Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Page #8

ANAKIN:

They try.

PALPATINE:

Yes, how the do. Sit down,

(to his aides)

Leave us.

The aides exit the box without a word.

Anakin sits next to Palpatine. The Chancellor leans over

to him.

PALPATINE:

Anakin, you know I'm not able to rely onthe Jedi Council. They simply oppose me

at every turn. If they haven't includedyou in their plot, they soon will.

ANAKIN:

I'm not sure I understand.

PALPATINE:

You must sense what I have come to

suspect... that the Jedi Council wantcontrol of the Republic. And they'replanning to betray me.

ANAKIN:

I don't think...

PALPATINE:

Anakin, search your feelings. You know,

don't you?

ANAKIN:

You speak like a Jedi, Chancellor.

PALPATINE:

(grinning)

Hardly, but you were saying...

ANAKIN:

I know they don't trust you.

PALPATINE:

Or the Senate, the Republic... ordemocracy, for that matter.

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ANAKIN:

I have to admit that lately my trust inthem has been shaken.

PALPATINE:

They asked you to do something that madeyou feel dishonest, didn't they?

Anakin doesn't say anything. He simply looks down.

PALPATINE:

They asked you to spy on me, didn't they?

ANAKIN:

I don't know what to say.

PALPATINE:

Remember back to your early teachings,

Anakin. "All those who gain power areafraid to lose it." Even the Jedi.

ANAKIN:

The Jedi use their power for good.

PALPATINE:

Good is a point of view, Anakin. And the

Jedi point of view is not the only valid

one. The Dark Lords of the Sith believe

in security and justice also, yet theyare considered by the Jedi to be...

ANAKIN:

(finishing)

...evil.

PALPATINE:

Yes. From a Jedi's limited point ofview. The Sith and the Jedi are similar

in almost every way, including theirquest for greater power. The difference

between the two is the Sith are not

afraid of the dark side of the Force.

That is why they are more powerful.

ANAKIN:

The Sith rely on their passion for theirstrength. They think inwardly, onlyabout themselves.

PALPATINE:

And the Jedi do not?

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ANAKIN:

The Jedi are selfless... they only careabout others.

PALPATINE:

(smiling)

Or so you've been trained to believe.

Why is it, then, that they have asked youto do something you feel is wrong?

ANAKIN:

I'm not sure it is wrong.

PALPATINE:

Have they asked you to betray the Jedicode? The Constitution? A friendship?

Your own values? Think. Consider their

motives. Keep your mind clear ofassumptions. The fear of losing power isa weakness of both the Jedi and the Sith.

Anakin is deep in thought.

PALPATINE:

Did you ever hear the tragedy of DarthPlagueis "the wise"?

ANAKIN:

No. Should I have?

PALPATINE:

Not exactly. It's a Sith legend. DarthPlagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so

powerful and so wise he could use theForce to influence the midi-chlorians to

create life... He had such a knowledge ofthe dark side that he could even keep theones he cared about from dying.

ANAKIN:

He could actually save people from death?

PALPATINE:

The dark side of the Force is a pathwayto many abilities some consider to be...

unnatural.

ANAKIN:

What happened to him?

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PALPATINE:

He became so powerful the only thing hewas afraid of was losing his power, whicheventually, of course, he did.

Unfortunately, he taught his apprenticeeverything he knew, then his apprenticekilled him in his sleep.

(smiles)

It's ironic, isn’t it? Lord Plagueiscould save others from death, but not

himself.

ANAKIN:

Is it possible to learn this power?

PALPATINE:

(ominously)

Not from a Jedi.

EXT. KASHYYYK - DAY

A WOOKIEE CATAMARAN flanked by WOOKIEE HELICOPTERS

approaches the tree housing the HOLOGRAM AREA.

INT. KASHYYYK/JEDI COUNCIL CHAMBERS - HOLOGRAM AREA - DAY

Yoda and various JEDI speak via hologram. The discussion

includes Obi-Wan, Mace, AGEN KOLAR, Ki-Adi-Mundi and PLO

KOON.

KI-ADI-MUNDI

(holo)

Palpatine thinks General Grievous is onUtapau. We have had no reports of thisfrom our agents.

MACE WINDU:

(holo)

How could the Chancellor have even come

by this information and we know nothingabout it? We have had contact with Baron

Papanoida and he said no one was there.

ANAKIN:

A partial message was intercepted in adiplomatic packet from the Chairman ofUtapau.

YODA:

Act on this, we must. The capture ofGeneral Grievous will end this war.

Quickly and decisively we should proceed.

48.

OBI-WAN KENOBI

Does everyone agree?

All the JEDI concur.

ANAKIN:

The Chancellor has requested that I leadthe campaign.

They all look at ANAKIN a bit disturbed.

MACE WINDU:

(a little peeved)

The Council will make up its own mind whois to go, not the Chancellor.

KI-ADI-MUNDI

Yes, this decision is ours to make.

Anakin is embarrassed, becomes sullen.

YODA:

A Master is needed, one with more

experience.

MACE WINDU:

Given our resources, I recommend we send

only one Jedi... Master Kenobi.

ANAKIN:

He was not so successful the last time he

met Grievous.

Obi-Wan throws Anakin a dirty look.

ANAKIN:

(to Obi-Wan)

No offense, Master, but I'm only statinga fact.

OBI-WAN KENOBI

Oh no, you're quite right, but I do havethe most experience with his ways ofcombat.

YODA:

Obi-Wan, my choice is.

KI-ADI-MUNDI

I concur. Master Kenobi should go.

YODA:

I agree.

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All the JEDI concur.

MACE WINDU:

Very well. Council is adjourned.

Anakin is angry with the decision.

MACE WINDU:

Obi-Wan, prepare two clone brigades asquickly as you can. If this report istrue, there's no telling how many battledroids he may have with him.

INT. KASHYYYK - HOLOGRAM AREA - DAY

Yoda gets out of his chair and walks to the edge of theplatform.

CLONE COMMANDER GREE

The droids have started up their main

power generators.

YODA:

Then now the time is, Commander.

CLONE COMMANDER GREE

Yes, sir.

The battle between the Droid Army and the Wookiees

begins.

EXT. KASHYYYK - BEACH HEAD - DAY

A WOOKIEE CHIEFTAIN lets out a roar as the Wookiee armyrushes to face the DROID ARMY.

CORPORATE ALLIANCE TANK DROIDS race across the water

against the WOOKIEES and CLONE TROOPERS on the beach.

DROID GUNSHIPS provide air support, while a SPIDER DROIDemerges from the watery depths.

A brave WOOKIEE places an explosive on a SEPARATIST TANKand jumps off just before the Tank EXPLODES.

From the Hologram Area, Yoda observes the ongoing battle.

EXT. CORUSCANT - PADME'S APARTMENT - EARLY MORNING

Padme's apartment building is surrounded by the smog-

shrouded city of Coruscant.

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Padme, Mon Mothma, Bana Breemu, Fang Zar, Giddean Danu,

Bail Organa and CHI EEKWAY sit in Padme's living room.

C-3PO serves drinks to the guests.

PADME:

We cannot let this situation turn into

yet another war.

BAIL ORGANA:

Absolutely, that is the last thing any

among us wants.

MON MOTHMA:

We are hoping to form an alliance in theSenate to stop the Chancellor fromfurther subverting the constitution,

that's all.

PADME:

I know a Jedi I feel it would be wise to

consult.

BANA BREEMU:

That could prove dangerous, Senator.

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