Star Wars: Episode 1 (Rewrite)

The tremendous, overshadowing moon dimmed the dark blue aura on the ruined cities of the planet Spiroul. (Spear-ul) The camera focuses in as metal tools bang against the annihilated structures, the shattered monument room’s lights flash as a tall Utapauan screams...

The tremendous, overshadowing moon dimmed the dark blue aura on the ruined cities of the planet Spiroul. (Spear-ul) The camera focuses in as metal tools bang against the annihilated structures, the shattered monument room’s lights flash as a tall Utapauan screams,


Utapauan: “Never talk back to me unless you want to be sold to the Nexus in the Torgon forests. You know what your job is, slave boy.”
Anakin turns back to him and aggressively responds with;
Anakin: “At your best, you let this whole city be destroyed. You’ve never been anything but a disgrace to your people since you’ve owned us.”
The Utapauan grabs the teenage, long black haired with dark eyes and long eyelashed boy. He grips his neck and lifts him up in the air before aggressively slamming his spine in to the rugged, metal walls. Anakin says with his little bit of strength;


Anakin: “I’m… going to… kill you… one day.”

Utapauan: “You’ll never be anything but my slave, boy. I know you feel it, deep down.”
The Utapauan cracks a smile and uses his elbow to smash Anakin in the head one time as he dodges the second one. The Utapauan kicks Anakin in the chest as he falls backward and leaves the boy in the light snow covered, broken, large metal shards.
Anakin looks to the sky with a slightly bleeding cut on his lip after his eyes open. Through the broken, artistic, glass ceiling is the bright moon that keeps the planet constantly glowing through the mostly dark days. He stands up slowly and grabs at his neck slightly to numb the pain. His eyes and face lift in to the shine as he says;

Anakin: “I just want to let go of this place.”
His mom, a fairly old but spiritual lady drops her piece of debris in the background shadows and emerges from the hallway. Her long, brown robe is wrapped tightly around her as she puts her hand on his shoulders. She hopefully and disappointedly speaks to him;

Anakin’s mom: “I know, Ani. I know. Never make someone feel how they make you feel, that’s how… one day, you will win.”
Anakin: [A tear drips from his eye as he immediately wipes it and his eyes squint in a masking anger] “I can’t take it. I cannot take being a slave anymore, Momma. I can’t stand the war, I can’t stand not having a father, I can’t stand that tall, Utapauan waste. [Anakin turns and puts his hands on his mom’s shoulders] “I just want to run away from here, with you.”
Anakin’s mom brings him in for a close hug as she rocks him back and forth, her eyes look up as she thinks about how badly she wants to give her son a happier life.

Anakin’s mom: “You are destined for something, Ani. I know it.”
Anakin pulls her in extremely tightly as a way to not cry while she speaks again.


Anakin’s mom: “Look! Anakin, look! There’s a shooting star!”
Anakin quickly turns his head and gathers himself rapidly. He rips his black robe off and looks back to his mom, Shmi Skywalker.”
Anakin: “Mom, that’s no shooting star… that’s a fighter ship, I can’t see what kind.” Anakin pulls out his thermal binoculars, “That’s a fighter ship alright! Its crashing…. This could be our way out Mom! Let’s go!”
Shmi: “Anakin… no. How are we-“
Anakin interrupts her while looking around with an urgency;
Anakin: “That speeder! Let’s go, now… we don’t have time for questions.”
Anakin grabs his Mom’s hand and pulls her with him, they do everything together and he never leaves her side.
Shmi: “Anakin, they’re going to kill us for this.”
Anakin: “Mom… I have a good feeling about this.”
She rolls her eyes as she hops on the back of the speeder;
Shmi: “For once Anakin… be careful.”
Anakin smiles, something he only really does when getting himself in to trouble;
Anakin: “Come on… I’m always careful. Trust me.”
Anakin pushes the throttle down all the way as a huge mist of dust kicks up from the mufflers.
The slave owners and other slaves quickly run out of the monument to chase the speeder as the Utapauan screams;
Utapauan: “Get back here you slave scum!”
