STAR WARS:

TALES OF THE JEDI

Full Cast Audio Drama Transcript

v1.1 March 1998

Audio Adapatation written by John Whitman

Based on

"Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi"

Five issue comic miniseries published in 1993

Written by Tom Veitch

Drawn by Chris Gossett, Mike Barreiro, Janine Johnston, and David

Roach

and

"Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi --The Freedon Nadd Uprising"

Two issue comic miniseries published in 1994

Written by Tom Veitch

Drawn by Tony Akins and Denis Rodier

Transcript by Christopher G. McElroy

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A long, LONG time ago,

in a galaxy far, far away.....

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TAPE ONE / SIDE ONE

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PART ONE --"ULIC QEL-DROMA AND THE BEAST WARS OF ONDERON"

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NARRATOR: Star Wars --Tales of the Jedi.

Music: Star Wars Main Theme.

NARRATOR: For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were

the

most powerful --the most respected --force in the galaxy. In the

ages

before the rise of the Emperor Palpatine, before the fall of Darth

Vader,

before the birth of Luke Skywalker, the Jedi Knights were guardians of

peace

and justice in the Old Republic.

Through all the long years, their stories have been preserved. Two

of

the most famous of these Jedi warriors were Ulic Qel-Droma and

Nomi

Sunrider. Young Jedi Knights of great power, who learned to master the

ways

of the Force. Their adventures were a prelude to the great wars that

would

follow, for the rise and fall of empires, and for all future clashes

between

the Dark Side and the Light.

The battle that would alter the course of the galaxy begins on

the

planet Arcania, where the great Jedi Master Arca patiently trains his

three

apprentices: the brash young Ulic Qel-Droma, his brother Cay, and the

alien

called Tott Doneeta, a member of the Twi'lek race. Listen now to

these

stories of good and evil --these legends of heroes and villains

struggling

for control of the galaxy........these tales of the Jedi.......

SCENE 1-1 EXT. ARCANIA - TRAINING GROUND

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Sound: Tinkering noises. The whir of a droid's servomotors, and

a

blaster shot. The whine of a lightsaber moving, and a pained grunt.

Ulic

Qel-Droma is deflecting blaster shots from a droid.

CAY: Good block, Ulic!

ULIC: (breathing hard) Thanks, Cay.

TOTT: By the goddess of the Twi'leks, your brother handles

his

lightsaber well, Cay.

Sound: Ulic starts sparring with the training droid again.

CAY: He's the best, Tott Doneeta. (another block) Whoa-hoh!

TOTT: Still, are you sure you wouldn't like some help, my friend?

ULIC: Aw, you know better than to ask that, Tott Doneeta! I can

handle

this on my own! This training droid is old and slow.

Sound: Another lightsaber block.

CAY: Then maybe we should turn it up another notch. (respectfully)

With

your permission, Master Arca....

ARCA: (a weathered, wise voice) Yes, Cay. I think your older

brother

could use a more difficult test.

CAY: All right, Ulic. The Jedi Master has spoken. A better test for

our

great hero!

Sound: More tinkering.

CAY: I'll just open up this droid's energy regulators, and.....off

you

go!

Sound: The speed of the sparring picks up significantly.

ULIC: Ha ha, that's better! But still (grunt) not (grunt)

good

enough --uhh --to beat --unn --me!

Sound: Ulic chops the droid's blaster arm off, and turns off

his

lightsaber.

ULIC: There!

CAY: Hooray!

TOTT: (chuckle) Well done, Ulic.

ULIC: Thank you, thank you.

ARCA: But I believe you should --Sound: The droid blasts Ulic in the back with his other arm. It

only

stings a little.

ULIC: (moans)

ARCA: --watch your back, my young pupil.

CAY: Ulic! You should have known that droid was still armed! Are

you

all right?

ULIC: Uh....sure, Cay. Just a bruised ego, is all.

TOTT: Your brother lets his courage cloud his mind, Cay.

ARCA: Tott Doneeta speaks well, Ulic. A Jedi needs more than

mere

bravery. Overconfidence has been the undoing of many a seasoned warrior.

Let

the Force be your strength.

ULIC: You're right. As usual, Master Arca. If that training droid

had

been using deadly force, I'd be a burn mark on the wall right now.

CAY: Well, you still did a pretty good job on it.

Sound: Cay opens the droid up.

CAY: I'd better get to work fixing it back up.

ARCA: Sit down, Cay. The droid can wait. I have a story to tell

all

three of you. But.....you must listen as a Jedi listens.

ULIC: (whisper) Cay, pay attention! It's disrespectful to fix

your

lightsaber when a Jedi Master is talking to you!

CAY: (whisper) I'm not fixing it, Ulic! I'm tuning the blade!

ULIC: Shh!

ARCA: (concentrating) Open your thoughts to me. Let my words

become

images in your minds. Listen to me, Ulic......listen to me,

Cay......listen

to me, Tott Doneeta....

Sound: Blowing wind, as the Master uses the Force to plant images

of

his story in his student's minds.

ARCA: Through the Force, you will see things.....other

places....the

future, the past.....(pause) Light years from here, orbiting a yellow

sun,

is the world of Onderon, circled by its' four moons.

Sound: A large animal's footsteps, on rocky ground.

CAY : I.....I see it. It's a terrible place. Desolate....

ULIC: I see it too. Creatures live there. Monsters with

wings.....big

as skyhoppers!

Sound: A keening cry of a flying creature, which swoops down and

tears

into the walking creature.

ULIC: (con't)....with terrible jaws.....

TOTT: I too see the vision. Is it the future, or --ARCA: The past. You see the distant past of the planet Onderon.

Eons

ago, the atmospheres of Onderon and it's fourth moon would touch

briefly

during the summer season. In those days, a number of these savage

creatures

learned to escape the confines of their lunar home, and migrated to

the

planet Onderon.

Sound: A tiny village.

ULIC: But....there are people on that

planet!

Primitive....helpless....they'll be slaughtered!

Sound: The cry of the approaching beasts.

VILLAGE MAN: (echoing) What's that?

VILLAGE WOMAN: (echoing) Creatures....coming out of the clouds!

VILLAGE MAN: They're coming this way!! LOOK OUT!!!

VILLAGE WOMAN: My baby.....IT'S GOT MY BABY!!!!!

ARCA: And so it was. The peaceful Onderonians were utterly

unprepared

for these savage beasts. The winged creatures hunted and ate them at

will.

Grew fat, and multiplied. The gentle Onderonians were forced to

develop

weapons of death. In a few brief years, the Onderonians learned

the

pleasures of hunting, and began to kill the monsters for meat. And sport.

TOTT: Master, my people --the Twi'lek race of the planet Ryloth --say

that "War is the beginning of civilization."

ARCA: Well, Tott, on the planet Onderon, that was certainly the

case.

Behold the vision, as the eons pass.....

ULIC: I see the tribes pass away. Civilization begins. Tribal

culture

evolved into civilization. But Master Arca....the vision is.....strange.

I

see only ONE gigantic city on the entire planet.

ARCA: There is only one city on Onderon. Thanks to the constant

threat

of the beasts, Onderonian society developed into one great walled

fortress,

called Iziz.

CAY: In the vision, it grows year by year.

ULIC: I've never seen a city so huge! There must be MILLIONS

of

inhabitants!

Sound: Cry of the Beasts.

CAY: WATCH OUT!! THE BEASTS ARE ATTACKING!!!

ARCA: Stay calm, Cay. It is only a vision. Year after year, the

winged

Beasts attack the city, drawn by the scent of Onderonian flesh. But

the

people develop more powerful weapons, and drove the creatures back....

Sound: An early form of blaster gun fires.

ARCA: Inside the city, civilization ruled. But beyond it's walls,

most

of the planet remained a savage outland, ruled by the vicious Beasts.

JUDGE: (echoing, distinguished voice) For crimes committed against

the

city, I exile you to the wilderness beyond the Walls!!

CRIMINAL: (echoing) NO!! NNNOOO!!!!!

ARCA: During the ages, it became the Onderonian's custom to

exile

lawbreakers into the wilderness.

GUARD: (echoing) Out you go, Lawbreaker!

CRIMINAL (echoing) Noo.....have mercy......NNNNOOOOOO!!!!

Sound: Guard kicks the Criminal out the open door. The cry of a

Beast.

Ripping, shredding sounds, and the Criminal's dying gurgles.

ARCA: At first, the monsters provided quick and efficient execution

for

these outcasts. But eventually, the outlaws learned to tame the

flying

Beasts.

Sound: The growl of a Beast.

OUTLAW: (echoing) Lash it down!

OUTLAW TWO: (echoing) Get that rope secure! Watch out for those

jaws!

OUTLAW: (echoing) Get that muzzle on!

ARCA: A few of the outcasts established themselves as

powerful

warlords, with great armies of vicious Beasts at their command.

Onderon

became a divided world. A world constantly at war, as both the outlaws

and

the city dwellers developed more and more powerful weapons of

destruction.

ULIC: The vision.....it's fading.....

ARCA: We have reached the present. Now, the people of Onderon

have

asked the Republic to intercede. And the Republic, in turn, has called

upon

the Jedi for help. I have agreed to become the watchman of the

Onderon

system.

ULIC: Are you going to leave us, Master Arca? Or will you take us

with

you?

ARCA: I'm not taking you with me, Ulic. Because I'm staying here.

YOU

are going to Onderon.

ULIC, CAY, AND TOTT: What?!?

CAY: Us? I don't understand....

ULIC: Don't you see, Cay? At last, after all our years

of

training....we've been given our first mission!

SCENE 1-2 EXT. ARKANIA - LANDING PAD - THE FOLLOWING DAY

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Sound: In the background, Ulic and Cay's ship --the

"Nebulon

Ranger" --warms up to launch.

ULIC: Tott Doneeta and my brother are already aboard the

Nebulon

Ranger, Master Arca. I just wanted to thank you again. We won't fail you.

Music: Low, somber SW theme begins under Arca's next words.

ARCA: The Onderonians have asked for help in ending

their

centuries-long state of war. They will want you to fight, but

remember

Ulic --the Jedi bring PEACE. Use your weapons as a last resort.

ULIC: We will do as you ask, Master. We only request that you keep

us

in your thoughts.

ARCA: In the power of the Force, I will be with you, Ulic. But this

is

to be a test of your Knighthood. You and your companions must make your

own

way through the difficulties you will encounter. May the Force be with

you.

Sound: A moment later, the Nebulon Ranger launches.

SCENE 1-3 INT. NEBULON RANGER COCKPIT - SEVERAL HOURS LATER

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Sound: Normal cockpit sounds. Beeping sound.

CAY: Ulic, the navigation computer says we're approaching

the

Onderonian system. We'll hit their gravity well any minute.

ULIC: Stop fiddling with the instruments, Cay. Relax. Tott Doneeta

was

just telling me more about his homeworld.

TOTT: As I was saying....my people, the Twi'leks, have an ancient

and

rich history of nonviolence. We prefer intellect and cleverness to

outright

brutality.

CAY: Entering the gravity well of Onderon, Ulic. I'm cutting

in

sublight engines.

ULIC: But I've heard that some Twi'leks have begun forming

alliances

with offworlders, Tott. Even with smugglers like the Hutts.

CAY: Sublight engines engaged. Entering the atmosphere.

TOTT: All species have their stray members, Ulic. You can't hold

the

race responsible for the actions of --Sound: A klaxon stops all conversation.

CAY: Sorry to interrupt your pleasure with business, boys, but I've

got

a flight of giant birds on a collision trajectory!

Sound: Ulic takes the controls.

ULIC: All right. Angle the deflector shields, Tott. I'm taking

the

Nebulon Ranger down another 1,000 meters. That should --CAY: No good, Ulic. The whole swarm is maneuvering to hit us.

ULIC: What kind of crazy birds would --TOTT: I've got a visual sighting, Ulic. Those aren't birds. Those

are

Beast Riders! Armed with --Sound: The Nebulon Ranger is hit badly. Blaster fire. Cry of

the

Beasts.

ULIC: --heavy blasters! Beginning evasive manuevers...

TOTT: Deflectors are holding. Shall I return fire?

ULIC: No. Master Arca sent us here to make peace. We'll fly through

the

swarm without firing a shot. Cay, contact the city.

CAY: I'm on it. (activates comm) Attention, city of Iziz. This is

the

Nebulon Ranger, requesting permission to land. Repeat, Nebulon

Ranger

requesting permission to land!

NOVAR: (a haughty, accented voice on comm) We read you, Nebulon

Ranger.

You are expected. Turn on course 030 to the royal spacedock.

ULIC: We have a slight problem, Iziz. Actually, we estimate

30-40

slight problems. Beast Riders using our ship for target practice.

NOVAR: Continue on your present heading, Nebulon Ranger. Our

defensive

batteries will take care of those Beast Riders.

Sound: Heavy cannon fire from the city smashes the Beasts.

SCENE 1-4 OUTSIDE THE NEBULON RANGER....

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RIDER #1: That ship is breaking through. It's going to reach the

city.

RIDER #2: We must stop it! The Jedi must not be allowed to reach

Iziz!

I'm taking my Beast Riders after them! (whips his Beast) Hi-yah!!

RIDER #1: Wait! Not here! We're too close to the perimeter.

Those

turboblasters will --Sound: Turboblaster fire. Scream of one Beast Rider as he and his

Beast

are burned to a crisp.

RIDER #1: Too late. That's more good men I've lost to the

city

dwellers. They will pay.....in blood.

SCENE 1-5 EXT. IZIZ --LANDING PAD

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Sound: The Nebulon Ranger settles onto the pad. The hatch opens.

NOVAR: Jedi Knights. Welcome. I am Novar, adviser to Queen

Amanoa,

ruler of Iziz.

ULIC: Queen Amanoa? We had heard that King Omin ruled the city.

NOVAR: Sadly, the King has.....recently passed into the darkness.

Queen

Amanoa rules here in his great name.

ULIC: I am Ulic Qel-Droma. This is my brother Cay. And this--

NOVAR: (suddenly enraged) An ALIEN LIFEFORM!!! GUARDS!!! SEIZE

HIM!!!!

Sound: Tott is accosted by two burly guards.

ULIC: (shocked) Hey, what's going on?!? This is Tott Doneeta,

our

companion! Tell your armor-plated turbos to --NOVAR: (coldly) We have a strict ban on aliens entering the

Royal

citadel. The Royal protectors will remove this one

for......'interrogation.'

Sound: Two lightsabers ignite simultaneously.

ULIC: (angry himself) DID I NOT SAY IT?!? WE ARE JEDI!!! LET HIM

GO!!!!

NOVAR: Be careful, 'Jedi'. Mortal threats on your part will

cause

severe political repercussions.

Sound: A comm on Novar beeps.

ROYAL ADVISOR: Novar, the Queen orders the three Jedi to the

throne

room. At once!!

SCENE 1-6 INT. IZIZ ROYAL PALACE - CORRIDOR / THRONE ROOM

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Sound: A royal court in full swing in the distance.

NOVAR: The Queen's throne room is just ahead.

CAY: This is quite a city. Don't you think, Tott?

TOTT: Indeed, Cay. It covers hundreds of square miles. Millions

must

live inside its walls. But I find something....disturbing.

ULIC: Oh, you're just angry about the misunderstanding at the

docking

bay, Tott. Remember --we're here to bring peace.

Sound: The gate to the throne room opens. The royal court noise

quiets

to silence.

NOVAR: Jedi Knights, this is Her Majesty, Queen Amanoa. And

her

daughter, Princess Galia.

AMANOA: (a crackly, old voice) These are the Jedi??

GALIA: (a much younger voice, 16 years old) They look like

untutored

youths.

ULIC: Queen Amanoa, I am Ulic Qel-Droma. These are my companions.

AMANOA: Come, come, boy. When we asked for help in dealing with

these

Beast Riders, we were expecting a great Jedi Master. Not boys.

ULIC: Master Arca has entrusted us with the job of bringing peace

to

this system. Please understand, Queen Amanoa--once you embrace

the

Republic, the power of all the Jedi is ready to serve you.

AMANOA: (unimpressed) A nice speech, little boy. But we shall

reserve

our judgment. In the meantime, let me introduce my daughter, Princess

Galia.

GALIA: It's an honor to meet such.....young Jedi.

CAY: (irritated) Ohh....I'm getting tired of this....

AMANOA: Jedi, as you know, we are plagued by outlaws. These

Beast

Riders are led by a savage named Oron Kira. My poor daughter cannot even

go

to the forest without a hundred armed men. But I believe the threat

has

become even more serious. The attack on your ship suggests that the

outlaws

now have spies within the city itself. Somehow, they knew of your

approach

even before we did. I --Sound: Far off explosions.

AMANOA: What was that? Novar?

NOVAR: Viewscreen on!

Sound: Viewscreen activates.

GUARD: (on comm, static-filled) .....northern Rampart, heading for

the

palace.....repeat, Beast Riders have broken through the northern

rampart!

They're heading for the---Sound: BIG explosion, right in the room!! Glass shatters, and the

howl

of the Beasts fill the chamber. Blaster fire begins to rain down ---ULIC: Beast Riders!!

AMANOA: GUARDS!! DEFEND US!!

TOTT: By the Twi'lek goddess --they're the same bunch that swarmed

the

Ranger!

AMANOA: Here's the chance to prove the power of your promise,

Jedi.

Will you help us now, to defend our city?

ULIC: Yes.

Sound: Ulic ignites his lightsaber. Cay and Tott do the same.

ULIC: We'd be honored. Cay, Tott, are you with me?

CAY: We're with you, brother! Let's go!!

Sound: The three Jedi wade into the Beast Riders, hacking and

slashing.

AMANOA: Come, my daughter. We will flee while the Jedi delay

our

enemies.

GALIA: (surprisingly hesitant) But Mother, I.....

AMANOA: Come! My personal bodyguards will defend us.

Sound: A Beast cries out in the heat of the battle.

RIDER #1: Jedi pest!! My beast will eat you alive!

Sound: Lightsaber slash, and the wet thud of something hitting

the

floor.

ULIC: First you'll have to reattach its' head to its' neck!

CAY: Nice piece of work, Ulic!

ULIC: These Beast Riders are no problem! Between us and the

palace

guards, we've got 'em licked!

TOTT: Don't be too rash, Ulic. I saw two Beast Riders slip

through.

I'll bet a Hutt's ransom they're after the Queen.....

ULIC: Okay, Tott. You and Cay follow them. I'll keep this bunch

busy.

TOTT: Are you kidding? You can't handle this bunch alone!

ULIC: Don't worry, Tott! Go on! These Beast Riders are slower than

a

third-rate training droid!

SCENE 1-7 INT. ROYAL PALACE - CORRIDOR LEADING TO QUEEN'S CHAMBERS

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Sound: Running footsteps.

RIDER #1: Hurry, Gobee. You're slower than a third-rate training

droid.

GOBEE: I'm running as fast as I can! I'm used to riding on the back

of

my Beast, not hoofing it down hallways in the Royal palace!

BODYGUARD: This will be your first and last trip, Beast Rider.

RIDER #1: Well, if it isn't two of the Royal bodyguards. And

there's

the Queen --and her lovely daughter....

GALIA: Mother --AMANOA: Guards, defend us!

BODYGUARD #2: Stand and die, invaders!

RIDER #1: (amused) Did he say "die"?

GOBEE: That's what he said.

Sound: The two Beast Riders blast down the two bodyguards.

RIDER #1: Now, Queen Amanoa......

