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Episode II 20th anniversary: Script re-write Pt 5
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<blockquote data-quote="Wald" data-source="post: 554046" data-attributes="member: 13359"><p>Continuation.</p><p>Main changes:</p><p>No silliness, the Obi-Wan/Jango fight is reduced to a teaser (build up for the later action), Anakin is more impatient when talking with Watto, no showy-offy asteroid chase, Dooku's full speech reinstated (sans "cartoon" characters talking) etc.</p><p>Enjoy.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">INTERIOR: TIPOCA CITY, CORRIDOR - DAY</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">OBI-WAN enters cautiously from outside. Ahead, the corridor</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">is deserted. He moves down it.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">INTERIOR: TIPOCA CITY, CORRIDOR OUTSIDE FETT APARTMENT -</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">DAY</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">OBI-WAN arrives at the door to JANGO FETT'S apartment. He</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">reaches up and runs his fingers along the door, locating</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">the locks. The door slides open.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">INTERIOR: TIPOCA CITY, FETT APARTMENT - DAY</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">OBI-WAN walks in to find the room in complete disorder. The</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">bedroom door is wide open - clear signs of hurried</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">departure. All of the FETTS' personal belongings are gone.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">OBI-WAN goes to an ultra-thin computer screen. He punches</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">up AN ONSCREEN PICTURE of JANGO FETT and BOBA FETT</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">unhitching the lines securing their ship on the landing</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">platform. JANGO FETT is wearing his armor and rocket pack.</span></p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: TIPOCA CITY, KAMINO LANDING PLATFORM (RAINSTORM)</p><p>- DAY</p><p></p><p>JANGO FETT'S ship, SLAVE I, rests on the landing platform.</p><p>JANGO and BOBA FETT are preparing to board. OBI-WAN rushes</p><p>through the tower door and runs toward the ship.</p><p></p><p>BOBA FETT: Dad!! Look!</p><p></p><p>JANGO FETT turns to see OBI-WAN charging out of the tower</p><p>toward him.<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s> As he runs, OBI-WAN draws his lightsaber from</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>his belt. It flashes on.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT draws his gun and fires at the charging JEDI.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN deflects the blast and swings at JANGO FETT.</s></span></p><p></p><p>JANGO FETT: Boba, get on board.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">OBI-WAN draws his lightsaber from his belt. It flashes on.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">JANGO FETT draws his gun and fires at the charging JEDI.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">OBI-WAN deflects the blast and swings at JANGO FETT.</span></p><p></p><p>The bounty hunter rockets up and over OBI-WAN, landing on</p><p>the top of a nearby tower.<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s> JANGO FETT fires down at OBI</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>WAN. The JEDI deflects the shots back, but JANGO FETT</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>evades them. Then he fires an explosive sending OBI-WAN</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>diving out of the way.</s></span></p><p></p><p>IN THE COCKPIT of JANGO FETT'S ship, BOBA FETT <span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">settles into the pilot's seat. He </span>grabs the</p><p>controls of a laser gun and swings it to aim at OBI-WAN<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>,</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>and fires</s></span>.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>JANGO FETT fires a missile from his jetpack at OBI-WAN.</u></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>His lightsaber skids across the wet surface of the landing</u></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>platform. BOBA FETT fires the laser gun.</u></span></p><p></p><p>The explosion of the ship's laser blasts throws OBI-WAN to</p><p>the ground.<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s> His lightsaber skids across the wet surface of</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>the landing platform. </s></span><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">JANGO FETT drops from the tower</span><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>landing in front of OBI-WAN. OBI-WAN rises and charges</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>toward JANGO</s></span><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>IN THE COCKPIT, BOBA FETT watches as:</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OUTSIDE, OBI-WAN and JANGO FETT grapple and fight,</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>punching, kicking, grabbing hold, and throwing each other</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>around. OBI-WAN grabs JANGO FETT tightly, and JANGO FETT</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>rockets up into the air and kicks OBI-WAN loose. OBI-WAN</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>crashes to the deck and slides toward the edge. He grapples</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>desperately for a handhold on the slick surface. OBI-WAN</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>reaches out for his lightsaber, using the Force to bring it</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>to him, but JANGO fires a thin wire from his wristpack. It</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>wraps around OBI-WAN'S wrists before he can retrieve the</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>lightsaber.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO rockets into the air, dragging OBI-WAN behind him</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>along the platform surface. As OBI-WAN slides toward some</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>columns he manages to maneuver himself into a roll avoiding</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>a collision by leveraging the wire against the structure</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>and pulling himself to his feet. OBI-WAN pulls with all his</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>weight against the momentum of the wire, causing JANGO to</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>drop and crash into the ground. JANGO'S rocketpack breaks</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>free from his back and explodes.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Still connected by the wire, OBI-WAN charges at JANGO</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>kicking him over the platform edge. JANGO slides pulling</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN with him. Locked together, OBI-WAN and JANGO FETT</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>plummet down toward the raging ocean. At the last moment,</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT sees the edge and digs his forearm claws into</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>the surface. OBI-WAN slides past him as JANGO finally</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>ejects the wire free from his wrist. OBI-WAN cannot stop</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>the speed of his slide and shoots off the edge, falling... </s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN uses the Force and causes the wire to wrap around a</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>pole, stopping his descent. He swings and drops onto a</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>SMALL SERVICE PLATFORM just above the waves. He hauls</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>himself to his feet. When JANGO looks down, the Jedi has</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>disappeared. JANGO uses his forearm claws to climb back to</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>the landing platform and runs toward his ship.