Main changes:
The funeral scene starts in silence, exclusion of Jar Jar's hilarious
speech to the senate, exclusion of 3PO's involvement in the droid factory.
Enjoy.
EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, CLIFF (FULL MOON) - NIGHT
ANAKINpulls up near the edge of a cliff. He gets off the
bike and creeps to the edge. Helooks 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. ANAKIN drops off the
edge of the cliff to the camp below.
EXTERIOR: 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.
INTERIOR: TUSKEN RAIDER HUT - NIGHT
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.
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? 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: Annie? Annie? You look so handsome. My son... my
grown-up son. I'm so proud of you, Annie... so proud... I
missed you so much... 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: 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.
EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, TUSKEN RAIDER CAMP, OASIS - DAWN
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 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. He immediately kills the two
TUSKENS guarding the door of the hut, and makes his way
toward the others.
INTERIOR: JEDI TEMPLE, YODA'S QUARTERS - LATE AFTERNOON
YODA meditates and suddenly hears a familiar voice, as if
from a great distance. It is the voice of QUI-GON JINN,
filled with alarm.
QUI-GON: (V.O.)No, Anakin! No! Don't! Anakin! No!
MACE WINDU enters the room and sits down. YODA opens his
eyes and looks to MACE.
MACE WINDU: What is it?
YODA:Pain. Suffering. Death, I feel. Something terrible
has happened.Young Skywalker is in pain. Terrible pain.
EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, LANDING AREA - DAY
OBI-WAN examines the transmitter dish and speaks with
ARFOUR.
OBI-WAN: The transmitter is working, but we're not
receiving a return signal. Coruscant's too far. Arfour, can
you boost the power?
ARFOUR beeps a reply.
OBI-WAN: We'll have to try something else.
OBI-WAN jumps into the cockpit.
OBI-WAN: Maybe we can contact Anakin on Naboo. It's much
closer. Anakin, Anakin, do you copy? This is Obi-Wan
Kenobi. Anakin? He's not on Naboo, Arfour. I'm going to try
and widen the search. I hope nothing's happened to him.
OBI-WAN sits in the Starfighter cockpit looking at a
display. A GEONOSIAM spies OBI-WAN and his Starfighter from
an overlooking cliff.
OBI-WAN: That's Anakin's tracking signal all right, but
it's coming from Tatooine. What in the blazes is he doing
there? I told him to stay on Naboo.
OBI-WAN exits the cockpit and jumps down to the ground. He
speaks to ARFOUR.
OBI-WAN:All right. We're all set. We haven't much time.
Anakin? Anakin, do you copy? This is Obi-Wan Kenobi.
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARFIGHTER - DAY
In the ship, ARTOO BEEPS as he receives the message.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) Record this message and take it to your
mistress, Padmé... and the Jedi Skywalker... "Anakin, my
long range transmitter has been knocked out. Retransmit
this message to Coruscant."
ARTOO dutifully listens to the desperate message. OBI-WAN'S
voice cuts out. ARTOO WHISTLES in dismay.
EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD, MOISTURE FARM -
MORNING
ANAKIN rides the speeder bike toward the homestead. SHMI'S
body is tied to it. OWEN, followed by BERU and PADMÉ, comes
out of the homestead to meet ANAKIN. THREEPIO follows.
CLIEGG hobbles out of the homestead on his hovering chair.
ANAKIN arrives. They run to him as he steps away from the
bike, carrying SHMI. He stops, face-to-face with CLIEGG.
There is a brief pause. Then he carries SHMI into the
homestead.
INTERIOR: TATOOINE, MOISTURE FARM, KITCHEN - MORNING
PADMÉ prepares some food for ANAKIN. BERU helps her.
BERU: What's it like there?
PADMÉ: I'm sorry?
BERU: On Naboo... What's it like?
PADMÉ is completely preoccupied with her concern for
ANAKIN, but she does her best to reply.
PADMÉ: Oh - It's... very green. With lots of water. And
trees. Not like here at all.
She takes out a tray and starts to put food on it.
BERU: I think I like it here better.
PADMÉ: Maybe you'll come and see it one day.
BERU: I don't think so. I don't like to travel.
They finish preparing the tray.
PADMÉ: (smiles) Thanks, Beru.
She goes out.
INTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, GARAGE - DAY
PADMÉ comes in with a tray of food. ANAKIN is standing at a
workbench, repairing a part of the speeder bike.
PADMÉ: I brought you something. Are you hungry?
PADMÉ puts the tray down.
ANAKIN: The shifter broke. Life seems so much simpler when
you're fixing things. 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!
ANAKIN turns and walks away from the bench.
PADMÉ: Sometimes there are things no one can fix. You're
not all-powerful, Annie.
ANAKIN turns and walks away from the bench.
ANAKIN: (angry) Well, 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, Annie?
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: Not just the men, but the women and the children
too. They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like
animals... I hate them!
There is silence for a moment, then ANAKIN breaks down,
sobbing. PADMÉ takes him into her arms.
ANAKIN: 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.
EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, GRAVESITE - DAY
ANAKIN, PADMÉ, CLIEGG, OWEN, BERU, and THREEPIO are
standing around Shmi's grave. Two other headstones, one
smaller than the other, stand in the blazing suns.
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 pauseSilence. ANAKIN steps forward and kneels at his
mother's grave. He picks up a handful of sand.
ANAKIN: I wasn't strong enough to save you, Mom. I wasn't
strong enough. But I promise I won't fail again... (he
stands up) 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 that he is carrying a message from an Obi-
Wan Kenobi. Master Annie, does that name mean anything to
you?
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY
A rough hologram of OBI-WAN is projected in front of ANAKIN
and PADMÉ. They watch the flickering image.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) Anakin, my long range transmitter has been
knocked out. Retransmit this message to Coruscant.
PADMÉ turns and reaches over to a control board and pushes
a button to transmit the message.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) I have tracked the bounty hunter Jango Fett
to the droid foundries on Geonosis.
INTERIOR: JEDI COUNCIL ROOM - DAY
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) I have tracked the bounty hunter Jango Fett
to the droid foundries on Geonosis.
The members of the Jedi Council stand around a hologram of
OBI-WAN.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) The Trade Federation is to take taking
delivery of a droid army here and it is clear that Viceroy
Gunray...
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY
ANAKIN and PADMÉ continue to listen.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) ...is behind the assassination attempts on
Senator Amidala.
INTERIOR: JEDI COUNCIL ROOM - DAY
The Council members continue to listen to OBI-WAN.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) The Commerce Guilds and Corporate Alliance
have both pledged their armies to Count Dooku and are
forming an... Wait!... Wait!!
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY
ANAKIN and PADMÉ watch as OBI-WAN is attacked by Droidekas.
The hologram cuts off. ANAKIN jumps up, agitated.
INTERIOR: JEDI COUNCIL ROOM - DAY
The Council members also see the attack on OBI-WAN. YODA
looks to MACE WINDU.
YODA: More happening on Geonosis, I feel, than has been
revealed.
MACE WINDU: I agree. Anakin,
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - SUNSET
ANAKIN and PADMÉ watch a hologram of MACE WINDU.
MACE WINDU: (V.O.)Anakin, We will deal with Count Dooku.
The most important thing for you is to stay where you are.
Protect the Senator at all costs. That is your first
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 halfway 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.
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: ...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. THREEPIO and ARTOO
come forward from the back of the starship. THREEPIO straps
himself into a seat behind PADMÉ.
C-3PO: I'm not worried, Artoo. It's just I've never flown before.
EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, BLUFF OVERLOOKING HOMESTEAD - SUNSET
The Naboo Starship rises from the bluff and zooms away.
EXTERIOR: CORUSCANT, REPUBLIC EXECUTIVE BUILDING - DAY
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.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE - DAY
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.
BAIL ORGANA: We must stop them before they're ready.
JAR JAR: Exsueeze me, yousa honorable Supreme Chancellor,
Sir. Maybe dissen Jedi stoppen the rebel army.
PALPATINE: Master Yoda, how many Jedi are available to go
to Geonosis?
YODA: Throughout the galaxy, thousands of Jedi there are.
To send on a special mission, only two hundred are
available.
BAIL ORGANA: With all due respect for the Jedi Order, that
doesn't sound like enough.
YODA: Through negotiation the Jedi maintains peace. To
start a war, we do not intend.
ASK AAK: The debate is over! Now we need that clone army...
BAIL ORGANA: Unfortunately, the debate is not over. The
Senate will never approve the use of the clones before the
separatists attack.
MAS AMEDDA: This is a crisis! The Senate must vote the
Chancellor emergency powers! He could then approve the use
of the clones.
PALPATINE: But what Senator would have the courage to
propose such a radical amendment?
MAS AMEDDA: If only Senator Amidala were here.
JAR JAR steps forward from the back of the group.
JAR JAR: Mesa mosto Supreme Chancellor... Mesa gusto
pallos. Mesa proud to proposing the motion to give yousa
Honor emergency powers.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, PRISON CELL - DAY
COUNT DOOKU walks into the cell holding OBI-WAN. OBI-WAN is
suspended in a force field, turning slowly as blue electric
bolts restrain him. COUNT DOOKU circles OBI-WAN as they
talk.
OBI-WAN: Traitor!
COUNT DOOKU:Hello, Oh, no, my friend. This is a mistake. A
terrible mistake. They've gone too far. This is madness.
OBI-WAN: I thought you were the leader here, Dooku.
COUNT DOOKU: This had nothing to do with me, I assure you.
I promise you I will petition immediately to have you set
free.
OBI-WAN: Well, I hope it doesn't take too long. I have work
to do.
COUNT DOOKU: May I ask why a Jedi Knight is all the way out
here on Geonosis?
OBI-WAN: I've been tracking a bounty hunter named Jango
Fett. Do you know him?
COUNT DOOKU: There are no bounty hunters here that I'm
aware of. Geonosians don't trust them.
OBI-WAN: Well, who can blame them. But he is here, I can
assure you.
