EXT - SPACE
Opening crawl reads as such: (*THIS SHOULD BE SCROLLING UPWARD AGAINST
THE SPACE*)
THE JEDI
KNIGHTS, DEFENDERS OF THE FUTURE OF THE STARS, ARE IN PERIL.
THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE IS BECOMING STRONGER AND STRONGER,
AND
EVERYTHING IS CLOUDED WITH MYSTERY. ANAKIN SKYWALKER, ONCE THE BEST
HOPE FOR BRINGING BALANCE TO THE FORCE, IS
TURNING MORE AND MORE
TWISTED AND EVIL ON HIS JOURNEY TOWARD BECOMING A DARK JEDI.
HE HAS RAN AWAY WITH QUEEN PADME
TO HER HOME PLANET AND THEY
ARE MARRIED.
MEANWHILE, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THE CLONE WARS. THE ARMY OF CLONES
IS
FIGHTING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND BECOMING STRONGER ALL THE TIME...
Scene pans to SPACESHIP flying past.
INT -
SPACESHIP
BOBA FETT, now a teenager, is sitting in his cabin leaning against a
wall and staring off into space.
The screen wiggles and wobbles and
shows a flashback of the black Jedi killing his father and him picking
up his helmet.
The scene returns to him sitting there.
DROID enters carrying a tray of various foods.
DROID
Master,
I have procured these treats for your enjoyment.
Boba Fett slaps the tray out of the droid's metal hands and it
clatters.
BOBA
FETT
Can't you see I am thinking!? I do not need treats. Now I am
thinking about a way to avenge my father's death
at the hands
of the black Jedi. I want to kill him.
DROID
Boba Fett, do not act to rashly, you are due
to meet your
platoon shortly and you must set a good example of them.
They are not meant to fight the Jedi.
BOBA
FETT
Very well, droid. Now clean up these treats, I am a busy man.
Droid begins to clean up the treats off the
ground.
EXT - SPACESHIP
The spaceship docks in a big spaceship dock. All around there are
clones standing
in formation, waiting to be met by Boba Fett. A ramp
lowers and Boba Fett steps off of the ramp.
Boba Fett walks
up to a big group of clones and addresses them.
BOBA FETT
Please listen to me, I am your commander. I know
that we are
not supposed to fight the Jedi because they are supposed to
be our friends, but I want to tell you that
a Jedi killed my
father. He killed OUR father. And for this the Jedi has to
pay. We must strike at them when they
least expect it.
EXT - PADME'S BALCONY
Anakin and Padme are standing on their balcony looking out into the
sunset.
Anakin is older now and he has a moustache. Padme is a little
bit pregnant through her dress. Suddenly panic flashes in
Anakin's
eyes.
PADME
What is the matter, my dearest?
ANAKIN
(Yelling) NOTHING! Nothing
is the matter, I just had a bad
daydream.
PADME
What did you daydream of?
ANAKIN
I daydreamed
that the clones who are supposed to be my friends
are going to gang up and try to kill the Jedi. I don't want
them
to kill the Jedi.
PADME
...Because Obie Wan is a Jedi?
ANAKIN
Shut up.
PADME
I
sense that you still have a soft spot in your ever more
steely heart for Obie Wan. Once you loved him like a brother.
ANAKIN
Those
days are over for some reason.
EXT - SPACE
A Jedi star fighter flies fast through space and then lands on the
planet
CORUSCANT. OBIE WAN steps out and walks into a door marked
"JEDI COUNCIL."
INT
- JEDI COUNCIL
Yoda and a variety of weird looking Jedi are sitting in a circle.
Obie Wan walks in and sits down and
they all stare at him.
OBIE WAN
What is it, councilmen?
YODA
Obie Wan, decided that you should
go look for Anakin we have.
OBIE WAN
Okay. I'll bet that he's living with Padme on her home planet
of Naboo.
YODA
That
is what we were thinking too, except that for some
reason his presence, vague and cloudy in our minds it is.
Unusual
for a Jedi this is. Usually sense them very well we
can.
OBIE WAN
This is a most disturbing development.
YODA
We
were also thinking that up to something the clones might
be.
