 EXT. GEONOSIS, LANDING AREA - NIGHT 112
OBI-WAN comes running back to his ship and climbs into the
cockpit. He settles into his seat. His ARFOUR DROID beeps a happy greeting.
OBI-WAN switches on his comlink.
OBI-WAN
"Guiding light" to "old folks home."
113 EXT. CORUSCANT, REPUBLIC EXECUTIVE BUILDING - DAY 113
LOW ANGLE. A line of reflecting pools with splashing fountains
flanked by statues on each side leads to the main entrance to the awesome
building.
114 INT. CORUSCANT, CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE 114
A hologram of OBI-WAN flickers in front of a group, made up of
Jedi (YODA, MACE WINDU, and KI-ADI-MUNDI) and Senators (BAIL ORGANA, ASK AAK,
LUMINARA, and JAR JAR). PALPATINE and MAS AMEDDA are in the middle of the
group, watching with growing concern.
OBI-WAN
...Starships from the Trade Federation and the Commerce Guilds
are taking deliveries of battle droids from the foundries on Geonosis.
BAIL ORGANA
That's outrageous! The treaty forbids the Trade Federation from
building up an army. What are they doing?!
OBI-WAN
The droid foundry seems to be working at full capacity. I am
going to go down and investigate. I will bring Jango Fett back home for
interrogation.
114 CONTINUED: 114
PALPATINE
Those Geonosian foundries are part of the Techno Union. We will
call in their representatives and ask them a few very pointed questions.
OBI-WAN
One more thing. Jango mentioned he was recruited by someone
named Darth Tyranus. Any idea who that might be?
YODA
With the forename Darth, a Sith he must be.
MACE WINDU
Our missing apprentice. They are playing their hand at last.
OBI-WAN
Do you believe he could be the mysterious Sido-Dyas, who made
the deal for the clone army?
YODA
Perhaps too many pieces missing from this puzzle, there are.
MACE WINDU
Be careful, Obi-Wan. This investigation is becoming less than
routine. Do you need help?
OBI-WAN
Let me see if I can figure out what's going on first.
The hologram of OBI-WAN fades off. PALPATINE stares at the spot
where the hologram was in disbelief.
BAIL ORGANA
The Commerce Guilds are preparing for war... there can be no
doubt of that.
PALPATINE
Count Dooku must have made a treaty with them.
MACE WINDU
We must stop them soon before they're fully ready.
SENATOR ASK AAK
The debate is over, now we need that clone army...
BAIL ORGANA
Unfortunately, the debate is not over. The Senate will never be
able to approve the use of that army before the separatists attack.
114 CONTINUED: (2) 114
MAS AMEDDA
This is a crisis! If the Senate votes the Chancellor emergency
powers, he could approve the use of the army, in a minute.
PALPATINE
Please, please, I don't wish to have emergency powers. That's
too extreme a solution. It's akin to a dictatorship. We must rely on the Jedi.
Master Yoda, how many are available to go to Geonosis?
MACE WINDU and YODA look at one another.
YODA
Two hundred,... less or more.
BAIL ORGANA
With all due respect for the Jedi Order, two hundred will be no
match for hundreds of thousands of battle droids.
MACE WINDU
Patience. We should wait for Obi-Wan to report back. We don't
know that Count Dooku has made a treaty with the Corporate Alliance, it's
speculation.
SENATOR ASK AAK
But we must prepare for the worst. I'm going to propose a
motion granting emergency powers to the Chancellor at the next session. We must
not wait!
PALPATINE
Out of the question, Senator! You and I are too closely
aligned. The issue will become partisan and debates will begin. The proposal
must come from a neutral source.
MAS AMEDDA
If only Senator Amidala were here.
JAR JAR steps forward from the back of the group.
JAR JAR
Supreme Chancellor... my august colleagues, I would be proud to
propose the motion in question. This is a grave situation, and I'm sure Senator
Amidala, and the Queen of Naboo, would agree.
SENATOR ASK AAK
Thank you, Representative Binks.
Silence. Then PALPATINE sighs deeply.
114 CONTINUED: (3) 114
PALPATINE
If called upon, I will serve. But it will be the saddest day
ofmy life.
115 EXT. TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD MOISTURE FARM - DAY 115
All is quiet. BERU comes out of the house. She goes to a moisture
line and starts to draw water.
116 INT. TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, GARAGE - DAY 116
PADMÉ fixes the last piece of covering onto THREEPIO.
PADMÉ
There!
PADMÉ stands back. OWEN is with her. They look at THREEPIO. He
isn't the golden figure we know because PADMÉ has had to use whatever stuff she
could find in the garage. He is multi-coloured in several textures, but he is
complete.
C-3PO
Um. How do I look?
OWEN
Great! You look perfect.
C-3PO
Perfect? Oh, Miss Padmé, I'm so happy!
(extending his hand to
shake hers)
Oh, pardon me.
THREEPIO drops his hand and bows formally.
THREEPIO
(continuing)
Thank you.
He forgets formality and hugs her. PADMÉ hugs him back, laughing.
C-3PO
(continuing)
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
OWEN
(grinning)
Well, Padmé, I think he should be yours from now on... I know
that is what my Mom would want.
C-3PO
Oh, my!
Then suddenly, from outside:
BERU (V.O.)
Come topside, everybody! He's back! He's back.
117 EXT. TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD MOISTURE FARM - DAY 117
PADMÉ and OWEN run out onto the cbaut to join BERU. THREEPIO
follows. CLIEGG hobbles out of the homestead on his speeder chair. They stand
looking out into the desert, where ANAKIN rides the speeder bike toward the
homestead. SHMI'S BODY is tied to it.
ANAKIN arrives. They run to him as he steps away from the bike,
carrying SHM1. He stops, face-to-face with CLIEGG. There is a brief pause. Then
he carries SHMI into the homestead.
118 INT TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, GARAGE - DAY 118
PADMÉ comes in with a tray of food. ANAKIN is kneeling by the
speeder bike, using an electronic wrench to work on it.
ANAKIN
The shifter broke. Life seems so much simpler when you're
fixing things.
PADMÉ puts the tray down
ANAKIN
(continuing)
I'm good at fixing things... always was. But I couldn't...
(stops working, tears
in his eyes)
Why did she have to die? Why couldn't I save her? I know I
could have!
PADMÉ
Sometimes there are things no one can fix. You're not
all-powerful, Annie.
ANAKIN starts working with the wrench again.
ANAKIN
(angry)
I should be! Someday I will be... I will be the most powerful
Jedi ever! I promise you, I will even learn to stop people from dying.
PADMÉ
Anakin...
ANAKIN
(furious)
It's all Obi-Wan's fault. He's jealous! He knows I'm already
more powerful than he is. He's holding me back!
ANAKIN hurls the wrench across the garage. It CLATTERS to the
floor. He looks at his trembling hands. PADMÉ stares at him, shocked.