AMANOA: Cursed enemies!!! (echoing) I call down the power of

the

ancient Jedi, Freedon Nadd, upon thee!!!

Sound: .........hmm, nothing happens.

GOBEE:......uh, right.

Sound: Gobee shoots the Queen.

GOBEE: (laughing) I guess Freedon Nadd must be "nadd"ing off!

GALIA: You Beast Riders have killed her!!

RIDER #1: Don't worry, Princess, she's only lightly stunned.

She'll

come around in a few seconds. Now, let's go. You're coming with us!

Sound: The Beast Riders (with Princess Galia in tow) race out of

the

corridor. A moment later, the two Jedi Knights rush up.

AMANOA: (moans as she comes around. She starts sobbing.)

CAY: Come on, Tott! I think they're down here!

AMANOA: Gone....my daughter gone.....

CAY: Tott, I found the bodies! The Beast Riders killed the guards,

and

Queen Amanoa!

TOTT: No, Cay. The Queen is alive.

AMANOA: CURSED JEDI!!! You said you came to PROTECT us!!!

CAY: Your Majesty, where is your daughter?

AMANOA: Taken. My poor Galia....taken by those savages!!!

Sound: Ulic runs up.

ULIC: Cay, Tott, I followed as soon as I could. The Beast Riders

turned

tail and ran....I guess we were too....wh-what happened here?

AMANOA: Ulic Qel-Droma, is THIS my reward for asking you to help

our

beleagured city?!? The loss of my daughter.....I DEMAND, in the name of

the

Republic, that you seek out the kidnappers and bring her back!!

ULIC: You have our word, Your Majesty.

TOTT: (quietly) Ulic...can I speak with you? (pause, then

tightly)

Master Arca put you in charge of this mission, Ulic, but he also says

that

you've overconfident. I think that we should report back to Master Arca.

Let him make the decision.

ULIC: No. No, it's time for us to prove to Master Arca that we

are

worthy of being called Jedi Knights.

TOTT: I don't know, Ulic. I don't trust these

people.....something

about them......

ULIC: Queen Amanoa, we leave at once for the wilds of Onderon! We

will

not return until we have freed your daughter!

Sound: The three Jedi Knights march off.

AMANOA: (cackling) Excellent, young Jedi!! (evilly) EXCELLENT......

SCENE 1-8 EXT. ONDERON FOREST

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Sound: Rain forest noises.

GOBEE: (yawn) Aw, man, I hate pulling this kind of duty. I don't

know

why Oron Kira's stuck us out here in the middle of the jungle.

GUARD #2: C'mon, Gobee, keep your eyes on your instruments. Oron

Kira's

the boss. And he says these hunter-seeker torpedoes we're manning

are

important. Now that we've got hold of the Princess, the Queen's sure to

send

out search parties.

GOBEE: Yeah, sure. But those sensor operators on the city couldn't

find

their backsides in the bathtub. They'll never find us in all

this

wilderness --Sound: Sensor alarm. The Nebulon Ranger roars right overhead,

going

full speed.

GUARD #2: Yeah?? Then what's THAT?!?

GOBEE: It's an offworld ship, and it's heading right for Oron

Kira's

hideout!!

SCENE 1-9 INT. NEBULON RANGER COCKPIT

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Sound: Normal cockpit noises. Ulic makes a few instrument

adjustments.

Sensor alarm.

CAY: Ulic, I've got a power reading dead ahead. Looks like a

main

generator....big enough to power up a small city.

TOTT: Visual sighting....it's a small fortress, built into

the

mountainside! I can see a few of those winged Beasts, circling the tower.

ULIC: That must be the Beast Riders' hideout, Cay. Tott, cut our

speed

to half-throttle, and come around to --Sound: Another alarm goes off.

CAY: Ulic, I've got a small object in flight, heading our way.

ULIC: What is it, more Beast Riders with hand blasters?

CAY: Negative. It's a seeker torpedo, doing magnitude 6 over the

speed

of sound! Tott, hit the shields!! HIT THE SH--Sound: Massive explosion.....then a thunderous CRASH.

SCENE 1-10 EXT. NEBULON RANGER --A LITTLE LATER......

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Sound: The creaking open of the Ranger's hatch. The three Jedi

climb

out.

TOTT: (coughs) I think we're alive.

ULIC: Oh, Cay.....are you in one piece?

CAY: (sigh) Sure. (cough) One piece. One really bruised piece, but

one

piece. I can't believe we survived that.

ULIC: We did, thanks to Tott.

TOTT: I activated the shields. Too late to stop the torpedo, but

the

shields absorbed some of the energy of the explosion. Then, as the

Ranger

went down, I angled the shields to cushion our fall.

ULIC: Damage report, Cay?

Sound: Cay starts rummaging through the smashed Ranger's engine.

CAY: Activating computer now.

Sound: Computer beep.

COMPUTER: Damage Assessment. Specify parameters.

CAY: Sublight drive.

COMPUTER: Working.....damage assessment. Sublight systems:

Ion

drive--20% operational. Solid fuel retrothrusters--40% operational.

Inertial

stabilizers--inoperative. Lateral fin--inoperative.

Sublight

transponder--inoperative.

ULIC: Hmm. Guess that means the ship won't go.

CAY: That's what it means. I can fix the stabilizers and the

lateral

fin, but....it'll take at least a day.

ULIC: All right, Cay. Stay here with the ship and see what you can

do.

Tott and I will investigate that fortress we spotted before we went down.

SCENE 1-11 EXT. JUNGLE

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Sound: Footsteps on wet ground.

GUARD #1: Are you sure they went down around here, Gobee?

GOBEE: I know how to read my tracking scopes! Those Jedi are

around

here somewhere...Trouble is, the same jungle that hides us from the

city

dwellers hides those Jedi from us.

GUARD #1: We'll have to keep looking 'til we--ULIC: 'Till you find us, Beast Rider?

GUARD #1: There they are!!

Sound: The two Beast Riders cock their weapons.

GUARD #1: All right, Jedi, keep your hands away from those

lightsabers!

TOTT: We don't need lightsabers to deal with you.

Sound: The Force becomes audible, as a rising hum.

GUARD #1: Huh?

ULIC: (echoing) You should put your weapons away.

GUARD #1 and GOBEE: We should put our weapons away.

ULIC: (echoing) And tell us where we are.

GOBEE: You are in the wilds of Onderon, near the stronghold of

our

leader, Oron Kira.

TOTT: Good work, Ulic. Your skills of control have grown powerful.

ULIC: (echoing) Where is Princess Galia?

GOBEE: In the fortress. She is going to be married to Oron Kira.

ULIC: Married!?

TOTT: Ulic, we must stop them!!

ULIC: (echoing) Take us to Oron Kira!

SCENE 1-12 INT. BEAST RIDER HEADQUARTERS

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Sound: A large room, filled to bursting. Clacking of staffs, and

a

chant: "Daw nee sha....daw nee sha...."

PRIEST: We gather beneath the four moons of Onderon to perform

the

ceremony of binding. Who among you bears witness to this great event?

RIDER #2: WE DO!!! THE WARRIORS OF ORON KIRA!!

RIDERS: AYE AYE!!!

PRIEST: Then you are witnesses to the life vows of these two.

Galia,

Princess of Onderon.....

SCENE 1-13 EXT. BEAST RIDER HEADQUARTERS

=======================================================

Sound: The party can be heard from outside --barely.

PRIEST: (a whisper) ....and Oron of the House of Kira.....

Sound: Ulic grunts as he climbs up to the door.

TOTT: Ulic, give me a hand!

PRIEST: ....you drink of the cup of....

ULIC: Come on, Tott. Up you...(unn) go. There.

TOTT: By the Twi'lek goddess. Ulic, there must be 400 Beast Riders

down

there.

ULIC: And there's Princess Galia. Looks like they're forcing her

to

marry that muscle-bound savage with the long hair.

TOTT: How are we going to stop the ceremony?

ULIC: Easy.

Sound: Ulic ignites his lightsaber. Tott does the same.

ULIC: We ask them nicely.

SCENE 1-14 INT. BEAST RIDER HEADQUARTERS - SAME

====================================================

PRIEST: Princess Galia, in the name of the four moons of Onderon,

take

the hand of Oron Kira--

ULIC: STOP!!!

Sound: The chant/clacking stops.

ORON: (who we recognize as Rider #1 from earlier) Who dares

interrupt

the binding ceremony!?

ULIC: I do! Ulic Qel-Droma of the Jedi!

ORON: A Jedi Knight? Here?!? Guards, TAKE HIM!!

Sound: Blaster fire. Ulic blocks it with his saber. Guards scream

as

the bolts come back at them.

ULIC: I've sworn to rescue Princess Galia and (unn) nothing (uhh)

will

get (oof) in my way!!

ORON: Impressive. But let's see how your Jedi powers help you

against

me, Oron Kira!!

TOTT: He is not alone, Beast Rider! Tott Doneeta stands with him!

GALIA: WAIT!!!

ULIC: What....?

GALIA: Why can't you Jedi leave me alone!?

ULIC: Princess Galia, I'm here to rescue you and return you to

your

mother!

GALIA: You IDIOT!! I don't want to be 'rescued.' I want to marry

Oron

Kira!!!

SCENE 1-15 INT. BEAST RIDER HEADQUARTERS --A SHORT TIME LATER

===============================================================

Sound: A party is in full swing. Ringing of glasses joining

together,

general merriment.

ORON: Eat! Drink! Everyone celebrate the marriage of Oron Kira, Lord

of

the Beast Riders!

ULIC: What's wrong, Cay? Why aren't you eating?

CAY: I'm still bewildered, Ulic. You and Tott leave me alone in

the

jungle to fix the Nebulon Ranger while you go off to rescue Princess

Galia.

Next thing Iknow, you come back, tell me 'The Princess has happily

married

the leader of these Beast Riders, and we're invited to the party!' Tott,

can

you make sense of this??

TOTT: The first lesson I learned as a Jedi, Cay, is that 'things

are

rarely what they seem.'

ORON: It's simple, Jedi. I've loved Princess Galia for years. And

she's

loved me.

CAY: But what I don't understand is.... how you two from

different

warring peoples came to meet in the first place?

GALIA: The Beast Riders have been going in and out of the city

for

years, trading secretly with the political underground.

ORON: Yes. We'd been plotting the overthrow of the government.

ULIC: We came here to prevent a war, Beast Lord.

ORON: Hmm. I'm ready to talk peace. But I'm also ready to make war.

BEAST RIDERS: AYE AYE!!!

GALIA: But either way, Jedi, Oron and I were going to marry.

ORON: It was unthinkable that the Royal daughter of Onderon would

marry

a Beast Rider.

GALIA: That's why we arranged my 'abduction.' It was all a

masquerade.

ULIC: But the Beast Riders killed your soldiers during that socalled

'masquerade!'

GALIA: Cruel men. Evil men. They deserved to die.

ULIC: No one deserves....

GALIA: Ulic....I love my city. I love my mother and my dying

father.

But I can no longer live under the pall of the Dark Side of the Force.

Sound: Ulic leaps to his feet, flinging away his plate.

ULIC: THE DARK SIDE?!? How can the Dark Side be on Onderon?!?

You've

had so little contact with other star systems.....

ORON: Four centuries ago, a Jedi Knight named Freedon Nadd brought

the

dark power of the Sith to our world.

ULIC: The 'Sith?'

TOTT: Yes, Ulic. The Sith studied the Dark Side. They were an

ancient

line of Dark Lords, but they're now extinct.

ORON: Extinct on your world, maybe. But in the city of Iziz, they

are

remembered. This Freedon Nadd died centuries ago. But his memory

is

worshipped by Queen Amanoa and King Ommin.

ULIC: T-this is moving too quickly for me. The Dark Side has ruled

Iziz

for FOUR CENTURIES???

GALIA: You know that my people exile our lawbreakers and send them

into

the wilderness.

ORON: What you DON'T know is that these 'lawbreakers' only broke

one

law--they defied the Dark Side.

We were branded as criminals and banished. Everyone in this room

has

felt the dark power. And still we defy it.

BEAST RIDERS: HEAR HEAR!! DOWN WITH THE DARK SIDE!!!

ULIC: A JEDI......a Dark Jedi caused all this....?

ORON: But the end is near. The armies of all the Beast Lords

are

gathering for a great and final battle against that cursed city. Jedi,

will

you help us throw down the power, brought by one of your own, that

has

corrupted our world?

ULIC: You want us to join a war?

CAY: Ulic, be careful....

ULIC: Oron Kira. I promised my master that I would make war a

last

resort. (to Galia) Let's go to your mother and reveal your marriage.

I'll

make her see that your wedding should mark the end of this long war!

Maybe she'll--

GALIA: You don't know my mother, Jedi. And I fear that you don't

know

ANYTHING about the Dark Side.

ORON: Galia is right. You have NO grasp of what's going on here. I

will

never let Galia set foot in Iziz again.

ULIC: Trust me, please! I am a Jedi. The Jedi have to deal with

the

Dark Side all the time. BOTH of you will accompany me. Together, we

can

bring peace to this accursed world.

ORON: (uncertain) Galia?

GALIA: Oron....my love....the Jedi may be our only hope.

ORON: Very well. We will trust you, Ulic Qel-Droma. But tell me.

When

your plan fails.... will you help us make war against the Dark Side?

ULIC: If I fail......there won't be any other choice.

SCENE 1-16 EXT. ONDERON

=====================================

Sound: The Nebulon Ranger roars over the jungle.

SCENE 1-17 INT. NEBULON RANGER COCKPIT

=======================================

ORON: (over comm) Can't that ship of yours go any faster, Ulic?

My

Beast Riders and I are tickling your belly, and we've hardly worked up

a

sweat!

ULIC: (laughs) Don't tempt me, Oron Kira. I'll leave you tasting

ion

afterburn for weeks.

CAY: Can't you fly a little lighter, Ulic? I just put the Ranger

back

together!

ULIC: Sorry, Cay. But we've got to get to Iziz before time runs

out.

Oron Kira may have agreed to follow us on his winged Beast, but he left

word

for his army to prepare for war.

TOTT: Well, the city's just ahead on our scopes. I'm sure they'll

be

happy to see us again.

Sound: Cannonfire begins to shoot from the city.

TOTT: Or not!!

ULIC: They're firing on us!?! (hits comm) Iziz security, this is

the

Nebulon Ranger. Cease fire!! CEASE FIRE!!!

TOTT: Shields holding.

NOVAR: (on comm) Nebulon Ranger, you are flying in the company of

our

mortal enemies.

SCENE 1-18 INT. PALACE - SECURITY ROOM

===========================================

NOVAR: Heave to or we'll blast you from the sky.

ULIC: (on comm) WAIT!! We're bringing in the Queen's daughter!! In

the

name of the Jedi, we call for a peace conference between Queen Amanoa

and

the Beast Riders!

SECURITY OFFICER: Our guns have a lock, sir. Your orders?

NOVAR: Hmm. Allow them to land. (louder) Initiate security

protocols,

and alert the Queen!

SECURITY OFFICER: Do you think Her Majesty will agree to a peace

treaty

with the Beast Riders?

SCENE 1-19 INT. PALACE THRONE ROOM --A SHORT TIME LATER

=============================================

AMANOA: NEVER!!!!

ULIC: But your Majesty.... if you truly want peace....

AMANOA: (cold and angry) You are a fool, Ulic Qel-Droma. As ALL

the

Jedi are fools!! And YOU, Galia....my only daughter.....how dare you

betray

us!!! Never will you belong to an outcast!!! I WILL SEE YOU DIE FIRST!!!!

ULIC: (angry himself) Queen Amanoa....I represent the Jedi and

the

Galactic Republic. If Onderon wants to leave it's Dark Ages and join

the

community of worlds, then you must put aside these hatreds!

GALIA: Mother, please listen to Ulic Qel-Droma. My marriage to Oron

can

mark the beginning of a new age! An end to this evil worship, and

the

beginning of an age of Light!

ORON: (a strong note of warning in his voice) And if you will

not

listen 'Your Majesty', I--Oron Kira--SWEAR that the skies will grow

dark

with the beating of our warbeasts.

AMANOA: (quiet) You want darkness, Oron Kira? (loud, and echoing)

I'LL

SHOW YOU DARKNESS!!!!

Sound: Wailing wind fills the room.

GALIA: (shocked) Mother!!! What are you DOING--?!?

TOTT: Ulic!! Do you sense it???

ULIC: Yes! A power. The Dark Side is rising.

AMANOA: (echoing) I call upon the spirit of Freedon Nadd, a Jedi

far

greater than these impotent youths. MAY HIS DARK POWER FILL ME NOWWWW!!!!

Sound: The ground begins to shake.

TOTT: The Dark Side....it's everywhere! Stifling the Force!

AMANOA: Guards, surround them!

GUARD: We hear, Queen Amanoa!

CAY: Ulic--those guards--dozens of them!!

ULIC: Don't worry, Cay. Three Jedi are worth a hundred men

with

blasters!

AMANOA: (laughs) Foolish Jedi, these are Dark Side Adepts.

Worshippers

of the Dark Lord Freedon Nadd. More than a match for little boys. Guards,

by

the power of the Dark Side, I command you --Destroy them!!

Sound: The Jedi ignite their sabers, and start deflecting bolts.

SCENE 1-20 EXT. JUNGLE, NEAR THE BEAST RIDER HQ.

===============================================

Sound: Multiple flapping and crying of Beasts.

GOBEE: Hey, you men! Get that war Beast saddled!

RIDER #3: Yes, sir.

GOBEE: You there, lock down that turbolaser! You want them to blow

out

of the saddle?

RIDER #4: Sorry, sir.

RIDER #3: Hey, Gobee, take it easy. Just because Oron Kira left you

in

charge of his army doesn't mean you have to polish every buckle.

GOBEE: I CAN'T take it easy! Not while Oron's stuck inside

that

rockpile!!

Sound: Comm beeps for attention.

GOBEE: Wait a minute. That's my comlink. (turns on comm) This is

Gobee.

Sound: Gunfire can be heard over the static.

ORON: (over comm) Gobee, this is Oron Kira. We're under attack.

The

Jedi mission has failed, and we're under fire. Launch your counterstrike.

GOBEE: But what about you? Where can we find you?

ORON: We're safe for the moment. We've taken cover, but we're caught

in

a crossfire. If you don't launch your attack soon, we'll

all

be--ARRRGGGHHH!!!

SCENE 1-21 INT. PALACE THRONE ROOM

===========================================

GOBEE: (over comm) ORON!!!

ORON: I'm all right. A blaster shot singed the hair off my arm.

ULIC: "Singed the"....? Oron, you're bleeding!!

ORON: There's no time to worry about that. (catches his breath)

Well,

Jedi, you've gotten us into this mess. Can you get us out?

GALIA: I can. Across this chamber is a door that leads down an

unused

corridor.

ULIC: But the minute we move, those Royal guards will cut us to

pieces!

CAY: No they won't. I'll cover your retreat.

ULIC: Cay, you're my brother. I can't ask you to--CAY: Did you think you were the only one with courage, Ulic?? Now

GO!!!

And leave these Darksiders to me!!

Sound: Cay rushes at the guards.

ULIC: Cay--!

GALIA: This way!!

Sound: Galia leads the party to the door.

GALIA: The door's locked!!

Sound: Ulic chops the door off with his saber.

ULIC: Now it's open!! Let's go!!

SCENE 1-22 INT. DROID REPAIR ROOM

========================================

Sound: Clinking of metal.