OBIE WAN
"Up to something," master Yoda?
YODA
Yes.
Also we think that you should investigate this we do.
OBIE WAN
I'm going to go to my ship and do that right
now.
INT - CLONE CAFETERIA
Boba Fett is sitting with a bunch of clones and eating an orange food
substance from
a bowl. Everyone is eating except one clone, DIFFERENT
CLONE, who looks sullen.
BOBA FETT
You there, why
do you look so sad?
CLONE
Don't talk to him, he's different, we don't like him.
BOBA FETT
We
are clones, how could it be that he is different.
CLONE
He is shorter than us and he looks different, and he
has given
himself a name.
BOBA FETT
(Angry) Boy! Is this true? What name have you given yourself?
DIFFERENT
CLONE
I call myself HAN SOLO, sir. Because I am in solitude because
the other clones don't like me. I am ashamed
of myself.
BOBA FETT
As well you should be, boy. We are supposed to all be clones,
but you look different,
which makes you a threat to our morale.
You are hereby banished from the clone army, never to return.
HAN
SOLO
That suits me fine, I will make my way as a rogue.
Han Solo gets up from the table, knocks over his chair,
picks up a
duffel bag and walks away. He opens the bag and there is a puppy
inside. He takes it out and kisses it
on the head.
HAN SOLO
It is okay, Chewbacca, we will be all right.
EXT - NABOO
LANDING PLATFORM
Obie Wan's Jedi star fighter swooshes through the sky and lands on the
landing platform. Obie Wan steps out and shuts the hatch. He hesitates
for a moment, then strides up to PADME'S PALACE and knocks on the door.
He waits for a moment and then THREEPIO answers it.
THREEPIO
Obie Wan! This is a pleasant surprise! But I'm afraid that
Master Anakin won't be so happy to see you.
OBIE WAN
Why not, Threepio? There was a time when I was like his brother.
THREEPIO
The master's heart has hardened. It seems that he is of two
minds these days.
OBIE WAN
This disturbs me. Tell me, Threepio, were you always gold?
TREEPIO
No Obie Wan, my Master painted me gold after I helped him
on the planet of evil bug creatures. It is the highest honor
that a droid can receive.
OBIE WAN
I see. Now be a good droid and summon your master.
THREEPIO
Okay Obie Wan, but it would be wise if you waited on the porch.
OBIE WAN
Very well.
Threepio walks into the palace, and Obie Wan sits on a wicker chair on
the veranda. He looks into the sunset wistfully as he waits. The screen
gets wobbly and a montage of his good times with Anakin is shown: him
tousling young Anakin’s hair and smiling, the two of them fighting big
bug monsters with their lightsabers, Anakin shooting an alien in the back
and then giving Obie Wan a high-five.
Anakin appears from within the Palace.
ANAKIN
You will find no welcome here, my former master.
OBIE WAN
But why, Anakin? We had so many good times.
ANAKIN
I am changing, master. I am becoming a man, and as such, my
feelings and emotions are changing.
OBIE WAN
It is normal, Anakin. Your body is growing and your mind can't
keep up. It happens to all boys at your age.
ANAKIN
SILENCE! I am not a boy. I am a man. More of a man than you
will ever be. I even got Padme pregnant.
OBIE WAN
You got her pregnant? How?
ANAKIN
She is carrying my child.
A grim expression falls over Obie Wan's face. Padme walks out of the
palace holding her belly.
PADME
Anakin, it is time- oh! Obie Wan!
ANAKIN
Silence. Tell Threepio to draw a bath. Obie Wan, my wife
is now going to birth her child, and you shall not be a part
of this process.
Anakin puts his hand on Padme's shoulder and leads her into the house.
Obie Wan sits with his head in his hands on the porch.
INT - NABOO PALACE
Padme is sitting on a lavish bed and holding her newborn infant son.
Anakin, fiery eyed, is pacing about the room. He goes to the window
and looks outside.
ANAKIN
Obie Wan is still out there, why won't he go away?
PADME
Obie Wan is your friend, Anakin. He wants to be here with you
during this troubled time.
ANAKIN
This is not a time of trouble! This is a time of glory! My
newborn son and I shall rule over the galaxy with an iron fist!
