Continuation.
Main changes:
Reduce that overly long/showy-offy-focused airspeeder chase, reinstate unused scenes that make Anakin more likeable as a character.
Enjoy.
EXTERIOR: CITYSCAPE, CORUSCANT - NIGHT
The PROBE DROID sends several protective electrical shocks
across its surface, causing OBI-WAN to almost lose his
grip. As they dart in and out of the speeder traffic, OBI
WAN disconnects a wire on the back of the DROID. Its power
shuts off! OBI-WAN and the DROID drop like rocks. OBI-WAN
realizes the error of his ways and quickly puts the wire
back. The DROID'S systems light up again and it takes off.
The PROBE DROID flies away with OBI-WAN clinging on.
EXTERIOR: SENATE APARTMENTS - ENTRANCE - NIGHT
ANAKIN charges out of the building and runs to a line of
parked speeders. He vaults into an open one and takes off,
gunning it fast toward the lines of speeder traffic high
above.
EXTERIOR: CITYSCAPE, CORUSCANT - NIGHT
The DROID bumps against a wall, hoping to knock the Jedi
loose. It moves behind a speeder afterburner to scorch him.
It takes the JEDI wildly between buildings and finally
skims across a rooftop as OBI-WAN is forced to lift his
legs, tenaciously hanging onto the DROID. The DROID heads
for a dirty, beat-up speeder hidden in an alcove of a
building about twenty stories up. When the pilot of the
speeder, the scruffy bounty hunter, ZAM WESELL, sees the
DROID approach with OBI-WAN hanging on, she pulls a long
rifle out of the speeder and starts to fire at the JEDI.
EXPLOSIONS burst all around OBI-WAN. ZAM runs to her
speeder, jumps in, and takes off.
OBI-WAN: I have a bad feeling about this.
The DROID takes the JEDI wildly between buildings and
heads for a dirty, beat-up speeder hidden in an alcove of a
building about twenty stories up. When the pilot of the
speeder, the scruffy bounty hunter, ZAM WESELL, sees the
DROID approach with OBI-WAN hanging on, she pulls a long
rifle out of the speeder, aims at the DROID and fires a shot.
The DROID suffers a direct hit and blows up. OBI
WAN drops. ZAM runs to her speeder, jumps in, and
takes off.
FINALLY, the DROID suffers a direct hit and blows up. OBI
WAN falls fifty stories, until a speeder drops down next to
him, and he manages to grab onto the back end of the
speeder and haul himself toward the cockpit. The JEDI
struggles to climb into the passenger seat of the open
speeder and sit down next to the driver, ANAKIN.
ANAKIN: That was wacky! I almost lost you in the traffic.
OBI-WAN: What took you so long?
ANAKIN:Oh, you know, Master, I couldn't find a speeder I
really liked, with an open cockpit... and with the right
speed capabilities... and then you know I had to get a
really gonzo color...
OBI-WAN: There he is.
They zoomupward in hot pursuit of ZAM as she fires out the
open window at them with her laser pistol.
OBI-WAN: If you'd spend as much time working on your saber
skills as you do on your wit, young Padawan, you would
rival Master Yoda as a swordsman.
ANAKIN: I thought I already did.
OBI-WAN: Only in your mind, my very young apprentice.
Careful!! Hey, easy!!
As this conversation is going on,ANAKIN deftly moves in
and out of the oncoming traffic, across lanes, between
buildings, and miraculously through a construction site.
ZAM WESELL continues firing at them.
ANAKIN: Sorry, I forgot you don't like flying, Master.
OBI-WAN: I don't mind flying... but what you're doing is
suicide!
They barely miss a commuter train.
ANAKIN: Master, you know I've been flying since before I
could walk. I'm very good at this.
OBI-WAN: Just slow down! There! There he goes!
ZAM WESSEL and the JEDI race through a line of cross
traffic made up of giant trucks. The speeders bank sideways
as they slide around right-angle turns between buildings.
ZAM races into a tram tunnel.
OBI-WAN: Wait! Don't go in there! Take it easy...
ANAKIN: Don't worry, Master.
ANAKIN zooms into the tunnel after ZAM. They see a tram
coming at them. They brake, turn around, and race out,
barely ahead of the charging commuter transport.
OBI-WAN: You know I don't like it when you do that!
ANAKIN: Sorry, Master. Don't worry, this guy's gonna kill
himself any minute now!
ZAM WESSEL turns into oncoming traffic, deliberately trying
to throw the JEDI off. Oncoming speeders swerve, trying to
avoid ZAM and the JEDI. ZAM does a quick, tight loop-over
and ends up behind the JEDI. She is now in a much better
position to fire at them with her laser pistol. To avoid
being hit by the laser bolts, ANAKIN slams on the brakes
and moves alongside ZAM. She now fires point-blank at OBI-
WAN.
OBI-WAN: What are you doing? He's gonna blast me!
ANAKIN: Right - this isn't working.
ANAKIN slides underneath Zam's speeder. They race along in
traffic, one speeder right on top of the other. The BOUNTY
HUNTER skims over the rooftops, causing ANAKIN to drop
behind. ANAKIN goes through his gears, zooming around
traffic. They race at high speed across a wide, flat
surface of the city planet. A large spacecraft almost
collides with them as it attempts to land.
OBI-WAN: Watch out for those banners!
They round a corner and clip a flag, which gets caught on
one of the front air scoops.
OBI-WAN: That was too close!
ANAKIN: Clear that!
OBI-WAN: What?
ANAKIN: Clear the flag! We're losing power! Hurry!
OBI-WAN leans out of the speeder, then crawls out onto the
front engine and pulls the flag free of the scoop. The
speeder lurches forward with a surge of power.
OBI-WAN: Whooooaaa! Don't do that! I don't like it when
you do that!
ANAKIN: So sorry, Master.
They chase the BOUNTY HUNTER through a power refinery. ZAM
shoots a power coupler causing voltage, like lightning, to
jump across a gap from one coupler to another. ANAKIN stays
on course, piloting the speeder directly through the arc.
ANAKIN and OBI-WAN'S bodies ripple with blue power.
OBI-WAN: Anakin! How many times have I told you to stay
away from the power couplings! Slow down! Don't go through
there!
Huge electrical bolts shoot between the buildings as the
speeders pass.
OBI-WAN: Yiiii, what are you doing?
ANAKIN: Sorry, Master!
OBI-WAN: (sarcastically) Oh, that was good...
ANAKIN: That was crazy!!!
