Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Page #3

QUI-GON :
You forgot to turn your power off again, didn't you?

OBI-WAN nods sheeplishly.

QUI-GON :
(cont'd) It won't take long to recharge, but this is a lesson I

hope you've learned, my young Padawan.

OBI-WAN :
Yes, Master.

JAR JAR :
Yousa sav-ed my again, hey?

OBI-WAN :
What's this?

QUI-GON :
A local. Let's go, before more of those droids show up.

JAR JAR :
Mure? Mure did you spake??!?

OBI-WAN and QUI-GON start to run. JAR JAR tries to keep up.

JAR JAR :
(cont'd) Ex-squeeze me, but da moto grande safe place would be

Otoh Gunga. Tis where I grew up...Tis safe city.

They all stop.

QUI-GON :
A city! (JAR JAR nods his head) Can you take us there?

JAR JAR :
Ahhh, will...on second taut...no, not willy.

QUI-GON :
No??!

JAR JAR :
Iss embarrissing, boot... My afrai my've bean banished. My

forgoten der Bosses would do terrible tings to my. Terrible tings if my

goen back dare.

A PULSATING SOUND is heard in the distance.

QUI-GON :
You hear that?

JAR JAR shakes his head yes.

QUI-GON :
(cont'd) That's the sound of a thousand terrible things heading

this way...

OBI-WAN :
When they find us, they will crush us, grind us into little

pieces, then blast us into oblivion!

JAR JAR :
Oh! Yousa point is well seen. Dis way! Hurry!

JAR JAR turns and runs into the swamp.

EXT. NABOO SWAMP LAKE - TWILIGHT

QUI-GON, OBI-WAN and JAR JAR run into a murky lake and stop as JAR JAR

tries to catch his breath. The TRANSPORTS ARE HEARD in the distance.

QUI-GON :
Much farther?

JAR JAR :
Wesa goen underwater, okeyday?

QUI-GON and OBI-WAN pull out small capsule from their utility belts that

turn into breathing masks.

JAR JAR :
(cont'd) My warning yous. Gungans no liken outlaunders. Don't

expict a wern welcome.

OBI-WAN :
Don't worry, this has not been our day for warm welcomes.

JAR JAR jumps, does a double somersault with a twist, and dives into the

water.

Breath masks on, QUI-GON and OBI-WAN wade in after him.

EXT. NABOO LAKE - UNDERWATER

QUI-GON and OBI-WAN swim behind JAR JAR, who is very much at home in the

water. Down they swim into murky depths. In the distance the glow of Otoh

Gunga, an underwater city made up of large bubbles, becomes more distinct.

They approach the strange, art nouveau habitat. JAR JAR swims magically

through one of the bubble membranes, which seals behind him. OBI-WAN and

QUI-GON follow.

INT. OTOH GUNGA - CITY SQUARE

GUNGANS in the square scatter when they see the strange JEDI. Four GUARDS

armed with long electro-poles ride two-legged KAADUS into the square. The

GUARDS, led by CAPTAIN TARPALS, point their lethal poles at the dripping

trio.

JAR JAR :
Heyo-dalee, Cap'n Tarpals, Mesa back!

CAPT. TARPALS :
Noah gain, Jar Jar. Yousa goen tada Bosses. Yousa in big

dudu this time.

CAPT. TARPALS gives JAR JAR a slight zap with his power pole. JAR JAR jumps

and moves off, followed by the two JEDI.

JAR JAR :
How wude.

INT. OTOH GUNGA - HIGH TOWER BOARD ROOM

The Bosses' Board Room has bubble walls, with small lighted fish swimming

around outside like moving stars. A long circular judge's bench filled with

GUNGAN OFFICIALS dominates the room. OBI-WAN and QUI-GON stand facing BOSS

NASS, who sits on a bench higher than the others.

BOSS NASS :
Yousa cannot bees hair. Dis army of mackineeks up dare tis new

weesong!

QUI-GON :
That droid army is about to attack the Naboo. We must warn them.

BOSS NASS :
Wesa no like da Naboo! Un dey no like uss-ens. Da Naboo tink

day so smarty den us-ens. Day tink day brains so big.

