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not grant you the rank of Master.
    Anakin reacts with anger.
    A NAKIN: What?! How can you do this?? . . . This is outrageous, it’s unfair . . . I’m more powerful than any of you. How can you be on the Council and not be a Master?
    M ACE: Take a seat, young Skywalker.
    A NAKIN: Forgive me, Master.
    ANAKIN goes and sits in one of the empty chairs. Everyone is embarrassed. KI-ADI-MUNDI, WHO APPEARS AS A HOLOGRAM, speaks.
    K I- A DI- M UNDI: We have surveyed all systems in the Republic, and have found no sign of General Grievous.
    Y ODA: Hiding in the Outer Rim, Grievous is. The outlying systems, you must sweep.
    O BI- W AN: It may take some time . . . we do not have many ships to spare.
    M ACE: We cannot take ships from the front line.
    O BI- W AN: And yet, it would be fatal for us to allow the droid armies to regroup.
    Y ODA: Master Kenobi, our spies contact, you must, and then wait.
    K I- A DI- M UNDI: What about the droid attack on the Wookiees?
    M ACE: It is critical we send an attack group there, immediately!
    O BI- W AN: He’s right, that is a system we cannot afford to lose. It’s the main navigation route for the southwestern quadrant.
    A NAKIN: I know that system well. It would take us little time to drive the droids off that planet.
    M ACE: Skywalker, your assignment is here with the Chancellor, and Kenobi must find General Grievous.
    Y ODA: Go, I will. Good relations with the Wookiees, I have.
    M ACE: It is settled then. Yoda will take a battalion of clones to reinforce the Wookiees on Kashyyyk. May the Force be with us all.
    ANAKIN is disappointed.
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    84 (63) INT. CORUSCANT—JEDI TEMPLE—MASSIVE MAIN HALLWAY AND ALCOVE—LATE AFTERNOON
    ANAKIN and OBI-WAN walk through one of the massive Jedi Temple hallways. ANAKIN is furious.
    A NAKIN: What kind of nonsense is this, put me on the Council and not make me a Master!?? That’s never been done in the history of the Jedi. It’s insulting!
    O BI- W AN: Calm down, Anakin. You have been given a great honor. To be on the Council at your age . . . It’s never happened before. Listen to me, Anakin. The fact of the matter is you’re too close to the Chancellor. The Council doesn’t like it when he interferes in Jedi affairs.
    A NAKIN: I swear to you, I didn’t ask to be put on the Council . . .
    O BI- W AN: But it’s what you wanted! Your friendship with Chancellor Palpatine seems to have paid off.
    A NAKIN: That has nothing to do with this.
    O BI- W AN: Anakin, regardless of how it happened, you find yourself in a delicate situation.
    A NAKIN: You mean divided loyalties.
    O BI- W AN: I warned you there was tension between the Council and the Chancellor. I was very clear. Why didn’t you listen? You walked right into it.
    A NAKIN: The Council is upset I’m the youngest to ever serve.
    O BI- W AN: No, it is not. Anakin, I worry when you speak of jealousy and pride. Those are not Jedi thoughts. They’re dangerous, dark thoughts.
    A NAKIN: Master, you of all people should have confidence in my abilities. I know where my loyalties lie.
    O BI- W AN: I hope so . . .
    A NAKIN: I sense there’s more to this talk than you’re saying.
    O BI- W AN: Anakin, the only reason the Council has approved your appointment is because the Chancellor trusts you.
    A NAKIN: And?
    O BI- W AN: Anakin, look, I am on your side. I didn’t want to see you put in this situation.
    A NAKIN: What situation?
    O BI- W AN:
(takes a deep breath
) The Council wants you to report on all of the Chancellor’s dealings. They want to know what he’s up to.
    A NAKIN: They want me to spy on the Chancellor? That’s treason!
    O BI- W AN: We are at war, Anakin. The Jedi Council is sworn to uphold the principles of the Republic, even if the Chancellor does not.
    A NAKIN: Why didn’t the Council give me this assignment when we were in session?
    O BI- W AN: This assignment is not to be on record. The Council asked me to approach you on this personally.
    A NAKIN: The Chancellor is not a bad man, Obi-Wan.