ZAM slides around a corner sideways, blocking an alley,
firing point-blank as ANAKIN approaches.
ANAKIN: Ahh, damn.
OBI-WAN: Stop!!
ANAKIN: No, we can make it.
ANAKIN barely misses the BOUNTY HUNTER'S speeder as he
dives under it, and through a small gap in the building
hitting several pipes and going wildly out of control.
ANAKIN struggles to regain control of the speeder, narrowly
missing a crane, barely clipping a pair of giant struts. A
giant gas ball shoots up, causing ANAKIN to spin and bump a
building, stalling the speeder.
OBI-WAN: I'm crazy... I'm crazy... I'm crazy.
ANAKIN: I got us through that one all right.
OBI-WAN: (angrily) No you didn't! We've stalled! And you
almost got us killed!
ANAKIN: I think we're still alive.
ANAKIN works to get the speeder started. It races to life.
OBI-WAN: (very angrily) It was stupid!
ANAKIN: (sheepishly) I could have made it...
OBI-WAN: (furious) But you didn't!!! And now we've lost him
for good.
Suddenly, there is an ambush. Laser bolts are everywhere.
EXPLOSIONS surround them. They look up to see ZAM WESSEL
take off.
ANAKIN: No we didn't...
Out of a cloud of smoke and ball of flames the JEDI tear
after ZAM. They are smoking. OBI-WAN slaps out the small
fire on the dashboard.ZAM goes up and down, through cross
traffic. There is a near miss as a speeder almost hits
them. ZAM turns down and left between two buildings. ANAKIN
pulls up and to the right
OBI-WAN: Where are you going?!... He went down there, the
other way.
ANAKIN: Master, if we keep this chase going, that creep's
gonna end up Deep-fried. Personally, I'd very much like to
find out who in the hell he is and who he's working for...
This is a shortcut... I think.
OBI-WAN: (sarcastic) What do you mean, you "think?"
ANAKIN turns up a side street, zooming up several small
passageways, then stops, hovering about fifty stories up.
OBI-WAN: Well, you lost him.
ANAKIN: I'm deeply sorry, Master.
ANAKIN looks around front and back. He spots something. He
seems to start counting to himself as he watches something
below approach.
OBI-WAN: Well, this is some kind of shortcut. He went
completely the other way! Once again, Anakin...
ANAKIN: ...Excuse me for a moment.
ANAKIN jumps out of the speeder. OBI-WAN looks down and
sees Zam's speeder about five stories below them cruising
past.
OBI-WAN: I hate it when he does that.
ANAKIN miraculously lands on top of the Bounty Hunter's
speeder. The speeder wobbles under the impact. ZAM looks up
and realizes what has happened.
ZAM takes off, and ANAKIN slides to the back strut and
almost slips off, but manages to hang on. ANAKIN works his
way back to ZAM, who, caught off guard, briefly changes
into her CLAWDITE form. ZAM stops suddenly, and ANAKIN
flies forward to the left front fork. ZAM shoots at him
with a laser pistol. There is a BLAST near ANAKIN'S hand,
which breaks off a piece of the speeder. ANAKIN slides to
the right fork of the speeder, where ZAM can't reach him.
He scrambles to the top, holding onto an air scoop.
OBI-WAN has jumped into the driver's seat of his speeder
and is deftly gaining on the rogue speeder. The two
speeders dive through oncoming traffic and then through
cross traffic. Finally, ANAKIN is able to get hold of his
lightsaber and starts to cut his way through the roof of
the speeder. ZAM takes out her laser pistol and starts
firing at the helpless JEDI, knocking the sword out of his
hand. OBI-WAN races under the speeder and catches the Jedi
weapon in the passenger's seat.
ANAKIN sticks his hand into the cockpit and, using the
Force, pulls the gun out of ZAM'S hand. She grabs the
JEDI'S hand, and they struggle for the weapon. It goes off,
blowing a hole in the floor of the speeder. The speeder
careens wildly out of control. ZAM struggles to pull the
speeder out of its nosedive. OBI-WAN gets slowed down by
traffic and loses sight of the Bounty Hunter's speeder.
Just as the speeder is about to nose dive into the ground,
ZAM pulls it out, and it slides hard on the pavement in a
shower of sparks. ANAKIN goes flying into the street.
EXTERIOR: ENTERTAINMENT STREET - NIGHT
ZAM exits the crashed speeder and runs. ANAKIN picks
himself up off the pavement and runs after her down the
very crowded street.
It's the seedy underbelly of the city. Broken sidewalks,
garish lights reflected in filthy puddles. It's pretty
crowded with various ALIEN LOW-LIFES, PANHANDLING DROIDS,
and the occasional group of UPPERCLASS SLUMMERS.
ANAKIN barges into several of them as he chases after the
fleeing ZAM. He loses the Bounty Hunter in the crowd, then
sees her again. The young Jedi is having a very difficult
time getting through the crowd. Ahead, ZAM turns in through
a door and disappears. A nightclub sign is flashing over
the door.
ZAM lands her speeder in a nearby street, briefly changing
into her CLAWDITE form. ZAM exits the speeder and runs.
ANAKIN jumps out of the speeder, droping his lightsaber
in the process. ANAKIN picks himself up off the pavement
and runs after her down the very crowded street. It's the
seedy underbelly of the city. Broken sidewalks, garish lights
reflected in filthy puddles. It's pretty crowded with various
ALIEN LOW-LIFES, PANHANDLING DROIDS, and the
occasional group of UPPERCLASS SLUMMERS.
ANAKIN barges into several of them as he chases after
the fleeing ZAM. He loses the Bounty Hunter in the crowd,
then sees her again. The young Jedi is having a very
difficult time getting through the crowd. OBI-WAN has
jumped into the driver's seat of the speeder and is deftly
gaining on the pursuit. Ahead, ZAM turns in through a
door and disappears. A nightclub sign is flashing over the door.
OBI-WAN lands the speederin the nearby street by the club entrance. He gets out
and runs through the crowd toward ANAKIN. ANAKIN is just
about to follow ZAM into the nightclub when OBI-WAN catches
up to him.
OBI-WAN: Anakin!
ANAKIN: She went into that club, Master.
OBI-WAN: Patience. Use the Force, Anakin. Think.
ANAKIN: Sorry, Master.
OBI-WAN: He went in there to hide, not run.
ANAKIN: Yes, Master.
OBI-WAN hands ANAKIN the lightsaber.
OBI-WAN: Here. Next time try not to lose it.