COUNT DOOKU: It's a great pity that our paths have never
crossed before, Obi-Wan. Qui-Gon always spoke very highly
of you. I wish he were still alive. I could use his help
right now.
OBI-WAN: Qui-Gon Jinn would never join you.
COUNT DOOKU: Don't be so sure, my young Jedi. You forget
that he was once my apprentice just as you were once his.
He knew all about the corruption in the Senate, but he
would never have gone along with it if he had known the
truth as I have.
OBI-WAN: The truth?
COUNT DOOKU: The truth. What if I told you that the
Republic was now under the control of the Dark Lords of the
Sith?
OBI-WAN: No, that's not possible. The Jedi would be aware
of it.
COUNT DOOKU: The dark side of the Force has clouded their
vision, my friend. Hundreds of Senators are now under the
influence of a Sith Lord called Darth Sidious.
OBI-WAN: I don't believe you.
COUNT DOOKU: The Viceroy of the Trade Federation was once
in league with this Darth Sidious. But he was betrayed ten
years ago by the Dark Lord. He came to me for help. He told
me everything. The Jedi Council would not believe him. I
tried many times to warn them but they wouldn't listen to
me. Once they sensed the Dark Lord's presence, it would
then be too late. You must join me, Obi-Wan, and together
we will destroy the Sith.
OBI-WAN: I will never join you, Dooku.
COUNT DOOKU turns to leave.
COUNT DOOKU: It may be difficult to secure your release.
EXTERIOR: CORUSCANT, SENATE BUILDING - EVENING
The massive Senate Building glistens in the evening darkness.
Senators are walking in and out of the building.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, MAIN SENATE CHAMBER, UPPER CORRIDOR -
EVENING
MACE WINDU walks down an upper corridor and meets YODA, who
is sitting on a ledge overlooking the Senate chamber.
Inside the great rotunda, the UPROAR is even louder.
Opposing SENATORS yell furiously at one another.
MAS AMEDDA: Order! Order!!
Finally, the uproar dies.
PALPATINE: In the regrettable absence of Senator Amidala,
the chair recognizes 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.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, MAIN SENATE CHAMBER - EVENING
JAR JARstands sits, beaming in his pod as it floats in the middle of the
vast space.
JAR JAR: In response to the direct threat to the Republic
mesa propose that the Senate give immediately emergency
powers to the Supreme Chancellor.
Uproar. JAR JAR looks a little sheepish.
Brief silence, thena 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.
But I am mild by nature, and I do not desire to see the
destruction of democracy. The power you give me I will lay
down when this crisis has abated,I promise you. And as my
first act with this new authority, I will create a grand
army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of
the separatists.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, MAIN SENATE CHAMBER, UPPER CORRIDOR -
EVENING
MACE WINDU and YODA, who is standing on a ledge are
overlooking the Senate chamber.
MACE WINDU: It is done, then.
YODA: (nodding) Hmm.
MACE WINDU: I will take what Jedi we have left and go to
Geonosis and help Obi-Wan.
YODA gestures and faces the Senate chamber,
MACE WINDU exits.
EXTERIOR: SPACE
The Naboo Starship heads toward the rings of Geonosis.
EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS - DAY
ANAKIN pilots the starship close to the ground, weaving
around towering rock formations.
PADMÉ: See those columns of steam straight ahead? They're
exhaust vents of some type.
ANAKIN: That'll do.
ANAKIN pilots the craft straight down into a column,
flying through the steam, and landing at the bottom.
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY
PADMÉ and ANAKIN prepare to leave the starship.
PADMÉ: Look, whatever happens out there, follow my lead.
I'm not interested in getting into a war here. As a member
of the Senate, maybe I can find a diplomatic solution to
this mess.
ANAKIN: Don't worry. I've given up trying to argue with
you.
ARTOO WHISTLES a plaintive sigh.
C-3PO:My sad little friend. If they had needed our help,
they would have asked for it. hmm? You obviously have alot great deal to learn about
humans.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CORRIDORS - DAY
ANAKIN and PADMÉ enter the stalagmite city. They stop,
looking around in wonder at the emptiness.
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY
ARTOO stands in front of THREEPIO, who is fussing about.
C-3PO:For a mechanic, you seem to do an excessive amount
of thinking. I'mI am programmed to understand humans.
ARTOO beeps a question.
C-3PO: What does that mean? That means I'm in charge here!
ARTOO trundles out of the starship and down the landing
ramp. THREEPIO follows him out of the ship.
C-3PO: Wait! Where are you going? Don't you have any sense
at all?
ARTOO makes a rude noise.
C-3PO: How rude! Please wait! Do you know where you're
going?
ARTOO bleeps at THREEPIO.
C-3PO: Wait! Where are you going "now"?
ARTOO beeps a reply.
C-3PO: You don't know what's out there. Have you no
sense at all?
ARTOO makes a rude noise, then trundles out of the starship
and down the landing ramp.
C-3PO: Oh! Idiot!
