Just a Dream

[dolari]

197 INT. MUSTAFAR-PASSAGES TO MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
    ANAKIN and OBI-WAN move their fight toward the main control center. As the
    laser swords fly, bits of the hallway are cut up. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN jump
    and use every trick in the Jedi book.

198 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-NABOO CRUISER-DAY
    R2-D2, tries to drag PADME on board the Naboo Cruiser. C-3PO pokes his
    head out of the ship's doorway.

                                C-3PO
                        What are you doing?
                        You're going to hurt her.
                        Wait!!

    C-3PO starts down the ramp.

199 INT. CORRIDOR-SENATE ARENA-CHANCELLOR'S HOLDING OFFICE-NIGHT
    MAS AMEDDA leaves the room. PALPATINE approaches a stunned YODA.

                                DARTH SIDIOUS
                        I have waited a long time
                        for this moment, my
                        little green friend. At
                        last, the Jedi are no
                        more.


                                DARTH SIDIOUS
                        You will not stop me.
                        Darth Vader will become
                        more powerful than
                        either of us.

    DARTH SIDIOUS ignites his lightsaber.

                                YODA
                        Faith in your new
                        apprentice, misplaced may
                        be, as is your faith in
                        the dark side of the
                        Force.

    Their swords CLASH. The battle is extremely fast and furious.


200 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
    View screens EXPLODE around ANAKIN and OBI-WAN as they work their way into
    the Control Room. The fighting is intense. OBI-WAN is on the defensive as
    he jumps up on the table view screen in the center of the room.

                                ANAKIN
                        Don't make me destroy
                        you, Master. You're no
                        match for the dark side.

                                OBI-WAN
                        I've heard that before,
                        Anakin . . . but I never
                        thought I'd hear it from
                        you.

    ANAKIN forces OBI-WAN back into the Conference Room where the quarters
    are much closer. Sparks fly everywhere. ANAKIN jumps onto the conference
    table. OBI-WAN slides across the table, knocking ANAKIN over. OBI-WAN
    grabs ANAKIN's lightsaber as he falls. OBI-WAN uses the Force to summon
    his dropped lightsaber. ANAKIN does the same.

201 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE CHAMBER-MAIN ARENA-NIGHT
    PALPATINE seeks refuge in the vast Senate Chamber. He gets into the
    Chancellor's Podium and it starts to rise up into the Arena. YODA makes a
    giant leap into the control pod. The sword fighting is intense in the
    confined space.

202 INT. MUSTAFAR-MAIN CONTROL CENTER-DAY
    The battle intensifies.

                                OBI-WAN
                                (continuing)
                        The flaw of power is
                        arrogance.

    OBI-WAN stands looking at his former apprentice for a moment.

                                ANAKIN
                        You hesitate . . . the
                        flaw of compassion.

    OBI-WAN and ANAKIN lock sabers. OBI-WAN puts out his hand to use the Force
    to push ANAKIN away. ANAKIN puts out his hand to block OBI-WAN.

    Both combatants are blasted backwards onto the control panels.

    They regain their footing and the battle continues. ANAKIN kicks OBI-WAN
    away.

    They battle around the room, and eventually the door to the exterior is
    knocked open. They continue battling out onto the balcony.

203 INT. CORUSCANT-SENATE CHAMRER-MAIN ARENA-NIGHT
    YODA unleashes a ferocious assault on PALPATINE, causing him to almost go
    over the edge. The Dark Lord drops his lightsaber but recovers with a
    BLAST OF ENERGY from his hands that surrounds YODA. YODA is deflecting the
    Sith Lord's lightning bolts.

    The energy bolts begin to arc back on the Emperor. It looks as if the Dark
    Lord is doomed.

                                YODA
                        Destroy you I will, just
                        as Master Kenobi, your
                        apprentice will destroy.

    YODA jumps to a lower Senate Pod. PALPATINE reaches out with one hand, and
    a Senate pod is released from its mooring and heads toward the Podium.
    PALPATINE uses the Force to hurl pod after pod at YODA, who ducks and
    jumps from one flying pod to another.