ULIC: Ow. What is this, a junk room? It's full of broken-down

droids

and spare parts.

GALIA: This is my father's old laboratory. It is seldom used now.

ORON: We have no time for talk. We must leave immediately.

ULIC: Tott, take Galia and Oron Kira back to the Nebulon Ranger

and

secure it.

TOTT: What about you?

ULIC: Cay is still back there. I'm going after him.

SCENE 1-23 INT. PALACE THRONE ROOM

=======================================

Sound: Cay is furiously chopping at the guards.

GUARD: Get him!!!

GUARD #2: (uhn) He fights like a demon!!

AMANOA: Destroy the Jedi!!

CAY: One Jedi (oof) is enough (unn) to defeat you!!

NOVAR: Your Majesty....

AMANOA: Novar?? Where did you come from?

NOVAR: Scanners report thousands of Beast Riders approaching the

city.

The largest army we've ever seen.

AMANOA: Very well, Novar. Order the defense towers to fire ion

cannons

and turbolasers at will.

NOVAR: Shall we take you to safety?

AMANOA: No....I'm going to prepare.....a more powerful weapon.

SCENE 1-24 EXT. IZIZ

=========================================

Sound: The battle is going full pitch. Flapping wings, Beast cries,

ion

cannon blasts, turbolaser shots, explosions, screams.....

GUNNER #4: (over comm) Gunner Four to Gunner One. Relay sensor data.

GUNNER #1: Gunner One to Gunner Four. I'm tracking a squad of

War

Beasts. They should be coming into your range.

GUNNER #4: I copy, Gunner One. Turbolasers charged and ready. But

you'd

better be careful --you've got Beast Riders approaching from your

rear!!

Watch your back --(shots are heard, and he grunts and audibly drops

dead.)

Sound: Gunner One readies his turbolaser.

GUNNER #1: Gunner Four? Gunner Four, can you hear me?? Repeat

message,

I couldn't hear the end of your --GOBEE: He was trying to tell you to watch your back!!

Sound: Gobee shoots Gunner One down.

GOBEE: This is Commander Gobee to all squadron commanders!

We've

secured every tower on the northern wall!! All wings, commence your

attack

run!!

SCENE 1-25 INT. PALACE THRONE ROOM

===========================================

Sound: The battle of lone Jedi vs. numerous Darksiders continues.

CAY: It doesn't matter (huuh) how many soldiers you send against

me

(uuh)!! You won't stop me (heeuh) from finding (geuuh) the Queen!!

Music: Music from ROTJ (scene where Vader arrives at Death Star)

is

played.

NOVAR: (shouting) By the ghost of Freedon Nadd, he is just one

man!!

Can't you defeat one man?!?

GUARD #3: Novar, security reports that the Beast Riders have

overrun

the northern wall. They're inside the city walls!!!

NOVAR: Hmm?! No matter. They are fools. They cannot realize that

we

possess the ultimate weapon. I'm more concerned with this Jedi nuisance.

I

shall have to take care of this myself. Give me your blaster.

Sound: Guard #3 passes the blaster to Novar.

GUARD #3: Here.

NOVAR: Go. Tell our forces to continue fighting until the Queen

has

prepared her counterattack. Now....to wait for just the right moment.....

CAY: (now audibly tired) (uhh) That's...(darr ooh) the last!!

ULIC: (relieved) Cay!!

CAY: Ulic!! How nice of you to show up, just as I have things

under

control!

NOVAR: (He is off to the side, unnoticed by the Jedi) Ah, two Jedi

in

my sights. Which shall it be....?

CAY: Where is Tott?

NOVAR: HIM, I think....

ULIC: He's taking Galia and Oron back to our ship. Where's the

Queen?

CAY: Escaped, I --Sound: Novar fires his blaster. The shot hits Cay, severing his

left

arm at the shoulder. (NOTE: In the comic, it was an axe that did this)

The

arm and saber hit the ground.

CAY: AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOVAR: (laughs)

ULIC: CAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! Your ARM!!!!!

Sound: Novar runs off, still laughing.

CAY: MY ARMM!!! THEY CUT OFF MY ARRRRRRRMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

Music: Rises into the Imperial March.

END OF SIDE ONE

=========================================================

TAPE ONE / SIDE TWO

=========================================================

SCENE 2-1 EXT. IZIZ

=========================================================

Sound: Cry of the War Beasts. Shouts of Riders, blaster fire, etc.

RIDER #5: (over comm) I've got a squad of city dwellers holed up

in

that bunker.

RIDER #3: (over comm) Watch that sniper!!

RIDER #5: Holding them back at the first gate.

RIDER #3: Weapons depot, control your fire!

GOBEE: DESTROY THE CITY DWELLERS!!! DOWN WITH IZIZ!!! DOWN WITH

FREEDON

NADD!!! FORWARD!!! FORRRWARDDD!!!!

RIDER #2: Commander Gobee, we're still taking heavy fire from the

Royal

palace.

GOBEE: I don't care!! That's where Oron Kira's last

transmission

originated! I want him out of there!

RIDER #2: But what about those turbolasers?!?

GOBEE: I'll take care of those! Just get going!!

RIDER #2: Yes, sir.

GOBEE: (hits comm) This is Commander Gobee to Flight Leader Kurt.

KURT: (over comm) Kurt here. Yes Commander?

GOBEE: Pull your Beast Riders off the Eastern wall and swing it

around

to the Palace!!

Sound: Large explosion, very near.

GOBEE: Whoa, that was close!! Somebody lay some surpressing fire

along

that rooftop! I've got ground troops taking heavy fire up there!!

KURT: Affirmative. We're on our way.

ORON: (far off) Gobee....

GOBEE: (he doesn't hear him) AND SOMEBODY GET THAT SNIPER OFF

THE

ROOF!!!

ORON: GOBEE!!!

GOBEE: Oron? ORON!!! BY THE FOUR MOONS, YOU'RE ALIVE!!!

ORON: Alive and fighting, Gobee.

GOBEE: Where's your new bride?

ORON: She's safe, with the alien Jedi Tott Doneeta. I came to help

with

the battle.

GOBEE: (laughs heartily) Well, you may be too late, Oron! We've

taken

half the city! I've got ground troops in the streets, and six wings of

Beast

Riders making strafing runs over the city! The only thing I was

worried

about was trying to find you! Oron, the reign of the Dark Side is OVER!!!

ORON: Don't be too rash, Gobee. We can't defeat the Dark Side

without

those Jedi. And right now, I don't even know if they're dead or.....

SCENE 2-2 INT. PALACE --DROID REPAIR ROOM

=========================================================

ULIC: (gasping, voice shaking) ....alive, Cay. You look

so

pale....you've lost a lot of blood....and your arm....

CAY: Don't be.....stupid, Ulic!! I can live without my arm!

Sound: Ulic tears open a package (antiseptic pads?).

ULIC: I've got a medikit. Here. This may hurt--CAY: OOOHHHHHH!!!!! (groans) Good thing I can handle a lightsaber

with

my other hand....where.....where are we?

ULIC: I didn't think you'd want to wait around for more of

Queen

Amanoa's Dark Side warriors. Here, bite down on this while I stop the

blood

flow.

CAY: (grunts with the stick in his mouth, then spits it out when

the

pain becomes too great) OWW!!

ULIC: Princess Galia showed me this room. It's some sort of

old

laboratory that used to belong to King Omin.

CAY: Laboratory? Looks more like a cybernetics shop. Bionic

limbs,

cannibalized droid parts....I'd say old King Omin dabbled

in

bio-reconstruction.

ULIC: That's very interesting, but I'm a little too worried about

your

arm to care.

CAY: (very excited) Well if that thing in the corner is what I think

it

is.... I'm getting myself a BETTER fighting arm!!

Sound: With his one arm, Cay grabs the metallic thing in the corner.

ULIC: Cay, what are you doing?! There's a war going on outside, and

I'm

trying to keep you from bleeding to death! This is no time to start

fixing

antique droids!!

Sound: Cay tinkers with the droid part (an arm), and starts trying

to

hook it into his empty shoulder socket.

CAY: This is an old XT-6 model, Ulic. Their appendages make

GREAT

prosthetics! Are the others safe?

ULIC: Tott Doneeta is taking Galia to the Nebulon Ranger. Oron Kira

has

joined the battle.

CAY: What about the Queen?

ULIC: I don't know where she is! And it worries me.....

SCENE 2-3 INT. VAULT --BENEATH THE PALACE

===================================================

Sound: The creaking of a stone door being pushed open.

AMANOA: Here. I've reached the tomb. Those cursed Jedi will never

find

me here....(laughs) Buried in the depths of the palace, with the tomb

of

Freedon Nadd. (louder) Freedon Nadd....for years, I worshipped your

name.

For a lifetime I served the memory of your dark power. Now, in the name

of

my husband King Omin, in the name of his ancestor Freedon Nadd, (echoing)

I

CALL DOWN THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE UPON THESE FOES!!!!

SCENE 2-4 INT. IZIZ --SENSOR TOWER

===================================================

GOBEE: Oron Kira, we have a prisoner!

ORON: Excellent! Gobee, bring him up here!! I'm using this

captured

sensor tower as a headquarters. Computer....

COMPUTER: Computer on.

ORON: Activate sensor array. Scan this sector for all

inbound

starships. I want to know about any battleships the Queen may have

waiting

to attack.

COMPUTER: Working......

GOBEE: Here's our prize, Oron. A member of the Queen's entourage.

On

your knees, Darksider!!

Sound: Gobee knocks Novar down upon his knees.

COMPUTER: No Onderonian ships located.

ORON: What is your name, city dweller?

NOVAR: I am called Novar. And it is YOU who should be upon your

knees,

Beast Rider.

COMPUTER: Warning --one offworld ship detected. Planet of

origin:

Arcania.

ORON: (ignoring the computer) Me?! On MY knees?!? Why, when I

have

control of the city?

NOVAR: You can HAVE the city. WE have the power of the Dark Side.

Sound: Distant rumbling, like several far-off explosions, or a

giant

storm.....

ORON: What is that??

Sound: The Beast Riders are now screaming, moaning in pain.

GOBEE: Some kind of darkness....settling over the city....(moans

and

wails)

ORON: Gobee!! What --

GOBEE: OHHH!! PAINN!!! PPPAAAINNNNNN!!!! ARRGGHHH!!!

PAAAINNN!!

CAN'T....STAND.....IT......

ORON: Computer, identify disturbance!!

COMPUTER: Wave force. Energy type unknown. Anomalous power

surges

detected. Corellary information: Approaching offworld ship uneffected

by

power surge.

SCENE 2-5 EXT. IZIZ --LANDING PAD --SECONDS EARLIER

====================================================

Sound: Racing set of two footsteps.

TOTT: Princess Galia, this way. The Nebulon Ranger is just ahead.

GALIA: I see it, Tott Doneeta.

TOTT: Once we reach the ship, we'll.....ARRGGGHHH!!! (crashes to

his

knees, as the storm becomes audible again)

GALIA: Tott!!

TOTT: (groaning and screaming)

GALIA: What's the matter??

TOTT: (groans) Momentary pain. It's gone now. I-I'm all

right,

Princess.

GALIA: What was it??

TOTT: I don't know. A dark shadow has fallen.....it caught me

off

guard. Everything's all right now.

GALIA: No, it's not.....LOOK!!

Sound: The wailing Beast Riders, and the sounds of a battle

that's

suddenly turned back in the favor of the Iziz military.

TOTT: The Beast Riders' army!! They've.....they've gone mad!!

SCENE 2-6 INT. IZIZ SECURITY TOWER

=========================================

NOVAR: (laughs)

ORON: By the four moons, it's begun affecting everyone!!

RIDER: Ohh.....my eyes......my EYESSS!!!!

RIDER #4: GET IT OFF ME!!! GET IT OFF ME!!!!

ORON: Whatever this force is, it's some kind of madness!! Infecting

all

my troops.....

NOVAR: It is the magic of the Sith, Oron Kira!! A power you

cannot

fight!!

ORON: Your queen's petty magic cannot --(storm envelopes him as

well)

AAAGHHH!!!

NOVAR: Cannot WHAT, Beast Rider? "Cannot harm you?"

DARK SIDE WHISPERS: (deep and echoing in Oron's mind) THE BATTLE

IS

LOST. LOST. YOUR STRENGTH IS GONE. YOUR WILL IS GONE. YOUR LIFE IS

PAIN.

SURRENDER.

ORON: (in agony) NO--voices..... in my head--!

NOVAR: The voices speak the truth, Beast Rider! The battle is

LOST!!!

Your people are DOOMED.

ORON: LOST--!! DDOOOMMMMED!!!!

NOVAR: Come outside with me, Oron Kira.... and watch your people

die.

Sound: Novar walks out of the tower (Oron crawls). The door closes.

COMPUTER: (unheard by anyone) Proximity alert. Offworld starship

has

reached city limits....

SCENE 2-7 INT. ARCA JETH'S STARSHIP --COCKPIT

====================================================

Sound: Humming of cockpit controls.

ARCA: Viewscreen on. Give me a visual on the battle.

Sound: Viewscreen activates. The sound of the battle wafts over

the

speakers.

ARCA: (pained) By all the Jedi.....

SCENE 2-8 EXT. IZIZ

====================================================

Sound: The battle is fast being lost by the Beast Riders, as the

Iziz

army quickly takes savage advantage of the dark madness.

RIDER #4: (weakly) Fall back!! Fall back!!

RIDER #5: Our beasts have gone mad!! They're out of control!!

RIDER #4: The city dwellers are on the attack!! We're being ground

up

like gravel maggots! LOOK OUTTTT!!!!!

Sound: Large crash.

BLOCK #3: (on comm) Block Three to Block Six. We've retaken

the

Northern wall!!

BLOCK #6: Affirmative, Block Three. That'll teach those Beast Riders

to

defy the Dark Side!! We've got an armored company moving in to support

you.

RIDER #4: (to Block Three) We surrender. We surrender. Just stop

the

pain....(moans)

BLOCK #3: You should know by now, Beast Rider....the followers

of

Freedon Nadd have NO MERCY!!

Sound: Block Three shoots Rider Four right between the eyes.

Sound: The Dark Whispers return, as we reach Oron and Novar's

vicinity.

NOVAR: Do you see, Oron Kira?

ORON: (murmuring in conjunction with the Whispers)

Lost.....we've

lost....

NOVAR: We have the Dark Side power of Freedon Nadd on our side.

Your

Beast Riders mean nothing.

Sound: Novar unsheathes a dagger.

NOVAR: And now it's time --

SCENE 2-9 INT. ARCA'S SHIP

==============================

NOVAR: (on comm) --for you to feel the edge of my knife!!

ARCA: (echoing, speaking from a later time) By the Force. I could

not

let that happen. I had trained my three Jedi to prevent this violence.

So

many deaths, so much hatred. It was time I intervened.

SCENE 2-10 EXT. IZIZ

================================

ORON: (weak with pain) Voices....paralyzing.....

NOVAR: (laughs) This is the last battle for you, Oron Kira! The

power

is with the city!!

ARCA: (echoing, unheard by the combatants) Every soldier knows that

war

is more than arms and armor. Every soldier carries an image of

impending

victory in his heart.

NOVAR: Don't move now. One quick stroke of my knife, and all

your

worries will be ended.

ARCA: When the image shatters, to be replaced by defeat.....he

is

beaten.

ORON: Lost....the battle is lost......

Music: Luke's theme (the theme of the Force) plays softly.

ARCA: But sometimes, a warrior receives assistance from an

unexpected

source. An inrush of light, blasting away his fear and despair.

NOVAR: NOW, Oron Kira....

ARCA: Releasing inner strength.....

NOVAR:.....you die.

Sound: The blade slashes down --Novar's knife arm is caught by

Oron!!

ORON: .......NO!!!!

NOVAR: WHAT?!? You STILL resist??

ARCA: Yes, a war is much more than arms and armor.

ORON: (with every last reserve of his strength) YESSS!!!!

Sound: Oron slugs Novar to the dirt.

ORON: TO THE LAST!!!

Sound: Another suckerpunch.

ARCA: Half of every conflict is the will to win. We are Jedi. We

must

recognize that the will to win...and the power of war....are given

sometimes

by the Dark Side.

NOVAR: (hurting) no--(another punch)

ARCA: And sometimes, as dawn throws back the night, victory

is

given...by the Light.

Music: Theme continues to play into next scene, then fade out.

SCENE 2-11 EXT. IZIZ LANDING PAD

==========================================

Sound: Arca's ship powers down, next to the Nebulon Ranger.

(NOTE:

We've now reached the time in which Arca was speaking in the last

scenes.

It's some hours later, and the battle has ended in the Beast

Riders'

conquest of Iziz. )

ARCA: (finishing his speech) Never, Ulic, should you underestimate

the

power of the Force to inspire others.

ULIC: So it was you, Master Arca. You used the Force to influence

the

battle.

ARCA: Yes.

ORON: I felt it. I, Oron Kira, felt a knife at my throat.

I....could

not move. And then, suddenly, strength flowed through me. I.....I thought

it

was my own courage.

ARCA: It was, Oron Kira. I merely used the Force to awaken what

was

already in you.

TOTT: Master Arca, I watched the battle.

CAY: One minute, the Beast Riders were defeated --the next

minute,

they were unstoppable!

ARCA: (sorrow-filled voice) And you, Cay....my son. Your arm is

gone.

Have you already begun to throw your flesh away in your hunger for

the

greater Light?

CAY: My arm gone, yes Master. But I --Sound: The whir of Cay's new droid arm.

CAY: I've got another. This droid arm will serve me well, once

I've

adapted it.

ULIC: (regretful) Cay's wound is my fault, Master Arca.

ARCA: (his tone suddenly grows cold and stern) Ulic, I made you

my

chargeman. And you have utterly FAILED the test I gave you.

ULIC: B-But Master Arca, we did everything we could --ARCA: So you did. But the Dark Side is at work here. You should

have

sensed it the moment you arrived.

ULIC: I.....I guess I was too eager.

ARCA: As for this great war you have launched....the way to win it

is

the way I won it. I used the Jedi technique of Battle

Meditation,

influencing the battle's outcome.

ULIC: um.......i'm sorry.

ARCA: You relied too much on your strong arms and brave spirit. Do

not

forget the Force. By visualizing the desired results of a battle, a

Jedi

influences the field of Force that surrounds all events. Now, come with

me.

We still must find Queen Amanoa....and the source of all this trouble.

SCENE 2-12 INT. PALACE CAVERN / VAULT

===================================================

Sound: Your typical sewer can be hears outside the vault.

AMANOA: (tired and weak) Freedon Nadd, protect me.....the Dark

Side

will come to me.....Freedon Nadd, protect me.....the Dark Side will come

to

me.....

ULIC: (far off , in the cavern) Are you sure you know where

you're

taking us, Galia?

GALIA: I can't be sure. These catacombs under the city extend

for

miles. Many people have wandered down here and been lost forever.

CAY: Why would anyone want to come down here in the first place?

ARCA: Treasure seekers. Worshippers of the Dark Side.

GALIA: They say the tomb of the Dark Jedi Freedon Nadd is hidden

down

here. But that's just a myth.

ARCA: Like most myths, it leads to the truth. Behold.

AMANOA: (jumps as she sees the party) NOOO!!!!

GALIA: Mother!!!

CAY: Queen Amanoa! Why is she kneeling before that stone coffin?

ULIC: Master Arca, is that--?