ARTOO bleeps at THREEPIO.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CORRIDORS - DAY
ANAKIN and PADMÉ 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.
ANAKIN: Wait.
ANAKIN turns as one of the WINGED CREATURES attacks him.
Lightsaber blazing, ANAKIN cuts down three creatures as
PADMÉ exits through a far doorway. He reaches PADMÉ and
they both stand on the edge of a short walkway extending
over a deep crevasse. The door behind them closes,
stranding the two. The walkway retracts and PADMÉ slips and
then jumps down onto a conveyor belt leading into the droid
factory.
ANAKIN: Padmé!
ANAKIN jumps down and slashes more WINGED CREATURES while
attempting to reach PADMÉ. PADMÉ makes her way across
stamping machines and welders as ANAKIN follows, beating
back WINGED CREATURES.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, DROID FACTORY - DAY
THREEPIO and ARTOO stop at the small walkway.
C-3PO: Oh my goodness! Machines creating machines. How
perverse! (ARTOO bleeps) Calm down. What are you talking
about? I'm not in your way!
ARTOO pushes THREEPIO off the small ledge and onto a flying
Conveyor Droid. Flailing, THREEPIO falls from the droid and
onto the conveyor belt below. ARTOO uses his rocket jets to
fly up and into the factory.
C-3PO: Help!
ANAKIN continues to work his way toward PADMÉ, lightsaber
flashing, WINGED CREATURES attacking from all directions.
PADMÉ wrestles with one CREATURE and is thrown into a large
empty vat moving down the assembly line. Mechanized arms
carry the vat to a position where molten metal will be
poured into it. PADMÉ struggles to find handholds for
escape, but is unsuccessful. ARTOO flies toward PADMÉ.
SEE-THREEPIO is carried down the assembly line. He stands,
only to find his head sliced from his body. His head lands
in a line of Battle Droid heads and is welded to a Battle
Droid body.
C-3PO: How ugly! Why would one build such unattractive
droids?
THREEPIO's headless body continues down the assembly line,
sandwiched between Battle Droids. A Battle Droid head is
welded on THREEPIO's body.
C-3PO: I'm so confused.
Meanwhile, ANAKIN continues to battle CREATURES. He trips
on the assembly line and his right arm becomes locked into
a molding device. ANAKIN comes close to the cutting
machine.
ANAKIN continues to battle CREATURES. He trips on the
assembly line and his right arm becomes locked into a molding
device. PADMÉ wrestles with one CREATURE and is thrown into
a large empty vat moving down the assembly line. Mechanized
arms carry the vat to a position where molten metal will be
poured into it.
ANAKIN comes close to the cutting machine. PADMÉ struggles
to find handholds for escape, but is unsuccessful. ARTOO uses
his rocket jets to fly up and into the factory. ARTOO flies toward
PADMÉ.
As PADMÉ continues her struggle to escape the vat, ARTOO
finds the computer port controlling the vats and programs
PADMÉ's to dump her onto a walkway. ANAKINignites his
lightsaber in an attempt struggles to free his arm. The cutter
approaches. He maneuvers his body away from the cutter, but
it slams down and cuts his lightsaber in half.
PADMÉ is surrounded by WINGED CREATURES and taken prisoner.
ANAKIN is surrounded by DROIDEKAS and from above. JANGO
FETT drops down, blaster in hand.
JANGO FETT: Don't move, Jedi! Take him away.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY
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 recognize the Republic here, Senator.
But if Naboo were to join our Alliance, I could easily hear
your plea for clemency.
PADMÉ: And if I don't join your rebellion, I assume this
Jedi with me will also die?
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 they 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? The Republic
cannot be fixed, M'Lady. It is time to start over. The
democratic process in the Republic is a sham, no? A shell
game played on the voters. The time will come when that
cult of greed, called the Republic, will lose even the
pretext of democracy and freedom.
PADMÉ: I cannot believe that. 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! I will not forsake all I have honored and
worked for and betray the Republic.
COUNT DOOKU: Then you will betray your Jedi friends?
Without your cooperation I can do nothing to stop their
execution.
PADMÉ: And what about me? Am I to be executed also?
DOOKU: I wouldn't think of such an offense. 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 cooperate, I must turn you over to the
Geonosians for justice. Without your cooperation, I've done
all I can for you.
JANGO FETT: Take them away.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, MAIN SENATE CHAMBER, UPPER CORRIDOR -
EVENING
MACE WINDU walks down an upper corridor and meets YODA, who
is sitting on a ledge overlooking the Senate chamber.
Inside the great rotunda, the UPROAR is even louder.
Opposing SENATORS yell furiously at one another.
MAS AMEDDA: Order! Order!!
Finally, the uproar dies.
PALPATINE: In the regrettable absence of Senator Amidala,
the chair recognizes 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.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, MAIN SENATE CHAMBER - EVENING
JAR JAR stands in his pod as it floats in the middle of the
vast space.
JAR JAR: In response to the direct threat to the Republic
mesa propose that the Senate give immediately emergency
powers to the Supreme Chancellor.
Uproar. JAR JAR looks a little sheepish.