OBI-WAN :
After those droids take control of the surface, they will come

here and take control of you.

BOSS NASS :
No, mesa no tink so. Mesa scant talkie witda Naboo, and no

nutten talkie it outlaunders. Dos mackineeks no comen here! Dey not know of

uss-en.

OBI-WAN :
You and the Naboo form a symbiont circle. What happens to noe of

you will affect the other. You must understand this.

BOSS NASS :
Wesa wish no nutten in yousa tings, outlaunder, and wesa no

care-n about da Naboo.

QUI-GON :
(waves his hand) Then speed us on our way.

BOSS NASS :
Wesa gonna speed yousaway.

QUI-GON :
We need a transport.

BOSS NASS :
Wesa give yousa una bongo. Da speedest way tooda Naboo tis goen

through da core. Now go.

QUI-GON :
Thank you for your help. We go in peace.

QUI-GON and OBI-WAN turn to leave.

OBI-WAN :
Master, whats a bongo?

QUI-GON :
A transport, I hope.

The JEDI notice JAR JAR in chains to one side, waiting to hear his verdict.

QUI-GON stops. JAR JAR gives him a forlorn look.

JAR JAR :
Daza setten yous up. Goen through da planet core is bad bombin!!

QUI-GON :
Thank you, my friend.

JAR JAR :
Ahhh...any hep hair would be hot.

JAR JAR's soulful look is counterpointed by a sheepish grin.

OBI-WAN :
We are short of time, Master.

QUI-GON :
We'll need a navigator to get us through the planet's core. This

Gungan my be of help.

QUI-GON walks bact to BOSS NASS.

QUI-GON :
(cont'd) What is to become of Jar Jar Binks here?

BOSS NASS :
Binkss brokeen the nocombackie law. Hisen to be pune-ished.

QUI-GON :
He has been a great help to us. I hope the punishment will not be

too severe.

BOSS NASS :
Pounded unto death.

JAR JAR :
(grimacing) Oooooh...Ouch!

OBI-WAN looks concerned. QUI-GON is thinking.

QUI-GON :
We need a navigator to get us through the planet's core. I have

saved Jar Jar Binks' life. He owes me what you call a "life.debt."

BOSS NASS :
Binks. Yousa havena liveplay with thisen hisen?

JAR JAR nods and joins the JEDI. QUI-GON waves his hand.

QUI-GON :
Your gods demand that his life belongs to me now.

BOSS NASS :
Hisen live tis yos, outlauder. Begone wit him.

JAR JAR :
Count mesa outta dis! Better dead here, den deader in da

core...Yee guds, whata mesa sayin?!

EXT. NABOO CITY - UNDERWATER - SUB (FX)

A strange little submarine propels itself away from the Otoh Gunga, leaving

the glow of the settlement in the distance.

INT. SUB COCKPIT - UNDERWATER

OBI-WAN in the co-pilots seat, JAR JAR guides the craft.

JAR JAR :
Dis is nusen.

OBI-WAN :
Master, why do you keep dragging these pathetic life forms along

with us?...Here, take over.

JAR JAR :
Hey, ho? Where wesa goen??

QUI-GON :
You're the navigator.

JAR JAR :
Yo dreamen mesa hopen...,br QUI-GON : Just relax, the Force will

guide us...

JAR JAR :
Ooooh, maxibig..."da Force"...Wellen, dat smells stinkowiff.

JAR JAR veers the craft to the left and turns the lights on. The coral

vistas are grand, fantastic, and wonderous.

OBI-WAN :
Why were you banished, Jar Jar?

JAR JAR :
Tis a long tale, buta small part wawdabe

mesa...ooooh...aaaa.....clumsy.

OBI-WAN :
They banished you because you're clumsy?

As the little sub glides into the planet core, a large dark shape begins to

follow.

JAR JAR :
Mesa cause-ed mabee one or duey lettal bitty axadentes...yud-say

boom da gasser, un crash Der Bosses heyblibber...den banished.

Suddenly there is a loud CRASH, and the little craft lurches to one side.

QUI-GON looks around and sees a huge, lumimnous OPEE SEA KILLER has hooked

them with its long gooey tongue.

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