</s></span></p><p></p><p>IN THE COCKPIT, BOBA FETT <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>settles into the pilot's seat. He</s></span></p><p>punches buttons. The engines ROAR.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN comes running out onto the landing platform and</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>spots his lightsaber laying on the ground. This time, he</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>retrieves it successfully and turns it on just as JANGO'S</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>ship engines roar. Realizing the ship is about to take off,</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN takes a small tracking device from his belt and</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>throws in onto the hull of the ship.</s></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>OBI-WAN rises as JANGO enters his ship, bumping his head </u></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>on the closing door. OBI-WAN retrieves his lightsaber and </u></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>turns it on. Realizing the ship is about to take off, OBI-WAN </u></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>takes a small tracking device from his belt and throws in </u></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>onto the hull of the ship.</u></span></p><p></p><p>JANGO FETT'S ship lifts off from the platform and heads up</p><p>into the lowering sky. It disappears. Lightning flashes.</p><p>Rain lashes the tower and streams across the surface of the</p><p>platform where OBI-WAN stands, watching.</p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: SPACE</p><p></p><p>The Naboo Starship heads toward the desert planet of</p><p>Tatooine.</p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, MOS ESPA STREETS AND WATTO'S SHIP - DAY</p><p></p><p>The Naboo Starship lands in a large parking lot of</p><p>Spaceships on the outskirts of Mos Espa. ANAKIN and PADMÉ</p><p>ride a rickshaw through the streets. ANAKIN stares at</p><p>sights he hasn't seen for years. Finally, they come to</p><p>Watto's shop, and the rickshaw stops.</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: (to the droid driver) Wait <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>right there</u></span><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>, please</s></span>.</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN and PADMÉ get down. Sitting on a stool in front of</p><p>the shop is WATTO. He is using a small electronic</p><p>screwdriver on a fiddly DROID. THREE PIT DROIDS are</p><p>chattering away and are trying to help him, but they seem</p><p>only to make him madder.</p><p></p><p>WATTO: (yelling, in Huttese) <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>No, not that one - </s></span>that one!</p><p>[<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>No chuba da wanga, </s></span>da wanga.]</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: (arriving) <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Excuse me</s></span> <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>How's it going</u></span>, Watto. [Chut, chut, Watto.]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>WATTO: (in Huttese) What? [Ke Booda?]</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>ANAKIN: (in Huttese) I said excuse me. [Di nova, 'Chut,</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>chut.']</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>WATTO turns to the chattering PIT DROIDS.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>WATTO: (in Huttese) Shut down. [Go ana bopa!]</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>The PIT DROIDS snap into their storage position.</s></span></p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: Let me help you with that. [Ding mi chasa hopa.]</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN takes the fiddly piece of equipment and starts to</p><p>play with it. WATTO blinks in surprise.</p><p></p><p>WATTO: (continuing, in Huttese) What?<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s> I don't know you...</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>What can I do for you? You look like a Jedi. Whatever it</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>is... I didn't do it. </s></span>[Ke booda?<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s> Yo baan pee hota. No wega</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>mi condorta. Kin chasa du Jedi. No bata tu tu.</s></span>]</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>WATTO drops the screwdriver and curses loudly in Huttese</s></span></p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>I'm looking for </s></span><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>Where is</u></span> Shmi Skywalker<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>.</s></span><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>?</u></span> [Mi boska di Shmi</p><p>Skywalker.]</p><p></p><p>WATTO looks at him suspiciously. He stares at PADMÉ, then</p><p>back to ANAKIN.</p><p></p><p>WATTO: Annie?? Little Annie?? Naaah!!</p><p></p><p>Suddenly, the fiddly piece of equipment in Anakin's hands</p><p>WHIRS into life. WATTO blinks at it.</p><p></p><p>WATTO: (continuing; in English) You are Annie! It is you!</p><p>Ya sure sprouted! Weehoo! A Jedi! Waddya know?<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s> Hey, maybe</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>you couldda help wit some deadbeats who owe me a lot of</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>money...</s></span></p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: My mother...</p><p></p><p>WATTO: Oh, yeah. Shmi... she's not mine no more. I sold</p><p>her.</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: Sold her...</p><p></p><p>WATTO: Years ago. Sorry, Annie, but you know, business is</p><p>business. Sold her to a moisture farmer named Lars. Least I</p><p>think it was Lars. Believe it or not, I heard he freed her</p><p>and married her. Can ya beat that?</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: Do you know where they are <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>now</u></span>?</p><p></p><p>WATTO: Long way from here... someplace over on the other</p><p>side of Mos Eisley, I think...</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: I'd like to know.</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN'S grim look means business; WATTO gets the hint</p><p>quickly.</p><p></p><p>WATTO: Yeah... sure... absolutely. Let's go look in my</p><p>records.</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN and WATTO go into the shop.</p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: SPACE, GEONOSIS</p><p></p><p>The red planet of Geonosis is circled by a large asteroid</p><p>field that forms rings. JANGO FETT'S ship appears, heading</p><p>toward it. <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN'S Starfighter, attached to the</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>hyperspace transport ring, appears in space. The</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Starfighter disengages from the ring and follows JANGO</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>FETT'S ship.</s></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">INTERIOR: COCKPIT, FETT SHIP, SPACE, GEONOSIS</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">JANGO FETT grins at BOBA FETT.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">JANGO FETT: Nearly there, son.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>INSIDE THE COCKPIT, a small blip shows up on the ship's</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>scan screen.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT: Dad! I think we're being tracked... Look at the</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>scan screen! Isn't that a cloaking shadow?</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT checks the scan screen and reveals a small</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>tracking device on the outer hull.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT: He must have put a homing device on our hull</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>during the fight... We'll fix it! Hang on, son! We'll move</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>into the asteroid field. He won't be able to follow us</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>there. If he does, we'll leave him a couple of surprises.