Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Page #18

EXT. MUSTAFAR - LAVA FIELDS - DAY

Workers move across the lava beds, gathering the magma.

A column of aliens riding giant MUSTAFAR FLEAS marchesforward.

INT. MUSTAFAR - MAIN CONTROL CENTER - DAY

A HOLOGRAM of Darth Sidious is in the center of the room.

Nute Gunray and the REST OF THE SEPARATIST COALITION

watch Sidious.

NUTE GUNRAY:

The plan has gone as you had promised, MyLord.

DARTH SIDIOUS:

You have done well, Viceroy. When my newapprentice, Darth Vader, arrives, he willtake care of you.

The hologram disappears.

INT. ALDERAAN STARCRUISER - COCKPIT

The Republic Cruiser heads toward Coruscant.

Obi-Wan, Bail, Yoda, and TWO PILOTS sit in the cockpit.

PILOT:

We are receiving a message from theChancellor's office, sir.

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BAIL ORGANA:

Send it through.

PILOT:

Yes, sir.

The Pilot pushes some buttons.

MAS AMEDDA appears on screen.

MAS AMEDDA:

Senator Organa... the Supreme Chancellorof the Republic requests your presence ata special session of Congress.

BAIL ORGANA:

Tell the Chancellor I will be there.

MAS AMEDDA:

Very well. He will be expecting you.

Mas Amedda's image disappears from the screen.

BAIL ORGANA:

It could be a trap.

OBI-WAN KENOBI

No, I don't think so. The Chancellor

will not be able to control the thousands

of star systems without keeping theSenate intact.

BAIL ORGANA:

I’ve arranged a secret meeting with Mon

Mothma and Garm Bel Iblis. In the Senate

I must act as if nothing’s happened and Iam not sympathetic towards the Jedi.

YODA:

Right you are. Branded traitors, all

allies of the Order will be.

EXT. CORUSCANT - SENATE LANDING PLATFORM - LATE DAY

Obi-Wan, Bail, and Yoda land on Coruscant. The elevator

door opens, and they step out.

GUARD:

Welcome back, Senator. May I see yourclearance?

BAIL ORGANA:

Certainly.

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GUARD:

Thank you, you may proceed. We will take

custody of the Jedi.

Obi-Wan utilizes the Jedi mind trick.

OBI-WAN KENOBI

It would be better if we stayed with theSenator.

GUARD:

It would be better if they stayed with

you.

Bail nods to Obi-Wan, then he and his Aides enter the

Senate Building.

Yoda and Obi-Wan head for the Jedi Temple.

EXT. MUSTAFAR - JEDI STARFIGHTER - SPACE

Vader's Jedi Starfighter heads for the hazy blood-redvolcanic planet of Mustafar.

EXT. MUSTAFAR - LANDING PLATFORM - DAY

Vader flies over the volcanoes of Mustafar, lands his

Jedi Starfighter on a complex of platforms. His cockpit

opens as R2-D2 pops from the ship with a BEEP.

DARTH VADER:

Artoo, stay with the ship.

Artoo lets out a sad little BEEP and moves back toward

the ship.

EXT. MUSTAFAR - LANDING PLATFORM - DAY

Vader pulls on his hood, walks across a lengthy walkway.

INT. MUSTAFAR - MAIN CONTROL CENTER

Vader appears in the doorway of the control center.

NUTE GUNRAY:

Welcome, Lord Vader. We've been

expecting you.

Everyone in the room looks to him as he raises his handtowards a control panel, and all the exits close.

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The confused SEPARATISTS look around in bewilderment.

EXT. JEDI TEMPLE - LATE DAY

Thick smoke from the smoldering shell of the Jedi Templefills the air with a brown haze.

INT. JEDI TEMPLE - MAIN ENTRANCE

A DOZEN Clone Troopers stand guard at what used to be theentrance of the Temple.

Suddenly there is a flash of a lightsaber, a flurry of

confusion, and all the Troopers are dead on the floor.