ANAKIN reaches for the lightsaber.
OBI-WAN: A Jedi's saber is his most precious possession...
ANAKIN: Yes, Master.
OBI-WAN: He must keep it with him at all times.
ANAKIN: I know, Master.
OBI-WAN grabs hold of ANAKIN'S lightsaber again.
OBI-WAN: This weapon is your life.
ANAKIN: I've heard this lesson before...
OBI-WAN finally holds out the lightsaber andANAKIN grabs
it.
OBI-WAN: But, you haven't learned anything, Anakin.
OBI-WAN releases hold of the lightsaber.
ANAKIN: I try, Master.
OBI-WAN walks ahead through the club entrance. ANAKIN
follows him.
OBI-WAN: Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the
death of me?!
INTERIOR: NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN enter the nightclub bar, and everyone
stares at them
ANAKIN: Don't say that Master... You're the closest thing I
have to a father... I love you. I don't want to cause you
pain.
OBI-WAN: Then why don't you listen to me?!
ANAKIN: I am trying.
OBI-WAN: Can you see him?
ANAKIN: I think he's a she... and I think she's a
changeling.
OBI-WAN: In that case be extra careful... (nods to the
room) Go and find her.
OBI-WAN goes away.
ANAKIN: Where are you going, Master?
OBI-WAN: For a drink.
OBI-WAN heads for the bar. ANAKIN blinks in surprise, then
moves into the room, where ALIEN FACES look back at him
with hostility, suspicion, and invitation as he moves among
the tables. OBI-WAN arrives at the bar. He signals the
BARMAN.
CLOSE - Somewhere in the room a HAND moves to a pistol in
its holster and unsnaps the safety catch. At the bar, a
glass is placed in front of OBI-WAN. A drink is poured. He
lifts the glass.
ELAN SLEAZEBAGGANO: You wanna buy some death-sticks?
OBI-WAN looks at him. He moves his fingers slightly.
OBI-WAN: You don't want to sell me death-sticks.
ELAN: I don't want to sell you death-sticks.
OBI-WAN moves his fingers.
OBI-WAN: You want to go home and rethink your life.
ELAN: I want to go home and rethink my life.
He leaves. OBI-WAN lifts the drink and tosses it back.
CLOSE - The gun is drawn from its holster and held down out
of sight. The BOUNTY HUNTER starts to move toward the bar.
The gun moves toward OBI-WAN'S unsuspecting back. The gun
is raised to aim directly at his back, and suddenly OBI-WAN
turns fast. His lightsaber flashes. There is a shrill
SCREAM and ZAM'S ARM hits the floor. The gun drops from its
twitching fingers. Blood spreads.
The room is silent. ANAKIN is suddenly at OBI-WAN's side,
his lightsaber glowing.
ANAKIN: Easy...official Jedi business. Go back to your drinks.
Slowly, the ALIENS sit. Conversation resumes. Onstage, THE
PERFORMERS pick up their routine. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN lift
ZAM and carry her out.
EXTERIOR: ALLEY OUTSIDE NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN carry ZAM into the alley and lower her
to the ground. OBI-WAN attends to her wounded shoulder. She
stares up hatefully at ANAKIN. She winces in pain, then
nods.
OBI-WAN: Do you know who it was you were trying to kill?
ZAM WESSEL: It was the Senator from Naboo.
OBI-WAN: And who hired you?
ZAM glares at OBI-WAN.
ZAM WESSEL: It was just a job.
ANAKIN: Who hired you? Tell us!
ZAM WESSEL: That Senator's gonna die soon anyway, and the
next one won't make the same mistake I did...
OBI-WAN: This wound's going to need treatment.
ANAKIN: Tell us... tell us now!
ZAM glares hatefully.
ZAM: It was a Bounty Hunter called...
There is a sudden FTZZZ sound. ZAM twitches. She blinks in
surprise and dies. As OBI-WAN lays ZAM down on the street,
she changes to her CLAWDITE form.
There is a WHOOSH from above. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN look up to
see an ARMORED ROCKET-MAN taking off from a roof high
above. He shoots up fast into the sky and disappears. OBI-
WAN looks down at ZAM. He touches her neck and pulls out a
small, wicked-looking dart.
There is a sudden FTZZZ sound. ZAM twitches. OBI-WAN
and ANAKIN look up to see an ARMORED ROCKET-MAN
taking off from a roof high above. He shoots up fast into
the sky and disappears. OBI-WAN looks down at ZAM.
ZAM changes to her CLAWDITE form.
ZAM: Kamino... system.
ZAM blinks in surprise and dies. OBI-WAN touches her
neck and pulls out a small, wicked-looking dart.
OBI-WAN: Toxic dart...
EXTERIOR: JEDI TEMPLE - DAY
The tall spires of the Jedi Temple stand out against the
blue sky.
INTERIOR: JEDI TEMPLE, COUNCIL CHAMBER - DAY
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN stand in the center of the Council
Chamber. The members of the Jedi Council are seated in a
circle surrounding the two Jedi.
YODA: Track down this bounty hunter, you must, Obi-Wan.
MACE WINDU: Most importantly, find out who he's working
for.
OBI-WAN: What about Senator Amidala? She will still need
protecting.
YODA: Handle that, your Padawan will.
MACE WINDU: Anakin, escort the Senator back to her home
planet of Naboo. She'll be safer there. And don't use
registered transport. Travel as refugees.
ANAKIN: As the leader of the opposition, it will be very
difficult to get Senator Amidala to leave the Capital.
YODA: Until caught this killer is, our judgement she must
respect.
MACE WINDU: Anakin, go to the Senate and ask Chancellor
Palpatine to speak with her.
The two Jedi exit the Council Chamber.
INTERIOR: SENATE BUILDING, PALPATINE'S OFFICE - DAY
ANAKIN and PALPATINE stand at the window of PALPATINE'S
office and look out over the vast city.
PALPATINE: I will talk to her. Senator Amidala will not
refuse an executive order. I know her well enough to assure
you of that.
ANAKIN: Thank you, your Excellency.
PALPATINE: And so, my young Padawan, they have finally
given you an assignment. Your patience has paid off.
ANAKIN: Your guidance more that my patience.
PALPATINE: You don't need guidance, Anakin. In time you
will learn to trust your feelings. Then you will be
invincible. I have said it many times, you are the most
gifted Jedi I have ever met.
PALPATINE and ANAKIN turn away from the window and walk
through PALPATINE'S office towards the door.