PADMÉ
Annie, what's wrong?
ANAKIN
I... I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every
single one of them...
ANAKIN focuses on her like someone returning from far away.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
Not just the men... the women and children too. They're like
animals, and I slaughtered them like animals... I hate them!
118 CONTINUED: 118
There is silence for a moment, then ANAKIN breaks down, sobbing.
PADMÉ takes him into her arms.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
Why do I hate them? I didn't... I couldn't... I couldn't
control myself. I... I don't want to hate them... but I just can't forgive
them.
PADMÉ
To be angry is to be human.
ANAKIN
To control your anger is to be a Jedi.
PADMÉ
Ssshhh... you're human.
ANAKIN
No. I'm a Jedi. I know I'm better than this. I'm sorry, I'm so
sorry!
PADMÉ
You're like everyone else...
PADMÉ rocks him, and ANAKIN weeps.
119 EXT. GEONOSIS, TOWER ENTRANCE - DAWN 119
Light grows on the clustering tower of fantastic stalagmites.
OBI-WAN sneaks up to the main one. He climbs up the side of the tower to a
small window-like opening. OBI-WAN looks around quickly, then sneaks inside.
120 INT. GEONOSIS, CORRIDORS - MORNING 120
OBI-WAN makes his way along a narrow, pillared corridor. He comes
to what looks like a large open well or vent shaft. He looks down and sees a
huge underground facility below. In one area, machines are constructing BATTLE
DROIDS. In another area, completed DROIDS are moving along a conveyor belt.
GEONOSIS WORKERS, with no wings, drone away at the assembly line.
221 INT. GEONOSIS, CENTRAL SQUARE - MORNING 121
OBI-WAN arrives at a vast expanse in the stalagmite interior.
Immense pillars, soaring Gaudi-Gothic arches, vaulted roofs. The huge space is
deserted - completely silent.
OBI-WAN starts to cross the square. Suddenly he hears voices.
He darts behind a pillar as POGGLE THE LESSER (Archduke of
Geonosis), his aid, SUN RIT, COUNT DOOKU, and NUTE GUNRAY approach, closely
followed by PASSEL ARGENTE and WAT TAMBOR. COUNT DOOKU is tall, elderly, and
saturnine, with beautiful
121 CONTINUED: 121
manners. OBI-WAN flattens himself against the pillar as they pass
by.
POGGLE
We're already running at maximum capacity. In less than two
months, Viceroy, you'll have the finest army in the galaxy.
NUTE GUNRAY
Our early testing of your prototype units has been satisfying,
but these new Battle Droids are a little less precise than I had hoped.
POGGLE
I'm sure their advanced features will more than make up for
that.
COUNT DOOKU
Now, we must persuade the Commerce Guild and the Corporate
Alliance to sign the treaty, then nothing in the universe will be able to stop
us.
NUTE GUNRAY
What about the Senator from Naboo? Is she dead yet? I'm not
signing your treaty until I have her head on my desk.
COUNT DOOKU
She will be soon, Viceroy. I am a man of my word, and I have
faith in this bounty hunter's abilities.
They move out of earshot. OBI-WAN peers around the pillar to see
them going through an archway on the far side of the courtyard. There is a
flight of stairs beside it.
OBI-WAN arrives at the stairs. He sneaks up them, to arrive at a
narrow gothic archway. He looks down through it.
122 INT. GEONOSIS, CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 122
POGGLE THE LESSER, and his TWO AIDES are at one end of a large'
round conference table.
COUNT DOOKU
Now is the time, my friends. The moment when you have to decide
between the Republic or the Confederacy of Independent Systems.
COUNT DOOKU is at the head of the table. JANGO FETT stands behind
his chair.
In addition to the original group, there are also THREE
OPPOSITION SENATORS, PO NUDO, TESSEK and TOONBUCK TOORA, and a COMMERCE GUILD
DIGNITARY, SHU MAI and a MEMBER of the INTERGALACTIC BANK CLAN, SAN HILL.
122 CONTINUED: 122
COUNT DOOKU
(continuing)
A hundred more systems will rally to our cause with your
support, gentlemen. And let me remind you of our absolute commitment to
capitalism... of the lower taxes, the reduced tariffs, and the eventual
abolition of all trade barriers. Signing this treaty will bring you profits
beyond your wildest imagination.
(looks at Nute)
Our friends in the Trade Federation have pledged their support.
When their droid battalions are combined with yours, we shall have an army
greater than anything in the galaxy. The Jedi will be overwhelmed. The Republic
will agree to any demands we make
MSEL ARGENTE, THE CORPORATE ALLIANCE REPRESENTATIVE, stands.
PASSEL ARGENTE
I am authorized by the Corporate Alliance to sign the treaty.
COUNT DOOKU
We are most grateful for your cooperation, Chairman.
SHU MAI, the Commerce Guild Representative, stands.
SHU MAI
The Commerce Guilds do not at this time wish to become openly
involved. But we shall support you in secret - and look forward to doing
business with you.
There are chuckles around the table. COUNT DOOKU smiles.
COUNT DOOKU
That is all we ask.
SAN HILL, the banker, stands.
SAN HILL
The Intergalactic Banking Clan will support you wholeheartedly,
but only in a non-exclusive arrangement
123 INT. GEONOSIS, STAIRS - DAY 123
OBI-WAN pulls back from the archway.
124 EXT. GEONOSIS, LANDING AREA - DAY 124
The canopy of Obi-Wan's Starship is covered with SMALL CRAWLING
CREATURES. The ARFOUR DROID WHIMPERS as the CREATURES back the little DROID
against a rock wall.
125 INT. GEONOSIS# STAIRS AND WINDOW - DAY 125
OBI-WAN hears the DROID WHIMPER through his comlink. He starts up
the stairs, coming to an outside window. OBI-WAN takes out his binoculars as he
talk into his camlink.
OBI-WAN
Arfour, Arfour... Where are you?!?
THROUGH THE BINOCULARS, OBI-WAN sees the DROID being chased off
by the CRAWLING CREATURES, (ROGAS). He puts the binoculars away and climbs the
stairs.
126 EXT. GEONOSIS, TOP OF STALAGMITE - DAY 126
OBI-WAN arrives at the top of the stalagmite. The view is
staggering. He pulls a length of wire from his utility belt and attaches it to
a small chrome ball that takes the wire high into the air. He clips a little
booster device to the wire. A SHADOW passes over him. He doesn't notice.
OBI-WAN
(into comlink)
Artoo Detoo... Artoo Detoo. Do you copy? This is Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Switch to low band.
OBI-WAN listens for a moment then hears a little BEEP.
127 INT. COCKPIT, NABOO STARFIGHTER. - DAY 127
In the ship, ARTOO BEEPS as he receives the message.
OBI-WAN (V.0.)
Record this message and take it to your mistress, Padmé... and
the Jedi Skywalker... "Anakin, my long range transmitter is knocked out.
Retransmit this message to Coruscant."
