Revenge of the Sith: Illustrated Screenplay: Star Wars: Episode III Read Free

cuts his way through the BATTLE DROIDS to where OBI-WAN is fighting. ARTOO pops out of the ship and follows ANAKIN.
    O BI- W AN: Artoo, locate the Chancellor.
    A NAKIN: Tap into the ship’s computers.
    They cut down the last of the droids and follow ARTOO over to a computer wall socket. The two JEDI fight off FOUR MORE DROIDS as ARTOO tries to find the Chancellor. Finally, a HOLOGRAM of the Trade Federation ship appears.
    O BI- W AN: The Chancellor’s signal is coming from right there. The observation platform at the top of that spire.
    A NAKIN: I sense Count Dooku . . .
    O BI- W AN: I sense a trap.
    A NAKIN: Next move?
    O BI- W AN: Spring the trap.
    The JEDI start to leave; ARTOO follows. The JEDI stop and turn to ARTOO.
    A NAKIN: Artoo, go back. I need you to stay with the ship.
    O BI- W AN: Here, take this, and wait for orders.
    OBI-WAN tosses the comlink to ARTOO.
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    10 INT. BRIDGE—TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
    GENERAL GRIEVOUS enters the bridge of the TRADE FEDERATION cruiser followed by his TWO BODYGUARDS. He walks to the front of the bridge and stands in front of the NEIMOIDIAN CAPTAIN.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: What’s the situation, Captain?
    C APTAIN: Two Jedi have landed in the main hangar bay.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Just as Count Dooku predicted.
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    11 INT. HANGAR—TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
    ANAKIN and OBI-WAN head for the elevator. A door opens in the hallway and two of GENERAL GRIEVOUS’s BODYGUARDS confront the JEDI.
    B ODYGUARD 1 : General Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker. We’ve been waiting for you.
    O BI- W AN: We are here to relieve you of Chancellor Palpatine, not join him.
    As a dozen more droids join the group, the JEDI ignite their lightsabers and stand back-to-back.
    O BI- W AN: Anakin . . .
    A NAKIN: Ready.
    ANAKIN and OBI-WAN use their lightsabers and cut a large circle in the floor.
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    12 INT. GENERATOR ROOM—TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
    The TWO JEDI cut their way down several floors into a large generator room. Huge EXPLOSIONS outside the ship have caused several large pipes overhead to break, and fluid is spewing everywhere. The Jedi get up and turn off their lightsabers. ANAKIN dips his hand into the fluid and sniffs it.
    O BI- W AN: . . . fuel. The slightest charge from our sabers will send this ship into oblivion. That’s why they’ve stopped shooting.
    A NAKIN: Well then, we’re safe for the time being.
    O BI- W AN: Your idea of safe is not the same as mine.
    They run, EXPLOSIONS rattle the ship, and pipes continue to burst around them, spilling more fuel into the hallway. At the far end, SIX SUPER BATTLE DROIDS drop into the fuel. The SOUNDS OF SHIELD DOORS CLOSING AND LOCKING ECHO throughout the hallway. They pass several large power generators, which are topped with SPARKING excess power dischargers.
    A NAKIN: They’re sealing this section off.
    O BI- W AN: Six droids coming our way!
    The last of the DOORS CAN BE HEARD CLOSING in the distance.
    A NAKIN: Keep moving. There must be vents . . . This way.
    THEY move along a wall. ANAKIN climbs up the side to a small vent. The fuel gets closer to the SPARKING dischargers.
    O BI- W AN: We’ll never get through that. It’s too small!
    They move toward a second vent. OBI-WAN is swimming in the fuel as it reaches to within a couple yards of the ceiling. ANAKIN feels along the ceiling and finds another smaller vent. He closes his eyes and tries to sense an opening, then he moves on. OBI-WAN is forced into hand-to-hand combat with one of the SUPER BATTLE DROIDS. It pulls the Jedi under the fuel. Just before he is about to drown, OBI-WAN disables the SUPER BATTLE DROID by pushing him into an exhaust pipe.
    The fuel is up to the Jedi’s chins. ANAKIN finds a very, very small metal grate, then pounds on it until the tiny grate breaks loose.
    A NAKIN: I found our escape vent.
    O BI- W AN: Anakin, this is no time for jokes. We’re in serious trouble here.
    A NAKIN: Only in your mind, My Master. Look, no structure. . . .
    ANAKIN grabs the side of the