ANAKIN: Thank you, your Excellency.
PALPATINE: I see you becoming the greatest of all the Jedi,
Anakin. Even more powerful than Master Yoda.
INTERIOR: JEDI TEMPLE, ATRIUM - DAY
MACE WINDU and OBI-WAN walk along the Temple corridors.
YODA accompanies them, riding in a small floating chair.
OBI-WAN: I am concerned for my Padawan. He is not ready to
be given this assignment on his own yet.
YODA: The Council is confident in this decision, Obi-Wan.
MACE WINDU: The boy has exceptional skills.
OBI-WAN: But he still has much to learn, Master. His
abilities have made him... ell, arrogant.
YODA: Yes, yes. It's a flaw more and more common among
Jedi. Too sure of themselves they are. Even the older, more
experienced ones.
MACE WINDU: Remember, Obi-Wan. If the prophecy is true,
your apprentice is the only one who can bring the Force
back into balance.
OBI-WAN: If he follows the right path.
INTERIOR: APARTMENT BUILDING, AMIDALA'S APARTMENT - DAY
ANAKIN looks as PADMÉ and JAR JAR talk, standing near the
door of the anteroom to PADMÉ'S bedroom. DORMÉ moves about
packing luggage.
PADMÉ: I'm taking an extended leave of absence. It will be
your responsibility to take my place in the Senate.
Representative Binks, I know I can count on you.
JAR JAR: Mesa honored to be taken on dissa heavy burden.
(pompously) Mesa accept this with muy muy humility and
da...
PADMÉ:Jar Jar. I don't wish to hold you up. I'm sure you
have a great deal to do.
JAR JAR: Of course, M'Lady.
JAR JAR bows and goes out. PADMÉ walks briskly to ANAKIN.
She is in a very bad mood.
PADMÉ: I do not like this idea of hiding.
ANAKIN: Don't worry, now that the Council has ordered an
investigation, it won't take Master Obi-Wan long to find
this bounty hunter.
PADMÉ: (frustrated) I haven't worked for a year to defeat
the Military Creation Act not to be here when its fate is
decided!
ANAKIN: Sometimes we have to let go of our pride and do
what is requested of us.
PADMÉ: Pride?!? Annie, you're young, and you don't have a
very firm grip on politics. I suggest you reserve your
opinions for some other time.
ANAKIN: Sorry, M'Lady. I was only trying to...
PADMÉ: Annie! No!
ANAKIN: Please don't call me that.
PADMÉ: What?
ANAKIN: Annie...
PADMÉ: I've always called you that... it is your name,
isn't it?
ANAKIN: It's Anakin. When you say Annie it's like I'm still
a little boy... and I'm not.
PADMÉ:I'm sorry, Anakin. It's impossible to deny you've...
(looks him over) ...that you've grown up.
PADMÉ smiles at ANAKIN. He becomes a little shy.
ANAKIN: Master Obi-Wan manages not to see it...
PADMÉ: All Mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than
we would like. It's the only way we grow.
ANAKIN: Don't get me wrong... Obi-Wan is a great mentor, as
wise as Master Yoda and as powerful as Master Windu. I am
truly thankful to be his apprentice. Only... although I'm a
Padawan learner, in some ways... a lot of ways... I'm ahead
of him. I'm ready for the trials. I know I am! He knows it
too. But he feels I'm too unpredictable... Other Jedi my
age have gone through the trials and made it... I know I
started my training late... but he won't let me move on.
PADMÉ: That must be frustrating.
ANAKIN: It's worse... he's overly critical! He never
listens! He just doesn't understand. It's not fair!
PADMÉ cannot suppress a laugh. She shakes her head.
PADMÉ: I'm sorry... You sounded exactly like that little
boy I once knew, when he didn't get his way.
ANAKIN: I'm not whining! I'm not.
PADMÉ just smiles at him. DORMÉ laughs in the background.
PADMÉ: I didn't say it to hurt you.
ANAKIN: I know...
There is a brief silence, then PADMÉ comes over to ANAKIN.
PADMÉ: Anakin...
They look into each other's eyes for the first time.
PADMÉ: Don't try to grow up too fast.
ANAKIN: I am grown up. You said it yourself.
ANAKIN looks deep into PADMÉ'S eyes.
PADMÉ: Please don't look at me like that.
ANAKIN: Why not?
PADMÉ: Because I can see what you're thinking.
ANAKIN: (laughing) Ahh... So, you have Jedi powers too?
DORMÉ is watching with concern.
PADMÉ: It makes me feel uncomfortable.
ANAKIN: Sorry, M'Lady.
ANAKIN backs away as PADMÉ turns and goes back to her
packing.
EXTERIOR: CORUSCANT, SPACEPORT FREIGHTER DOCKS, TRANSPORT
BUS - DAY
A small bus speeds toward the massive freighter docks of
Coruscant's industrial area. The spaceport is bustling with
activity. Transports of various sizes move supplies and
passengers as giant floating cranes lift cargo out of the
starships. The bus stops before a huge, intergalactic
freighter starship. It parks in the shadows of an overhang.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, SPACEPORT FREIGHTER DOCKS, TRANSPORT
BUS - DAY
ANAKIN and PADMÉ, dressed in Outland peasant outfits, get
up and head for the door where CAPTAIN TYPHO, DORMÉ and
OBI-WAN are waiting to hand them their luggage.
CAPTAIN TYPHO: Be safe, M'Lady.
PADMÉ: Thank you, Captain. Take good care of Dormé... The
threat's on you two now.
DORMÉ: He'll be safe with me.
They laugh, and PADMÉ embraces her faithful handmaiden.
DORMÉ starts to weep.
PADMÉ: You'll be fine.
DORMÉ: It's not me, M'Lady. I worry about you. What if they
realize you've left the Capital?
PADMÉ: (looks to Anakin) Then my Jedi protector will have
to prove how good he is.
DORMÉ and PADMÉ smile. ANAKIN frowns as OBI-WAN pulls him
aside.
OBI-WAN: Anakin. Don't do anything without first consulting
either myself or the Council.
ANAKIN: Yes, Master.
OBI-WAN: (to Padmé) I will get to the bottom of this plot
quickly, M'Lady. You'll be back here in no time.
PADMÉ: I will be most grateful for your speed, Master Jedi.
ANAKIN: Time to go.
PADMÉ: I know.
PADMÉ gives DORMÉ a last hug. ANAKIN picks up the luggage,
and the TWO PEASANTS exit the speeder bus, where ARTOO is
waiting for them.