ARCA: Yes, Ulic. The tomb of the Dark Side Master....Freedon Nadd.

AMANOA: Defilers!! YOU DO NOT BELONG HERE!!!

ULIC: I feel the Dark Side here. It's so powerful.....

ARCA: Dark forces linger around this old sarcophagus, Ulic. But

my

light is stronger.

Sound: The Force rises to a roar.

AMANOA: NO!! NOO!! THE LIGHT!!! THE LIGHTTT!!!! NNNOOOO--(her

heart

gives out under the strain. Moaning like the dying Wicked Witch, she

falls

lifeless to the ground.)

GALIA: MOTHER!!! Master Arca....you.....YOU KILLED HER!!!!

ULIC: (gently) Galia...

GALIA: (choked voice) I don't care how evil she was!! She was

my

mother..... I loved her....

ARCA: I did not kill her. The dark power that supported her has

fled.

Let us have a look at the remains of Freedon Nadd.

ULIC: But that stone coffin is far too heavy to lift.

ARCA: Size means nothing to the Force, Ulic.

Sound: The Force rises again --and the coffin is flung open.

ARCA: Behold the Dark Jedi.

ULIC: Even after four centuries, those brittle bones.....that

death's

head grin.....

GALIA: (repulsed) He looks so.....EVIL.

ARCA: Freedon Nadd was seduced by the Dark Side. He apprenticed

himself

to a Dark Lord of the Sith. After his death, his tomb became a focus of

Dark

Side energy. And so his power passed from generation to generation. All

your

ancestors belonged to the Dark Side, Galia. But that is over. The shadow

has

been broken. You are free.

Sound: The coffin slams shut.

SCENE 2-13 INT. IZIZ PALACE COURT --SEVERAL DAYS LATER

===========================================================

Sound: The bustling of people moving throughout the court,

genuinely

happy for the first time ever. The whirring of Cay's arm.

ULIC: Hey, Cay! Come on, brother!! Princess Galia and Oron Kira

are

about to be crowned King and Queen of Iziz! You want to miss the fun?

CAY: Be right there, Ulic. I've almost got this new arm working.

ARCA: Ulic?

ULIC: Master Arca! What is it?

ARCA: Don't be too quick to celebrate. Our battle with the Dark Side

is

far from over.

ULIC: But --the Queen! The sarcophagus! I-I thought we won!

ARCA: The battle, yes. But the war goes on. Freedon Nadd still has

a

great following in this city. His cult may still cause trouble. There

are

even rumors that Princess Galia's father, King Omin, is still

alive

somewhere on the planet.

ULIC: King Omin?

ARCA: I'll need you and your brother Cay and Tott Doneeta to stay

on

here for a while.

Sound: The arm starts working properly.

CAY: Well, I'm ready.

ULIC: Cay, that mechanical arm actually suits you.

CAY: Anyone for arm wrestling?

ARCA: Well done, Cay. We'll need your arm --and your spirit --in

the

weeks ahead. But I'm afraid we'll need even more.

ULIC: What do you mean?

ARCA: I'm thinking of calling on other Jedi for help. Master Thon

is

the watchman for the Stenness system. He may be able to send someone to

help

us with this Dark Side threat.

ULIC: (troubled) Master Arca....Freedon Nadd was a Jedi. How can

a

Jedi, trained in the ways of the Light, fall victim to the Dark Side?

ARCA: It has happened more than once. Fortunately, it does not

happen

often. Ulic, my son.....pray that it never happens to YOU.

====================================================================

PART TWO --"THE SAGA OF NOMI SUNRIDER"

====================================================================

SCENE 2-14 EXT. CLEARING

===============================================

Music: The somber "Luke and Leia" suite from ROTJ sets the stage.

A

light wind blows in this outdoor clearing.

NOMI: (laughs exasperatingly) Why does this always happen to me?

ANDUR: What's wrong, Nomi?

NOMI: Oh Andur, I just spilled bloom fruit juice all over my

new

blouse.

ANDUR: (laughs) Oh, don't worry, Nomi. I'll buy you a new blouse

when

we reach the Stenness spaceport.

VIMA: (sounds about oh, 5 years old) Can I have something too,

Daddy?

ANDUR: And what do you want, little Vima?

VIMA: I want a big, stuffed animal.

ANDUR: What kind?

VIMA: A bantha cub!

ANDUR: (laughs again) Well, okay then!

NOMI: Andur, we shouldn't be promising things we can't afford.

ANDUR: Come on, Nomi. Being a Jedi warrior may not be the

most

profitable job in the galaxy, but we can afford to splurge now and

again.

Besides, where we're going, we won't need much money.

NOMI: Who is this...."Master Thon," anyway?

ANDUR: A Jedi Master who watches over the Stenness star system.

Sound: The creak/whir of droid footsteps, coming up to the family.

THREEDEE: Master Andur?

ANDUR: (continuing to Nomi) He's going to be my next teacher.

THREEDEE: (closer) Master Andur?

ANDUR: Hello, Threedee. What is it?

THREEDEE: I was right about the hyperdrive. It was a burnt out

ion

exciter. Once it's replaced, the Light Side Explorer will be ready

to

depart.

ANDUR: Thanks, Threedee. There's a spare in the tool crib. When

you're

finished, you can help me load the supplies.

THREEDEE: (moving off) Very well, sir. I knew that magnetic storm

we

jumped through would damage the exciter. Master Andur takes far too

many

chances....

NOMI: Andur, is this Master Thon a nice Jedi Master?

ANDUR: I....I don't know, Nomi. But I'm sure he'll appreciate these.

Sound: Andur picks up and opens a box. The shimmering, tinkling

noises

of crystals fills the air.

NOMI: OH.....they're beautiful!! What are they?

ANDUR: They're Adegan crystals. Precious and hard to find. Jedi

use

them to make the best lightsabers.

NOMI: I can feel the crystal's power, Andur. So can little Vima.

ANDUR: The Force is strong in you, Nomi. YOU could be a Jedi.

NOMI: You know I'm too timid. But our daughter will be a great

Jedi

someday, with you as her teacher.

THREEDEE: Master Andur, the ship is ready for departure!

Sound: Andur closes the box.

ANDUR: No question about it. After Master Thon instructs me in

the

higher levels of the Jedi Way, I look forward to teaching my daughter.

But

mark my words. First, I will help you become a Jedi, Nomi

Sunrider....

SCENE 2-15 INT. LIGHT SIDE EXPLORER - COCKPIT

=========================================================

Sound: Normal cockpit sounds.

THREEDEE: The hyperdrive tells me it's ready for the jump,

Master

Andur.

ANDUR: Okay, Threedee. Just let me locate the jump beacon....

Sound: Beeping from console.

ANDUR: Ahh, ah, there. It's just ahead. I know hyperspace travel's

been

around a long time, but these jump beacons never cease to amaze me.

THREEDEE: It's taken almost 20,000 years to accurately chart

the

hyperspace lanes, Master Andur. Without these jump beacons to guide

us,

faster-than-light travel would be too risky.

ANDUR: But with the detailed star charts, and the new

navigational

computers they're developing, these jump beacons will become obsolete

within

a generation. Every ship will be able to chart its own course.

Sound: New beep sequence from computer.

THREEDEE: Approaching the jumpgate, Master Andur.

ANDUR: Cutting sublight engines....engaging hyperdrive.....now!!

Sound: The Light Side Explorer blasts into hyperspace.

SCENE 2-16 MEANWHILE, HOURS LATER, IN INT. STENNESS SPACEPORT....

==========================================================

STENNESS CONTROLLER: (over comm) Stenness Spaceport to incoming

vessel.

We are not receiving your telesponder signal. Please identify.

SATAL: (a bored, whiny rich guy voice, also on comm) This is

Satal

Keto, aboard the royal yacht Krath Enchanter, inbound from the Empress

Teta

star system.

STENNESS CONTROLLER: Acknowledged, Krath Enchanter. Please state

your

cargo and destination.

SATAL: This is a pleasure ship, Stenness space staion. We have

no

cargo, and we're here to refuel. Our final destination is the

Republic

capital on Coruscant.

STENNESS CONTROLLER: Acknowledged, Krath Enchanter. You are cleared

to

land at Docking Bay Four.

Sound: The comm is turned off.

GUDB: (a scratchy voice) Hmm.... nothing interesting on

the

eavesdropping equipment. Just some kids on a joyride. Anything on

the

tracking screen, Quanto?

QUANTO: Hey, HEY, what about that ship, Gudb? Let's hijack that

one!!

GUDB: Which one? There's about a dozen cruisers showing up on

our

screens.

QUANTO: THAT one, heading for Docking Bay Six!! The sensors say

she's

carrying six tons of spice outta Kessel!

GUDB: Nahhh. Docking Bay Six is all the way to the other side of

the

spaceport. We'd never get there in time.

QUANTO: All right....hey, there's one. There's one! Just comin'

outta

hyperspace!

GUDB: Nahhh....the scanner's not picking up anything valuable on b-OH,

waitaminit.....

Sound: Gudb adjusts the sensors.

GUDB: Hmm....verrry interesting.

QUANTO: Yeah? What is it, Gudb?

GUDB: Yeah, hahaha, all right!! The mooks on that ship are

carrying

Adegan crystals!! We'd better tell the boss!!

QUANTO: Adegan crystals!! Oh boy, Gudb, Adegan

crystals....never

thought I'd ever see any of tha....uh, hey, Gudb?

GUDB: Yeah?

QUANTO: What are Adegan crystals?

SCENE 2-17 INT. STENNESS SPACEPORT --PRIVATE ROOM --

MOMENTS

LATER.....

=======================================================================

BOGGA: (a Hutt, as if you needed to know) ADEGAN CRYSTALS?!?

WHERE???

GUDB: Right here, boss. Onboard the space station. Some guy just

docked

his ship. Looks like a Jedi--he's carrying a lightsaber, anyway--with

his

wife and kid. I got Quanto tailing them now.

BOGGA: HAWR HAWR HAWR!!! ADEGAN CRYSTALS!! I HAVE A CLIENT WHO WILL

PAY

ME A GRAND SUM FOR THOSE PRETTIES.

GUDB: Boss, you want I should...?

BOGGA: GET THEM, GUDB!! AND BOGGA THE HUTT WILL REWARD YOU! BUT

BE

CAREFUL. HE'S A JEDI.

GUDB: Don't worry, boss. I got Quanto and Rek with me. Besides,

my

little pet Gorm worm Skritch and I have faced a couple of Jedi in our

time.

Ain't we, Skritch?

SKRITCH: (laughs manically)

GUDB: And we learned a thing or two....

SCENE 2-18 INT. STENNESS SPACEPORT - FOOD COURT

================================================================

Sound: A bustling food court, filled with people. A fountain can

be

heard in the distance.

COMPUTER: Welcome to the Stenness Spaceport. Docking facilities

are

located on levels 23, 24, and 25. Food troughs are located on levels 5053.

Brothels are located on levels 54 through 1000.

ANDUR: Stay close to me, Nomi. This place is awfully crowded.

NOMI: Don't worry.

TRADER: Psst! Hey, pal. How 'bout some Norvanian grog?

ANDUR: No thank you.

TRADER: I got six cases for sale cheap.

ANDUR: No thanks.

TRADER: (bumps right into Nomi) Excuse me--NOMI: Oh, pardon me....

ANDUR: I'll take that.

Sound: Andur relieves the Trader of what he lifted from Nomi.

TRADER: Huh?

ANDUR: The coin purse you just tried to steal.

NOMI: That's my pouch!!

TRADER: Uh, eh..it must've just fallen into my hands...

NOMI: You're a pickpocket!!

ANDUR: Get out of here, before I call the authorities.

TRADER: Sure thing....

VIMA: (giggles) Look at all the funny looking people, Mama!

NOMI: Keep your voice down, Vima. Just because a man has three arms

and

a purple feather growing out of his head, doesn't mean he's 'funny

looking.'

ANDUR: This spaceport serves the Stenness system. It's right on

the

mining frontier. The scum of the galaxy pass through this station on

their

way to stealing mining rights from the 'Nessies.

NOMI: 'Nessies?'

ANDUR: That's what pirates call the locals of the Stenness

system.

'Nessies.'

NOMI: Pirates??

ANDUR: Sure. Most of the people here are pirates.

THREEDEE: (in the distance) Master Andur? Master Andur??

NOMI: Oh, good. Here comes Threedee with lunch. Little Vima

is

famished.

ANDUR: Let's eat quickly. I'm anxious to finish our journey and

meet

Master Thon.

THREEDEE: Oh, I'm so glad I found you in this crowd. I hope the

child

finds this food edible, Mistress Nomi. No one would tell me what was in

it!

Sound: Quanto (one of Gudb's gang) rams Threedee in the back. The

droid

slips to the floor, spilling the lunch everywhere.

THREEDEE: Oh, my!! You made me drop my tray!!

QUANTO: Hey, watch where you're going, droid!!

REK: Yeah, watch it, droid!!

THREEDEE: Really! There was no need for that, sir! My sensors tell

me

you and your multi-limbed companion purposely deviated from your path!

QUANTO: You accusing me of somethin'? Droid?

Sound: Quanto shoves a blaster right in Threedee's face.

REK: Blast 'im, Quanto! Space junk shouldn't talk back to flesh

and

blood!

NOMI: (scared) Andur, I think those men are--ANDUR: (gets up) Let go of that droid!! He didn't do anything to

you!

QUANTO: Oh yeah? Says who?

Sound: The hubbub around them stops, but no one will lift a

finger.

They've seen this plenty of times before.

GUDB: (off to the side, unnoticed) That's it, Quanto. Just keep

'em

busy a little longer...Skritch, time to load up your poison sacs!

(laughs)

Sound: Andur ignites his lightsaber.

ANDUR: I said, let go of that droid. And put down the blaster, or

I'll

cut you in half.

THREEDEE: Master Andur --behind you --!!

GUDB: GET HIM, SKRITCH!!!

SKRITCH: (howls at he leaps off Gudb onto Andur's neck, slurping as

it

sinks its' poisonous fangs into his carotid artery)

ANDUR: ARRRGHHH!!!!!

GUDB: GOT HIM!! RIGHT ON THE NECK!!

SKRITCH: (laughs around it's fangs)

NOMI: ANDUR!!!

VIMA: DADDY!!!!

ANDUR: (weak, struggling) Get it offf......it's

biting

meeee.....Nomi.......help me......

Sound: Andur crashes to the ground. Dead. His lightsaber goes out.

NOMI: Andur --!! (sobbing) Andurrrr.....he-he-he's

dead......

(uncontrollable sobbing) You killed my husband....

GUDB: (cold) Tsk. Tsk. That's the thing about them Jedi.....gotta

keep

their attention on so many different targets. One little slip, and --pfft!

It's all over! Whatta shame....NOW HAND OVER THOSE ADEGAN CRYSTALS!!

Then

you can give him a decent burial in space.

NOMI: (terrified) Don't touch me--leave me alone!!!

GUDB: GET UP!!! If you give us the crystals, maybe our boss Bogga

the

Hutt won't make you a slave on his Sail Barge!!

Sound: A faint humming stirs the air --a stirring only Nomi and

Vima

can hear.....

ANDUR: (a ghostly echo) Nomi.....

NOMI: (gasps) What's that light, rising from Andur's body....?

GUDB: Whatta ya talkin' about, lady?!?

ANDUR'S GHOST: Nomi, it's me....

NOMI: A figure of light....A-Andur???

QUANTO: Hey, Gudb, I don't think all her gyros are spinnin'!

She's

talkin' to nobody!

VIMA: Mama.....is that Daddy?!? He looks so shiny......

NOMI: Vima sees him too....

ANDUR'S GHOST: Don't weep for me, Nomi. This is not the time for

tears.

NOMI: But I just saw you DIE!!!!

ANDUR'S GHOST: Take my lightsaber. Protect yourself.

NOMI: But...But I'm not a Jedi, Andur!!

ANDUR'S GHOST: The Force IS with you.....

REK: Gee Gudb, she's still talkin' to the air!! This is gettin'

weird!!

Maybe we'd better jump outta here!

GUDB: No way, Rek! Not without them crystals! QUANTO!! GET 'EM

FROM

HER!!!

QUANTO: All right, lady. You heard Gudb. Hand over the crystals.

ANDUR'S GHOST: Feel the Force, Nomi. Let it flow into your arms.

Take

up the lightsaber.

NOMI: I.....I......

Sound: She ignites the 'saber.

NOMI: I feel it, Andur!!

GUDB: (like he's talking to a child) Okay, lady, put the saber

down

nice and slow, and we won't hurt you or your little girl...

NOMI: (a new strength in her voice) Stay back!!!

REK: Look at the way she's holdin' that lightsaber, Gudb! Think

maybe

she's a Jedi too?

GUDB: Jedi or not, she's dead like her Jedi husband if she don't

give

over the crystals!!!

QUANTO: She's no Jedi. C'mon lady....(draws his blaster) ya got

three

milliseconds to lay down that fancy toothpick, or you and the little kid

are

Bantha fodder.

NOMI: (hate filling her voice) I'm warning you.....

QUANTO: One....

NOMI: I'll hurt you.....

QUANTO: TWO.......

NOMI: ALL RIGHT THEN!!!

QUANTO: TH--AAAGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Sound: Nomi chops Quanto in half.

GUDB: HEY!!! She halved Quanto!!

REK: You'll pay for that, WITCH!!! (saber slice) AGGH --

ARRRGHGHHHH!!!

Sound: Rek joins Quanto on the ground.

GUDB: (afraid for the first time) Oh, no.

NOMI: (screaming) I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!

GUDB: One-on-one......I don't think I like the

odds.....C'MON

SKRITCH!!! WE'RE OUTTA HERE!!!

Sound: Gudb bolts away.

NOMI: (shouting after him) CRAWL BACK TO YOUR DARK SIDE PIT,

SCUM!!!

AND TELL YOUR HUTT MASTER I'LL DO THE SAME TO HIM!!!!

Sound: Nomi extinguishes the saber.....and reality sets back in.

THREEDEE: (awed) Mistress Nomi.....

NOMI: Oh......what have I done?

THREEDEE: (laugh) You've saved us, Ma'am! You were marvelous!

VIMA: Mama?

NOMI: Marvelous?!?! I......KILLED those men!!!

THREEDEE: Indeed. And may I suggest we return to the ship and

leave

this place at once?

SCENE 2-19 INT. STENNESS SPACEPORT --BOGGA'S SUITE

=========================================================

BOGGA: YOU WHAT?!?!

GUDB: We failed, boss. We didn't get the crystals.

BOGGA: I DO NOT TOLERATE FAILURE, GUDB!!!

GUDB: We killed the Jedi, all right, but then this meek little

woman

suddenly jumps up and does in Quanto and Rek like they was nothin'!

Who

knew???

BOGGA: PERHAPS I SHOULD FEED YOU TO MY PET KATRISS.

Sound: Katriss is.....well, a NASTY beast.

GUDB: Wh-what's that, boss??

BOGGA: OH, I COLLECTED HER FROM A CURIOUS LAKE ON A NEARBY

PLANET.

SHE'S MY LITTLE PET.

GUDB: She ain't so little.

BOGGA: INDEED. I BELIEVE THIS DRAGON COULD SWALLOW YOU IN ONE

GULP,

GUDB. WHICH IS JUST WHAT SHE'LL DO IF I DON'T GET THOSE CRYSTALS!!!

GUDB: No-no problem, boss. I'm tracking her ship right now. You want

I

should take a team after her?