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.
But I am mild by nature, and I do not desire to see the
destruction of democracy. The power you give me I will lay
down when this crisis has abated, I promise you. And as my
first act with this new authority, I will create a grand
army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of
the separatists.
TBC...
The funeral scene starts in silence, exclusion of Jar Jar's hilarious
speech to the senate, exclusion of 3PO's involvement in the droid factory.Enjoy.
EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, CLIFF (FULL MOON) - NIGHT
ANAKIN
bike and creeps to the edge. He
camp in the oasis below. One of the huts at the edge of the
camp has TWO TUSKEN GUARDS outside it. ANAKIN drops off the
edge of the cliff to the camp below.
EXTERIOR: 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.
INTERIOR: TUSKEN RAIDER HUT - NIGHT
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.
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? Annie...? Is it you...?
SHMI'S eyes focus slowly. ANAKIN gives a little choking
gasp.
ANAKIN: I'm here, Mom. You're safe.
get you out of here...
SHMI: Annie?
grown-up son. I'm so proud of you, Annie... so proud... I
missed you so much... 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: 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.
EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, TUSKEN RAIDER CAMP, OASIS - DAWN
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 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. He immediately kills the two
TUSKENS guarding the door of the hut, and makes his way
toward the others.
INTERIOR: JEDI TEMPLE, YODA'S QUARTERS - LATE AFTERNOON
YODA meditates and suddenly hears a familiar voice, as if
from a great distance. It is the voice of QUI-GON JINN,
filled with alarm.
QUI-GON: (V.O.)
MACE WINDU enters the room and sits down. YODA opens his
eyes and looks to MACE.
MACE WINDU: What is it?
YODA:
has happened.
EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, LANDING AREA - DAY
OBI-WAN examines the transmitter dish and speaks with
ARFOUR.
OBI-WAN: The transmitter is working, but we're not
receiving a return signal. Coruscant's too far. Arfour, can
you boost the power?
ARFOUR beeps a reply.
OBI-WAN: We'll have to try something else.
OBI-WAN jumps into the cockpit.
OBI-WAN: Maybe we can contact Anakin on Naboo. It's much
closer. Anakin, Anakin, do you copy? This is Obi-Wan
Kenobi. Anakin? He's not on Naboo, Arfour. I'm going to try
and widen the search. I hope nothing's happened to him.
OBI-WAN sits in the Starfighter cockpit looking at a
display. A GEONOSIAM spies OBI-WAN and his Starfighter from
an overlooking cliff.
OBI-WAN: That's Anakin's tracking signal all right, but
it's coming from Tatooine. What in the blazes is he doing
there? I told him to stay on Naboo.
OBI-WAN exits the cockpit and jumps down to the ground. He
speaks to ARFOUR.
OBI-WAN:
Anakin? Anakin, do you copy? This is Obi-Wan Kenobi.
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARFIGHTER - DAY
In the ship, ARTOO BEEPS as he receives the message.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) Record this message and take it to your
mistress, Padmé... and the Jedi Skywalker... "Anakin, my
long range transmitter has been knocked out. Retransmit
this message to Coruscant."
ARTOO dutifully listens to the desperate message. OBI-WAN'S
voice cuts out. ARTOO WHISTLES in dismay.
EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, DESERT, HOMESTEAD, MOISTURE FARM -
MORNING
ANAKIN rides the speeder bike toward the homestead. SHMI'S
body is tied to it. OWEN, followed by BERU and PADMÉ, comes
out of the homestead to meet ANAKIN. THREEPIO follows.
CLIEGG hobbles out of the homestead on his hovering chair.
ANAKIN arrives. They run to him as he steps away from the
bike, carrying SHMI. He stops, face-to-face with CLIEGG.
There is a brief pause. Then he carries SHMI into the
homestead.
INTERIOR: TATOOINE, MOISTURE FARM, KITCHEN - MORNING
PADMÉ prepares some food for ANAKIN. BERU helps her.
BERU: What's it like there?
PADMÉ: I'm sorry?
BERU: On Naboo... What's it like?
PADMÉ is completely preoccupied with her concern for
ANAKIN, but she does her best to reply.
PADMÉ: Oh - It's... very green. With lots of water. And
trees. Not like here at all.
She takes out a tray and starts to put food on it.
BERU: I think I like it here better.
PADMÉ: Maybe you'll come and see it one day.
BERU: I don't think so. I don't like to travel.
They finish preparing the tray.
PADMÉ: (smiles) Thanks, Beru.
She goes out.
INTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, GARAGE - DAY
PADMÉ comes in with a tray of food. ANAKIN is standing at a
workbench, repairing a part of the speeder bike.
PADMÉ: I brought you something. Are you hungry?
PADMÉ puts the tray down.
ANAKIN: The shifter broke. Life seems so much simpler when
you're fixing things. 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!
ANAKIN turns and walks away from the bench.
PADMÉ: Sometimes there are things no one can fix. You're
not all-powerful, Annie.
ANAKIN: (angry) Well, 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:
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: Not just the men, but the women and the children
too. They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like
animals... I hate them!