Anakin shifts in to the next gear as his mom closes his eyes. They race off to the now crashing fighter ship.
Scene:
The camera pans in on crashed Jedi starship. The young adult with bright blue eyes and short, spiked brown hair was Obi-Wan Kenobi, as he shakes his master to wake him up.
Obi-Wan: [With a dizziness in his voice, he yells at his master.] “Master! Master Qui-Gon…. Wake up, Master. We crashed.” Obi-Wan continues to try to awake his master as he puts his hand to his head and looks up, “R2… open the doors, we need to let this steam out.” Obi-Wan’s eyes quickly squint as he turns his head. “I… sense something.”
Anakin and his mom hop off the speeder bike.
Shmi: “You are going to be the death of a lot of people someday with that piloting, Anakin.”
Anakin: “Relax Momma, wait until we get this ship… Stay here.”
Anakin jumps off the speeder bike and sneaks behind a series of broken columns to watch as the ship’s doors fold downwards in to the dead, blue, grassy ground. Anakin uses his thermal binoculars once again.


Anakin: “They survived, I see their heat signatures,” he radios in to his mom via the com device. “I’m going to get ‘em”
Shmi: “Anakin… don’t. It’s not-“
Anakin turns off his coms and takes out his two small nun chuck batons. The ends of them light up in electricity as their wrappings and scars indicate them to be hand built, and used quite a bit. Anakin rushes to the dropped door and hides behind it.
Obi-Wan exits the door first with Qui-Gon rubbing his head behind with a puzzled look following closely behind.
Obi-Wan: “Master… I don’t…. see anything.”
Qui-Gon: “Your eyes betray you Obi-Wan, reality is often misleading.”
They both slowly creep down to the land and look around for a few moments.
Qui:Gon: “I sense something, do you?”
Obi-Wan: “I would be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit terrified right now, Master. Whatever it is, I’ve certainly never felt it before.”
Anakin sneaks up from behind and shocks Obi-Wan to the ground before jolting for Qui-Gon. Qui-Gon holds his hand up as Anakin’s arm freezes in mid air. Obi-Wan gets up.
Anakin: [Worriedly] “Please don’t kill me. I just-“
Obi-Wan: “Wanted to steal our-“
Qui-Gon interrupts the both of them.
Qui-Gon: “Wanted to escape…”
Anakin: “Just please don’t hurt my mom.”
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan look to their left where Anakin’s mom slowly approaches.
Shmi: “Please… we are slaves.”
Obi-Wan looks to Qui Gon.
Obi-Wan: “I thought slavery was put to rest in the galaxy a long time ago.”
Anakin’s arm is released as his anxiety and fear is very obvious in his fast mannerisms. He looks to the lightsaber of Obi-Wan tucked in his belt.
Qui-Gon: “Ah, Obi-Wan…. It’s foolish to believe that sort of evil will ever cease to exist.”
Shmi: “We have been slaves for 15 years, we were just looking for a way out of here. The Separitist’s war has now reached our home… my son has been struggling with it all lately.”
Anakin rips the lightsaber from Obi-Wan with lightning quick reflexes and ignites the saber while looking at the two Jedi with tears in his eyes.
Anakin: “I won’t hurt anyone, just let me and my mom take the ship…. Please. I’ve been waiting for this opportunity my entire life.”
Obi-Wan frantically looks to Qui Gon, as if surprised by the boy’s moves. Shmi puts her head down in disappointment while Qui Gon reveals his lightsaber.
Qui Gon: “Young boy-“
Anakin interrupts him.
Anakin: [Aggressively screams in the blink of an eye] “Don’t call me that!”
Qui Gon: “What is your name?”
Anakin: “I’m Anakin… “ [Anakin calms down with a breathe] “Anakin Skywalker.”
Qui Gon: “Nice to meet you, Anakin.”
Qui Gon reaches his hand out to Anakin to shake his hand while Anakin looks at him, puzzled.
