Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Page #22

Obi-Wan leaps, Vader follows him, and they both flip inthe air, landing on the sloping banks of the torrentiallava river.

Obi-Wan is drained mentally and physically, completelyout of options.

DARTH VADER:

Goodbye, old friend.

As Vader lifts his red lightsaber high for anotherattack, a plume of lava erupts from the river, spewingboiling magma all over Vader’s head and torso!

Lord Vader HOWLS in ungodly agony!

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Obi-Wan is merciless in this moment, sees the only chancehe’ll get. He charges forward and slashes, severingVader’s left arm!

Vader loses his balance on the slope, falls downward asObi-Wan strikes again, severing both of Vader’s legs atthe knees!

The crippled body of Vader slides down towards the lavariver, but Obi-Wan summons the Force and halts his former

Padawan’s descent to certain death.

Vader lies flat on stomach, his face is burned almost

beyond recognition, all his hair gone! Every inch of hisyouthful frame’s skin is charred and ruined. His veryclothing melted onto his burnt flesh. All that remains

of use is his right arm, and half of that is hisartificial forearm and hand.

OBI-WAN KENOBI

I loved you, Anakin! You were mybrother!

All the helpless Vader can do is SCREAM from theunbelievable pain as what’s left of his body is coveredin third degree burns.

The river is unstable, spewing more and more lava intothe air.

Obi-Wan’s clothing is tattered, singed by the heat andfire of this cursed planet. He gazes one final time downat the man he’s known since he was a young boy. Anakin,

or even Darth Vader, will never be the same again.

As the lava plumes intensify, Obi-Wan turns and abandonsthe near-death Vader on the slope.

EXT. LANDING PLATFORM -NABOO SKIFF

Obi-Wan makes his way to the SKIFF. He looks for Padme.

Threepio sticks his head out the door of the SKIFF.

C-3PO

Master Kenobi! We have Miss Padme on

board. Please, please hurry. We should

leave this dreadful place.

Obi-Wan runs on board the Naboo Skiff

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INT. NABOO SKIFF

Padme lies on a cot inside the ship.

Obi-Wan walks over and checks on her.

Padme opens her eyes, struggles to speak. Her voice a

mere whisper.

PADME:

Obi-Wan? Where’s Anakin? Is he all

right?

Obi-Wan looks at her sadly and does not answer. He

brushes her hair back.

OBI-WAN KENOBI

Save your energy, Padme. We’re on our

way to get you help.

Tears stream down Padme’s cheeks, she drops back intounconsciousness. Artoo watches over her.

Obi-Wan rides in the co-pilot's station. He sits lookingpensive. Threepio drives.

EXT. VOLCANO EDGE

Darth Vader, left for dead, GRUNTS and GROANS, uses his

last ounce of energy in his right arm to pull hisparalyzed heap up the bank, his body still smoking.

A shuttle flies overhead and lands.

EXT. LANDING PLATFORM

The shuttle closes its wings and settles on the highestof the Landing Platforms.

A PLATOON OF CLONE TROOPERS exits the craft, followed byDarth Sidious.

INT. MUSTAFAR - VOLCANO PIT

Darth Sidious walks in front of the CLONE TROOPERS on his

way to get to Vader at the edge of the lava pit.

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EXT. VOLCANO PIT

Darth Sidious discovers what remains of Vader and checks

him out. He turns to the CLONES.

DARTH SIDIOUS:

Anakin! Anakin! There he is. He's

still alive. Get a medical capsule,

immediately.

CLONE CAPTAIN:

Yes, sir.

Several of the CLONES rush off as Sidious puts his handon Anakin's forehead.

DARTH SIDIOUS:

My apprentice. What have you become?

What was once a perfect and all-powerful weapon in LordSidious’s hands is now disabled and ruined. Sidious

looks at Vader and wonders what can be salvaged from suchdamage.

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 JINN (V.O.)

Patience. You will have time. I did

not. When I became one with the Force I

made a great discovery. With mytraining, you will be able to merge withthe Force at will. Your physical selfwill fade away, but you will still retainyour consciousness. You will become more

powerful than any Sith.

YODA:

Eternal consciousness.

QUI-GON JINN (V.O.)

The ability to defy oblivion can beachieved, but only for oneself. It was

accomplished by a Shaman of the Whills.

It is a state acquired throughcompassion, not greed.

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YODA:

To become one with the Force, and

influence still have... a power greaterthan all, it is.

QUI-GON JINN (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 gratefullybecome.

Yoda thinks about this for a minute, then Bail Organaenters the room and breaks his meditation.

BAIL ORGANA:

Excuse me, Master Yoda. Obi-Wan Kenobi

has made contact.

EXT. LANDING PLATFORM - MUSTAFAR - DAY

The Clones have placed Anakin in a medical capsule. Theyfloat the wounded Sith Lord into the belly of theIMPERIAL CRUISER.

Darth Sidious follows the capsule into the ship. The

ship takes off.

EXT. POLIS MASSA - LANDING PLATFORM - NIGHT

Obi-Wan lands the Naboo Cruiser on the landing platformof the isolated post of Polis Massa.

Yoda and Bail Organa, along with a FEW GROUND CREW, arewaiting as the ramp lowers and Obi-Wan emerges, carryingthe unconscious Padme in his arms, followed by Artoo and

Threepio.

EXT. LANDING PLATFORM - CORUSCANT - IMPERIAL REHAB CENTER

The shuttle lands. Darth Sidious and Clone Troopersleave the shuttle.

Vader's body is carried along in a floating medicalcapsule.

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INT. POLIS MASSA - MEDICAL CENTER - NIGHT

Polis MEDICS work, on Padme in an operating theater.

Obi-Wan and one of the MEDICAL DROIDS enter an

observation room where Bail and Yoda are waiting.

MEDICAL DROID:

Medically, there is nothing we can do forher.

OBI-WAN KENOBI

What happened to her?

MEDICAL DROID:

I’m afraid her windpipe has been crushed.

She is dying.

Obi-Wan looks worryingly at Bail.

OBI-WAN KENOBI

What can be done for her?

MEDICAL DROID:

We need to operate quickly if we are tosave the babies.

BAIL ORGANA:

Babies?

MEDICAL DROID:

She's carrying twins.

YODA:

Save them, we must. They are our lasthope.

The Medical Droid rushes back to the operating room.

Artoo and Threepio watch, greatly puzzled. Artoo BEEPS.

C-3PO

It’s some kind of reproductive process, Ithink.

INT. IMPERIAL REHAB CENTER - CORUSCANT

Vader, in the medical capsule, is lifted onto a table inthe Rehab Center.

Droids go to work on him. In moments Vader has new

artificial legs and a new prosthetic arm.

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INT. POLIS MASSA - MEDICAL CENTER

The TWINS are being delivered as Bail Organa, Yoda,

Artoo, and Threepio watch.

Obi-Wan is in the operating theater with Padme. He takes

her hand.

OBI-WAN KENOBI

Don't give up, Padme. We need you to bestrong for your babies.

Padme winces from the pain. The MEDICAL DROID is holdingthe BABY.

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