Saga Episode 2.1: Attack of the Clones Recloned - script rewrite, updated 01/04/07

That was a great update, Sam. It really shows how much Padme cares about the people she serves. The part about different definitions of selfish was great, as it really connects to the real world considering a lot of political families go through things just like that.

Major kudos. Can't wait to see the next update!

 

Perhaps that?s why she?s been popular with the wrong sort of people lately.




Just kidding, I don't mind though I did have Padme saying that line in my fic.

Interesting turn with the fight, can't believe Padme's mum though. This scene so should have been in the film, it's empty without it.

 

Perhaps that?s why she?s been popular with the wrong sort of people lately.

He he. I love that line.

Wow! Things got pretty hairy in the kitchen, didn't they? But somehow, I don't mind in the least - showing a disconnect between Padme and her family. It gives credence to the life of secrecy she chose to live afterwards.

I liked the scene all in all. I liked the fact that the Naberries remembered who Anakin was, that it was Sabe, not some random Corde - person that died, that Jar Jar called for hand-holding ...

Good chapter all in all. Keep them coming!

 

Many thanks, everyone.

jedimasterbac:

The part about different definitions of selfish was great, as it really connects to the real world considering a lot of political families go through things just like that.

Adding to the reality of it was that the mother's line and Padme's response came from a real fight.

Katana_Geldar:

Perhaps that?s why she?s been popular with the wrong sort of people lately. Just kidding, I don't mind though I did have Padme saying that line in my fic.

Here, with Sola saying the line, it can have dual meaning.

Interesting turn with the fight, can't believe Padme's mum though.

I mentioned in your Jedi Padme AOTC thread (in support of a line that the AU Padme says to Senator Nalanda whom she's protecting, "The Republic needs you, Senator.") that, ever since ROTS came out, the 'mommy wars' have invaded Star Wars. You wouldn't believe how many people I've run into who think and argue like Padme's mother, that women like Padme don't belong in politics, or any other powerful profession, and are better off leaving to become SAHM's. I believe, on the other hand, that politics (or the Jedi in your story) needs women like Padme to take an active role in upholding democracy.

Leia_Naberrie:

Wow! Things got pretty hairy in the kitchen, didn't they? But somehow, I don't mind in the least - showing a disconnect between Padme and her family. It gives credence to the life of secrecy she chose to live afterwards.

In a way, I see this scene as a microcosm of what happens on a much larger scale in "Episode 3.2," but for one important difference - the side Anakin takes. (Not that I'm comparing the family to the Sith, but rather am giving an advance look at Padme's style of confrontation and her willingness to take a fight all the way to its shattering conclusion.)

And, as you said about Padme in your story, "Thwarted Fate," she's a good person, but she isn't always a nice person.

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Have gone back and added to Ruwee Naberrie's line about the refugee relief movement, "Padmé volunteered, in her youth, as well."

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EXT. SPACE ? KAMINO ? NEXT DAY

The view is just like the star map hologram, plus, the storm-shrouded planet of Kamino is exactly where it ought to be. Obi-Wan's Starfighter disengages from the hyperspace transport ring and heads down toward the planet.

INT. STARFIGHTER ? SAME TIME

OBI-WAN
There it is, Arfour, right where it should be. Our missing planet, Kamino. Those files were altered.

From the Starfigher?s service cockpit, Obi-Wan?s Astro Droid, R4-P17, BEEPS a blue streak.

EXT. KAMINO - TIPOCA CITY - LANDING PLATFORM - DAY

Heavy RAINS and hard-driving WINDS LASH the platform, as Obi-Wan's Starfighter approaches. The huge, ultra-modern city of Tipoca rests on great stilts that keep it above the ever-present, CRASHING waves that cover the surface of this watery world.

The Starfighter lands. Obi-Wan gets out and makes his way through the HOWLING WIND, toward a tower on the far side of the platform. A door SLIDES open. A shaft of brilliant light pierces the swirling rain. Obi-Wan passes through it and goes inside.

INT. TIPOCA CITY - CORRIDOR ENTRANCE - DAY

A brilliant, white light. Obi-Wan pushes the soaked hood from his face.

TAUN WE (O.S.)
Master Jedi, so good to see you.

Obi-Wan wipes the rain from his face and blinks in surprise at a tall, slender, pasty-white being named TAUN WE. She has large, almond shaped eyes.

TAUN WE
The Prime Minister is expecting you.