Qui Gon: “I am Jedi Master Qui Gon Jinn, and this is my apprentice…”
Obi Wan: “Obi-Wan Kenobi… we are not here to hurt you. We crashed on our way to a meeting to the Separitists. Our rookie co-pilot, R2 over there couldn’t get the crash landing gear deployed in time. We are Jedi, we are here to protect.”
R2 wheels over to the side of Qui Gon
Anakin: “There has been war and nightmare going on here for years, and I’ve yet to see one… protector with a sword like this.”
Anakin disengages the saber and tosses it back to Obi-Wan.
Qui Gon: “I sense much fire in you, young Anakin… Our kind have been spread thin, the galaxy has been in turmoil since the Separitists acquired an army. We were on our way to negotiate jurisdiction of this sector. Destiny led us here, and we see that you need help; that is what we will provide.”
Obi Wan looks to his master confused as he remembers the mission and then looks back to Anakin and his mother.
Obi Wan: [Asking to the both of them, Anakin & Shmi] “Do you know what Jedi are?”
Anakin: “Never heard of them.”
Qui Gon: “Jedi are protectors of the peace for the Republic. We search for anything we can do to bring balance to the galaxy. We do not harm, we do not kill, we do not do anything. But we are… love. I sense that you haven’t seen much of that in your life, child.”
Anakin: “You don’t know me, old man.”
Qui Gon rests his hand on Anakin’s shoulders.
Qui Gon: “And you do not know love, even when you see it my friend.”
Anakin puts his head down and lifts it back up slowly.
Anakin: “So are you going to help us, or not?”
Obi Wan: “Lead the way.”
Anakin: “If you think those light swords are going to do anything to match the firepower of the locals, you might be mistaken. They are ruthless.”
Anakin lifts his shirt up to reveal scars all over his body.
Obi Wan: “We are not looking for a fight.”
Anakin turns back to Obi Wan and before looking past him to Qui Gon says;
Anakin: “They are. They are always looking for a fight.”
Anakin sees Qui Gon using the Force to extinguish the fire of the ship and lift it from wreckage. Shmi walks over to Qui Gon.
Shmi: “Qui Gon…. Master Qui Gon, sorry… I am worried for us to go back. We stole the land speeder, our owners will kill us on sight.”
Shmi looks in complete fascination and confusion.
Qui Gon: “I promise you, you two are safe with us. We are simply returning for some parts. They are not your owners anymore.”
Obi Wan: “Well we can’t promise that, but what we can promise is-“
Qui Gon interrupts.
Qui Gon: “We CAN promise. Your son is safe. You are a good mother.”
Shmi smiles, it is her only desire to be a good mother through the hell.
Qui Gon looks to Obi Wan
Qui Gon: “Obi Wan, keep Anakin company as he gets the speeder up and running.”
Obi Wan nods his head as he walks away.
Qui Gon: “I have a feeling about your son. He is more than what the galaxy has may allowed you to realize.”
Shmi: “What do you mean?”
Qui Gon: “I believe he is one with the Force, as my apprentice and I are.”
Shmi: [interrupting] “My son is in pain. And sadly, that is all he is these days.”
Qui Gon: “Pain means a desire for peace. Has your son… ever shown any abilities?”
Shmi: “He loves so much, he feels the anger of a thousand moons for those who cause hurt. He’s quite the pilot… but besides that, no. His heart… it is so big.”
Qui Gon: “Ah, the greatest ability of them all. I believe that the Force led me and my apprentice here for a reason.”
Shmi: “The Force?”
Qui Gon: “Let’s go, we will talk later.”
Obi Wan finishes up his conversation with Anakin as Qui Gon and Shmi approach.
Obi Wan: “Aren’t you just a little bit too young to be piloting this thing?”
Anakin: [chuckles] “I am the best pilot you know.”
Obi Wan: “Well, my friend… I guess you’ll have to prove it to me some day.”
Anakin: [quickly reacts] “As long as you promise me that me and my mom are going to get off this planet alive.”
Qui Gon and Shmi board as Anakin pushes the throttle down and races back towards the city.
Scene:
The slavers, called the Righteous Plague, all point their blasters at the approaching speeder.
Utapauan: “Back so soon slave boy, are you ready to spend the rest of your destiny in the stomach of a beast?”