128 EXT. GEONOSIS, TOP OF STALAGMITE - DAY 128
OBI-WAN talks into his comlink. More SHADOWS pass over him, lower
now. He doesn't notice
OBI-WAN
... the Trade Federation is behind the assassination attempts
on Senator Amidala.
The SHAIDOWS are lower.
128 CONTINUED: 128
OBI-WAN
(continuing)
The Commerce Guilds and the Corporate Alliance have pledged
their armies to Count Dooku and are forming an... Wait!
A SHADOW passes very low. OBI-WAN looks up quickly.
129 INT. COCKPIT, NABOO STARFIGHTER - DAY 129
ARTOO dutifully listens to the desperate meseage.
OBI-WAN (V.0.)
...attack...! don't... make it... too many... aaaggghhh!
Obi-Wan's voice cuts out. ARTOO WHISTLES in dismay.
130 EXT. TATOOINE,, BLUFF OVERLOOKING HOMESTRAD - DAY 130
The ramp lowers. ARTOO rolls down and trundles off toward the
bomestead.
131 EXT. TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, GRAVESITE - DAY 131
ANAKIN, PADMÉ, CLIEGG, OWEN, BERU, and THREEPIO are standinq
around Shmi's grave.
CLIEGG
I know wherever you are it's become a better place. You were
the most loving partner a man could ever have. Goodbye, my dearest wife. And
thank you.
Brief pause.
ANAKIN
I wasn't strong enough to save you, Mom. But I promise I won't
fail again... I miss you so much.
Silence. Then BEEPS and WHISTLES are heard. They turn as ARTOO
rolls up.
PADMÉ
Artoo, what are you doing here?
ARTOO BEEPS and WHISTLES.
C-3PO
It seems he carrying a message from someone called Obi-Wan
Kenobi. Does that mean anything to you, Master Anakin?
132 INT. TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, GARAGE - DAY 132
A rough hologram of OBI-WAN is projected onto the garage by
ARTOO. ANAKIN, PADMÉ and THREEPIO watch the flickering image.
OBI-WAN
...Alliance have pledged their armies to Count Dooku and are
forming an... Wait!... ah... attack... I don't... make it... aaaggghhh!
The hologram cuts off. ANAKIN jumps up, agitated.
ANAKIN
I'm going after him!
PADMÉ
I thought the first thing he said was to retransmit his message
to Coruscant.
ANAKIN
Yeah, you're right, you're right.
133 EXT. TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, MOISTURE FARM - LATE DAY 133
ANAKIN, PADMÉ, ARTOO and THREEPIO leave the homestead, waving to
CLIEGG, OWEN and BERU as they go into the desert.
134 INT. COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - SUNSET 134
ANAKIN sits down in the cockpit with PADMÉ. THREEPIO is behind
them. ARTOO is beside him. They are watching a hologram of MACE WINDU.
MACE WINDU
We will deal with Count Dooku. The most important thing for
you, Anakin, is to stay where you are. Protect the Senator at all costs. That
is your priority.
ANAKIN
Understood, Master.
The hologram switches off. PADMÉ is looking at the readout on the
ship's control panel.
PADMÉ
They'll never get there in time to save him. They have to come
half way across the galaxy. Look, Geonosis is less than a parsec away.
PADMÉ starts to hit buttons and flick switches. ANAKIN puts a
hand over hers, stopping her. She stares at him.
ANAKIN
If he's still alive.
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PADMÉ
Annie, are you just going to sit here and let him die?? He's
your friend... your mentor...
ANAKIN
...He's like my father, but you heard Master Windu. He gave me
strict orders to stay here.
PADMÉ
He gave you strict orders to protect me...
PADMÉ pulls her hand free and flicks more switches. The engines
fire.
PADMÉ
(continuing)
...and I'm going to save Obi-Wan. So if you plan to protect me,
you will have to come along.
ANAKIN grins and takes the controls.
135 EXT. TATOOINE, BLUFF OVERLOOKING HOMESTEAD - SUNSET 135
The Naboo Starship rises from the bluff and zooms away.
136 EXT. CORUSCANT, JEDI TEMPLE - DAY 136
TWO HUNDRED JEDI KNIGHTS are assembling outside the huge center
of the Jedi Order.
137 INT. CORUSCANT, JEDI TEMPLE, COUNCIL CHAMBER - DAY 137
The JEDI COUNCIL are assembled as MACE WINDU makes his plea.
MACE WINDU
The longer we wait, the stronger Dooku's armies become. We
cannot wait for the Senate to make up its mind about granting the Chancellor
emergency powers, in order to be able to use that clone army... We have the
authority to go now. We must go now.
All of the JEDI COUNCIL nod their approval.
YODA
Agreed, Master Windu. Two hundred Jedi send. Enough, let's hope
they are.
138 INT. CORUSCANT, MAIN SENATE CHAMBER - DAY 138
Inside the great rotunda, the UPROAR is even louder. Opposing
SENATORS yell furiously at one another.
138 CONTINUED 138
MAS AMEDDA
Order! Order!!
Finally, the uproar dies.
PALPATINE
In the regrettable absence of Senator Amidala, the chair
recognises the Senior Representative of Naboo, Jar Jar Binks.
Amid the conflicting storm of CHEERS AND BOOS, JAR JAR, with TWO
GUNGAN AIDES, floats on his pod to the middle of the vast space. He looks at
PALPATINE nervously. PALPATINE nods. JAR JAR clears his throat.
JAR JAR
Senators, dellow felagates...
Laughter. Jeers. JAR JAR blushes.
MAS AMEDDA
Order! The Senate will accord the Representative the courtesy
of a hearing!
Comparative quiet. JAR JAR grips the edge of the podium.
JAR JAR
In response to the direct threat to the Republic from the
Confederacy of Independent Systems, I propose that the Senate gives immediate
emergency powers to the Supreme Chancellor.
Uproar. JAR JAR looks a little sheepish.
JAR JAR
(continuing)
Who can deny these are exceptional times? Exceptional times
demand exceptional measures! Exceptional measures demand exceptional men!
ORN FREE TAA
We won't support a dictator.
SHOUTS of agreement.
JAR JAR
That is the sentiment every one of us agrees with! And when the
shadow of war has dispersed and the bright day of liberty has dawned once
again, the power we now give to the Supreme Chancellor will be gladly, and
swiftly returned. Our ancient liberties will be restored to us, burnished even
more brightly than before!
138 CONTINUED: (2) 138
Brief silence, then a rolling wave of APPLAUSE. JAR JAR beams and
bows.
PALPATINE rises.
PALPATINE
It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling.
I love democracy... I love the Republic. The fact that this crisis is demanding
I be given absolute power to rule over you is evident. But I am mild by nature
and have no desire to destroy the democratic process. The power you give me I
will lay down when this crisis has abated, I promise you. And all I ask in
return is when my current term of office is over, you allow me to reture and
live out my life in peace.