OBI-WAN
(warily)
I'm expected?

TAUN WE
Of course! He is anxious to meet you. After all these years, we were beginning to think you weren't coming. Now please, this way!

Obi-Wan masks his surprise as they move away along the corridor.

INT. TIPOCA CITY - PRIME MINISTER?S OFFICE - DAY

The door SLIDES open. OBI-WAN and Taun We en

 

I know I'm taking another big risk with this revamp of the meadow scenes. Padme here isn't repressed in the same way as she is canon, although she will, in an upcoming variant of the "Fireplace Scene," give Anakin the talk about how a love affair could destroy them.


EXT. NABOO - MOUNTAIN MEADOW - LATE AFTERNOON

Anakin and Padmé are seated, with a picnic spread, in the middle of an idyllic hilly meadow, its lush grasses sprinkled with flowers. At a distance, a herd of SHAAKS graze contentedly. Beyond is the shimmering expanse of the lake. Several other lakes stretch to the horizon. The warm air is full of little floating puffballs. Anakin SNEEZES. Padmé hands him a piece of native fruit.

PADMÉ
Here. This should help.

Anakin eats it.

PADMÉ (cont?d)
They?re my family. I love them. I?ll never stop loving them. But I can?t go down the path they?ve set for me, not after all that?s happened.

ANAKIN
When your nieces came out of the house and played with Artoo, you were great with them. They seemed to make you happy.

PADMÉ
They did, and I?m very happy for Sola. It?s not that I don?t want a family of my own. I do. I?ll start one someday, when this crisis is over . . . when I have time for a husband and a child. But I can?t just leave behind everything I?ve worked so long and hard for. What about you? Could you leave the Jedi behind?

ANAKIN
I don?t know. There might be something I could leave them for.

PADMÉ
Don?t you mean someone?

There is an uncomfortable pause.

ANAKIN
Was there ever someone . . . you fell in love with?

PADMÉ
No . . . yes . . . all right, maybe. There was a boy, in the Legislative Youth Program with me. I was twelve. He was a few years older. His name was Palo . . . very cute . . . dark curly hair . . . dreamy eyes . . .

ANAKIN
What happened to him?

PADMÉ
I went into public service. He went on to become an artist. He decided he didn?t like politics very much.

ANAKIN
I don?t either, but, with you, maybe he should have made an exception. He didn?t know what he was missing.

PADMÉ
(playfully)
Some counselor you?re turning out to be. You?ll say anything to get me to love you.

ANAKIN
(grins)
Well, if it works . . .

PADMÉ
Are you going to use one of your Jedi mind tricks on me and make me love you?

ANAKIN
It doesn?t work that way. The mind trick works only on the weak-minded. You?re anything but weak-minded. From the day we first met, I?ve sensed it.

PADMÉ
What do your Jedi Masters say? ?Your technique is improving, young Skywalker.?

ANAKIN
Not only my Masters . . . the Chancellor too.

PADMÉ
You?ve been spending a lot of time with him, haven?t you?

ANAKIN
He gives me a lot of encouragement.

PADMÉ
He did for me, as well. I?ve learned much from him, but also not to become dependent on him. To have any hope of reforming the system, I had to be an independent voice.

ANAKIN
Yet, it doesn?t seem to be reforming. I don?t think the system works anymore.

PADMÉ
Tell me. How would you have it work?

ANAKIN
We need a system where the politicians sit down and discuss the problem, agree what's in the best interests of all the people, and then do it.

PADMÉ
That?s exactly what we do. The trouble is that people don't always agree. In fact, they hardly ever do.

ANAKIN
Then they should be made to.

PADMÉ
By whom? Who's going to make them?

ANAKIN
I don't know. Someone wise.

PADMÉ
You?

ANAKIN
No, not me . . . someone.

PADMÉ
That sounds an awful lot like a dictatorship.

A mischievous little grin creeps across Anakin?s face.

ANAKIN
A dictatorship, with you leading it, wouldn?t be so bad.

PADMÉ
(smiles)
You?re joking, of course.

Anakin?s grin grows bigger, then he breaks into a laugh. Padmé laughs with him. They are about to embrace, when her comlink BEEPS. She pulls it out and checks the reading.

PADMÉ (cont?d)
It?s your Master.

Sidling a few feet away from Anakin, she presses a button, and a miniature hologram of Obi-Wan appears, sta

 

Very, very good. I love how Obi-Wan is toying with the Kaminoans, making them believe that Sifo-Dyas is still alive. I also enjoyed how you made it seem that armies were already being created but Padme had the contracts shut down. That was a nice touch.