OBI-WAN: Anakin, may the Force be with you.
ANAKIN: May the Force be with you, Master.
They head off toward the giant Starfreighter.
PADMÉ: Suddenly, I'm afraid...
ANAKIN: This is my first assignment on my own. I am too.
(looking at Artoo)But don't worry. We've got We have Artoo with
us.
They laugh.
OBI-WAN and CAPTAIN TYPHO watch ANAKIN and PADMÉ disappear
into the vastness of the spaceport with ARTOO trundling
along behind them.
OBI-WAN: I do hope he doesn't try anything foolish.
CAPTAIN TYPHO: I'd be more concerned about her doing
something, than him.
EXTERIOR: FREIGHTER DOCKS - CORUSCANT - DAY
The freighter slowly takes off from the huge docks area of
Coruscant. It soon moves into the crowded skies.
TBC...
Main changes:
Reduce that overly long/showy-offy-focused airspeeder chase, reinstate unused scenes that make Anakin more likeable as a character.
Enjoy.
EXTERIOR: CITYSCAPE, CORUSCANT - NIGHT
across its surface, causing OBI-WAN to almost lose his
grip. As they dart in and out of the speeder traffic, OBI
WAN disconnects a wire on the back of the DROID. Its power
shuts off! OBI-WAN and the DROID drop like rocks. OBI-WAN
realizes the error of his ways and quickly puts the wire
back. The DROID'S systems light up again and it takes off.
The PROBE DROID flies away with OBI-WAN clinging on.
EXTERIOR: SENATE APARTMENTS - ENTRANCE - NIGHT
ANAKIN charges out of the building and runs to a line of
parked speeders. He vaults into an open one and takes off
gunning it fast toward the lines of speeder traffic high
above
EXTERIOR: CITYSCAPE, CORUSCANT - NIGHT
loose. It moves behind a speeder afterburner to scorch him.
It takes the JEDI wildly between buildings and finally
skims across a rooftop as OBI-WAN is forced to lift his
legs, tenaciously hanging onto the DROID. The DROID heads
for a dirty, beat-up speeder hidden in an alcove of a
building about twenty stories up. When the pilot of the
speeder, the scruffy bounty hunter, ZAM WESELL, sees the
DROID approach with OBI-WAN hanging on, she pulls a long
rifle out of the speeder and starts to fire at the JEDI.
EXPLOSIONS burst all around OBI-WAN. ZAM runs to her
speeder, jumps in, and takes off.
OBI-WAN: I have a bad feeling about this.
The DROID takes the JEDI wildly between buildings and
heads for a dirty, beat-up speeder hidden in an alcove of a
building about twenty stories up. When the pilot of the
speeder, the scruffy bounty hunter, ZAM WESELL, sees the
DROID approach with OBI-WAN hanging on, she pulls a long
rifle out of the speeder, aims at the DROID and fires a shot.
The DROID suffers a direct hit and blows up. OBI
WAN drops. ZAM runs to her speeder, jumps in, and
takes off.
WAN falls fifty stories, until a speeder drops down next to
him, and he manages to grab onto the back end of the
speeder and haul himself toward the cockpit. The JEDI
struggles to climb into the passenger seat of the open
speeder and sit down next to the driver, ANAKIN.
OBI-WAN: What took you so long?
ANAKIN:
really liked
speed capabilities... and then you know I had to get a
really gonzo color
OBI-WAN: There he is.
They zoom
open window at them with her laser pistol.
skills as you do on your wit, young Padawan, you would
rival Master Yoda as a swordsman.
ANAKIN: I thought I already did.
OBI-WAN: Only in your mind, my very young apprentice.
Careful!! Hey, easy!!
As this conversation is going on,
and out of the oncoming traffic
buildings, and miraculously through a construction site.
ZAM WESELL continues firing at them.
OBI-WAN: I don't mind flying... but what you're doing is
suicide!
They barely miss a commuter train.
ANAKIN: Master, you know I've been flying since before I
could walk. I'm very good at this.
OBI-WAN: Just slow down! There! There he goes!
ZAM WESSEL and the JEDI race through a line of cross
traffic made up of giant trucks.
as they slide around right-angle turns between buildings.
ZAM races into a tram tunnel.
OBI-WAN: Wait! Don't go in there! Take it easy...
ANAKIN: Don't worry, Master.
coming at them. They brake, turn around, and race out,
barely ahead of the charging commuter transport.
OBI-WAN: You know I don't like it when you do that!
ANAKIN: Sorry, Master. Don't worry, this guy's gonna kill
himself any minute now!
ZAM WESSEL turns into oncoming traffic, deliberately trying
to throw the JEDI off. Oncoming speeders swerve, trying to
avoid ZAM and the JEDI. ZAM does a quick, tight loop-over
and ends up behind the JEDI. She is now in a much better
position to fire at them with her laser pistol. To avoid
being hit by the laser bolts, ANAKIN slams on the brakes
and moves alongside ZAM. She now fires point-blank at OBI-
WAN.
OBI-WAN: What are you doing? He's gonna blast me!
ANAKIN: Right - this isn't working.
ANAKIN slides underneath Zam's speeder. They race along in
traffic, one speeder right on top of the other. The BOUNTY
HUNTER skims over the rooftops, causing ANAKIN to drop
behind. ANAKIN goes through his gears, zooming around
traffic. They race at high speed across a wide, flat
surface of the city planet. A large spacecraft almost
collides with them as it attempts to land.
OBI-WAN: Watch out for those banners!
They round a corner and clip a flag, which gets caught on
one of the front air scoops.
OBI-WAN: That was too close!
ANAKIN: Clear that!
OBI-WAN: What?
ANAKIN: Clear the flag! We're losing power! Hurry!
OBI-WAN leans out of the speeder, then crawls out onto the
front engine and pulls the flag free of the scoop. The
speeder lurches forward with a surge of power.
OBI-WAN: Whooooaaa! Don't do that! I don't like it when
you do that!
ANAKIN: So sorry, Master.
They chase the BOUNTY HUNTER through a power refinery. ZAM
shoots a power coupler causing voltage, like lightning, to
jump across a gap from one coupler to another. ANAKIN stays
on course, piloting the speeder directly through the arc.
ANAKIN and OBI-WAN'S bodies ripple with blue power.
OBI-WAN: Anakin! How many times have I told you to stay
away from the power couplings! Slow down! Don't go through
there!
Huge electrical bolts shoot between the buildings as the
speeders pass.
