~Clone Wars~
Back.
Chapter 1:
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Unknown Planet...
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Like fire across the galaxy the Clone Wars spread. In league with the wicked Count Dooku,
more and more planets slip. Against this threat, upon the Jedi Knights falls the duty to lead the
newly formed army of the Republic. And as the heat of war grows, so, to, grows the prowess
of one most gifted student of the Force.
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Coruscant...
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The Banking Clan has hidden huge factories on Muunilist,
building huge droid armies, and massive warships. We must act quickly.
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I agree. But who to send? Master Windu still fights on Dantooine.
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Lead the assault Master Obi-Wan can.
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My army is ready, Chancellor, we can leave immediately.
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Yes. And young Skywalker as well. I suggest that we give him special
command of your space forces. His exceptional skill will be quite useful.
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Chancellor, I feel that Padawan Anakin is not yet ready for such
responsibility.
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True. With his master, a padawan's place is. But undeniably strong,
he has become. Perhaps...
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Then it is decided.
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Coruscant...
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I doubt even Master Qui-Gon could have prepared a Jedi for this.
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Chapter 2:
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Space...
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ARC Troopers, you have been selected for this task because you are the best, the elite.
You all know what to do. The success of your mission is our key to a swift victory. When you
get into position, send word, as planned. Then, I will join you.
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Space...
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Master, I know you don't think I'm ready for a command of my own, but I am
the best pilot in the order. Chancellor Palpatine knows it, I don't know why you can't...
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Padawan! Your skills have never been in question, it is your maturity. I've argued this
before. But the decision has been made. May the Force be with you, Commander.
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Space...
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All squadrons to me.
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Muunilist...
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ARC Troopers, deploy!
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Yes, sir.
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Evasive action!
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Muunilist...
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Roger roger.
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Chapter 3:
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Muunilist...
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General Kenobi, target sighted.
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Via Comm:
Very good, Sargent, proceed with the next stage.
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Chapter 4:
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Muunilist...
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Those guns are destroying our forward positions!
The Republic is breaking through!
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Sir, our canon at the base of the tower has been destroyed.
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Their range is greater than we thought.
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I-it must be their artillery!
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What are we going to do! What are we going to do! I don't know why
Dooku sent you here if all you're going to do is stand around! *being choked* I mean...
whenever you're ready...
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Chapter 5:
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Mon Calamari...
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Troubled, is the planet Mon Calamari. It's races have divided. The droid army of the
Quarren Isolation League moves against the Calamari council. Alone, the Calamari are
no match. Intervene we must. Master Fisto, in these matters, trust your insight we do.
May the Force be with you.
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Chapter 6:
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Rattatak...
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Everything has been arranged precisely as you have requested,
most illustrious Count Dooku.
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Indeed.
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I trust you will find what you seek.
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Impressive, you mask your presence well. Flawless timing. Perfect control. You have
great skill of infiltration. My host would applaud your abilities postumesly. However, I'm
not looking for a spy.
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Rattatak...
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You are more powerful than I had sensed.
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The Dark Side is strong in me. For I am Sith.
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Chapter 7:
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Rattatak...
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I am Sith.
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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! A bold claim! But you are not Sith. You wear the
trappings of a Sith, you fight like the Sith, but this can be imitated, however. You lack
a vital quality found in all Sith. Sith have no fear. And I sense much fear in you.
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You are a foolish old man, who knows nothing of the Dark Side!
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Heh, heh, heh, heh, indeed, heh!
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Rattatak...
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Truly, if you were a Sith, would this contest be not over?
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Aughrr!
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It would not be so easy to defeat a Sith.
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So finish it.
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We have other plans. Have you been watching, Master?
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I have, indeed, Lord Tryanus. The child's skill with a lightsaber are
most impressive. You have found a promising disciple, my apprentice. She
shall serve us well.
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I am honored.
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Let me introduce my master, the true Lord of the Sith, Darth Sidious.
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What is your bidding?
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A Jedi named Anakin Skywalker. You will find him for us, and eliminate him.
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Jedi! Their order is a fading light in the dark! Corrupt and arrogant.
They must be punished! The Jedi shall fall!
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Consider this a gift.
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Rattatak...
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She will be more than a match for young Skywalker.
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It matters not. She is merely an instrument to bring forth the eradication
of the Jedi.
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Chapter 8:
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Muunilist...
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General Kenobi, our canons are being destroyed.