The hormones are working.

I don't really like that line, to be completely honest with you. However, all and all, this was a good update. I look forward to the rest.

 

To be perfectly honest sam I don't like the way you've written the love scenes. But then again, love scenes are extremely difficult to get right which is why I opted for what I did in my fan fic (no lovey-dovey dialogue at all).

Still, I like the way Obi-Wan interrrupted the moment. Seemed VERY appropriate.

I am wondering, have you read Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno?

 

Another question is, when are you going to update, Sam?

 

Thanks for the honest conscrit.

jedimasterbac:

Very, very good. I love how Obi-Wan is toying with the Kaminoans, making them believe that Sifo-Dyas is still alive. I also enjoyed how you made it seem that armies were already being created but Padme had the contracts shut down. That was a nice touch.

Yeah, the Kaminans seemed rather credulous, so I decided to play on that. Though my real reason for Obi-Wan not revealing to them that Sifo-Dyas was dead was so he could later spring it on Padme.

Actually, I didn't mean to imply that the contracts Padme had shut down were for armies. My idea was that they were for other types of cloning she may have supported, but she was determined to enforce the law over the slavery issue.

(And, yes, I'm aware they're called Kaminoans in canon, but I think Kaminans is easier to pronounce. )

The hormones are working.

I don't really like that line, to be completely honest with you. However, all and all, this was a good update. I look forward to the rest.

OK, I cut the line. It was my hard science background talking.

Katana_Geldar:

To be perfectly honest sam I don't like the way you've written the love scenes. But then again, love scenes are extremely difficult to get right which is why I opted for what I did in my fan fic (no lovey-dovey dialogue at all).

Still, I like the way Obi-Wan interrrupted the moment. Seemed VERY appropriate.

I'll admit that romance isn't my strong suit. But, unlike George Lucas, who apparently thinks he's a romantic writer when he isn't, I know I'm not a romantic writer, so I compensate by loading up the scenes with things which I'm better at writing (i.e. one-on-one verbal matches and keeping story threads intertwined). Very few of the lines are devoted solely to the love story, and even some of those may have something else going on with them. (Example: In that exchange about the boy who became an artist, I suspected that, the way Lucas wrote it, he was describing himself, so the change I made to Anakin's line was, in a way, a message to Lucas that, the way he wrote Padme's character, he didn't know what he was missing. )

It may be that this strategy for getting through the love scenes wasn't entirely successful. But keep in mind that Padme just had an emotionally bruising fight with her family and needs a friend right now, so she's willing to risk playing Anakin's game, even though she knows he's hungry for her.

BTW: That exchange about a dictatorship with Padme leading it was an in-joke directed at a member of another fan-site, who'd famously been using the "Padme for Dictator" emoticon in his signature line.

I am wondering, have you read Labyrinth of Evil by James Luceno?

Sorry, I haven't. What's it about?

 

I had promised someone on that other fan-site a major action sequence on Kamino that isn't in the film. Those of you who've been reading my rewrites for awhile are probably aware that I like giving Obi-Wan a rough time.


EXT. TIPOCA CITY - DAY

Rain LASHES the city. Below, mighty waves POUND the stilts, breaking almost to the height of the platforms. A large AVIAN carrying Taun We and a rain-soaked Obi-Wan flies above the water toward a floating building complex.

INT. TIPOCA CITY - CORRIDOR - DAY

Taun We and a still-wet Obi-Wan approach the door of Jango Fett's apartment. Taun We waves her hand, and a muted bell RINGS.

As they wait, Obi-Wan notes the door lock entry mechanism. Then the door opens, and a ten-year-old boy, BOBA FETT, looks at them. He is identical to the boys in the classroom.

TAUN WE
Boba, is your father at home?

There is a brief pause.

BOBA
Yep.

TAUN WE
May we see him?

BOBA
Sure.

Another brief pause, then Boba steps aside, and Taun We and Obi-Wan go through.

INT. FETT APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS

Obi-Wan, Taun We, and Boba enter the apartment.

BOBA
Dad! Taun We's here!

Obi-Wan looks around the room. After a moment, Jango Fett comes in from the bedroom, wearing a baggy jumpsuit. He is unshaven and mean looking, his face pitted with scars of old wounds. There are a couple of weird tattoos on his muscular forearms. He eyes Obi-Wan with suspicion.