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>He pushes some buttons and the spot where the device was</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>disappears. JANGO FETT guides his ship into the asteroid</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>field. OBI-WAN stops his ship.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN: That's interesting, Arfour. They seem to have</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>discovered the tracker. Shut down... Shape scan their last</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>coordinates.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT pilots his ship through the asteroids.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT: He's gone.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT: He must have gone on toward the surface.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA sees OBI-WAN on the screen.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT: Look, Dad! He's back!</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT: Hang on!</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>He releases a charge which drifts toward OBI-WAN. As the</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>charge approaches OBI-WAN'S Starfighter, ARFOUR beeps.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN: Whoa! Sonic charges... Stand by.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO'S goes into a power-climb to avoid an asteroid.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT: Dad! Watch out!</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT: Stay calm, son. We'll be fine. That Jedi won't</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>be able to follow us through this.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN'S ship dives into the asteroid belt after them.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT: There he is!</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT: He doesn't seem to be able to take a hint.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO flies down a narrow tunnel in one of the larger</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>asteroids.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT: Watch out!</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN passes over the asteroid and JANGO emerges, chasing</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>after him.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT: Get him, Dad! Get him! Fire!</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT fires lasers at the Jedi Starfighter.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>EXTERIOR: SPACE, GEONOSIS</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>The ships flip, roll, and turn at incredible speed,</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>dodging, weaving and firing. They tumble from near misses. </s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN: Oh, blast! This is why I hate flying.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Bits fly off OBI-WAN'S fighter as one of JANGO'S missiles</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>gets through.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>In JANGO FETT'S COCKPIT, JANGO continues to bombard the</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Jedi Starfighter with laser fire. One bold strikes OBI</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>WAN'S ship causing a small explosion.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT: You got him!</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT: We'll just have to finish him.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT pushes buttons to open an outer hull door and</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>releases a guided aerial torpedo. The torpedo closely</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>follows OBI-WAN'S Starfighter.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>IN OBI-WAN'S COCKPIT, his skill is pushed to the limit as</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>he throws the ship from side to side, avoiding great rocks</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>and the torpedo. Then a huge asteroid tumbles across his</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>path. There seems no way he can avoid it.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN: Arfour, prepare to jettison the spare parts</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>canisters. Release them now!</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>IN JANGO'S COCKPIT, they see a huge explosion as OBI-WAN'S</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>ship appears to smash into the asteroid.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT: Got him! Yeahhhhh!</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>JANGO FETT: We won't see him again.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>BOBA FETT laughs. </s></span>JANGO FETT'S ship <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>emerges from the</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>asteroid belt and </s></span>heads down toward the planet<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s> of Geonosis</s></span>.</p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: SPACE, GEONOSIS<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s> RINGS</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>A huge chunk of rock tumbles slowly through the asteroid</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>belt. CAMERA CLOSES, to discover OBI-WAN'S Starship hidden</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>in a blasted-out area on the pitted back side of the great</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>rock.</s></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">OBI-WAN'S Starfighter, attached to the hyperspace </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">transport ring, appears in space.</span></p><p></p><p>INTERIOR: COCKPIT, JEDI FIGHTER, SPACE<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>, GEONOSIS RINGS</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN'S ship is sitting on an asteroid.</s></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>ARFOUR BEEPS.</u></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">OBI-WAN: </span><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Well, Arfour, </s></span><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">I think we've waited long enough...</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">Follow his last known trajectory.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">EXTERIOR: SPACE, GEONOSIS</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">The Starfighter disengages from the ring.</span></p><p></p><p>OBI-WAN'S fighter <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>moves out from the back side of the</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>asteroid and </s></span>heads <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>away from the asteroid field, descending</s></span></p><p>toward Geonosis. OBI-WAN looks out toward Geonosis and sees</p><p>in the distance a large fleet of Trade Federation ships</p><p>hidden among the asteroids.</p><p></p><p>OBI-WAN: There's an unusual concentration of Federation</p><p>ships over there, Arfour.<span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"> We'd better stay clear.</span></p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, LANDING AREA - NIGHT</p><p></p><p>OBI-WAN'S ship skims across the top of a small mesa along</p><p>the edge of a rocky ridge. He maneuvers under a rock</p><p>overhang and lands. He gets out of the Fighter and walks</p><p>onto the mesa. The wind whips at him. He looks around.</p><p></p><p>Geonosis is a red rock planet, featureless apart from</p><p>buttes and mesas, and occasional tall stalagmites that</p><p>stand out dramatically on the arid plains.</p><p></p><p>The night is quiet, except for an occasional WEIRD CRY.</p><p>OBI-WAN checks his bearings, then heads away.</p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, BLUFF OVERLOOKING HOMESTEAD - LATE DAY</p><p></p><p>The Naboo Starship descends, hovers, and land on a bluff.</p><p>ANAKIN and PADMÉ get out. They look down from the edge of</p><p>the bluff to where the homestead is seen on the desert</p><p>floor below.