(Note: Thanks to Darth Ro for this script, and it is believed to be posted legally. If Lucasfilm would like me to take it down, George himself can e-mail me and I will do so immediately. Enjoy the script of what could have been the greatest movie of all-time (if it had been better written) -- Darth Trob)
TITLE CARD :
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....
A vast sea of stars serves
as the backdrop for the main title, followed by a roll up, which crawls up into
infinity.
EPISODE 1 THE PHANTOM MENACE
Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade
routes to outlaying star systems is in dispute.
Hoping to resolve the matter
with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped
all shipping to the small planet of Naboo.
While the congress of the Republic
endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Chancellor has
secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the
galaxy, to settle the conflict.....
PAN DOWN to reveal a small space
cruiser heading TOWARD CAMERA at great speed. PAN with the cruiser as it heads
toward the beautiful green planet of Naboo, which is surrounded by hundreds of
Trade Federation battleships.
INT. REPUBLIC CRUISER - COCKPIT
In
the cockpit of the cruise, the CAPTAIN and PILOT maneuver closer to one of the
battleships.
QUI-GON : (off screen voice) Captain.
The Captain turns to an unseen figure sitting behind
her.
CAPTAIN : Yes, sir?
QUI-GON : (V.O) Tell them we wish to
board at once.
CAPTAIN : Yes, sir.
The CAPTAIN
looks to her view screen, where NUTE GUNRAY, a Neimoidian trade viceroy, waits
for a reply.
CAPTAIN : (cont'd) With all due respect for the
Trade Federation, the Ambassadors for the Supreme Chancellor wish to board
immediately.
NUTE : Yes, yes, of coarse...ahhh...as you know, our blockade
is perfectly legal, and we'd be happy to receive the Ambassador...Happy to.
The screen goes black. Out the cockpit window, the
sinister battleship looms ever closer.
EXT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP -
DOCKING BAY - SPACE (FX)
The small space cruiser docks in the enormous
main bay of the Federation battleship.
INT.
FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - DOCKING BAY - SPACE
A PROTOCOL DROID, TC-14,
waits at the door to the docking bay. Two WORKER DROIDS, PK-4 and EG-9 watch.
PK-4 : They must be important if the Viceroy sent one of those
useless protocol gearheads to greet them.
The door
opens, and the Republic cruiser can be seen in the docking bay. Two darkly robed
figures are greeted by TC-14.
TC-14 : I'm TC-14 at your service.
This way, please.
They move off down the
hallway.
EG-9 : A Republic cruiser! That's trouble...don't you
think?
PR-4 : I'm not made to think.
INT.
FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - CONFERENCE ROOM
A door slides open, and the two
cloaked shapes are led PAST CAMERA into the formal conference room by TC-14.
TC-14 : I hope you honored sirs with the most comfortable here.
My master will be with you shortly.
The droid bows
before OBI-WAN KENOBI and QUI- GON JINN. He backs out the door and it closes.
The JEDI lower their hoods and look out a large window at the lush green planet
of Naboo. QUI-GON sixty years old, has long white hair in a ponytail. He is tall
and striking, with blue eyes. OBI-WAN is twenty five, with very short brown
hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. Several exotic, bird-like creatures SING in a
cage near the door.
OBI-WAN : I have a bad feeling about
this.
QUI-GON : I don't sense anything.
OBI-WAN : It's not about the
mission, Master, it's something...elsewhere...elusive.
QUI-GON : Don't
center on your anxiety, Obi-Wan. Keep your concentration here and now where it
belongs.
OBI-WAN : Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the
future...
QUI-GON : .....but not at the expense of the moment. Be mindful of
the living Force, my young Padawan.
OBI-WAN : Yes, Master...how do you think
the trade viceroy will deal with the chancellor's demands?
QUI-GON : These
Federation types are cowards. The negotiations will be short.
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - BRIDGE
NUTE GUNRAY and DAULTRAY
DOFINE stand, stunned, before TC-14.
NUTE : (shaken) What?!? What
did you say?
TC-14 : The Ambassadors are Jedi Knights, I believe.
DOFINE :
I knew it! They were sent to force a settlement, eh. Blind me, we're done
for!
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - HALLWAY
A
hologram of NUTE , surrounded by BATTLE DROIDS, appears in the conference room
hallway.
NUTE : They must be dead by now. Blast, what's left of
them.
The hologram fades off, as a BATTLE DROID,
OWO-1, cautiously opens the door. A deadly green cloud billows from the room.
BATTLE DROIDS cock their weapons as a figure stumbles out of the smoke. It is
TC-14 , carrying the tray of drinks.
TC14 : Oh, excuse me, so
sorry.
The PROTOCOL DROID passes the armed camp just
as two flashing laser swords fly out of the deadly fog, cutting down several
BATTLE DROIDS before they can fire.
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - BRIDGE
The bridge is a cacophony of alarms. NUTE and RUNE watch OWO-1 on the
view screen.
OWO-1 : Not sure exactly what...
OWO-1 is suddenly cut in half in mid-sentence. RUNE gives NUTE a
worried look.
NUTE : What in blazes is going on down
there?
RUNE : Have you ever encountered a Jedi Knight before, sir?
NUTE :
Well, not exactly, but I don't...(panicked) Seal off the bridge.
RUNE
: That won't be enough, sir.
The doors to the bridge
SLAM shut.
NUTE : I want destroyer droids up here at
once!!!
RUNE : We will not survive this.
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - HALLWAY - OUTSIDE
BRIDGE
QUI-GON cuts several BATTLE DROIDS in half, creating a shower of
sparks and metal parts. OBI-WAN raises his hand, sending several BATTLE DROIDS
crashing into the wall.
QUI-GON makes his way to the bridge door and
begins to cut through it.
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - BRIDGE
The CREW is very nervous as sparks start flying around the bridge door.
QUI-GON and OBI-WAN are on the view screen.
NUTE : Close the
blast doors!!!
The huge, very thick blast door slams
shut, followed by a second door, then a third. There is a hissing sound as the
huge doors seal shut. QUI-GON tabs the door with his sword. The screen goes
black as a red spot appears in the center of the blast door.
RUNE
: ...They're still coming through!
On the door, chunks of molten metal begin to drop
away.
NUTE : Impossible!! This
is impossible!!
RUNE : Where are those destroyer droids?!
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - HALLWAY -
OUTSIDE BRIDGE
Ten ugly destroyer WHEEL DROIDS roll down the hallway at
full speed. Just before they get to the bridge area, they stop and transform
into their battle configuration. QUI-GON can't see them but senses their
presence.
QUI-GON : Destroyer
droids!
OBI-WAN : Offhand, I'd say this mission is past the negotiation
stage.
The WHEEL
DROIDS, led by P-59, rush the entry area from three hallways, blasting away with
their laser guns. They stop firing and stand in a semi-circle as the smoke
clears. OBI-WAN and QUI-GON are nowhere to be seen.
P-59 : Switch to bio...There they
are!
The Jedi
materialize at the far end of the hallway and dash through the doorway that
slams shut. The WHEEL DROIDS blast away at the two JEDI with their laser
swords.
OBI-WAN : They have
shield generators!
QUI-GON : It's a standoff! Let's go!
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP -
BRIDGE
NUTE and RUNE stand on the bridge, watching the view screen as the
WHEEL DROIDS' POV speeds to the doorway.
RUNE : We have them on the run, sir...they're no match for
destroyer droids.
TEY HOW : Sir, they've gone up the ventilation
shaft.
INT.
FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - MAIN BAY
QUI-GON and OBI-WAN appear at a large
vent in a giant hanger bay. They are careful not to be seen. Thousands of BATTLE
DROIDS are loading onto landing craft.
QUI-GON : Battle droids.
OBI-WAN : It's an invisible
army.
QUI-GON : It's an odd play for the Trade Federation. We've got to warn
the Naboo and contact Chancellor Valorum. Let's split up. Stow aboard separate
ships and meet down on the planet.
OBI-WAN : You were right about one thing,
Master. The negotiations were short.
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - BRIDGE
TEY HOW
receives a transmission.
TEY HOW
: Sir, a transmission from the planet.
RUNE : It's Queen Amidala
herself.
NUTE : At last we're getting results.
On the view screen, QUEEN AMIDALA
appears in her throne room. Wearing her elaborate headdress and robes, she sits,
surrounded by the GOVERNING COUNCIL and FOUR HANDMAIDENS, EIRTAE, YANE, RABE,
and SACHE.
NUTE : (cont'd) Again
you come before me, Your highness. The Federation is pleased.
AMIDALA : You
will not be pleased when you hear what I have to say, Viceroy...Your trade
boycott of our planet has ended.
NUTE smirks at RUNE.
NUTE : I was not aware of such a
failure.
AMIDALA : I have word that the Senate is finally voting on this
blockade of yours.
NUTE : I take it you know the outcome. I wonder why they
bother to vote.
AMIDALA : Enough of this pretense, Viceroy! I'm aware the
Chancellor's Ambassadors are with you now, and that you have been commanded to
reach a settlement.
NUTE : I know nothing about any Ambassadors...you must be
mistaken.
AMIDALA,
surprised at his reaction, studies him carefully.
AMIDALA : Beware, Viceroy....the Federation is going
too far this time.
NUTE : Your Highness, we would never do anything without
the approval of the Senate. You assume too much.
AMIDALA : We will
see.
The QUEEN
fades off, and the view screen goes black.
RUNE : She's right, the Senate will never....
NUTE : It's too
late now.
RUNE : Do you think she suspects an attack?
NUTE : I don't know,
but we must move quickly to disrupt all communications down
there.
INT. NABOO
PALACE - THRONE ROOM
The QUEEN, EIRTAE, SACHE and her Governor, SIO
BIBBLE, stand before a hologram of SENATOR PALPATINE, a thin, kindly
man.
PALPATINE : ...How could
that be true? I have assurances from the Chancellor...his Ambassadors did
arrive. It must be the...get...negotiate...
The hologram of PALPATINE sputters and fades
away.
AMIDALA : Senator
Palpatine?!? (turns to Panaka) What's happening?
CAPTAIN PANAKA turns to his
SERGEANT
CAPT. PANAKA : Check
the transmission generators...
BIBBLE : A malfunction?
CAPT. PANAKA : It
could be the Federation jamming us. Your Highness.
BIBBLE : A communications
disruption can only mean one thing. Invasion.
AMIDALA : Don't jump to
conclusions, Governor. The Federation would not dare go that far.
CAPT.
PANAKA : The Senate would revoke their trade franchise, and they'd be
finished.
AMIDALA : We must continue to rely on negotiation.
BIBBLE :
Negotiation? We've lost all communications!...and where are the Chancellors
Ambassadors? How can we negotiate? We must prepare to defend ourselves.
CAPT.
PANAKA : This is a dangerous situation, Your Highness. Our security volunteers
will be no match against a battle-hardened Federation army.
AMIDALA : I will
not condone a course of action that will lead us to war.
EXT. SPACE LANDING CRAFT - TWILIGHT
(FX)
Six landing craft fly in formation toward the surface of the planet
Naboo.
EXT. NABOO SWAMP - SHALLOW LAKE - TWILIGHT
Three landing
craft slowly descend through the cloud cover of the perpetually gray twilight
side of the planet. One by one, the Federation warships land in the eerie
swamp.
OBI-WAN's head emerges from the mud of a shallow lake. For in the
background, the activities of the invasion force can be seen in the mist.
OBI-WAN takes several deep breaths, then disappears again under the muddy swamp.
Troop Transports (MTTs) emerge from the landing craft.
EXT. NABOO EDGE
OF SWAMP / GRASS PLAINS -- TWILIGHT (FX)
The droid invasion force moves
out of the swamp and onto a grassy plain. OOM-9, in his tank, looks out over the
vast ARMY marching across the rolling hills. A small hologram of RUNE and NUTE
stands on the tank.
RUNE :
...and there is no trace of the Jedi. They may have gotten onto one of your
landing craft.
OOM-9 : If they are down here, sir, we'll find them. We are
moving out of the swamp and are marching on the cities. We are meeting no
resistance.
NUTE : Excellent.
EXT. NABOO SWAMP - TWILIGHT
QUI-GON runs
through the strange landscape, glancing back to see the monstrous troop
transports, emerging from the mist. Animals begin to run past him in a
panic.
An odd, frog-like Gungan, JAR JAR BINKS, squats holding a clam he has
retrieved from the murky swamp. The shell pops open. JAR JAR's greta tongue
snaps out and grabs the clam, swallowing it in one gulp.
JAR JAR looks up and
sees QUI-GON and the other creatures running like the wind toward him. One of
the huge MTTs bears down on the JEDI like a charging locomotive. JAR JAR stands
transfixed, still holding the clam shell in one hand.
JAR JAR : Oh, noooooooooo!
JAR JAR drops the shell and grabs onto
QUI-GON as he passes. The JEDI is caught by surprise.
JAR JAR : (Cont'd) Hey, help me! Help
me!!
QUI-GON : Let go!
The machine is about tp crush them as QUI-GON drags JAR JAR behind him.
Just as the transport is about to hit them, QUI-GON drops, and JAR JAR goes
splat into the mud with him. The transport races overhead.
QUI-GON and JAR JAR pull themselves out of the mud. They stand watching the war machine disappear into the mist. JAR JAR grabs QUI-GON and hugs him.
JAR JAR : Oyi, mooie-mooie! I luv
yous!
The frog-like
creature kisses the JEDI.
QUI-GON : Are you brainless? You almost got us killed!
JAR JAR : I spake.
QUI-GON : The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. Now get
outta here!
QUI-GON
starts to move off, and JAR JAR follows.
JAR JAR : No...no! Mesa stay...Mesa yous humble
servaunt.
QUI-GON : That won't be necessary.
JAR JAR : Oh boot tis! Tis
demunded byda guds. Tis a live debett, tis. Mesa culled Jaja Binkss.
In the distance,
two STAPs burst out of the mist at high speed, chasing OBI-WAN.
QUI-GON : I have no time for
this now...
JAR JAR : Say what?
The two STAPs barrel down on
OBI-WAN.
JAR JAR : (cont'd) Oh, nooooo! Weesa ganna....
QUI-GON throws JAR JAR into the mud.
QUI-GON : Stay down!
His head pops up.
JAR JAR : ...dieeee!
The two troops fire laser bolts at
OBI-WAN. QUI-GON deflects the bolts back, and the STAPs blow up. One-two.
OBI-WAN is exhausted and tries to catch his breath.
OBI-WAN : Sorry, Master, the water fried my
weapon.
OBI-WAN
pulls out his burnt lightsaber handle. QUI-GON inspects it, as JAR JAR pulls
himself out of the mud.
(DARTH TROB NOTE: This small portion about the burnt-out lightsaber power cell was not actually in the film.)
QUI-GON
: You forgot to turn your power off again, didn't you?
OBI-WAN nods
sheepishly.
QUI-GON : (cont'd)
It won't take long to recharge, but this is a lesson I hope you've learned, my
young Padawan.
OBI-WAN : Yes, Master.
JAR JAR : Yousa sav-ed my again,
hey?
OBI-WAN : What's this?
QUI-GON : A local. Let's go, before more of
those droids show up.
JAR JAR : Mure? Mure did you
spake??!?
OBI-WAN
and QUI-GON start to run. JAR JAR tries to keep up.
JAR JAR : (cont'd) Ex-squeeze me, but da moto grande
safe place would be Otoh Gunga. Tis where I grew up...Tis safe city.
They all
stop.
QUI-GON : A city! (JAR JAR
nods his head) Can you take us there?
JAR JAR : Ahhh, will...on second
taut...no, not willy.
QUI-GON : No??!
JAR JAR : Iss embarrissing, boot...
My afrai my've bean banished. My forgoten der Bosses would do terrible tings to
my. Terrible tings if my goen back dare.
A PULSATING SOUND is heard in the
distance.
QUI-GON : You hear
that?
JAR JAR
shakes his head yes.
QUI-GON :
(cont'd) That's the sound of a thousand terrible things heading this way...
OBI-WAN : When they find us, they will crush us, grind us into little
pieces, then blast us into oblivion!
JAR JAR : Oh! Yousa point is well seen.
Dis way! Hurry!
JAR JAR turns and runs into the swamp.
EXT. NABOO SWAMP LAKE -
TWILIGHT
QUI-GON, OBI-WAN and JAR JAR run into a murky lake and stop as
JAR JAR tries to catch his breath. The TRANSPORTS ARE HEARD in the distance.
QUI-GON : Much farther?
JAR
JAR : Wesa goen underwater, okeyday?
QUI-GON and OBI-WAN pull out small capsule from
their utility belts that turn into breathing masks.
JAR JAR : (cont'd) My warning yous. Gungans no liken
outlaunders. Don't expict a wern welcome.
OBI-WAN : Don't worry, this has not
been our day for warm welcomes.
JAR JAR jumps, does a double somersault with a
twist, and dives into the water.
Breath masks on, QUI-GON and OBI-WAN wade in
after him.
EXT. NABOO LAKE - UNDERWATER
QUI-GON and OBI-WAN swim
behind JAR JAR, who is very much at home in the water. Down they swim into murky
depths. In the distance the glow of Otoh Gunga, an underwater city made up of
large bubbles, becomes more distinct.
They approach the strange, art nouveau
habitat. JAR JAR swims magically through one of the bubble membranes, which
seals behind him. OBI-WAN and QUI-GON follow.
INT. OTOH GUNGA - CITY
SQUARE
GUNGANS in the square scatter when they see the strange JEDI.
Four GUARDS armed with long electro-poles ride two-legged KAADUs into the
square. The GUARDS, led by CAPTAIN TARPALS, point their lethal poles at the
dripping trio.
JAR JAR :
Heyo-dalee, Cap'n Tarpals, Mesa back!
CAPT. TARPALS : Noah gain, Jar Jar.
Yousa goen tada Bosses. Yousa in big dudu this time.
CAPT. TARPALS gives JAR JAR a slight
zap with his power pole. JAR JAR jumps and moves off, followed by the two JEDI.
JAR JAR : How
wude.
INT. OTOH
GUNGA - HIGH TOWER BOARD ROOM
The Bosses' Board Room has bubble walls,
with small lighted fish swimming around outside like moving stars. A long
circular judge's bench filled with GUNGAN OFFICIALS dominates the room. OBI-WAN
and QUI-GON stand facing BOSS NASS, who sits on a bench higher than the others.
BOSS NASS : Yousa cannot bees
hair. Dis army of mackineeks up dare tis new weesong!
QUI-GON : That droid
army is about to attack the Naboo. We must warn them.
BOSS NASS : Wesa no
like da Naboo! Un dey no like uss-ens. Da Naboo tink day so smarty den us-ens.
Day tink day brains so big.
OBI-WAN : After those droids take control of the
surface, they will come here and take control of you.
BOSS NASS : No, mesa
no tink so. Mesa scant talkie witda Naboo, and no nutten talkie it outlaunders.
Dos mackineeks no comen here! Dey not know of uss-en.
OBI-WAN : You and the
Naboo form a symbiotic circle. What happens to one of you will affect the other.
You must understand this.
BOSS NASS : Wesa wish no nutten in yousa tings,
outlaunder, and wesa no care-n about da Naboo.
QUI-GON : (waves his hand)
Then speed us on our way.
BOSS NASS : Wesa gonna speed yousaway.
QUI-GON :
We need a transport.
BOSS NASS : Wesa give yousa una bongo. Da speedest way
tooda Naboo tis goen through da core. Now go.
QUI-GON : Thank you for your
help. We go in peace.
QUI-GON and OBI-WAN turn to leave.
OBI-WAN : Master, what's a bongo?
QUI-GON : A
transport, I hope.
The JEDI notice JAR JAR in chains to one side, waiting to hear his
verdict. QUI-GON stops. JAR JAR gives him a forlorn look.
JAR JAR : Daza setten yous up. Goen through da
planet core is bad bombin!!
QUI-GON : Thank you, my friend.
JAR JAR :
Ahhh...any hep hair would be hot.
JAR JAR's soulful look is counter pointed by a
sheepish grin.
OBI-WAN : We are
short of time, Master.
QUI-GON : We'll need a navigator to get us through the
planet's core. This Gungan may be of help.
QUI-GON walks back to BOSS NASS.
QUI-GON : (cont'd) What is to become of Jar Jar
Binks here?
BOSS NASS : Binkss brokeen the nocombackie law. Hisen to be
pune-ished.
QUI-GON : He has been a great help to us. I hope the punishment
will not be too severe.
BOSS NASS : Pounded unto death.
JAR JAR :
(grimacing) Oooooh...Ouch!
OBI-WAN looks concerned. QUI-GON is thinking.
QUI-GON : We need a navigator to get us
through the planet's core. I have saved Jar Jar Binks' life. He owes me what you
call a "life debt."
BOSS NASS : Binks. Yousa havena liveplay with thisen
hisen?
JAR JAR nods
and joins the JEDI. QUI-GON waves his hand.
QUI-GON : Your gods demand that his life belongs to
me now.
BOSS NASS : Hisen live tis yos, outlauder. Begone wit him.
JAR
JAR : Count mesa outta dis! Better dead here, den deader in da core...Yee guds,
whata mesa sayin?!
EXT. NABOO CITY - UNDERWATER - SUB (FX)
A strange little submarine
propels itself away from the Otoh Gunga, leaving the glow of the settlement in
the distance.
INT. SUB COCKPIT - UNDERWATER
OBI-WAN in the
co-pilot's seat, JAR JAR guides the craft.
JAR JAR : Dis is nusen.
OBI-WAN : Master, why do
you keep dragging these pathetic life forms along with us?...Here, take
over.
JAR JAR : Hey, ho? Where wesa goen??
QUI-GON : You're the
navigator.
JAR JAR : Yo dreamen mesa hopen...
QUI-GON : Just relax, the
Force will guide us...