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Mount up.
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Yes, sir.
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Muunilist...
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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
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Via Comm:
General Kenobi, we are in position.
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I'm on my way.
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Chapter 9:
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Muunilist...
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We're set, General.
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Very well. Let's end this battle, Commander.
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General.
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Mercy, I beg you! I am merely a banker.
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That is entirely up to you, and your unconditional surrender.
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Control room secure, General.
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One can never be too sure, Commander.
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General, are you all right?
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I'm fine. Seems I've created quite a mess now, haven't I?
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Yes, General.
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*whimpers*
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Now, where were we? Ah, yes. I believe you were surrendering?
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Chapter 10:
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Space...
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We've lost Gold Leader! Commander! Enemy reinforcements coming in .35!
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Clear out, Gold 2, I'm coming in! R4, switch all power to forward shields.
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Bleepoopeep.
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I know! I know! Red Leader, fire all your missiles across the bow of Cruiser 8.
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But, Commander, there's nothing out there, no targets.
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Do it now, Trooper!
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Commander Skywalker, almost all the gun platforms are destroyed, and only... wait!
What's that?
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Commander, we've just lost green squadron. A rogue fighter has...
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I see it. Mop up the fighters as planned. This one's mine.
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Chapter 11:
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Space...
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Got you. I have you now! Increase power to the thrusters, R4!
This is no droid pilot. Come on!
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Muunilist...
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What was that?
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I don't know, General.
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That's not one of ours.
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No, General.
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That was Anakin!
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Yes, General.
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Anakin!
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It's under control, Master.
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You're suppose to be in space, leading our forces.
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It's under control!
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Under control? I don't think so. Your place is with your squadrons, young one.
Not... Not chasing one ship through the city streets!
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Master, this is no droid pilot. And the Force is with him. I can't let him get away.
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Anakin, I'm also sensing something strange, but you must let that ship go!
It's baiting you!
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Space...
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Beepleep!
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Jumping into hyperspace? You have his coordinates? Then plug them in!
He's not losing us.
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Anakin!
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Master, the battle up here is more than won, I can handle this.
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Do not follow that ship! Anakin, do you hear me? Do not follow that ship!
That is an order! Anakin!
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Sorry, sir, your signal is breaking up.
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Padawan, if you...
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Muunilist...
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You have the coordinates?
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Yes, General.
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Take a squad and follow him. I've got a bad feeling about this.
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Chapter 12:
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Dantooine...
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Fire at will!
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Roger, roger.
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Chapter 13:
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Dantooine...
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Fire.
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Roger, roger.
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Chapter 14:
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Ilum...
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The crystal is the heart of the blade. The heart is the crystal of the Jedi.
The Jedi is the crystal of the Force. The Force is the blade of the heart. All are intertwined.
The crystal, the blade, the Jedi. You are one.
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You have taught me well, Master Luminara.
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Remember, always, the crystal is the heart of the blade. Barriss Offee, your training is complete.
Something trespasses on sacred ground! The temple is breached.
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I sense a presence, yet see nothing.
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They are here.
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Space...
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Chapter 15:
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Space...
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Absolutely not. We cannot risk the senator's life like this.
M'lady, I must protest.
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Hmm. Very little time there is, Senator. Our only hope to rescue Jedi.
To Ilum we must go. Now.
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This is not a rescue ship. May I remind our Master Jedi we have a more pressing mission.
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A slight detour. Jeopardize the mission, it will not.
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A slight detour. Jeopardize the mission, it will not.
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Be put in danger, the senator will not.
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Be put in danger, the senator will not.
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Save the lives of Jedi, we must.
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Save the lives of Jedi, we must.
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Master Yoda, I am convinced. I will not require my captain's
farther... persuasion.
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Huh?
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Hmm.
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Captain! Make best possible speed to Ilum.
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Yes, M'lady.
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Ilum? That planet is on the other side of the system!
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Beep beep-beep bleep.
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A slight detour? Well, actually, I don't have a more important place to be.
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Ilum...
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Stay on the ship, you must. Much danger I sense.
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Master Yoda, I can't let you go off to attempt a rescue mission alone.
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Yet alone, I must be for the rescue to succeed. Call you I will, if assistance I require.
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Chapter 16:
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Ilum...
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I have a bad feeling about this. Master Yoda has been gone far too long.
I should have never let him go alone alone.