BOGGA: HMMM.....NO, GUDB. PREPARE MY PRIVATE SHIP. I WANT TO

SUPERVISE

THIS PERSONALLY.

SCENE 2-20 INT. LIGHT SIDE EXPLORER COCKPIT

=====================================================

Sound: Nomi buckles Vima in. The engines build in the background.

NOMI: Okay, Vima, you're all buckled in.

VIMA: But where's Daddy, Mama?

NOMI: He's.......he's not coming with us, little gem. Is the

ship

ready, Threedee?

THREEDEE: Ready, ma'am. But....we have no course plotted.

NOMI: I.....I think we should go where Andur wanted. To see

Master

Thon.

Music: For whatever reason, the "TIE duel" music from ANH plays.

THREEDEE: Very well, but I'm afraid Master Andur never plotted

that

course to the navicomputer. He said he was just going

by....ur.....'feel.'

NOMI: Then....then we'll have to do the same. I don't quite

understand

the Force yet, but I...I feel it. Maybe it'll guide us.

THREEDEE: Very well, Mistress Nomi. Uh, where shall I, uh.....?

NOMI: That way. Just head out there. Into the stars.....

Sound: The Light Side Explorer goes into hyperdrive.

END OF TAPE ONE

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TAPE TWO / SIDE ONE

================================================================

Music: Star Wars Main Theme.

NARRATOR: It was the time of the Jedi. 4,000 before the birth of

Luke

Skywalker, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in

the

Old Republic. But a threat to peace and justice has arisen on the

savage

world of Onderon. Three young Jedi Knights --Ulic Qel-Droma, his

brother

Cay, and their companion Tott Doneeta --were sent to Onderon to prevent

a

war, only to discover that the ruling city of Iziz had fallen the control

of

zealous worshippers of a long dead Dark Side warrior, Freedon Nadd.

Now, the Jedi struggle to defend themselves against the forces of

the

Dark Side.

Meanwhile, Nomi Sunrider, still mourning her murdered husband,

has

journeyed to the wasteland planet of Ambria, to find the mysterious

Jedi

Master Thon --unaware that she is pursued by the gangster Bogga the

Hutt.

Equally unaware that the events that follow will lead her to

danger....to

Ulic Qel-Droma....and to a confrontation with the powers of the

Dark

Side.....

SCENE 3-1 INT. LIGHT SIDE EXPLORER COCKPIT

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Sound: From outside, the harsh, blowing winds of a desert.

NOMI: It's.....it's a wasteland.

THREEDEE: Mistress Nomi, surely you're not thinking of going out

into

that.....that desert! Perhaps you were mistaken.

NOMI: No.....no. Master Thon is here. The Force has guided me. But

why

here? Why this desolate place?

That wind is so strange....mixed with dread and hope.

THREEDEE: This world is so bleak, Mistress Nomi. Can such a

dismal

world be the home of a great Jedi Master?

NOMI: (hasn't been listening) Hmm? Well....let's find out. Come

on,

Vima. Up you go.

VIMA: (giggles as she gets on Nomi's back)

THREEDEE: Mistress, if I trek with you across that dry waste, my

joints

will seize up. (mournfully) You'll have to abandon me to corrosion

and

metal-eating predators....a terrible fate for a droid....

NOMI: Yes. Take care of the ship, Threedee. I'll be back in a

little

while. I'll give Andur's gift to Master Thon, and then we'll return to

our

homeworld.

SCENE 3-2 INT. IZIZ RESTAURANT

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Sound: The city has returned to busy normalcy.

ULIC: I just don't understand what Master Arca's talking about, Cay.

CAY: What do you mean, Ulic?

ULIC: Well, we've brought peace to Onderon, haven't we? Queen Amanoa

is

dead, Princess Galia has married the Beast Rider Oron Kira, and

the

Darksiders no longer rule the city! It's been weeks since anything

even

remotely exciting happened! So....why is Master Arca so worried?

CAY: You've heard the rumors, Ulic. They say King Ommin is still

alive!

They say he's got a whole army of Dark Side warriors, hidden in

the

catacombs under the city! They say --ULIC: "They, they, they, they" --who are they anyway?!? Besides,

if

any problems do arise, there are four Jedi here! We can take care

of

anything!

CAY: Don't be overconfident, brother! The Dark Side ruled this city

for

400 years! The Dark Side --Sound: Cay moves his new droid arm to make his point.

CAY: --well, the Dark Side is stronger than we thought.

ULIC: (somber) Cay, your arm....y-you've adjusted to it so well II'd

almost forgotten. I-I'm sorry. (sigh) Still......I wish something

exciting

would happen.....

Sound: (He just had to open his big mouth, didn't he?) A

large

explosion blasts and echoes through the air. Screaming of people outside.

A

siren begins to wail through the city.

ULIC: What was that?

CAY: I think it was your wish coming true! The Palace has

exploded!!!

ULIC: The Palace?!? Tott Doneeta is there!! COME ON!!!

SCENE 3-3 EXT. AMBRIA

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Sound: The wail of the desert wind continues. Footsteps as Nomi

trudges

across the landscape.

NOMI: (speaking from a point after this scene) We had lost sight of

the

ship. My daughter and I were alone in the wasteland. I felt my old

life

begin to close behind me like an iron gate.

VIMA: Mama, are we there yet?

NOMI: (sigh) Not much farther now, little gem....(sigh) I hope.

VIMA: Mama, I'm thirsty.

NOMI: Well, (grunts) then....you're in luck, little girl. There's

a

lake just up ahead.

Sound: The lake seems to be hissing with steam.

NOMI: (speaking from the future again) But the lake was foul,

steaming

and bubbling.

VIMA: I don't think I'm thirsty anymore.

NOMI: Ick!! I don't blame you, Vima. That water is steaming!

Hissing!

(future self) And then I heard the voices.

WHISPERS: (the voices of the Dark Side we heard torment Oron

earlier)

TURN BACK, NOMI SUNRIDER. TURN BACK. RETURN TO THE SORROWS BEHIND YOU.

THE

SORROWS AHEAD RUN TOO DEEP. THE TERROR AHEAD IS TOO STRONG. THE PAIN

YOU

WILL FIND IS TOO GREAT.

NOMI: Voices....in the steam. In the lake.....

VIMA: Voices, Mama?

WHISPERS: TURN BACK, NOMI SUNRIDER. TURN BACK.

NOMI: Turn back.....m-maybe we should turn back, little gem.

ANOTHER VOICE: (deep, rough) NO.

NOMI: What?

VOICE: THE POWER OF THE DARK SIDE RESIDES IN THAT LAKE, NOMI

SUNRIDER.

DO NOT LISTEN TO IT.

VIMA: Now I hear a voice, Mama! A wonderful voice!

VOICE: COME TO ME, NOMI SUNRIDER. I AWAIT YOU.

Sound: The far-off wail of.....something.

NOMI: (jumps, gasps) What's that? A horn? In this desert? This

heat

must be affecting me. (future self) For a moment, I hesitated, wishing

I

could turn back --fly back to my old home, my old life. But Vima had

heard

that second voice too. It was mysterious, irresistable. So we walked on,

and

I felt the gates of the past shut closed behind me.

Sound: The horn blares again.

NOMI: (future self) The wind merged with the sound of the horn

call.

And after another hour or two, we saw a herd of strange beasts, like

cattle,

answering the horn with strange hooting cries.

Sound: Yup, pardner, it's a stampede!!

NOMI: (future self) And suddenly they galloped off. And I heard

the

same inner voice tell me to follow....follow..... as my past faded into

a

vanishing mirage, and I marched through the dust and the haze into a

vague,

shapeless future..... until the future finally took shape.

SCENE 3-4 EXT. MASTER THON'S HOUSE

=================================================

Sound: The bleating of the desert beasts are centered here.

VIMA: Look, Mama! A house! And there are all those creatures we

heard.

And there's a....a yellow man, riding a.....big.....big.......what is

that,

Mama?

NOMI: I don't know, little gem. But we're about to find out.

(future

self) I knew at once that the man riding a strange beast was a Jedi.

Sound: The man's riding beast snorts.

YELLOW MAN: I sensed your fear through the Force. Do not be afraid.

NOMI: (future self) When the rider spoke, I felt something open in

my

heart. A certain lightness....hope. (we now catch up to the present,

with

the 'future' Nomi speaking to the yellow man) And that's how I met you.

YELLOW MAN: Come to the house. I have food for you and the child.

NOMI: Thank you.

YELLOW MAN: You have come far, and on a strange journey, Nomi

Sunrider.

I am glad to offer you help.

SCENE 3-5 INT. IZIZ ROYAL PALACE......MAKE THAT INT. IZIZ ROYAL

PALACE

RUINS.

===============================================================

Sound: A roaring fire nearly drowns out the siren. Smashing of

glass.

TOTT: (coughs) help.....someone.....help......(grunts)

This

pillar.....fallen across my chest....can't breathe.....can't call out....

ULIC: (far off, coming up) Hello? Is anyone in there?

CAY: HELLO?? This place is about to collapse!!

TOTT: Ulic.....(coughs again) Cay.....I'm here.

CAY: HELLO!! HEL---TOTT!!! ULIC!!!! I'VE FOUND TOTT DONEETA!!!

ULIC: Where are you? I can't see with all this smoke!!

CAY: Up here!! Hold on, Tott, we'll get you out of there!

ULIC: Cay, I've f--Tott!! Is he--TOTT: I'm alive, but this pillar weighs a ton. Taken all my strength

in

the Force to keep it from crushing me.

ULIC: What happened, Tott?

TOTT: Darksiders attacked the Palace. They blew it up....

CAY: And the fire's closing in on us. We've got to get him out,

Ulic.

Maybe my mechanical arm can--Sound: He uses the arm to try to lift the pillar.

CAY: (grunting) No good!!

ULIC: It's too heavy for you, Cay.

TOTT: Hurry....

CAY: Maybe we can cut it with our lightsabers!!

ULIC: No!! We'd cut Tott in half too!! We have to lift it using

the

Force!

Sound: The two Jedi concentrate the Force on the pillar.....

ULIC: Concentrate, Cay......

CAY: (coughing) It's hard to focus, Ulic! (coughing jag)

The

smoke....the heat's like a furnace!

ULIC: TRY!!!!

Sound: The pillar moves....

CAY: WE'RE DOING IT!!! WE DID IT!!!

ULIC: Come on, Tott, I'll help you!!

CAY: We'd better hurry, Ulic! This place is about to---Sound: CCCCRRRASSSSHHHH!!!!!

SCENE 3-6 INT. LIGHT SIDE EXPLORER COCKPIT

===============================================

Sound: Computer beeps for attention.

THREEDEE: That's odd. There's a ship approaching the Light

Side

Explorer. I didn't think we'd encounter anyone else in this

wasteland.

Computer?

COMPUTER: Computer activated.

THREEDEE: Identify approaching ship, please.

COMPUTER: Identification unavailable. Approaching ship is

broadcasting

no telesponder codes.

THREEDEE: Well, that's odd. Perhaps they've had technical problems

and

are stopping to ask for help. Uh, what information is available,

Computer?

COMPUTER: Inbound vessel approaching at a speed of three

standard

timeparts.

THREEDEE: Three timeparts?!? That's reckless speed for a

planetside

voyage!

COMPUTER: Manuevers and angle of descent consistent with

attack

profile.

THREEDEE: (panicked) Attack?!? Oh, my!!!!

COMPUTER: Vessel design and markings consistent with insignia

of

gangster known as--Sound: A hole is blown in the side of the ship.

GUDB: MAKE WAY FOR BOGGA THE HUTT!!!

THREEDEE: Oh, my!! Look what you've done to the door of this ship!!

GUDB: That's nothing compared to the hole I'll make in you if you

don't

freeze like a ice cube on Hoth!! Okay boss, all clear.

Sound: Bogga is on a hoversled.

BOGGA: NE MAFUTTAAAA!! HURRY UP, GUDB!! I WANT MY ADEGAN

CRYSTALS!!!!

GUDB: Okay boys, you heard the boss. Start lookin'!!

THREEDEE: Now just wait a minute. You cannot barge onto Mist--

GUDB: I WARNED YA!!!

Sound: Gudb blasts Threedee apart. Then blows on the end of his

blaster

as Threedee's protests die.

GUDB: That's it for the droid.

BOGGA: THE CRYSTALS, GUDB!!!!

GUDB: All right boys, let's peel open the ship like a can of

Nerf

gizzards! If those Adegan crystals are on board, we're gonna find 'em!!

SCENE 3-7 INT. MASTER THON'S HOUSE --NIGHT

===================================================

Sound: A fire is warming the house. The beast rumbles in the

distance.

Music: "Luke and Leia" plays again.....

YELLOW MAN: I want to hear the rest of your story, Nomi Sunrider.

But

first, let me finish these chores.

NOMI: This large creature....he sleeps indoors with you?

YELLOW MAN: Well, of course he does! D-Don't you know....

NOMI: I've never seen such an amazing creature in all my life.

YELLOW MAN: Yes. He is most amazing.

CREATURE: (Huh? Did that beast just laugh?)

YELLOW MAN: Very well, then. You were telling me about your

husband's

death. What happened next?

NOMI: One of them had a venomous pet. It attacked Andur from

behind.

Before I knew what was happening, my husband..... was dead. I

don't

understand. He was always so strong. He told me the Force protects a

Jedi.

YELLOW MAN: The protection of the Force is a matter of attention.

CREATURE: (rumbles....in agreement?)

YELLOW MAN: A Jedi can be undone if his attention is drawn away

from

his attacker. Over the centuries, some opponents of the Jedi have learned

to

exploit this vunerability. What happened next, ma'am?

NOMI: Something came over me....I....I thought I saw Andur,

surrounded

by light. I felt great strength. I picked up his lightsaber, and

I

....killed two of the murderers. Afterward, there was nothing to do but

obey

Andur's command. To allow the Force to guide me..... here.

YELLOW MAN: And why are you here?

NOMI: I...I'm looking for someone. My husband was supposed to meet

him.

A Jedi.

YELLOW MAN: I am a Jedi. But --NOMI: (gasps in happy surprise) Then you're the one I'm looking

for!

You're Master Thon!!

YELLOW MAN: Well, no. Uh--NOMI: I must give you his gifts. He said you would be grateful

to

receive them. I have them here.

Sound: She starts pulling out the box of crystals. She opens the

box.

NOMI: Adegan crystals. Andur said they make the best lightsabers.

Sound: The roar of a beast from outside the house.

YELLOW MAN: Listen.

Sound: Several more cries. Shouting of people from outside.

YELLOW MAN: Something's attacking my herd of Staga beasts. Someone

of

evil intent is in the compound....

NOMI: It.....it looks like a Hutt Sail Barge. And your compound

is

filled with his enforcers!

SCENE 3-8 EXT. MASTER THON'S HOUSE

=============================================

Sound: Bogga's laughing henchmen are slaughtering the herd of

beasts.

GUDB: Hey, Nikto! This beast ain't dead yet!!

NIKTO: (He's still alive? I thought Nomi chopped him down....)

Oh.

Sorry, Gudb.

Sound: Nikto shoots the beast's head off.

BOGGA: NA CHA KULA!!! HURRY UP, GUDB!! WE'LL FEAST ON STAGA

MEAT

TONIGHT!!!

GUDB: You heard Bogga the Hutt! All right boys, let's get dinner

loaded

up into the hoversled and--

YELLOW MAN: HUTT WORM!!!

GUDB: (probably rolls his eyes) Oh, boy.

YELLOW MAN: Haven't you got enough evil wealth?!? Do you have to

steal

my herd too??

GUDB: And just who are you, pal?

Sound: SNAP-HISS......

GUDB: Oh, great! Another Jedi!!!

WEEQUAY: Chu Sko, Kulta Jedi!!

YELLOW MAN: Don't bet on that.

BOGGA: GUDB!!! BLAST HIM!!!

Sound: Blaster fire.

GUDB: You heard the boss, boys!!

YELLOW MAN: Your blaster won't help you against me.

NIKTO: We ain't stopping him, Gudb!

GUDB: Don't you think I can see that?! Keep firin'!!

YELLOW MAN: Your aim is worse than your manners. You might as well

put

your blasters away and--Sound: Yellow Man gets coldcocked from behind.

GUDB: Good job, Nikto! With all these blasters going off --

SCENE 3-9 INT. MASTER THON'S HOUSE

=============================================

GUDB: (heard from outside) --the last thing that Jedi expected was

to

get blindsided by a punch!

NOMI: They're going to kill him.... just like they killed Andur....

CREATURE: (growls REAL loud)

NOMI: Wait, where're you going? At least let me help you with the--Sound: The door opens --and closes --by itself.

NOMI: --door.

SCENE 3-10 EXT. MASTER THON'S HOUSE

=============================================

BOGGA: FINISH THAT JEDI, GUDB!! SOON I'LL HAVE THOSE PRETTY

CRYSTALS!!!

YELLOW MAN: (moans)

GUDB: You got it, boss. Wherever assassins gather to drink, I'll

be

known as "Gudb the Jedi Killer"!!

Sound: The beast stampedes into the group. GROWLING.

WEEQUAY: Ne de chaza...!

NIKTO: What in space is that??

GUDB: Oh, MAN!! I knew I shoulda brought Skritch with me!

Sound: The beast hurls the assassins aside, snarling. The henchmen

go

flying everywhere, howling in pain.

GUDB: BLAST HIM!! SOMEBODY BLAST HIM!!!

NIKTO: I...I got him!

Sound: Nikto fires at the beast. The shot bounces right off

the

creature. A hum can be heard....

GUDB: Come on, Nikto, can't you aim that thing?!?

Sound: Another deflected shot. And another. And another....

NIKTO: I'm hitting him, I'm hitting him!! But my shots are

just

bouncing off! And he's startin' to glow!!

GUDB: This ain't real!! That beast is throwin' off some kind

of

forcefield!!

BOGGA: VUTA YA J'DI!! GET ON THE SHIP!! THIS IS NOT A POWER WE

CAN

FIGHT!! GO!! GOOOO!!!!

Sound: The Sail Barge lifts into the sky.

GUDB: HEY, WAIT FOR MEEEE!!!

Sound: The Sail Barge (and Gudb) run away. The beast grumbles

in

satisfaction.

YELLOW MAN: (groans again)

NOMI: Are you--YELLOW MAN: I'm.....I'm all right, Nomi Sunrider.

CREATURE: Ngruth dle pesh ntla.

YELLOW MAN: Thank you, Master. You have once again demonstrated that

a

lightsaber is not the only way to win a fight.

CREATURE: (clip-clopping up to the Yellow Man) Hrrmmmth prey

p'k'la

gruum.

NOMI: 'Master'? Why do you call this creature 'Master'?

YELLOW MAN: Because he is my master. My name is Oss Wilum. That

is

Master Thon. A very advanced Jedi.

NOMI: That creature? But you were riding him....I mean, I thought --OSS: It is not I, but he who will be your teacher in the ways of

the

Force, Nomi Sunrider.

THON: Nnarruum.

SCENE 3-11 EXT. IZIZ ROYAL PALACE RUINS

=====================================================

Sound: The alarms are still blaring outside the remains of the

Palace.

A group of people murmur around the heroes.

ARCA: There are fires all over the city, Ulic.

ULIC: It's the Darksiders, Master Arca. They've formed a guerilla

army.

They appear as if by magic!!

CAY: Yeah. Sith magic.

ULIC: They attack anyone they can find, and then disappear!