Qui Gon and Obi Wan jump out from the back of the speeder.
Qui Gon: “With all due respect, how would all of this scrap be picked up if you killed these two?”
Utapauan: “Who are you? A new…. Customer?” [The Righteous Plague laughs in unison]
Qui Gon: [chuckles and looks to Obi Wan] “I would be a fool to every say no to someone as powerful as you.”
Obi Wan: “I am Obi Wan Kenobi, and this is my master, Qui Gon Jinn.”
Utapauan: “Your sorcerer, wizardly ways are not welcome in these parts… the Council knows this.”
Qui Gon: “You must feel that you can defeat the Separitists yourself then… correct?”
Utapauan: “Our objective isn’t defeat, it is… being one with them.”
Anakin and his mother begin walking towards the crowd with Obi Wan and Qui Gon on their side.
Qui Gon: “Lower your blasters, we aren’t here to hurt anybody.”
Utapauan: [Motions for them to keep their blasters raised] “Your dead body will be brought back to the Republic as a symbol.”
The Utapauan rips Anakin from Obi Wan’s side as Obi Wan looks to Qui Gon, almost to ask for permission. The Utapauan once again lifts Anakin up by the neck while the Plague point their blasters at his mother.
Anakin: “Please… don’t kill my mom.”
Utapauan: “I will give you the liberty of killing you first so you don’t have to see it.”
Obi Wan immediately engages his lightsaber and uses a series of martial art kicks to disarm and force the Utapauan to fall to his knees. Qui Gon jumps in front of Shmi and begins deflecting blaster bolts, taking out a few of the Plague. Obi Wan Force pulls every blaster away from their hands as him and Qui Gon stand side to side, staring at them in a defensive lightsaber stance.
Qui Gon: “We are the ones in charge now.”
The members of the Plague and Utapauan look at them both, very submissively. They disengage their sabers.
Obi Wan: “Now, let’s negotiate… we just need a few parts.”
Anakin looks up to the Jedi, absolutely amazed as Shmi runs over to hug him.
Utapauan: “I guess we can… talk about it.”
Qui Gon destroys the blasters with the Force.
Qui Gon: “Good decision.”
Qui Gon reaches for the Utapauan’s hand to lift him to his feet.
Anakin looks to Obi Wan as things have calmed down.
Anakin: “Hey… Master Obi-Wan… thank you, that was the first time someone ever stood up for me.”
Obi Wan: [Reaching his hand towards Anakin] “That is what friends are for, Anakin Skywalker.”
 
Scene:
Yoda & Windu sit across from newly elected Chancellor Palpatine as his blue royal guards stand by his side in the Primary Senate Chamber that overlooks the Jedi Temple and rest of Coruscant.
Chancellor Palpatine: “Surely, the grandmaster of the Jedi Order could not be foolish enough to think there is another way to defeat this threat.”
Windu: “Careful of how you speak, politician. The Jedi are not warriors, it is against our spirits to engage in war.”
Chancellor Palpatine: “My apologies, Master Windu. Sometimes, the greatest defense is a strong attack.”
Yoda: “Mmm. Clouded by desire, your world is, new Chancellor.”
Palpatine: “With all due respect, of course, Master Yoda; there is nothing more I desire than protecting democracy. The Republic and the people it protects will suffer greatly without the authorization of an army.”
Yoda: “Do this by yourself, can you not?”
Palpatine: “I do not need the authorization from the Jedi, I need their help.”
Windu: “We will meditate on this. As of now, you do not have our help; you have our trust that you will not turn this into a war.”
Palpatine: “Certainly with the Jed at the side of the clones; this destructive conflict could come to a swift end.”
Yoda: “Operate with politics, we do not. Protect the galaxy, we always will.”
Chancellor Palpatine puts his head down as Yoda climbs off the chair.
Chancellor Palpatine: [lifting his head back up] “I am choosing to authorize the construction of the Grand Army of the Republic.”
Windu: [Getting off of his chair alongside Yoda] “Then war has begun.”
As they leave the room, Yoda looks to Windu.