JAR JAR : Ooooh, maxibig..."da Force"...Wellen, dat
smells stinkowiff.
JAR JAR veers the craft to the left and turns the lights on. The coral
vistas are grand, fantastic, and wonderous.
OBI-WAN : Why were you banished, Jar Jar?
JAR JAR
: Tis a long tale, buta small part wawdabe
mesa...ooooh...aaaa.....clumsy.
OBI-WAN : They banished you because you're
clumsy?
As the
little sub glides into the planet core, a large dark shape begins to
follow.
JAR JAR : Mesa cause-ed
mabee one or duey lettal bitty axadentes...yud-say boom da gasser, un crash Der
Bosses heyblibber...den banished.
Suddenly there is a loud CRASH, and the little craft
lurches to one side. QUI-GON looks around and sees a huge, luminous OPEE SEA
KILLER has hooked them with its long gooey tongue.
QUI-GON : Full speed ahead.
Instead of full ahead, JAR JAR jams the
controls into reverse. The sub flies into the mouth of the
creature.
JAR JAR :
Oooops.
OBI-WAN : Give me the controls.
OBI-WAN takes over the controls and the OPEE SEA
KILLER instantly releases the sub from its mouth.
JAR JAR : Wesa free!
As the sub zooms away they see a larger
set of jaws, munching on the hapless KILLER. The jaws belong to the incredible
SANDO AQUA MONSTER. The lights on the tiny sub begin to flicker as they cruise
deeper into the gloom.
QUI-GON :
There's always a bigger fish.
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP -- BRIDGE
NUTE and
RUNE stand before a hologram of DARTH SIDIOUS.
NUTE : The invasion is on schedule, My
Lord.
DARTH SIDIOUS : Good. I have the Senate bogged down in procedures. By
the time this incident comes up for a vote, they will have no choice but to
accept your control of the system.
NUTE : The Queen has great faith the
Senate will side with her.
DARTH SIDIOUS : Queen Amidala is young and naive.
You will find controlling her will not be difficult. You have done well,
Viceroy.
NUTE : Thank you, My Lord.
DARTH SIDIOUS fades away.
RUNE : You didn't tell him about the missing
Jedi?
NUTE : No need to report that to him, until we have something to
report.
INT. SUB
COCKPIT - UNDERWATER
Sparks are flying, and water is leaking into the
cabin. The sound of the power drive drops.
OBI-WAN : .....we're losing
power.
OBI-WAN is
working with the sparking wires. JAR JAR panics.
QUI-GON : Stay calm. We're not in trouble
yet.
JAR JAR : What yet? Monstairs out dare! Leak'n in here, all'n sink'n,
and nooooo power! You nutsen! WHEN YOUSA TINK WESA IN TROUBLE?!!!?
OBI-WAN :
Power's back.
The
lights flicker on, revealing an ugly COLO CLAW FISH right in front of
them.
JAR JAR : Monstairs
back!
The large
COLO CLAW FISH is surprised and rears back. The sub turns around and speeds
away.
JAR JAR : (cont'd) Wesa in
trouble now??
QUI-GON : Relax.
QUI-GON puts his hand on JAR JAR's shoulder. JAR JAR
relaxes into a coma.
OBI-WAN :
You overdid it.
The
COLO CLAW FISH leaps after the fleeing sub as it shoots out of the tunnel and
into the waiting jaws of the SANDO AQUA MONSTER.
OBI-WAN (cont'd) This is not
good!
JAR JAR
regains consciousness.
JAR JAR :
Wesa dead yet?? Oie Boie!
JAR JAR's eyes bulge, and he faints again. The sub narrowly avoids the
deadly teeth of the AQUA MONSTER. The COLO CLAW FISH chasing them isn't so
lucky. It is munched in half by the larger predator. The little sub slips
away.
QUI-GON : Head for that
outcropping.
EXT.
THEED - MAIN ROAD INTO THEED - DAY (FX)
The long columns of the DROID
ARMY move down the main road leading to Theed, the Naboo capital.
EXT.
THEED PLAZA - DAY (FX)
As the QUEEN watches helplessly from a window in
the palace, a transport carrying NUTE and RUNE lands in Theed Plaza. They exit
the transport.
NUTE : Ah,
victory!
INT. NABOO
LAKE - UNDERWATER - SUB (FX)
The little sub continue to propel itself
toward the surface, which is brightly lit.
JAR JAR : Wesa dude it!
EXT. THEED - ESTUARY -
DAY
Paradise. Billowing clouds frame a romantic body of water. There is a
LOUD RUSH OF BUBBLES, and a small sub bobs to the surface.
The current in the
estuary begins to pull the sub backward into a fast moving river. OBI-WAN
switches off the two remaining bubble canopies. QUI-GON stands up to look
around. JAR JAR lets out a sigh of relief.
JAR JAR : Wesa safe now.
QUI-GON : Get this thing
started.
JAR JAR : Dissen berry good. Hey?
OBI-WAN : What is
it?
JAR JAR looks
back to where they're drifting. He sees they are headed for a huge
waterfall.
JAR JAR : What!!??
Oie boie!
OBI-WAN
tries to start the engine. The long props behind the sub slowly begin to rotate.
OBI-WAN struggles until finally, a few feet short of the waterfall, the sub
starts and is able to generate enough power to stop drifting backward in the
powerful current. The sub slowly moves forward. In the background, QUI-GON takes
a cable out of his belt. The engine coughs and dies. They start drifting
backward again. JAR JAR panics.
JAR JAR : (cont'd) Iyiiyi, wesa die'n here, hey!
QUI-GON shoots the thin cable, and it
wraps itself around a railing on the shore. The sub pulls the cable taut, and
the little craft hangs precariously over the edge of the
waterfall.
QUI-GON : Come
on...
OBI-WAN
climbs out of the sub and pulls himself along the cable. QUI-GON starts in after
him.
QUI-GON : (cont'd) Come on,
Jar Jar.
JAR JAR : No! Too scary!
OBI-WAN : Get up here!
JAR JAR : No a
mighty no!
JAR JAR
looks back and sees he is hanging over the waterfall.
JAR JAR : (cont'd) Oie boie...mesa comen. Mesa
comen!
JAR JAR
starts to climb out of the sub. OBI-WAN is on shore and helps to pull QUI-GON
out of the water.
(DARTH TROB NOTE: This small portion about the exiting of the Gungan sub was not in the film.)
OBI-WAN : That
was close.
BATTLE DROID 3B3 : (O.S) Drop your weapons!
The TWO JEDI turn around to see a
BATTLE DROID standing in front of them. JAR JAR climbs up on shore between the
JEDI.
BATTLE DROID 3B3 : I said
drop your weapons.
QUI-GON ignites his lightsaber, and in a brief flash, the DROID is cut
down by the JEDI. A stray laser bolt hits the cable and the sub breaks lose,
crashing down the waterfall.
The JEDI move on. JAR JAR reluctantly follows
and looks back at the mess.
JAR
JAR : Whoa!!!
EXT. THEED -- PALACE -- DAY
The
waterfalls of Theed sparkle in the noonday sun.
INT. THEED -- PALACE
THRONE ROOM -- DAY
QUEEN AMIDALA, SIO BIBBLE, and FIVE OF HER HANDMAIDENS
(EIRTAE, YANE, PADME, RABE, SACHE) are surrounded by TWENTY DROIDS. CAPTAIN
PANAKA and FOUR NABOO GUARDS are also held at gunpoint. NUTE and RUNE stand in
the middle of the room.
BIBBLE :
...how will you explain this invasion to the Senate?
NUTE : The Naboo and the
Federation will forge a treaty that will legitimize our occupation here. I've
been assured it will be ratified by the Senate.
AMIDALA : I will not
co-operate.
NUTE : Now, now, your Highness. You are not going to like what we
have in store for your people. In time, their suffering will persuade you to see
our point of view. Commander. (OOM-9 steps forward) Process them.
OOM-9 :
Yes, sir! (turns to his sergeant) Take them to Camp Four.
The SERGEANT marches the GROUP out of
the throne room.
EXT. PALACE - PLAZA - DAY
QUEEN AMIDALA, PADME,
EIRTA, YANE, RABE, SACHE, CAPTAIN PANAKA, SIO BIBBLE, and FOUR GUARDS are led
out of the palace by ten BATTLE DROIDS. The plaza is filled with tanks and
BATTLE DROIDS, which they pass on their way to the detention camp. Unbeknownst
to them, QUI-GON, OBI-WAN, and JAR JAR sneak across on a walkway above the plaza
and jump from a balcony to begin an attack to rescue the QUEEN.
FOUR
BATTLE DROIDS are instantly cut down. MORE DROIDS move forward and are also cut
down by the JEDIS' flashing lightsabers until there is only the DROID SERGEANT
left. The SERGEANT starts to run but is pulled back to QUI-GON by the Force,
until finally he is dispatched by the JEDI.
JAR JAR : Yousa guys bombad!
QUEEN AMIDALA and the OTHERS are
amazed. JAR JAR is getting used to this. They move between two
buildings.
QUI-GON : Your
Highness, we are the Ambassadors, for the Supreme Chancellor.
BIBBLE : Your
negotiations seem to have failed, Ambassador.
QUI-GON : The negotiations
never took place. Your Highness, we must make contact with the Republic.
CAPTAIN PANAKA
steps forward.
CAPT. PANAKA :
They've knocked out all our communications.
QUI-GON : Do you have
transports?
CAPT. PANAKA : In the main hanger. This way.
THEY disappear down an alleyway as the
ALARMS are sounded
INT. CENTRAL HANGER -- HALLWAY -- DAY
CAPTAIN
PANAKA cracks open a side door to the central hanger. QUI-GON looks in over his
shoulder. OBI-WAN, JAR JAR, and the rest of the group are behind him. They see
several Naboo spacecraft guarded by about FIFTY BATTLE DROIDS. ALARMS can be
heard in the distance.
CAPT.
PANAKA : There are too many of them.
QUI-GON : That won't be a problem. (to
Amidala) Your Highness, under the circumstances, I suggest you come to Coruscant
with us.
AMIDALA : Thank you, Ambassador, but my place is here with my
people.
QUI-GON : They will kill you if you stay.
BIBBLE : They wouldn't
dare.
CAPT. PANAKA : They need her to sign a treaty to make this invasion of
theirs legal. They can't afford to kill her.
QUI-GON : The situation here is
not what it seems. There is something else behind all this, Your Highness. There
is no logic in the Federation's move here. My feelings tell me they will destroy
you.
BIBBLE : Please, Your Highness, reconsider. Our only hope is for the
Senate to side with us... Senator Palpatine will need your help.
CAPT. PANAKA
: Getting past their blockade is impossible, Your Highness. Any attempt to
escape will be dangerous.
BIBBLE : Your Highness, I will stay here and do
what I can...They will have to retain the Council of Governors in order to
maintain control. But you must leave...
The QUEEN turns to PADME and
EIRTAE.
AMIDALA : Either choice
presents a great risk...to all of us...
PADME : We are brave, Your
Highness.
QUI-GON : If you are to leave, Your Highness, it must be
now.
AMIDALA : Then, I will plead our case before the Senate. (to Bibble) Be
careful, Governor.
INT. CENTRAL HANGER - DAY
The door opens to the main hanger.
QUI-GON, OBI-WAN, JAR JAR, CAPTAIN PANAKA, TWO GUARDS, and THREE HANDMAIDENS
(PADME, EIRTAE, RABE), followed by QUEEN AMIDALA, head for a sleek chrome
spacecraft. SIO BIBBLE, YANE and SACHE stay behind. The HANDMAIDENS begin to
cry.
CAPT. PANAKA : We need to
free those pilots.
CAPTAIN PANAKA points to TWENTY
GUARDS, GROUND CREW, and PILOTS held in a corner by SIX BATTLE DROIDS.
OBI-WAN : I'll take care of that. OBI-WAN heads toward the group
of captured pilots.
QUI-GON and the QUEEN, CAPTAIN
PANAKA, JAR JAR, and the rest Of the GROUP approach the GUARDS at the ramp of
the Naboo craft.
GUARD DROID : Where are you going?
QUI-GON :
I'm Ambassador for the Supreme Chancellor, and I'm taking those people to
Coruscant.
GUARD DROID: Coruscant? That does not
compute. You're under arrest!
The
DROID GUARD draws his weapon, but before any of the DROIDS can fire, they are
cut down. OTHER GUARDS run to their aid. OBI-WAN attacks the GUARDS around the
PILOTS. QUI-GON stands, fighting off DROIDS as the OTHERS rush on board the
spacecraft. OBI-WAN, the FREED PILOTS (including RIC OLIE), GUARDS and GROUND
CREW MEMBERS rush on board the ship. The OTHER PILOTS and GUARDS race to SIO
BIBBLR. After everyone has made it onto the ship, QUI-GON jumps on board. ALARMS
sound. MORE DROIDS rush into the hanger and fire as the ship takes off.
EXT. THEED - HANGER ENTRY - DAY (FX)
The ship exits the hanger.
BATTLE DROIDS standing in the hanger shoot at them.
EXT. SPACE (FX)
The sleek spacecraft speeds away from the planet of Naboo and heads for
the deadly Federation blockade.
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT - COCKPIT
The PILOT, RIC OLIE, navigates toward the massive battleship, QUI-GON
and CAPTAIN PANAKA watch.
RIC OLIE : ....our communications are
still jammed.
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT -- DROID HOLD
JAR JAR is led into a low, cramped doorway by OBI-WAN.
OBI-WAN : Now stay here, and keep out of trouble.
OBI-WAN closes the door. JAR JAR looks around and sees a long row
of five short, dome-topped ASTRO DROIDS (R-2 units). The all look alike, except
for their paint color, and they all seem to be shut down.
JAR JAR
: Ello, boyos. (no response) Disa wanna longo trip...hey?
JAR JAR taps a bright red R-2 UNIT on the head, and its head pops
up a bit. He lets out a gasp as he lifts the head.
JAR JAR :
(Cont'd) Tis opens?...Oooops! Many springs and things come flying out.
JAR JAR quickly closes it again, very embarrassed.
JAR JAR : (Cont'd) Yoi! Just yoken!
RIC OLIE : Powers back!
That little droid did it. He bypassed the main power drive. Deflector shield up,
at maximum.
The lone BLUE DROID finishes his repairs
and goes back into the ship. The Naboo spacecraft races away from the Federation
battleship.
QUI-GON : We'll have to land
somewhere to refuel and repair the ship.
QUI-GON
studies a star chart on a monitor.
OBI-WAN : Here, Master.
Tatooine... It's small, out of the way, poor... The Trade Federation has no
presence there.
CAPT. PANAKA : How can you be sure?
QUI-GON : It's
controlled by the Hutts...
CAPT. PANAKA : The Hutts??
OBI-WAN : It's
risky...but there's no alternative.
CAPT. PANAKA : You can't take Her Royal
Highness there! The Hutts are gangsters... If they discovered her...
QUI-GON
: ...It would be no different than if we landed on a system controlled by the
Federation...except the Hutts aren't looking for her, which gives us the
advantage.
CPATAIN PANAKA takes a deep breath in
frustration.
EXT. SPACE -- NABOO SPACECRAFT (FX)
The Naboo
spacecraft races away.
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP -- CONFERENCE
ROOM
NUTE and RUNE sit around a conference table with a hologram of DARTH
SIDIOUS.
NUTE : We control all the cities in the North and are
searching for any other settlements...
DARTH SIDIOUS : Destroy all
high-ranking officials, Viceroy...slowly...quietly. And Queen Amidala, has she
signed the treaty?
NUTE : She has disappeared, My Lord. One Naboo cruiser got
pat the blockade.
DARTH SIDIOUS : Viceroy, find her! I want that treaty
signed.
NUTE : My Lord, it's impossible to locate the ship. It's out of our
range.
DARTH SIDIOUS : ...not for a Sith...
A
second SITH LORD appears behind DARTH SIDIOUS.
DARTH SIDIOUS :
(Cont'd) ...Viceroy, this is my apprentice. Lord Maul. He will find your lost
ship.
NUTE : Yes, My Lord. (The hologram fades off.)
NUTE : (Cont'd) This
is getting out of hand...now there are two of them.
RUNE : We should not
have made this bargain. What will happen when the Jedi become aware of these
Sith Lords?
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT - QUEENS CHAMBERS
QUI-GON, OBI-WAN, CAPTAIN PANAKA, and the LITTLE BLUE DROID stand before
QUEEN AMIDALA and her THREE HANDMAIDENS, PADME, EIRTAE and RABE.
CAPT. PANAKA : ...An extremely well put together little droid.
Without a doubt, it saved the ship, as well as our lives.
AMIDALA : It is to
be commended...what is its number?
The LITTLE BLUE
DROID lets out a series of bleeps. CAPTAIN PANAKA leans over and scrapes some
dirt off of the side of the DROID and read the number:
CAPT.
PANAKA : R2-D2, Your Highness.
AMIDALA : Thank you, Artoo Detoo. You have
proven to be very loyal...Padme!
PADME bows before
the QUEEN.
AMIDALA : (Cont'd) Clean this droid up the best you
can. It deserves our gratitude...(to Panaka) Continue, Captain.
CAPTAIN PANAKA looks nervously to OBI-WAN and QUI-GON.
QUI-GON : Your Highness, we are heading for a remote planet called
Tatooine. It is a system far beyond the reach of the Trade Federation. There we
will be able to make needed repairs, then travel on to Coruscant.
CAPTAIN
PANAKA : Your Highness, Tatooine is very dangerous. It's controlled by an
alliance of gangs called the Hutts. I do not agree with the Jedi on this.
QUI-GON : You must trust my judgment, Your Highness.
AMIDALA and PADME exchange looks. PADME moves next to the DROID.
(DARTH TROB NOTE: This small portion about
cleaning up R2-D2 was left out of the film.)
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT - MAIN AREA
PADME sits in the Main Area,
cleaning R2-D2, the brave little Astromech Droid. JAR JAR pops out of an open door.
JAR JAR : Hidoe!
Both PADME and ARTOO
jump and let out a little SCREAM. The Gungan is embarrassed that he frightened
them.
JAR JAR : (Cont'd) Sorry, nomeanen to scare yousa.
PADME : That's all right.
JAR JAR : I scovered oily back dare. Needen
it?
PADME : Thank you. This little guy is quite a mess.
JAR JAR hands PADME the oil can.
JAR JAR : Mesa Ja
Ja Binksss...
PADME : I'm Padme, I attend Her Highness, You're a Gungan, aren't
you? (Jar Jar nods) How did you end up here with us?
JAR JAR : Me no
know...mesa day starten pitty okeyday witda brisky morning munchen. Den
boom....getten berry skeered, un grabbed dat Jedi, and before mesa knowen
it...pow! Mesa here. (He shrugs)...getten berry berry skeered.
ARTOO BEEPS a sympathetic beep.
INT. ANBOO SPACECRAFT -
COCKPIT
OBI-WAN, QUI-GON, and CAPTAIN PANAKA watch over RIC OLIE'S
shoulder. A large yellow planet appears directly ahead. RIC OLIE searches his
scopes.
OBI-WAN : That's it. Tatooine.
RIC OLIE : There's a
settlement...a spaceport, looks like.
QUI-GON : Land near the outskirts. We
don't want to attract any attention.
EXT. TATOOINE --
SPACE (FX)
The ship heads toward the planet of Tatooine.
EXT.
TATOOINE -- DESERT -- NABOO SPACECRAFT -- DAY (FX)
The Naboo spacecraft
lands in the desert in a swirl of dust. The spaceport of Mos Espa is seen in the
distance.
(DARTH TROB NOTE: This portion about Obi-Wan
talking to Jar Jar and removing the hyperdrive was not in the film.)
EXT. NABOO SPACECRAFT -- MAIN AREA
OBI-WAN is hoisting
the hyperdrive out of a floor panel. JAR JAR rushes up to him and falls to his
knees.
JAR JAR : Obi-Wan, sire, pleeese, no mesa go!
OBI-WAN
: Sorry, Qui-Gon's right. You'll make things less obvious.
JAR JAR walks back to ARTOO in the hallway as QUI-GON (dressed as a
farmer) enters the main area.
OBI-WAN : (Cant'd) The Hyperdrive
generator is gone. We will need a new one.
QUI-GON
moves closer to OBI-WAN and speaks quietly to him.
QUI-GON :
Don't let them send ant transmissions. Be wary...I sense a disturbance in the
Force.
OBI-WAN : I felt it also, Master.
QUI-GON
goes into the hallway to meet up with ARTOO and JAR JAR. They head to the exit
ramp.
EXT. TATOOINE -- DESERT -- SPACESHIP -- DAY
They start their
trek across the desert toward the city of Mos Espa. In the distance, a strange-looking caravan makes its way toward the spaceport.
JAR JAR : Dis
sun doen murder tada skin.
From the spaceship,
CAPTAIN PANAKA and PADME run toward them.
CAPT. PANAKA : Wait!
QUI-GON stops as they catch up. PADME is dressed in
rough peasant's garb.
CAPT. PANAKA : (Cont'd) Her Highness
commands you to take her handmaiden with you. She wishes for her to observe the
local...
QUI-GON : No more commands from Her Highness today, Captain. This
spaceport is not going to be pleasant...
CAPT. PANAKA : The Queen wishes it.
She is curious about this planet.
PADME : I've been trained in defense... I
can take care of myself.
CAPT. PANAKA : Don't make me go back and tell her
you refuse.
QUI-GON : I don't have time to argue. But this is not a good
idea. Stay close to me.
He gives PADME a stern look.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- STREET
-- DAY
The little GROUP walks down the
main street of Mos Espa. They pass dangerous looking citizens of all types.
PADME looks around in awe at this exotic environment.
QUI-GON :
...moisture farms for the most part, but also a few indigenous tribes and
scavengers. The few spaceports like this one are havens for those who do not
wish to be found...