    YODA leaps away from the pods. He uses the Force to hold one pod suspended
    in the air. The pod spins and YODA throws it back at PALPATINE, who leaps
    away at the last moment.

212 EXT. MUSTAFAR-COLLECTION PANELS-DAY
    OBI-WAN realizes he is getting very close to the edge of the lava falls.
    He grabs a rope and leaps from the collection arm. ANAKIN follows.

    ANAKIN and OBI-WAN continue their sword fight hanging from cables as they
    swing past each other.

213 EXT. MUSTAFAR-LANDING PLATFORM-NABOO SKIFF-DAY
    C-3PO carefully lifts PADME into his arms. R2-D2 nervously looks on.
    BEEPING.

                                C-3PO
                        I am being careful. I've
                        got a good hold on her,
                        but . . . I'm worried
                        about my back. I hope it'
                        s able to hold up under
                        this weight.

    C-3PO carries PADME into the Naboo Skiff.

214 EXT. MUSTAFAR-COLLECTION PANELS-DAY
    From their cables, ANAKIN and OBI-WAN both spot something that causes them
    to stop fighting. The lava river ahead drops off in a tremendous lava
    fall.

                                DARTH SIDIOUS
                         Anakin! Anakin! There he
                         is. He's still alive.
                         Get a medical capsule,
                         immediately.

                                CLONE CAPTAIN
                         Yes sir. Right away.

    Several of the CLONES rush off as DARTH SIDlOUS puts his hand on ANAKIN's
    forehead.

222 INT. POLIS MASSA-OBSERVATION DOME-NIGHT
    On the isolated asteroid of Polis Massa, YODA meditates.

                                YODA
                        Failed to stop the Sith
                        Lord, I have. Still much
                        to learn, there is ...

                                QUI-GON
                                (V.O.)
                        Patience. You will have
                        time. I did not. When I
                        became one with the
                        Force I made a great
                        discovery. With my
                        training, you will be
                        able to merge with the
                        Force at will. Your
                        physical self will fade
                        away, but you will still
                        retain your
                        consciousness. You will
                        become more powerful than
                        any Sith.

                                YODA
                        Eternal consciousness.

                                QUI-GON
                                (V.O.)
                        The ability to defy
                        oblivion can be
                        achieved, but only for
                        oneself. It was
                        accomplished by a Shaman
                        of the Whills. It is a
                        state acquired through
                        compassion, not greed.

                                YODA
                        . . . to become one with
                        the Force, and influence
                        still have . . . A power
                        greater than all, it is.

                                QUI-GON
                                (V.O.)
                        You will learn to let go
                        of everything. No
                        attachment, no thought
                        of self. No physical
                        self.

                                YODA
                        A great Jedi Master, you
                        have become, Qui-Gon
                        Jinn. Your apprentice I
                        gratefully become.

    YODA thinks about this for a minute, then BAIL ORGANA enters the room and
    breaks his meditation.

                                BAIL ORGANA
                        Excuse me, Master Yoda.
                        Obi-Wan Kenobi has made
                        contact.

                                PADME
                        Obi-Wan . . . there . . .
                        is good in him. I know
                        there is ... still . . .

    A last gasp, and she dies. Obi-Wan studies the necklace.

231 INT. CORUSCANT-IMPERIAL REHAB CENTER-DAY
    DARTH SIDIOUS hovers around the periphery of a group of MEDICAL DROIDS who
    are working on ANAKIN. DARTH SIDIOUS paces in the foreground. A DROID
    approaches the Dark Lord.

                                MEDICAL DROID
                        My Lord, the construction
                        is finished ... he lives.

                                DARTH SIDIOUS
                        Good. Good.

    The DROID moves back to the table where DARTH VADER lies. The table begins to
    move upright. DARTH SIDIOUS moves in next to DARTH VADER.

                                DARTH SIDIOUS
                                (continuing)
                        Lord Vader, can you hear
                        me?

Comments

[kalibex.livejournal.com]

Wow; I see what you mean about how much better some of those cut scenes woud have been, back in - the 'Padme still has political smarts' and 'Palpatine succeeds in making Ani suspicious of Obi-wan regarding Padme' would have particularly helped.

seriously OT

[zaecus.livejournal.com]

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