Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Page #5

JAR JAR :
Yousa guys bombad!

QUEEN AMIDALA and the OTHERS are amazed. JAR JAR is getting used to this.

They move between two buildings.

QUI-GON :
Your Highness, we are the Ambassadors, for the Supreme

Chancellor.

BIBBLE :
Your negotiations seem to have failed, Ambassador.

QUI-GON :
The negotiations never took place. Your Highness, we must make

contact with the republic.

CAPTAIN PANAKA steps forward.

CAPT. PANAKA :
They've knocked out all our communications.

QUI-GON :
Do you have transports?

CAPT. PANAKA :
In the main hanger. This way.

THEY disappear down an alleyway as the ALARMS are sounded

INT. CENTRAL HANGER - HALLWAY - DAY

CAPTAIN PANAKA cracks open a side door to the central hanger. QUI-GON looks

in over his shoulder. OBI-WAN, JAR JAR, and the rest of the group are

behind him. They see several Naboo spacecraft guarded by about FIFTY BATTLE

DROIDS. ALARMS can be heard in the distance.

CAPT. PANAKA :
There are too many of them.

QUI-GON :
That won't be a problem. (to Amidala) Your Highness, under the

circumstances, Isuggest you come to Coruscant with us.

AMIDALA :
Thank you, Ambassador, but my place is here with my people.

QUI-GON :
They will kill you if you stay.

BIBBLE :
They wouldn't dare.

CAPT. PANAKA :
They need her to sign a treaty to make this invasion of

theirs legal. They can't afford to kill her.

QUI-GON :
The situation here is not what it seems. There is something else

behind all this, Your Highness. There is no logic in the Federation's move

here. My feelings tell me they will destroy you.

BIBBLE :
Please, Your Highness, reconsider. Our only hope is for the Senate

to side with us... Senator Palpatine will need your help.

CAPT. PANAKA :
Getting past their blockade is impossible, Your Highness.

Any attempt to escape will be dangerous.

BIBBLE :
Your Highness, I will stay here and do what I can...They will have

to retain the Council of Governors in order to maintain control. But you

must leave...

The QUEEN turns to PADME and EIRTAE.

AMIDALA :
Either choice presents a great risk...to all of us...

PADME :
We are brave, Your Highness.

QUI-GON :
If you are to leave, Your Highness, it must be now.

AMIDALA :
Then, I will plead our case before the Senate. (to Bibble) Be

careful, Governor.

INT. CENTRAL HANGER - DAY

The door opens to the main hanger. QUI-GON, OBI-WAN, JAR JAR, CAPTAIN

PANAKA, TWO GUARDS, and THREE HANDMAIDENS (PADME, EIRTAE, RABE),

followed

by QUEEN AMIDALA, head for a sleek chrome spacecraft. SIO BIBBLE, YANE and

SACHE stay behind. The HANDMAIDENS begin to cry.

CAPT. PANAKA :
We need to free those pilots.

CAPTAIN PANAKA points to TWENTY GUARDS, GROUND CREW, and PILOTS held in a

corner by SIX BATTLE DROIDS.

OBI-WAN :
I'll take care of that. OBI-WAN heads toward the group of

captured pilots.

QUI-GON and the QUEEN, CAPTAIN PANAKA, JAR JAR, and the rest Of the GROUP

approach the GUARDS at the ramp of the Naboo craft.

GUARD DROID :
Where are you going?

QUI-GON :
I'm Ambassador for the Supreme Chancellor, and I'm taking those

people to Coruscant.

DROID GUARD :
You're under arrest!

The DROID GUARD draws his weapon, but before any of the DROIDS can fire,

they are cut down. OTHER GUARDS run to their aid. OBI-WAN attacks the

GUARDS around the PILOTS. QUI-GON stands, fighting off DROIDS as the OTHERS

rush on board the spacecraft. OBI-WAN, the FREED PILOTS (including RIC

OLIE), GUARDS and GROUND CREW MEMBERS rush on board the ship. The OTHER

PILOTS and GUARDS race to SIO BIBBLR. After everyone has made it onto the

ship, QUI-GONjumps on board. ALARMS sound. MORE DROIDS rush into the hanger

and fire as the ship takes off.