PADME
What do you mean, rule over the galaxy?
ANAKIN
He shall be my willing slave, and I shall teach him of the
force! We shall take control of the government and build an
empire upon the suffering of those less powerful!
PADME
Anakin, you are scaring me. I don't like this idea.
ANAKIN
Do not call me by that name! Call me... (ANAKIN'S VOICE LOWERS
AN OCTIVE AND HIS EYES FLASH RED) Darth... VADER!
PADME
NOOOOOOOOOO!
Padme rushes to the window and throws the baby out! Obie Wan, outside,
catches the baby with The Force.
PADME
(Yells out the window): OBIE WAN! TAKE THIS CHILD TO TATOOINE
WHERE HE WILL BE SAFE!
DARTH VADER
You fool! It matters not. Get back in bed this instant, and I
will impregnate you again with an even better child!
EXT - PADME'S PALACE.
Obie Wan holds the baby in his arms and softly pets its forehead.
OBIE WAN
I will call you... Luke.
EXT - DEGOBAH - NIGHT
Han Solo wakes up amid a ghastly swamp, clutching his head. He blinks
his eyes several times and looks around, and sits upright suddenly.
HAN SOLO
Chewie!? Chewie, where are you!
Han Solo stands up and runs to the wreckage of his ship.
HAN SOLO
Oh my god, Chewie, where are you!?
Suddenly, there is a rustling amid the ship's wreckage. Chewbacca runs
out and leaps into Han Solo's arms and licks his face.
HAN SOLO
For Christ’s sake, Chewie, don't scare me like that, I thought
I'd lost you!
CHEWEBACCA
Woof!
There is a whooshing sound above. Han Solo drops Chewbacca and looks up.
Trees snap and bend as Obie Wan's star fighter comes crashing down through
the foliage. Han Solo runs up to the ship and opens the hatch, shaking
Obie Wan awake.
OBIE WAN
What? Where am I?
Obie Wan reaches down and grabs Luke from under the seat.
OBIE WAN
Luke! Thank god you're alright!
Luke gurgles happily and grabs Obie Wan's finger.
HAN SOLO
Who are you?
OBIE WAN
I am Obie Wan Kenobi. I am a Jedi, and this baby is very
important. We must take this baby to Coruscant to meet Yoda.
HAN SOLO
Oh no, you're a Jedi? Boba Fett was talking about KILLING the
Jedi!
OBIE WAN
This bodes ill for the Jedi... you know, I bet Yoda would like
it here.INT
- GALACTIC SENATE
The huge galactic senate room is abuzz with the murmur of aliens. They
are making noise and debating things. Senator Palpatine sits on a
floating platform in the middle of it all.
PALPATINE
Silence! Silence all of you! I will now speak!
The murmur dies down as people turn their attention to Palpatine.
PALPATINE
Now that I have this emergency power and this clone army, I
have something to tell you all.
JAR JAR BINKS
Oh massa, this a'gonna be good.
PALPATINE
Silence, you crab-eyed monster! I merely used you as a means
to my twisted ends!
JAR JAR BINKS
Whatchoo sayin, boss?
PALPATINE
With the emergency powers you foolishly granted to me, I now
proclaim myself EMPORER OF THE GALAXY. The clone army shall
defend me and strike down all who oppose me!
JAR JAR BINKS
Massa, we ain't gwine stand by this nonsense, sho'nuff!
PALPATINE
Oh, poor Jar Jar, there is nothing you can do.
JAR JAR BINKS
Sheeeeeeeeit.
OBIE WAN swoops down on a rope from above and lands on the platform.
OBIE WAN
But I can do something!
OBIE WAN draws his lightsaber and turns it on, pointing it at PALPATINE'S
neck.
OBIE WAN
You must turn the republic back over to the people!
PALPATINE
You underestimate me!
Palpatine pulls out a lightsaber and swats Obie's lightsaber away.
OBIE WAN
But... you're not supposed to be a Jedi!
Jar Jar Binks widens his eyes, twirls around, and faints extravagantly.
