Posted by Neo27 at user-373.bbd07tcl.dsl.pol.co.uk on June 05, 2003 at 06:35:58:
In Reply to: Excerpts from the script of Episode III? posted by Barry Woodward on June 05, 2003 at 05:48:53:
: Could these be excerpts from the script of Episode III?
: #1
: TARKIN
: Senators, esteemed colleagues, citizens of the Republic. I beg the courtesy of your attention.
: The rabble dissolves to a murmur as Tarkin continues.
: TARKIN (Cont.)
: In view of the escalating threat of war, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine has been removed to a place of safety. I am honoured to represent him at our administrative heart.
: RAMA ROI
: This is it! We are rubble! The Republic is doomed!
: Tarkin fixes the anxious delegate with an ice-cold stare.
: TARKIN (Cont.)
: Measures are being taken to secure Coruscant. The Navy is converging in our orbit and our finest battalions preparing to defend the planet.
: The Senate quitens as the inevitability of conflict hits home.
: TARKIN (Cont.)
: And as I speak, the Jedi traitors are being driven from the core worlds. Crack troops will persue them to the ends of the galaxy, and will not stop until every trace of their fiendish dogma has been expunged...
: #2
: EXT. CORUSCANT STREET - DUSK
: A maelstrom of bodies rushing and panicking beneath a dark sky; heavy purple cloud raked by odd bursts of lightning. As the rain begins Obi-Wan shelters near a cooling vent. He puts a credit into a communicator on the wall and taps in some digits.
: OBI-WAN (Shouting over the street noise)
: Dex? Is that you?
: DEXTER JETTSTER(filtered)
: Obi-Wan -- a Jedi on a public intercom? I'd feared the worst.
: OBI-WAN
: It's a long story. Look, I hate to ask, but...
: Obi-Wan pauses as a hologramatic 'wanted' sign bearing his image flickers on the wall opposite, the hairstyle and beard changing moment by moment to show potential disguises. He pulls his hood low over his face.
: DEXTER
: Hello? You need a ride, no?
: OBI-WAN
: ...Well, that's about the short and long of it.
: DEXTER
: I'm stuck, I'm afraid -- the in-laws, you understand. Everyone wants away and that means a full house on board the good ship Jettster. But I'll speak to a friend. Make your way to the Eastern Eleven, look for the Ratcatcher.
: OBI-WAN
: I'll catch up with you someday, Dex, and thank you properly.
: DEXTER
: Just you get to the Eastern bank.
: (beat)
: And you might want to scruff yourself up a little... your traveling companions might be a touch more colourful than you're used to.