OBI-WAN: Yiiii, what are you doing?
ANAKIN: Sorry, Master!
OBI-WAN: (sarcastically) Oh, that was good...
ANAKIN: That was crazy!!!
ZAM slides around a corner sideways, blocking an alley,
firing point-blank as ANAKIN approaches.
ANAKIN: Ahh, damn.
OBI-WAN: Stop!!
ANAKIN: No, we can make it.
ANAKIN barely misses the BOUNTY HUNTER'S speeder as he
dives under it, and through a small gap in the building
hitting several pipes and going wildly out of control.
ANAKIN struggles to regain control of the speeder, narrowly
missing a crane, barely clipping a pair of giant struts. A
giant gas ball shoots up, causing ANAKIN to spin and bump a
building, stalling the speeder.
OBI-WAN: I'm crazy... I'm crazy... I'm crazy.
ANAKIN: I got us through that one all right.
OBI-WAN: (angrily) No you didn't! We've stalled! And you
almost got us killed!
ANAKIN: I think we're still alive.
ANAKIN works to get the speeder started. It races to life.
OBI-WAN: (very angrily) It was stupid!
ANAKIN: (sheepishly) I could have made it...
OBI-WAN: (furious) But you didn't!!! And now we've lost him
for good.
Suddenly, there is an ambush. Laser bolts are everywhere.
EXPLOSIONS surround them. They look up to see ZAM WESSEL
take off.
ANAKIN: No we didn't...
Out of a cloud of smoke and ball of flames the JEDI tear
after ZAM. They are smoking. OBI-WAN slaps out the small
fire on the dashboard.
traffic. There is a near miss as a speeder almost hits
them. ZAM turns down and left between two buildings. ANAKIN
pulls up and to the right
other way.
ANAKIN: Master, if we keep this chase going, that creep's
gonna end up Deep-fried. Personally, I'd very much like to
find out who in the hell he is and who he's working for...
This is a shortcut... I think.
OBI-WAN: (sarcastic) What do you mean, you "think?"
ANAKIN turns up a side street, zooming up several small
passageways, then stops, hovering about fifty stories up.
OBI-WAN: Well, you lost him.
ANAKIN: I'm deeply sorry, Master.
ANAKIN looks around front and back. He spots something. He
seems to start counting to himself as he watches something
below approach.
OBI-WAN: Well, this is some kind of shortcut. He went
completely the other way! Once again, Anakin...
ANAKIN: ...Excuse me for a moment.
ANAKIN jumps out of the speeder. OBI-WAN looks down and
sees Zam's speeder about five stories below them cruising
past.
OBI-WAN: I hate it when he does that.
ANAKIN miraculously lands on top of the Bounty Hunter's
speeder. The speeder wobbles under the impact. ZAM looks up
and realizes what has happened.
ZAM takes off, and ANAKIN slides to the back strut and
almost slips off, but manages to hang on. ANAKIN works his
way back to ZAM, who, caught off guard, briefly changes
into her CLAWDITE form. ZAM stops suddenly, and ANAKIN
flies forward to the left front fork. ZAM shoots at him
with a laser pistol. There is a BLAST near ANAKIN'S hand,
which breaks off a piece of the speeder. ANAKIN slides to
the right fork of the speeder, where ZAM can't reach him.
He scrambles to the top, holding onto an air scoop.
OBI-WAN has jumped into the driver's seat of his speeder
and is deftly gaining on the rogue speeder. The two
speeders dive through oncoming traffic and then through
cross traffic. Finally, ANAKIN is able to get hold of his
lightsaber and starts to cut his way through the roof of
the speeder. ZAM takes out her laser pistol and starts
firing at the helpless JEDI, knocking the sword out of his
hand. OBI-WAN races under the speeder and catches the Jedi
weapon in the passenger's seat.
ANAKIN sticks his hand into the cockpit and, using the
Force, pulls the gun out of ZAM'S hand. She grabs the
JEDI'S hand, and they struggle for the weapon. It goes off,
blowing a hole in the floor of the speeder. The speeder
careens wildly out of control. ZAM struggles to pull the
speeder out of its nosedive. OBI-WAN gets slowed down by
traffic and loses sight of the Bounty Hunter's speeder.
Just as the speeder is about to nose dive into the ground,
ZAM pulls it out, and it slides hard on the pavement in a
shower of sparks. ANAKIN goes flying into the street.
EXTERIOR: ENTERTAINMENT STREET - NIGHT
himself up off the pavement and runs after her down the
very crowded street.
It's the seedy underbelly of the city. Broken sidewalks,
garish lights reflected in filthy puddles. It's pretty
crowded with various ALIEN LOW-LIFES, PANHANDLING DROIDS,
and the occasional group of UPPERCLASS SLUMMERS.
ANAKIN barges into several of them as he chases after the
fleeing ZAM. He loses the Bounty Hunter in the crowd, then
sees her again. The young Jedi is having a very difficult
time getting through the crowd. Ahead, ZAM turns in through
a door and disappears. A nightclub sign is flashing over
the door.
ZAM lands her speeder in a nearby street, briefly changing
into her CLAWDITE form. ZAM exits the speeder and runs.
ANAKIN jumps out of the speeder, droping his lightsaber
in the process. ANAKIN picks himself up off the pavement
and runs after her down the very crowded street. It's the
seedy underbelly of the city. Broken sidewalks, garish lights
reflected in filthy puddles. It's pretty crowded with various
ALIEN LOW-LIFES, PANHANDLING DROIDS, and the
occasional group of UPPERCLASS SLUMMERS.
ANAKIN barges into several of them as he chases after
the fleeing ZAM. He loses the Bounty Hunter in the crowd,
then sees her again. The young Jedi is having a very
difficult time getting through the crowd. OBI-WAN has
jumped into the driver's seat of the speeder and is deftly
gaining on the pursuit. Ahead, ZAM turns in through a
door and disappears. A nightclub sign is flashing over the door.
OBI-WAN lands the speeder
and runs through the crowd toward ANAKIN. ANAKIN is just
about to follow ZAM into the nightclub when OBI-WAN catches
up to him.
OBI-WAN: Anakin!
ANAKIN: She went into that club, Master.
OBI-WAN: Patience. Use the Force, Anakin. Think.
OBI-WAN: He went in there to hide, not run.
ANAKIN: Yes, Master.
OBI-WAN hands ANAKIN the lightsaber.
ANAKIN reaches for the lightsaber.
