We must persuade the Commerce Guild and
the Corporate Alliance to sign the treaty.
I am a man of my word, Viceroy.
As I explained to you earlier,
I am quite convinced that 10,000 more systems
will rally to our cause with your support, gentlemen.
Good. Very good.
Our friends from the Trade Federation have pledged their support
and when their battle droids are combined with yours,
we shall have an army greater than any in the galaxy.
And the Jedi will be overwhelmed.
The Republic will agree to any demands we make.
"Oh, no, my friend. This is a mistake,
a terrible mistake. This is madness.
They've gone too far.
This has nothing to do with me, I can assure you.
I will petition immediately to have you set free.
May I ask why a Jedi knight is all the way out here on Geonosis?
Well, there are no bounty hunters here that I am aware of.
The Geonoisians don't trust them.
It's a great pity that our path's have never crossed before, Obi-Wan.
Qui-Gon always spoke very highly of you. *sigh*
I wish he were still alive. I could use his help right now.
Don't be so sure, my young Jedi.
You forget that he was once my apprentice,
just as you were once his.
He knew all about the corruption in the Senate,
but he would never have gone along with it if had learned the truth as I have.
The truth.
What if I told you that the Republic was
now under the control of the dark lord of the Sith?
The dark side of the Force has clouded their vision, my friend.
Hundreds of senators are now under
the influence of a Sith lord called Darth Sidious.
The viceroy of the Trade Federation
was once in league with this Darth Sidious.
But he was betrayed ten years ago by the dark lord.
He came to me for help. He told me everything.
You must join me, Obi-Wan.
And together we will destroy the Sith.
It may be difficult to secure your release.
Patience, Viceroy, patience.
She will die.
Master Windu. How pleasant of you to join us.
Brave but, uh, foolish, my old Jedi friend.
You're impossibly outnumbered.
We'll see.
Master Windu, you have fought gallantly.
Worthy of recognition in the archives of the Jedi order.
Now, it is finished.
Surrender, and your lives will be spared.
Then, I'm sorry, old friend.
That doesn't seem possible.
How could the Jedi have come up with an Army so quickly?
There are too many.
My Master will never allow the Republic to get away with this treachery.
I will take the designs with me to Coruscant.
They will be much safer there with my master.
As you see, my Jedi powers are far beyond yours.
Now.. back down.
Master Kenobi, you disappoint me.
Yoda holds you in such high esteem.
Surely you can do better!
Brave of you, boy.
But I would have thought you had learned your lesson.
Master Yoda.
You have interfered with our affairs for the last time.
I've become more powerful than any Jedi.
Even you.
It is obvious that this contest
can not be decided by our knowledge of the Force,
but by our skills with a lightsaber.
This is just the beginning.
The Force is with us, Master Sidious.
I have good news for you, my lord. The war has begun.