There is silence for a moment, then ANAKIN breaks down,
sobbing. PADMÉ takes him into her arms.
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.
PADMÉ: Ssshhh... you're human.
ANAKIN: No, I'm a Jedi. I know I'm better than this.
sorry, I'm so sorry!
PADMÉ: You're like everyone else...
PADMÉ rocks him, and ANAKIN weeps.
EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, HOMESTEAD, GRAVESITE - DAY
ANAKIN, PADMÉ, CLIEGG, OWEN, BERU, and THREEPIO are
standing around Shmi's grave. Two other headstones, one
smaller than the other, stand in the blazing suns.
You were the most loving partner a man could ever have.
Goodbye, my dearest wife. And thank you.
Brief pause
mother's grave. He picks up a handful of sand.
ANAKIN: I wasn't strong enough to save you, Mom. I wasn't
strong enough. But I promise I won't fail again... (he
stands up) 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 that he is carrying a message from an Obi-
Wan Kenobi. Master Annie, does that name mean anything to
you?
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY
A rough hologram of OBI-WAN is projected in front of ANAKIN
and PADMÉ. They watch the flickering image.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) Anakin, my long range transmitter has been
knocked out. Retransmit this message to Coruscant.
PADMÉ turns and reaches over to a control board and pushes
a button to transmit the message.
to the droid foundries on Geonosis.
INTERIOR: JEDI COUNCIL ROOM - DAY
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) I have tracked the bounty hunter Jango Fett
to the droid foundries on Geonosis.
The members of the Jedi Council stand around a hologram of
OBI-WAN.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) The Trade Federation is to take taking
delivery of a droid army here and it is clear that Viceroy
Gunray...
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY
ANAKIN and PADMÉ continue to listen.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) ...is behind the assassination attempts on
Senator Amidala.
INTERIOR: JEDI COUNCIL ROOM - DAY
The Council members continue to listen to OBI-WAN.
OBI-WAN: (V.O.) The Commerce Guilds and Corporate Alliance
have both pledged their armies to Count Dooku and are
forming an... Wait!... Wait!!
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY
ANAKIN and PADMÉ watch as OBI-WAN is attacked by Droidekas.
The hologram cuts off. ANAKIN jumps up, agitated.
INTERIOR: JEDI COUNCIL ROOM - DAY
The Council members also see the attack on OBI-WAN. YODA
looks to MACE WINDU.
YODA: More happening on Geonosis, I feel, than has been
revealed.
MACE WINDU: I agree. Anakin,
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - SUNSET
ANAKIN and PADMÉ watch a hologram of MACE WINDU.
MACE WINDU: (V.O.)
The most important thing for you is to stay where you are.
Protect the Senator at all costs. That is your first
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 halfway 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.
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: ...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. THREEPIO and ARTOO
come forward from the back of the starship. THREEPIO straps
himself into a seat behind PADMÉ.
C-3PO: I'm not worried, Artoo. It's just I've never flown before.
EXTERIOR: TATOOINE, BLUFF OVERLOOKING HOMESTEAD - SUNSET
The Naboo Starship rises from the bluff and zooms away.
EXTERIOR: CORUSCANT, REPUBLIC EXECUTIVE BUILDING - DAY
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.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE - DAY
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.
BAIL ORGANA: We must stop them before they're ready.
Sir. Maybe dissen Jedi stoppen the rebel army.
PALPATINE: Master Yoda, how many Jedi are available to go
to Geonosis?
YODA: Throughout the galaxy, thousands of Jedi there are.
To send on a special mission, only two hundred are
available.
BAIL ORGANA: With all due respect for the Jedi Order, that
doesn't sound like enough.
YODA: Through negotiation the Jedi maintains peace. To
start a war, we do not intend.
ASK AAK: The debate is over! Now we need that clone army...
BAIL ORGANA: Unfortunately, the debate is not over. The
Senate will never approve the use of the clones before the
separatists attack.
MAS AMEDDA: This is a crisis! The Senate must vote the
Chancellor emergency powers! He could then approve the use
of the clones.
PALPATINE: But what Senator would have the courage to
propose such a radical amendment?
MAS AMEDDA: If only Senator Amidala were here.
JAR JAR: Mesa mosto Supreme Chancellor... Mesa gusto
pallos. Mesa proud to proposing the motion to give yousa
Honor emergency powers.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, PRISON CELL - DAY
COUNT DOOKU walks into the cell holding OBI-WAN. OBI-WAN is
suspended in a force field, turning slowly as blue electric
bolts restrain him. COUNT DOOKU circles OBI-WAN as they
talk.
OBI-WAN: Traitor!
COUNT DOOKU:
terrible mistake. They've gone too far. This is madness.
OBI-WAN: I thought you were the leader here, Dooku.
COUNT DOOKU: This had nothing to do with me, I assure you.
I promise you I will petition immediately to have you set
free.
OBI-WAN: Well, I hope it doesn't take too long. I have work
to do.
COUNT DOOKU: May I ask why a Jedi Knight is all the way out
here on Geonosis?