Yoda: [Worriedly] “Sense something, I do.”
The camera cuts to Darth Maul looks through binoculars from a distance as his hooded self sits in the
Darth Maul: “Master, I have acquired the target.”
Palpatine comes over the radio of his com
Palpatine: “Annihilate them, my apprentice.”
As Yoda and Windu enter the cockpit of a two seated Jedi-starfighter, they begin to fly away as a dark cloaked figure sits inside of a sleek ancient Sith starship with modern modifications that blends from invisibility to visibility and begins to chase them.
Scene
Back with Anakin, Obi-Wan, Shmi and Qui-Gon as they sit across from the Plague members.
Righteous Plague Member: “This territory is owned by Separatists now. The Republic is not welcome here.”
Obi-Wan: “We did not choose to be here, sir. You must know that this is not the way of life.”
Righteous Plague Member #2: “We do anything we can to make it in this galaxy. This is the way of life the Republic never cared for.”
Qui-Gon: “We are not the Republic, we are Jedi.”
Utapauan: “Then why come here?”
Obi-Wan: {Looks to Qui Gon]
Qui-Gon: “My apprentice and I were going to negotiate something with the Separatists, perhaps jurisdiction of this system and the world of Crait. “
Utapauan: “Why are the Jedi interested in Crait? You filthy space wizards have no business outside of Coruscant.”
Obi-Wan: “We want business outside of Coruscant, to escape from the politics, war, and be closer to the people we are trying to protect.”
Qui-Gon: “The new Chancellor is trying to trap us in a war.”
Obi Wan: [Contests his master] “The new Chancellor is trying to include the Jedi in the fight against evil, and for some reason, [he looks at his master] we want to escape.”
Righteous Plague Member #3: [Knowing something of the Jedi] “A rift amongst the galaxy’s greatest peace warriors… scared to be soldiers, huh?”
Qui Gon: “We are not soldiers.”
Utapauan: “Well, surely you are desperate to begin your negotiations if it is not a battle you are preparing for…. Hmm… 1 million credits.”
Qui Gon: “Jedi do not care for credits. [Qui Gon waves his hand] We want the boy, and his mother, free alongside a wheelcasing for the landing gear of a star cruiser… immediately.”
Utapauan: “It is interesting that you take me for a fool, Jedi scum. Your sorcerer ways are not effective on the minds of anybody besides the filthy politicians you so closely associate with.”
Righteous Plague Member #3: “Let the boy earn his freedom, in a fight.”
Obi Wan: “Surely, none of this needs to result in violence.”
Anakin: “I’ll do it.”
Qui Gon looks to Anakin
Qui Gon: “Anakin, no. There is no need-“
Utapauan: “Take it or leave it, Jedi. We could use some entertainment outside of our people dying around here. If the slave boy survives, his freedom is yours.”
Obi-Wan: “Master, we can’t let them-“
Qui Gon: “The boy has power, Obi Wan. We both feel it. We must let him fight.”
Obi Wan: “Were you not the one that told me the Force cannot save your destiny? That is not meant to frolic in the indulgence of scum and violence?
Shmi: “I will not let my boy-“
Anakin:[Whispers] “Masters, if you can trust me, I think I have an idea.”
Obi Wan and Qui Gon look to each other and shake their head.
Qui Gon: [Loudly and proudly] “Put as many opponents as you want against him, the boy’s desperation for freedom will serve him well.”
Utapauan: “A bet it is then.“
The Utapauan ques with his fingers as a young Boba Fett appears. Boba comes from the shadows without a helmet or Mandalorian armor. He cracks his neck and fingers.
The Plague begins chanting something of another language.
Utapauan: “Be my guest, slave boy. [The Plague wrestles Shmi Skywalker into detainment and holds a blaster to her head] No Jedi interference.”
Anakin looks to Obi-Wan, Qui Gon, and his mother.