OBI-WAN: A Jedi's saber is his most precious possession...
ANAKIN: Yes, Master.
OBI-WAN: He must keep it with him at all times.
ANAKIN: I know
OBI-WAN: This weapon is your life.
ANAKIN: I've heard this lesson before...
OBI-WAN finally holds out the lightsaber and
it.
OBI-WAN releases hold of the lightsaber.
ANAKIN: I try, Master.
OBI-WAN walks ahead through the club entrance. ANAKIN
follows him.
OBI-WAN: Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the
death of me?!
INTERIOR: NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN enter the nightclub bar, and everyone
stares at them
ANAKIN: Don't say that Master... You're the closest thing I
have to a father...
pain.
OBI-WAN: Then why don't you listen to me?!
ANAKIN: I am trying.
OBI-WAN: Can you see him?
ANAKIN: I think he's a she... and I think she's a
changeling.
OBI-WAN: In that case be extra careful... (nods to the
room) Go and find her.
OBI-WAN goes away.
ANAKIN: Where are you going, Master?
OBI-WAN: For a drink.
OBI-WAN heads for the bar. ANAKIN blinks in surprise, then
moves into the room, where ALIEN FACES look back at him
with hostility, suspicion, and invitation as he moves among
the tables. OBI-WAN arrives at the bar. He signals the
BARMAN.
CLOSE - Somewhere in the room a HAND moves to a pistol in
its holster and unsnaps the safety catch. At the bar, a
glass is placed in front of OBI-WAN. A drink is poured. He
lifts the glass.
ELAN SLEAZEBAGGANO: You wanna buy some death-sticks?
OBI-WAN looks at him. He moves his fingers slightly.
OBI-WAN: You don't want to sell me death-sticks.
ELAN: I don't want to sell you death-sticks.
OBI-WAN moves his fingers.
OBI-WAN: You want to go home and rethink your life.
ELAN: I want to go home and rethink my life.
He leaves. OBI-WAN lifts the drink and tosses it back.
CLOSE - The gun is drawn from its holster and held down out
of sight. The BOUNTY HUNTER starts to move toward the bar.
The gun moves toward OBI-WAN'S unsuspecting back. The gun
is raised to aim directly at his back, and suddenly OBI-WAN
turns fast. His lightsaber flashes. There is a shrill
SCREAM and ZAM'S ARM hits the floor. The gun drops from its
twitching fingers. Blood spreads.
The room is silent. ANAKIN is suddenly at OBI-WAN's side,
his lightsaber glowing.
ANAKIN: Easy...
Slowly, the ALIENS sit. Conversation resumes. Onstage, THE
PERFORMERS pick up their routine. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN lift
ZAM and carry her out.
EXTERIOR: ALLEY OUTSIDE NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN carry ZAM into the alley and lower her
to the ground. OBI-WAN attends to her wounded shoulder. She
stares up hatefully at ANAKIN. She winces in pain, then
nods.
OBI-WAN: Do you know who it was you were trying to kill?
ZAM WESSEL: It was the Senator from Naboo.
OBI-WAN: And who hired you?
ZAM glares at OBI-WAN.
ZAM WESSEL: It was just a job.
ANAKIN: Who hired you?
ZAM WESSEL: That Senator's gonna die soon anyway, and the
next one won't make the same mistake I did...
OBI-WAN: This wound's going to need treatment.
ANAKIN: Tell us... tell us now!
ZAM glares hatefully.
ZAM: It was a Bounty Hunter called...
surprise and dies. As OBI-WAN lays ZAM down on the street,
she changes to her CLAWDITE form.
There is a WHOOSH from above. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN look up to
see an ARMORED ROCKET-MAN taking off from a roof high
above. He shoots up fast into the sky and disappears. OBI-
WAN looks down at ZAM. He touches her neck and pulls out a
small, wicked-looking dart.
There is a sudden FTZZZ sound. ZAM twitches. OBI-WAN
and ANAKIN look up to see an ARMORED ROCKET-MAN
taking off from a roof high above. He shoots up fast into
the sky and disappears. OBI-WAN looks down at ZAM.
ZAM changes to her CLAWDITE form.
ZAM: Kamino... system.
ZAM blinks in surprise and dies. OBI-WAN touches her
neck and pulls out a small, wicked-looking dart.
OBI-WAN: Toxic dart...
EXTERIOR: JEDI TEMPLE - DAY
The tall spires of the Jedi Temple stand out against the
blue sky.
INTERIOR: JEDI TEMPLE, COUNCIL CHAMBER - DAY
OBI-WAN and ANAKIN stand in the center of the Council
Chamber. The members of the Jedi Council are seated in a
circle surrounding the two Jedi.
YODA: Track down this bounty hunter, you must, Obi-Wan.
MACE WINDU: Most importantly, find out who he's working
for.
OBI-WAN: What about Senator Amidala? She will still need
protecting.
YODA: Handle that, your Padawan will.
MACE WINDU: Anakin, escort the Senator back to her home
planet of Naboo. She'll be safer there. And don't use
registered transport. Travel as refugees.
difficult to get Senator Amidala to leave the Capital.
YODA: Until caught this killer is, our judgement she must
respect.
MACE WINDU: Anakin, go to the Senate and ask Chancellor
Palpatine to speak with her.
The two Jedi exit the Council Chamber.
INTERIOR: SENATE BUILDING, PALPATINE'S OFFICE - DAY
ANAKIN and PALPATINE stand at the window of PALPATINE'S
office and look out over the vast city.
PALPATINE: I will talk to her. Senator Amidala will not
refuse an executive order. I know her well enough to assure
you of that.
ANAKIN: Thank you, your Excellency.
PALPATINE: And so, my young Padawan, they have finally
given you an assignment. Your patience has paid off.
ANAKIN: Your guidance more that my patience.
PALPATINE: You don't need guidance, Anakin. In time you
will learn to trust your feelings. Then you will be
invincible. I have said it many times, you are the most
gifted Jedi I have ever met.
PALPATINE and ANAKIN turn away from the window and walk
through PALPATINE'S office towards the door.
ANAKIN: Thank you, your Excellency.
PALPATINE: I see you becoming the greatest of all the Jedi,
Anakin. Even more powerful than Master Yoda.
MACE WINDU and OBI-WAN walk along the Temple corridors.
YODA accompanies them, riding in a small floating chair.
OBI-WAN: I am concerned for my Padawan. He is not ready to
be given this assignment on his own yet.
YODA: The Council is confident in this decision, Obi-Wan.