OBI-WAN: I've been tracking a bounty hunter named Jango
Fett. Do you know him?
COUNT DOOKU: There are no bounty hunters here that I'm
aware of. Geonosians don't trust them.
OBI-WAN: Well, who can blame them. But he is here, I can
assure you.
COUNT DOOKU: It's a great pity that our paths have never
crossed before, Obi-Wan. Qui-Gon always spoke very highly
of you. I wish he were still alive. I could use his help
right now.
OBI-WAN: Qui-Gon Jinn would never join you.
COUNT DOOKU: Don't be so sure, my young Jedi. You forget
that he was once my apprentice just as you were once his.
He knew all about the corruption in the Senate, but he
would never have gone along with it if he had known the
truth as I have.
OBI-WAN: The truth?
COUNT DOOKU: The truth. What if I told you that the
Republic was now under the control of the Dark Lords of the
Sith?
OBI-WAN: No, that's not possible. The Jedi would be aware
of it.
COUNT DOOKU: The dark side of the Force has clouded their
vision, my friend. Hundreds of Senators are now under the
influence of a Sith Lord called Darth Sidious.
OBI-WAN: I don't believe you.
COUNT DOOKU: The Viceroy of the Trade Federation was once
in league with this Darth Sidious. But he was betrayed ten
years ago by the Dark Lord. He came to me for help. He told
me everything. The Jedi Council would not believe him. I
tried many times to warn them but they wouldn't listen to
me. Once they sensed the Dark Lord's presence, it would
then be too late. You must join me, Obi-Wan, and together
we will destroy the Sith.
OBI-WAN: I will never join you, Dooku.
COUNT DOOKU turns to leave.
COUNT DOOKU: It may be difficult to secure your release.
EXTERIOR: CORUSCANT, SENATE BUILDING - EVENING
The massive Senate Building glistens in the evening darkness.
Senators are walking in and out of the building.
EVENING
MACE WINDU walks down an upper corridor and meets YODA, who
is sitting on a ledge overlooking the Senate chamber.
Inside the great rotunda, the UPROAR is even louder.
Opposing SENATORS yell furiously at one another.
MAS AMEDDA: Order! Order!!
Finally, the uproar dies.
PALPATINE: In the regrettable absence of Senator Amidala,
the chair recognizes 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.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, MAIN SENATE CHAMBER - EVENING
JAR JAR
vast space.
mesa propose that the Senate give immediately emergency
powers to the Supreme Chancellor.
Uproar. JAR JAR looks a little sheepish.
Brief silence, then
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.
But I am mild by nature, and I do not desire to see the
destruction of democracy. The power you give me I will lay
down when this crisis has abated,
first act with this new authority, I will create a grand
army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of
the separatists.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, MAIN SENATE CHAMBER, UPPER CORRIDOR -
EVENING
MACE WINDU and YODA, who is standing on a ledge are
overlooking the Senate chamber.
MACE WINDU: It is done, then.
YODA: (nodding) Hmm.
MACE WINDU: I will take what Jedi we have left and go to
Geonosis and help Obi-Wan.
YODA gestures and faces the Senate chamber,
MACE WINDU exits.
EXTERIOR: SPACE
The Naboo Starship heads toward the rings of Geonosis.
EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS - DAY
ANAKIN pilots the starship close to the ground, weaving
around towering rock formations.
PADMÉ: See those columns of steam straight ahead? They're
exhaust vents of some type.
ANAKIN: That'll do.
ANAKIN pilots the craft straight down into a column,
flying through the steam, and landing at the bottom.
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY
PADMÉ and ANAKIN prepare to leave the starship.
PADMÉ: Look, whatever happens out there, follow my lead.
I'm not interested in getting into a war here. As a member
of the Senate, maybe I can find a diplomatic solution to
this mess.
ANAKIN: Don't worry. I've given up trying to argue with
you.
ARTOO WHISTLES a plaintive sigh.
C-3PO:
they would have asked for it. hmm? You obviously have a
humans.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CORRIDORS - DAY
ANAKIN and PADMÉ enter the stalagmite city. They stop,
looking around in wonder at the emptiness.
INTERIOR: COCKPIT, NABOO STARSHIP - DAY
ARTOO stands in front of THREEPIO, who is fussing about.
C-3PO:
of thinking. I'm
ARTOO beeps
ARTOO trundles out of the starship and down the landing
ramp. THREEPIO follows him out of the ship.
C-3PO: Wait! Where are you going? Don't you have any sense
at all?
ARTOO makes a rude noise.
C-3PO: How rude! Please wait! Do you know where you're
going?
ARTOO bleeps at THREEPIO.
C-3PO: Wait! Where are you going "now"?
ARTOO beeps a reply.
C-3PO: You don't know what's out there. Have you no
sense at all?
ARTOO makes a rude noise, then trundles out of the starship
and down the landing ramp.
C-3PO: Oh! Idiot!
ARTOO bleeps at THREEPIO.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, CORRIDORS - DAY
ANAKIN and PADMÉ 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.