</p><p></p><p>PADMÉ: Stay with the ship, Artoo.</p><p></p><p>ARTOO WHISTLES as ANAKIN and PADMÉ start down the trail</p><p>toward the homestead.</p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD MOISTURE FARM - LATE</p><p>DAY</p><p></p><p>C-3PO is working outside the homestead. He looks up as</p><p>ANAKIN and PADMÉ arrive.</p><p></p><p>C-3PO: Oh, <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>Um, uh,</u></span> hello. <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>How might I be of service? </s></span>A am See...</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: Threepio?</p><p></p><p>C-3PO: Oh, <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>my... Oh, </s></span>um-- <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>my</s></span> <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>The</u></span> maker! <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>Oh,</u></span> Master Anakin! I knew you</p><p>would return, I knew <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>you would</s></span> <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>it</u></span>! And <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>this must be </s></span>Miss</p><p>Padmé. <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>Oh, my.</u></span></p><p></p><p>PADMÉ: Hello, Threepio.</p><p></p><p>C-3PO: <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Oh,</s></span> <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>Bless</u></span> my circuits! I'm so pleased to see you both!</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: I've come to see my mother.</p><p></p><p>C-3PO: <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>I think... </s></span><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>Oh. Um,</u></span> I think<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>...</s></span> Perhaps we'd better go</p><p>indoors.</p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, COURTYARD - LATE DAY</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN, PADMÉ and THREEPIO arrive in the courtyard.</p><p>THREEPIO shuffles ahead.</p><p></p><p>C-3PO: Master <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Cliegg</s></span> <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>Owen</u></span>, <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Master Lars! </s></span>Might I present two</p><p><span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>most</u></span> important visitors?</p><p></p><p>OWEN LARS and BERU WHITESUN come out into the courtyard.</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: I'm Anakin Skywalker.</p><p></p><p>OWEN: Owen Lars. This is my girlfriend, Beru.</p><p></p><p>BERU: Hello.</p><p></p><p>PADMÉ: I'm Padmé.</p><p></p><p>OWEN: <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>I guess I'm your stepbrother. </s></span>I had a feeling you</p><p>might show up some day.</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: Is my mother here?</p><p></p><p>CLIEGG: No, she's not.</p><p></p><p>CLIEGG LARS swings from the house on a small floating</p><p>chair. One of his legs is heavily bandaged; the other is</p><p>missing. He balances awkwardly and puts out a hand.</p><p></p><p>CLIEGG: Cliegg Lars. Shmi is my wife... <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Come on</s></span> <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>We should go</u></span> inside. We</p><p>have a lot to talk about...</p><p></p><p>INTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, KITCHEN - LATE DAY</p><p></p><p>BERU puts several steaming cups of ardees on a tray and</p><p>exits the kitchen...</p><p></p><p>CLIEGG: (O.S.) It was just before dawn. They came out of</p><p>nowhere. A hunting party of Tusken Raiders.</p><p></p><p>INTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, DINING AREA - LATE DAY</p><p></p><p>CLIEGG, OWEN, PADMÉ and ANAKIN sit around the table, BERU</p><p>brings the drinks in from the kitchen.</p><p></p><p>CLIEGG: Your mother had gone out early, like she always</p><p>did, to pick mushrooms that grow on the vaporators. From</p><p>the tracks, she was about halfway home when they took her.</p><p>Those Tuskens walk like men, but they're vicious, mindless</p><p>monsters. Thirty of us went out after her. Four of us came</p><p>back. <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>I'd be with them, only... after I lost my leg </s></span>I just</p><p>couldn't ride any more... until I heal.</p><p></p><p>CLIEGG grimaces, easing his throbbing leg.</p><p></p><p>CLIEGG: <span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">This isn't the way I wanted to meet you, son. This</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">isn't how your mother and I planned it. </span>I don't want to</p><p>give up on her, but she's been gone a month. There's little</p><p>hope she's lasted this long.</p><p></p><p>Silence. Then ANAKIN stands up.</p><p></p><p>OWEN: Where are you going?</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: To find my mother.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>PADMÉ: No, Annie!</s></span></p><p></p><p>CLIEGG: Your mother's dead, son. Accept it.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>ANAKIN: I can feel her pain, and I will find her.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OWEN: Take my speeder bike.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>ANAKIN: I know she's alive.</s></span></p><p></p><p>ANAKIN turns abruptly.</p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, MOISTURE FARM - LATE DAY</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN stands looking across the desert. PADMÉ comes</p><p>running out of the homestead after him. ANAKIN turns to</p><p>PADMÉ.</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: You are going to have to stay here. These are good</p><p>people, Padmé. You'll be safe.</p><p></p><p>PADMÉ: Anakin...</p><p></p><p>PADMÉ hugs him. ANAKIN walks over to OWEN'S speeder bike,</p><p>which is standing close by.</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN: I won't be long.</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN swings onto the bike. The engine fires. He takes off</p><p>across the desert. PADMÉ watches him go.</p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, LANDSCAPE - SUNSET</p><p></p><p>THREE DIFFERENT SHOTS. ANAKIN rides through three exotic</p><p>landscapes.</p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DESERT, JAWA CAMP - TWILIGHT</p><p></p><p>ANAKIN stands in the middle of a crowd of JAWAS. He asks</p><p>them for directions. The JAWAS confer excitedly, then the</p><p>CHIEF JAWA points in a particular direction. ANAKIN gets on</p><p>the bike and speeds off to where the JAWA pointed.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DUNE SEA, CAMPFIRE - TWILIGHT</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>ANAKIN rides over a large dune toward a small flickering</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>light in the distance.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>He rides up and stops the bike in front of a campfire.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>There are bodies of THREE DEAD FARMERS lying beside the</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>campfire. TWO EOPIES are tethered nearby, along with a</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>burned and smoking speeder.</s></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD (FULL MOON) - NIGHT</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">The lights of the vaporators blink in the night sky.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">Somewhere close by, a night animal HOWLS.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, COURTYARD (FULL MOON) -</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">NIGHT</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">PADMÉ is pacing the courtyard restlessly. She stops,</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">listening to the animal HOWLING nearby. She shivers</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">slightly, then turns and goes into the garage at the side</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">of the courtyard.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">INTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD - GARAGE (FULL MOON) - NIGHT</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">PADMÉ enters the garage where C-3PO sits working.