PADME : ....like us. (JAR JAR is in a constant state of
panic.)
ARTOO whistles along, with perfect confidence.
JAR JAR : Dissen berry berry bad. (steps in ooze)
Ooooh...icky...icky...goo.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- JUNK
DEALER PLAZA -- DAY
The GROUP comes to a little plaza surrounded by
several junk spaceship dealers.
QUI-GON : We'll try one of the
smaller dealers.
They head for a little junk shop that
has a huge pile of broken spaceships stacked up behind it.
INT. WATTO'S
JUNK SHOP -- DAY
QUI-GON, JAR JAR, PADME, and ARTOO enter the dingy junk
shop and are greeted by WATTO, a pudgy blue alien who flies on short little
wings like a hummingbird.
WATTO : (subtitled) Hi chuba da naga?
(What do you want?)
QUI-GON : I need parts for a J-type 327 Nubian.
WATTO
: Ah yes, ah yes. Nubian. We have lots of that. What kinda junk? (subtitled)
Peedenkel! Naba dee unko (Boy, get in here! Now!)
QUI-GON : My droid here
has a readout of what I need.
A disheveled boy,
ANAKIN SKYWALKER, runs in from the junk yard. He is about nine years old, very
dirty, and dressed in rags. WATTO raises a hand and ANAKIN flinches.
WATTO : (subtitled) Coona tee-tocky malia? (What took you so
long?)
ANAKIN : (subtitled) Mel tassa cho-passa... (I was cleaning the bin
like you...)
WATTO : (subtitled) Chut-Chut! Ganda doe wallya. (Never mind!
Watch the store) Me dwana no bata. (I've got some selling to do here.) (to
Gui-Gon) Soooo, let me take a look out back. You'll find what you
need.
ARTOO and QUI-GON follow WATTO toward the
junk yard, leaving JAR JAR with PADME and the young boy ANAKIN. JAR JAR picks up
a gizmo, trying to figure out its purpose. QUI-GON takes the part out of his
hand and puts it back.
QUI-GON : Don't touch anything.
JAR JAR makes a rude face to QUI-GON's back and
sticks out his long tongue. ANAKIN sits on the counter, pretending to clean a
part, staring at PADME. She is the most beautiful creaure he has ever seen in
his life. PADME is a little embarrassed by his stare, but she musters up an
amused smile. Finally, he gets the courage to speak.
ANAKIN : Are
you an angel?
PADME : What?
ANAKIN : An angel. I've heard the deep space
pilots talk about them. They live on the Moons of Vego I think. They are the
most beautiful creatures in the universe. They are good and kind, and so pretty
they make even the most hardened spice pirate cry.
PADME looks at him, not knowing what to say.
PADME : I've never
heard of angels.
ANAKIN : You must be one...maybe you just don't
know it.
PADME : You're a funny little boy. How do you know so much?
ANAKIN : Since I was very little, three, I think. My Mom and I were sold to
Gardulla the Hutt, but she lost us, betting on the Podraces, to Watto, who's a
lot better master than Gardulla, I think.
PADME : You're...a slave?
ANAKIN looks at PADME defiantly.
ANAKIN : I am a person! My name is Anakin.
PADME : I'm sorry.
I don't fully understand. (Looking around) This is a strange world to me.
ANAKIN studies her intently.
ANAKIN :
You are a strange girl to me.
JAR JAR pushes the nose
on what appears to be a LITTLE DROID, and it instantly comes to life, grows legs
and arms, and starts marching around, knocking over everything. JAR JAR holds on
but can't stop it.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Hit the nose!
JAR JAR hits the nose, and the DROID collapses back into its
original state. ANAKIN and PADME laugh. ANAKIN watches PADME straighten her
hair.
EXT. WATTO'S JUNK YARD -- BEHIND SHOP -- DAY
WATTO reads a
small portable monitor he is holding. He stands before a
hyperdrive.
WATTO : ...Here it is...a T-14 hyperdrive generator!!
Thee in luck, I'm the only one hereabouts who has one...but thee might as well
buy a new ship. It would be cheaper, I think...Saying of which, how's thee going
to pay for all this?
QUI-GON : I have 20,000 Republic dataries.
WATTO :
Republic credits?!? Republic credits are no good out here. I need something more
real...
QUI-GON : I don't have anything else. (Raising his hand) But credits
will do fine.
WATTO : No they won'ta. (QUI-GON, using his mind power, waves
his hand again.)
QUI-GON : Credits will do fine.
WATTO : No, they won'ta.
What you think you're some kinda Jedi, waving your hand around like that? I'm a
Toydarian. Mind tricks don'ta work on me -- only money. No money, no parts! No
deal! And no one else has a T-14 hyperdrive, I promise you that.
INT. WATTO'S JUNK SHOP -- DAY
JAR JAR pulls a part out of a
stack of parts to inspect it, and they all come tumbling down. He struggles to
catch them, only to knock more down. ANAKIN and PADME are oblivious.
ANAKIN : ...wouldn't have lasted long if I weren't so good at
fixing things. I'm making my own droid...
QUI-GON
hurries into the shop, followed by ARTOO. QUI-GON : We're leaving. JAR JAR
follows QUI-GON. PADME gives ANAKIN a loving look.
PADME : I'm
glad I met you,....ah...
ANAKIN : ...Anakin.
PADME : Anakin.
ANAKIN
: Anakin Skywalker.
PADME : Padme Naberrie.
PADME
turns, and ANAKIN looks sad as he watches her leave.
ANAKIN : I'm
glad I met you too.
WATTO enters the junk yard,
shaking his head.
WATTO : (subtitled) Ootmians! Tinka me chasa
hopoe ma booty na nolia. (Outlanders! They think because we live so far from the
center, we don't know nothing.)
ANAKIN : (subtitled) La lova num botaffa.
(They seemed nice to me.)
WATTO : (subtitled) Fweepa niaga. Tolpa da bunky
dunko. (Clean the racks, then you can go home.)
ANAKIN lets out a "yipee" and runs out the back.
EXT. MOS
ESPA - STREET - ALCOVE - DAY
QUI-GON, ARTOO, JAR JAR, and PADME have
found a quiet spot between two buildings. The busy street beyond is filled with
dangerous looking creatures. QUI-GON is talking on his com-link, while JAR JAR
nervously watches the street. OBI-WAN is in the main hold of the Naboo craft.
QUI-GON : ...Obi-Wan, you're sure there isn't anything of value
left on board?
OBI-WAN : (V.O.) A few containers of supplies, the Queen's
wardrobe, maybe. Not enough for you to barter with. Not in the amounts you're
talking about.
QUI-GON : All right. Another solution will present itself.
I'll check back.
QUI-GON puts his comlink away and
starts out into the main street. JAR JAR grabs his arm.
JAR JAR :
Noah gain...da beings hereabouts cawazy. Wesa be robbed un crunched.
QUI-GON
: Not likely. We have nothing of value, that's our problem.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- STREET -- MARKET -- DAY
QUI-GON, PADME, JAR
JAR, and ARTOO move out into the street. JAR JAR is walking behind the others.
They walk by an outdoor cafe filled with a rough gang of aliens, one of which is
especially ugly, SEBULBA, a spider-like creature. JAR JAR stops for a moment in
front of a stall selling dead frogs hanging on a wire. He looks around to see if
anyone is looking, then sticks out his tongue, and gets hold of one, pulling it
into his mouth. Unfortunately, the frog is tied tightly to the wire. The vendor
suddenly appears.
VENDOR : Hey, that will be seven truguts!
JAR JAR opens his mouth in surprise, and the frog
snaps away, ricochets around the market, and lands in SEBULBA's soup, splashing
him. As JAR JAR moves away from the VENDOR, SEBULBA jumps up on the table and
grabs the hapless Gungan.
SEBULBA : (subtitled) Chuba! (You!)
JAR JAR : Who, mesa?
SEBULBA : (subtitled) Ni chuba na? (Is this
yours?)
SEBULBA holds the frog up to the Gungan
threateningly. SEVERAL OTHER CREATURES start to gather. SEBULBA shoves JAR JAR
to the ground. The Gungan desperately tries to scramble to
safety.
JAR JAR : (to himself) Why mesa always da
one?
ANAKIN
: (V.O) Because you're afraid.
JAR JAR turns to see
ANAKIN pushing his way next to him. The boy stands up to SEBULBA in a very
self-assured way.
ANAKIN : (subtitled) Chess ko, Sebulba...Coo
wolpa tooney rana. (Careful, Sebulba...This one's very connected.)
SEBULBA stops his assault on JAR JAR and turns to ANAKIN.
SEBULBA : (subtitled) Tooney rana nu pratta dunko, shag.
(Connected? Whada you mean, slave?)
ANAKIN : (subtitled) Oh da Hutt...cha
porko ootman geesa...me teesa rodda co pana pee choppa chawa. (As in Hutt...big
time outlander, this one... I'd hate to see you diced before we race again.)
SEBULBA : (subtitled) Neek me chowa, wermo, mo killee ma klounkee. (Next time
we race, wermo, it will be the end of you!) Una noto wo shag, me wompity du pom
pom. (If you weren't a slave, I'd squash you right now.)
SEBULBA turns away.
ANAKIN : (subtitled) Eh, chee
bana do mullee ra. (Yeah, it'd be a pity if you had to pay for me.)
QUI-GON, PADME and ARTOO arrive.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Hi! Your buddy here was about to be turned into
orange goo. He picked a fight with a Dug. An especially dangerous Dug called
Sebulba.
JAR JAR : Nosir, nosir. Mesa hate crunchen. Dat's da last ting mesa
wanten.
QUI-GON : Nevertheless, the boy is right...you were heading for trouble.
Thank you, my young friend.
PADME looks at ANAKINB
and smiles; he smiles back. They start walking down the crowded street.
JAR JAR : Mesa doen nutten!
(DARTH TROB NOTE: This small exchange about fear was not actually in the film.)
ANAKIN : Fear attracts the
fearful. He was trying to overcome his fear by squashing you...be less afraid.
PADME : And that works for you.
ANAKIN : To a point. (He smiles)
EXT. TATOOINE -- DESERT -- SPACESHIP --
DAY
OBI-WAN stands in front of the Naboo spacecraft as the wind picks up
and begins to whip at his robe. CAPTAIN PANAKA exits the ship and joins
him.
OBI-WAN : This storm's going to slow them down.
CAPT.
PANAKA : It looks pretty bad. We'd better seal the ship.
CAPTAIN PANAKA'S comlink sounds off.
CAPT. PANAKA :
(Cont'd) Yes?
EXT. MOS
ESPA - STREET - FRUIT STAND - DAY
ANAKIN and the GROUP stop at a fruit
stand run by a jolly, but very poor, old lady named JIRA.
ANAKIN
: How are you feeling today, Jira?
JIRA : The heat's never been kind to me,
you know, Annie!
ANAKIN : Guess what? I've found that cooling unit I've been
searching for. It's pretty beat up, but I'll have it fixed up for you in no
time, I promise.
JIRA : You're a fine boy, Annie.
ANAKIN : I'll take
four pallies today. (To Padme) You'll like these...
ANAKIN reaches in his pocket and comes up with three coins. He
drops one. QUI-GON picks it up, revealing for a moment, his lightsaber.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Whoops, I thought I had more...Make that
three, I'm not hungry.
The wind picks up. SHOP OWNERS
are starting to close up their shops as JIRA gives them their pallies.
JIRA : Gracious, my bones are aching...storm's coming on, Annie.
You'd better get home quick.
ANAKIN : (To QUI-GON) Do you have
shelter?
QUI-GON : We'll head back to our ship.
ANAKIN : Is it
far?
PADME : On the outskirts.
ANAKIN : You'll never reach the outskirts
in time...sandstorms are very, very dangerous. Come with me. Hurry!
The GROUP follows ANAKIN as he rushes down the windy
street.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- SLAVE QUARTERS -- STREET -- SANDSTORM --
DAY
The wind is blowing hard as QUI-GON, JAR JAR, and PADME follow ANAKIN
down the street and into a slave hovel.
INT. ANAKIN'S HOVEL -- MAIN ROOM --
DAY
QUI-GON, JAR JAR, ARTOO, and PADME enter a small living
space.
ANAKIN : Mom! Mom! I'm home.
JAR JAR : Dissen
cozy.
Anakin's mother, SHMI SKYWALKER, a warm,
friendly woman of forty, enters from her work area and is startled to see the
room full of people.
SHMI : Oh, my! Annie, what's
this?
ANAKIN : These are my friends, Mom. This is Padme, and...gee, I don't
know any of your names.
QUI-GON : I'm Qui-Gon Jinn, and this is Jar Jar
Binks. ARTOO lets out a little beep.
PADME : ...and our droid,
Artoo-Detoo.
ANAKIN : I'm building a droid. You wanna see?
SHMI : Anakin!
Why are they here?
ANAKIN : A sandstorm, Mom. Listen.
The wind HOWLS outside.
QUI-GON : Your son was kind
enough to offer us shelter.
ANAKIN : Come on! Let me show you Threepio!
ANAKIN leads PADME into the other room. ARTOO
follows, beeping all the way. QUI-GON takes five small capsules from his utility
belt and hands them to SHMI.
QUI-GON : I have enough food for a
meal.
SHMI : Oh, tank you. Thank you so much. I'm sorry if I was abrupt. I'll
never get used to Anakin's surprises.
QUI-GON : He's a very special boy. (SHMI
looks at him as if he's discovered a secret.)
SHMI : Yes, I know.
INT. ANAKIN'S HOVEL -- BEDROOM -- DAY
ANAKIN shows off his
DROID, which is lying on his workbench. There is one eye in the head; the
body, arms, and legs have no outer coverings.
ANAKIN : Isn't he
great?! He's not finished yet.
PADME : He's wonderful!
ANAKIN : You
really like him? He's a protocol droid...to help Mom. Watch!
ANAKIN pushes a switch, and the DROID sits up. Anakin rushes
around, grabs an eye and puts it in one of the sockets.
THREEPIO :
How do you do, I am See-Threepio, Human Cyborg Relations. How might I serve
you?
PADME : He's perfect.
THREEPIO: Perfect? Oh.
ANAKIN : When the storm is over, you can see my
racer. I'm building a Podracer!
PADME smiles at his
enthusiasm. ARTOO lets out a flurry of beeps and
whistles.
THREEPIO : I beg your pardon....what do you mean I'm
naked?
ARTOO BEEPS
THREEPIO : (Cont'd)
My parts are showing? Oh, my goodness. How embarrassing!
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT -- QUEENS CHAMBERS
AMIDALA, EIRTAE,
RABE, and OBI-WAN watch a very bad transmission of a SIO BIBBLE
hologram.
BIBBLE : ...cut off all food supplies until you
return...the death toll is catastrophic...we must bow to their wishes, Your
Highness...Please tell us what to do! If you can hear us, Your Highness, you
must contact me...
AMIDALA looks upset...almost
nervous.
OBI-WAN : It's a trick. Send no reply... Send no
transmission of any kind.
INT. ANAKIN'S HOVEL -- MAIN
ROOM -- DAY
QUI-GON listens to his comlink. OBI-WAN is in the
cockpit.
OBI-WAN : ...the Queen is upset...but absolutely no reply
was sent.
QUI-GON : It sounds like bait to establish a connection
trace.
OBI-WAN : What if it is true and the people are dying?
QUI-GON :
Either way, we're running out of time.
EXT. CORUSCANT
-- BALCONY OVERLOOKING CITY -- NIGHT
DARTH SIDIOUS and DARTH MAUL look out
over the vast city.
DARTH MAUL : Tatooine is sparsely populated.
If the trace was correct, I will find them quickly, Master.
DARTH SIDIOUS :
Move against the Jedi first...you will then have no difficulty taking the Queen
back to Naboo, where she will sign the treaty.
DARTH MAUL : At last we will
reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge.
DARTH SIDIOUS :
You have been well trained, my young apprentice, they will be no match for you.
It is too late for them to stop us now. Everything is going as planned. The
Republic will soon be in my command.
DARTH SIDIOUS looks out over the city.
EXT. MOS ESPA --
SANDSTORM -- DAY
The giant sandstorm engulfs the town, including the Naboo
spaceship on the outskirts of the city center, where Watto's ship is; and the
slave quarters, where drifts of sand begin building up against Anakin's house.
INT. ANAKIN'S HOVEL -- MAIN ROOM -- DAY
QUI-GON, ANAKIN, SHMI, JAR
JAR, and PADME are seated around a makeshift table, having dinner as the wind
howls outside.
JAR JAR slurps his soup rather loudly. Everyone looks at him.
He turns a little brighter red.
SHMI : All slaves have
transmitters placed inside their bodies somewhere.
ANAKIN : I've been working on
a scanner to try and locate mine, but no luck.
SHMI : Any attempt to
escape...
ANAKIN : ...and they blow you up...poof!
PADME and JAR JAR are horrified.
JAR JAR : How
wude.
PADME : I can't believe there is still slavery in the galaxy. The
Republic's anti-slavery laws...
SHMI : The Republic doesn't exist out
here...we must survive on our own.
An awkward silence.
ANAKIN attempts to end the embarrassment.
ANAKIN : Have you ever
seen a Podrace?
PADME shakes her head no. She notices
the concern of SHMI. JAR JAR snatches some food from a bowl at the other end of
the table with his tongue. QUI-GON gives him a dirty look.
QUI-GON : They have Podracing on Malastare. Very fast, very
dangerous.
ANAKIN : I'm the only human who can do it.
SHMI looks askance at her son.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Mom,
what? I'm not bragging. It's true. Watto says he's never heard of a human doing
it.
QUI-GON : You must have Jedi reflexes if you race Pods.
ANAKIN smiles. JAR JAR attempts to snare another bit of food from
the bowl with his tongue, but QUI-GON, in a flash, grabs it between his thumb
and forefinger. JAR JAR is startled.
QUI-GON : (Cont'd) Don't do
that again.
JAR JAR tries to acknowledge with some
silly mumbling. QUI-GON lets go of the tongue, and it snaps back into JAR JAR's
mouth.
ANAKIN : I...I was wondering...something...
QUI-GON :
What?
ANAKIN : Well, ahhh...you're a Jedi Knight, aren't you?
QUI-GON :
What makes you think that?
ANAKIN : I saw your laser sword. Only Jedi carry
that kind of weapon.
QUI-GON leans back and slowly
smiles.
QUI-GON : Perhaps I killed a Jedi and stole it from
him.
ANAKIN : I don't think so... No one can kill a Jedi Knight.
QUI-GON :
I wish that were so...
ANAKIN. I had a dream I was a Jedi. I came back here
and freed all the slaves...have you come to free us?
QUI-GON : No, I'm afraid
not...
ANAKIN : I think you have...why else would you be here?
QUI-GON thinks for a moment.
QUI-GON : I can see
there's no fooling you...(leans forward) You mustn't let anyone know about
us...we're on our way to Coruscant, the central system in the Republic, on a
very important mission, and it must be kept secret.
ANAKIN :
Coruscant...wow...how did you end up here in the outer rim?
PADME : Our ship
was damaged, and we're stranded here until we can repair it.
ANAKIN : I can
help! I can fix anything!
QUI-GON : I believe you can, but our first job is
to acquire the parts we need...
JAR JAR : Wit no-nutten mula to
trade.
PADME : These junk dealers must have a weakness of some kind.
SHMI
: Gambling. Everything here revolves around betting on those awful
races.
QUI-GON : Podracing... Greed can be a powerful ally.. if it's used
properly.
ANAKIN : I've built a racer! It's the fastest ever...There's a big
race tomorrow, on Boonta Eve. You could enter my pod. It's all but
finished...
SHMI : Anakin, settle down. Watto won't let you...
ANAKIN :
Watto doesn't know I've built it. (to Qui-Gon) You could make him think it's
yours, and you could get him to let me pilot it for you.
QUI-GON looks to SHMI. She is upset.
SHMI : I don't
want you to race, Annie...It's awful. I die every time Watto makes you do
it.
ANAKIN : But Mom, I love it...and they need help...they're in
trouble. The prize money would more than pay for the parts they need.
JAR JAR : Wesa ina pitty bad goo.
GUI-GON : Your mother's right. Is there anyone
friendly to the Republic who might be able to help us?
SHMI shakes her head no.
ANAKIN : We have to help
them, Mom...you said that the biggest problem in the universe is no one helps
each other...
SHMI : Anakin, don't...
JAR JAR
belches. There is silence for a moment as they eat.
PADME : I'm
sure Qui-Gon doesn't want to put your son in danger. We will find another
way...
SHMI : No, Annie's right, there is no other way... I may not like it,
but he can help you...he was meant to help you.
ANAKIN : Is that a yes? That
is a yes!
The storm continues to rage outside the
slave hovel.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- JUNK DEALER PLAZA -- DAY
The storm has
passed. VENDORS and STREET PEOPLE clean up the mess and rebuild their food
stalls. JAR JAR sits on a box in front of Watto's parts shop, watching all the
activity with growing nervousness. ARTOO is standing next to him. PADME stops
QUI-GON as he is about to enter the shop.
PADME : Are you sure
about this? Trusting our fate to a boy we hardly know. The Queen will not
approve.
QUI-GON : The Queen does not need to know.
PADME : Well, I don't
approve.
QUI-GON turns and starts into the
shop.
INT. WATTO'S JUNK SHOP - DAY
WATTO and ANAKIN are in the
middle of an animated discussion in Huttese.
WATTO : Patta go
bolla!
ANKAIN : No batta!
WATTO : Pedunky. Maa kee cheelya.
ANAKIN :
Bayno, Bayno!
QUI-GON walks in, and WATTO and ANAKIN
join him.
WATTO : The boy tells me you wanta sponser him insa race.
You can't afford parts. How can you do this? Not on Republic credits, I think.
(He laughs)
QUI-GON : My ship will be the entry fee.
