Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Page #21

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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.

Yoda jumps to a lower Senate Pod.

Darth Sidious reaches out with one hand, and a Senate podis released from its mooring and heads toward the Podium.

Sidious uses the Force to hurl pod after pod at Yoda, whoducks 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 Yodathrows it back at Sidious, who leaps away at the last

moment.

Yoda leaps after him, but Sidious quickly turns and aimsthe full force of his energy bolts at the tiny Jedi,

catching him in mid-air and throwing him back hardagainst the Podium.

The force causes Yoda to drop his lightsaber.

Yoda blocks the Force lightning and throws Sidiousbackwards off the podium. Yoda is knocked off the Podium

and falls several hundred feet to the base of the Podium.

Darth Sidious follows in his pod, searching for Yoda.

EXT. MUSTAFAR - MAIN CONTROL CENTER BALCONY

Vader forces Obi-Wan down a narrow balcony outside theControl Room. He rips objects off the wall and throwsthem at Obi-Wan as he pushes him further and furtheralong the walkway.

The balcony ends, and Obi-Wan is trapped. He looks over

the balcony and into a river of lava.

Vader cuts apiece of the balcony railing off, along witha control panel.

ALARMS SOUND, and a protective ray shield around thesuperstructure disappears. It tumbles into the molten

abyss, disappearing in a puff of smoke. A small pipeconnects the Control Center to the Main Collection Plant.

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Obi-Wan has no choice but to tightrope-walk out acrossthe lava river while fighting Vader.

EXT. MAIN CONTROL CENTER BALCONY/PIPE ACROSS LAVA RIVER/

MAIN COLLECTION PLANT

Vader, following Obi-Wan, jumps down onto the flexingpipe, lands, and resumes fighting.

INT. MUSTAFAR - PIPE ACROSS LAVA RIVER

Obi-Wan and Vader work their way across the small pipe,

fighting ferociously as they go.

Obi-Wan slips, throws his lightsaber up in the air, grabson to the pipe, swings around, grabs on to an upper pipe,

retrieves his lightsaber, and lands back on the original

pipe.

They continue to fight across the pipe until they reachthe Main Collection Plant.

INT. SENATE OFFICE BUILDING - WIRING CHUTE - CORUSCANT

Yoda squishes his way through a mass of wires in a smallchute.

INT. SENATE CHAMBER - MAIN ARENA

A Senate pod with COMMANDER THIRE (4477) and SEVERALOTHER CLONE TROOPERS climb up to where Mas Amedda and

Sidious are waiting.

Beneath the Main Podium, TWENTY CLONE TROOPERS search for

Yoda 's body.

CLONE COMMANDER THIRE

There is no sign of his body, sir.

MAS AMEDDA:

Then he is not dead.

DARTH SIDIOUS:

Double your search.

CLONE COMMANDER THIRE

Right away, sir.

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DARTH SIDIOUS:

(to Mas Amedda)

Tell Captain Kagi to prepare my shuttle

for immediate takeoff.

MAS AMEDDA:

Yes, my Lord.

DARTH SIDIOUS:

I sense Lord Vader is in danger.

Lord Sidious walks into the Arena hallway.

Commander Thire descends down to the floor of the Arena,

where an intense search is taking place. SEVERAL CURIOUS

SENATORS rubberneck in scattered pods.

EXT. MUSTAFAR - COLLECTION PANELS

Obi-Wan and Vader battle on the top of the multi-spiredcollection panels, jumping from one to the other. At the

end of the collection cluster, a huge spray of lavacovers the attachments that hold up the collectors. Theframe begins to melt.

It's raining lava!

Both Vader and Obi-Wan run for cover under the collection

cluster. They continue to fight in the lava rain,

darting from cover to attack, then quickly retreating to

cover.

Support for the entire structure begins to fall away, andthe collection cluster falls into the lava river.

The Jedi continue their fight, climbing to the highestpoint on the tower as the rest begins to melt away,

riding the swift current down the river. It bends toward

the lava as they get out toward the end.

The fighting gets fierce again.

Obi-Wan gets to the end and is trapped. The tower slowlystarts to sink under the lava.

EXT. CORUSCANT - SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

Bail Organa, in his open Cockpit Speeder, flies alongnext to the roof eave of the huge Senate Building. He

slows and moves closer to a long row of recessed lights.

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Suddenly Yoda falls out of one of the light recesses andlands in the Speeder. Bail guns it and speeds away fromthe Senate Building.

INT. BAIL ORGANA'S SPEEDER

Yoda straightens himself out.

YODA:

Into exile I must go. Failed, I have.

Yoda and Bail fly into the traffic of the city.

EXT. MUSTAFAR - COLLECTION PANELS

Obi-Wan realizes he is getting very close to the edge ofthe lava falls. He grabs a rope and leaps from thecollection arm. Vader follows.

Vader and Obi-Wan continue their sword fight hanging fromcables as they swing past each other.

EXT. LANDING PLATFORM -NABOO SKIFF

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 holdon her.

C-3PO carries Padme into the Naboo Skiff.

EXT. COLLECTION PANELS

From their cables, Vader and Obi-Wan both spot somethingthat causes them to stop fighting. The lava river ahead

drops off in a tremendous lava fall.

SNAPPING AND METAL GROANS are heard as the main part ofthe collector starts to break away and move toward thelava fall. Obi-Wan looks around and sees a small

floating platform making its way toward the tower.

Obi-Wan does a double hack-flip and lands squarely on thefloating platform. He immediately leans to one side andmoves away from the tower.

Vader realizes he is doomed as the entire tower heads for

the falls.

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In the distance he sees some CONSTRUCTION DROIDS. He

swings back to the tower, climbs up and makes a runningleap and miraculously lands on A WORKER DROID.

The DROID is confused and chatters to his CO-WORKER. The

giant collector goes over the lava flow and disappears inthe mist of sparks below.

Obi-Wan heads for the bank of the lava river, but Vader's

DROID is faster. He catches up with his old Master.

Obi-Wan and Vader continue the swordfight. They battleaway, balancing on the tiny platform and puzzled DROID.

Vader, standing on the Droid, approaches Obi-Wan on thework platform.

DARTH VADER:

This is the end, Obi-Wan. You should

have vanished when I gave you the chance.

OBI-WAN KENOBI

I refused to give up on you, Anakin.

That is what it means to be good andjust.

DARTH VADER:

Such foolish compassion only makes youweak. I have had enough of your rulesand righteousness!

OBI-WAN KENOBI

Then you truly are beyond saving.

There is a pause as ObiWan contemplates his next move.

Vader reads his thoughts, his old Master has nowhere left

to go.

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