TAUN WE
Jango, welcome back. Was your trip productive?

JANGO
Fairly.

Obi-Wan and Jango size each other up. Boba studies both of them.

TAUN WE
This is Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi. He's come to check on our progress.

JANGO
That right?

Jango?s eyes fix Obi-Wan coldly.

OBI-WAN
(to Jango)
Your clones are very impressive. You must be very proud.

JANGO
I'm just a simple man, trying to make my way in the Universe.

OBI-WAN
Aren't we all?

Obi-Wan eyes the half-open bedroom door, through which a couple of pieces of body armor and a glimpse of a rocket pack can be seen on the floor. Jango registers Obi-Wan's look and moves in front of him, blocking the view.

OBI-WAN
Ever make your way as far into the interior as Coruscant?

JANGO
Once or twice.

OBI-WAN
Recently?

JANGO
(eyes Obi-Wan carefully)
Possibly . . .

OBI-WAN
Then you must know Master Sifo-Dyas?

JANGO
Master who?

OBI-WAN
Sifo-Dyas. Is he not the Jedi who hired you for this job?

JANGO
Never heard of him.

OBI-WAN
Really.

JANGO
I was recruited by a man called Tyranus on one of the moons of Bogden. Said I was the perfect model for an army. You like them?

OBI-WAN
I look forward to seeing them in action.

JANGO FETT
(grinning)
They'll do their job well, I'll guarantee that.

Obi-Wan notes Jango?s hand positioned to draw something from his suit in a hurry.

OBI-WAN
That, I don?t doubt. We all have our jobs to do, don?t we? Now, I have to do mine.

Jango draws a blaster from a hip-pocket and FIRES, but Obi-Wan draws his light saber faster and IGNITES it, deflecting the BOLTS, then slices the blaster in half. Boba and Taun We are stunned.

BOBA
Dad!

TAUN WE
What is this?

OBI-WAN
(to Jango)
Don?t try anything else, or I?ll start taking off limbs.

TAUN WE
On behalf of my Government, I must forbid the use of violence!

Obi-Wan glances at Taun We, noting the irony.

OBI-WAN
My apologies to your Government, but by the authority of the Jedi Council, I?m arresting this man for eight counts of murder on Coruscant, in connection with two assassination attempts on Senator Amidala.

TAUN WE
You have no jurisdiction here.

Obi-Wan moves his free hand slightly.

OBI-WAN
In light of how important selling the Clone Army is to you, I suggest not bothering with such things as jurisdiction.

JANGO
(to Taun We)
He?s trying to trick you! Obviously, this Jedi was sent here, by Amidala, to sabotage your sale of the army!

OBI-WAN
(to Taun We)
I was sent here to find an assassin and return him to Coruscant.

BOBA
You?re taking m

 

Really nice having Jango hide amongst the clones! I really enjoyed the scene - from Obi-Wan actually placing Jango under arrest (something that we never see a Jedi do in the PT which makes them even more high-handed than usual) to Boba fighting back, to Obi-Wan flying the avian. Nice work!

 

Great scene, now why didn't I think of that?

Raking Obi over the coals is ALWAYS a good idea IMHO.

And as for Labyrinth of Evil, that's the novel that pre-empts ROTS and has the information about Sifo-Dyas. I thought you would have read it already. It's fantastic.

Can't wait for the next update...the fire side scene and Anakin's dream.

 

I didn't really like this chapter, to be honest with you. The action seemed forced (no pun intended) to me, as Jango didn't really have a reason to pull his blaster out on Obi-Wan and Obi-Wan still had no idea if Jango was the killer. He only had suspicions, and you can't really arrest someone without proper evidence to back it up. I would assume the Jedi Order would follow those procedures as well. Going back to Jango, he should be more concerned with escaping the planet as quickly as possible to get to Geonosis rather than dealing with one Jedi Knight. I never saw Jango as someone who would just jump into action for seemingly no reason, but rather someone who knew when and when not to fight until his final fatal fight with Mace Windu.

That's just my two cents.

"I have the high ground"

 

It's starting to look like Ebert and Roeper around here. Thanks everyone, including the one who dissented.

I've added the description, "and a glimpse of a rocket pack," to what Obi-Wan sees through the bedroom door.

leia_naberrie:

Really nice having Jango hide amongst the clones! I really enjoyed the scene - from Obi-Wan actually placing Jango under arrest (something that we never see a Jedi do in the PT which makes them even more high-handed than usual) to Boba fighting back, to Obi-Wan flying the avian. Nice work!

