DOOKU: My lord, I have selected
the clone template.
SIDIOUS: There has been a change in plans,
lord Tyranus. We have a new template.
One far more easily motivated by profit
and just as capable in killing Jedi.
DOOKU: Who is it master? Who could you have
found that is the superior of Jango Fett?
TAUN WE: These clones exhibit too much independence.
Lord Sidious might have chosen a better template.
LAMA SU: The plan has changed. These clones will fight
against the Jedi from the beginning.
An army of mercenaries with an
unorthodoxy that shall undo the Jedi.
TAUN WE: With respect, why must their
weapons be so primitive?
LAMA SU: A surprising revelation, Taun We.
A Jedi's weapon deflects blasters
and not the slugs from a gun.
Our benefactor will be most
pleased with the final result.
TAUN WE: With respect, why must their
weapons be so primitive?
LAMA SU: A surprising revelation, Taun We.
A Jedi's weapon deflects blasters
and not the slugs from a gun.
Our benefactor will be most
pleased with the final result.
Dooku comes up alongside Jango Fett as they
both observe the clones from a balcony.
FETT: You have your army. Why have
you asked me to remain here?
DOOKU: Of the many services you still have
to perform, I thought you would
do well to train them. I notice
that you keep your distance.
FETT: They won't take training.
DOOKU: They show much promise.
FETT: They're undisciplined.
DOOKU: An asset to be exploited.
Spontaneity is a great weapon
against the Jedi's foresight.
FETT: They scheme, Count.
DOOKU: Infrequently.
FETT: It's something that can
be detected by a Jedi.
DOOKU: One of the things we intend
to improve upon from the
original host. You would
have been no different
were you in the same position.
FETT: I nearly was.
DOOKU: You will not be made idle much longer,
my friend. Soon I will have a mission for you.
One Senator Amidala is blocking the creation
of the droid foundaries necessary for the
Republic's participation in this war.
FETT: I normally don't inquire into client business,
but why would you want to equip your enemy?
DOOKU: The Jedi inspire corruption by their existence.
To furnish the Republic with a droid army
will reduce the overall casualities before
the galaxy comes to this revelation.
And before our benevolence is recognized
I have every confidence that the clones
shall prove most effective against the Jedi.
But they shall do far better if you train them.
FETT: As you wish, Count.
One Senator Amidala is blocking the creation
of the droid foundaries necessary for the
Republic's participation in this war.
FETT: I normally don't inquire into client business,
but why would you want to equip your enemy?
DOOKU: The Jedi inspire corruption by their existence.
To furnish the Republic with a droid army
will reduce the overall casualities before
the galaxy comes to this revelation.
And before our benevolence is recognized
I have every confidence that the clones
shall prove most effective against the Jedi.
But they shall do far better if you train them.
FETT: As you wish, Count.
The Jedi ignite their lightsabers in the Geonosian arena. The flighty insects flee before the sight of so many where one had been sufficiently destructive to their hive. Anakin and Obi-Wan are rearmed, but all the Jedi are presented with no foes to face. Relief clouds the minds of the padawans as the crowd melts away into the sky, but the masters are struck dumb with confusion. There is no army here ready to face them as they had been told.
MACE: This party's over.
Mace Windu is shot through the chest as his tunic turns bloody before the report from the gun follows. The remaining Jedi look up to witness Mace tumble backwards from Dooku's balcony.
More silent stones rain down on the giants of the Force with corresponding delayed claps of thunder. Here the bullets come too fast for most Jedi so that all they gain is to witness death twice.
The snipers are well hidden and do not reveal so much as a muzzle flash.
Anakin is struck in the leg and Padme crouches over him in horror.
Nute Gunray observes the scene from behind one of the sniper clones.
GUNRAY: There she is! Finish her off!
Jayne trains on Padme's back through the
sniper scope and hesitates on the trigger.
GUNRAY: What's wrong with you?
Shoot her!
JAYNE: She's a woman.
GUNRAY: Dooku promised
you'd be a killer.
Jayne draws his sidearm and shoots Gunray.
JAYNE: I am.
He looks through the scope again to see Padme
and Obi-Wan drag Anakin down into the catacombs.
The clones cease fire and break down their rifles while
there isn't another living Jedi left in the arena.
DOOKU: In the wake of this travesty the Republic
will surely approve the creation of a droid
army. And the coming war will uncover
the many crimes of the Republic from which
the people shall be liberated. And at last the Jedi
are finished. The remainder will be no match.
JAYNE: In speaking of which, when do we get paid?
DOOKU: You need not worry about your reward.
You all shall receive a great bounty
for your service to the galaxy.
Dooku eyes one of the clones
coming late to the company.
DOOKU: For fighting from afar I smell
the stench of death on you.
The blood of a Neimoidian.
Hmmm, why did you kill
Nute Gunray?
The clone stands somewhat sheepishly.
DOOKU: Didn't you know he was a benefactor?
JAYNE: Yeah. Well, he told me to
shoot the woman.
DOOKU: That was part of the arrangement.
Another clones answers for the straggler.
JAYNE: Yours, not ours.
We don't take those jobs.
DOOKU: You were raised from birth to take
revenge on the Republic. You will
take every job that you are instructed.
And you are being well compensated.
JAYNE: You pay us to fight
wizards and machines.
And we don't care about
your cause, only coin.
DOOKU: Yet, you do not bulk at shooting
an unarmed man. And clearly
your training was incomplete.
It's a shame I've already begun
the war with the Jedi.
JAYNE: We'll fight your war, Count.
Just don't go thinking
you can change the job.
Padme's corvette shoots across the sky.
DOOKU: Shoot them.
Jango draws his blasters as his armor
becomes peppered with their revolvers.
Jango downs one clone, but he is bum-rushed by the rest. Dooku releases a torrent of lightning, but receives a volley of bullets in return and retreats, grievously wounded. Where he expects to find his speeder bike, Dooku finds his Geonosian escort dead next to their fighters. The clones slowly enter the cavern, some still reloading their revolvers.
DOOKU: You fools! You could have had
so much more. Where will you go?
What would you do after I'm gone?
What would you do after I'm gone?
Jayne shoots.
JAYNE: Shut up.
He turns to the others.
JAYNE: Do you want a galaxy, guys?
They shake their heads.
JAYNE: Neither do I.
A walking hologram projector approaches them.
SIDIOUS: A most impressive display.
I see I chose well in Jedi killers.
You are quite thorough. Lord Tyranus
would have never made a true Sith.
JAYNE: Who are you?
SIDIOUS: I am your architect, still in need
of a war. You proved most effective
against my enemy the Jedi.
My investment in you has paid off.
JAYNE: We finished the job.
Sidious begins to Force choke another clone.
SIDIOUS: I commissioned you and I can
ever more easily unmake you.
Jedi still remain. And their memory
must be destroyed lest more should
rise again. The Jedi are relentless.
And so you must also punish them
for their arrogance. Unlike others,
I respect the non-adept's presence
in the Force. The Jedi will fall.
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