out in pain. OBI-WAN is near her and softly speaks to her.
O BI- W AN: Save your energy.
P ADMÉ: I can’t!
O BI- W AN: Don’t give up, Padmé. Don’t give up . . .
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103 (75) INT. CORUSCANT—PADMÉ’S APARTMENT—LIVING ROOM—DAY
ANAKIN is in the living room, working. He sits on the couch where Obi-Wan was sitting. PADMÉ enters and crosses behind him.
A NAKIN: I sense someone familiar . . . Obi-Wan’s been here, hasn’t he?
P ADMÉ: He came by this morning.
A NAKIN: What did he want?
PADMÉ looks at him for a moment. ANAKIN seems tense.
P ADMÉ: He’s worried about you.
A NAKIN: You told him about us, didn’t you?
She continues to walk to the bedroom, he follows.
P ADMÉ: He’s your best friend, Anakin. He says you’re under a lot of stress.
A NAKIN: And he’s not?
P ADMÉ: You have been moody lately.
A NAKIN: I’m not moody . . .
P ADMÉ: Anakin! Don’t do this again.
A NAKIN: I don’t know . . . I feel . . . lost.
P ADMÉ: Lost? What do you mean? You’re always so sure of yourself. I don’t understand.
A NAKIN: Obi-Wan and the Council don’t trust me.
P ADMÉ: They trust you with their lives. Obi-Wan loves you as a son.
A NAKIN: Something’s happening . . . I’m not the Jedi I should be. I am one of the most powerful Jedi, but I’m not satisfied . . . I want more, and I know I shouldn’t.
P ADMÉ: You expect too much of yourself.
They stop in front of the window in the bedroom. ANAKIN puts his hand on her belly.
A NAKIN: I have found a way to save you.
P ADMÉ: Save me?
A NAKIN: From my nightmares.
P ADMÉ: Is that what’s bothering you?
A NAKIN: I won’t lose you, Padmé.
P ADMÉ: I’m not going to die in childbirth, Annie. I promise you.
A NAKIN: No, I promise you! I am becoming so powerful with my new knowledge of the Force, I will be able to keep you from dying.
PADMÉ looks ANAKIN in the eye.
P ADMÉ: You don’t need more power, Anakin. I believe you can protect me against anything, just as you are.
They embrace and kiss.
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104 EXT. UTAPAU-SPACE
OBI-WAN blasts out of the BLUE JEDI FIGHTER’s hyperspace ring and heads for the planet Utapau. The BLUE FIGHTER skims over the planet’s surface, flat except for a few giant sinkholes.
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105 (79) EXT. UTAPAU—LANDING PLATFORM—DAY
OBI-WAN lands his ship on a Platform projecting out of the side of a giant sinkhole. All is quiet. A local administrator, TION MEDON, comes out to greet the ship. OBI-WAN climbs out of his Fighter as a SHORT GROUND CREW looks over his ship. On a ledge above the landing platform, GRIEVOUS’s BODYGUARDS watch as OBI-WAN talks to TION MEDON.
T ION M EDON: Greetings, young Jedi. What brings you to our remote sanctuary?
O BI- W AN: Unfortunately, the war.
T ION M EDON: There is no war here unless you’ve brought it with you.
O BI- W AN: With your kind permission, I should like some fuel and to use your city as a base as I search nearby systems for General Grievous.
A GROUND CREW rushes out and refuels Obi-Wan’s Fighter.
TION MEDON leans close to OBI-WAN and speaks quietly.
T ION M EDON: He is here! We are being held hostage. They are watching us.
O BI- W AN: I understand.
T ION M EDON: The tenth level . . . thousands of Battle Droids . . .
O BI- W AN: Tell your people to take shelter. If you have warriors, now is the time.
OBI-WAN starts back toward his Starfighter as TION MEDON leaves the Landing Platform. GRIEVOUS’s BODYGUARDS retreat from the overhead platform. OBI-WAN climbs back into his BLUE JEDI FIGHTER. His Astro Unit (R4-G9) turns to him:
O BI- W AN:
(continuing
) Geenine, take the Fighter back to the ship. I’m staying here. Tell Cody I’ve made contact.
The little Astro Droid BEEPS a reply.
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106 (80) EXT. UTAPAU—OBSERVATION DECK—DAY
On a high balcony, TION MEDON looks down on the landing platform. A few steps behind him stands one of GENERAL GRIEVOUS’s BODYGUARDS. They watch the canopy lower.
T ION M EDON: I told you, all he
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