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">C-3PO: Hello, Miss Padmé.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">PADMÉ: Hello, Threepio.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">C-3PO: You can't sleep?</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">PADMÉ: No, I have too many things on my mind, I guess.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">C-3PO: Are you worried about your work in the Senate?</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">PADMÉ: No, I'm just concerned about Anakin. I said</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">things... I'm afraid I may have hurt him. I don't know.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">Maybe I only hurt myself. For the first time in my life,</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">I'm confused.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">C-3PO: I'm not sure it will make you feel any better Miss</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">Padmé, but I don't think there's been a time in my life</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">when I haven't been confused.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">PADMÉ: I want him to know I care about him. I do care about</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">him.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">C-3PO: Don't worry about Master Annie. He can take care of</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">himself. Even in this awful place.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, ROCK FACE TRAIL - NIGHT</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN climbs a steep, narrow trail. Suddenly, a CRY is</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>heard close by. OBI-WAN stumbles slightly. His foot slips</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>on the edge, sending a stream of pebbles skittering into</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>the darkness.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN listens. Silence. He draws his lightsaber but does</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>not ignite it.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>He sets off again and works his way around a narrow corner,</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>to confront a crouching MASSIFF (a dog-sized lizard) with</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>slavering fangs! The beast leaps at him, and OBI-WAN</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>ignites his lightsaber as the MASSIFF knocks him on his</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>back. Its jaws open wide. OBI-WAN stabs the creature,</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>throws it off of him, and jumps up.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>A SECOND MASSIFF jumps from behind. OBI-WAN swings around</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>and cuts it in half. The MASSIFF flies over the cliff,</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>HOWLING. It plummets to its death hundreds of feet below.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, ROCK FACE TRAIL - NIGHT</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN arrives at the head of the trail. Far below, a flat</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>plain stretches into the distance. He stops, peering into</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>the darkness, where strange shapes loom indistinctly.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>OBI-WAN takes a pair of electronic binoculars from his belt</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>and puts them to his eyes. He sees a cluster of great</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>towers like fantastic stalagmites rise from the plain</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>below.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>SLOW PAN with the binoculars, and suddenly a line of Battle</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Starships come into view. OBI-WAN touches the viewfinder.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Between fifty and a hundred Federation Starships are in</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>neat rows. Some are on platforms that are carrying the</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Starships down to an underground facility. Other platforms</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>are rising to the surface. They carry THOUSANDS of BATTLE</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>DROIDS that step off and file into waiting ships. A fully</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>loaded Starship takes off. OBI-WAN swings the binoculars</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>upward, to see more Trade Federation Starships.</s></span></p><p></p><p>EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, TOWER ENTRANCE - DAWN</p><p></p><p>Light grows on the clustering tower of fantastic</p><p>stalagmites. OBI-WAN sneaks up to the main one. He climbs</p><p>up the side of the tower to a small window-like opening.</p><p>OBI-WAN looks around quickly, then sneaks inside.</p><p></p><p>INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CORRIDORS - MORNING</p><p></p><p>OBI-WAN makes his way along a narrow, pillared corridor. He</p><p>comes to what looks like a large open well or vent shaft.</p><p>He looks down and sees a huge underground facility below.</p><p>In one area, machines are constructing BATTLE DROIDS. In</p><p>another area, completed DROIDS are moving along a conveyor</p><p>belt. GEONOSIS WORKERS, with no wings, drone away at the</p><p>assembly line.</p><p></p><p>INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CENTRAL SQUARE - MORNING</p><p></p><p>OBI-WAN arrives at a vast expanse in the stalagmite</p><p>interior. Immense pillars, soaring Gaudi-Gothic arches,</p><p>vaulted roofs. The huge space is deserted - completely</p><p>silent.</p><p></p><p>OBI-WAN starts to cross the square. Suddenly he hears</p><p>voices.</p><p></p><p>He darts behind a pillar as POGGLE THE LESSER (Archduke of</p><p>Geonosis), his aide, SUN FAC, COUNT DOOKU and NUTE GUNRAY</p><p>approach, closely followed by PASSEL ARGENTE and WAT</p><p>TAMBOR. COUNT DOOKU is tall, elderly, and saturnine, with</p><p>beautiful manners. OBI-WAN flattens himself against the</p><p>pillar as they pass by.</p><p></p><p>COUNT DOOKU: <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Now, </s></span>we must persuade the Commerce Guild and</p><p>the Corporate Alliance to sign the treaty.</p><p></p><p>NUTE GUNRAY: What about the Senator from Naboo? Is she dead</p><p>yet? I'm not signing your treaty until I have her head<span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>!</u></span> <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>on</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>my desk.</s></span></p><p></p><p>COUNT DOOKU: I am a man of my word, Viceroy.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>POGGLE</s></span> <span style="color: rgb(97, 189, 109)"><u>WAT TAMBOR</u></span>: With these new Battle Droids we've built for you,</p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Viceroy, </s></span>you'll have the finest army in the galaxy.</p><p></p><p>They move out of earshot. OBI-WAN peers around the pillar</p><p>to see them going through an archway on the far side of the</p><p>courtyard. There is a flight of stairs beside it.</p><p></p><p>OBI-WAN arrives at the stairs. He sneaks up them, to arrive</p><p>at a narrow gothic archway. He looks down through it.</p><p></p><p>INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY</p><p></p><p>POGGLE THE LESSER and his TWO AIDES are at one end of a</p><p>large round conference table.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">COUNT DOOKU: Now is the time, my friends. This is the</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">moment when you have to decide between the Republic or the</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">Confederacy of Independent Systems.</span></p><p></p><p>COUNT DOOKU is at the head of the table. JANGO FETT stands</p><p>behind his chair.</p><p></p><p>In addition to the original group, there are also THREE</p><p>OPPOSITION SENATORS: PO NUDO, TESSEK and TOONBUCK TOORA,</p><p>and a COMMERCE GUILD DIGNITARY; SHU MAI and a MEMBER of the</p><p>INTERGALACTIC BANK CLAN, SAN HILL.