Anakin: “Listen, I think I can hold him off long enough for one of you to get the speeder around back. If you see that fence towards the back, I think I can use it to-
Obi Wan: “That is a bounty hunter, Anakin”
Anakin: “His name is Boba, and nobody is beating me in a fight. He has everything to lose, a Separatist just gave him about the half the credits they had for a special mission. He’s using this planet as his base, he wants out of here just as badly as we do. Master Qui Gon, as soon as I’m over that fence; get my mother. Obi-Wan, get the speeder around back, I know something we can do with the ship when we get there.”
Obi Wan: “I have a bad feeling about this.”
Qui Gon: “We must trust the boy, and if all else fails, we will intervene.”
Anakin: “Master Qui Gon, I’m trusting you.”
The tension in the room heightens dramatically. Anakin’s mother struggles and moans in agony as she lightly tries to fight back by swinging her skull in to the crotch of the man holding her hair before she is blaster whipped and told to not fight back. Anakin jumps down the stairs and, as well as he knows best, squares up!
Boba Fett: “Skywalker, you’re not going to fly your way out of this one.”
Anakin: “Jaba give you your credits, Boba?”
Boba chuckles.
Boba: “Jaba is below me now. What are you doing with the Jedi?”
Anakin: “How do you know what Jedi are?”
Boba: “My father was killed by one. They seem to like you, it’s only fair that I take something from them now. Alive, of course.”
Boba and Anakin swing at each other as they are evenly matched. Anakin defends and connects while Boba does the same. This goes on for a few moments before Anakin gets a few great strikes in. Meanwhile, Obi Wan flies the speeder to the back and waits. Qui Gon looks upon the fight and at a semi-battered Shmi, ready to force pull her towards him at any moment and ignite his saber.
Boba taps a few buttons on his wrist, as flames begin to shoot out. The Plague laughs as Anakin takes a leap away before grabbing a piece of metal to block him. Boba aims straight for the face.
Boba: “I need you, Skywalker. I’m not going to kill you, just give up. Now.”
He pushes his flame thrower deeper into the melting steel as the magma metal begins to drip on to Anakin’s skin. Anakin moans in worry as he pulls a leg kick while on the ground before quickly rising to his feet and deflecting the fire back into Boba’s face.
Anakin looks to Qui Gon.
Anakin: “Qui Gon-NOW!!!”
Anakin sprints to the fences and leaps. He performs parkour as he avoids blaster bolts while Qui Gon ignites his lightsaber. Boba chases Anakin up the fence and walls as Qui Gon Force pulls Shmi to him.
Qui Gon: “It’s time to get out of here.”
Anakin looks below him at a desperate Boba. ‘What does he want to do with me?” the young Anakin thought.
Boba jumps to the balcony and once again ignites his flamethrower with a slightly burned side of his face. Anakin leaps down in to the passenger seat of the speeder.
Anakin: “Get to the front now!”
Obi Wan quickly accelerates while Boba coms in his Slave I ship. It quickly races towards him while Qui Gon deflects blaster bolds with Shmi hiding behind him.
Qui Gon: “You must go, save the boy Obi-Wan!”
Obi Wan: “I am not leaving without you, Master.”
Obi Wan gets out of the speeder and rushes to Qui Gon’s side as the blaster bolts deflect back in to the members of The Plague. The rest of the slaves to the side smile. The Utapauan calls upon Boba Fett through the coms.
Utapauan: “Boba, now is the time.”
Boba: “I will not kill him.”
Utapauan: “Then kill these Jedi!”
The Slave I descends from the skies and begins shooting lasers towards Qui Gon, Shmi, and Obi Wan.
Anakin: “Momma, no!!!”
The destructive blaster bolts launch Shmi back into the building where they are all shooting from. Qui Gon and Obi Wan disengage their lightsabers as they dive the other way. Shmi attempts to run back to them before being gripped by the Utapauan.
Utapauan: “Your mother is forever mine, slave boy.”
Anakin hops in the pilot seat as the Slave I circles back around. He quickly rotates the speeder and faces it towards the Utapauan before Obi Wan and Qui Gon jump in the speeder.
Qui Gon: “Anakin… go… now!!!”
Obi Wan looks to Qui Gon, remembering that he promised them both that they would be free.
Anakin: “I will not leave my mother here.”
Shmi screams from a distance.