QUI-GON pulls a small object that looks like a watch out of his
pocket, and a hologram of the Naboo spacecraft appears about a foot long in
front of WATTO. He studies it.
WATTO : Not bad...not bad...a
Nubian.
QUI-GON : It's in good order, except for the parts we need.
WATTO : ...but what would the boy ride? He smashed up my Pod in the last
race. It will take some time to fix it.
ANAKIN is
embarrassed and steps forward.
ANAKIN : Ahhhh....it wasn't my
fault really...Sebulba flashed me with his vent ports. I actually saved the
Pod...mostly.
WATTO : (Laughing) That you did. The boy is good, no doubts
there.
QUI-GON : I have...acquired a Pod in a game of chance. "The fastest
ever built."
WATTO : I hope you didn't kill anyone I know for it. (laughs)
So, you supply the Pod and the entry fee; I supply the boy. We split the
winnings fifty-fifty, I think.
QUI-GON : Fifty-fifty!?! If it's going to be
fifty-fifty, I suggest you front the cash for the entry. If we win, you keep all
the winnings, minus the cost of the parts I need...If we lose, you keep my ship.
WATTO thinks about this. ANAKIN tries not to be
nervous.
QUI-GON : (Cont'd) Either way, you win.
WATTO :
(subtitled) Deal! Yo bana pee ho-tah, meedee ya. (Your friend is a follish one,
methinks.)
EXT. NABOO SPACECRAFT -- TATOOINE DESERT --
DAY
OBI-WAN stands outside the Naboo spacecraft, speaking into his
comlink. QUI-GON is on the back porch of the hovel.
OBI-WAN :
What if this plan fails, Master? We could be stuck here for a long time.
QUI-GON : (V.O.) A ship without a power supply will not get us anywhere, and
there is something about this boy...
EXT MOS ESPA --
SLAVE QUARTERS -- PORCH -- DAY
QUI-GON puts the comlink away as SHMI comes
onto the porch
PADME, ANAKIN, JAR JAR, and ARTOO work on the engines of
the Podracer in the courtyard below.
QUI-GON : You should be proud
of your son. He gives without any thought of reward.
SHMI : He knows nothing
of greed. He has...
QUI-GON : He has special powers.
SHMI :
Yes...
QUI-GON : He can see things before they happen. That's why he appears
to have such quick reflexes. It is a Jedi trait.
SHMI : He deserves better
than a slave's life.
QUI-GON : The Force is unusually strong with him, that
much is clear. Who was his father?
SHMI : There was no father, that I know
of...I carried him, I gave him birth...I can't explain what happened. Can you
help him?
QUI-GON : I'm afraid not. Had he been born in the Republic, we
would have identified him early, and he would have become Jedi, no doubt...he
has the way. But it's too late for him now, he's too old.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- SLAVE QUARTERS -- BACK YARD -- DAY
KITSTER (a
young boy about Anakin's age), SEEK (a boy of ten), AMEE (a girl of six), and
WALD (a Greedo type, six years old) join ANAKIN, JAR JAR, ARTOO, and PADME
securing some wiring.
ANAKIN : Padme and Jar Jar, this is my
friend Kitster, and seek, Amee, and Wald.
All
whistle, hoot, and speak a greeting.
KITSTER : Wow, a real Astro
Droid...how'd you get so lucky?
ANAKIN : This isn't the half of it. I'm
entered in the Boonta Race tomorrow!
KITSTER : What? With this??
WALD :
(subtitled) Annie, Jesko na joka. (You are such a joke, Annie.)
AMEE :
You've been working on that thing for years. It's never going to run.
SEEK :
Come on, let's go play ball. Keep it up, Annie, and you're gonna be bug squash.
SEEK, WALD, and AMEE take off, laughing. JAR JAR is
fiddling with one of the energy binder plates.
ANAKIN : Hey! Jar
Jar! Stay away from those energy binders...
JAR JAR : Who, mesa?
ANAKIN
: If your hand gets caught in that beam, it will go numb for hours.
JAR JAR peeks at the energy plate; it makes a little
electronic pop, zaps him in the mouth and jumps back. JAR JAR tries to say
something, but his mouth is numb and his words are garbled.
JAR
JAR : Ouch-dats muy bigo Oucho. (Gibberish)
KITSTER : But you don't even
know if this thing will run.
ANAKIN : It will.
QUI-GON approaches the GROUP and gives ANAKIN a small battery. JAR
JAR gets his hand caught in the afterburner and tries to tell Anakin, but can't
get words out that make sense.
QUI-GON : I think it's time we
found out. Use this power charge.
ANAKIN : Yes, sir!
ANAKIN jumps into the little capsule behind the two giant engines.
He puts the power pack back into the dashboard. EVERYONE backs away, except for
JAR JAR who calls for help. Finally PADME frees him and the engines ignite with
a ROAR. EVERYONE cheers.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- SLAVE QUARTERS -- PORCH --
DAY
SHMI, watching from the porch, smiles sadly.
EXT. SLAVE
QUARTERS -- BALCONY -- NIGHT
ANAKIN sits on the balcony rail of his hovel
as QUI-GON tends to a cut. The BOY leans back to look at the vast blanket of
stars in the sky.
QUI-GON : Sit still, Annie. Let me clean this
cut.
ANAKIN : There are so many! Do they all have a system of planets?
QUI-GON : Most of them.
ANAKIN : Has anyone been to them all?
QU-IG0N : (Laughs) Not likely.
ANAKIN : I want to be the first one to
see them all... Ouch!
QUI-GON wipes a patch of blood
off ANAKIN'S arm.
QUI-GON : There, good as new...
SHMI yells from inside the hovel.
SHMI : (O.S.)
Annie, bedtime!
QUI-GON scrapes ANAKIN's blood onto a
comlink chip.
ANAKIN : What are you doing?
QUI-GON : Checking
your blood for infections.
ANAKIN : I've never seen...
SHMI : (O.S.)
Annie! I'm not going to tell you again!
QUI-GON : Go on, you have a big day
tomorrow. (beat) Goodnight.
ANAKIN rolls his eyes and
runs into the hovel. QUI-GON takes the blood stained chip and inserts it into
the comlink, then calls OBI-WAN.
QUI-GON : (Cont'd) Obi-Wan...
OBI-WAN : Yes, Master.
QUI-GON : Make an analysis of this blood sample
I'm sending you.
OBI-WAN : Wait a minute...
QUI-GON : I need a
midi-chlorian count.
OBI-WAN : All right. I've got it.
QUI-GON : What
are your readings?
OBI-WAN : Something must be wrong with the transmission.
QUI-GON : Here's a signal check.
OBI-WAN : Strange. The transmission
seems to be in good order, but the reading's off the chart...over twenty
thousand.
QUI-GON : (almost to himself) That's it then.
OBI-WAN : Even
Master Yoda doesn't have a midi-chlorian count that high!
QUI-GON : No Jedi
has.
OBI-WAN : What does it mean?
QUI-GON : I'm not sure.
QUI-GON looks up and sees SHMI in the doorway watching him.
Embarrassed, she goes back into the kitchen while QUI-GON ponders the situation.
EXT. TATOOINE -- DESERT MESA -- NIGHT
A sinister looking Sith
spacecraft lands on top of a desert mesa at dusk, scattering a herd of Banthas.
DARTH MAUL walks to the edge of the mesa and studies the landscape with a pair
of electrobinoculars. He picks out the lights of three different cities in the
distance, then pushes buttons on his electronic armband.
Six
football-sized PROBE DROIDS float out of the ship and head off in three
different directions toward the cities.
DARTH MAUL stands on the mesa
and watches them through his electrobinoculars.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- SLAVE
QUARTERS -- PORCH -- SUNRISE
Padme exits the hovel.
EXT. MOS ESPA
-- SLAVE QUARTERS -- BACK YARD -- SUNRISE
As the twin suns rise, ARTOO is
busy painting the racing Pod. ANAKIN is asleep. PADME passes ARTOO.
PADME : I hope you're about finished.
ARTOO whistles a positive reply. PADME sees KITSTER riding toward
them on an EOPIE, a strange camel-lile creature. He is leading a second EOPIE
behind him. PADME goes over to ANAKIN. He looks very vulnerable as he sleeps.
She watches him, then touches him on the cheek. ANAKIN wakes up, yawns, and
looks at her, a little puzzled.
ANAKIN : You were in my
dream...you were leading a huge army into battle.
PADME : I hope not; I hate
fighting. Your mother wants you to come in and clean up. We have to leave soon.
ANAKIN stands up and stretches just as KITSTER
arrives.
ANAKIN : Hook 'em up, Kitster. (To Padme) I won't be
long. Where's Qui-Gon?
PADME : He and Jar Jar left already. They're with
Watto at the arena.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- ARENA -- MAIN
HANGER -- DAY
RACE CREWS mill about outside the Main Hanger.
INT.
MOS ESPA -- ARENA -- MAIN HANGER -- DAY
The hanger is a large building with
a dozen or so Podracers being readied for the race. ALIEN CREWS and PILOTS rush
about, making last minute fixes on their vehicles. WATTO, QUI-GON, and JAR JAR
walk through the activity.
WATTO : ...I want to see your
spaceship the moment the race is over.
QUI-GON : Patience, my blue friend.
You'll have your winnings before the suns set, and we'll be far away from here.
WATTO : Not if your ship belongs to me, I think...I warn you, no funny
business.
QUI-GON : You don't think Anakin will win?
WATTO stops before an orange racer. Sitting to one side, having his
shoulders and neck massaged by TWIN YOBANAS, is SEBULBA.
WATTO :
Don't get me wrong. I have great faith in the boy. He's a credit to your race,
but Sebulba there is going to win, I think.
QUI-GON : Why?
WATTO : He
always wins. (Laughs) I'm betting heavily on Sebulba.
QUI-GON : I'll take
that bet.
WATTO : (Suddenly stops laughing) What??!! What do you mean?
QUI-GON : I'll wager my new racing pod against...say...the boy and his
mother.
WATTO : A Pod for slaves. I don't think so...well, perhaps. Just
one...the mother, maybe...the boy isn't for sale.
QUI-GON : The boy is
small, he can't be worth much.
WATTO shakes his
head.
QUI-GON : (Cont'd) For the fastest Pod ever
built?!
WATTO shakes his head again.
QUI-GON : (Cont'd) Both, or no bet.
WATTO : No Pod's worth
two slaves...not by a long shot...one slave or nothing.
QUI-GON : The boy,
then...
WATTO pulls out a small cube from his
pocket.
WATTO : We'll let fate decide. Blue it's the boy, red his
mother...
WATTO tosses the cube down. QUI-GON lifts
his hand slightly; it turns blue. QUI-GON smiles. WATTO is angry.
WATTO : (Cont'd) You won the small toss, outlander, but you won't
win the race, so...it makes little difference.
ANAKIN
and PADME enter the hanger on one of the EOPIEs, pulling an engine. KITSTER, on
the other EOPIE, is pulling another engine. With THREEPIO walking alongside,
ARTOO trundles behind, pulling the Pod with SHMI sitting on it. WATTO passes
ANAKIN as he leaves.
WATTO : (Cont'd) (subtitled) Bonapa keesa
pateeso, o wanna meetee chobodd. (Better stop your friend's betting, or I'll end
up owning him, too.)
WATTO walks off,
laughing.
ANAKIN : What did he mean by that?
QUI-GON : I'll
tell you later.
ARTOO beeps at
THREEPIO.
THREEPIO : Oh my! Space travel sounds rather
perilous.
ARTOO emits a series of
beeps.
THREEPIO : I can assure you they will never get me onto one
of those dreadful starships!
KITSTER : (To Anakin) This is so wizard! I'm
sure you'll do it this time, Annie.
PADME : Do what?
KITSTER : Finish
the race, of course!
PADME : You've never won a race?
ANAKIN :
Well...not exactly...
PADME : Not even finished?!
ANAKIN looks sheepish.
ANAKIN : ...but Kitster's
right, I will this time.
QUI-GON : Of course you will. (Pats ANAKIN on the
shoulders.)
EXT. MOS ESPA -- STREET -- DAY
One of Darth Maul's PROBE
DROIDS slowly floats down the main street of Tatooine. It looks in shops and
studies PEOPLE as it searches for OBI-WAN, QI-GON, or the QUEEN.
EXT.
MOS ESPA -- DESERT RACE ARENA -- DAY
An EXTREME HIGH WIDE ANGLE reveals a
vast arena in the Tatooine desert. A large semi-circular amphitheatre that holds
at least a hundred thousand people dominates the landscape. Large viewing
platforms loom over the racetrack.
INT. MOS ESPA -- ARENA ANNOUNCER'S BOX -- DAY
(FX)
A two-headed ANNOUNCER describes the scene.
FODE/BEED
: -
A: Toogi! Toogie! (Greetings) Toong mee cha kulkah du Boonta magi! tah
oos azalus ooval Poddraces. (We have perfect weather today for the Boonta
classic. The most hazardous of all Podraces.)
B : That's absolutely right. And
a big turnout here, from all corners of the Outer Rim territories. I see the
contestants are making their way out onto the starting grid.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- DESERT RACE ARENA -- DAY
On the left side of
the tracks across from the grandstands, a line of Podracers emerges from the
large hanger, surrounded by several CREW MEMBERS. Pods are pulled by a wide
variety of CREATURES and are led by aliens carrying flags. The PILOTS stand
facing the royal box.
FODE/BEED : -
(O.S) A : La Yma beestoo
(Yes, there they are!)
B : I see Ben Quadinaros from the Tund system.
A :
...eh Gasgano doowa newpa Ord Petrovia! (And Gasgano in the new Ord
Pedrovia.)
B : Two-time winner, Boles Roor...
A : Poo tula moosta, woe
grane champio Sebulba du Pixelito! Splastyleeya bookie ookie!! (On the front
line the reigning champion, Sebulba from Pixelito. By far the favorite
today.)
B : And a late entry, Anakin Skywalker, a local boy.
A : Wampa
peedunkee unko ( I hope he has better luck this time.)
B : I see the flaggers
are moving onto the track.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- ARENA --
GRANDSTAND -- DAY
Colorful canopies shade some of the SPECTATORS. VENDORS
sell barbecued creature parts and colorful drinks.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- ARENA
-- ROYAL BOX -- DAY (FX)
All the PILOTS bow from the waist as JABBA THE
HUTT enters the box and waves to the crowd.
FODE/BEED : -
A : O
grandio lust, Jabba Du Hutt, amu intoe tah parena. (His honor, our glorious
host, Jabba the Hutt has entered the arena.)
The
crowd ROARS. SEVERAL OTHER SLUG-LIKE HUTTS follow, along with humans and aliens.
Several SLAVE GIRLS on a chain are led alongside JABBA.
JABBA :
(subtitled) Chowbaso! Tam ka chee Boonta rulee ya, kee madda hodrudda du wundee.
(Welcome!) Sebulba tuta Pixelito...
EXT. MOS ESPA -
ARENA - STARTING GRID - DAY
SEBULBA, who is right next to ANAKIN, stands
and waves to his fans. A small pep band plays as his fans wave and cheer.
KITSTER attaches the giant engines to Anakin's Pod with a long cable.
SHMI gives ANAKIN a big hug and kiss. She looks him right in the eye.
SHMI : Be safe.
ANAKIN : I will, Mom. I promise.
She leaves as ANAKIN checks the cable hitches.
JABBA
: ...Mawhonic tuta Hok, Teemto Pagalies tuta Moonus Mandel, Anakin Skywalker
tuta Tatoonine...
The CROWD YELLS. ANAKIN waves to
the crowd, as JABBA continues with his introductions. SEBULBA moves over to one
of Anakin's engines. KITSTER and JAR JAR unhitch the EOPIES, and KITSTER leads
them away. ARTOO beeps that everything is OK. JAR JAR pats ANAKIN on the
back.
JAR JAR : Dis berry loony, Annie. May da guds be kind, mesa
palo.
PADME comes up and gives ANAKIN a little kiss on
the cheeek. SEBULBA bangs on a part protruding from Anakin's engine. He looks
around to see if anyone has noticed.
PADME : You carry all our
hopes.
ANAKIN : I won't let you down.
PADME moves
away as SEBULBA edges his way next to ANAKIN and gives him a sinister
grin.
SEBULBA : Bazda wahota, shag. Dobiella Nok. Yoka to Bantha
poodoo. (You won't walk away from this one, slave scum! You're Bantha poodoo.)
ANAKIN : (subtitled) Cha skrundee da pat, sleemo. (Don't count on it,
slime-ball.)
ANAKIN looks the evil SEBULBA in the eye
with a cold stare. QUI-GON approaches, and SEBULBA backs off toward his
racer.
JABBA : (subtitled)...Ka bazza kundee hodrudda! (...Let the
challenge begin!)
The CROWD lets out a LOUD CHEER.
QUI-GON helps ANAKIN into his Pod. The boy straps himself into the tiny
racer.
QUI-GON : Are you all set, Annie? (Anakin nods) Remember,
concentrate on the moment. Feel. Don't think. Trust your instincts. (He smiles)
May the Force be with you.
QUI-GON steps away as
ANAKIN puts on his goggles. The PILOTS flip switches, and powerful energy
binders shoot between the engines. ANAKIN flips a switch, and his engine starts.
The incredible ROAR of high-powered engines igniting echoes throughout the
arena. One driver, ODY MANDRELL, yells at a droid (DUM-4) to get away from the
front of his engine. The crowd is tense.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- ARENA -- STARTING
GRID -- DAY
The giant power-house engines torque as the PILOTS gun them.
The PILOTS flip switches, and powerful energy binders shoot between the engines.
Aliens carrying large flags move off the track. JAR JAR covers his
eyes.
JAR JAR : Mesa no watch. Dissen ganna be messy!
FODE/BEED
: -
A : Ya pawa culka doe rundee! (The power couplings are being
activated!)
B : Hey, it looks like they're clearing the grid.
EXT. MOS ESPA - ARENA - VIEWING PLATFORM - DAY
SHMI looks
nervously to QUI-GON as he enters a veiwing platform. PADME and JAR JAR are
already on board. The platform rises like an elevator.
SHMI : Is
he nervous?
QUI-GON : He's fine.
PADME : You Jedi are far too reckless.
The Queen...
QUI-GON : The Queen trusts my judgment, young handmaiden. You
should too.
PADME : You assume too much.
EXT. MOS
ESPA -- ARENA ANNOUNCER'S BOX -- DAY (FX)
FODE/BEED : -
B :
Start your engines.
The earth-pounding ROAR of the
engines revving is deafening.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- ARENA -- ROYAL BOX -- DAY
(FX)
Jabba bites off the head of a frog and spits it at a gong, signaling
the start of the race.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- ARENA -- STARTING GRID --
DAY
On a bridge over the track, a great green light at the center
flashes. The Podracers shoot forward with a high-pitches scream. ANAKIN's engine
floods and coughs -- then dies. All the other Podracers except one swerve around
him and disappear down the track. The slave boy struggles to get his racer
started. The two-headed announcer reports.
FODE/BEED : -
(O.S.)
A : An dare ovv! (And they're off!)
B : Oh...wait. Little Skywalker
has stalled.
PADME and JAR JAR are very disappointed
with ANAKIN. QUI-GON puts his arm around a very worried SHMI to comfort her.
Finally, ANAKIN's engines ignite. He zooms away after the receding pack of
competitors, leaving one quadra-Pod racer still trying to get started. The
two-headed ANNOUNCER describes the race as it
progresses.
FODE/BEED : - (O.S.)
B : And there goes
Skywalker... He'll be hard pressed to catch up with the leaders
today.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- RACETRACK -- DAY (FX)
The
Podracers fly across the desert. SEBULBA is running neck and neck with MAWHONIC.
They round the first turn in the track, side by side. SEBULBA drives his Pod
into his rival, forcing him into the wall of a large rock formation. MAWHONIC
crashes in a spectacular display of fire and smoke.
ANAKIN is much faster
than the back-end stragglers and passes them easily.
One of the drivers,
GASGANO, won't let ANAKIN by. ANAKIN tries to pass him on one side and is cut
off. He then tries to pass him on the other side and is cut off. As they come
up on a cliff drop-off, ANAKIN backs off, then guns it as GASGANO goes over the
cliff. ANAKIN accelerates so fast he sails right over the top of GASGANO
and speeds away.
Four TUSKEN RAIDERS perched above the race course fire their
rifles at the Pods racing in the canyon below them. One shot ricochets off the
back of ANAKIN's Pod.
FODE/BEED : -
B : Looks like a few
Tusken Raiders have camped out on the canyon dune turn.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- ARENA -- VIEWING PLATFORM -- DAY
JABBA THE
HUTT and the crowd watch the progress of the race on small, hand-held view
screens. JAR JAR is looking over the shoulder of a strange alien named FANTA.
JAR JAR : Where's Skywalker?
FANTA
moves the view screen out of Jar Jar's view. PADME, SHMI, and QUI-GON watch
another screen and look worried.
ARTOO, down in the pits with KITSTER, lets
out a worried sigh. The driver of the quadra-Pod looks worried.
EXT. MOS
ESPA -- RACETRACK -- DAY (FX)
ANAKIN is powering around corners and over
hills and cliffs, passing other racers right and left. SEBULBA is in the lead.
He is being challenged by another racer, XELBREE.
SEBULBA slows a little, and
as XELBREE pulls alongside, he opens a side vent on the racer's engine and the
exhaust starts to cut through the alien's engine.
The blast cuts along the
engine until finally it EXPLODES. SEBULBA deftly veers away.
ANAKIN works his
way through a dense mass of racers as they zoom over a dune sea, kicking up
dust. His Pod shakes violently as he goes over a jump. One of the Podracers,
ODY, catches one of his engines in the sand, and the whole thing
EXPLODES.