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He's a Jedi Master, M'lady. He's quite capable of handling whatever might be out there.
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Master Yoda did assure you he would contact you if he required help.
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Bweepeepweepeep.
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Traveling alone in a blizzard on an uncharted planet is commonplace for a Jedi,
but not for a senator. Miss Padmé is safer where she is.
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3PO is right, R2.
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I'll run a diagnostic on the communication array.
This weather has been giving us some low band interference.
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R2, does this weather affect your sensors?
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Bleepoopeep.
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Not in the slightest. Or so he says.
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Good. I'm going to look for Master Yoda.
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Alone?
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No. You two will accompany me.
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Oh, dear.
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What is it, R2?
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It seems there are multiple objects approaching from that direction.
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Where?
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Ambush! I knew this was a bad idea! Oh, no! Oh, no! Oh, nooo!
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Gotcha.
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R2 says there are still two more still out there!
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Two more? Uh... 3PO... could you get my coat?
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Of course, Miss Padmé. Oh! Ah! Oh! Ah! I must be out of my circuits.
Oh, my! Oh, help, help! I'm being buried alive!
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Thanks, 3PO.
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Oh, uh, it was a pleasure, Miss Padmé.
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What is it, R2? More droids?
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Oh, no!
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Master Yoda! I'm so glad you're all right.
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Successful my mission was. Saved, the Jedi are. But pain my heart is.
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What troubles you, Master Yoda?
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Nearly destroyed the temple was. Revealed it's secret location is.
But by who, I know not.
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Via recorded holo:
You will find the temple on Ilum. Destroy it.
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Dooku!
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Chapter 17:
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Yavin IV...
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Do you have his position?
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Beep beep eep beep.
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That's close enough, R4. We'll just have to search the immediate area on foot.
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Beep beep bloop.
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Watch the ship, R4. This won't take long.
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Secure the area.
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Sargent!
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Commander Skywalker.
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Obi-Wan.
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Yes, sir.
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Gave you orders to follow me.
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Yes, sir.
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Fine! Have some men protect the ships. The rest encircle the clearing.
Prepare to sweep the jungle.
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Yavin IV...
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Something's not right. I can feel it.
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Ahhhh!
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Trooper! Trooper? Trooper, are you all right? What happened?
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BOOM!
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R4!
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BOOM!
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I'm going to make you pay for what you've done.
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Come, Padawan! Your fall will be my ascension to the Sith!
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Chapter 18:
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Yavin IV...
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No dialogue.
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Chapter 19:
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Yavin IV...
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Yaaaaaaa!
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Aaugh!
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Aaaaahhhhh!
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Chapter 20:
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Muunilist...
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Blast him.
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Via Comm:
The IG Banking Clan has surrendered, the day is ours! The Republic is victorious.
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*cheers*
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Muunilist...
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General Kenobi, a ship is approaching that matches the one Commander
Skywalker followed into hyperspace. I have batteries standing by.
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Hold your fire, Captain.
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Commander Skywalker!
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I'm sorry, Master. You were right. It was a trap, laid out by the Sith.
And I ran headlong into it. But I returned victorious.
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Indeed. But that battle should never have been fought. I find this Sith interest
in you most troublesome. This is precisely why you must follow my orders, young one.
Another defiance could lead us into a dan...
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General Kenobi! General Kenobi!
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Yes, Master Barrak.
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Need immediate evac from planet Hypori! Our forces are totally destroyed! Only, there's
only a few of us left! New droid general, he's unstoppable! Can't hold out for long! General
Grevious is hunting us! Must...
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Master Barrak! Come in! Come in! Master Barrak! Come in!
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Hypori...
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Why have they stopped?
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Master?
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Go! Go!
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Unstoppable. He's unstoppable.
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Never have we been out-maneuvered by droids. His strategy is without flaw.
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This is the end. We're all doomed.
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Our predicament is dire, but do not despair. Focus! We are Jedi!
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Jedi! You are surrounded! Your army is decimated! Make peace with the Force now,
for this is your final hour! But know that I, General Grevious, am not completely without
mercy. I will grant you a warrior's death. Prepare!
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I can't see anything.
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That noise...
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...is coming alone.
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We can't face him!
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We must try, Padawan!
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It's close, but where?
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It's all around us!
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Calm yourselves. Steady. Steady.
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Rrrraaaaaggh!
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No! Get back!
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Ki-Adi! Hurry!