Shmi: “Anakin, you must go my son. [A slight pause as she struggles] Always be good, come back for me!”
Anakin struggles as tears rush to his eyes. A group of Plague members are aboard their speeders now as they race around the corner and towards Anakin.
He engages the hyperdrive as they race away. Blaster bolts firing everywhere, as the Slave I provides aerial support from the dark clouds. Anakin evades every shot as he locks in coordinates to the ship.
Anakin: “Once we get there, tell that R2 unit to transfer all power to the main engines. I can fix the landing gear when we get out of here.”
Obi Wan: “IF we get out of here!”
Anakin: “I guess it’s my time to prove myself about that whole flying thing.”
Anakin performs a series of spectacular moves, making the speeders behind them collide. Doing 360s in the air, he loses the last few speeders while the Slave I continues to chase and fire at them.
Qui Gon: “We have to do something about that ship.”
Obi Wan: “Nothing we can do, he has the high ground on us.”
Qui Gon: “There is no such thing as nothing, young Knight. Anakin… do you have any ideas?”
Anakin: “There’s no way he can see US from that high, just the speeder. When I say jump…. We jump.”
Obi Wan: “I get the strange feeling that you’re going to be the death of me.”
Anakin: “3…2…1… jump!”
A few rockets rain down from the Slave I as they detonate the speeder.
Boba: “Search area for heat signatures.”
Anakin, Obi Wan, and Qui Gon roll to the ground as they groan in pain. They quickly lift each other up to their feet and begin making a break for it to the ship. As they approach;
Obi Wan: “R2, get that ship ready… now!”
R2 gives a series of eccentric beeps as he rushes to the front of the ship and hops in his holding chamber. The ship’s engines give off a bright blue glow as lights begin to engage.
Qui Gon: “Obi Wan, take cockpit.”
Anakin: “No, I got this. I’m gunna get us out of here.”
Obi Wan looks to his master for approval as Qui Gon nods his head. They rush in to the spaceship and in to the cockpit.
Anakin: “Are Jedi good shooters?”
Qui Gon: “The Force is a tool for many abilities, Anakin.”
Anakin: “Well get to the guns and start shooting, he’s not going to give up.”
Obi Wan: “How do you know he’s still on our trails?”
Anakin: “Because he’s like me.”
Boba looks around and sees three heat signatures just past the forest.
Boba: “Target acquired. Lock on.”
The ship takes off quickly with Anakin at the helm.
Obi Wan: “How did you learn to fly a ship?”
Anakin: “Always been good at it, this life teaches you a lot of things whether you want to learn it or not.”
R2 provides a series of beeps.
Obi Wan: “A message from the council?”
Anakin: “We have no time for that, he’s right on our tail.”
Obi Wan: “Anakin’s right, now is not the time R2.”
R2 provides a series of extremely hyper beeps before playing the hologram.
Jedi Master Plo Koon: “Master Qui Gon, Knight Obi Wan… there has been an assassination attempt on Grandmaster Yoda and Master Windu. We need you to report back to Coruscant immediately.”
The Hologram cuts off.
Qui Gon yells from the back.
Qui Gon: “Anakin! Get in to hyperspace immediately!”
Obi Wan: “The Jedi council are the masters and leaders of the order, those who have earned the rank of Master have found an expertise in the ways of the Force. They are our top tier, especially Master Yoda and Master Windu. We must lose this bounty hunter and get back to Coruscant.”
Anakin: “I thought Jedi don’t leave people behind. We need to go back for my mother.”
Obi Wan: “Anakin, we can’t. I’m so sorry. We have a duty that serves the galaxy and in time you will learn that we cannot put our personal attachment above the greater good.”
Anakin stares angrily in to space as he continues to evade Boba while Qui Gon continues to miss.
Qui Gon: “I can’t hold this guy off much longer. We need to get in to hyperspace, now!”
Anakin turns the other direction and speaks halfway to himself and halfway to Obi Wan.
Anakin: “I will come back for her, I will free all of those slaves.”
Obi Wan puts his head down as Anakin engages into hyperspace.
To Be Continued….