MAS AMEDDA
We shall proceed to the vote. All those in favor of granting
emergency powers to the Supreme Chancellor, signal aye at this time... those
opposed?
139 EXT. SPACE 139
The Naboo Starship heads toward the rings of Geonosis.
140 EXT. GEONOSIS, LANDING AREA 140
The Naboo Starship lands.
141 INT. COCKPIT, NAOO STARFIGHTER - DAY 141
ANAKIN switches off the engines. ARTOO and THREEPIO are in the
navigation area of the cockpit. PADMÉ is in the co-pilot's seat. She gets up.
ANAKIN
Hey, where are you going?
PADMÉ
To find Obi-Wan.
ANAKIN gets up and goes over to her.
ANAKIN
No! You're not!
He grabs her arm.
PADMÉ
Let go of me!
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ANAKIN
I'm not letting you go out there. It's too dangerous.
PADMÉ
What?!?
ANAKIN
It's my job to protect you. I said it's too dangerous. You're
not going, and that's final!
PADMÉ
Don't you give me orders, Annie! I'm a Senator of the Galactica
Republica. You have no authority to contain me, restrain me, or direct me! You
remember your place, young man.
(standing up)
Now you can come along and protect me or stay here. It's up to
you.
PADMÉ storms out of the cockpit of the Naboo Starfighter. ANAKIN
stands scratching his head, then follows.
ARTOO BEEPS and WHISTLES.
C-3PO
Yes, it is, Artoo. Most confusing. One moment they're
generating a pleasant mutual attraction and the next, waves of violent
hostility. Even though I'm programmed to understand them, I doubt if I ever
shall.
ARTOO WHISTLES a plaintive sigh.
142 INT. GEONOSIS, CORRIDORS - DAY 142
ANAKIN and PADMÉ enter the stalagmite city. They stop, looking
around in wonder at the emptiness.
PADMÉ
(in a low voice)
It's empty!
They start forward. As they pass, the surface of the pillars
seems to pulse slowly and move. High above WINGED CREATURES grow from the
pillars and detach themselves.
143 INT. GEONOSIS, CENTRAL SQUARE - DAY 143
ANAKIN and PADMÉ cross the square, reaching the middle. They stop
suddenly as FOUR GEONOSIANS grabs them. ANAKIN reaches for his lightsaber.
PADMÉ
Wait!
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TWENTY WINGED GEONOSIANS carrying
weapons alight on the flagstones in front of them.
The GEONOSIANS part, and COUNT DOOKU
appears. He bows courteously.
COUNT DOOKU
Senator Amidala, I've heard so much about you.
PADMÉ
Count Dooku, I assume.
COUNT DOOKU
I'm delighted to meet you at last. We have a great deal to
discuss, Senator. I hope you can keep your young Jedi under control.
PADMÉ
Don't worry he's housebroken.
144 INT. CONFERENCE ROOM (GEONOSIS) - DAY 144
COUNT DOOKU sits at a large conference table with PADMÉ on the
far side. ANAKIN stands behind her with FOUR GEONOSIANS GUARDS standing behind
him. JANGO FETT stands behind COUNT DOOKU, and SIX GEONOSIAN GUARDS stand
behind him.
PADMÉ
You are holding a Jedi Knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi. I am formally
requesting you turn him over to me, now.
COUNT DOOKU
He has been convicted of espionage, Senator, and will be
executed. In just a few hours, I believe.
COUNT DOOKU smiles.
PADMÉ
He is an officer of the Republic. You can't do that.
COUNT DOOKU
We don't recognise the Republic here, Senator. But if Naboo
were to join our Alliance, I could easily hear your plea for clemency.
ANAKIN grabs his lightsaber but doesn't turn it on.
PADMÉ
And if I don't join your rebellion, I assume this Jedi with me
will also die?
144 CONTINUED: 144
COUNT DOOKU
I don't wish to make you to join our cause against your will,
Senator, but you are a rational, honest representative of your people and I
assume you want to do what's in their best interest. Aren't you fed up with the
corruption, the bureaucrats, the hypocrisy of it all?.. Aren't you? Be honest,
Senator.
PADMÉ
The ideals are still alive, Count, even if the institution is
failing.
COUNT DOOKU
You believe in the same ideals we believe in! The same ideals
we are striving to make prominent.
PADMÉ
If what you say is true, you should stay in the Republic and
help Chancellor Palpatine put things right.
COUNT DOOKU
The Chancellor means well, M'Lady, but he is incompetent. He
has promised to cut the bureaucracy, but the bureaucrats are stronger than
ever, no? Senator, the Republic cannot be fixed. It is time to start over. The
democratic process in the Republic is a sham, a shell game played on the
voters. It will not be long before the cult of greed, called the Republic, will
lose even the pretext of democracy and freedom.
PADMÉ
I cannot believe that. I will not forsake all I have honoured
and worked for and betray the Republic. I know of your treaties with the Trade
Federation, the Commerce Guilds, and the others, Count. What is happening here
is not government that has been bought out by business... it's business
becoming government!
COUNT DOOKU
Are you willing to betray your Jedi friends? Without your
co-operation I can do nothing to stop their execution.
PADMÉ
What is to happen to me? Am I to be executed also?
144 CONTINUED: (2) 144
DOOKU
I wouldn't think of such an offence. But, there are individuals
who have a strong interest in your demise, M'Lady. It has nothing to do with
politics, I'm afraid. It's purely personal, and they have already paid great
sums to have you assassinated. I'm sure they will push hard to have you
included in the executions. I'm sorry but if you are not going to co-operate, I
must turn you over to the Geonosians for justice. I've done all I can for you.
JANGO FETT moves over to ANAKIN.
JANGO FETT
I'll take that weapon.
ANAKIN hesitates.
COUNT DOOKU
You may cause a lot of bloodshed, my young Jedi, but you will
not escape.
PADMÉ
Anakin...
ANAKIN hands his lightsaber over to JANGO FETT.
145 INT. GEONOSIS, HIGH AUDIENCE CHAMBER - DAY 145
ANAKIN and PADMÉ are standing in the centre of what looks like a
courtroom. Seated before them in a tall, boxed-off area is POGGLE THE LESSER,
Archduke of Geonosis. He is accompanied by his underling, SUN RIT. Off to one
side the Separatist Senators PO NUDU, TESSEK, and TOONBUCK TOORA. Next to them
are the Commerce Dignitaries, SHU MAI, NUTE GUNRAY, PASSEL ARGENTE, WAT TAMBOR
and SAN HILL of the Intergalactic Bank Clan. Along the wall about a HUNDRED
GEONOSIANS wait for a verdict.
SUN RIT
You have been charged and found guilty of Espionage.
POGGLE
Do you have anything to say before your sentence is carried
out?
PADMÉ
You are committing an act of war, Archduke. I hope you are
prepared for the consequences.
POGGLE laughs. COUNT DOOKU simply smiles.