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No! Shaak Ti!
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Coruscant...
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Hmmm. Darker the coming storm grows, I fear. The dark cloud of the Sith, shrouds us all.
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Chapter 21:
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Hypori...
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Commander, approaching target.
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Begin jamming signals.
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Yes, sir.
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Open doors.
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Approaching droid paramiter. We are undetected.
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Gun it!
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Sir!
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Hypori...
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Three lifesigns. One in the rubble.
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Sir!
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One in the rafters.
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Yes, sir!
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Everyone else with me. Move out!
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Hypori...
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Shoot him down! Shoot him down!
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Backup! Now!
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Hypori...
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Everyone out!
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No! We must pursue!
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General, we can't. The survivors will die, we have no time.
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Aayla... Shaak Ti...
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They're stabalized, sir. They just might make it.
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And the others?
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They are all dead, sir.
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Hypori...
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Run, Jedi, run! You have only prolonged the inevitable. *chuckle*
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Dagobah...
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Did you hear that, Master Qui-Gon?
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Yes, Anakin. It calls to you.
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The tree?
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Yes, you must enter it. Alone.
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I'm afraid, Master.
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Control your fear. You are the Chosen One. And you must be tested.
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What's in there?
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Only what you take with you. Your final test is at hand. Trust in the Force.
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Coruscant...
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We may have been exhausted, but when was the last time someone stood up to
five Jedi and held his own? This must be dealt with.
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I agree. This General Grevious is changing the shape of the war.
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Our numbers were dwindling before, and now this!
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Yes, we need more Knights.
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I know this will generate debate, but I suggest that in this time of war,
we forgo the trials and promote my padawan, Anakin, to Jedi Knight.
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This is preposterous! We can't set aside our most hollowed traditions!
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In this time of need, why do we hold back the Chosen One?
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Whether or not he is the Chosen One is still to be determined.
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Hmmm... Palpatine has been requesting this for months now.
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Politicans have no voice in Jedi matters.
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Well, he is a cunning warrior, and our best pilot.
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But he is reckless with his gifts.
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Sometimes in the past, yes. But regardless, Anakin has been through things
more difficult than the trials. Surely he passed a trial of skill when he defeated
that dark assasin on the fourth moon of Yavin. And he endured an atrocious trial
of the flesh at the hands of Count Dooku.
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Hmmm....
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And he continued to pass every test of courage this war has dealt him.
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It would seem he would have but one trial left to face.
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Testing the spirit.
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Facing the mirror.
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Then that is what concerns me. To walk the path of the Jedi one's spirit must
be strong. That requires discipline. And he has often disobeyed you, has he not,
Master Kenobi?
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Did you not disobey me from time to time in your youth, Master Rancisis?
A just debate this is. But in these days of war, need all the knights we can.
Unorthadox young Skywalker's career has been. So too will be his trials.
Trust in the Force I do. A knight he shall be.
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Coruscant...
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Ani! Mmm...
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I've missed you so much. I'm tired of all this. Our love should not be
hidden like it's some kind of imoral thing!
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Ani, you're almost a Jedi Knight. And then...
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And then what? Jedis aren't suppose to be married. Oh, that doesn't matter.
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It does matter. We knew it would be like this. Perhaps things can change after the
war, but for now the Republic needs you. And in the shadows of Coruscant, or any other
city, and, most importantly, in my heart I will always love you.
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Well, you do look really good in the dark.
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Ani...
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Miss Padmé! Miss Padmé!
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Oh, no! Threepio.
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Miss Padmé! Miss Padmé! Oh, dear, where did she go? Miss Padmé! Miss...
Please don't damage me! I, I, I'm only a droid!
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Nobody's going to hurt you, Threepio.
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Master Anakin? Oh! Miss Padmé! Oh, thank goodness you're unharmed. I was so
worried. You left without notifying...
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You look different, Threepio.
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Oh, it must be this disguise. Oh, but...
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No, Threepio, it's your new gold plating.
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Gold plating?
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Oh, yes! In the service of a senator one must be presentable.
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Well, let's see it.
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Here? Now? In this neighborhood? Oh! Very well, if you wish.
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Impressive. Most impressive.
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Yes, I rather fancy it myself.
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Via holocom:
Young one, the council requires your presence immediately.
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Be right there, Master.
Don't want to go....
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You must, Ani.
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I love you.
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Mmm...
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Coruscant...
