Revenge of the Sith: Illustrated Screenplay: Star Wars: Episode III by George Lucas Read Free Book Online Page B
Authors: George Lucas
He befriended me. He’s watched out for me ever since I arrived here.
O BI- W AN: That is why you must help us, Anakin. Our allegiance is to the Senate, not to its leader who has managed to stay in office long after his term has expired.
A NAKIN: Master, the Senate demanded that he stay longer.
O BI- W AN: Yes, but use your feelings, Anakin. Something is out of place.
A NAKIN: You’re asking me to do something against the Jedi Code. Against the Republic. Against a mentor . . . and a friend. That’s what’s out of place here. Why are you asking this of me?
O BI- W AN: The Council is asking you.
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85 EXT. CORUSCANT—CLONE LANDING PLATFORM—DAY
A JEDI GUNSHIP heads for the huge Clone landing platform.
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86 (65) INT. CORUSCANT—JEDI GUNSHIP—DAY
YODA, MACE, and OBI-WAN ride in the GUNSHIP as it heads for the Clone landing platform. Mace and Obi-Wan are sitting.
O BI- W AN: Anakin did not take to his assignment with much enthusiasm.
Y ODA: Too much under the sway of the Chancellor, he is. Much anger there is in him. Too much pride in his powers.
M ACE: It’s very dangerous, putting them together. I don’t think the boy can handle it. I don’t trust him.
O BI- W AN: He’ll be all right. I trust him with my life.
M ACE: I wish I did.
O BI- W AN: With all due respect, Master, is he not the Chosen One? Is he not to destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force?
M ACE: So the prophecy says.
Y ODA: A prophecy . . . that misread could have been.
O BI- W AN: He will not let me down. He never has.
Y ODA: I hope right you are. And now destroy the Droid armies on Kashyyyk, I will. May the Force be with you.
The GUNSHIP lands and the ramp lowers. YODA exits the GUNSHIP. MACE and OBI-WAN stand and give him a brief bow then take off in the GUNSHIP.
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87 (66) EXT. CORUSCANT—PADMÉ’S APARTMENT—VERANDA—SUNSET
Padmé’s Speeder pulls up to the landing platform. CAPTAIN TYPHO escorts PADMÉ onto the veranda, where TWO HANDMAIDENS (ELLÉ and MOTEé) are waiting. PADMÉ turns to CAPTAIN TYPHO.
P ADMÉ: Thank you, Captain.
C APTAIN T YPHO: Rest well, My Lady.
CAPTAIN TYPHO gets back into the Speeder, and it disappears into the cityscape. The HANDMAIDENS, MoteÉ and EllÉ, approach PADMÉ as the SHADOW OF A FIGURE moves in the background. C-3PO is standing nearby.
P ADMÉ: I’ll be up in a while.
M OTEé: Yes, my lady.
C-3PO stands, confused, as the HANDMAIDENS turn and exit.
C - 3PO : Is there anything I might do for you, my lady?
P ADMÉ: Yes, make sure all the security droids are working. Thank you, Threepio.
The golden droid turns and exits.
PADMÉ stands and watches the sunset. The SHADOWY FIGURE moves toward her. She senses something.
A NAKIN: Beautiful, isn’t it?
PADMÉ jumps and turns around.
P ADMÉ: You startled me.
He sits next to her on the bench.
A NAKIN: How are you feeling?
P ADMÉ: He keeps kicking.
A NAKIN: He?! Why do you think it’s a boy?
P ADMÉ:
(laughs
) My motherly intuition.
She puts his hand on her belly.
A NAKIN: Whoa! With a kick that strong, it’s got to be a girl.
They laugh.
P ADMÉ: I heard about your appointment. Anakin, I’m so proud of you.
A NAKIN: I may be on the Council, but . . . they refused to accept me as a Jedi Master.
P ADMÉ: Patience. In time, they will recognize your skills.
A NAKIN: They still treat me as if I were a Padawan learner . . . they fear my power, that’s the problem.
P ADMÉ: Anakin . . .
A NAKIN: Sometimes, I wonder what’s happening to the Jedi Order . . . I think this war is destroying the principles of the Republic.
P ADMÉ: Have you ever considered that we may be on the wrong side?
A NAKIN:
(suspicious
) What do you mean?
P ADMÉ: What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we have been fighting to destroy?
A NAKIN: I don’t believe that. And you’re sounding like a Separatist!
P ADMÉ: Anakin, this war represents a failure to
O BI- W AN: That is why you must help us, Anakin. Our allegiance is to the Senate, not to its leader who has managed to stay in office long after his term has expired.
A NAKIN: Master, the Senate demanded that he stay longer.
O BI- W AN: Yes, but use your feelings, Anakin. Something is out of place.
A NAKIN: You’re asking me to do something against the Jedi Code. Against the Republic. Against a mentor . . . and a friend. That’s what’s out of place here. Why are you asking this of me?
O BI- W AN: The Council is asking you.
----
85 EXT. CORUSCANT—CLONE LANDING PLATFORM—DAY
A JEDI GUNSHIP heads for the huge Clone landing platform.
----
86 (65) INT. CORUSCANT—JEDI GUNSHIP—DAY
YODA, MACE, and OBI-WAN ride in the GUNSHIP as it heads for the Clone landing platform. Mace and Obi-Wan are sitting.
O BI- W AN: Anakin did not take to his assignment with much enthusiasm.
Y ODA: Too much under the sway of the Chancellor, he is. Much anger there is in him. Too much pride in his powers.
M ACE: It’s very dangerous, putting them together. I don’t think the boy can handle it. I don’t trust him.
O BI- W AN: He’ll be all right. I trust him with my life.
M ACE: I wish I did.
O BI- W AN: With all due respect, Master, is he not the Chosen One? Is he not to destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force?
M ACE: So the prophecy says.
Y ODA: A prophecy . . . that misread could have been.
O BI- W AN: He will not let me down. He never has.
Y ODA: I hope right you are. And now destroy the Droid armies on Kashyyyk, I will. May the Force be with you.
The GUNSHIP lands and the ramp lowers. YODA exits the GUNSHIP. MACE and OBI-WAN stand and give him a brief bow then take off in the GUNSHIP.
----
87 (66) EXT. CORUSCANT—PADMÉ’S APARTMENT—VERANDA—SUNSET
Padmé’s Speeder pulls up to the landing platform. CAPTAIN TYPHO escorts PADMÉ onto the veranda, where TWO HANDMAIDENS (ELLÉ and MOTEé) are waiting. PADMÉ turns to CAPTAIN TYPHO.
P ADMÉ: Thank you, Captain.
C APTAIN T YPHO: Rest well, My Lady.
CAPTAIN TYPHO gets back into the Speeder, and it disappears into the cityscape. The HANDMAIDENS, MoteÉ and EllÉ, approach PADMÉ as the SHADOW OF A FIGURE moves in the background. C-3PO is standing nearby.
P ADMÉ: I’ll be up in a while.
M OTEé: Yes, my lady.
C-3PO stands, confused, as the HANDMAIDENS turn and exit.
C - 3PO : Is there anything I might do for you, my lady?
P ADMÉ: Yes, make sure all the security droids are working. Thank you, Threepio.
The golden droid turns and exits.
PADMÉ stands and watches the sunset. The SHADOWY FIGURE moves toward her. She senses something.
A NAKIN: Beautiful, isn’t it?
PADMÉ jumps and turns around.
P ADMÉ: You startled me.
He sits next to her on the bench.
A NAKIN: How are you feeling?
P ADMÉ: He keeps kicking.
A NAKIN: He?! Why do you think it’s a boy?
P ADMÉ:
(laughs
) My motherly intuition.
She puts his hand on her belly.
A NAKIN: Whoa! With a kick that strong, it’s got to be a girl.
They laugh.
P ADMÉ: I heard about your appointment. Anakin, I’m so proud of you.
A NAKIN: I may be on the Council, but . . . they refused to accept me as a Jedi Master.
P ADMÉ: Patience. In time, they will recognize your skills.
A NAKIN: They still treat me as if I were a Padawan learner . . . they fear my power, that’s the problem.
P ADMÉ: Anakin . . .
A NAKIN: Sometimes, I wonder what’s happening to the Jedi Order . . . I think this war is destroying the principles of the Republic.
P ADMÉ: Have you ever considered that we may be on the wrong side?
A NAKIN:
(suspicious
) What do you mean?
P ADMÉ: What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we have been fighting to destroy?
A NAKIN: I don’t believe that. And you’re sounding like a Separatist!
P ADMÉ: Anakin, this war represents a failure to
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