EXT. MOS ESPA -- ARENA -- VIEWING PLATFORM -- DAY
QUI-GON
sits quietly, meditating. PADME and SHMI search the landscape for any sign of
the racers. JAR JAR is still annoying FANTA for information. The crowd SCREAMS.
WATTO is laughing with his friends, confident in ANAKIN's defeat.
The
quadra-Pod engines start just as the racers come around the corner. The DRIVER,
BEN QUADINAROS, puts it in gear, and the four engines go off in all directions,
EXPLODING in a spectacular display. The Pod drops to the ground as SEBULBA
enters the arena, closely followed by all the OTHER RACERS. KITSTER strains to
see as ARTOO beeps excitedly. The announcer continues.
FODE/BEED :
- (O.S)
B ; There goes Quadinaros' power couplings.
A : Sebulba! Ka pa me
cheespa wata! (Here comes Sebulba in record time.)
QUI-GON, PADME, SHMI,
and JAR JAR yell for joy as ANAKIN passes. JAR JAR is very nervous and pounds on
the back of his alien neighbor, FANTA.
JAR JAR : What gooie-on?
FANTA : Bug
off.
Lap two. SEBULBA and the pack race past the main
arena. The crowd stands and YELLS as the Podracers scream off into the distance.
QUI-GON and PADME look worried.
JAR JAR : He musta
crash-ud.
PADME : Here he comes!
EXT. MOS ESPA -
ARENA - PIT AREA - DAY (FX)
ARTOO lets out an excited whistle, as KITSTER
yells.
THREEPIO : He has to complete two more circuits? Oh
dear!
EXT. MOS ESPA - RACETRACK - DAY (FX)
Sure
enough, coming around the bend is ANAKIN, quickly gaining on the pack. The
two-headed announcer describes the action. The crowd goes
wild.
FODE/BEED : - (O.S.)
B : It looks like Skywalker is
moving up through the field. He's in...
A : Steeth pa nagoola! (Sixth place,
not bad.)
ANAKIN continues to gain on the pack.
Tension for SHMI and PADME is unbearable.
ODY stops in the pits. Droids work
on his engines. DUM-4 stands in front of the engine and is sucked in, causing
the engine to die. DUM-4 is spit out the back of the engine, very bent up. The
engine lets out one final wheeze, then EXPLODES in a puff of
smoke.
FODE/BEED : - (O.S.)
A : Ody Mandrell! Coona wa wunda
dunko! (Ody Mandrell into the pits for some attention.)
ODY :
Droids!
TERTER is getting close to SEBULBA, who
purposely breaks a small part off his Pod, sending it into Terter's engine,
causing him to veer into ANAKIN, and unhooks one of the main straps on Anakin's
engines that links the Pod to his engines.
ANAKIN struggles to keep control
of the little Pod. It whips about wildly. As the Pod swings near the broken
engine strap, ANAKIN grabs for it. Finally, he catches the strap and manages to
unhook it to the Pod.
SEBULBA cuts the engine of OBITOKI with his side
exhaust, and the racer crashes with a cloud of dust. A THIRD RACER, HABBA, flie
into the cloud of dust and crashes into OBITOKI. ANAKIN rounds a corner and
heads into the cloud of smoke. He hits a part of one of the engines but regains
control.
FODE/BEED : - (O.S.)
B :At the start of the third and
final lap, Sebulba is in the lead, closely followed by Skywalker...
ANAKIN finally catches up with SEBULBA, and runs neck and neck over
the rough terrain. JAR JAR, QUI-GON, SHMI, and PADME all SCREAM s ANAKIN comes
through the arena. The lights in the tower indicate that this is the third and
last lap. WATTO begins to worry.
SEBULBA uses his side exhaust port to try to
cut through Anakin's engines. ANAKIN manages to avoid having his engine disabled
but is forced off course.
FODE/BEED : - (O.S.)
B : Skywalker is
forced onto the service ramp!
A : Oh noah!
On a
tight corner, ANAKIN dives to the inside and takes the lead.
FODE
BEED : - (O.S.)
B : Amazing... a controlled thrust and he's back on course!
What a move!
SEBULBA is furious. He stay's right on
Anakin's tail, crowding him and pushing him through the turns.
SEBULBA pushes
ANAKIN harder, and the young boy has a difficult time keeping control. One of
the parts on Anakin's engines begins to shake loose. ANAKIN sees it and switches
over to an auxiliary system. While he is trying to accomplish this maneuver,
SEBULBA races past him.
ANAKIN tries to get around SEBULBA, to no avail.
Every move ANAKIN makes, SEBULBA is able to block.
Finally, ANAKIN fakes a
move into the inside as he usually does, then tries to go around SEBULBA on the
outside. They race sid by side down the final stretch of the track.
FODE/BEED : - (O.S.)
B : He's catching Sebulba.
A :
Inkabunga. (Incredible!)
SEBULBA veers toward ANAKIN
and bangs into his Pod. He crashes into ANAKIN over and over. The young boy
struggles to maintain control as the steering rods on the two Pods become hooked
together. SEBULBA laughs at ANAKIN.
FODE/BEED : - (O.S.)
B :
That little human being is out of his mind.
A : Punda tah punda! (They're
neck and neck!)
B : They're side by side!
A : Bongo du bongu! (Shoulder to
shoulder!)
As they head for the final stretch, ANAKIN
fights to unlock the steering rods by trying to pull away from SEBULBA. The
strain on the steering rod is tremendous. Suddenly, ANAKIN's steering arm
breaks, and his Pos starts spinning.
The release of tension sends SEBULBA
into an ancient statue. One engine EXPLODES, then the other. SEBULBA skids
through the fire-balls, blackened, but unhurt. He slides to a smoking stop, gets
out of his racer, and throws what's left of a shifter arm on the ground.
Suddenly he realizes his pants are on fire, and he struggles to put them out.
ANAKIN flies through the EXPLOSION as the crowd stands, CHERRING. PADME and JAR
JAR jump up and down with excitment, PADME screaming for joy. ARTOO and KITSTER
whistle hysterically. QUI-GON and SHMI smile. ANAKIN races over the finish line,
the winner.
INT. MOS ESPA - ARENA ANNOUNCERS BOX - DAY (FX)
The
two-headed announcer excitedly calls the finish.
FODE/BEED :
-
B : It's Skywalker! The crowd are going nuts! Oh Ah Oh Ah (rock head in
tandem with partner)
EXT. MOS ESPA - ARENA -
DAY
As ANAKIN stops the Podracer, KISTER turns up, and they embrace.
Hundreds of SPECTATORS join them and put ANAKIN on their shoulders, marching
off, CHEERING AND CHANTING. Darth Maul's PROBE DROIDS move through the
crowd.
INT. MOS ESPA - ARENA - PRIVATE BOX - DAY
Several ALIENS
leave Watto's box, laughing and counting their money. WATTO sees QUI-GON
standing in the doorway.
WATTO : You! You swindled me! You knew
the boy was going to win! Somehow you knew it! I lost everything.
WATTO flies up to QUI-GON and puts his face right up against
QUI-GON's. QUI-GON simply smiles.
QUI-GON : Whenever you gamble,
my freind, eventually you'll lose. Bring the parts to the main hanger. I'll come
by your shop later so you can release the boy.
WATTO : You can't have him!
It wasn't a fair bet!
QUI-GON : Would you like to discuss it with the
Hutts...I'm sure they can settle this.
WATTO : No, no! I want no more of your
tricks! Take him!
The SITH PROBE DROID watches with
great interest.
EXT. MOS ESPA - ARENA - MAIN HANGER - DAY
The Main
Hanger is almost deserted as RACERS depart.
INT. MOS ESPA - ARENA - MAIN
HANGER - DAY
JAR JAR gives ANAKIN a great hug, then PADME gives him a
hug, then SHMI.
ANAKIN : Ah, gee...enough of this...
SHMI :
It's so wonderful, Annie. You have brought hope to those who have none. I'm so
very proud of you...
PADME : We owe you everything.
ANAKIN : Just feeling
this good was worth it.
In the background, QUI-GON has
harnessed the EOPIES to containers full of parts.
QUI-GON : Padme.
Jar Jar, let's go, we've got to get these parts back to the ship.
The GROUP walks over to QUI-GON and the EOPIES.
PADME climbs on
behind QUI-GON. JAR JAR swings up onto the second EOPIE, only to slwly slide off
the other side. ARTOO whistles. ANAKIN and SHMI wave as they ride
off.
QUI-GON : (Cont'd) I'll return the eopies by
midday.
EXT. TATOOINE - DESERT - NABOO SPACECRAFT -
DAY
ARTOO cruises ahead of QUI-GON and PADME, who are riding one of the
EOPIES; JAR JAR ridses the other. They stop in front of the sleek Naboo
spacecraft. OBI-WAN comes out of the ship and joins them.
QUI-GON
: Start getting this hyperdrive generator installed. I'm going back...some
unfinished business. I won't be long.
OBI-WAN : Why do I sense we've picked
up another pathetic life form...?
QUI-GON : It's the boy who's responsible
for getting those parts.
On a hill far overlooking the
Naboo spacecraft, the SITH PROBE DROID turns and speeds away.
EXT.
TATOOINE - STREET - SLAVE QUARTERS - DAY
ANAKIN and A GREEDO are rolling
around on the floor, fighting. About A DOZEN OR SO KIDS are standing around
them, yelling. Suddenly, a long shadow is cast over the TWO BOYS; they stop
fighting and look up. QUI-GOMN is towering above them. KITSTER is with
them.
QUI-GON : What's this?
ANAKIN : He said I
cheated.
QUI-GON : Did you?
ANAKIN : No!
QUI-GON : Do you still think
he cheated?
GREEDO : Yes.
QUI-GON : Well, Annie. You know the truth... You
will have to tolerate his opinion, fighting won't change it.
QUI-GON moves off down the street. Anakin follows. The GREEDO
wanders over to WALD who has been watching the goings-on.
WALD :
Keep this up, Greedo, and you're gonna come to a bad end.
Farther down the street QUI-GON and ANAKIN head toward Anakin's
hovel. QUI-GON takes a handful of credits from beneath his poncho and hands them
to the boy.
QUI-GON : These are yours. We sold the Pod.
ANAKIN
: (suddenly beaming) Yes!
INT. ANAKIN'S HOVEL - MAIN
ROOM - DAY
SHMI is cleaning up as ANAKIN bursts through the door,
followed by QUI-GON.
ANAKIN : Mom, he sold the Pod. Look at all
the money we have!
ANAKIN pulls a bag of coins out of
his pocket.
SHMI : Oh, my goodness, That's wonderful.
QUI-GON :
And Anakin has been freed.
ANAKIN : What?!?
QUI-GON : You're no longer a
slave.
ANAKIN jumps for joy! SHMI is
stunned.
ANAKIN : Did you hear that, Mom? (to Qui-Gon) Was that
part of the prize, or what?
QUI-GON : Let's just say Watto has learned an
important lesson about gambling.
SHMI : Now you can make your dreams come
true, Annie. You're free! (turns to Qui-Gon) Will you take him with you? Is he
to become a Jedi?
QUI-GON : Our meeting was not a coincidence. Nothing
happens by accident. You are strong with the Force, but you may not be accepted
by the Council.
ANAKIN : A Jedi! Mighty blasters, you mean I get to go with
you in your starship and everything?!
QUI-GON kneels
down to the boy.
QUI-GON : Anakin, training to be a Jedi will not
be a easy challenge. And if you succeed, it will be a hard life.
ANAKIN :
But it's what I want. What I've always dreamed about. Can I go, Mom?!
QUI-GON : This path has been placed for you, Annie; the choice to take it is
yours alone.
ANAKIN thinks, looks to his mother, then
to QUI-GON.
ANAKIN : I want to go.
QUI-GON : Then, pack your
things. We haven't much time.
ANAKIN : Yipee!!
ANAKIN hugs his mom and starts for the other room, then stops. SHMI
and QUI-GON give each other a knowing look. ANAKIN has realized something.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) What about Mom? Is she free too? You're coming,
aren't you, Mom
QUI-GON : I tried to free your mother, Annie, but Watto
wouldn't have it.
ANAKIN : But the money from selling...
QUI-GON : It's
not nearly enough.
SHMI comes over to her son and sits
next to him. Taking both of his hands in hers, she draws him
close.
SHMI : Son, my place is here. My future is here. It is time
for you to let go...to let go of me. I cannot go with you.
ANAKIN : I want to
stay with you. I don't want things to change.
SHMI : You can't stop change
any more than you can stop the suns from setting. Listen to your feelings;
Annie, you know what's right.
ANAKIN takes a deep
breath, drops his head. QUI-GON and SHMI exchange a look of concern. When ANAKIN
raises up, there are tears in his eyes.
ANAKIN : I'm going to miss
you so much, Mom...
SHMI : I love you, Annie...now hurry.
ANAKIN and SHMI hug. ANAKIN runs into the other
room.
SHMI : (Cont'd) Thank you.
QUI-GON : I will watch after
him. You have my word. Will you be all right?
SHMI : He was in my life for
such a short time.
INT. ANAKIN'S HOVEL - SECOND ROOM -
DAY
ANAKIN has thrown the last of his things in a small backpack. As he
leaves, he stops and pushes the button that wakes his droid up. THREEPIO stares
at him blankly.
ANAKIN : Well, Threepio, I'm free...and I'm going
away...in a starship...
THREEPIO : Master, Annie, you are my maker, and I
wish you well. Although I'd like it better if I were a little less
naked.
ANAKIN : I'm sorry I wasn't able to finish you, Threepio...give you
coverings and all... I'm going to miss working on you. You've been a great pal.
I'll make sure Mom doesn't sell you or anything. Bye.
THREEPIO stares at ANAKIN as he rushes out of the
room.
THREEPIO : Sell me?!?
EXT. MOS
ESPA - STREET - SLAVE QUARTERS - DAY
KITSTER runs up to ANAKIN as he and
QUI-GON exit Anakin's hovel. SHMI stands in the doorway. ANAKIN pulls a handful
of coins out of his pocket and gives them to KITSTER.
KITSTER :
There are so many of us who want you to stay, Annie... You're a hero.
ANAKIN
: I... (looks to SHMI) I... have to go.
QUI-GON has
moved a short way down the street.
KITSTER : Well.
ANAKIN :
Well.
KITSTER : Thanks for every moment you've been here. You're my best
friend.
ANAKIN : I won't forget.
ANAKIN hugs
KITSTER and runs toward QUI-GON, then stops to look back at his mother standing
in the doorway. He turns back to QUI-GON, then turns and runs back to his
mother.
ANAKIN : (starting to cry) I can't do it, Mom. I just
can't.
SHMI hugs ANAKIN. QUI-GON watches from the
distance. She kneels down and looks him in the face.
SHMI : Annie,
remember when you climbed the great dune in order to chase the Banthas away so
they wouldn't be shot... Remember how you collapses several times, exhausted
thinking you couldn't do it?
ANAKIN shakes his
head.
SHMI : (Cont'd) This is one of those times when you have to
do something you don't think you can do. I know how strong you are, Annie. I
know you can do this...
ANAKIN : Will I ever see you again?
SHMI : What
does your heart tell you?
ANAKIN : I hope so...yes...I guess.
SHMI : Then
we will see each other again.
ANAKIN : I.. will become a Jedi and I will come
back and free you, Mom...I promise.
SHMI : No matter where you are, my love
will be with you. Now be brave, and don't look back... don't look
back.
ANAKIN : I love you so much.
SHMI hugs
ANAKIN, then turns him around so he is facing QUI-GON, and off he marches, like
the brave little trooper that he is. He marches right past QUI-GON, starring
right ahead, tears in his eyes, determined not to look back.
EXT.
TATOOINE - DESERT MESA - DAY
The PROBE DROID beeps and whistles to DARTH
MAUL. The SITH LORD gets on a speeder bike and follows the PROBE DROID into Mos
Espa.
EXT MOS ESPA - STREET - FRUIT STAND - DAY
ANAKIN and QUI-GON
exit WATTO'S and stop before JIRA'S fruit stand. ANAKIN hands JIRA some
coins.
ANAKIN : I've been freed, and I'm going away. Buy yourself
a cooling unit with this... Otherwise I'll worry about you.
JIRA is astonished. She stares, not knowing what to
say.
JIRA : Can I give you a hug
ANAKIN : Sure.
She gives him a hug.
JIRA : I'll miss you, Annie..
there isn't a kinder boy in the galaxy. You be careful...
ANAKIN runs to join QUI-GON, who has already started down the
street. As they walk along together, QUI-GON notices something out of the corner
of his eye.
Suddenly, without breaking his stride, he ignites his laser
sword, swing around, and lunges forward and cuts a lurking PROBE DROID in half.
QUI-GON inspects the sparking and fizzing DROID.
ANAKIN : What is
it?
QUI-GON : Probe droid. Very unusual... not like anything I've seen
before. Come on.
QUI-GON and ANAKIN start
running.
EXT. TATOOINE - DESERT - NABOO SPACECRAFT - DAY
QUI-GON
and ANAKIN run toward the Naboo spacecraft. ANAKIN is having a hard time keeping
up.
ANAKIN : Master Qui-Gon,sir, wait!
QUI-GON turns to answer and sees a DARK-CLOAKED FIGURE bearing down
on a speeder bike.
QUI-GON : Anakin, drop!
ANAKIN drops to the ground just as DARTH MAUL sweeps over him.
DARTH MAUL jumps off his speeder bike, and before he has hit the ground, the
Sith Lord has swung a death blow with his laser sword that is barely blocked by
QUI-GON.
ANAKIN picks himself up. The two galactic warriors, Sith and Jedi,
are bashing each other with incredible blows. They move in a continual cloud of
dust, smashing everything around them. This is a fierce fight. ANAKIN gets up,
bewildered by the confrontation.
QUI-GON : (Cont'd) Annie, get to
the ship! Take off! Go! Go!
QUI-GON struggles to fend
off the relentless onslaught as ANAKIN races to the ship.
INT. NABOO
SPACECRAFT - HALLWAY
ANAKIN runs into the main hallway of the spaceship,
where PADME and CAPTAIN PANAKA are working.
ANAKIN : Qui-Gon's in
trouble. He says to take off...now!!
CAPT. PANAKA : Who are you?
PADME :
He's a friend.
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT -
COCKPIT
CAPTAIN PANAKA, ANAKIN, and PADME rush into the cockpit where
OBI-WAN and RIC OLIE are checking the hyperdrive.
CAPT. PANAKA :
Qui-Gon is in trouble, he says to take off!
PILOT : I don't see
anything.
OBI-WAN : Over there! Fly low!
In the
distance is a small cloud of dust.
EXT. TATOOINE - DESERT - NABOO
SPACECRAFT - DAY
QUI-GON and DARTH MAUL continue their sword battle.
Leaping over one another in an incredible display of acrobatics, the two warriors
hear the ship fly over them a few feet off the ground. QUI-GON almost disappears
for a moment.
Before DARTH MAUL knows what's happening, QUI-GON is on the
spacecraft's ramp.
EXT. TATOOINE - NABOO SPACECRAFT RAMP - DAY
The
SITH LORD immediately jumps onto the ramp after QUI-GON, but barely makes it.
His heels hang over the edge of a forty-foot drop. QUI-GON swings his laser
sword with all his might and knocks DARTH MAUL off the ramp and onto the desert
floor. The ramp closes, and the Naboo craft rockets away, leaving the Sith Lord
standing alone.
EXT. SPACE - NABOO SPACECRAFT (FX)
The sleek
spacecraft rockets away from the planet Tatooine.
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT -
HALLWAY
ANAKIN and OBI-WAN rush into the hallway to find QUI-GON
collapsed on the floor opposite the entry. ARTOO is looking over him. The JEDI
is breathing hard, wet with sweat and covered in dirt.
ANAKIN :
Are you all right?
QUI-GON : I think so... that was a surprise I won't soon
forget.
OBI-WAN : What was it?
QUI-GON : I don't know... but he was well
trained in the Jedi arts. My guess is he was after the Queen...
ANAKIN : Do
you think he'll follow us?
QUI-GON : We'll be safe enough once we're in
hyperspace, but I have no doubt he knows our destination.
ANAKIN : What are
we going to do about it?
OBI-WAN gives ANAKIN a "who
are you?" look. ANAKIN returns an innocent stare.
QUI-GON : We
will be patient. Anakin Skywalker, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi.
ANAKIN : Pleased to
meet you. Wow! You're a Jedi too?
OBI-WAN gives the
boy a skeptical look.
INT. COCKPIT - SPACE
RIC OLIE pulls back on
the hyperdrive. OBI-WAN, QUI-GON, and ANAKIN watch.
QUI-GON :
Let's hope this hyperdrive works and Watto didn't get the last
laugh.
The stars streak outside the cockpit
window.
EXT. SPACE - NABOO SPACECRAFT (FX)
The ship streaks into
hyperspace.
EXT. THEED - STREET - NIGHT (FX)
SEVERAL FEDERATION
DROIDS patrol a deserted city street. The Palace can be seen in the distance.
INT. NABOO PALACE - THRONE ROOM - THEED - NIGHT
NUTE sits in a
strange, mechanical walking chair, which approaches SIO BIBBLE and SEVERAL OTHER
NABOO OFFICIALS. RUNE follows a few paces behind. DROID GUARDS surround SIO
BIBBLE and THE OTHERS as FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS watch.
NUTE : When
are you going to give up this pointless strike? Your Queen is lost, your people
are starving, and you, Governor, are going to die, much sooner than your people,
I'm afraid. Take him away!
BIBBLE : This invasion will gain you nothing.
We're a democracy. The people have decided...They will not live under your
tyranny.
BIBBLE is taken away as OOM-9 approaches
NUTE.
OOM-9 : My troops are in position to begin searching the
swamps for these rumored underwater villages... they will not stay hidden for
long.