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Anakin, you're late.
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I know.
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When the council requests your presence, it's always of great importance.
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If I'm late for another scolding does it really matter?
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Scolding? You're not a little boy anymore. But as long as you are my student
you will head my wisdom.
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You're right. I'm not a little boy. And as far as your wisdom goes, you're no Qui-Gon Jinn!
...Master, forgive me, I didn't mean...
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I know. I miss him too. Not a day goes by when I don't look to his wisdom
for guidance. I've done my best to pass his teaching to you. And in our time
together you have proven to me that you are capable of all he believed you would
be. And now we must leave our roles as master and student. It is time we became
brothers.
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Master?
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Step forward, Padawan. Anakin Skywalker, by the right of the Council, by the
will of the Force, dub thee, I do, Jedi; Knight of the Republic.
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Chapter 22:
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Seperatist Fort...
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I wonder how many they'll send. We've got so much firepower in here; these
walls are ray-sheilded. Heh, they can't take this fort. It'll probably be, eh,
fifty Jedi! They'll need at least that many. Or maybe a hundred Jedi! They'll
never take this base with less! Heh, they'll need an army of Jedi! Eheheheh...
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I have a visual.
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Jedi?
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I think so.
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How many? A thousand?
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No.
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Eighty?
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No, sir.
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What? Fifty?
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Less.
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Forty? What, c'mon, how many?
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Two.
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What!? Gimme those!
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Unknown...
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General Kenobi.
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Commander Cody.
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The siege goes well. With our continued barrage, their shield should be down in three months.
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But we've been here a month already.
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Yes, sir. We're right on schedule.
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*sigh*
What is that?
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Lunch.
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How can you eat that?
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But, Master, you're the one that always taught me to feed off the living Force.
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That's not what I.... *sigh* Where did you get that stuff anyway?
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From the enemy camp.
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What? You were there? What were you doing?
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Reconnaissance.
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How did you penetrate the shield?
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I found this ancient sewer, it goes right under the old city.
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So, I assume the plan is to crawl through the sewer, work our way to the shield
generator, fight our way through the defenses, blow up the generator, knocking
out the shield, and our troops swarm in and overwhelm the enemy?
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Yep. Let's go.
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Sewers of Unkown...
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What an incredible smell you've discovered.
What now?
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We swim.
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I knew you were going to say that.
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Generator room of Unknown...
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Let's go!
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No, no, no, no, wait!
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Did you say something?
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Negative.
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There are alternatives to fighting.
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That's no fun.
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Unknown...
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All units attack! Let's go!
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Nice job, my friend. Nice job.
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Seperatist Base...
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Stop using the standard attacks, use the unorthadox. How often must I tell you?
Control the central line. Good. Faster, destroy my focus. You're holding your
saber too tight. Now too lightly. Hmm... a new one?
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Your training has served me well. It has awarded me many trophies.
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Don't let your pursuit of trinkets cloud your reality. Remember what I taught
you, General. If you're to succeed in combat against the best of the Jedi,
you must have fear, surprise, and intimidation on your side. But, if any one
element is lacking, it would be best for you to retreat. You must break them
before you engage them. Only then will you ensure victory and have your trophy.
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Wise council, my apprentice. Most wise.
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My master.
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Report, General. What news from the front?
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The strategy is working perfectly, my lord. The Jedi and their forces are stretched thin
across the Outer Rim worlds in a vain attempt to contain our new offensive.
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Good, good. Now is the time to strike. Now is the time to launch our final
operation. Is everything ready for your special mission?
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Yes, Lord Sidious. The unsuspecting fools know not what awaits.
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Unknown...
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Typical. The weather clears as soon as we're leaving.
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General, urgant message from Coruscant.
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*via holo*
We are most pleased with your preformance; the both of you. With your command of the
third army, I am sure we are well on our way to achieving victory in this war.
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*via holo*
But for every system that is liberated, it seems another is taken, prolonging
this conflict. We must stop this war at it's source.
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Grevious.
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*via holo*
We have questionable intel on this at best.
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*via holo*
On the contrary, my intellegance assures me that my information is quite accurate.
General Grevious has been spotted on a number of occasions traveling to planet
Nelvaan, deep in the Outer Rim territories. I am told he is there right now.
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*via holo*
I do believe Grevious is the key to bringing an end to this conflict.
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*via holo*
One can only hope. You are to leave immediately.
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*via holo*
May the Force be with you.