145 CONTINUED: 145
POGGLE
We build weapons, Senator... that is our business! Of course
we're prepared!
NUTE GUNRAY
Get on with it. Carry out the sentence. I want to see her
suffer.
POGGLE
Your other Jedi friend is waiting for you, Senator. Take them
to the arena!
FOUR GUARDS take hold of PADME and ANAKIN. They are escorted out
of the chamber to the sounds of chuckling.
146 INT. GEONOSIS TUNNEL TO EXECUTION ARENA - DAY 146
In the gloomy tunnel, ANAKIN and PADME are tossed into an open
cart. The murmur of a vast crowd is heard offscreen. GUARDS extend their arms
along the framework and tie them so that they stand facing each other.
The DRIVER gets up onto his seat.
ANAKIN
Don't be afraid.
PADMÉ
I'm not afraid to die. I've been dying a little bit each day
since you came back into my life.
ANAKIN
What are you talking about?
PADMÉ
I love you.
ANAKIN
You love me?! I thought we decided not to fall in love. That we
would be forced to live a lie. That it would destroy our lives...
PADMÉ
I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway. My love for
you is a puzzle, Annie, for which I have no answers. I can't control it... and
now I don't care. I truly, deeply love you, and before we die I want you to
know.
PADMÉ leans toward ANAKIN. By straining hard, it is just possible
for their lips to meet. They kiss.
ANAKIN
I have no desire to be cured of this love either. Long or
short, I vow to spend the rest of my life with you.
146 CONTINUED: 146
They kiss again.
The DRIVER cracks his whip over the ORRAY harnessed between the
shafts. The cart jerks forward. Suddenly, there is a HUGE ROAR and blinding
sunlight as they emerge into the arena
147 INT. GEONOSIS, EXECUTION ARENA - DAY 147
The great stadium is packed with tier upon tier of yelling
GEONOSIANS. The cart trundles to the center, where OBI-WAN is chained to one of
four upright posts that are three feet in diameter. The cart stops. PADMÉ and
ANAKIN are taken down, dragged to posts, and chained to them. PADMÉ is in the
center.
OBI-WAN
I was beginning to wonder if you had gotten my message.
ANAKIN
I retransmitted it as you requested, Master. Then we decided to
come and rescue you.
OBI-WAN
It looks like you're going a good job so far.
Their arms are pulled high above their heads, and the cart drives
away. There is another ROAR as POGGLE THE LESSER, COUNT DOOKU, NUTE GUNRAY, THE
FETTS and DIGNITARIES arrive in the archducal box and take their places.
SUN RIT
The felons before you have been convicted of espionage against
the Sovereign System of Geonosis. Their sentence of death is to be carried out
in this public arena henceforth.
The crowd ROARS and CHEERS. In the box, POGGLE THE LESSER rises.
The crowd becomes quiet.
POGGLE
Let the executions begin!
The crowd goes wild.
ANAKIN
I have a bad feeling about this.
From different gates around the arena, THREE MONSTERS are driven
in. One is a REEK (bull-like), one is a NEXU (lion-like), and one is an ACKLAY
(a kind of dino-lobster). They are driven in by PICADORS carrying long spears
and riding ORRAYS. The PICADORS poke the MONSTERS toward the center, then
retire to the perimeter.
The MONSTERS toss their heads, looking around, ROARING or
SCREECHING. Then they catch sight of the THREE CAPTIVES and start moving toward
them.
OBI-WAN
Take the one the left. I'll take the one on the right.
ANAKIN
What about Padmé?
PADMÉ has turned around and is pulling herself up by the chain to
the top of the post. Within a moment, she is standing on top of it, trying to
pull the chain free.
OBI-WAN
It looks like she's already on top of things.
The REEK charges ANAKIN. He jumps up, and the beast hits the post
hard. ANAKIN lands onto its back, wrapping part of his chain around its horn.
The REEK backs off, shaking its head angrily, which tears the chain from the
post
OBI-WAN ducks around the post as the ACKLAY charges. It knocks
the post flat, sending OBI-WAN sprawling. The ACKLAY crunches the post between
its claws, freeing the chain. OBI-WAN leaps up and runs towards ONE of the
PICADORS. The ACKLAY taks off after him.
The NEXU arrives at PADMÉ'S post and rears on its hind legs. On
top, PADMÉ struggles to tear the chain free. The NEXU ROARS, displaying wicked,
dripping fangs.
In the archducal box, NUTE GUNRAY beams and rubs his hands.
In the arena, OBI-WAN runs at the PICADOR. The ORRAY rears up.
OBI-WAN grabs the PICADOR's long spear and pole vaults over him. The chasing
ACKLAY smashes into the ORRAY. It goes down. The PICADOR tumbles onto the sand,
where he is grabbed by the ACKLAY and crunched.
ANAKIN's REEK starts to buck. It charges around the arena with
ANAKIN hanging on for dear life. He whirls the free length of chain around his
head and casts it into the REEK's mouth. Its jaws clamp hard on the chain.
ANAKIN yanks hard on the chain, turning the REEK, beginning to ride it.
The NEXU's claws dig deep into the post. The cat-like creature
reaches the top of the post and takes a swipe at PADMÉ. She turns and the claw
barely catches her shirt ripping it off, leaving superficial claw marks across
her back. She hits the creature with her chain and it backs off down the pole.
Then, PADMÉ jumps off the post into the air. She swings around on the chain and
whacks the beast hard on the head with both her feet. It tumbles back onto the
sand.
In the archducal box:
NUTE GUNRAY
Foul!! She can't do that... shoot her or something!
In the arena, OBI-WAN runs out from behind the fallen ORRAY and
throws the spear at the ACKLAY, hitting it in the neck. It lets out a terrible
SCREECH and turns on him. The NEXU springs up and makes to leap up at PADMÉ
again. She finally manages to work the chain loose. ANAKIN comes charging up on
the REEK.
147 CONTINUED: (2) 147
ANAKIN
You okay?
PADMÉ
(nods, gasping)
Sure! Well, sort of.
ANAKIN
Jump!!!
The NEXU springs. PADMÉ leaps from the top of the post to land on
the REEK in front of ANAKIN. He hauls her upright. The REEK charges away,
around the arena. The NEXU bounds after it. The REEK passes the wounded ACKLAY.
The NEXU smells the blood and turns aside to attack the ACKLAY. The TWO
MONSTERS fight. The crowd GROANS and BOOS.
In the archducal box, NUTE GUNRAY turns angrily to COUNT DOOKU.
NUTE GUNRAY
This isn't how it's supposed to be! Jango, finish her off.
COUNT DOOKU motions for the bounty hunter to stay put. BOBA FETT
is enjoying the spectacle.
COUNT DOOKU
(smiling enigmatically)
Patience, Viceroy... she will die. Maybe this is the way it's
supposed to end.
OBI-WAN runs and jumps on the back of the REEK behind ANAKIN.