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT - MAIN AREA
The
ship is asleep. The lights are dim as PADME walks into the main room. She goes
to a monitor and watches the BIBBLE plea recording. JAR JAR is stretched out on
the floor, snoring. ARTOO is to one side, cooing as he rests.
PADME appears
tired. She senses someone watching her and turns around with a start. She sees
ANAKIN sitting in the corner, shivering and looking very dejected. She goes over
to him. He looks up at her with tears in his eyes. He is holding his arms to
keep himself warm.
PADME : Are you all right?
ANAKIN : It's
very cold.
PADME gives him her
over-jacket.
PADME : You're from a warm planet, Annie. Too warm
for my taste. Space is cold.
ANAKIN : You seem sad.
PADME : The Queen
is...worried. Her people are suffering...dying. She must convince the Senate to
intervene, or...I'm not sure what will happen.
ANAKIN : I'm...I'm not sure
what's going to happen to me. I dunno if I'll ever see you again.. (he pulls
something from his pocket) I made this for you. So you'd remember me. I carved
it out of a japor snippet... It will bring you good fortune.
ANAKIN hands a wooden pendant to PADME. She inspects it, then puts
it around her neck.
PADME : It's beautiful, but I don't need this
to remember you. Many things will change when we reach the capital, Annie. My
caring for you will always remain.
ANAKIN : I care for you too. Only
I...miss...
ANAKIN is disturbed about something. Tears
are in his eyes.
PADME : ...You miss your mother.
ANAKIN looks at her, unable to speak. She hugs him.
EXT.
SPACE - PLANET CORUSCANT (FX)
MOVE with the ship as it heads toward
Coruscant.
INT. CORUSCANT - CITYSCAPE - NABOO SPACECRAFT - DAY
(FX)
The spacecraft flies over the endless cityscape of Coruscant, the
capital of the galaxy.
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT - COCKPIT
ANAKIN
looks out the cockpit window in awe.
RIC OLIE : Coruscant...the
capital of the Republic...the entire planet is one big city.
ANAKIN : Wow!
It's so huge!
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT - DAY
(FX)
The ship flies through the cityscape of Coruscant.
EXT.
CORUSCANT - SENATE LANDING PLATFORM - DAY
Supreme Chancellor VALORUM,
SEVERAL GUARDS, and SENATOR PALPATINE stand on a landing platform.
The sleek
Naboo spacecraft lands on the platform high above the street level of the
galactic capital. The ramp lowers. OBI-WAN, QUI-GON, JAR JAR and ANAKIN descend
the ramp first and bow before PALPATINE and VALORUM.
CAPTAIN PANAKA, TWO
GUARDS, QUEEN AMIDALA, then PADME, RABE, EIRTAE, and MORE GUARDS descend the
ramp. QUEEN AMIDALA stops before the group.
ANAKIN and JAR JAR stand to one
side, looking at the huge city. PADME smiles at ANAKIN. PALPATINE bows before
the Queen.
PALPATINE : It is a great gift to see you alive, Your
Majesty. May I present Supreme Chancellor Valorum.
VALORUM : Welcome, Your
Highness. It is an honor to finally meet you in person. I must relay to you how
distressed everyone is over the currant situation. I've called for a special
session of the Senate to hear your position.
AMIDALA : I am grateful for
your concern, Chancellor.
PALPATINE starts to lead
QUEEN AMIDALA and her RETINUE off the platform toward a waiting air
taxi.
PALPATINE : There is a question of procedure, but I feel
confident we can overcome it...
JAR JAR and ANAKIN
start to follow, then stop, noticing that OBI-WAN and QUI-GON are staying with
the SUPREME CHANCELLOR. QUEEN AMIDALA waves to the duo to follow her. ANAKIN
looks back to QUI-GON, and he nods to go ahead.
ANAKIN and JAR JAR join the
QUEEN, PALPATINE, PADME, RABE and EIRTAE in the taxi. PALPATINE gives the Gungan
and the boy in the back of the taxi a skeptical look. JAR JAR leans over to
ANAKIN.
JAR JAR : Da Queens- a bein grossly nice, mesa tinks. (he
looks around) Pitty hot!
VALORUM and the JEDI watch
the taxi move off into the city.
QUI-GON : I must speak with the
Jei Council immediately, Your Honor. The situation has become more
complicated.
INT. PALPATINE'S QUARTERS - ANTEROOM -
DAY
QUEEN AMIDALA is sitting listening to PALPATINE. EIRTAE and RABE
stand behind the QUEEN; PADME is nowhere to be sen. ANAKIN and JAR JAR are
waiting in an adjoining room. They can see the Queen but cannot hear what is
being said.
JAR JAR : Dissen all pitty odd to my.
ANAKIN :
Don't look at me. I don't know what's going on.
CAPTAIN PANAKA enters, then goes into the room with QUEEN
AMIDALA.
INT. PALPATINE'S QUARTERS - LIVING AREA - DAY
PALPATINE
is pacing as CAPTAIN PANAKA enters. EIRTAE and RABE stand to one
side.
PALPATINE : ...the Republic is not what it once was. The
Senate is full of greedy, squabbling delegates who are only looking out for
themselves and their home systems. There is no interest in the common good...no
civility, only politics...its disgusting. I must be frank, Your Majesty, there
is little chance the Senate will act on the invasion.
AMIDALA : Chancellor
Valorum seems to think there is hope.
PALPATINE : If I may say so, Your
Majesty, the Chancellor has little real power...he is mired down by baseless
accusations of corruption. A manufactured scandal surrounds him. The bureaucrats
are in charge now.
AMIDALA : What options do we have?
PALPATINE : Our
best choice would be to push for the election of a stronger Supreme Chancellor.
One who will take control of the bureaucrats, enforces the laws, and give us
justice. You could call for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum.
AMIDALA : He has been our strongest supporter. Is there any other way?
PALPATINE : Our only other choice would to be to submit a plea to the
courts...
AMIDALA : There's no time for that. The courts take even longer to
decide things than the Senate. Our people are dying, Senator...more and more
each day. We must do something quickly to stop the Federation.
PALPATINE :
To be realistic, Your Highness, I'd say we're going to have to accept Federation
control for the time being.
AMIDALA : There is something I cannot
do.
EXT. TEMPLE OF THE JEDI - DAY (FX)
A unique
building with it tall spires stands out against the Coruscant skyline. A small
transport passes by the vast temple.
INT. TEMPLE OF THE JEDI - COUNCIL
CHAMBERS - DAY
QUI-GON stands in a tall stately room. Twelve JEDI sit in
a semi-circle. OBI-WAN stands behind QUI-GON in the center of the room.
The
Senior Jedi is MACE WINDU. To his left is an alien Jedi named KI-ADI-MUNDI, and
to his right, the Jedi Master, YODA.
QUI-GON : ...my only
conclusion can be that it was a Sith Lord.
MACE WINDU : A Sith Lord?!?
KI-ADI : Impossible! The Sith have been extinct for a millennium.
YODA :
The very Republic is threatened, if involved the Sith are.
MACE WINDU : I do
not believe they could have returned without us knowing.
YODA : Hard to see,
the dark side is. Discover who this assassin is, we must.
KI-ADI : I sense
he will reveal himself again.
MACE WINDU : This attack was with purpose,
that is clear, and I agree the Queen is the target.
YODA : With this Naboo
queen you must stay, Qui-Gon. Protect her.
MACE WINDU : We will use all our
resources here to unravel this mystery and discover the identity of your
attacker...May the Force be with you.
YODA : May the Force be with
you.
OBI-WAN turns to leave, but QUI-GON continues to
face the Council.
YODA : (Cont'd) Master Qui-Gon more to say have
you?
QUI-GON : With your permission, my Master. I have encountered a
vergence in the Force.
YODA : A vergence, you say?
MACE WINDU : Located
around a person?
QUI-GON : A boy... his cells have the highest concentration
of midi-chlorians I have seen in a life form. It is possible he was conceived by
the midi-chlorians.
MACE WINDU : You're referring to the prophesy of the one
who will bring balance to the Force...you believe it's this boy??
QUI-GON :
I don't presume...
YODA : But you do! Revealed your opinion is.
QUI-GON : I request the boy be tested.
The JEDI
all look to one another. They nod and turn back to OBI-WAN and
QUI-GON.
YODA : Trained as a Jedi, you request for him?
QUI-GON : Finding him was the will of the Force...I have no doubt of that.
There is too much happening here...
MACE WINDU : Bring him before us, then.
YODA : Tested he will be.
INT. QUEENS QUARTERS -
CORUSCANT - DAY Anakin, tentative, walks down one of the long hallways in
Senator Palpatine's quarters. He stops before a dor that is flanked by TWO
GUARDS.
GUARD : May I help you, son?
ANAKIN : I'm...I'm looking
for the handmaiden, Padme.
The GUARD speaks into his
comlink as ANAKIN looks around a bit nervously.
GUARD : The boy is
here to see Padme.
RABE : Send him in.
The doors
open, and ANAKIN enters the Queen's quarters.
RABE greets ANAKIN as TWO OTHER
HANDMAIDENS come and go into the next room.
ANAKIN : I'd like to
speak with Padme, if I could.
RABE : I'm sorry, Annie. Padme is not here
right now.
The Queen speaks out in the next
room.
AMIDALA : (O.S.) Who is it?
RABE : Anakin Skywalker, to
see Padme, Your Highness.
The QUEEN moves into the
doorway and studies ANAKIN. ANAKIN bows and looks down, then takes a peek at
her.
AMIDALA : I've sent Padme on an errand.
ANAKIN : I'm going
to the Jedi temple to start my training, I hope.
The
QUEEN just stares at him.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) I may not see her
again...and... I just wanted to say goodbye.
AMIDALA : We will tell her for
you. We're sure her heart goes with you.
ANAKIN bows
again.
ANAKIN : Thank you, Your Highness. I'm sorry to have
disturbed you.
The QUEEN dissapears behind the
doorway, and ANAKIN exits.
EXT. CORUSCANT - GALACTIC SENATE BUILDING -
DAY (FX)
A large, distinctive looking domed building stands out amid the
cityscape of Coruscant.
INT. MAIN ROTUNDA - GALACTIC SENATE -
DAY
The Senate chambers are huge. Thousands of SENATORS and their AIDES
sit in the circular assembly area. CHANCELLOR VALORUM sits in an elevated area
in the center. Hundreds of AIDES and DROIDS hurry about. SENATOR PALPATINE,
QUEEN AMIDALA, EIRTA, RABE, and CAPTAIN PANAKA sit in the Naboo congressional
box, which is actually a floating platform. PALPATINE leans over to the
QUEEN.
PALPATINE : If the Federation moves to defer the
motion...Your Majesty, I beg of you to ask for a resolution to end this
congressional session.
AMIDALA : I wish I had your confidence in this,
Senator.
PALPATINE : You must force a new election for Supreme Chancellor...I
promise you there are many who will support us...it is our best chance... Your
Majesty, our only, chance.
AMIDALA : You truly believe Chancellor Valorum
will not bring our motion to a vote?
PALAPATINE : He is distracted...he is
afraid. He will be of no help.
VALORUM : The Chair recognizes the Senator
from the sovereign system of Naboo.
The Naboo
congressional box floats into the center.
PALPATINE : Supreme
Chancellor, delegates of the Senate. A tragedy has occurred on our peaceful
system of Naboo. We have become caught in a dispute you're all well aware of,
which began right here with the taxation of trade routes, and has now engulfed
our entire planet in the oppression of the Trade Federation.
A second box rushes into the center of the Senate. It is filled
with Federation trade barons led by LOTT DOD, the Senator for the
Federation.
LOTT DOD : This is outrageous! I object to the
Senator's statements!
VALORUM : The Chair does not recognize the Senator from
the Trade Federation at this time. Please return to your station.
LOTT DOD reluctantly moves back to his
place.
PALPATINE : To state our allegations, I present Queen
Amidala, the recently elected ruler of Naboo, to speak on our
behalf.
QUEEN AMIDALA stands and addresses the
assembly. There is some applause.
AMIDALA : Honorable
representatives of the Republic, distinguished delegates, and Your Honor Supreme
Chancellor Valorum, I come to you under the gravest of circumstances. The Naboo
system has been invaded by force. Invaded...against all the laws of the Republic
by the Droid Armies of the Trade...
LOTT DOD : I object! There is no proof.
This is incredible. We recommend a commission be sent to Naboo to ascertain the
truth.
VALORUM : Overruled.
LOTT DOD : Your Honor, you cannot allow us to
be condemned without reasonable observation. It's against all the rules of
procedure.
A third box representing Malastare moves
into the center of the room. AKS MOE, the Ambassador, addresses the
convention.
AKS MOE : The Congress of Malastare concurs with the
honorable delegate from the Trade Federation. A commission must be
appointed...that is the law.
VALORUM : The point...
VALORUM confers with several of his AIDES and VICE CHAIRMAN MAS
AMEDDA. PALPATINE whispers something to the QUEEN.
PALPATINE :
Enter the bureaucrats, the true rulers of the Republic, and on the payroll of
the Trade Federation, I might add. This is where Chancellor Valorum's strength
will disappear.
VALORUM : The point is conceded...Section 523A take
precedence here. Queen Amidala of the Naboo, will you defer your motion to allow
a commission to explore the validity of your accusations?
QUEEN AMIDALA is angry but remains composed.
AMIDALA
: (angrily) I will not defer...I have come before you to resolve this attack on
our sovereignty now. I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while
you discuss this invasion in a committee. If this body is not capable of action,
I suggest new leadership is needed. I move for a "vote of no confidence"...in
Chancellor Valorum's leadership.
VALORUM : What?...No!
This causes a great stir in the assembly. A loud murmur crescendos
into a roar of approval and jeers. CHANCELLOR VALORUM is stunned and stands
speechless. His Vice Chair, MAS AMEDDA, takes over.
MAS AMEDDA :
Order! We shall have order...
Things settledown a
little. The Federation box settles next to AMIDALA. PRINCE BAIL ORGANA moves his
box into the arena.
BAIL ORGANA : Alderaan seconds the motion for
a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum.
MAD AMEDDA : The motion has
been seconded by Bail Organa of Alderaan.
MAS AMEDDA
turns to the confused VALORUM, and whispers something to him.
BAIL
ORGANA : There must be no delays. The motion is on the floor and must be voted
upon in this session.
LOTT DOD : The Trade Federation moves the motion be
sent to the procedures committee for study.
The
assembly begins to chant. VALORUM talks to MAS AMEDDA.
ASSEMBLY :
Vote now! Vote now! Vote now!
PALPATINE stands next to
AMIDALA.
PALPATINE : You see, Your Majesty, the tide is with
us...Valorum will be voted out, I assure you, and they will elect in a new
Chancellor, a strong Chancellor, one who will not let our tragedy continue...
MAS AMEDDA : The Supreme Chancellor requests a recess. Tomorrow we will
begin the vote.
The Federation delegation is furious.
VALORUM turns to PALPATINE.
VALORUM : Palpatine, I thought you
were my ally...my friend. You have betrayed me! How could you do
this?
EXT. PALACE OF THE JEDI - BALCONY -
SUNSET
OBI-WAN and QUI-GON stand outside the palace on a
balcony.
OBI-WAN : The boy will not pass the Council's tests,
Master, and you know it. He is far too old.
QUI-GON : Anakin will become A
Jedi...I promise you.
OBI-WAN : Don't defy the Council, Master...not
again.
QUI-GON : I will do what I must.
OBI-WAN : Master, you could be
sitting on the Council by now if you would just follow the code. They will not
go along with you this time.
QUI-GON : You still have much to learn, my
young apprentice.
INT. PALACE OF THE JEDI - COUNCIL
CHAMBERS - SUNSET
ANAKIN stands before the TWELVE JEDI. MACE WINDU holds
a small hand-held viewing screen. In rapid succession, images flash across the
screen.
ANAKIN : A ship...a cup...a speeder.
MACE WINDU turns the viewing screen off and nods toward
YODA.
YODA : Good, good, young one. How feel you?
ANAKIN :
Cold, sir.
YODA : Afraid are you?
ANAKIN : No, sir.
MACE WINDU : Afraid
to give up your life?
ANAKIN : I don't think so.
ANAKIN hesitates for a moment.
YODA : See through
you, we can.
MACE WINDU : Be mindful of your feelings...
KI-ADI : Your
thoughts dwell on your mother.
ANAKIN : I miss her.
YODA : Afraid to
lose her...I think.
ANAKIN : (a little angry) What's that got to do with
anything?
YODA : Everything. Fear is the path to the dark side... fear leads
to anger... anger leads to hate.. hate leads to suffering.
ANAKIN :
(angrily) I am not afraid!
YODA : A Jedi must have the deepest commitment,
the most serious mind. I sense much fear in you.
ANAKIN : (quietly) I am not
afraid.
YODA : Then continue, we will.
INT.
PALPATINES QUARTERS - SUNSET
QUEEN AMIDALA is standing, staring out the
window, with JAR JAR. The lights of the city shimmer before them. EIRTAE and
SABE stand near the door. JAR JAR turns to face the QUEEN and sees her sadness.
JAR JAR : Mesa wonder why da guds invent pain?
AMIDALA : To
motivate us, I imagine...
JAR JAR : Yousa tinken yousa people ganna die?
AMIDALA : I don't know.
JAR JAR : Gungans ganna get pasted too, eh?
AMIDALA : I hope not.
JAR JAR : Gungans do die'n without a fight....
wesa warriors. Wesa gotta grand army. Dat why you no liken us, metinks.
PALPATINE and CAPTAIN PANAKA rush into the rom and bow
before the QUEEN.
CAPT. PANAKA : Your Highness, Senator Palpatine
has been nominated to succeed Valorum as Supreme Chancellor.
PALPATINE : A
surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. I promise, Your Majesty, if I am
elected, I will bring democracy back to the Republic. I will put an end to
corruption. The Trade Fedreation will lose its influence over the bureaucrats,
and our people will be freed.
AMIDALA : Who else can be nominated?
CAPT.
PANAKA : Bail Antilles of Alderaan and Ainlee Teem of Malastare.
PALPATINE :
I feel confident...our "situation" will create a strong sympathy vote for us...
I will be Chancellor, I promise you.
AMIDALA : I fear by the time you have
control of the bureaucrats, Senator, there will be nothing left of our cities,
our people, our way of life...
PALPATINE : I understand your concern, Your
Majesty; unfortunately, the Federation has possession of our planet. The law is
in their favor.
AMIDALA : With the Senate in transition, there is nothing
more I can do here...Senator, this is your arena. I feel I must return to mine.
I have decided to go back to Naboo. My place is with my people.
PALPATINE :
Go back!! But, Your Majesty, be realistic! You would be in danger. They will
force you to sign the treaty.
AMIDALA : I will sign no treaty, Senator. My
fate will be no different from that of our people. Captain!
CAPT. PANAKA :
Yes, Your Highness?
AMIDALA : Ready my ship!
CAPT. PANAKA : Please, Your
Majesty, stay here...where it's safe.
AMIDALA : No place is safe, if the
Senate doesn't condemn this invasion. It is clear to me now that the Republic no
longer functions as a democracy. If you win the election, Senator, I know you
will do everything possible to stop the Federation. I pray you will bring sanity
and compassion back to the Senate.
AMIDALA and her
RETINUE exit the room. PALPATINE has a self-satisfied smile on his
face.
INT. TEMPLE OF THE JEDI - COUNCIL CHAMBERS -
TWILIGHT
ANAKIN, OBI-WAN, and QUI-GON stand before the TWELVE MEMBERS OF
THE JEDI COUNCIL.
YODA : ...Correct you were, Qui-Gon.
MACE
WINDU : His cells contain a high concentration of midi-chlorians.
KI-ADI :
The Force is strong with him.
QUI-GON : He's to be trained,
then.
The COUNCIL MEMBERS look to one
another.
MACE WINDU : No. He will not be trained.
ANAKIN is crestfallen; tears begin to form in his
eyes.
QUI-GON : No??!!
OBI-WAN
smiles.
MACE WINDU : He is too old. There is already too much
anger in him.
QUI-GON : He is the chosen one...you must see it.
YODA :
Clouded, this boy's future is. Masked by his youth.
QUI-GON : I will train
him, then. I take Anakin as my Padawan learner.
OBI-WAN reacts with surprise. ANAKIN watches with
interest.
YODA : An apprentice, you have, Qui-Gon. Impossible, to
take on a second. MACE WINDU : We forbid it.
QUI-GON : Obi-Wan is
ready...
OBI-WAN : I am ready to face the trials.
YODA : Ready so early,
are you? What know you of ready?
ANAKIN watches as
QUI-GON and OBI-WAN exchange angry looks.
QUI-GON :
Headstrong....and he has much to learn about the living Force, but he is capable.
There is little more he will learn from me.
YODA : Our own council we will
keep on who is ready. More to learn, he has...
MACE WINDU : Now is not the
time for this...the Senate is voting for a new Supreme Chancellor. Queen Amidala
is returning home, which will put pressure on the Federation, and could widen
the confrontation.
YODA : And draw out the Queen's attacker.
KI-ADI :
Events are moving fast...too fast.
MACE WINDU : Go with the Queen to Naboo
and discover the identity of the dark warrior. That is the clue we need to
unravel this mystery of the Sith.
YODA : Young Skywalker's fate will be
decided later.
QUI-GON : I brought Anakin here; he must stay in my charge.
He has nowhere else to go.
MACE WINDU : He is your ward, Qui-Gon...we will
not dispute that.
YODA : Train him not. Take him with you, but train him
not!
MACE WINDU : Protect the Queen, but do not intercede if it comes to war
until we have the Senate's approval.
YODA : May the Force be with
you.
OBI-WAN, QUI-GON, and ANAKIN leave.
EXT.