ARCA: It's King Ommin. He's here, somewhere....drawing on the

dark

power of Freedon Nadd that I felt earlier.

ULIC: We've searched the catacombs under the city. But it's like a

maze

down there.

ARCA: We must keep trying, Ulic. The fate of Onderon --maybe the

fate

of this star system --lies with us.

SCENE 3-12 EXT. AMBRIA

======================================================

Sound: Wind.

NOMI: (speaking from the future) So much has happened in the time

since

I arrived here on Ambria. I thought my Jedi training would

begin,

but....I've been ignored. Left to myself.

VIMA: (giggles)

NOMI: (future self) I've spent most of my time with little Vima.

She

likes to play with the small lizards that inhabit the wild terrain

around

the compound.

Sound: The little lizards ("Neeks") hiss and buzz.

VIMA: (laughs) Look, Mama! The Neeks are dancing!

NOMI: Be careful, little gem. Those Neeks have sharp teeth.

VIMA: It's okay, Mama. When they get too close, I just shoo them

away!

Like this!

Sound: Hum of the Force --small and quiet, but it's there.

NOMI: (future self) The Force had already been awakened in my

daughter.

She can use it to protect herself from the sharp teeth of the Neeks.

I

shouldn't have been surprised. She was the daughter of one...well, TWO

Jedi.

VIMA: Come on, Mama, let's chase them!

NOMI: (future self) I had warned her to stay away from that

steaming

lake, just as Oss Wilum had warned me. He said the Dark Side dwells

there,

in the lake they call "Lake Natth," kept prisoner by Master Thon's

power.

But.....children are children. (present self) Vima, let them go! Stay

away

from there, Vima!

Sound: Hissing of the lake as Vima gets too close....

VIMA: Hah hah! I have you now, little Neeks!

NOMI: (future self) But I hadn't told her about....the creatures.

I

didn't want to scare her. Oss Wilum had told me that the creatures in

the

Dark Side lake had begun to mutate....

Sound: The Neeks start squawking in fear.

VIMA: What's wrong, little Neeks?

NOMI: (future self) ....into forms of evil....

Sound: The unearthly ROAR of an overgrown reptile fills the air.

A

second roar joins the first.

VIMA: (screams) MAMAAAAA!!!!!

NOMI: (future self) It was TERRIBLE. I thought I'd left my

dragons

behind me....but two new ones rose from the water, I-I was too far away,

I

couldn't reach her in time.... (present self) VIMA!!!

VIMA: MAMA!!! What are they?!?!

NOMI: (future self) And then, something just came out of me!!

The

Force, I guess. I mean, I KNOW it!! I formed an image in my head. In

my

mind, the two dragons stopped lurching toward Vima and started fighting

each

other!! And before I knew it --Sound: The two Dark dragons start beating the crap outta each other.

NOMI: (future self) --my image became REALITY!! The two

dragons

started fighting, as if I had made them fight!

VIMA: Oh, Mama!

NOMI: Come with me, Vima!! Now!!

SCENE 3-13 EXT. MASTER THON'S HOUSE

======================================================

Sound: Wind continues.

NOMI:....and we escaped. I came right back here to the house.

THON: (grumbles thoughtfully)

NOMI: I thought I should tell you what happened, Master Thon. I

don't

know why. You never talk to me. You never do anything but growl....

THON: mmmMMMMMMMSSSSsssso much sadness and pain in your heart,

Nomi

Sunrider.

NOMI: (gasps in astonishment) You.....speak???

THON: Of course I speak. All the time, in words and otherwise. In

the

Force, every moment is an oratory.

(We recognize the voice as the one Nomi heard by the lake earlier.)

NOMI: But....why have you been ignoring me? Why have you waited

so

long??

THON: I have waited for you, daughter. My words have not changed,

but

now you have ears to hear me. Today, at the lake, you opened your mind

to

the Force. You instinctively used one of our most powerful tools......

Jedi

Battle Meditation.

NOMI: "Battle Meditation?" Then....I am a Jedi!

THON: You have begun the long journey. I hope it is not too late.

NOMI: "Too late?"

THON: Events are moving quickly. Events that will summon you,

and

others already fighting, into the greatest struggle yet. Between the

Light

Side....and the darkness. I must prepare you. Your training must begin

now!!

SCENE 3-14 INT. CORUSCANT GALACTIC MUSEUM

===================================================

Sound: The galaxy's largest museum is booming with business.

INTERCOM: (a bright, cheery announcer, the type you might hear

in

Disney World) Welcome to Republic City!! As you know from your

travel

brochures, Republic City --the only city on Coruscant --covers the

entire

surface of the planet! It is the largest city in the Republic. On your

left

is a view of the Senatorial chambers, where laws for the entire

civilized

cosmos are debated! Next, we'll visit the museum of Natural Mystery, and

--ALEEMA: Psst!

SATAL: Aleema, how much longer to we have to put up with this?

ALEEMA: (a calculating young woman) Just for a while longer,

Satal.

We've got to blend in with the tourists long enough to study the layout

of

the Museum facilities.

SATAL: Well, we'd better make it fast. After all, you and I are

the

heirs to the entire Empress Teta star system, not a couple of greenies

from

Circarpous V! We're bound to be recognized sooner or later!

ALEEMA: All right, all right! There's a location monitor over

there.

Just push that button and --Sound: Computer beep.

COMPUTER: Display map activated. You are Here. (beep)

SATAL: OH! By the Empress, I hate visual aids!

ALEEMA: (exasperated) QUIET, Satal. I'm checking the directory....

Sound: Aleema fiddles with the location monitor.

ALEEMA: Let's see....Dantooine, Da Sootcha --here we are! 'Dark

Side

Antiquities.'

SATAL: Perfect! There's a museum of Dark Side objects not far

from

here.

ALEEMA: This is it, Satal. The power of the Dark Side will soon

be

ours!

SCENE 3-15 EXT. AMBRIA

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Sound: Tinkering can be heard over the wind.

OSS: Now, where's that power converter? Power converter....

THREEDEE: Ooh!! Ah-hah-hah-hah! I believe it's to the left,

Master

Wilum.

OSS: Gudb's blaster did a nasty bit of work on you, Threedee. Took

me

months to get the parts to fix you right.

Sound: Nomi walks up to the two.

THREEDEE: Oh, Mistress Nomi! How are you?

NOMI: Hello, Threedee. Hello, Wilum.

OSS: Hello, Nomi Sunrider. How goes the Jedi training?

NOMI: Fine...I-I guess. Master Thon gave me the afternoon off.

I

thought I'd go for a walk, but.....this planet is so bleak. Why did

Master

Thon choose to live here?

OSS: Mmm, because he wanted to test himself. Ambria is a Dark

Side

world. And once Thon drove the Dark Side energies back into that lake,

he

decided to stay.

NOMI: How.....how long have you known Master Thon? Is he really as

wise

as they say? He....sometimes he frightens me.

OSS: (still tinkering) Been with him five years. Taught me

the

lightsaber and the Force. He gave me --THREEDEE: PLEASE watch what you're doing, Master Wilum! You

are

millmeters away from my most delicate servos!

OSS: Oh --sorry, Threedee. Thon's the best Jedi Master I've ever

met,

Nomi. Hmmm...fried density emitter....

THREEDEE: Ohhh dear. That's fatal, isn't it? I'm doomed!!! I knew

it!!

OSS: (chuckle) You'll be okay. Uh, I can bypass the emitter, and

link

directly to this secondary integrator. I have to warn you, Nomi, Master

Thon

can be scary sometimes. He'll push you to your limits.

NOMI: Well, at least you'll be here. If things get difficult, I'll

have

somebody to talk to.

OSS: Oh, didn't you know? I-I might be going away.

NOMI: What??

OSS: Well, yes. That's why the Twi'lek's here.

NOMI: Who is "Twi'lek?"

OSS: (laughs) A Twi'lek is a species, not a person. This one's a

Jedi.

His name is....

SCENE 3-16 EXT. AMBRIA --ELSEWHERE

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Sound: Wind's still blowing. Clip-clopping of Thon's feet.

THON: Mmm.....Tott Doneeta. It is good that you came.

TOTT: Yes, Master Thon. Master Arca is on the planet Onderon with

his

apprentices, Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma. The Dark Side is very strong

there.

Will you help us?

THON: Master Arca is an old friend. How can I refuse him?

SCENE 3-17 EXT. AMBRIA --LATER

=============================================

Sound: Tott's ship takes off.

SCENE 3-18 INT. CORUSCANT MUSEUM

=============================================

Sound: Door opens.

CURATOR: Welcome to the Museum of Dark Side Antiquities! May I

help

you?

SATAL: I hope so. My name is Satal. And this is my cousin, Aleema.

ALEEMA: We are interested in seeing any old artifacts from the

Dark

Side. If you have any.

CURATOR: 'If I have any??' (laughs) My dears, you're in luck!

We're

just now installing a new exhibit. "The Dark Lords of the Sith."

SATAL: Hm-hmm. That's quite a dramatic title.

CURATOR: Thank you. Thought of it myself. I'm afraid the exhibit's

not

quite ready yet.

ALEEMA: (turning on the charm) Oh, but couldn't we see what you've

got

anyway?

CURATOR: Well, I'm not supposed to....most of the stuff we have is

just

rubbish, you know? But the Jedi Knights asked us not to display it until

the

proper security measures have been taken.

ALEEMA: Just a peek? Please??

CURATOR: Welllll.....all right. What harm is it, anyway? Just a

bunch

of old books and talismans collecting dust. Not as though anybody can

use

these things to take over the galaxy or anything! (laughs) Right

through

here!

Sound: Another door opens.

ALEEMA: Ohhh....

SATAL: Wow.

CURATOR: Here it is, just piles of old books and medallions so far.

But

wait until we set up the lights and the holographs. That's the real show.

SATAL: Do you know much about the Dark Side?

CURATOR: Oh, just what's here on the datapad, really. Ancient

Jedi

Knights who turned to the Dark Side became Dark Lords of the Sith, or

some

such nonsense. They ruled over an ancient civilization, but were

banished

for their evil practices, etc, etc.

Sound: Computer beep.

CURATOR: Oh, excuse me for a moment, will you?

Sound: The curator leaves the room.

CURATOR: (in the other room) Hello? This is he.....WHAT??!

No....

(carries on a long-winded gossip session.)

SATAL: Aleema, can you feel it?

ALEEMA: Yes, Satal. Power resonates from all these objects.

SATAL: But apparently no one can feel it but us!

ALEEMA: Take something, Satal. This is our chance!

SATAL: This book. With the ancient writing. Oh, this looks

important!

ALEEMA: All right. Let's go!!

Sound: The two aristocrats race out of the room as fast as they

can

run.

CURATOR:.....Lungfish would be fine....as long as it's fresh, mind

you.

Sound: Curator "gets off the phone."

CURATOR: Well, sorry about that. Just a little misunnn.......well.

Now

where did they go?

SCENE 3-19 INT. MASTER THON'S HOUSE

============================================

VIMA: (giggles) La la la la, ten little bantha cubs, walking in a

line.

One ran off, and then there were nine...la la la la....

NOMI: (comes up, breathing hard)

VIMA: Hi, Mama. How are....

NOMI: (hits the dirt, gulping air)

VIMA:....you? You look tired, Mama.

NOMI: I'm very tired, little gem. This Jedi training is....

THON: Nomi Sunrider.....

NOMI: (jumps) Master Thon. I-I didn't realize you had come in.

THON: Your training goes very well. The Force is indeed with you.

NOMI: (stunned at the unexpected praise) Th--thank you.

THON: It is time for your next step. You will use Adegan crystals

to

build your first lightsaber.

NOMI: (pained) Master Thon....I....I know I must take up the life of

a

Jedi. I will do it. But I will never touch a lightsaber again. A

lightsaber

will only make me remember my husband's death.... and the terrible

vengeance

I brought upon those who murdered h--THON: That was not vengeance. That was self-defense. That was

justice.

You have already shown great natural skill with the lightsaber.

NOMI: You yourself do not carry a lightsaber. As long as I do not

have

to use a lightsaber, I will accept your training.

THON: Mmmmm.....you must take up the lightsaber, Nomi Sunrider.

I

foretell that you will take it up again, or die.

NOMI: Nonetheless, I will not.

THON: Then come. We will go to the hills. There is a ceremony I

must

perform.

NOMI: Ceremony? But--THON: Bring your daughter. She too is my apprentice.

SCENE 3-20 EXT. AMBRIA

=========================================

THON: Hurry, climb onto my back with your daughter. We must hurry.

NOMI: Threedee, are you.....are you sure you don't want to come

with

us?

THREEDEE: Thank you Mistress, but I don't think my joints are up

to

the...uh....ride. Besides, that creature looks awfully angry, Mistress.

THON: GGGGRRRRRRRR..............

THREEDEE: (VERY scared) Besides, I really must finish repairing

the

Light Side Explorer!

NOMI: Very well. Up we go, Vima! Onto Master Thon's back.

Sound: She lifts Vima up.

THON: (grumbles)

NOMI: There. Threedee, if something happens....if we don't

come

back....take the ship. Return to our homeworld. Tell them what happened.

THON: (booming laugh) Nomi Sunrider, don't you trust me?

(laughs

harder. The laughs change into....)

SCENE 3-21 INT. BOGGA'S PALACE --STENNESS

=======================================================

Sound: The booming laugh of Bogga the Hutt.

NIKTO: I don't get it, Gudb. Why is Bogga the Hutt laughin'?

GUDB: Ya got me, Nikto. A while ago, we was lickin' our wounds

after

that beating the Jedi gave us, and now ol' Bogga's laughing so hard

he's

shaking like Andorian jelly!

BOGGA: PREPARE THE SHIP, GUDB!! YOU ARE GOING TO PAY THOSE JEDI

ANOTHER

VISIT!!

GUDB: Me, boss?!? Are you sure you want us to --

BOGGA: DON'T QUESTION MY ORDERS, GUDB!!!

GUDB: But last time---

BOGGA: LAST TIME, YOU DIDN'T HAVE THESE!

Sound: Clinking.

GUDB: Uh.....jewelry?

BOGGA: FOOL!!! THESE ARE CHAINS. MANDALORIAN CHAINS. THEY WILL

HOLD

EVEN A JEDI PRISONER. NOW GO!!!!

SCENE 3-22 EXT. AMBRIA

============================================

Sound: The clip-clopping of Thon's hooves. The cry of a strange

bird.

And the ever-present wind.

THON: It is simple enough to know the light. A Jedi must feel

the

tension between the two sides of the Force, in himself and in the

universe.

The Dark Side challenges us. Tests us. Forces us to reach beyond

ourselves.

NOMI: As.....as I did at the lake?

THON: Exactly. You drew upon the Force to influence those Dark

Side

creatures.

NOMI: Master Thon....Oss Wilum told me that you chose this

world

because the Dark Side is strong here.

THON: Yes. There was a great darkness here. I drove it back into

the

lake, and there it remains. (sighs, stops walking) Here. We have arrived.

NOMI: Here? At the edge of this precipice?

THON: Yes, Nomi Sunrider. Look into the pit.

Sound: Vima knocks a few rocks loose at the edge.

VIMA: Ooh, Mama, it's so deep...

NOMI: Stay back, Vima. It's too dangerous.

THON: Dangerous? Mmm, yes, it is dangerous, Nomi Sunrider. But it is

as

nothing compared to the Force. Now please, turn your back to the pit,

and

face me.

NOMI: All right.

Sound: She turns, both feet right at the edge of the cliff.

THON: Now you stand on the razor's edge, Nomi Sunrider. Between

the

darkness behind you, and the Force before you. And you must choose.

But

remember, the Force is deeper than this pit, and a thousand times

more

mysterious. But you can understand these mysteries, Nomi Sunrider. One

of

the ways a Jedi comes to understand the Force is through the construction

of

a lightsaber.

NOMI: (shocked and angry) But Master Thon, I.....

THON: Your destiny awaits, Nomi Sunrider.

NOMI: I......I'm not sure I want it!! I never wanted to be a

warrior! I

never wanted to play a part in any galactic battles!

THON: The Jedi does not seek out battles!! But neither does she

turn

her back on battle when it finds her.....now, I have a gift for you.

(he

tugs on the pack strapped to his side.) This....is my own lightsaber.

It

rightfully belongs to my greatest apprentice. Here. Take it.

NOMI: (steps back, shaking the rocks at the edge) I.....I

can't.

I.....I would rather return to my homeworld, and begin a new life.

THON: (his patience wearing thin) N'GRRTTTHHH.....I will tell you

this,

Nomi Sunrider. There is no going back for you! There is going forward,

or

there is darknesssss!!!

Sound: A blaster cannon hits the ground near the three Jedi. A

skiff

flies over them, firing.

GUDB: YEEHAH!!!

NIKTO: BLAST 'EM!!!

NOMI: Master Thon, we're being attacked!!!

VIMA: (screams) MAMA!!!!

THON: Yes, I heard their hovercraft approaching some time ago.

GUDB: (speaking under Nomi and Thon's dialogue) Geez, Nikto,

you're

still missin'!! You couldn't hit the broad side of a Gamorrean

opera

singer!!

NOMI: And you didn't do anything?!?

NIKTO: (speaking under Thon's dialogue) I'm tryin, I'm tryin!!

THON: I was wondering how I could trick you into battle.

(chuckles)

This seems like a good opportunity.

NOMI: BATTLE?!? We have to get away!!!

THON: Run?? No, FIGHT!! I am deflecting their salvoes with the

Force.

Take the lightsaber!!!

NOMI: I'm sorry, Master Thon. I can't.

THON: (getting VERY angry) STUBBORN APPRENTICE!!! THIS IS NO TIME

FOR

PHILOSOPHY!!! Your future has begun. Take the lightsaberrrr!!!

NOMI: NO!!!

THON: (seething) Very well, then. If you won't use the lightsaber,

then

use your Jedi power, as you did to protect your daughter!!!

NOMI: Y-you're mad!!! I have no power!! You're the Jedi Master,

YOU

protect us!!! I have to save Vima!!

THON: (raving) NCH TSUN GTTAK!!! VERY WELL, RUN AWAY!!! Take your

child

to safety. (starts to clop away) If Thon's apprentice has no power.....

then

neither does Thon. Skon ulpn knrr.....let this encounter take it's

course.

NOMI: Wait!! Where are you--Master Thon, you're heading right

toward

them!!

NIKTO: Hey Gudb, that big beast thing. It--it looks like it's

giving

up!

GUDB: Yeah, Nikto. But keep your blaster trained on him anyway.

Okay

boys, land your hovercraft. Looks like we got us a prisoner. (laughs)

Yeah!

NIKTO: Get him! Get those shackles on him! All right!!

Sound: The gang locks the Mandalorian chains on Master Thon. The

voices

fade as Nomi runs up to Vima.

NOMI: Come on, Vima. We've got to find cover.

THREEDEE: (coming up) Mistress Nomi? Over here!!

NOMI: Threedee!! How did you--THREEDEE: Oh, Mistress Nomi. Those pirates demolished Master

Thon's

house!! I barely escaped with my circuits!!

NOMI: We're getting out of here, Threedee. Is the Light Side

Explorer

ready?

THREEDEE: Yes, ma'am. But those pirates are between us and the

ship.

And what about Master Thon?

NOMI: He's a Jedi Master, Threedee. He'll be --(she suddenly

sees

what's happened to Thon) Wait!! What's he doing?!