INT
- JEDI COUNCIL CHAMBER
Anakin stands inside a circle of powerful and weird looking
Jedi. Some of them are really weird looking and have things
protruding from their heads. Yoda and the black guy are there
and they look stern. Obie Wan has his hand on Anakin's shoulder.
YODA
Anakin, you have disappointed us you have.
ANAKIN
I feel no need to defend my actions to you, greenie.
YODA
Excuse me, you must. Call me Greenie, did you?
ANAKIN
That's right, you're a greenie. You're green as a tree!
YODA
Hardly think I am green do I. Skin colored am I.
OBIE WAN
Master Yoda, I am afraid the boy is right. You are green.
YODA
Impossible this is. Black man Jedi, a mirror you will get
for me you will.
BLACK MAN
Here is your mirror, master Yoda.
The black Jedi hands a looking glass to Yoda who contemplates it
sternly.
YODA
Many things I am... but green I am not.
ANAKIN
YES YOU ARE GREEN! YOU ARE AS GREEN AS AN AVACADO!
OBIE WAN
This is hardly a concern to us now. Yoda, you are green.
Now tell the boy what you have decided.
YODA
But I... Anakin, you are hereby kicked out of the Jedi
you are. No longer will you practice the force you will.
ANAKIN
I don't have to do what you say! I am a man now! I got a
girl pregnant even, but Obie Wan stole my baby and now
he won't tell me where it is! Is that right? No!
YODA
Really steal his baby did you?
OBIE WAN
The baby was given to me, and I took it to a safe place
where Anakin will never think to go because he's been
there several times already.
ANAKIN
He even named my baby without asking me.
OBIE WAN
I could tell its name just by looking at it. This is the
way of the force.
YODA
Name it Luke, did he?
ANAKIN
That's right... how did you know?
YODA
He names everything Luke he does. Even his dog named Luke
it is.
OBIE WAN
Well it's a good name is all. Now let's get back to the
point. We're kicking Anakin out of the Jedi.
YODA
Anakin, right he is. Now give me your midichlorians you
will.
ANAKIN
But I thought they were in my blood? That's what Queegon
said.
OBIE WAN
Queegon was an idiot. They're in your teeth.
YODA
Take the boy's teeth we must.
ANAKIN
No! You're not getting my teeth! You'll have to go through
my mustache first!
Anakin spins around and punches Obie Wan in the face! He pulls the
black guy's lightsaber off of his belt with The Force and turns it
on and runs out of the room. Obie Wan gets up, dumbfounded.
YODA
Go! You must capture him you will!
OBIE WAN
But he could be anywhere by now!
Anakin leans back in the door
ANAKIN
(Shouts) Hey Obie Wan, Luke is a really queer name, when
I find him I'm going to call him Chappie!
INT - Hydro-power Plant
Huge fans roar and make big thump thump noises in stereo. Big
waterfalls are dumping water into a seemingly bottomless pit.
walkways crisscross across the big tube thing. Darth Carnage and
Obie Wan stare at each other from opposite ends of one of the
walkway things.
OBIE WAN
You are a bad fool, Darth Carnage, to think you could
beat me at a fight!
DARTH CARNAGE
You are still naive, Jedi, despite your beard.
OBIE WAN
My beard is a symbol of my masculine power and my
spiritual dedication to the Jedi order.
DARTH CARNAGE
Do not tell me of your beliefs! I am angry!
Darth Carnage lunges at Obie Wan and swings his lightsaber with
menace. Obie Wan deflects his blows with his own lightsaber. And
then he leaps to a higher platform, with The Force. Darth Carnage
leaps up after him and they circle each other like growling dogs,
which is a metaphor.
DARTH CARNAGE
I see that you have The Force.
OBIE WAN
I have used it many times, Darth, and I will use it many
more times.
DARTH CARNAGE
Only ONE of us will be destroyed!
OBIE WAN
In your dreams!
Obie Wan uses the force to push Darth Carnage toward the end of
the ledge, but Darth Carnage skids back on his heels and does not
fall off even though Obie Wan wanted him to.
DARTH CARNAGE
This is a JEDI trick!
OBIE WAN
I am a Jedi, with The Force.
DARTH CARNAGE
We shall see!