CORUSCANT - SENATE LANDING PLATFORM - NIGHT
QUI-GON, OBI-WAN, and ANAKIN
stand on the landing platform outside the ship. ARTOO whistles a happy tune as
he leans over the edge of the platform, watching the traffic. Suddenly, he leans
over too far and falls overboard. After a moment, he reappears, using his
on-board jets to propel himself back onto the landing platform. The wind whips
at ANAKIN as he listens to the JEDI.
OBI-WAN : It is not
disrespect, Master, it is the truth.
QUI-GON : From your point of view....
OBI-WAN : The boy is dangerous...they all sense it. Why can't you?
QUI-GON : His fate is uncertain, not dangerous. The Council will decide
Anakin's future...that should be enough for you. Now get on board!
OBI-WAN
reluctantly boards the Naboo spacecraft followed by ARTOO. QUI-GON goes over to
ANAKIN.
ANAKIN : Master Qui-Gon, sir, I do not wish to be a problem.
QUI-GON : You won't be, Annie....I'm not allowed to train you, so I want you
to watch me and be mindful...always remember, your focus determines your
reality. Stay close to me and you will be safe.
ANAKIN : Master, sir...I've
been wondering...what are midi-chlorians?
QUI-GON : Midi-chlorians are a
microscopic lifeform that reside within all living cells and communicates with
the Force.
ANAKIN : They live inside of me?
QUI-GON : In your cells. We
are symbionts with the midi-chlorians.
ANAKIN : Symbionts?
QUI-GON :
Life forms living together for mutual advantage. Without the midi-chlorians,
life could not exist, and we would have no knowledge of the Force. They
continually speak to you, telling you the will of the Force.
ANAKIN : They
do??
QUI-GON : When you learn to quiet your mind, you will hear them
speaking to you.
ANAKIN : I don't understand.
QUI-GON : With time and
training, Annie...you will.
Two taxis pull up, and
CAPTAIN PANAKA, SENATOR PALPATINE, TWENTY OR SO TROOPS, GUARDS, and OFFICERS
walk briskly toward the ship, followed by QUEEN AMIDALA, PADME, EIRTAE, and
finally, JAR JAR. AMIDALA and her HANDMAIDENS stop before the JEDI.
QUI-GON : (Cont'd) Your Highness, it is our pleasure to continue
to serve and protect you.
AMIDALA : I welcome your help. Senator Palpatine
fears the Federation means to destroy me.
QUI-GON : I promise you, I will not
let that happen.
AMIDALA enters the ship, followed by
her HANDMAIDENS. JAR JAR hugs QUI-GON and ANAKIN.
JAR JAR : Wesa
goen home!
They ALL move onto the ship. The ship takes
off.
INT. NABOO PALACE - THRONE ROOM - THEED - NIGHT
NUTE and RUNE
stand before a hologram of DARTH SIDIOUS.
DARTH SIDIOUS : The
Queen is on her way to you. I regret she is of no further use to us. When she
gets there, destroy her.
NUTE : Yes, my Lord.
DARTH SIDIOUS : Viceroy, is
the planet secure?
NUTE : Yes, my Lord, we have taken over the last pockets
of primitive life forms. We are in complete control of the planet now.
DARTH
SIDIOUS : Good. I will see to it that in the Senate, things stay as they are. I
am sending Darth Maul to join you. He will deal with the Jedi. NUTE : Yes, my
Lord.
DARTH SIDIOUS fades off.
RUNE : A
Sith lord here with us?!!
INT. SPACE - NABOO
SPACECRAFT COCKPIT
ANAKIN stands next to the PILOT, RIC OLIE, pointing to
various buttons and gauges.
ANAKIN : ...and that one?
RIC OLIE
: The forward stabilizer.
ANAKIN : And those control the pitch?
RIC OLIE :
You catch on pretty quick.
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT -
QUEEN'S CHAMBERS
SABE and EIRTAE stand behind QUEEN AMIDALA as she talks
with QUI-GON and CAPTAIN PANAKA. OBI-WAN and JAR JAR watch.
CAPT.
PANAKA : The moment we land the Federation will arrest you, and force you to
sign the treaty.
QUI-GON : I agree...I'm not sure what you hope to accomplish
by this.
AMIDALA : I'm going to take back what's ours.
CAPT. PANAKA :
There are only twelve of us, Your Highness....we have no army.
QUI-GON : I
cannot fight a war for you, Your Highness, only protect you.
AMIDALA : Jar
Jar Binks!
JAR JAR looks around,
puzzled.
JAR JAR : Mesa, Your Highness?
AMIDALA : Yes. I need
your help.
INT. NABOO CRUISER COCKPIT - DAY
The
Naboo Cruiser heads toward the lush green planet. There is only one Federation
battle cruiser orbiting. OBI-WAN and CAPTAIN PANAKA spot it on the view screen.
PANAKA : The blockade's gone.
OBI-WAN : The war's over...No
need for it now.
RIC OLIE : I have one battleship on my scope.
OBI-WAN : A
droid control ship.
PANAKA : They've probably spotted us.
OBI-WAN ; We
haven't much time.
INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT - MAIN
HOLD
The QUEEN, CAPTAIN PANAKA, TROOPS, and HANDMAIDENS get ready to
disembark as the ship alnds. The elevator door slides open, and ANAKIN emerges
into the hold area. He see PADME and run up to her.
ANAKIN : Hi!
Where have you been?
PADME : Annie! What are you doing here?
ANAKIN : I'm
with Qui-Gon...but...they're not going to let me be a Jedi. I'm too
old.
PADME : This is going to be dangerous, Annie.
ANAKIN : Is it? I can
help... Where are we going?
PADME : To war, I'm afraid. The Queen has had to
make the most difficult decision of her life. She doesn't believe in fighting,
Annie. We are a peaceful people...
ANAKIN : I want to help...I'm glad you're
back.
ANAKIN smiles. PADME smiles back.
EXT.
NABOO SWAMP - DAY
The Naboo spacecraft has landed in the Gungan swamp.
TROOPS unload the ships in the background as OBI-WAN approaches
QUI-GON.
OBI-WAN : Jar Jar is on his way to the Gungan city,
Master.
QUI-GON's thoughts are
elsewhere.
QUI-GON : Good.
OBI-WAN and
QUI-GON stand silently for a moment.
OBI-WAN : Do you think the
Queen's idea will work?
QUI-GON : The Gungans will not easily be swayed, and
we cannot use our power to help her.
OBI-WAN : I'm...I'm sorry for my
behavior, Master. It is not my place to disagree with you about the boy. I am
grateful you think I am ready for the trials.
QUI-GON
looks at him for a long moment.
QUI-GON : You have been a good
apprentice. You are much wiser than I am, Obi-Wan. I foresee you will become a
great Jedi Knight.
EXT. NABOO SWAMP - UNDERWATER - DAY
(FX)
JAR JAR swims down into Bubble City.
INT. OTOH GUNGA - CITY
SQUARE
JAR JAR enters the main square of the bubble city. He stands,
stunned, in amazement and fear. He is nervous and shaking.
JAR JAR
: Ello! Where das everybody?
The plaza is empty. He
notices that many of the buildings are shot up as if there had been a battle of
some kind.
EXT. NABOO SWAMP LAKE - DAY
JAR JAR exits the swamp
lake and walks over to QUEEN AMIDALA, CAPTAIN PANAKA, OBI-WAN, and QUI-GON.
PADME, EIRTAE, RABE, ANAKIN, and ARTOO, FOUR PILOTS, and EIGHT GUARDS stand in
the background near the starship.
JAR JAR : Dare-sa nobody dare.
All gone. Some kinda fight, I tink. Sorry, no Gungas...no Gungas.
CAPT.
PANAKA : Do you think they have been taken to camps?
OBI-WAN : More likely
they were wiped out.
JAR JAR : No...mesa no tink so. Gungan hiden. When in
trouble, go to sacred place. Mackineeks no find them dare.
QUI-GON : Do you
know where they are?
EXT. NABOO SWAMP - DAY
The
GROUP follows JAR JAR as he moves through the swamp. JAR JAR stops and sniffs
the air. The GROUP stop behind him.
JAR JAR : Dissen
it.
JAR JAR makes a strange chattering noise.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, CAPTAIN TARPALS and SIX OTHER GUNGAN TROOPS riding on
KAADUS emerge from the brush.
JAR JAR : (Cont'd) Heyo-dalee,
Captain Tarpals.
CAPT. TARPALS : Binks!! Noah gain!
JAR JAR : We comen to
see da boss.
CAPTIAN TARPALS rolls his
eyes.
CAPT. TARPALS : Ouch time, Binks... Ouch time for all-n
youse.
EXT. NABOO SACRED TEMPLE RUINS - DAY
JAR
JAR, QUEEN AMIDALA, ANAKIN, ARTOO, QUI-GON, OBI-WAN, PADME, RABE, EIRTAE, and
the rest of her group are led through a clearing full of GUNGAN refugees. At the
far end are the ruins of a grand temple with massive carved heads. BOSS NASS and
several other COUNCIL MEMBERS walk out on the top of a three-quarter-submerged
head.
BOSS NASS : Jar Jar, yousa payen dis time. Who's da uss-en
others??
QUEEN AMIDALA steps forward. CAPTAIN PANAKA
and the JEDI stand behind her.
AMIDALA : I am Queen Amidala of the
Naboo...I come before you in peace.
BOSS NASS : Naboo biggen. Yousa bringen
da Mackineeks... Dya busten uss-en omm. Yousa all bombad. Yousa all die'n, mesa
tink.
CAPTAIN PANAKA and HALF A DOZEN GUARDS and
PILOTS look around nervously, and the GUNGAN TROOPS lower their long power
poles. The JEDI stay relaxed. ANAKIN watches everything with great
interest.
AMIDALA : We wish to form an alliance...
Suddenly, PADME steps forward.
PADME : Your
Honor...
ARTOO whistles a quiet "uh
oh."
BOSS NASS : Whosa dis?
PADME : I am Queen Amidala (points
to Queen) This is my decoy...my protection...my loyal bodyguard.
ANAKIN is stunned. OBI-WAN and QUI-GON give each other a knowing
look.
PADME : (Cont'd) ...I am sorry for my deception, but under
the circumstances it has become necessary to protect myself. Although we do not
always agree, Your Honor, our two great societies have always lived in
peace...until now. The Trade Federation has destroyed all that we have worked so
hard to build. You are in hiding, my people are in camps. If we do not act
quickly, all will be lost forever...I ask you to help us...no, I beg you to help
us.
PADME drops to her knees and prostrates herself
before BOSS NASS. There is a gasp from CAPTAIN PANAKA, HIS TROOPS, and the
HANDMAIDENS.
PADME : (Cont'd) We are your humble servants...our
fate is in your hands.
Slowly, CAPTAIN PANAKA and his
TROOPS bow down before the GUNGAN COUNCIL. Then the HANDMAIDENS, ANAKIN, and
finally the JEDI. The GUNGANS are puzzled by this. BOSS NASS begins to
laugh.
BOSS NASS : Yousa no tinken yousa greater den da Gungans..
Mesa like dis. Maybe wesa bein friends.
INT. NABOO
PALACE - THRONE ROOM - DAY
NUTE, RUNE, and DARTH MAUL walk with a
hologram of DARTH SIDIOUS.
NUTE : ...we've sent out patrols. We've
already located their starship in the swamp....It won't be long, My
Lord.
DARTH SIDIOUS : This is an unexpected move for her. It's too
aggressive.. Lord Maul, be mindful.
DARTH MAUL : Yes, my Master.
DARTH
SIDIOUS : Be patient... Let them make the first move.
EXT. NABOO EDGE OF SWAMP/ GRASS PLAINS - DAY
A GUNGAN SENTRY
sits on top of the ancient temple head, searching the landscape with a pair of
electrobinoculars. He sees something and yells down to ANAKIN at the foot of the
statue.
GUNGAN LOOKOUT : Daza comen!
ANAKIN : All right.
They're here!
ANAKIN yells and runs over to PADME and
the JEDI, who are discussing a battle plan with FIVE GUNGAN GENERALS. SABE and
EIRTAE stand nearby. BOSS NASS puts his arm around JAR JAR.
BOSS
NASS : Yousa doen grand. Jar Jar bringen da Naboo together.
JAR JAR : Oh, no,
no, no...
BOSS NASS : So, wesa maken yousa Bombad General.
JAR JAR :
General??! Oh, no..
JAR JAR's eyes roll back, his
tongue flops out and he faints.
FOUR SPEEDERS pull up to the GROUP. CAPTAIN
PANAKA and a DOZEN OR SO GUARDS and PILOT pile out and join the
group.
PADME : What is the situation?
CAPT. PANAKA : Almost
everyone's in camps. A few hundred police and guards have formed an underground
movement. I brought as many of the leaders as I could. The Federation Army's
also much larger than we thought, and much stronger. Your Highness, this is a
battle I do not think we can win.
PADME : The battle is a diversion. The
Gungans must draw the Droid Army away from the cities. We can enter the city
using the secret passages on the waterfall side. Once we get to the main
entrance, Captain Panaka will create a diversion, so that we can enter the palace
and capture the Viceroy. Without the Viceroy, they will be lost and confused.
QUI-GON and OBI-WAN look on with
interest.
PADME : (Cont'd) What do you think, Master
Jedi?
QUI-GON : The Viceroy will be well guarded.
CAPT. PANAKA : The
difficulty's getting into the throne room. Once we're inside, we shouldn't have
a problem.
QUI-GON : There is a possibility with this diversion many Gungans
will be killed.
BOSS NASS : Wesa ready to do are-sa part.
JAR JAR smiles a very worried and sheepish grin. ANAKIN watches
with interest, as does ARTOO.
PADME : We have a plan which should
immobilize the Droid Army. We will send what pilots we have to knock out the
Droid control ship which is orbiting the planet. If we can get past their
rayshields, we can sever communication and their droids will be helpless.
QUI-GON : A well-conceived plan. However, there's great risk. The weapons on
your fighters may not penetrate the shields on the control ship.
OBI-WAN :
And there's an even bigger danger. If the Viceroy escapes, Your Highness, he will
return with another droid army.
PADME : That is why we must not fail to get
to the Viceroy. Everything depends on it.
INT. THEED
- PALACE - THRONE ROOM - DAY
NUTE, RUNE, DARTH MAUL, OOM-9, and a
hologram of DARTH SIDIOUS walk through the throne room.
DARTH
SIDIOUS : ...she is more foolish than I thought.
NUTE : We are sending all
available troops to meet this army of hers assembling near the swamp. It appears
to be made up of primitives. We do not expect much resistance.
OOM-9 : I am
increasing security at all Naboo detention camps.
DARTH MAUL : I feel there
is more to this, My Master. The two Jedi may be using the Queen for their own
purposes.
DARTH SIDIOUS : The Jedi cannot become involved. They can only
protect the Queen. Even Qui-Gon Jinn will not break that covenant.... This will
work to our advantage...
NUTE : I have your approval to proceed then, My
Lord.
DARTH SIDIOUS : Proceed. Wipe them put...all of them.
INT. NABOO SWAMP LAKE - DAY (FX)
All is peaceful. SMALL
CRITTERS drink out of a large swamp lake. Suddenly there is a disturbance in the
middle of the lake. A rush of bubbles, then a GUNGAN SOLDIER riding a KAADU
emerges from the water, followed by SEVERAL OTHERS. FROGS and OTHER LITTLE
ANIMALS flee in all directions as the GUNGAN ARMY marches through the swamp. The
KAADU shake themselves off as they exit the lake. When JAR JAR's KAADU shakes
off, JAR JAR falls off.
SOLDIERS on huge, lizard-like FAMBAAS with large
shield generators mounted on their backs follow the marching WARRIORS. The
GUNGAN ARMY heads out of the swamp and onto the rolling grassy hills.
HUNDREDS OF GUNGAN WARRIORS march in long lines toward the horizon.
Federation tanks move up to a ridge and stop. In the distance they see the
GUNGAN ARMY marching toward them. The GUNGAN GENERAL CEEL sees the tanks on the
ridge and orders a halt. The GUNGANS are spread out in a large line. JAR JAR is
nervous. GENERAL CEEL signals to the shield operators.
GENERAL
CEEL : Energize the shields.
A red ray shoots out of
the generator and blasts into a large dish on the back of a second FAAMBA and
spreads like an umbrella over the assembled WARRIORS.
EXT. THEED -
CENTRAL PLAZA - DAY
PADME, followed by EIRTAE, OBI-WAN, QUI-GON, ANAKIN,
and ARTOO, stealthily makes her way toward the entrance to the main hanger. They
are followed by about TWENTY NABOO GUARDS, PILOTS, and TROOPS. They stop, and
PADME uses a small red laser light to signal across the plaza to CAPTAIN PANAKA,
RABE and TWENTY OTHER ASSORTED NABOO TROOPS. They signal back. QUI-GON leans
over to ANAKIN.
QUI-GON : Once we get inside, Annie, you find a
safe place to hide and stay there.
ANAKIN : Sure.
QUI-GON : And stay
there!
DROID TROOPS mill about the tank-filled plaza.
At the far end of the plaza, SEVERAL DROIDS begin to run and fire. NABOO
SOLDIERS begin to fire back at the BATTLE DROIDS.
As the ruckus erupts at
one end of the plaza, PADME and her TROOPS rush into the main hanger. CAPTAIN
PANAKA and HIS SOLDIERS continue to engage the DROIDS outside.
INT.
THEED - CENTRAL HANGER - DAY
ALARMS ARE SOUNDING a PADME, the JEDI,
ANAKIN, EIRTAE, and PADME's TROOPS rush into the hanger. BATTLE DROIDS begin
firing at them as they run for cover. ANAKIN runs under a Naboo fighter. The
JEDI deflect bolts aimed at PADME back onto the BATTLE DROIDS, causing them to
EXPLODE.
INT. THEED - PALACE THRONE ROOM - DAY
NUTE, RUNE, and
FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS watch the plaza battle on a large view screen.
NUTE : I thought the battle was going to take place far from
here...this is too close!
RUNE : What is going on?
DARTH MAUL enters the throne room.
DARTH MAUL : I
told you there was more to this...the Jedi are involved.
EXT. NABOO GRASS PLAINS - DAY (FX)
The Federation tanks
begin to fire on the GUNGANS, but they are protected by their energy shield. The
tanks stop firing, and the GUNGANS CHEER, until they see the doors to the
massive transports open, and racks of BATTLE DROIDS are pulled out and lined up
by a squad of STAPS.
The BATTLE DROIDS reconfigure into their standing
position. The GUNGANS get ready for an attack. OOM-9 gives the command to move
forward, and THOUSANDS OF DROIDS march toward the GUNGANS.
The GUNGANS power
up their weapons. The DROIDS slowly march through the protective shield and
start firing. The GUNGANS throw their power poles and fling small balls of
energy with slingshots. The WARRIORS dump large balls of energy into mortars
that heat up and fire the energy goo onto the BATTLE DROIDS, causing them to
short out.
The battle rages and the GUNGANS defend their shield generators
against the ARMY OF DROIDS. OOM-9 watches from a tank on a hill overlooking the
battle.
INT. THEED - CENTRAL HANGER - DAY
ANAKIN hides behind
one of the Naboo fighters, ducking as large bolts whiz past and EXPLODE near
him. PADME and the TWO JEDI destroy BATTLE DROIDS right and left. The QUEEN'S
TROOPS and EIRTAE also blast away at the DROIDS. PADME signals to her pilots.
PADME : Get to your ships!
The PILOTS
and ARTOO UNITS run for the Naboo fighter craft stacked in the hanger bay. ONE
OF THE PILOTS jumps into a fighter right above where ANAKIN is hiding.
FIGHTER PILOT : Better find a new hiding place, kid. I'm taking
this ship.
The ship begins to levitate out of the
hanger. BATTLE DROIDS fire at it as it falls in behind five other fighters.
ARTOO whistles to ANAKIN from a second fighter not far away. ANAKIN runs and
jumps into the second fighter to hide.
EXT. THEED - CENTRAL PLAZA - DAY
(FX)
Two Naboo starfighters exit the main hanger. A tank fires at them,
hitting one of them, which causes it to pinwheel into the ground and EXPLODE.
INT. THEED - CENTRAL HANGER - DAY
CAPTAIN PANAKA, SABE and NABOO
TROOPS rush into the hanger and overwlm the few remaining BATTLE DROIDS. PADME,
OBI-WAN, and QUI-GON join forces with CAPTAIN PANAKA.
PADME : My
guess is the Viceroy is in the throne room.
She looks
to QUI-GON.
QUI-GON : I agree.
They
start to head for the exit, on the way passing the fighter where ANAKIN is
hiding. ARTOO whistles a greeting as ANAKIN peeps out of the
cockpit.
ANAKIN : Hey! Wait for me.
QUI-GON : No, Annie, you
stay there. Stay right where you are.
ANAKNI : But, I...
QUI-GON : Stay in
that cockpit.
They head for the exit. As they are
about to go through the door, suddenly everyone scatters, revealing DARTH MAUL
standing in the doorway. CAPTAIN PANAKA, PADME, and HER TROOPS back away.
QUI-GON and OBI-WAN step forward.
QUI-GON : (Cont'd) We'' handle
this...
The TWO JEDI take off their capes and ignite
their laser swords. DARTH MAUL takes off his cape, and ignites his laser sword.
Both ends of the sword light up.
At the far end of the hanger, SIX WHEEL
DROIDS roll in and transform into their battle position. ARTOO calls ANAKIN's
attention to the DROIDS. The JEDI begin to fight the Sith
Lord.
ANAKIN : Oh, no...
The DROIDS
begin to advance and start firing on PADME and HER TROOPS.
ANAKIN
: (Cont'd) We gotta do something, Artoo.
ARTOO
whistles a reply. Suddenly, the ship's systems go on, and the ship begins to
levitate.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) All right, thanks Artoo! Great idea!
I'll take over. Let's see...
ANAKIN steers the ship
toward the DROIDS. He pushes a button, and the ship begins to
shake.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Where's the trigger? Oops, wrong one..
Maybe this one....
ANAKIN pushes a second button, and
the lasers begin to fire, wiping out several DESTROYER DROIDS. ARTOO whistles a
cheer.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Yeah, all right. "Droid blaster."
Yeah!
The JEDI are engaged in a fierce sword fight
with DARTH MAUL. They have moved into the center of the hanger. While the WHEEL
DROIDS are momentarily distracted by ANAKIN, CAPTAIN PANAKA, PADME, and HER
TROOPS exit into a palace hallway.
The WHEEL DROIDS start firing at ANAKIN.
There are EXPLOSIONS all around him.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd)
Oops...shield up! Always on the right...shields always on the
right.
ANAKIN flips several switches, and the
after-burner ignites.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) I know we're moving. I'll
shut the energy drive down.
The fighter rockets out of
the hanger. ARTOO and ANAKIN hold on for dear life.
ANAKIN :
(Cont'd) Oops!! Wrong one.
ARTOO
beeps.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) I'm not doing anything!
ARTOO beeps.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) I know...I didn't push
anything.
The SITH LORD's moves are incredible. He is
fighting the TWO JEDI at once, flipping into the air, outmaneuvering them at
every turn.
INT. NABOO STARFIGHTER - COCKPIT - SPACE
The Naboo
fleet leaves the planet and heads toward the space station.
RIC
OLIE : Bravo Flight A, take on the fighters. Flight B, make the run on the
transmitter.
BRAVO TWO : Roger, Bravo Leader.
The
fleet approaches the space station. Many Federation fighters exit the hangers
and attack.
RIC OLIE : Enemy fighters straight ahead!
EXT. NABOO GRASS PALINS - DAY
JAR JAR's clumsiness works
for him in the battle. He gets caught up in the wiring of a blasted DROID,
dragging the torso around with him, the DROID's gun firing randomly,
accidentally
blasting SEVERAL DROIDS in one process.
OOM-9 decides to send in the WHEEL
DROIDS and gives the signal. HUNDREDS OF WHEEL DROIDS roll out of the transports
and head down toward the battle. They slowly roll through the deflector shields,
then transform themselves once they get on the other side. The GUNGANS blast the
WHEEL DROIDS with energy balls. The DESTROYER DROIDS blast many GUNGANS.
INT. NABOO STARFIGHTER - COCKPIT - SPACE
A giant dogfight ensues.
ANAKIN's fighter flies into space above Naboo. ARTOO beeps a worried
concern.
ANAKIN : The Autopilot is searching
for what other ships?
ARTOO beeps and whistles.
ANAKIN :
(Cont'd) There is no manual override, Artoo. You'll have to rewire it or
something.
ARTOO chirps that he's
trying.
ANAKIN : (cont'd) Look! There they are! That's where the
autopilot is taking us.
ANAKIN's fighter flies toward
the Federation Battleship.
INT. THEED - CENTRAL HANGER - DAY
The
SITH LORD drives the JEDI out of the hanger and not the power generator area
next door.
INT. THEED - POWER GENERATOR PIT - DAY
Three swords are
crossed in an intense display of swordsmanship. The JEDI and the SITH LORD fight
their way across the narrow bridge of the Theed power generator. DARTH MAUL
jumps onto the bridge above them. The JEDI follow, one in front of the SITH LORD
and one behind. They continue their sword fight.
INT. THEED - PALACE -
HALLWAY - DAY
PADME, CAPTAIN PANAKA, EIRTAE, SABE and THIER TROOPS are
trapped in a hallway by BATTLE DROIDS.
PADME : We don't have time
for this, Captain.
CAPT. PANAKA : Let's try the outside
stairway.
CAPTAIN PANAKA blasts a hole in the window,
and they make their way outside the building onto a ledge about six stories
above a raging waterfall. SABE, EIRTAE and about TWENTY NABOO SOLDIERS stay in
the hallway to hold off the BATTLE DROIDS.
EXT. THEED - PALACE - OVER
WATERFALL - DAY
PADME, CAPTAIN PANAKA, and about TEN OTHER NABOO SOLDIERS
are lined up along the edge. They have pulled small attachments out of their
pistols and fire at a ledge about four stories above them. Thin cables shoot out
of the pistols and are embedded into the ledge. PADME, CAPTAIN PANAKA, and the
OTHERS begin to climb up the wall.
EXT . NABOO
GRASS PLAINS DAY
The GUNGAN ARMY is no match for the DESTROYER DROIDS.
JAR JAR tries to run from the BATTLE DROIDS.
GENERAL CEEL :
Retreat! Retreat!
The GUNGANS begin to turn and run,
on foot, on their kaadu, and in wagons. JAR JAR attempts to escape on a wagon of
energy balls but only manages to unhitch the back gate, causing all of the
energy balls to roll out of the wagon and down the hill. JAR JAR scrambles to
avoid being hit by one of the balls. FOUR DESTROYER DROIDS aren't so lucky. They
get blasted by the energy balls.
The GUNGANS renew their attack on the DROID
ARMY. JAR JAR's bumbling destroys several more DESTROYER DROIDS.
INT.
NABOO STARFIGHTER - COCKPIT -SPACE
ANAKIN finds himself in the middle of
the space battle. A ship explodes behind him (over his left
shoulder).
ANAKIN : Whoo, boy! This is tense!
He looks forward to see enemy ships approaching head
on.
ANAKN : (Cont'd) : Oops! Artoo, get us off
Autopilot!
ARTOO screams a reply.
ANAKIN
: (Cont'd) I've got control?
ANAKIN fips
switches.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Okay, let's go left!
He moves the controls left and the ship responds, turning
left.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Yes...I've got control. You did it,
Artoo!
ARTOO beeps
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Go
back!?! Qui-Gon told me to stay in this cockpit and that's what I'm gonna do.
Now c'mon!
An enemy fighter comes into his sights.
ANAKIN pushes the controls and instead of firing, his fighter accelerates past
the enemy ship.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Oops! Whoa!
Now the enemy ship is on his tail. He tries evasive
maneuvers.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) I'll try spinning, that's a good
trick.
ANAKIN rolls the ship as ARTOO screams
desperately.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) I know we're in trouble! Hang on!
The way out of this mess is the way we got into it.
ARTOO beeps a reply.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Which one?
This one?
ANAKIN yanks on the reverse thrusters and
the ship slows instantly- the enemy fighter shoots past and explodes against the
space station.
INT. NABOO STARFIGHTER - COCKPIT - SPACE
The
SQUADRON attacks the space station.
RIC OLIE : Bravo flight...go
for the central bridge.
BRAVO TWO : Roger, Bravo Leader.
The attack is fruitless.
RIC OLIE : Their deflector
shield is too strong. We'll never get through it.
Meanwhile, ANAKIN is being chased by another fighter. ARTOO
shrieks.
ANAKIN : I know, Artoo! This isn't
Podracing!
The enemy ship fires and hits ANAKIN's
fighter, sending it into a spin. ARTOO screams.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd)
We're hit!
ANAKIN regains control as his ship enters
the space station hanger.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Great gobs of bantha
poo-doo!
ANAKIN's ship dodges parked transport ships
and other obstacles. A huge bulkhead blocks his way. ARTOO
beeps.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) I'm trying to stop! I'm trying to stop!
Whoa!
ANAKIN hits the reverse thrusters and the ship
skids to a stop on the hanger deck. ARTOO gives out a worried
whistle.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) All right! All right! Get the system
started!
ANAKIN ducks down to adjust a control
panel.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Everything's overheated. All the lights
are red.
ARTOO sees DROIDS approaching, and beeps
frantically.
INT. THEED - POWER GENERATOR PIT - DAY
The laser
sword battle continues on the small catwalk around the vast power pit. DARTH
MAUL kicks OBI-WAN off one of the ramps and he falls several levels. QUI-GON
knocks the DARK LORD off another ramp, and he lands hard on a ramp two levels
below. QUI-GON jumps down after him. The DARK LORD backs away along the catwalk
into a small door. QUI-GON follows as OBI-WAN runs to catch up.
INT.
THEED - POWER GENERATOR ELECRIC BEAM - HALLWAY
The SITH LORD, followed by
QUI-GON, enters a long hallway filled with a series of deadly rays that go on
and off in a pulsing pattern that shoots down the corridor every minute or so.
DARTH MAUL makes it down several walls of deadly rays before they close. QUI-GON
is one wall away from the DARK LORD. OBI-WAN is just starting into it and is
five walls way from DARTH MAUL.
The JEDI must wait until the next pulse to
advance down the corridor. OBI-WAN is impatient and paces, waiting for the wall
of rays to open. QUI-GON sits and meditates. The SITH LORD tries to patch up his
wounds.
INT. THEED - PALACE - HALLWAY TO THRONE ROOM
A window in
the hallway blasts apart. PADME, CAPTAIN PANAKA, and HER SOLDIERS climb into the
hallway. They head for the door to the throne roo. Suddenly, two DESTROYER
DROIDS skitter in front of the door. PADME turns around and sees TWO MORE appear
at the far end of the hallway, trapping them in the middle.
PADME throws
down her pistol and turns to CAPTAIN PANAKA.
PADME : Throw down
your weapons. They win this round.
CAPT. PANAKA : But we can't....
PADME :
Captain, I said throw down your weapons.
CAPTAIN
PANAKA and HIS MEN throw down their weapons.
EXT. NABOO GRASS PLAINS -
DAY
A DESTROYER DROID blasts one of the shield generators, causing it to
EXPLODE. The protective shield begins to weaken and fall apart.OOM-9 sees the
shield weaken and orders his tanks forward. The GUNGAN GENERAL signals a retreat
as the tanks enter the battle.
The GUNGANS flee as fast as they can. JAR JAR
is blown off his KAADU and lands on one of the tank guns. A GUNGAN WARRIOR
signals JAR JAR to jump off. JAR JAR is afraid. The gun swings around trying to
knock JAR JAR off. JAR JAR hangs from the tank barrel as it moves along.
Finally, he jumps onto a KAADU behind a GUNGAN WARRIOR. EXPLOSIONS from the tank
fire are everywhere. It is chaos.
INT. THEED - POWER GENERATOR ELECTRIC
BEAM - HALLWAY
The electric rays cycle as QUI-GON sits meditating. The
wall of the deadly rays turn away, and OBI-WAN starts running toward QUI-GON and
the DARK LORD. When the wall between QUI-GON and DARTH MAUL opens, QUI-GON is in
a split second fighting the DARK LORD with a ferocity not seen before. They move
into the area at the end of the corridor called the melting pit, a small area
that is mostly made up of a deep hole.
The electron ray gates begin to
close. OBI-WAN tries to make it to the melting pit but is caught one gate short.
He slides to a stop just before he hits the deadly electron field.
QUI-GON
and DARTH MAUL battle around the melting pit as a frustrated OBI-WAN watches.
DARTH MAUL catches QUI-GON off guard. The SITH makes a quick move, bashes
his lightsaber handle into QUI-GON's chin, and runs him through. QUI-GON slumps
to the floor in a heap.
EXT. NABOO GRASS PLAINS - DAY
The GUNGANS
have been overrun. Some flee into the hills, chased by BATTLE DROIDS on STAPS.
Many OTHERS are herded into groups by BATTLE DROIDS and DESTROYER DROIDS.
JAR JAR and GENERAL CEEL are held in a small group with OTHER
OFFICERS.
JAR JAR : Dissa bad, berry bombad.
GENERAL CEEL :
Mesa hopen dissa working for da Queen.
INT. THED -
PALACE THRONE ROOM - DAY
PADME, CAPTAIN PANAKA, and SIX OTHER OFFICERS
are brought by TEN BATTLE DROIDS before NUTE and RUNE and FOUR NEIMOIDIAN
COUNCIL MEMBERS.
NUTE : Your little insurrection is at an end,
Your Highness. Time for you to sign the treaty...and end this pointless debate
in the Senate.
SADBE dressed like the Queen appears in
the doorway with SEVERAL TROOPS. Several destroyed battle droids can be seen in
the distance.
SABE : I will not be signing any treaty, Viceroy,
because you've lost!
NUTE and THE OTHERS are stunned
to see a SECOND QUEEN. NUTE yells at the TEN GUARDS in the
room.
NUTE : After her! This one is a decoy!
SIX OF THE DROIDS rush out of the throne room after SABE. NUTE
turns to PADME.
NUTE : (Cont'd) Your Queen will not get away with
this.
PADME slumps down on her throne and immediately
hits a security button that opens a panel in her desk opposite CAPTAIN
PANAKA.
PADME grabs two pistols, tosses one of the to CAPTAIN PANAKA and one
to an OFFICER. She takes a third pistol and BLASTS the last of the BATTLE
DROIDS.
The OFFICERS rush to the door control panel as PADME hits the switch
to close the door. The OFFICER at the door jams the controls. CAPTAIN PANAKA
throws more pistols to the OTHER GUARDS. The NEIMODIANS are confused and
afraid.
PADME : Now, Viceroy, this is the end of your occupation
here.
NUTE : Don't be absurd. There are too few of you. It won't be long
before hundreds of destroyer droids break in to rescue us.
INT. THEED - POWER GENERATOR - MELTING PIT
OBI-WAN screams
as the pulsing electron gate opens, and the SITH LORD attacks him. The DARK LORD
is relentless in his assault on the young JEDI.
OBI-WAN and DARTH MAUL use
the Force to fling objects at each other as they fight. DARTH MAUL seems to have
the upper hand as OBI-WAN grows weary.
DARTH MAUL catches OBI-WAN off guard,
and the JEDI slips into a melting pit. He is barely able to hold onto a nozzle
on the side of the pit. DARTH MAUL grin evilly at OBI-WAN as he kicks OBI-WAN's
lightsaber down the endless shaft.
The SITH LORD smiles as he goes in for the
kill. At the last moment, OBI-WAN jumps up out of the pit, calls QUI-GON's
lightsaber to him, throwing DARTH MAUL off. The young JEDI swings with a
vengeance, cutting the SITH down. DARTH MAUL falls into the melting pit to his
death.
OBI-WAN rushes over to QUI-GON, who is dying.
OBI-WAN :
Master! Master!
QUI-GON : It is too late...It's...
OBI-WAN :
No!
QUI-GON : Obi-Wan promise...promise me you'll train the boy...
OBI-WAN
: Yes, Master...
QUI-GON : He is the chosen one...he will...bring
balance...train him!
QUI-GON dies. OBI-WAN cradles his
Master, quietly weeping.
INT. NABOO STARFIGHTER - COCKPIT - FEDERATION
HANGER
ANAKIN peeks over the edge of the cockpit to see BATTLE DROIDS
surrounding the ship. He ducks back down.
ANAKIN : Uh oh. This is
not good.
He looks at the dashboard to see red
lights.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) The systems are still overheated,
Artoo.
The BATTLE DROID CAPTAIN walks up to the ship
and sees ARTOO.
BATTLE DROID CAPTAIN : Where's your
pilot?
ARTOO beeps a reply.
BATTLE DROID
CAPTAIN : (Cont'd) You're the pilot?
ARTOO
whistles.
BATTLE DROID CAPTAIN : (Cont'd) Let me see your
identification!
ANAKIN sees the dashboard lights go
from red to green.
ANAKIN : Yes...we have ignition.
He flips the switch and the engine starts.
BATTLE
DROID CAPTAIN : (seeing Anakin) You! Come out of there or we'll blast
you!
ANAKIN : Not if I can help it! Shields up!
ANAKIN flips a switch and the ship levitates, knocking over the
BATTLE DROID CAPTAIN. The OTHER DROIDS shoot, but the lasers are deflected by
ANAKIN's shields. ARTOO beeeps.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) This should stop
them.
ANAKIN fires lasers as the ship begins to
rotate.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) ...and take this!
He presses a button and launches two torpedoes which miss the
DROIDS.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Darn...I missed!
The two torpedoes fly down a hallway and explode inside the reactor
room.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Let's get out of here!
ANAKIN's ship roars through the hanger deck, bouncing over the
DROIDS.
ANAKIN : (Cont'd) Now, this is Podracing!
Whoopee!
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP -
BRIDGE
TEY HOW turns to CAPTAIN DOFINE.
TEY HOW : Sir,
we're losing power...There is some problem with the main reactor...
DOFINE :
Impossible!! I don't...
The bridge
explodes.
INT. NABOO FIGHTER - COCKPIT - SPACE
RIC OLIE watches in
amazement as the Federation battleship starts to explode from the inside
out.
BRAVO TWO : What's that?? It's blowing up from the
inside.
RIC OLIE : I don't know, we didn't hit it.
BRAVO THREE : Look! One
of ours! Outta the main hold!!
EXT. NABOO GRASS PLAINS
- DAY
Suddenly, all of the DROIDS begin to shake upside down, run around
in circles, then stop. The GUNGANS carefully move out to inspect the FROZEN
DROIDS. JAR JAR pushes one of the BATTLE DROIDS, and it falls
over.
JAR JAR : Wierdind...
EXT. THEED -
CENTRAL HANGER - DAY
ANAKIN and ARTOO follow the squad of yellow Naboo
starfighters into the main hanger.
INT. THEED - CENTRAL HANGER -
DAY
RIC OLIE and the OTHER PILOTS gather around as they exit their
ships.
BRAVO TWO : He flew into the hold, behind the deflector
shield and blasted the main reactor...
BRAVO THREE : Amazing... They don't
teach that in the academy.
ANAKIN's ship skids to a
stop behind the other Naboo starfighters. RIC OLIE, BRAVO TWO, the OTHER PILOTS,
and GROUND CREW rush to his ship.
RIC OLIE : We're all accounted
for. Who flew that ship?
ANAKIN sheepishly opens the
cockpit and stands up. All the PILOTS stare in amazement.
ANAKIN :
I'm not going to get into trouble, am I?
ARTOO beeps.
oh. oh.
INT. MAIN HANGER - COURTYARD - DAY
The large, grand
cruiser of the Supreme Chancellor lands in the courtyard of the main hanger.
CAPTAIN PANAKA and TWENTY TROOPS guard NUTE GUNRAY and RUNE HAAKO. OBI-WAN, the
QUEEN, and her HANDMAIDENS stand before the NEIMOIDIANS.
PADME :
Now, Viceroy, you are going to have to go back to the Senate and explain all
this.
CAPT. PANAKA : I think you can kiss your Trade franchise
goodbye.
The main ramp of the cruiser is lowered as
OBI-WAN and CAPTAIN PANAKA lead the VICEROY and HIS ASSISTANT toward the ship.
The GRAND CHANCELLOR PALPATINE and SEVERAL REPUBLIC GUARDS descend the walkway,
followed by YODA and SEVERAL OTHER JEDI MASTERS.
The CHANCELLOR PALPATINE
is greeted by the QUEEN.
AMIDALA : Congratulations on your
election, Chancellor. It is so good to see you again.
PALPATINE : It's good
to be home. Your boldness has saved our people, Your Majesty. It is you who
should be congratulated. Together we shall bring peace and prosperity to the
Republic.
OBI-WAN greets YODA and the OTHER JEDI as
CAPTAIN PANAKA takes the NEIMODIANS onto the cruiser.
INT. TURRET ROOM -
NABOO PALACE - LATE DAY
The sun streams into the multi-windowed room at a
low angle. It is not quite sunset. YODA paces before OBI-WAN, who is kneeling in
the center of the room.
YODA : Confer on you, the level of Jedi
Knight the Council does. But agree on you taking this boy as your Padawan
learner, I do not.
OBI-WAN : Qui-Gon believed in him. I believe in Qui-Gon.
YODA : The Chosen One the boy may be; nevertheless, grave danger I fear in
his training.
OBI-WAN : Master Yoda, I gave Qui-Gon my word. I will train
Anakin. Without the approval of the Council if I must.
YODA : Qui-Gon's
defiance I sense in you. Need that, you do not. Agree, the council does. Your
apprentice, young Skywalker will be.
EXT. THEED -
CENTRAL PLAZA - FUNERAL TEMPLE STEPS - SUNSET
QUI-GON's body goes up in
flames as the JEDI COUNCIL, the QUEEN, SIO BIBBLE, CAPTAIN PANAKA, the
HANDMAIDENS, and ABOUT ONE HUNDRED NABOO TROOPS, TWENTY OTHER JEDI, PALPATINE,
OBI-WAN (standing with ANAKIN), JAR JAR, BOSS NASS, and TWENTY OTHER GUNGAN
WARRIORS watch. There is a drum roll that stops. Doves are released, and the
body is gone. ANAKIN looks to OBI-WAN.
OBI-WAN : He is one with
the Force, Anakin...You must let go.
ANAKIN : What will happen to me
now?
OBI-WAN : I am your Master now. You will become a Jedi, I
promise.
To one side, MACE WINDU turns to
YODA.
MACE WINDU : There is no doubt. The mysterious warrior was a
Sith.
YODA : Always two there are....no more...no less. A master and an
apprentice.
MACE WINDU : But which one was destroyed, the master or the
apprentice?
They give each other a concerned
look.
EXT. THEED -- CENTRAL PLAZA -- DAY
CHILDEREN SING and throw flowers on the passing GUNGAN SOLDIERS.
The CROWDS CHEER. It is a grand parade.
QUEEN AMIDALA stands next to the
SUPREME CHANCELLOR PALPATINE, ANAKIN, OBI-WAN, SIO BIBBLE, and the JEDI COUNCIL.
ARTOO stands in front of the QUEEN'S HANDMAIDENS and whistles at the parade.
QUEEN AMIDALA and PALPATINE smile at one another
In the parade are BOSS NASS
and his GUARDS, JAR JAR and GENERAL CEEL. The GUNGANS ride KAADU. They stop
before the QUEEN and walk up the steps to stand by her side.BOSS NASS holds up
the Globe of Peace. EVERYONE CHEERS. The parade marches on.
IRIS
OUT
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