</p><p></p><p>COUNT DOOKU: As I explained to you earlier, I'm quite</p><p>convinced that ten thousand more systems will rally to our</p><p>cause with your support, gentlemen. <span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">And let me remind you</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">of our absolute commitment to capitalism... of the lower</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">taxes, the reduced tariffs, and the eventual abolition of</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">all trade barriers. Signing this treaty will bring you</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">profits beyond your wildest imagination. What we are</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(84, 172, 210)">proposing is completely free trade. (looks at Nute)</span> Our</p><p>friends in the Trade Federation have pledged their support.</p><p>When their Battle Droids are combined with yours, we shall</p><p>have an army greater than anything in the galaxy, The Jedi</p><p>will be overwhelmed. The Republic will agree to any demands</p><p>me make.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>PASSEL ARGENTE, the Corporate Alliance Representative.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>PASSEL ARGENTE: I am authorized by the Corporate Alliance</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>to sign the treaty.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>COUNT DOOKU: We are most grateful for your cooperation,</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>Chairman.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>SHU MAI, the Commerce Guild Representative.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>SHU MAI: The Commerce Guilds do not at this time wish to</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>become openly involved, But we shall support you in secret</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>- and look forward to doing business with you.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>There are chuckles around the table. COUNT DOOKU smiles.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>COUNT DOOKU: That is all we ask.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>SAN HILL, the banker.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>SAN HILL: The Intergalactic Banking Clan will support you</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>wholeheartedly, but only in a non-exclusive arrangement.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>WAT TAMBOR, the Techno Union representative.</s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s></s></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><s>WAT TAMBOR: The Techno Unions are at your disposal, Count.</s></span></p><p></p><p>INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, STAIRS - DAY</p><p></p><p>OBI-WAN pulls back from the archway.</p><p></p><p> TBC...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wald, post: 554046, member: 13359"] Continuation. Main changes: No silliness, the Obi-Wan/Jango fight is reduced to a teaser (build up for the later action), Anakin is more impatient when talking with Watto, no showy-offy asteroid chase, Dooku's full speech reinstated (sans "cartoon" characters talking) etc. Enjoy.;) [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]INTERIOR: TIPOCA CITY, CORRIDOR - DAY OBI-WAN enters cautiously from outside. Ahead, the corridor is deserted. He moves down it. INTERIOR: TIPOCA CITY, CORRIDOR OUTSIDE FETT APARTMENT - DAY OBI-WAN arrives at the door to JANGO FETT'S apartment. He reaches up and runs his fingers along the door, locating the locks. The door slides open. INTERIOR: TIPOCA CITY, FETT APARTMENT - DAY 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 on the landing platform. JANGO FETT is wearing his armor and rocket pack.[/COLOR] EXTERIOR: TIPOCA CITY, KAMINO LANDING PLATFORM (RAINSTORM) - DAY JANGO FETT'S ship, SLAVE I, rests on the landing platform. JANGO and BOBA FETT are preparing to board. OBI-WAN rushes through the tower door and runs toward the ship. BOBA FETT: Dad!! Look! JANGO FETT turns to see OBI-WAN charging out of the tower toward him.[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S] 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.[/S][/COLOR] JANGO FETT: Boba, get on board. [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]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.[/COLOR] The bounty hunter rockets up and over OBI-WAN, landing on the top of a nearby tower.[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S] JANGO FETT fires down at OBI WAN. The JEDI deflects the shots back, but JANGO FETT evades them. Then he fires an explosive sending OBI-WAN diving out of the way.[/S][/COLOR] IN THE COCKPIT of JANGO FETT'S ship, BOBA FETT [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]settles into the pilot's seat. He [/COLOR]grabs the controls of a laser gun and swings it to aim at OBI-WAN[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S], and fires[/S][/COLOR]. [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]JANGO FETT fires a missile from his jetpack at OBI-WAN. His lightsaber skids across the wet surface of the landing platform. BOBA FETT fires the laser gun.[/U][/COLOR] The explosion of the ship's laser blasts throws OBI-WAN to the ground.[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S] His lightsaber skids across the wet surface of the landing platform. [/S][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]JANGO FETT drops from the tower[/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S] landing in front of OBI-WAN. OBI-WAN rises and charges toward JANGO[/S][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)].[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]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. OBI-WAN reaches out for his lightsaber, using the Force to bring it to him, but JANGO fires a thin wire from his wristpack. It wraps around OBI-WAN'S wrists before he can retrieve the lightsaber. JANGO rockets into the air, dragging OBI-WAN behind him along the platform surface. As OBI-WAN slides toward some columns he manages to maneuver himself into a roll avoiding a collision by leveraging the wire against the structure and pulling himself to his feet. OBI-WAN pulls with all his weight against the momentum of the wire, causing JANGO to drop and crash into the ground. JANGO'S rocketpack breaks free from his back and explodes. Still connected by the wire, OBI-WAN charges at JANGO kicking him over the platform edge. JANGO slides pulling OBI-WAN with him. Locked together, OBI-WAN and JANGO FETT plummet down toward the raging ocean. At the last moment, JANGO FETT sees the edge and digs his forearm claws into the surface. OBI-WAN slides past him as JANGO finally ejects the wire free from his wrist. OBI-WAN cannot stop the speed of his slide and shoots off the edge, falling... OBI-WAN uses the Force and causes the wire to wrap around a pole, stopping his descent. He swings and drops onto a SMALL SERVICE PLATFORM just above the waves. He hauls himself to his feet. When JANGO looks down, the Jedi has disappeared. JANGO uses his forearm claws to climb back to the landing platform and runs toward his ship.[/S][/COLOR] IN THE COCKPIT, BOBA FETT [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]settles into the pilot's seat. He[/S][/COLOR] punches buttons. The engines ROAR. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]OBI-WAN comes running out onto the landing platform and spots his lightsaber laying on the ground. This time, he retrieves it successfully and turns it on just as JANGO'S ship engines roar. Realizing the ship is about to take off, OBI-WAN takes a small tracking device from his belt and throws in onto the hull of the ship.[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]OBI-WAN rises as JANGO enters his ship, bumping his head on the closing door. OBI-WAN retrieves his lightsaber and turns it on. Realizing the ship is about to take off, OBI-WAN takes a small tracking device from his belt and throws in onto the hull of the ship.[/U][/COLOR] 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 where OBI-WAN stands, watching. EXTERIOR: SPACE The Naboo Starship heads toward the desert planet of Tatooine. EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, MOS ESPA STREETS AND WATTO'S SHIP - DAY 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 [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]right there[/U][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S], please[/S][/COLOR]. 