MACE WINDU: The boy has exceptional skills.
OBI-WAN: But he still has much to learn, Master. His
abilities have made him... ell, arrogant.
YODA: Yes, yes. It's a flaw more and more common among
Jedi. Too sure of themselves they are. Even the older, more
experienced ones.
MACE WINDU: Remember, Obi-Wan. If the prophecy is true,
your apprentice is the only one who can bring the Force
back into balance.
OBI-WAN: If he follows the right path.
INTERIOR: APARTMENT BUILDING, AMIDALA'S APARTMENT - DAY
ANAKIN looks as PADMÉ and JAR JAR talk, standing near the
door of the anteroom to PADMÉ'S bedroom.
packing luggage.
PADMÉ: I'm taking an extended leave of absence. It will be
your responsibility to take my place in the Senate.
JAR JAR: Mesa honored to be taken on dissa heavy burden.
(pompously) Mesa accept this with muy muy humility and
da...
PADMÉ:
have a great deal to do.
JAR JAR: Of course, M'Lady.
JAR JAR bows and goes out. PADMÉ walks briskly to ANAKIN.
She is in a very bad mood.
PADMÉ: I do not like this idea of hiding.
ANAKIN: Don't worry, now that the Council has ordered an
investigation, it won't take Master Obi-Wan long to find
this bounty hunter.
PADMÉ: (frustrated) I haven't worked for a year to defeat
the Military Creation Act not to be here when its fate is
decided!
ANAKIN: Sometimes we have to let go of our pride and do
what is requested of us.
very firm grip on politics. I suggest you reserve your
opinions for some other time.
ANAKIN: Sorry, M'Lady. I was only trying to...
PADMÉ: Annie! No!
ANAKIN: Please don't call me that.
PADMÉ: What?
ANAKIN: Annie...
PADMÉ: I've always called you that... it is your name,
isn't it?
ANAKIN: It's Anakin. When you say Annie it's like I'm still
a little boy... and I'm not.
PADMÉ:
(looks him over)
PADMÉ smiles at ANAKIN. He becomes a little shy.
ANAKIN: Master Obi-Wan manages not to see it...
PADMÉ: All Mentors have a way of seeing more of our faults than
we would like. It's the only way we grow.
wise as Master Yoda and as powerful as Master Windu. I am
truly thankful to be his apprentice. Only... although I'm a
Padawan learner, in some ways... a lot of ways... I'm ahead
of him. I'm ready for the trials. I know I am! He knows it
too. But he feels I'm too unpredictable... Other Jedi my
age have gone through the trials and made it... I know I
started my training late... but he won't let me move on.
PADMÉ: That must be frustrating.
ANAKIN: It's worse... he's overly critical! He never
listens! He just doesn't understand. It's not fair!
PADMÉ cannot suppress a laugh. She shakes her head.
PADMÉ: I'm sorry... You sounded exactly like that little
boy I once knew, when he didn't get his way.
ANAKIN: I'm not whining! I'm not.
PADMÉ just smiles at him. DORMÉ laughs in the background.
PADMÉ: I didn't say it to hurt you.
ANAKIN: I know...
There is a brief silence, then PADMÉ comes over to ANAKIN.
PADMÉ: Anakin...
They look into each other's eyes for the first time.
PADMÉ: Don't try to grow up too fast.
ANAKIN: I am grown up. You said it yourself.
ANAKIN looks deep into PADMÉ'S eyes.
PADMÉ: Please don't look at me like that.
ANAKIN: Why not?
ANAKIN: (laughing) Ahh... So, you have Jedi powers too?
DORMÉ is watching with concern.
PADMÉ: It makes me feel uncomfortable.
ANAKIN: Sorry, M'Lady.
ANAKIN backs away as PADMÉ turns and goes back to her
packing.
EXTERIOR: CORUSCANT, SPACEPORT FREIGHTER DOCKS, TRANSPORT
BUS - DAY
A small bus speeds toward the massive freighter docks of
Coruscant's industrial area. The spaceport is bustling with
activity. Transports of various sizes move supplies and
passengers as giant floating cranes lift cargo out of the
starships. The bus stops before a huge, intergalactic
freighter starship. It parks in the shadows of an overhang.
INTERIOR: CORUSCANT, SPACEPORT FREIGHTER DOCKS, TRANSPORT
BUS - DAY
ANAKIN and PADMÉ, dressed in Outland peasant outfits, get
up and head for the door where CAPTAIN TYPHO, DORMÉ and
OBI-WAN are waiting to hand them their luggage.
CAPTAIN TYPHO: Be safe, M'Lady.
PADMÉ: Thank you, Captain. Take good care of Dormé... The
threat's on you two now.
DORMÉ: He'll be safe with me.
They laugh, and PADMÉ embraces her faithful handmaiden.
DORMÉ starts to weep.
PADMÉ: You'll be fine.
DORMÉ: It's not me, M'Lady. I worry about you. What if they
realize you've left the Capital?
PADMÉ: (looks to Anakin) Then my Jedi protector will have
to prove how good he is.
DORMÉ and PADMÉ smile. ANAKIN frowns as OBI-WAN pulls him
aside.
OBI-WAN: Anakin. Don't do anything without first consulting
either myself or the Council.
ANAKIN: Yes, Master.
OBI-WAN: (to Padmé) I will get to the bottom of this plot
quickly, M'Lady. You'll be back here in no time.
PADMÉ: I will be most grateful for your speed, Master Jedi.
ANAKIN: Time to go.
PADMÉ: I know.
PADMÉ gives DORMÉ a last hug. ANAKIN picks up the luggage,
and the TWO PEASANTS exit the speeder bus, where ARTOO is
waiting for them.
OBI-WAN: Anakin, may the Force be with you.
ANAKIN: May the Force be with you, Master.
They head off toward the giant Starfreighter.
PADMÉ: Suddenly, I'm afraid...
ANAKIN: This is my first assignment on my own. I am too.
(looking at Artoo)
us.
They laugh.
OBI-WAN and CAPTAIN TYPHO watch ANAKIN and PADMÉ disappear
into the vastness of the spaceport with ARTOO trundling
along behind them.
OBI-WAN: I do hope he doesn't try anything foolish.
CAPTAIN TYPHO: I'd be more concerned about her doing
something, than him.
EXTERIOR: FREIGHTER DOCKS - CORUSCANT - DAY
The freighter slowly takes off from the huge docks area of
Coruscant. It soon moves into the crowded skies.
TBC...
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