wanted was fuel.
B ODYGUARD: What was his name?
T ION M EDON: He didn’t say.
They watch as the BLUE JEDI FIGHTER takes off.
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107 INT. UTAPAU—LANDING PLATFORM—HALLWAY—DAY
OBI-WAN also watches his ship take off. He is hiding in the hallway. He quietly moves farther into the city.
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108 EXT. UTAPAU—STAIRWAY—SINKHOLE RIM—DAY
OBI-WAN quickly rushes up a stairway cut into the side of the sinkhole. It’s hard to see him. In an alcove, he carefully surveys the city, then quickly moves on.
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109 (83) INT. UTAPAU—CITY—DRAGON CORRAL—DAY
OBI-WAN makes his way through the city, looking up at the tenth level with electro-binoculars from his utility belt. He tries to figure out how he is going to get up there. He hears strange bellowing cries and he investigates.
He comes across a corral filled with about half a dozen DRAGON-LIKE LIZARDS. SEVERAL WRANGLERS are standing around.
OBI-WAN walks up to the WRANGLERS and uses the Force with his slight hand movements.
O BI- W AN: I need transportation.
W RANGLER:
(subtitled, in native tongue
) You need transportation.
O BI- W AN: Get it for me.
W RANGLER:
(subtitled, in native tongue
) I will get it for you.
One of the WRANGLERS turns to the others and chatters away in his strange tongue. OBI-WAN walks along the line of DRAGON/LIZARDS, checking out each one. He looks at their teeth, legs, etc. Finally he pats one on the neck.
O BI- W AN: This one.
The WRANGLER brings the chosen one over to him.
W RANGLER: Boga. She answers to Boga.
O BI- W AN: Good girl, Boga.
OBI-WAN swings onto the back of the LIZARD. The beast rears up and scurries outside to the edge of the sinkhole.
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110 EXT. UTAPAU—SINKHOLE WALL—LIZARD—DAY
The LIZARD BOGA rears up on her hind legs again, then climbs the wall of the sheer cliff and starts moving up toward the tenth level. The city appears to be deserted. OBI-WAN is alert to any movement.
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111 INT. UTAPAU—CONFERENCE ROOM—GRAND CHAMBER—DAY
GENERAL GRIEVOUS stands before the COUNCIL OF SEPARATISTS, including NUTE GUNRAY, RUNE HAAKO, POGGLE THE LESSER, SHU MAI, SAN HILL, PO NUDO, WAT TAMBOR, and PASSEL ARGENTE. OBI-WAN hides above the assembly and watches intently.
G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: It won’t be long before the armies of the Republic track us here. I am sending you to the Mustafar system in the Outer Rim. It is a volcanic planet which generates a great deal of scanning interference. You will be safe there.
N UTE G UNRAY: Safe? Chancellor Palpatine managed to escape your grip, General, without Count Dooku. I have doubts about your ability to keep us safe.
G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Be thankful, Viceroy, you have not found yourself in my grip . . . Your ship is waiting.
OBI-WAN is deep in thought.
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112 (85) INT. UTAPAU—TENTH LEVEL—CONTROL CENTER—DAY
The JEDI removes his cloak and jumps down behind the GENERAL.
O BI- W AN: Hello, there!
G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: General Kenobi, you are a bold one. I find your behavior bewildering . . . Surely you realize you’re doomed.
(to droids
) Kill him!
About a HUNDRED BATTLE DROIDS surround OBI-WAN, GENERAL GRIEVOUS, and his BODYGUARDS. OBI-WAN looks around, then walks right up to GENERAL GRIEVOUS.
They stare at each other for a moment.
G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Enough of this.
The BODYGUARDS raise their power staffs to knock OBI-WAN away, but OBI-WAN ducks as the deadly staffs whistle over his head. The Jedi’s lightsaber ignites, and OBI-WAN deftly cuts one BODYGUARD in two. His staff flies into the air and is caught by GENERAL GRIEVOUS. The other THREE BODYGUARDS attack OBI-WAN with an intense fury.
OBI-WAN uses the Force to release a piece of equipment from the ceiling. It drops on the BODYGUARDS, smashing them. OBI-WAN walks toward GRIEVOUS, slashing the last BODYGUARD to pieces. BATTLE DROIDS move toward OBI-WAN.
G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Back away. I will deal with this Jedi slime myself.
O BI- W AN: Your move.
G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: You fool. I have been
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