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) [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]No, not that one - [/S][/COLOR]that one! [[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]No chuba da wanga, [/S][/COLOR]da wanga.] ANAKIN: (arriving) [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]Excuse me[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]How's it going[/U][/COLOR], Watto. [Chut, chut, Watto.] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]WATTO: (in Huttese) What? [Ke Booda?] ANAKIN: (in Huttese) I said excuse me. [Di nova, 'Chut, chut.'] WATTO turns to the chattering PIT DROIDS. WATTO: (in Huttese) Shut down. [Go ana bopa!] The PIT DROIDS snap into their storage position.[/S][/COLOR] ANAKIN: Let me help you with that. [Ding mi chasa hopa.] ANAKIN takes the fiddly piece of equipment and starts to play with it. WATTO blinks in surprise. WATTO: (continuing, in Huttese) What?[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S] I don't know you... What can I do for you? You look like a Jedi. Whatever it is... I didn't do it. [/S][/COLOR][Ke booda?[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S] Yo baan pee hota. No wega mi condorta. Kin chasa du Jedi. No bata tu tu.[/S][/COLOR]] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]WATTO drops the screwdriver and curses loudly in Huttese[/S][/COLOR] ANAKIN: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]I'm looking for [/S][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]Where is[/U][/COLOR] Shmi Skywalker[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S].[/S][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]?[/U][/COLOR] [Mi boska di Shmi Skywalker.] WATTO looks at him suspiciously. He stares at PADMÉ, then back to ANAKIN. WATTO: Annie?? Little Annie?? Naaah!! 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! Ya sure sprouted! Weehoo! A Jedi! Waddya know?[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S] Hey, maybe you couldda help wit some deadbeats who owe me a lot of money...[/S][/COLOR] 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. 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 [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]now[/U][/COLOR]? 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. EXTERIOR: SPACE, GEONOSIS The red planet of Geonosis is circled by a large asteroid field that forms rings. JANGO FETT'S ship appears, heading toward it. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]OBI-WAN'S Starfighter, attached to the hyperspace transport ring, appears in space. The Starfighter disengages from the ring and follows JANGO FETT'S ship.[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]INTERIOR: COCKPIT, FETT SHIP, SPACE, GEONOSIS JANGO FETT grins at BOBA FETT. JANGO FETT: Nearly there, son.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]INSIDE THE COCKPIT, a small blip shows up on the ship's scan screen. BOBA FETT: Dad! I think we're being tracked... Look at the scan screen! Isn't that a cloaking shadow? BOBA FETT checks the scan screen and reveals a small tracking device on the outer hull. JANGO FETT: He must have put a homing device on our hull during the fight... We'll fix it! Hang on, son! We'll move into the asteroid field. He won't be able to follow us there. If he does, we'll leave him a couple of surprises. He pushes some buttons and the spot where the device was disappears. JANGO FETT guides his ship into the asteroid field. OBI-WAN stops his ship. OBI-WAN: That's interesting, Arfour. They seem to have discovered the tracker. Shut down... Shape scan their last coordinates. JANGO FETT pilots his ship through the asteroids. BOBA FETT: He's gone. JANGO FETT: He must have gone on toward the surface. BOBA sees OBI-WAN on the screen. BOBA FETT: Look, Dad! He's back! JANGO FETT: Hang on! He releases a charge which drifts toward OBI-WAN. As the charge approaches OBI-WAN'S Starfighter, ARFOUR beeps. OBI-WAN: Whoa! Sonic charges... Stand by. JANGO'S goes into a power-climb to avoid an asteroid. 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. OBI-WAN'S ship dives into the asteroid belt after them. BOBA FETT: There he is! JANGO FETT: He doesn't seem to be able to take a hint. JANGO flies down a narrow tunnel in one of the larger asteroids. BOBA FETT: Watch out! OBI-WAN passes over the asteroid and JANGO emerges, chasing after him. BOBA FETT: Get him, Dad! Get him! Fire! JANGO FETT fires lasers at the Jedi Starfighter. EXTERIOR: SPACE, GEONOSIS The ships flip, roll, and turn at incredible speed, dodging, weaving and firing. They tumble from near misses. OBI-WAN: Oh, blast! This is why I hate flying. Bits fly off OBI-WAN'S fighter as one of JANGO'S missiles gets through. In JANGO FETT'S COCKPIT, JANGO continues to bombard the Jedi Starfighter with laser fire. One bold strikes OBI WAN'S ship causing a small explosion. BOBA FETT: You got him! JANGO FETT: We'll just have to finish him. JANGO FETT pushes buttons to open an outer hull door and releases a guided aerial torpedo. The torpedo closely follows OBI-WAN'S Starfighter. IN OBI-WAN'S COCKPIT, his skill is pushed to the limit as he throws the ship from side to side, avoiding great rocks and the torpedo. Then a huge asteroid tumbles across his path. There seems no way he can avoid it. OBI-WAN: Arfour, prepare to jettison the spare parts canisters. Release them now! IN JANGO'S COCKPIT, they see a 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. [/S][/COLOR]JANGO FETT'S ship [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]emerges from the asteroid belt and [/S][/COLOR]heads down toward the planet[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S] of Geonosis[/S][/COLOR]. EXTERIOR: SPACE, GEONOSIS[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S] RINGS 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.[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]OBI-WAN'S Starfighter, attached to the hyperspace transport ring, appears in space.[/COLOR] INTERIOR: COCKPIT, JEDI FIGHTER, SPACE[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S], GEONOSIS RINGS OBI-WAN'S ship is sitting on an asteroid.[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]ARFOUR BEEPS.[/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]OBI-WAN: [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]Well, Arfour, [/S][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]I think we've waited long enough... Follow his last known trajectory. EXTERIOR: SPACE, GEONOSIS The Starfighter disengages from the ring.[/COLOR] OBI-WAN'S fighter [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]moves out from the back side of the asteroid and [/S][/COLOR]heads [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]away from the asteroid field, descending[/S][/COLOR] toward Geonosis. OBI-WAN looks out toward Geonosis and sees in the distance a large fleet of Trade Federation ships hidden among the asteroids. OBI-WAN: There's an unusual concentration of Federation ships over there, Arfour.[COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)] We'd better stay clear.[/COLOR] EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, LANDING AREA - NIGHT 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. EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, BLUFF OVERLOOKING HOMESTEAD - LATE DAY 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. PADMÉ: Stay with the ship, Artoo. ARTOO WHISTLES as ANAKIN and PADMÉ start down the trail toward the homestead. EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD MOISTURE FARM - LATE DAY C-3PO is working outside the homestead. He looks up as ANAKIN and PADMÉ arrive. C-3PO: Oh, [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]Um, uh,[/U][/COLOR] hello. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]How might I be of service? [/S][/COLOR]A am See... ANAKIN: Threepio? C-3PO: Oh, [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]my... Oh, [/S][/COLOR]um-- [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]my[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]The[/U][/COLOR] maker! [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]Oh,[/U][/COLOR] Master Anakin! I knew you would return, I knew [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]you would[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]it[/U][/COLOR]! And [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]this must be [/S][/COLOR]Miss Padmé. [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]Oh, my.