THON: (rumbles in resignation from far off)

GUDB: (far off) You're not so tough now, are ya! Ha, you stupid sack

o'

horns and hackles! Get those Mandalorian chains on him, boys!

Sound: Rattling of chains.

THREEDEE: They're taking him prisoner!

NOMI: He's giving up without a fight.

THREEDEE: What do we do? Those brutes!! If only I was a better model

of

droid!! I wish I had the power to--NOMI: "the power." Master Thon said something about my Jedi power.

GUDB: (far off) If he moves, blast him!

NOMI: CURSE him!!! This is his way of tricking me!! But what choice

do

I have? Here goes....

THREEDEE: Mistress Nomi, what are you --NOMI: Quiet, Threedee!! I've only done this one before. I have

to

concentrate....reach out to the minds of those space pirates.....

NIKTO: All right, Gudb. Rancor breath here is all chained up.

Sound: The clinking of the Adegan crystals. The Force is beginning

to

rise.....

GUDB: Good job, Nikto. Bogga the Hutt's gonna be pleased with me.

First

I captured a Jedi Master, and I just found those Adegan crystals he

wants

sooo bad!

NIKTO: What do you mean, YOU captured a Jedi Master?

GANGSTER #1: Yeah, Gudb. There's about a dozen guys here who did

the

work.

GUDB: Hey, what's gotten into you guys?

NIKTO: Yeah....in fact, you didn't do much of anything but screw up

the

FIRST time!!

GUDB: Come on, fellas.....you're acting crazy!! We're all on the

same

side here!!

GANGSTER #2: Let me keep crystals for Bogga.

GANGSTER #3: No, me!! Let me HOLD them....

GANGSTER #4: I am strongest. (shoves Gudb) I hold for Bogga!!

GUDB: Get your mitts offa my crystals!!

Sound: A growing argument among the gangsters....

GANGSTER #1: Give 'em to me!!

GANGSTER #3: They're mine!! MINE!!

GANGSTER #2: Forget Bogga!!

Sound: A fistfight breaks out among the dozen.

THREEDEE: Mistress Nomi, those pirates have gone mad!! They're

beating

each other senseless!!

NOMI: It's the Force. Master Thon calls it "Jedi Battle Meditation."

THREEDEE: We have a clear path now. I think we can reach the ship.

NOMI: (new resolve in her voice) Take care of Vima, Threedee.

Sound: SNAP-HISSSssss......Nomi wields Thon's lightsaber.

NOMI: I have work to do. All right Master Thon, I've got

your

lightsaber....YOU WIN!!!

Sound: Nomi races at the pirates.

NIKTO: Hand over the crystals, Gudb!!

GANGSTER #1: Forget it!! They're MINE!!!

GANGSTER #4: Get away from me!!

GANGSTER #2: (hearing the lightsaber) Hey!! What's that--GANGSTER #3: What's that? WHO'S that??

GANGSTER #1: Hey, take it easy--Sound: Nomi becomes a human cuisinart, grunting and yelling as

she

slices'n'dices the pirates with the saber.

NOMI: THAT'S A LIGHTSABER, SCUM!!!

GANGSTER #3: (death scream)

NOMI: AND I'M (grunts, Gangster #2 dies) A JEDI!!!!

GANGSTER #1: She's tryin' to free the beast!!!

GANGSTER #4: No, she's after the crystals!!

GUDB: She's a Jedi, you idiots!! SHE'S behind this!!

GUDB AND GANGSTERS: RUNN!!!!

Sound: The pirates take to their heels.

NOMI: I've come, Master Thon. Just as you knew I would.

Sound: With one swipe, Nomi cuts the chains off of Thon.

THON: It is your nature, child. You are Jedi.

GUDB: Wait a minute....why are we running?? It's still about 12

against

2. Bogga will make dragon fodder out of us!! We gotta kill 'em both!!

COME

ON!!!

Sound: The bad guys start back towards the Jedi....

NOMI: Master, they're coming back for more.

THON: Now we will fight together, as master and apprentice.

Sound: Thon's growls and Nomi's saber makes a very effective

compliment

to the pirate's screams.

GANGSTER #4: AAAGGGHH!! SHE CUT OFF MY LEG!!!

GUDB: GET HER, NIKTO!!! BLAST THAT WITCH!!

NIKTO: No way!! I'm not going near that lightsaber!!

GUDB: You want that horny monster instead!? He's throwin' off

a

forcefield that'd stop a sandcrawler!!

NIKTO: That's IT. I'm outta here!!

GUDB: Me too. I've had about all the Jedi I can take!!

SURVIVING PIRATES: "Get out of the way", "Let's get a move on

here,"

etc.

NOMI: They're running away.

THON: T'cha. Let them go. The Hutt will complete their humiliation.

Sound: The hovercraft takes off.

NOMI: I'm afraid we've made some real enemies, Master.

THON: N'grth. No one wants enemies. But sometimes they can be

useful.

They force us to reach beyond ourselves.

NOMI: I-I'm ready.

THON: I hope so, daughter. For we must leave soon.

NOMI: Are--are we going to join Oss Wilum?

Music: The Force theme begins.

THON: Not yet. First, we must go to Coruscant, to speak with

the

Senators of the Republic. I think you will need their help, for the

enemies

you face today are nothing compared to the Dark Side power that awaits us

on

Onderonnnn........

END OF TAPE TWO / SIDE ONE

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TAPE TWO / SIDE TWO

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SCENE 4-1 INT. NEBULON RANGER COCKPIT

===============================================

Music: SW Fanfare.

Sound: The roar of the Ranger's engines.

CONTROLLER: (on comm) Nebulon Ranger, this is Onderon Flight

Control.

You are cleared to land on Docking Bay 2.

TOTT: Affirmative, Flight Control. Please alert Master Arca that

Tott

Doneeta has arrived with the Jedi Oss Wilum.

Sound: The engine's roar again.

SCENE 4-2 EXT. IZIZ --LANDING PAD

=============================================

Sound: A haunting chorus echoes through the open air. Marching, and

the

clacking of banners.

OSS: So, this is the city of Iziz. It looks magnificent.

TOTT: It was, before all the fighting started.

OSS: It looks like we arrived on Onderon just in time for a

funeral,

Tott Doneeta.

TOTT: Yes, Oss Wilum. Master Arca has ordered that the body of

Queen

Amanoa --and the remains of the Sith Lord Freedon Nadd --be removed

from

the planet. The Onderonians are taking it to a tomb on the fourth

moon.

Master Arca says the Dark Side is still strong around Freedon Nadd's

ancient

sarcophagus.

OSS: Yes. I can feel it.

TOTT: Ah. Here they are now.

OSS: Who's that powerful looking man in the lead?

TOTT: That is Oron Kira, the Beast Lord. Not a Jedi, but a

formidable

man in his own way. The woman next to him is Princess Galia, the new

ruler

of Onderon.

OSS: And those three must be--TOTT: Yes. Ulic and Cay Qel-Droma, and with them is --(louder)

Master

Arca!! I've returned!!

ARCA: Welcome back, Tott Doneeta. And who have you brought?

TOTT: This is Master Thon's pupil, Oss Wilum. He's agreed to help

us

with our work.

ULIC: Your help is welcome.

TOTT: Ah, and this is Ulic Qel-Droma, and his brother Cay.

CAY: Hello.

OSS: Hello. It is a great honor to serve you, Master Arca,

but.....you

look unwell.

ARCA: (wearily) The Dark Side of the Force. The city is still

permeated

with it. It's affecting us all. Despite the light I have brought, the

Dark

Side still seems curiously powerful in this world. The Dark Jedi

Freedon

Nadd still has a following among the populace. I believe some of

his

adherents are Dark Side magicians.

ULIC: Well, they sure appear and disappear like magic. We've had

a

dozen guerrilla attacks in the last week alone. But the terrorists just

seem

to vanish!

SCENE 4-3 INT. IZIZ CATACOMBS

==========================================

Sound: The dripping of the sewers, and one man's footsteps.

GOBEE: Hey, watch it!

RIDER #2: Oh, sorry Gobee. It's so dark down here, I can't see

where

I'm going.

GOBEE: I know what you mean. These caverns under the city go on

for

miles, and they're pitch black.

RIDER #2: Why are we down here, anyway?

GOBEE: Orders from the Jedi. They say someone's down here

practicing

Sith magic. Maybe old King Ommin. Maybe even Freedon Nadd hisself, for

all I

know.

RIDER #2: King Ommin? Thought he was dead. Thought they were both

dead.

What are we lookin' for, a ghost?

OMMIN: (an extremely old voice) If it is a ghost you

seek.....you've

found one!!

SCENE 4-4 EXT. IZIZ LANDING PAD

==========================================

Sound: Ship's engines in warmup.

ULIC: Master Arca, the ship is ready to depart. Shall we load

the

sarcophagus aboard?

GOBEE: (from far off) Run!! EVERYBODY RUNNNN!!!!!

ARCA: Yes. The sooner we get Nadd's remains off this world, the

sooner

we can come to grips with whatever is poisoning the atmosphere he--GOBEE: (closer) RUN!!! THEY'RE COMING!!!!

ARCA: Eh? What's that? One of the Beast Riders.

ULIC: He's running this way, telling us to--Sound: Far-off explosion.

ULIC: By the Force!! What was that?

TOTT: Another explosion!

GOBEE: The worshippers of Freedon Nadd are here!!

ULIC: Where? Where?!?

CAY: I don't see any ships overhead.

ARCA: Don't you feel that rumbling??

GOBEE: They aren't above us!! They're attacking from--Sound: Another, larger explosion, and the whirring of a giant drill.

ULIC: Some kind of war machine! Crashing upward through the

foundations

of the city!!

TOTT: It looks like a giant tunnel maker!

CAY: Not just a machine, Ulic. There's a whole army on board!!

Sound: Shouting and blaster fire.

ARCA: The followers of Freedon Nadd are attacking!!

Sound: The Jedi ignite their lightsabers.

ULIC: Here they come!!

Sound: A fierce battle begins.

ULIC: Cay, you and Oss Wilum take the battle to them. Tott and I

will

guard Master Arca.

CAY: Right. Come on, Oss Wilum --if you came for battle....

WARB: (an amplified voice) For battle, come to me!!

Sound: VERY LOUD footsteps.

OSS: (shocked) By the Force....it's HUGE!!!!

WARB: I am Warb Null, (lights his own saber) Guardian of Freedon

Nadd!!

Sound: The Force rises--the Dark Side.

OSS: Cay, suddenly....everything's gone dark... I..can't think.....

CAY: It's Sith magic, Wilum!! Don't lose hope!! Underneath that

black

armor, there must be flesh and bone!!

Sound: Cay attacks Null --and only hits lightsaber. He grunts with

the

effort.

WARB: Foolish Jedi. I am Freedon Nadd's right hand. I cannot

be

defeated.

CAY: Nadd's right hand, huh? Well, right hand, meet the left hand

of

Cay Qel-Droma!!

Sound: Cay's droid arm whirs as it starts wielding the lightsaber.

ULIC: Master Arca, that Dark Jedi in the black armor is holding off

Cay

and Oss Wilum!

ARCA: Those two can take care of themselves, Ulic.

ULIC: But I've got to--ARCA: Don't be so rash, Ulic. Learn discipline. Feel the Force.

The

battle is only a distraction. Something powerful is at work here, I feel

it,

I --(sound like electrical current) AAAGGGGHHH!!!! (he collapses.)

ULIC: Master Arca!!

TOTT: What happened, Ulic??

ULIC: I don't know!!

ARCA: (moans) Dark Side energy....(scared) the strongest I've

ever

felt....

ULIC: Master Arca reached out with the Force, and then collapsed.

Stay

with him, Tott.

TOTT: Where are you going, Ulic?

ULIC: (lights up saber) To even the odds!!

Sound: Ulic wades into the fight.

ULIC: I'm coming for you, Darksider!!

WARB: FALL BACK!!! BACK TO THE WAR MACHINE!!

TOTT: Ulic, you're doing it!! You're driving them off!

ULIC: (running) Wait you Dark Side scum, I'm not finished with you!!

WARB: (slices one more good guy to bits) My business is finished

here,

foolish Jedi. But your time will come. SOON.

Sound: The door of the war machine closes.

ULIC: NOOO!!!

Sound: The war machine starts back up....

CAY: LOOK OUT, ULIC!!! THAT MACHINE IS STARTING TO MOVE!!

ULIC: COME OUT!! COME OUT AND FACE ME!!!!

CAY: ULIC!! HURRY!!!

Sound: The war machine starts to bury itself.

TOTT: Cay, that war machine is disappearing into the ground.....

CAY: And it's dragging everything down in it's wake!!

TOTT: Including us!!!! It's pulling me!!!! Cay, I'm slipping--!!

Sound: Cay grabs Tott. Whir of the droid arm.

CAY: Hold onto me, Tott! My droid arm's locked onto this pole!!

HOLD

ON!!!

Sound: Noises of war machine reach a crescendo......and fade.

TOTT: By the Twi'lek goddess! The war machine.....it's gone! It

just

sank into the earth!!

CAY: Did it....did it take Ulic with it?

ULIC: (coughing) No, I'm here. I jumped ship at the last minute.

But

the Darksiders got away.

CAY: At least we drove them off before we did any serious damage.

ARCA: (weak) No.....the damage is done......

ULIC: Master Arca!! Are you all right?

ARCA: I'll be fine, Ulic. But as I said, the damage is done.

This

attack was just a ruse. While we fought that Dark Jedi, his

servants

captured the sarcophagus of Freedon Nadd!

Sound: A comlink beeps for attention.

TOTT: Tott Doneeta here. What?? Where are they??.......

ARCA: We must go down into the tunnels, Ulic.

ULIC: What? But Master Arca, you're in no condition to--ARCA: I have no choice!!! The sarcophagus of Freedon Nadd holds

great

power. We must not let the Darksiders have it!! If King Ommin is still

alive

and if he's behind this madness, then this tunnel will lead us to him.

GALIA: Then I'm going with you.

ULIC: Princess Galia, this is far too dangerous for--GALIA: I insist. I know these tunnels better than anyone. Besides,

if

my father is the source of this Sith magic, I should confront him.

ARCA: There is no time to argue. We must go now.

CAY: Then we're going to.

Sound: Crackle of a comlink.

TOTT: Master Arca, I've just gotten a report. There's a Dark Side

army

approaching the city.

ARCA: Cay. You, Tott Doneeta, and Oss Wilum remain here. Help the

Beast

Riders defend the city. Ulic and I will go into the tunnels with Galia.

CAY: But Master Arca--ARCA: Cay......like your brother, you must temper your courage

with

wisdom. Remain here. Defend the city until we return. Ulic, let's go.

SCENE 4-5 INT. IZIZ CATACOMBS

========================================

Sound: Usual sewer noises.

ULIC: This tunnel is so dark. Is everyone accounted for? Master

Arca?

ARCA: I am at your side, Ulic. You must learn to see with the Force.

GALIA: And I am here too, Ulic.

ULIC: Galia, do you know where we are?

GALIA: No. This tunnel.....it leads deeper than any of the catacombs

I

knew about.

ARCA: And it seems far older. Buried deeper in the planet's core.

And

in the Dark Side. We must be careful.

ULIC: Dark Side or not, when I meet that Warb Null, I'm going to--OMMIN: (very near) He is not your worst enemy, Ulic Qel-Droma.

ALL: (jump and gasp)

ULIC: Who is that??

ARCA: King Ommin.

GALIA: Fa....father??

Sound: Droid parts whir as Ommin moves.

OMMIN: Yes, my daughter.

GALIA: But....what has happened to you?

OMMIN: Ah, you refer to my, uh...(whir) enhancements? Necessary,

I'm

afraid. My body has worn away. It seems this metal exoskeleton is all

that

keeps my aged bones from collapsing.

GALIA: But Father, what are you doing all alone in these tunnels?

I

thought you were dead!!

OMMIN: Dead? Huh. No, not dead. That was simply a necessary

diversion.

(chuckles) So I could continue my, um, studies. As for living down here

in

these tunnels, well.....I've grown to like them. And I am hardly

alone.

(whir)

Sound: Growing rumble....the war machine again!!

OMMIN: As you can see, I have an army.

ULIC: The Darksiders!! They're all here....!!

ARCA: Steady, Ulic. Have patience. (louder) King Ommin, I sense

that

the pall of darkness weighs on you like death itself.

OMMIN: Ah, Master Arca.

ARCA: Listen to me, old man. In the name of the Jedi, I demand

the

sarcophagus of Freedon Nadd. I need to know how the Dark Side remains

so

strong in this place.

OMMIN: Hmm.....come closer, Arca. I will tell you a secret.

ULIC: (quickly) Master Arca, don't!! I don't trust him....

OMMIN: Come, come, young Jedi. (whir) I am an old man. And I live

only

by the grace of technology. What harm can I do? (whir) Arca....

ARCA: (walks up to Ommin) Yes, King Ommin.

OMMIN: You should know the darkness has been with us for centuries.

My

father, his father....

ARCA: I know that.

OMMIN: But, do you know that the Great One is with us, even yet??

ARCA: WHAT?!?!?

OMMIN: Oh, yes!! Even now!! Even....HERE!!!

Sound: Ommin whirs as he turns. An electrical arc flies from his

hands

to shock Arca.

ARCA: AARRRRGGGHHH!!! (falls to the ground.)

ULIC: MASTER ARCA!!!

GALIA: Wh.....what's that figure? Like a ghost, rising behind

my

father's form.....

NADD: (Deep, amplified, and utterly DARK.) I AM FREEDON NADD.

ULIC: It....it's some Dark Side trick!!

ARCA: (weak) No. It is him. It is Freedon Nadd.

ULIC: But he's been dead for over 400 years!!

NADD: YES, MY MUMMIFIED FLESH SLEEPS IN STONE. BUT THIS OLD MAN

CALLED

MY SPIRIT BACK FROM CHAOS. I HAVE GIVEN HIM MY KNOWLEDGE.

ARCA: Now I understand why the Dark Side has continued to fill

this

city. King Ommin has been practicing Sith magic --that he learned from

you.

NADD: FEAR ME NOT, JEDI. I AM POWERLESS IN MY PRESENT STATE.

OMMIN: But I am not!!

Sound: Ommin picks Arca up by the neck.

ARCA: (gasps and grunts)

GALIA: Father, NO!! Ulic, he.....he's lifting Arca off the ground!!

How

can he??

ULIC: Your father looks weak, Galia, but that metal frame must give

him

strength.

OMMIN: You've guessed only part of it, foolish young Jedi.

The

exoskeleton supports my body, but the dark power of Freedon Nadd gives

me

strength to do THIS!!!

Sound: He begins zapping Arca with lightning.

ARCA: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!!!!!

GALIA: Ulic!!! What's happening?!?!

ULIC: The Dark Side power has trapped him. Master Arca, fight

it.....

NADD: YOUR MASTER CANNOT, BOY. THROUGH KING OMMIN, MY POWER RULES

THIS

PLANET ONCE MORE.

Sound: Ommin's body whirs. The lightning starts again.

ARCA: (moaning under the lightning) Ulic.....Galia.....run!!

ULIC: Not without you, Master!!

GALIA: Ulic, come on!

WARB: GUARDS!!! STOP THEM!!

Sound: Warb ignites his saber.

WARB: JEDI, HALT!!!

ULIC: (voice filled with hatred) Warb Null.....

OMMIN: Galia. Come to me, daughter. Take my hand. Stay with your

old

father. I need for my work.