Yoda and Obi-Wan stand in the middle of the carnage.

OBI-WAN

There are Clones on every level. They’relooking for survivors

YODA:

Nothing more for us here, there is.

Rebuild one day, we will.

EXT. CORUSCANT - SENATE BUILDING - SUNSET

The awesome Senate Building looms over the city. The

endless traffic continues to clutter the skyline.

INT. SENATE CHAMBER

The Chancellor is in the podium in the center of the vastarena giving a speech.

Mas Amedda stands to the right of SIDIOUS.

Bail Organa walks through the hallway of the Main SenateChamber. He enters the Senate Pod of Naboo and sits next

to Padme and her Handmaidens.

Bail doesn’t reveal to her that he knows Anakin has

turned to the Dark Side.

PALPATINE:

...and the Jedi Rebellion has been

foiled.

BAIL ORGANA:

I was detained. What's happening?

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PADME:

The Chancellor has been elaborating on aplot by the Jedi, to overthrow theSenate.

BAIL ORGANA:

That's not true!

PADME:

He's been presenting evidence allafternoon.

BAIL ORGANA:

And the Senate will go along with it,

just like they always do.

PALPATINE:

The remaining Jedi will be hunted downand defeated.

(applause)

Any collaborators will suffer the samefate.

(applause)

These have been trying times, but we havepassed the test.

INT. MUSTAFAR - MAIN CONTROL CENTER

Lord Vader ignites his lightsaber, Nute and the OTHERS

panic.

The DROIDS at the controls and the GUARDS grab theirweapons, but it is too late. They are cut down in aflash.

The Separatists bang on the doors, and Nute and Rune

Haako flee under a table.

Vader, stone-faced, moves through the room like the grim

reaper. Bodies drop everywhere. SCREAMS are cut short

as the head of the Banking Clan dies.

Then Poggle The Lesser loses his head. Wat Tambor, Shu

Mai, and the remaining Separatists run into theconference room.

INT. SENATE CHAMBER - CORUSCANT

Darth Sidious in the guise of the Chancellor continueshis diatribe.

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PALPATINE:

The attempt on my life has left mescarred and deformed, but I assure you myresolve has never been stronger.

Applause from the Senate.

INT. MUSTAFAR - MAIN CONTROL CENTER

In the hallway, Vader cuts down Droids and Separatistsalike. He is unstoppable. Vader turns his head, his

eyes are yellow, the mark of a Sith.

INT. SENATE CHAMBER

Palpatine continues his speech at the podium.

PALPATINE:

The war is over.

(applause)

The Separatists have been defeated,

(applause)

and the Jedi rebellion has been foiled.

We stand on the threshold of a new

beginning.

There is a long period of APPLAUSE.

PADME:

Well, this is the moment we discover if

he intends to return the Republic to ademocracy.

PALPATINE:

In order to ensure our security andcontinuing stability, the Republic willbe reorganized into the first GalacticEmpire, for a safe and secure societywhich I assure you will last for tenthousand years.

There is a loud, sustained CHEER from the Senate.

Bail and Padme sit, dumbfounded by Palpatine’s rabid

support.

PALPATINE:

An empire that will continue to be ruledby this august body, and a sovereignruler chosen for life...

The Senate CHEERS again. Bail and Padme are devastated.

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PALPATINE:

An empire ruled by the majority... ruledby a new constitution...

The Senate APPLAUDS.

PADME:

So, this is how liberty dies, withthunderous applause.

BAIL ORGANA:

We cannot let this happen.

PADME:

There will be another time, Bail.

BAIL ORGANA:

And that time is now. Come with me.

INT. MUSTAFAR - MAIN CONTROL CENTER - CONFERENCE ROOM

After everyone in the Main Control Room is dead, Vadermoves to the small conference room where Wat Tambor, Shu

Mai, and some OTHER SEPARATISTS are hiding.

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