Yes, Obi-Wan was getting high-handed there, wasn't he? Makes one wonder if some of it didn't rub off on Anakin. Basically, I see the Jedi and the Sith as two sides of the same coin. It's what leads to Bail Organa saying in Episode 3.2, "The Jedi . . . the Sith. In a way, you deserve each other."

Boba biting Obi-Wan gives new meaning to the title Attack of the Clones, doesn't it?

Katana_Geldar:

Great scene, now why didn't I think of that? Raking Obi over the coals is ALWAYS a good idea IMHO.

And as for Labyrinth of Evil, that's the novel that pre-empts ROTS and has the information about Sifo-Dyas. I thought you would have read it already. It's fantastic.

Can't wait for the next update...the fire side scene and Anakin's dream.

Someone on that other fan site I've been mentioning said that he would have had Jango survive AOTC and become the Separatist General in ROTS, instead of Grievous. I told him it was a good idea, not only becuase it would give Obi-Wan a rematch against Jango, but because, if Jango got into trouble, he could infiltrate and hide among the opposing troops. That's not where this story is going, however. But it is what got me to thinking about Jango hiding among multitudes of himself.

By "pre-empts ROTS," do you mean it's an alternate version that came out before Lucas released his? If so, I'll definitely check it out.

I may have written myself into a slight corner here. The meadow scenes happen during the day, and the fireplace scene happens in the evening. The fight Obi-Wan has gotten into with Jango happens just after the last meadow scene, given that Taun We was ready to take Obi-Wan to see Jango just before the last meadow scene. So, now I have to think of how Obi-Wan's going to get through this fine mess he's gotten himself into, before A/P can have their fireside chat (about the different kind of mess they're gotten into.)

EDIT: Okay, problem solved. Even though, in this version, it's the day after the family scenes, I moved the meadow scenes to later in the afternoon, so the fireplace scene can happen on-schedule. It will be next, followed by the conclusion to the action sequence on Kamino, and then Anakin's nightmare.

jedimasterbac:

I didn't really like this chapter, to be honest with you. The action seemed forced (no pun intended) to me, as Jango didn't really have a reason to pull his blaster out on Obi-Wan and Obi-Wan still had no idea if Jango was the killer. He only had suspicions, and you can't really arrest someone without proper evidence to back it up. I would assume the Jedi Order would follow those procedures as well. Going back to Jango, he should be more concerned with escaping the planet as quickly as possible to get to Geonosis rather than dealing with one Jedi Knight. I never saw Jango as someone who would just jump into action for seemingly no reason, but rather someone who knew when and when not to fight until his final fatal fight with Mace Windu.

That's just my two cents.

My thinking behind the arrest is that Obi-Wan doesn't just have suspicions. From the way he and Jango are looking at each other (I didn't add the looks. They were in the Lucas script.), it's obvious he knows, and Jango knows that he knows, and he knows that Jango knows that he knows. Jango knows that Obi-Wan isn't going to let him escape the planet without a fight. Then, like in the Westerns (and Easterns) that in

 

Sorry for the long wait. This was a very difficult scene to get right, since it abandons Lucas' "We can't do this. We'd be living a lie." moralizing, in favor of a far more complex and layered approach to A/P's dilemma, and I don't know if I've succeeded.

Thanks to Katana_Geldar for a PM discussion a few months ago, which gave me some ideas on how Anakin would react to Padme's proposed solution.


INT. NABOO ? MOUNTAIN LODGE ? MAIN ROOM - EVENING

Anakin and Padmé are seated by the fireplace, looking a bit disheveled. Firelight flickers in their troubled faces.

PADMÉ
If we do this . . . it could destroy us.

ANAKIN
I know it?s a risk . . . but I?m willing to take it, if you are.

PADMÉ
(lightly)
And I?m well known for taking risks.
(seriously)
But not this kind. Naboo is very traditional. I didn?t know how traditional, until I got out and saw other worlds. There are many here for whom a Senator and a Jedi Padawan being lovers would be an issue greater than war. I could probably survive it. But you . . . you?d be breaking the Jedi Code. They?d almost surely expel you from the Order. I can?t be the cause of that.

ANAKIN
You don?t have to be, because they don?t have to know. No one has to know.

Padmé gets up and paces.

PADMÉ
They?ll know. My sister sensed it immediately. So did my mother. So will others, if we can?t hide our feelings any better than we have. That could make it even worse for us.

ANAKIN
But what of our feelings? I don?t know about you, but I can?t just wish mine away.

Padmé sits next to him and touches him softly.

PADMÉ
I don?t want you to. I want you to hold on to them. Keep them safe. Have patience, for there may come a time when we can be together.

ANAKIN
(skeptically)
What time will that be, Padmé?

PADMÉ
A time when there?s no war threatening . . . when there?s no Clone Army about to be unleashed on the Galaxy . . . when you?re a Jedi Master and, just maybe, between us, we can change the rules.

ANAKIN
(astonished)
What are you saying? . . . That we could make the Jedi Council change the Code, just for us?

PADMÉ
Not make them . . . and not just for us. That wouldn?t be fair. Convince them . . . that their ban on love is wrong . . . that it denies a basic need all of us have . . . that it causes suffering!

ANAKIN
(gets up)
Just try convincing Master Windu! Or Master Yoda! ?Knowledge you have, of what?s right and wrong for the Order?? he?ll ask. ?Eight hundred years longer than you have I been a Jedi. ?What the Code should be, who are you to question??

PADMÉ
I?d have thought Master Yoda would know the difference between knowledge and wisdom . . . that there?s always more to learn, no matter how old the learner . . . or the teacher.

ANAKIN
And while we wait for the old Master?s enlightenment to new ways, what happens to us? What if you find someone else?

PADMÉ
I won?t. I?ll wait for you.

ANAKIN
For how long? What happens when you start running out of time?

PADMÉ
Anakin, don?t do this.

ANAKIN
No, Padmé, you don?t do this! Don?t treat me like some bill in your committee that you can put off and manipulate how and when it comes to a vote! Love doesn?t work that way!

PADMÉ
How does it work, then? Tell me.

ANAKIN
It makes protecting you matter more to me than my own life . . . assignment or no assignment.

PADMÉ
I have the same feelings about you. It?s why I won?t let you give up your life as a Jedi for me.

ANAKIN
The Jedi no longer matter . . . nothing matters more than having you with me!

PADMÉ
Is that love . . . or obsession?
(gets up and takes him by the arms)
Ani, what?s happening around us is important. We can?t ignore it, even if we want to. I?ve become the most influential woman the Republic has known for centuries. If the rumors I?ve heard about you are true, you?re to be the most influential of the Jedi someday. A responsibility comes with that . . . to put the needs of others before our own. Only then, can our needs truly b

 

I could just imagine Padme's smile and Anakin's raction to it.

BTW, what was it that I said in the Pm that spurred you on?

As for Labyrinth of Evil

 

Lots of interesting developments since last I posted. Great job.

 

Happy New Year! Sorry I've been gone so long.

Katana_Geldar: It was our conversation about whether Padme would be giving Anakin false hope and how the Jedi would react if he tried to change their minds about the Code.

UnderCoverJedi: Thanks, and great to see you again.


I've gone back and made a small but rather radical change to Jocasta Nu's scene with Obi-Wan. What prompted it was my having finished reading a book by the cognitive researcher George Lakoff, and also something I read in one of jedimasterbac's stories. I'm in agreement with what's suggested in "The Legend of Ussej Padric Bac," that over the millenia the Jedi have been in existence, a lot more than twenty would have left.

So that you don't have to go back and search, I've copied the affected dialogue here:

JOCASTA NU
(sighs)
The Lost Twenty . . . but that?s only in the last few generations. Over the millennia, there have been hundreds.

OBI-WAN
(taken aback)
Hundreds?

JOCASTA NU
You didn?t know? I?m not surprised. It isn?t something the Masters like to talk about, even one as outspoken as your old Master Qui-Gon Jinn.

OBI-WAN
How could have it have been so many? What reason could they have had?

JOCASTA NU
Love, mostly . . . but not Master Dooku. For him, it was politics. He was always a bit out of step with the decisions of the Council. His Padawan, Qui-Gon took after him in that respect.

 

EXT. KAMINO ? TIPOCA CITY ? NIGHT

KAMINAN AUTHORITIES, arriving on AVIANS, surround the entrances to the Clone Center. They turn on searchlights that glare in the ever-continuing RAINSTORM. Their lights are suddenly outshone by a powerful beam that FIRES up from the inside through the roof of the Clone Center and into the sky. The Kaminans gawk at the sight.

EXT. TIPOCA CITY ? APARTMENT COMPLEX LANDING PAD ? SAME TIME

Boba stops to gaze at the beam in the distance, as he?s loading personal belongings, including his father?s rocket pack, into a small, two-man spacecraft.

INT. CLONE CENTER ? SAME TIME

CLONES stay out of Jango?s way, as he walks about the main level, pointing his big weapon at railings and other fixtures on the upper levels.

INT. ARMORY ? SAME TIME

A light saber beam CUTS a manhole-size circle in the ceiling, then Obi-Wan drops through it. CLONES stare at him but take no action, as he deactivates the light saber and places it in his belt. He rummages through the shelves and picks up a small laser gun. He looks at the gun despondently before taking his grappeling hook and throwing it to where it catches on the edge of the hole he cut in the ceiling.

EXT. TIPOCA CITY ? CLONE CENTER LANDING PAD ? SAME TIME

One of the Kaminans tries to install a boot-like device on the engine of Obi-Wan?s Starfigher. From the service cockpit, R4-P17 BEEPS at a warning at the Kaminan then ELECTRIFIES the ship. The Kaminan CRIES OUT and jumps backwards. R4 STARTS the ENGINE, and the Starfighter LIFTS OFF.

EXT. TIPOCA CITY ? APARTMENT COMPLEX LANDING PAD ? SAME TIME

The hatch to the Fetts? two-man craft closes.

INT. FETT SPACECRAFT ? SAME TIME

Boba sits in the pilot?s chair, and working the controls, STARTS the ENGINE and LIFTS OFF.

INT. CLONE CENTER ? VARIOUS ANGLES ? SAME TIME

Obi-Wan and Jango stalk each other, with Obi-Wan, one level above, staying just out of Jango?s line of sight. Obi-Wan is trying to get a clear shot at Jango with the laser he picked up. Suddenly, Jango turns. Obi-Wan ducks, before Jango can see him, but Jango FIRES the big weapon anyway. Obi-Wan leaps away, as Jango?s beam knocks out the supports, and the whole room Obi-Wan was in comes CRASHING down.

JANGO
You think you can get close enough to take me, Jedi?! I?m leaving this sopping excuse for a planet, but not before making sure you ain?t!

Obi-Wan reaches a platform, from which he can get the jump on Jango. Jango doesn?t see him yet, as he aims the laser. Jango turns, sees him and raises his weapon to fire, but Obi-Wan SHOOTS a fine beam that burns one of Jango?s hands. The big weapon FIRES, doing more PROPERTY DAMAGE, but missing Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan drops the laser and jumps, drawing and IGNITING his light saber. Before Jango can recover his aim, Obi-Wan is within striking distance. The jig?s up. Jango drops the big weapon and raises his hands.

OBI-WAN
What was that you were going to make sure of? . . . Now, drop the other gun.

JANGO
What other gun?

Obi-Wan moves his light saber closer to Jango?s right arm. Jango opens a panel in the hip of his armor, removes a blaster and tosses it to the floor.

OBI-WAN
Turn around.

Jango turns around, and (one hand at a time, since his light saber is still lit) Obi-Wan carefully restrains Jango?s wrists behind his back, using cuffs from his utility belt.

JANGO
You think you?re just going to walk out of here, with me as your prisoner? The place is surrounded, and not by Jedi.

OBI-WAN
Then, we?ll just have to find another exit.
(activates comlink)
Arfour, do you copy?

EXT. TIPOCA CITY ? SAME TIME

R4-P17 BEEPS a blue streak, as he flies Obi-Wan?s Starfighter from the service cockpit and evades KAMINANS on AVIANS who are FIRING LASERS and trying to force him down.

INT. CLONE CENTER ? SAME TIME

OBI-WAN
(to comlink)
Fly up out of their range, then wait for me to signal you again.

EXT. TIPOCA CITY ? SAME TIME

R4 BEEPS some more then FIRES the BOOSTERS to fly high up through the dense

 

I always wondered how Obi would try to catch Jango, and it's about time the Jedi learned what mess they make with those lightsabers!

 

That won?t be necessary, Master Kenobi! The Prime Minister is speaking with your superiors about the damage! Just take your fight with the bounty hunter someplace else!

LOL! The Kaminoans shouldn't be too upset. They can put it under 'overhead' costs in their clone army bill.


Sorry for falling behind on updates. I'll be back with more later this week.