GALIA: (completely repulsed) Ulic, take me away from him. Please.

WARB: JEDI!!! SURRENDER!!! YOU ARE NOTHING NEXT TO THE MIGHT OF

WARB

NULL!!!

ULIC: (lights his saber) Let's find out.

Sound: Ulic and Warb clash, hacking and slashing. The fight

continues

under the dialogue:

NADD: NOW, OMMIN, WHILE THE YOUNG JEDI IS DISTRACTED....TAKE

ARCA'S

BODY DEEPER INTO THE CATACOMBS.

OMMIN: As you command, Dark Lord. But I believe that young warrior

will

give Warb Null a fine beating.

NADD: YES. ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN. HIS DEATH SUITS ME.......JUST AS

THE

GROWING POWER OF ULIC QEL-DROMA SUITS MY PLANS.......

WARB: ARRRGGGHHH!!! (metallic crash) MY ARM......YOU'VE CUT

IT

OFF......THE PAINNNN!!!

MERCY, I BEG---!!!!

ULIC: I'll give you "mercy!!" The same mercy you showed my

brother!!!

Sound: Ulic beheads Warb Null, Highlander-style. (minus the

Quickening,

of course.)

ULIC: There. It's done. Galia, where's Master Arca?

GALIA: Gone, Ulic. They've.....they've taken him away.

ULIC: (moans) Oh, my head....the Dark Side power's oppresive. Too

much

anger......I feel dizzy.....like I'm falling......

GALIA: Should we.....should we go after them?

ULIC: No. Let's get the others. We're going to need help, Galia.

Lots

of help.

(I just HAD to add this. A line from Freedon Nadd, from the comic

only.

"YES, FIGHT WELL, YOUNG JEDI. A GREAT DESTINY AWAITS YOU......")

SCENE 4-6 INT. CORUSCANT --SENATE HALL

===============================================

Sound: A meeting hall, filled with quietly talking people.

NETUS: Order!! ORDER!! (hits gavel) This meeting of the

Defense

Committee will come to order!

Thank you. Now.....you're all aware of the trouble on the

planet

Onderon. But I'm afraid it's much worse than we suspected.

Sound: Disturbed buzz from the Senators.

NETUS: We recently received this garbled transmission from one of

the

Jedi Knights assigned to Onderon.

ULIC: (on comm, static-filled) Attention, leaders of the

Republic....My

name is Ulic Qel-Droma, a Jedi Knight. There is terrible danger on

the

planet Onderon. The situation here is worse than we thought. Leaders of

the

Republic....if you're receiving this, please send help. We

need

reinforcements. There's an army of Darksiders. Worshippers of the Sith

Lord

Freedon Nadd. They've captured Master Arca. Are you receiving us?

Coruscant?

We've encountered King Ommin, a powerful Dark Side magician. We've

also

discovered the spirit of Freedon Nadd himself. We need

help.......(static)

Sound: VERY disturbed buzz from the Senators.

NETUS: That's all the message we received. We are unable to send

a

reply. Are there any questions?

SENATOR #1: Aye.

NETUS: The chair recognizes the Senator from Orron III.

SENATOR #1: Mister Chairman, I'm not sure what this squabble has to

do

with us. After all, Onderon is still a backward planet, not even part of

the

Republic yet.

Sound: Buzz from Senators. A lot of "Aye's" in there....

NETUS: (hits gavel) ORDER!! The Jedi Knights have asked us

for

assistance. They have served the Republic nobly in the past. We owe it

to

them!! I recommend that the Republic fleet move at once!!

Sound: Buzz from Senators.

SENATOR #1: Quelling civil unrest is one thing, but challenging

the

Dark Side? Well, surely that's a matter for the Jedi themselves to

resolve!

SENATOR #2: I disagree!!

THON: AS DO I!!

Sound: Thon clip-clops in. The Senators whisper in surprise

to

themselves.

NETUS: Master Thon. The presence of a Jedi Master in the capital

city

honors us. And who is....?

THON: This is my apprentice, Nomi Sunrider.

NOMI: (timidly) Hello.

THON: I find your language difficult. She will translate for me.

Sound: Thon begins to speak in his own language, as Nomi translates.

NOMI: Master Thon says, "We have come to urge you to help us defend

the

planet Onderon."

SENATOR #3: But this matter involves the Dark Side. The followers

of

the ancient Dark Jedi Freedon Nadd. It is a problem for the Jedi to

solve!!

Sound: Overwhelming chorus of agreement from the Senators.

THON: (lets out a VERY low growl. The Senators stop talking.)

NOMI: (continuing to translate) "You are Senators of the Republic.

Each

of you speaks for the assembled Presidents of his planet. Each of

those

Presidents speaks for your government. Each government for millions

of

citizens. Yet when you come together here, in the halls of this

Republic,

you speak with one voice. How is that?"

Sound: Senators start jabbering to each other.

NETUS: Well, we're.....we're a Republic! We have our differences,

yes,

but we are united in a common government!

NOMI: Master Thon asks, "Why?"

SENATOR #1: Well, for the good of all. United, we

are

stronger.....(realizing) Oh.

NOMI: "United, we ARE stronger. And so we ask your help. The evil

we

face on Onderon is not a matter just for the Jedi. OR for the Republic.

The

Dark Side is not simply my enemy, it is yours. "

SENATOR #2: Oh.....

NOMI: "And yours!!"

SENATOR #1: Oh!!

NOMI: "And YOURS. If we do not fight the Dark Side together, the

shadow

will fall on each of us in turn. Today, I send this Jedi, this brave

young

woman (she realizes Thon's talking about her) to Onderon....to

fight...a

battle..(shivering)...A battle that may mean the end of the Republic

itself.

The Jedi fight for you. The Jedi may die for you. What will you, in turn,

do

for the Jedi?"

Sound: In the silence that follows, Thon turns and begins to clipclop

out. The Senate door opens....and closes.....without a word.

NETUS: Well.....I think it's time we voted. Respond "Aye" or "Nay."

All

those in favor of assisting the Jedi?

ALL THE SENATORS: AYE!!!

SCENE 4-7 INT. HOTEL ROOM --CORUSCANT

===============================================

Sound: The flipping of book pages.

SATAL: (grunting in frustration)

FEMALE NEWSANCHOR: (on holovid) ....that the Senate has voted to

send a

peace-keeping force to the planet Onderon.

SATAL: (sounding very whiny) Aleema, I just don't get this!

ALEEMA: (she's heard this a little too much) Satal --shh!

I'm

listening to the news!

FEMALE NEWSANCHOR: This quick-strike force will reinforce a band

of

Jedi Knights already on the planet. Onderon was once under the rule

of

Freedon Nadd, a follower of the outlawed Sith.

SATAL: The pages in this book are all gibberish.

ALEEMA: SHH!!!

FEMALE NEWSANCHOR: Practioners of forbidden Sith magic are said to

be

still active on Iziz, Onderon's single great city. Rumors suggest that

the

spirit of the long dead Sith Lord Freedon Nadd continues to control

the

city. On the economic front--

ALEEMA: THAT'S IT!!!

SATAL: What?

ALEEMA: That planet --Onderon!! They still practice Sith magic

there!

SATAL: Of course!! That's where we can unlock the secrets of this

book!

ALEEMA: Let's get to our ship, Satal. We're going to Onderon!!!

SCENE 4-8 INT. CORUSCANT --SPACEPORT

=================================================

Sound: A ship's engines in warm-up.

TRAFFIC CONTROL: (on comm) Republic starship Alliance One, cleared

for

departure. All personnel report on board for final check.

THON: Your ship is about to depart, Nomi Sunrider.

NOMI: I......I know, Master Thon. I.....

THON: Speak. What is it?

NOMI: I......I don't know how to say it.....Can't you see it in me?

THON: We are Jedi. Our connection is beyond words. But sometimes,

the

words help us understand ourselves. Speak.

NOMI: Everything's happened so fast. I still think of Andur. All

those

years he served the Force.....he was so happy, so vital, so alive.....

He

had so much experience, and then it was over in an instant. It's all so

new

for me....I'm just afraid it will end too soon. Master......must I do

this?

THON: G'rrrunn. (grumbles, then finally) No.

NOMI: Really?

THON: There is nothing you must say. And no one you must see. There

is

nothing you must do, and nowhere you must go, Nomi Sunrider. That is

the

wonderful, terrible truth of life. You are putting yourself in grave

danger,

Nomi Sunrider. You do not have to do so.

Sound: Thon starts to clip-clop off.

NOMI: W-Wait!! It.....is that all you're going to say?!? You're

my

teacher!!

THON: (farther off) I have spoken a great truth, Nomi Sunrider. But

the

lesson is not in the truth.....it is in your use of the truth.....

NOMI: But.......argh! Oss Wilum told me he would push me.

SOLDIER: Ma'am, the ship is ready to depart. Are you coming?

NOMI: (long moment) YES!

SCENE 4-9 EXT. IZIZ

=====================================================

Sound: The city is once again a battlefield. Blaster cannons,

screams,

shouts of courage or fear. The cry of the circling War Beasts....

GOBEE: FALL BACK!!! FALL BACK!!!

CAY: ORON KIRA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!? We've got to wait for Ulic

and

Master Arca!!

ORON: We've been holding this position for two days. Either

they're

safe somewhere else or they're gone for good.

CAY: Don't say that!!

ORON: You think I want to say it!? My wife is with them!!! But

wherever

we are, we can't help them if we're dead!! And there's a battalion

of

Darksiders moving down these streets!!

ULIC: (coming up) CAY!!!

CAY: ULIC!! Ulic, where have you been??

ULIC: In the tunnels. Lost.....running....

CAY: You look so pale!!

ULIC: Dark Side....Sith magic....sapping at my strength.....we

barely

made it out of the catacombs. Galia....safe with her people.

CAY: But where's Master Arca?

ULIC: They've got him. Cay, they were too powerful. It's my

fault.....

ORON: Well, we've got troubles of our own, Ulic. The Darksiders

have

captured the palace. If we don't do something soon, the city is lost.

ULIC: Sent a distress message to the Republic. I don't know if it

got

through.

CAY: Well if they don't get here soon, it won't matter if they get

here

at all.

SCENE 4-10 EXT. SPACE OVER ONDERON / INT. WING THREE'S COCKPIT

=======================================================================

Sound: The roar of multiple spacecraft. The fleet of the New

Republic

is here --in force.

NOMI: (over comm) All wings, this is Nomi Sunrider aboard the

Republic

flagship Alliance One. We have achieved low orbit over Onderon.

Status

report!

WING ONE: (over comm) This is Wing One, checking in. All

clear,

accelerating to attack velocity.

WING TWO: (over comm) Wing Two, all clear.

WING THREE: Wing Three, all cl---Hey, what's that?!?

NOMI: (nervous) What's wrong, Wing Three?!?

WING THREE: My scopes show a civilian spacecraft approaching the

planet

Onderon. Telesponder says she's a royal yacht out of the Empress

Teta

system.

NOMI: Turn them around, Wing Three. We've got the entire Republic

war

fleet dropping down on that planet. No need for civilians to get hurt.

WING THREE: Copy that, flagship. (activates comm) Attention,

incoming

vessel. Attention, incoming vessel. You are entering a security

military

zone....

SCENE 4-11 INT. KRATH ENCHANTER --COCKPIT

===============================================

WING THREE: (on comm, con't) Repeat, you are entering a

security

military--

Sound: Satal shuts the comm off.

ALEEMA: Satal, what are you DOING?!?

SATAL: Shutting off the com-link, Aleema. I'm not going to do what

he

says, so why listen to him?

ALEEMA: Satal!! There are about a hundred Republic battle

cruisers

starting an attack run!! You want to get us killed!?

SATAL: No, Aleema. I want power. And I'm not letting the Republic

get

to those Sith magicians before we do!! Hold on.

Sound: The Krath Enchanter goes into a power dive. Turbolaser

fire

begins to fill the air.

SCENE 4-12 EXT. IZIZ

===============================================

Sound: It's becoming a free-for-all in Iziz.

CAY: Take cover!!! There's a Dark Side assault shuttle strafing

the

city!!

OSS: No, look!!

Sound: The ship flies overhead....

CAY: That ship's from the Republic!! Reinforcements have arrived!!!

Sound: The weary Beast Riders cheer.

SCENE 4-13 INT. ALLIANCE ONE --MAIN BRIDGE

===================================================

NOMI: Wing Four, this is Alliance One. Are your rocket troops ready?

WING FOUR: (on comm) Affirmative, Alliance One.

NOMI: Then launch your rocket-jumpers!!

WING FOUR: Acknowledged, flagship.

SCENE 4-14 INT. WING FOUR --HANGAR BAY

======================================================

Sound: Blasting wind and the roar of repulsorlifts.

WING FOUR: Okay boys. Now we're only two miles above the city.

SOLDIER: Two miles? Is that all? Damn. One time on Cyborria, we had

to

drop from sixteen miles up. No air, full spacegear--WING FOUR: Save the bragging for after the battle. Recon reports

heavy

door-to-door fighting between the Beast Riders on the one side and the

Dark

Side army on the other. We're dropping down into the middle of it. So

strap

on your packs, jack up your blasters, and get ready to jump!!

SOLDIERS: READY!!!

Sound: The wind becomes deafening.

WING FOUR: Launch door open.

SOLDIERS: RIGHT!!

WING FOUR: ANDDDD......HUTTT!!!!!

SOLDIERS: YYYEEAAAAHHHH!!!!!

Sound: The jumpers leap off the ship in formation, using

jetpacks

rather than parachutes to slow their fall. Their blasterfire adds to

the

cacophony of the battle below.

SCENE 4-15 EXT. KRATH ENCHANTER WRECKAGE

============================================================

Sound: The Enchanter didn't make much of a soft landing. The

two

spoiled brats grunt and groan as they force open the hatch and step onto

the

surface of Onderon.

SATAL: Aleema? Are....are you all right?

ALEEMA: Yes. (cough) What.....(cough) what happened?

SATAL: Our ship must've been hit in the crossfire. We came down

hard,

but.....(suddenly starts laughing) but we've landed right in the middle

of

the city!!

ALEEMA: Yesss!! Can you feel it? There is POWER here!!! Waiting

for

us......COME ON!!!!

SCENE 4-16 INT. REPUBLIC SHUTTLE/ EXT. IZIZ

==============================================================

Sound: A shuttle comes to a landing.

SHUTTLE PILOT: (on comm) Landing shuttle has touched down. Prepare

to

disembark.

NOMI: Status report, Captain!

CAPTAIN: All assault shuttle and rocket jumpers are away. All

wings

report they've engaged the enemy.

NOMI: And that civilian ship we spotted?

CAPTAIN: No one's seen it since it went down over the city. Do

you

suspect trouble?

NOMI: I don't know. I'm no military commander, Captain. But--UGGGHH!!!

CAPTAIN: Arrrrreee....are you all right?

NOMI: (shaky) I'll be fine. The Dark Side is all around us....

CAPTAIN: Hope you don't mind me saying so, I've never served with

a

Jedi before, but....are you sure you're ready for this?

NOMI: We're about to find out.

Sound: Nomi ignites her lightsaber.

NOMI: Open the hatch!

Sound: The shuttle hatch opens.

SCENE 4-17 EXT. IZIZ

=============================================

ULIC: Cay, Oss Wilum--form a circle.

CAY: We're with you, Ulic!!

OSS: We're also surrounded by Dark Side warriors.

ULIC: Where's Tott Doneeta?

TOTT: Here, Ulic!!

ULIC: Are you hurt?

TOTT: No--uhnn!! I caught a shot from a turboblaster! Uhnn--I used

the

Force as a shield --ahh!! But --uhh --it didn't hold!

CAY: I'm having the same problem, Ulic. Somehow.....I keep losing

my

sense of the Force.

ULIC: It's the Dark Side -ahh--eating away at

our

lifeforce--uhhhnnn---Try to focus!!

CAY: There are too many of them!!!

NOMI: Can you use some help?

OSS: (delighted) Nomi Sunrider!!

NOMI: Master Thon thought you might miss me, Wilum --oof --But

you

all look so worn out!

ULIC: It's the Dark Side --ahh--Sith magic is at work--uuuhh--but

for

some reason--aghhh--I'm feeling a whole lot stronger now that my fellow

Jedi

are here!! LET'S GOOOO!!!!!

SCENE 4-18 INT. IZIZ CATACOMBS

=============================================

OMMIN: How goes the battle in the city above us?

NOVAR: Not well, King Ommin. For the first two days, we drove the

enemy

back. But the Republic has arrived, and another Jedi, a female!! They

seem

to have evened the scales, our Sith magic no longer controls the ebb

and

flow.....

OMMIN: All because of ONE new Jedi?? Her power must be great.

Hmm.....I

shall have to deal with her immediately.

NOVAR: King Ommin, we have also received.....visitors!

OMMIN: (surprised) Visitors? In the midst of battle?!?

NOVAR: Two young travelers. They say they possess a Dark Side book

of

great power.

OMMIN: Hmm....interesting. Show them in. But first, let me deal

with

this new Jedi.....

SCENE 4-19 EXT. IZIZ

=================================================

Sound: Explosion.

ULIC: Uhhnn!! (groaning with effort) We're doing it!! We're

driving

them off!!

CAY: So much for the Darksiders!!

ULIC: (gasping) Nomi.....it was you....you made the difference.

Sound: The Force rises.....

NOMI: I....I used Jedi Battle Meditation....I-I'm using it

now.....to

drive the Darksiders away....

ULIC: I...I feel it too. That oppressive Dark Side

force....it's

leaving me.

NOMI: NOOO!!!

OSS: And me too!! It's GONE!!

NOMI: NNNOOOO!!!!!

ULIC: YES!! It's grown weaker!!

NOMI: (pain-filled voice) NO!!! It's forgotten about you --I

see

him --he's after me --(electric jolt) AAAGGHH!!! (falls down)

ULIC: NOMI!!!

CAY: Is she.....?

ULIC: I see no wounds!!

NOMI: (groans)

ULIC: She's awake. Nomi, what hit you?

NOMI: Someone very powerful.....lunged at me through

the

Force.....while I tried to meditate the fight.....I saw him for

a

moment.....An emaciated man on a metal armature.....

ULIC: King Ommin. Do you think.....Could you lead us to him?

NOMI: I think so. But he's so strong....

ULIC: He's a puppet!! The real power here is the dark spirit

of

Freedon Nadd himself!!

NOMI: Freedon Na--his power still resides here?!

ULIC: Yes. But now that you're with us, we have the strength to

defeat

him!! Come on!!

SCENE 4-20 INT. IZIZ CATACOMBS

=======================================================

OMMIN: Welcome, my children. I am King Ommin.

ALEEMA: I am Aleema, heiress to the Empress Teta star system. This

is

my cousin, Satal.

OMMIN: They say you have found Sith treasures. What gift have

you

brought me?

Sound: Satal removes the book from a backpack under following:

SATAL: We were told you could help us translate.....THIS.

OMMIN: (excited) Ahhh....that book!! It holds GREAT secrets,

that

book!! Yes, I can translate it for you. Give it to me....!

SATAL: First, tell me why we should trust an old man confined

to

that......to that machinery?

OMMIN: Ha ha, skeptical youth! Trust me, because I sense a capacity

for

knowledge in you.

Sound: The Dark Side rises.....

OMMIN: (con't) Young people like you will oversee the great change

that

is coming.

SATAL: (uncertain) Aleema? I s-suddenly feel....ill.

ALEEMA: You are such a baby, