Episode II 20th anniversary: Script re-write Pt 8 - Finale

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The last part! Enjoy.;)

INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, SECRET HANGER TOWER - LATE DAY

COUNT DOOKU throws switches on a control panel. His
Interstellar Sail Ship is parked nearby.

ANAKIN: You're going to pay for all the Jedi you've killed
today, Dooku.

OBI-WAN: (to Anakin): We'll take him together - you go in
slowly on the...

ANAKIN: No, I'm taking him now!

OBI-WAN: No, Anakin, no! No!

ANAKIN charges across the open space at COUNT DOOKU, who
smiles faintly, watching him come. ANAKIN raises his
lightsaber. At the last moment, COUNT DOOKU thrusts out an
arm and unleashes a blast of Force lightning. ANAKIN is
hurled across the room, and slammed into the opposite wall.
He slumps to the foot of the wall, semi-conscious. COUNT
DOOKU moves toward OBI-WAN.

COUNT DOOKU: As you can see, my Jedi powers are far beyond
yours. Now... back down.

COUNT DOOKU shoots Sith lighting at OBI-WAN who blocks it
with his lightsaber.


OBI-WAN: I don't think so.

OBI-WAN lifts his lightsaber. COUNT DOOKU smiles and
ignites his lightsaber.

OBI-WAN comes in fast, swinging at COUNT DOOKU's head.
DOOKU parries the cut easily. As they fight, it quickly
becomes clear that DOOKU is the complete swordsman,
elegant, graceful, classical - a master of the old style.

COUNT DOOKU: Master Kenobi, you disappoint me. Yoda holds
you in such high esteem.

COUNT DOOKU parries another cut and then thrusts. OBI-WAN
steps back quickly, panting for breath.

COUNT DOOKU: Come, come, Master Kenobi. Put me out of my
misery.
Surely you can do better.

OBI-WAN takes a deep breath, gets a fresh grip on his
lightsaber and comes in again. For a moment, he drives
COUNT DOOKU back. Then DOOKU's superior skill begins to
tell again, and he forces OBI-WAN to retreat.

COUNT DOOKU increases the tempo of his attack. OBI-WAN is
pushed to the limit to defend himself. DOOKU presses. His
lightsaber flashes.

OBI-WAN is wounded in the shoulder, then the thigh. He
stumbles back against the wall, trips, and falls. His
lightsaber goes skittering across the floor.

COUNT DOOKU raises his lightsaber. OBI-WAN looks up at him
helplessly. DOOKU's lightsaber flashes down and CLASHES
against - ANAKIN's lightsaber! COUNT DOOKU and ANAKIN stare
eyeball to eyeball.

COUNT DOOKU: That's brave of you, boy - but foolish. I
would have thought you'd have learned your lesson.

ANAKIN: I'm a slow learner.

And ANAKIN charges at COUNT DOOKU. The force of his attack
catches the COUNT slightly off balance. ANAKIN's lightsaber
flashes. COUNT DOOKU draws back.

COUNT DOOKU: You have unusual powers, young Padawan. But
not enough to save you this time.

ANAKIN: Don't bet on it!


OBI-WAN: Anakin!

OBI-WAN uses the Force to catch his lightsaber and he
tosses it to ANAKIN. With TWO LIGHTSABERS, ANAKIN attacks.
COUNT DOOKU parries and ripostes. It's no contest. ANAKIN
is driven back against the wall.
He loses one lightsaber.
Finally COUNT DOOKU, in one flashing move, sends ANAKIN's
arm, cut off at the elbow, flying, still gripping his
lightsaber. ANAKIN drops to the ground in agony. COUNT
DOOKU draws himself up to deliver the coup de grace.

Suddenly, through the thick smoke, emerges the heroic
figure of YODA. He stops on the smoke-filled threshold.

COUNT DOOKU: Master Yoda.

YODA: Count Dooku.

COUNT DOOKU: You have interfered with our plans for the
last time.

COUNT DOOKU levitates machinery, hurling it at the tiny
figure of the JEDI MASTER. YODA recovers and deflects the
machinery. COUNT DOOKU then causes great boulders in the
ceiling above YODA to fall, and again, YODA deflects the
boulders which fall around him. YODA deflects Force
lightning thrown at him by the enraged COUNT DOOKU.


YODA: Powerful you have become, Dooku. The dark side I
sense in you.

COUNT DOOKU: I have become more powerful than any Jedi.
Even you, my old Master.

COUNT DOOKU continues to hurl Force lightning at YODA, who
deflects every blast.

YODA: Much to learn you still have.

COUNT DOOKU: It is obvious this contest will not be decided
by our knowledge of the Force, but by our skills with a
lightsaber
.

COUNT DOOKU whirls his lightsaber in a formal salute. YODA
draws his lightsaber. Suddenly, COUNT DOOKU charges across
the space at YODA. He rains down blows upon the tiny
figure. YODA doesn't budge an inch. For the first part of
the contest, he parries every cut and thrust that COUNT
DOOKU aims. Nothing the great swordsman tries gets through.
His energy drains. His strokes become feeble, slower.

YODA attacks! He flies forward. COUNT DOOKU is forced to
retreat. Words are insufficient to describe the range and
skill of YODA's speed and swordplay. His lightsaber his a
humming blur of light. Finally, their blades cross and the
fighting slows.

YODA: Fought well you have, my old Padawan.

COUNT DOOKU: The battle is far from over. This is just the
beginning.

Then, with all his might, COUNT DOOKU uses the Force to
pull on one of the cranes in the hanger. It comes crashing
down toward OBI-WAN and ANAKIN. ANAKIN wakes. But in the
blink of and eye, ANAKIN and OBI-WAN attempt to hold up the
crane, using the Force. YODA closes his eyes and
concentrates, adding his strength to the two fallen JEDI
and moves the crane aside. COUNT DOOKU runs up the ship's
ramp, throwing a look back before going inside.

EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, SECRET HANGER TOWER - LATE DAY

A Gunship parks next to the tower carrying PADMÉ and
several CLONE TROOPERS.


The sound of the Sail Ship's engines are heard starting up.

COUNT DOOKU'S Sail Ship takes off. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN
struggle to the exhausted YODA, but it's too late. The Sail
Ship rises into the air and flies away.


PADMÉ and the CLONES open fire, but it's too late. The Sail
Ship rises into the air and flies away.


EXTERIOR: GEONOSIS, SPACE

COUNT DOOKU pilots his ship through the asteroid field
circling Geonosis and into deep space.

INTERIOR: GEONOSIS, SECRET HANGER TOWER - LATE DAY

OBI-WAN and ANAKIN struggle to the exhausted YODA.
PADMÉ runs to ANAKIN and throws her arms around him. ANAKIN
is barely able to stand up.

EXTERIOR: CORUSCANT, SPACE

COUNT DOOKU's Interstellar Sail Ship approaches
Coruscant.


EXTERIOR: CORUSCANT, OLD TOWN - DAWN

COUNT DOOKU's Interstellar Sail Ship glides through a
deserted, burned-out part of Coruscant. COUNT DOOKU
maneuvers the ship into one of the empty buildings andlands.

INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, SECRET LANDING PLATFORM - DAWN

The ramp lowers. COUNT DOOKU emerges and walks to where the
hooded figure of DARTH SIDIOUS stands waiting. COUNT DOOKU
bows.

COUNT DOOKU: The Force is with us, Master Sidious.

DARTH SIDIOUS: Welcome home, Lord Tyranus. You have done
well.

COUNT DOOKU: I bring you have good news for you, my Lord. The war has
begun.

DARTH SIDIOUS: Excellent. (smiling) Everything is going as
planned.

EXTERIOR: CORUSCANT, JEDI TEMPLE - SUNSET

The beautiful temple basks in the red glow of the setting
sun.

INTERIOR: JEDI TEMPLE, COUNCIL CHAMBER - SUNSET

OBI-WAN: Do you believe what Count Dooku said about Sidious
controlling the Senate? It doesn't feel right.

YODA: Becoming unreliable, Dooku has. Joined the dark side.
Lies, deceit, creating mistrust are his ways now.


MACE WINDU: Never the less, I feel we should keep a closer
eye on the Senate.

YODA: I agree.

MACE WINDU: Where is your apprentice?

OBI-WAN: On his way to Naboo. He is escorting Senator
Amidala home. I have to admit, without the clones, it would
not have been a victory.

YODA: Victory? Victory, you say?

OBI-WAN turns and looks at the sad little Jedi sitting in
the Council Chamber.

YODA: Victory, you say? Master Obi-Wan, not victory. The shroud of the dark
side has fallen. Begun, this the Clone War has!

EXTERIOR: CORUSCANT, MILITARY STAGING AREA, BALCONY -
SUNSET

PALPATINE, BAIL ORGANA and the MAS AMEDDA, stand looking
down at the square below.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CLONE TROOPS are drawn up in strict
formation or move forward in neat files to climb the ramps
of the Military Assault Ships.

On the balcony, PALPATINE's expression is deeply sad.
Everyone watches somberly as, in the square, loaded Assault
Ships take off. Others land immediately in their place. The
sky above is thick with transports. CLONE TROOPS march and
board the Ships.

The Great Clone War has begun...

EXTERIOR: NABOO LAKE RETREAT, LODGE, GARDEN - LATE DAY

In a rose-covered arbor overlooking the sparkling lake,
ANAKIN and PADMÉ stand before a NABOO HOLY MAN.

THREEPIO and ARTOO stand by, watching, as the HOLY MAN
blesses the happy couple and, amid gently falling rose
petals, ANAKIN and PADMÉ kiss.

DISOLVE TO:

EXTERIOR: GALAXY - SPACE

END CREDITS OVER STARS

THE END
































(As the music ends, a familiar breathing is heard)
 
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