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They're sending us on a reconnaissance mission. This doesn't feel right.
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Don't look at it that way, Master. Think of it as reconnaissance in force.
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Your favorite. *laugh*
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*laugh*
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Space...
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Sir, the scan shows no enemy forces in the area.
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You're sure?
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Yes, sir. Just strange sheild thermal readings in Secter 8.
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We'll check it out.
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Sir.
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Nelvaan...
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I don't think it's lethal, trooper.
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Yes, sir.
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Something's startling those creatures.
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And it's not us.
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I feel it too.
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A disturbance.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
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GROWL!!!!!!!
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Wait! No wait!
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*Growl, whimper, die*
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What?
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*angry alien yelling*
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I don't think you should have done that.
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Chapter 23:
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Coruscant...
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The city is under attack!
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Defend the city we must.
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Jedi Temble Hanger...
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Master Windu, enemy starships continue to spill out of hyperspace.
Our forces are holding, but they need help.
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Get up there and take command. May the Force be with you.
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And you.
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Nelvaan...
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Master.
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Yes, Anakin, I know. There are only women and children.
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*angry alien talking*
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It seems you've interupted the boy's right of passage or test.
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How do you know what they are saying?
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When you travel the universe with Qui-Gon Jinn, you tend to learn a few things.
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*More alien talking*
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*translating* Something plagues their land. Champion after champion have been sent out.
But none have returned. They were chosing another one when you interviened.
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*alien speaking*
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I'm not sure if I've heard this right. It seems you have to journey into fire.
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...what?
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Coruscant...
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Oh, no! We're under attack! Oh, dear!
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Milady, I must get you safety.
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No, we have to evacuate the building. Get everyone to a shelter.
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I can't believe...
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Yes, milady.
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I say it, an army of droids? Here? I'd like to have a serious talk with your programmers.
Ah, ah, oohh.
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C'mon, Threepio!
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Coruscant...
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We got three on our tail. Now four!
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Take them out.
Good shooting.
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Uh, it, it wasn't me. General Windu!
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Space, above Coruscant...
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General Tiin, the ship is lost.
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It's time to get a new one.
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Yes, Sir.
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Prepare to board! Attack!
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*Cheers*
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Nelvaan...
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*speaking alien*
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What's he saying?
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They're summoning the spirit of the fire.
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*speaking alien*
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*translating* The mother weeps. She is sick. Our warriors have failed.
Failed to heal the mother. Into the never-ending winter a stranger comes.
Tell us why he has come. What is his purpose?
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*speaking alien fearfully*
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*murmuring*
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They're saying... ghost hand? They think... ah... *makes Anakin show his mechanical hand*
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*excitedly speaking*
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What are you doing?
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No, it's what you're doing.
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Coruscant...
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*via comm* Alert, we are losing ground in Sector 4. Repeat, losing ground in Sector 4.
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Nelvaan...
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*speaking*
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He says this may hurt a bit.
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Is this really necessary?
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It's part of their ritual. You must be respectful.
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*speaking*
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*translating* You must follow the wind, for it is the mother's cry.
Travel her tears, they are frozen with fear. Enter the mother's mouth,
to awake her inner flame.
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Nelvaan...
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Anakin, though you've never had the official trials, this war has tested you more than
the trials could. Save one. Master Yoda forsaw this. The Force has guided us here for your final trial.
The one you've never truly faced.
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Master, I haven't always been a patient student, but I have proven myself.
I am a Jedi Knight. I won't fail you.
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No, Anakin. Don't fail yourself. May the Force be with you.
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Coruscant...
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Sector 4 needs reinforcements. We are being overrun. Repeat, we are...
Fall back, fall back, fall back!
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Hold your positions! Hold your positions! Master Windu.
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Attack!
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Coruscant...
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Come in.
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Supreme Chancellor, we must get you to your shelter immediately.
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But the battle is so far off.
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Please, Supreme Chancellor. We must follow safety protocol and get you to...
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I will not cower in the face of this treacherous attack. What is that, what is that sound?
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We have to go! Now!
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Hmm. See? It was nothing.
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Chancellor...
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Chapter 24:
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Coruscant...
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How dare you barge into my private residence. Who do you think you are?
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Chancellor, I don't think...
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I'll take care of this. I am Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Galactic Republic,
and I will not be bullied by any thug who happens to...
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Take him!
Stay behind me.