Across the arena, the NEXU, having chewed up the ACKLAY, starts to advance
toward them.
148 INT. COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY 148
ARTOO BEEPS
C-3PO
Yes, it has been rather a long time. Do you suppose something's
happened to them?
ARTOO BEEPS and WHISTLES.
C-3PO
(continuing)
Danger? Oh no, I shouldn't think so. It looks a very dull
planet to me. They should be back shortly. Just stop worrying, Artoo.
149 EXT. GEONOSIS, EXECUTION ARENA - DAY 149
In the archducal box, amid the uproar, COUNT DOOKU feels a tap on
his shoulder. He turns to see MACE WINDU standing behind him. COUNT DOOKU masks
his surprise elegantly as he surveys the arena and sees JEDI KNIGHTS standing
at every entrance and exit.
149 CONTINUED: 149
COUNT DOOKU
Master Windu, how pleasant of you to join us. You're just in
time for the moment of truth. I would think these two new boys of yours could
use a little more training.
MACE WINDU
Sorry to disappoint you, Dooku. This party's over.
MACE WINDU signals, and at stategic places around the arena there
are sudden flashes of light as about ONE HUNDRED JEDI switch on their
lightsabers. The crowd is suddenly silent. COUNT DOOKU'S lips curl in slight
amusement.
COUNT DOOKU
(to Mace Windu)
Brave, but stupid, my old Jedi friend. You're impossibly
outnumbered.
MACE WINDU
I don't think so. One Jedi has to be worth a hundred
Geonosians.
COUNT DOOKU looks around the great theater. His smile grows.
COUNT DOOKU
It wasn't the Geonosians I was thinking about. How well do you
think one Jedi will hold up against a thousand battle droids?
COUNT DOOKU signals. THOUSANDS OF DROIDS start to pour into all
parts of the arena.
MACE WINDU draws his lightsaber, JANGO FETT draws his guns and
fires at MACE WINDU, who deflects the shots. JANGO FETT and MACE WINDU jump
into the arena, where they fight. BOBA FETT wacthes his Dad and the Jedi Master
fight. The battle begins. GEONOSIANS fly away everywhere. DROIDS fire at JEDI,
who deflect the bolts and cut down the DROIDS. The GEONOSIAN TROOPS fire ray
guns that are more difficult for the JEDI to deflect.
The REEK and the NEXU are spooked by the battle. The REEK bucks
the riders off its back and stampedes around the arena, trampling DROIDS and
JEDI that have moved into its path. PADMÉ picks up a discarded pistol and joins
the fight. SEVERAL JEDI run to the center of the arena and toss lightsabers to
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN.
Among the crowd, JEDI cut down swaths of GEONOSIANS and DROIDS.
On the sand, JEDI fight, attacking DROIDS. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN swing their
lightsabers, cutting DROIDS in half. PADMÉ blasts away at DROIDS and
GEONOSIANS.
150 INT. COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP 150
ARTOO whistles.
150 CONTINUED: 150
C-3PO
I don't hear anything.
(Artoo beeps)
You're scaring me! Stop imagining things!
151 EXT. GEONOSIS, EXECUTION ARENA - DAY 151
Among the tiers, JEDI are slowly being driven back. They have
killed heaps of GEONOSIANS and have knocked out piles of DROIDS, but sheer
numbers are telling. Individual JEDI are being cut down or blasted. The rest
are retreating into the arena.
ANAKIN and PADMÉ are back-to-back, fighting DROIDS and flying
GEONOSIANS. MACE WINDU fights fiercely with JANGO FETT. Finally, the bounty
hunter falls. His helmet goes flying, bouncing down the steps, tumbling and
rolling, kicked here and there by random feet. The bounty hunter's body falls
to the ground.
MACE WINDU runs to the center of the arena and fights
back-to-back with OBI-WAN, as they swipe and mangle DROIDS.
OBI-WAN
Someone's got to - shut down - these droids.
MACE WINDU
Don't worry! It's being - taken care of!
152 EXT. GEONOSIS, FEDERATION STARSHIP - DAY 152
KI-ADI-MUNDI leads a raiding party of about TWENTY JEDI through
the lines of parked Battle Starships. They cut a swath through masses of DROIDS
until they arrive at the Command Starship. Some JEDI fall. The rest cut their
way up the ramps and into the Command Ship.
153 INT. COMMAND FEDERATION STARSHIP, CORRIDORS - DAY 153
KI-ADI-MUNDI and the surviving JEDI fight their way through the
corridors of the Command Ship, deflecting laser bolts, slicing DROIDS.
154 INT. COMMAND FEDERATION STARSHIP, CONTROL BRIDGE - DAY 154
THEY burst onto the bridge and chop down the COMMAND DROIDS. The
NEIMOIDIANS flee in all directions. KI-ADI-MUNDI leans over the control panel.
He locates the illuminated master switch and punches down on it. It goes dark.
Instantly, all the DROIDS on the Starship and all the DROIDS in the arena
FREEZE!
There is a moment of stunned silence, then the JEDI CHEER. On the
bridge, PLO KOON claps KI-ADI-MUNDI on the back.
PLO KOON
We've done it! Now we have a chance!
154 CONTINUED: 154
Suddenly, there is a harsh BEEPING SOUND. All the DROIDS on the
Starship and all the DROIDS in the arena start fighting again! KI-ADI-MUNDI
stares in disbelief and dismay.
KI-ADI-MUNDI
The system's off but they're still active. That's a new
feature. They are independent of the control system.
155 EXT. GEONOSIS, EXECUTION ARENA - DAY 155
MACE WINDU, OBI-WAN, ANAKIN, PADMÉ and an exhausted group of
about TWENTY JEDI stand in the center of the arena surrounded by a ring of
BATTLE DROIDS. The bloodied sand around them is strewn with the bodies of DEAD
GEONOSIANS, SHATTERED DROIDS and JEDI.
At the foot of some steps, BOBA FETT finds his father's battered
helmet. He picks it up.
KI-ADI-MUNDI and the SURVIVORS from the raiding party are herded
into the arena by SUPERDROIDS. From the encircling tiers above, THOUSANDS OF
BATTLE DROIDS level their weapons menacingly.
In the archducal box, COUNT DOOKU lifts his hand. The DROIDS
lower their weapons. The COUNT calls out to the JEDI.
COUNT DOOKU
Master Windu!
Silence.
COUNT DOOKU
(continuing)
You have fought gallantly. Worthy of recognition in the history
archives of the Jedi Order. Now it is finished.
(pauses briefly)
Surrender - and your lives will be spared.
MACE WINDU
We will not be hostages for you to barter with, Dooku.
COUNT DOOKU
Then, I'm sorry, old friend. You will have to be destroyed.
The DROIDS raise their weapons. ANAKIN and PADMÉ clasps hands
tightly. COUNT DOOKU raises his hand to give the order to fire. PADMÉ looks up
suddenly and whispers to ANAKIN.