ANAKIN: Wait.
ANAKIN turns as one of the WINGED CREATURES attacks him.
Lightsaber blazing, ANAKIN cuts down three creatures as
PADMÉ exits through a far doorway. He reaches PADMÉ and
they both stand on the edge of a short walkway extending
over a deep crevasse. The door behind them closes,
stranding the two. The walkway retracts and PADMÉ slips and
then jumps down onto a conveyor belt leading into the droid
factory.
ANAKIN: Padmé!
ANAKIN jumps down and slashes more WINGED CREATURES while
attempting to reach PADMÉ. PADMÉ makes her way across
stamping machines and welders as ANAKIN follows, beating
back WINGED CREATURES.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, DROID FACTORY - DAY
C-3PO: Oh my goodness! Machines creating machines. How
perverse! (ARTOO bleeps) Calm down. What are you talking
about? I'm not in your way!
ARTOO pushes THREEPIO off the small ledge and onto a flying
Conveyor Droid. Flailing, THREEPIO falls from the droid and
onto the conveyor belt below. ARTOO uses his rocket jets to
fly up and into the factory.
C-3PO: Help!
ANAKIN continues to work his way toward PADMÉ, lightsaber
flashing, WINGED CREATURES attacking from all directions.
empty vat moving down the assembly line. Mechanized arms
carry the vat to a position where molten metal will be
poured into it. PADMÉ struggles to find handholds for
escape, but is unsuccessful. ARTOO flies toward PADMÉ.
SEE-THREEPIO is carried down the assembly line. He stands,
only to find his head sliced from his body. His head lands
in a line of Battle Droid heads and is welded to a Battle
Droid body.
C-3PO: How ugly! Why would one build such unattractive
droids?
THREEPIO's headless body continues down the assembly line,
sandwiched between Battle Droids. A Battle Droid head is
welded on THREEPIO's body.
C-3PO: I'm so confused.
Meanwhile, ANAKIN continues to battle CREATURES. He trips
on the assembly line and his right arm becomes locked into
a molding device. ANAKIN comes close to the cutting
machine.
ANAKIN continues to battle CREATURES. He trips on the
assembly line and his right arm becomes locked into a molding
device. PADMÉ wrestles with one CREATURE and is thrown into
a large empty vat moving down the assembly line. Mechanized
arms carry the vat to a position where molten metal will be
poured into it.
ANAKIN comes close to the cutting machine. PADMÉ struggles
to find handholds for escape, but is unsuccessful. ARTOO uses
his rocket jets to fly up and into the factory. ARTOO flies toward
PADMÉ.
As PADMÉ continues her struggle to escape the vat, ARTOO
finds the computer port controlling the vats and programs
PADMÉ's to dump her onto a walkway. ANAKIN
lightsaber in an attempt
approaches. He maneuvers his body away from the cutter, but
it slams down and cuts his lightsaber in half.
PADMÉ is surrounded by WINGED CREATURES and taken prisoner.
ANAKIN is surrounded by DROIDEKAS and from above. JANGO
FETT drops down, blaster in hand.
JANGO FETT: Don't move, Jedi! Take him away.
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 recognize the Republic here, Senator.
But if Naboo were to join our Alliance, I could easily hear
your plea for clemency.
PADMÉ: And if I don't join your rebellion, I assume this
Jedi with me will also die?
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 they 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? The Republic
cannot be fixed, M'Lady. It is time to start over. The
democratic process in the Republic is a sham, no? A shell
game played on the voters. The time will come when that
cult of greed, called the Republic, will lose even the
pretext of democracy and freedom.
PADMÉ: I cannot believe that. 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! I will not forsake all I have honored and
worked for and betray the Republic.
COUNT DOOKU: Then you will betray your Jedi friends?
Without your cooperation I can do nothing to stop their
execution.
PADMÉ: And what about me? Am I to be executed also?
DOOKU: I wouldn't think of such an offense. 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 cooperate, I must turn you over to the
Geonosians for justice. Without your cooperation, I've done
all I can for you.
JANGO FETT: Take them away.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, MAIN SENATE CHAMBER, UPPER CORRIDOR -
EVENING
MACE WINDU walks down an upper corridor and meets YODA, who
is sitting on a ledge overlooking the Senate chamber.
Inside the great rotunda, the UPROAR is even louder.
Opposing SENATORS yell furiously at one another.
MAS AMEDDA: Order! Order!!
Finally, the uproar dies.
PALPATINE: In the regrettable absence of Senator Amidala,
the chair recognizes 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.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, MAIN SENATE CHAMBER - EVENING
JAR JAR stands in his pod as it floats in the middle of the
vast space.
JAR JAR: In response to the direct threat to the Republic
mesa propose that the Senate give immediately emergency
powers to the Supreme Chancellor.
Uproar. JAR JAR looks a little sheepish.
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.
But I am mild by nature, and I do not desire to see the
destruction of democracy. The power you give me I will lay
down when this crisis has abated, I promise you. And as my
first act with this new authority, I will create a grand
army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of
the separatists.
TBC...
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