EXT. THEED - HANGER ENTRY - DAY (FX)

The ship exits the hanger. BATTLE DROIDS standing in the hanger shoot at

them.

EXT. SPACE (FX)

The sleek spacecraft speeds away from the planet of Naboo and heads for the

deadly Federation blockade.

INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT - COCKPIT

The PILOT, RIC OLIE, navigates toward the massive battleship, QUI-GON and

CAPTAIN PANAKA watch.

RIC OLIE :
....our communications are still jammed.

INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT - DROID HOLD

JAR JAR is led into a low, cramped doorway by OBI-WAN.

OBI-WAN :
Now stay here, and keep out of trouble.

OBI-WAN closes the door. JAR JAR looks around and sees a long row of five

short, dome-topped ASTRO DROIDS (R-2 units). The all look alike, except for

thier paint color, and they all seem to be shut down.

JAR JAR :
Ello, boyos. (no response) Disa wanna longo trip...hey?

JAR JAR taps a bright red R-2 UNIT on the head, and its head pops up a bit.

He lets out a gasp as he lifts the head.

JAR JAR :
(Cont'd) Tis opens?...Oooops! Many springs and things come flying

out.

JAR JAR quickly closes it again, very embarrassed.

JAR JAR :
(Cont'd) Yoi! Just yoken!

RIC OLIE :
Powers back! That little droid did it. He bypassed the main

power drive. Deflector shield up, at maximum.

The lone BLUE DROID finishes his repairs and goes back into the ship. The

Naboo spacecraft races away from the Federation battleship.

RIC OLIE :
There's not enough power to get us to Coruscant...the hyperdrive

is leaking.

QUI-GON :
We'll have to land somewhere to refuel and repair the ship.

QUI-GON studies a star chart on a monitor.

OBI-WAN :
Here, Master. Tatooine... It's small, out of the way, poor... The

Trade Federation has no presence there.

CAPT. PANAKA :
How can you be sure?

QUI-GON :
It's controlled by the Hutts...

CAPT. PANAKA :
The Hutts??

OBI-WAN :
It's risky...but there's no alternative.

CAPT. PANAKA :
You can't take Her Royal Highness there! The Hutts are

gangsters... If they discovered her...

QUI-GON :
...It would be no different than if we landed on a system

controlled by the Federation...except the Hutts aren't looking for her,

which gives us an advantage.

CPATAIN PANAKA takes a deep breath in frustration.

EXT. SPACE - NABOO SPACECRAFT (FX)

The Naboo spacecraft races away.

INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - CONFERENCE ROOM

NUTE and RUNE sit around a conference table with a hologram of DARTH

SIDIOUS.

NUTE :
We control all the cities in the North and are searching for any

other settlements...

DARTH SIDIOUS :
Destroy all high-ranking officials,

Viceroy...slowly...quietly. And Queen Amidala, has she signed the treaty?

NUTE :
She has disappeared, My Lord. One Naboo cruiser got pat the

blockade.

DARTH SIDIOUS :
Viceroy, find her! I want that treaty signed.

NUTE :
My Lord, it's impossible to locate the ship. It's out of our range.

DARTH SIDIOUS :
...not for a Sith...

A second SITH LORD appears behind DARTH SIDIOUS.

DARTH SIDIOUS :
(Cont'd) ...Viceroy, this is my apprentice. Lord Maul. He

will find your lost ship.

NUTE :
Yes, My Lord. The hologram fades off.

NUTE :
(Cont'd) This is getting out of hand...now there are two of them.

RUNE :
We should not have made this bargain. What will happen when the Jedi

become aware of these Sith Lords?

INT. NABOO SPACECRAFT - QUEENS CHAMBERS

QUI-GON, OBI-WAN, CAPTAIN PANAKA, and the LITTLE BLUE DROID stand before

QUEEN AMIDALA and her THREE HANDMAIDENS, PADME, EIRTAE and RABE.

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