PADMÉ
Look!
Above, six Gunships are descending fast through the open area in
the arena ceiling. They land in a cluster around the handful of JEDI. CLONE
TROOPERS spill out and start firing at the DROIDS. There is a hellstorm of
laserfire that bounces off the laser shields created by the Gunships. YODA
appears at the door of one of the Gunships.
155 CONTINUED: 155
YODA
Come on - hurry! Hurry!
The SURVIVING JEDI dash to the Gunships and scramble in. MACE
WINDU hangs on tight as the Gunship, firing all its weapons, rises out of the
arena up and over the topmost rim.
156 EXT. GEONOSIS, TERRAIN OUTSIDE EXECUTION ARENA - DAY 156
The massed lines of parked Federation Starships and the DROIDS
surrounding the arena, are themselves surrounded by thousands of Republic
Starships, disgorging TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CLONE TROOPERS. Beyond, more
Republic Starships are landing and spewing out troops.
157 INT. GUNSHIP NUMBER ONE - DAY 157
MACE WINDU stares at the incredible sight.
YODA
More battalions to the left. Encircle them we must, then
divide.
The CLONE TROOPERS open fire with artillery. EXPLOSIONS wreck the
parked Battle Starships. CLONE TROOPERS advance, firing at the massed DROIDS.
FIGHTER DROIDS fly overhead, exchanging fire with the Gunships and JEDI
fighters.
158 INT. COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY 158
THREEPIO and ARTOO see flashes outside of the ship, exploding
everywhere.
C-3PO
I'm sure I heard something, this time. Didn't you? It's
probably just a celebration
ARTOO lets out an EXHAUSTED BLEEP.
159 EXT. BATTLEFIELD, GEONOSIS LANDSCAPE - DAY 159
Gunship #2 skims the battlefield, firing down, deflecting
answering fire from the droids.
160 INT. GUNSHIP NUMBER TWO - DAY 160
OBI-WAN, ANAKIN and PADMÉ are at the open sides of the Gunship.
CLONES fire down at the DROIDS below.
The Gunship slows, circling over a droid gun-emplacement. It
blasts it, but suddenly the Gunship is rocked by a near miss. It lurches
violently.
OBI-WAN
Hold on! Look over there...
160 CONTINUED: 160
Through the other side of the Gunship, they see a Geonosian
Speeder racing past. In the open cockpit is the unmistakable figure of COUNT
DOOKU.
ANAKIN
It's Dooku, go after him!
The PILOT starts to comply, but... there is a HUGE BLASTS, the
ship lurches on its side, and PADMÉ tumbles out.
ANAKIN
(continuing)
Padmé!!!
ANAKIN stares down in horror as PADMÉ hits thr ground below.
ANAKIN
(continuing; to pilot)
Put the ship down! Down!
OBI-WAN
No! Forget her. We have to go after Dooku.
ANAKIN
No we're not!! Land this ship!
OBI-WAN
Don't let your personal feelings get in the way. We've got a
job to do.
Below, PADMÉ hauls herself to her feet and waves for them to go
after DOOKU.
ANAKIN
I don't care!.. Go back.
OBI-WAN
Anakin! She's all right! Look.
ANAKIN stares out to see PADMÉ rescued by CLONE TROOPERS.
OBI-WAN
(continuing)
Follow that speeder!
On the ground, PADMÉ looks up at Gunship #2 as it speeds away
after Count Dooku. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN follow the speeder to a Geonosian tower.
The speeder descends rapidly; the Gunship follows.
Count Dooku's speeder parks outside the tower; the Gunship parks
next to it. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN leap down and run inside the tower.
161 INT. GEONOSIS, SECRET HANGER TOWER - LATE DAY 161
COUNT DOOKU throws switches on a control panel. His Interstellar
Sail Ship is guarded by a SQUAD OF SUPER BATTLE DROIDS. The doors of the
exit-port slide open.
DROID CAPTAIN
Your Excellency!
161 CONTINUED: 161
COUNT DOOKU turns as OBI-WAN and ANAKIN run in through the hanger
doors. They draw their lightsabers. The DROIDS raise their weapons.
COUNT DOOKU
That won't be necessary, Captain. Stand down. And leave them to
me.
The DROIDS lower their weapons and back off to the walls. COUNT
DOOKU looks at OBI-WAN and ANAKIN with slight amusement.
OBI-WAN
(to Anakin)
We move in together - you slowly on the...
ANAKIN
I'm taking him now!
OBI-WAN
Anakin, no!
ANAKIN
You'll pay for all the Jedi you've killed today, Dooku.
ANAKIN charges across the open space at COUNT DOOKU, who smiles
faintly, watching him come. ANAKIN raises his lightsaber. At the last moment,
COUNT DOOKU thrusts out an arm, and ANAKIN is lifted up, hurled across the
room, and slammed into the opposite wall. He slumps to the foot of the wall,
semi-conscious. COUNT DOOKU moves toward OBI-WAN.
COUNT DOOKU
Kenobi, isn't it? As you can see, my Jedi powers are far beyond
yours. Now, back down.
OBI-WAN
I don't think so.
OBI-WAN lifts his lightsaber. COUNT DOOKU smiles.
COUNT DOOKU
Ah, but if I must.
COUNT DOOKU draws his lightsaber. He and OBI-WAN start to circle
each other.
COUNT DOOKU
(continuing)
I have spent the last ten years learning to use the power of
the Dark Side. It gives me infinitely greater power.
OBI-WAN
You will have to prove it.
OBI-WAN comes in fast, swinging at COUNT DOOKU'S head. DOOKU
parries the cut easily. As they fight, it quickly becomes clear that DOOKU is
the complete swordsman - elegant, graceful, classical - a master of the old
style.
161 CONTINUED: 161
COUNT DOOKU
Grand Master Kenobi, you disappoint me. Yoda holds you in such
high esteem.
COUNT DOOKU parried another cut.
COUNT DOOKU
(continuing)
Surely you can do better...?
(parries)
No, I'm surprised. Has Jedi swordsmanship degenerated so
quickly, or are you trying to make fun of me?
(cuts)
Which is it?
COUNT DOOKU thrusts. OBI-WAN steps back quickly, panting for
breath.
COUNT DOOKU
(continuing)
Come, come, Master Kenobi. Put me out of my misery.
OBI-WAN takes a deep breath, gets a fresh grip on his lightsaber
and comes in again. For a moment, he drives COUNT DOOKU back. Then Dooku's
superior skill begins to tell again, and he forces OBI-WAN to retreat.
COUNT DOOKU increases the tempo of his attack. OBI-WAN is pushed
to the limit to defend himself. DOOKU presses. His lightsaber flashes.
OBI-WAN is wounded in the shoulder, then the thigh. He stumbles
back against the wall, trips, and falls. His lightsaber goes skittering across
the floor.