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Yes.
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*Yells*
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Ithorians. Four throats. Quite powerful.
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So I've heard...
*coughs*
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Hurry, get to the ship.
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*Yells again*
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Trooper, call for support!
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We're being jammed, we have no communication. We're on our own.
*the whilem*
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Nelvaan...
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*a voice in Anakin's memory* You must follow the wind, it is the mother's cry.
Travel her tears, they are frozen with fear. Enter the mother's mouth to awake
her inner flame.
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*ghosty, haunty yell in Anakin's head* Anakin!!!
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Coruscant...
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*speaking*
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No.
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Coruscant...
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Please deposite two Republi, please deposite two, please deposite two Republic Credits.
Please, p, please, p, please dep, p, p, please deposite two Republic Credits.
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*speaking*
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Yes, brilliant job. Master Yoda would be...
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We have to leave.
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And, so it ends. A valiant effort, but, as you can see, ultimately futile.
Now, Jedi, prepare yourself; for you are about to leave this world.
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I don't think so. *sighs relief*
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Excellent work, Master Jedi.
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Hurry!
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Nelvaan...
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But, sir, the brain modulations aren't fully integrated or tested yet.
Specimen control cannot be garunteed.
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No matter. Grevious grows impatient. We must deliver the prototypes.
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But we're just not ready.
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Our concerns are of little consequence to General Grevious.
Begin the final phase, and bring the last specimen forward.
I will preform the procedure myself.
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Yes, sir.
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*gasps* Nelvaan warrior? What are they doing to you? No!
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Jedi! Unleash the specimens.
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But they're not ready!
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I said unleash them! Attack! Attack!
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Wait! I'm here to help! You've been altered. You must gain control of yourselves.
Please stop. I don't want to harm you!
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*yelling*
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Chapter 25:
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Coruscant...
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Forward, keep up the pressure on the right!
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Sir, what about our left flank?
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The Jedi have the left.
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Coruscant...
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Go now. No longer safe for you it is.
Strange is the enemy's strategy.
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A massive invasion but no attempt to take the temple or senate.
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Unless an elaborate distraction.
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To hide their primary objective.
Palpatine.
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Palpatine.
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Coruscant...
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General Windu
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Pilot, turn this ship around.
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Yes, sir.
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Coruscant...
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Get inside. Get to the bunker.
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My dear, what about you?
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I will stay... and hold them off.
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But we don't know for sure if they're still following.
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Make no mistake. They are coming. Protect the chancellor.
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*speaking*
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And you.
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This selfless sacrifice will be long remembered in the archives of the Jedi Order.
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Nelvaan...
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You're not yourselves. You're being manipulated. You're Nelvaan warriors.
You must control yourselves. You must stop! I will defend myself.
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*speaking Nelvaan*
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What?
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*speaking Nelvaan*
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I understand.
*scream*
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*roaring*
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Nelvaan...
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Apu.
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hmmm.
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Nelvaan...
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You've done a great thing for these people. Well done, Anakin.
But tell me more of your experiance in the cave.
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I listened to the mother, just as the shaman said. I was shown a vision.
Do you think they'll be able to reclaim their old lives?
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I sense they will, as long as each of them is willing to accept himself.
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Coruscant...
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*gasp* No!
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Coruscant...
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You're mine, old man.
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I'm not afraid of you. You wouldn't dare harm the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic.
Whatever would your masters say?
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You are lucky they want you alive.
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*gasp* Chancellor!
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Shaak Ti, my dear, you've come to rescue me.
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Aaaah!
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You're tired, Jedi. You won't be needing this, I've got something else for you.
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Coruscant...
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AHG, *coughing*
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Shaak Ti.
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I failed.
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Space over Nelvaan...
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Beep?
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No, R2. There are things that are far more painful.
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You weren't in the medlab. I thought I might find you here.
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We're just finishing up. See? Good as new.
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Anakin, the most difficult trial a Jedi must face is to look inside oneself.
Often we see things we don't like, but these aspects are not set in stone.
It is our decisions that shape our destinies.
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Beep, bleep
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An urgent message from Coruscant? Patch it through.
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Via Holo...
Kenobi, Skywalker. Coruscant is under siege and General Grevious has abducted the Supreme Chancellor. You must return immediately, you must rescue Palpatine.
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Grevious. Battle stations! All crews to their fighters! Prepare to jump into hyperspace! Move!
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Back.