[/U][/COLOR] PADMÉ: Hello, Threepio. C-3PO: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]Oh,[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]Bless[/U][/COLOR] my circuits! I'm so pleased to see you both! ANAKIN: I've come to see my mother. C-3PO: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]I think... [/S][/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]Oh. Um,[/U][/COLOR] I think[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]...[/S][/COLOR] Perhaps we'd better go indoors. EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, COURTYARD - LATE DAY ANAKIN, PADMÉ and THREEPIO arrive in the courtyard. THREEPIO shuffles ahead. C-3PO: Master [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]Cliegg[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]Owen[/U][/COLOR], [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]Master Lars! [/S][/COLOR]Might I present two [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]most[/U][/COLOR] important visitors? OWEN LARS and BERU WHITESUN come out into the courtyard. ANAKIN: I'm Anakin Skywalker. OWEN: Owen Lars. This is my girlfriend, Beru. BERU: Hello. PADMÉ: I'm Padmé. OWEN: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]I guess I'm your stepbrother. [/S][/COLOR]I had a feeling you might show up some day. 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: Cliegg Lars. Shmi is my wife... [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]Come on[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]We should go[/U][/COLOR] inside. We have a lot to talk about... INTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, KITCHEN - LATE DAY 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. INTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, DINING AREA - LATE DAY CLIEGG, OWEN, PADMÉ and ANAKIN sit around the table, BERU brings the drinks in from the kitchen. CLIEGG: Your mother had gone out early, like she always did, to pick mushrooms that grow on the vaporators. From the tracks, she was about halfway home 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. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]I'd be with them, only... after I lost my leg [/S][/COLOR]I just couldn't ride any more... until I heal. CLIEGG grimaces, easing his throbbing leg. CLIEGG: [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]This isn't the way I wanted to meet you, son. This isn't how your mother and I planned it. [/COLOR]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? ANAKIN: To find my mother. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]PADMÉ: No, Annie![/S][/COLOR] CLIEGG: Your mother's dead, son. Accept it. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]ANAKIN: I can feel her pain, and I will find her. OWEN: Take my speeder bike. ANAKIN: I know she's alive.[/S][/COLOR] ANAKIN turns abruptly. EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, MOISTURE FARM - LATE DAY ANAKIN stands looking across the desert. PADMÉ comes running out of the homestead after him. ANAKIN turns to PADMÉ. ANAKIN: You are going to have to stay here. These are good people, Padmé. You'll be safe. PADMÉ: Anakin... PADMÉ hugs him. ANAKIN walks over to OWEN'S speeder bike, which is standing close by. ANAKIN: I won't be long. ANAKIN swings onto the bike. The engine fires. He takes off across the desert. PADMÉ watches him go. EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, LANDSCAPE - SUNSET THREE DIFFERENT SHOTS. ANAKIN rides through three exotic landscapes. EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DESERT, JAWA CAMP - TWILIGHT ANAKIN stands in the middle of a crowd of JAWAS. He asks them for directions. The JAWAS confer excitedly, then the CHIEF JAWA points in a particular direction. ANAKIN gets on the bike and speeds off to where the JAWA pointed. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DUNE SEA, CAMPFIRE - TWILIGHT 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 tethered nearby, along with a burned and smoking speeder.[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD (FULL MOON) - NIGHT The lights of the vaporators blink in the night sky. Somewhere close by, a night animal HOWLS. EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, COURTYARD (FULL MOON) - NIGHT 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. INTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD - GARAGE (FULL MOON) - NIGHT PADMÉ enters the garage where C-3PO sits working. C-3PO: Hello, Miss Padmé. PADMÉ: Hello, Threepio. C-3PO: You can't sleep? PADMÉ: No, I have too many things on my mind, I guess. C-3PO: Are you worried about your work in the Senate? PADMÉ: No, I'm just concerned about Anakin. I said things... I'm afraid I may have hurt him. I don't know. Maybe I only hurt myself. For the first time in my life, I'm confused. C-3PO: I'm not sure it will make you feel any better Miss Padmé, but I don't think there's been a time in my life when I haven't been confused. PADMÉ: I want him to know I care about him. I do care about him. C-3PO: Don't worry about Master Annie. He can take care of himself. Even in this awful place.[/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, ROCK FACE TRAIL - NIGHT 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 pebbles 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. EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, ROCK FACE TRAIL - NIGHT 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 are in neat 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 waiting ships. A fully loaded Starship takes off. OBI-WAN swings the binoculars upward, to see more Trade Federation Starships.[/S][/COLOR] EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, TOWER ENTRANCE - DAWN 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. INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CORRIDORS - MORNING 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. INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CENTRAL SQUARE - MORNING 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 aide, SUN FAC, COUNT DOOKU and NUTE GUNRAY approach, closely followed by PASSEL ARGENTE and WAT TAMBOR. COUNT DOOKU is tall, elderly, and saturnine, with beautiful manners. OBI-WAN flattens himself against the pillar as they pass by. COUNT DOOKU: [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]Now, [/S][/COLOR]we must persuade the Commerce Guild and the Corporate Alliance to sign the treaty. NUTE GUNRAY: What about the Senator from Naboo? Is she dead yet? I'm not signing your treaty until I have her head[COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]![/U][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]on my desk.[/S][/COLOR] COUNT DOOKU: I am a man of my word, Viceroy. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]POGGLE[/S][/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(97, 189, 109)][U]WAT TAMBOR[/U][/COLOR]: With these new Battle Droids we've built for you, [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]Viceroy, [/S][/COLOR]you'll have the finest army in the galaxy. 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. INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY POGGLE THE LESSER and his TWO AIDES are at one end of a large round conference table. [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]COUNT DOOKU: Now is the time, my friends. This is the moment when you have to decide between the Republic or the Confederacy of Independent Systems.[/COLOR] 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. COUNT DOOKU: As I explained to you earlier, I'm quite convinced that ten thousand more systems will rally to our cause with your support, gentlemen. [COLOR=rgb(84, 172, 210)]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. What we are proposing is completely free trade. (looks at Nute)[/COLOR] Our friends in the Trade Federation have pledged their support. When their Battle Droids 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 me make. [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][S]PASSEL ARGENTE, the Corporate Alliance Representative. 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. 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. SAN HILL: The Intergalactic Banking Clan will support you wholeheartedly, but only in a non-exclusive arrangement. WAT TAMBOR, the Techno Union representative. WAT TAMBOR: The Techno Unions are at your disposal, Count.[/S][/COLOR] INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, STAIRS - DAY OBI-WAN pulls back from the archway. TBC... [/QUOTE]
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