COUNT DOOKU raises his lightsaber. OBI-WAN looks up helplessly.
Dooku's lightsaber flashes down and CLASHES against - Anakin's lightsaber!
COUNT DOOKU and ANAKIN stare eyeball to eyeball.
COUNT DOOKU
(continuing)
That's brave of you, boy - but foolish. I would have thought
you'd have learnt your lesson.
ANAKIN
I'm a slow learner.
And ANAKIN charges at COUNT DOOKU. The force of his attack
catches the Count slightly off balance. Anakin's lightsaber flashes. COUNT
DOOKU draws back, putting a hand to his arm. He takes the hand away and looks
at the smear of blood where Anakin has nicked him.
COUNT DOOKU
You have unusual powers, young Padawan. But not enough to save
you this time.
161 CONTINUED: (2) 161
ANAKIN
Don't bet on it!
OBI-WAN
Anakin!
OBI-WAN uses the Force to catch his lightsaber and he tosses it
to ANAKIN. With TWO LIGHTSABERS, ANAKIN attacks. COUNT DOOKU parries and
ripostes. It's no contest. ANAKIN is driven back against the wall. He loses one
lightsaber. Finally COUNT DOOKU, in one flashing move, sends Anakin's arm, cut
at the elbow, flying still gripping his lightsaber. ANAKIN drops to the ground
in agony. COUNT DOOKU draws himself up to deliver the coup de grace.
Suddenly, the great doors slide open. The DROIDS turn fast,
raising their weapons. Through the thick smoke, emerges the heroic figure of
YODA. He stops on the smoke-filled threashold, FOUR DROIDS lined up on either
side of him, guns pointed.
Before the DROIDS can get off a shot, YODA raises his hand, and
the DROIDS are flung against the far walls and crash to the floor in heaps of
smoking metal.
Silence. COUNT DOOKU steps away from ANAKIN to face the Jedi
Grand Master. His lightsaber whirls in a formal salute.
COUNT DOOKU
Master Yoda. At last we shall know who is the most powerful.
YODA draws a miniature lightsaber out of his cane. He salutes
formally.
YODA
Count Dooku. No interest in contests, do I have.
COUNT DOOKU charges across the space at YODA. He rains down blows
upon the tiny figure. YODA doesn't budge an inch. For the first part of the
contest, he parries every cut and thrust that Dooku aims. Nothing the great
swordsman tries gets through. His energy drains. His strokes become feebler,
slower.
YODA attacks! He flies forward. COUNT DOOKU is forced to retreat.
Words are insufficient to describe the range and skill of Yoda's speed and
swordplay. His lightsaber is a humming blur of light.
Count Dooku's lightsaber is sent cartwheeling from his hand. He
staggers back, gasping and spent, against the control panel. YODA jumps onto
DOOKU'S shoulders, and is about to drive the lightsaber into the top of the
Count's head.
YODA
(continuing)
The end for you, Count, this is.
COUNT DOOKU
...Not yet...
COUNT DOOKU raises his arms and knocks YODA off his shoulders and
then, with all his might, he uses the Force to pull on one of the cranes in the
hanger. It comes crashing down on OBI-WAN and ANAKIN. But in the blink of and
eye, YODA is under the crane, holding it up, using the Force. YODA closes his
eyes and concentrates.
161 CONTINUED 161
ANAKIN is unconscious, and OBI-WAN tries to get out from under
the crane. The fallen crane trembles and starts to life. Behind it, the sound
of the Sail Ship's engines are heard starting up.
YODA concentrates harder. Slowly, the crane rises. The SOUND OF
THE ENGINES increases. YODA exerts every scrap of his powers. The crane lifts
clear of ANAKIN and is thrown to the ground. DOOKU'S Sail Ship takes off.
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN struggle to the exhausted YODA, but it's too late. The Sail
Ship rises into the air and flies away. PADMÉ and a CLONE CAPTAIN with about
TEN TROOPERS appear in the doorway.
PADMÉ
Anakin!
PADMÉ runs too him and throws her arms around him. ANAKIN is
barely able to stand up. The CLONE CAPTAIN marches up to YODA, stops, and
salutes smartly.
CLONE CAPTAIN
Resistance is at an end, General. What are your orders?
YODA looks at him and sighs.
162 EXT. CORUSCANT, OLD TOWN - DAWN 162
COUNT DOOKU'S Interstellar Sail Ship glides through a deserted,
burned-out part of Coruscant. COUNT DOOKU maneuvers the ship into one of the
empty buildings and lands.
163 INT. CORUSCANT, SECRET LANDING PLATFORM - DAWN 163
The ramp lowers. COUNT DOOKU emerges and walks to where the hooded
figure of DARTH SIDIOUS stands waiting. COUNT DOOKU bows.
COUNT DOOKU
The Force is with us, my Master.
DARTH SIDIOUS
Welcome home, Lord Tyranus. You have done well.
COUNT DOOKU
I bring you good news, my Lord. The war has begun.
DARTH SIDIOUS
Excellent.
(smiling)
Everything is going as planned.
164 EXT. CORUSCANT, JEDI TEMPLE - SUNSET 164
The beautiful temple basks in the red glow of the setting sun.
165 INT. JEDI TEMPLE, COUNCIL CHAMBER - SUNSET 165
MACE WINDU
Where is your apprentice?
OBI-WAN
On his way back to Naboo. He is escorting Senator Amidala home.
They are standing, looking out through the tall windows at the
great plaza below. YODA sits in his chair.
OBI-WAN
(continuing)
I must admit without the clones, it would not have been a
victory.
YODA
Victory? Victory, you say?
OBI-WAN turns and looks at the sad little Jedi sitting in the
Council Chamber. Apart from KI-ADI-MUNDI and PLO KOON, who is wounded, the
Chamber is empty.
YODA
(continuing)
Not victory, a defeat, it was... Master Obi-Wan. Begun, the
Clone War has!
166 EXT. NABOO LAKE RETREAT, LODGE, GARDEN - LATE DAY 166
In a rose-covered arbor overlooking the sparkling lake, ANAKIN
and PADMÉ stand before a NABOO HOLY MAN.
THREEPIO and ARTOO stand by, watching, as the HOLY MAN blesses
the happy couple and, amid gently falling rose petals, ANAKIN and PADME kiss.
167 EXT. CORUSCANT, MILITARY STAGING AREA, BALCONY - LATE DAY 167
PALPATINE, JAR JAR, BAIL ORGANA and the OTHER SENATORS, with TWO
ROYAL GUARDS, stand looking down at the square below.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CLONE TROOPS are drawn up in a strict
formation or move forwards in near files to climb the ramps of the Military
Assault Ships.
On the balcony, PALPATINE's expression is deeply sad. Everyone
watches somberly as, in the square, loaded Assault Ships take off. Other land
immediately in their place. The sky above is thick with transports. CLONE
TROOPS march and board the Ships.
The Great Clone War has begun...
FADE OUT:
THE END
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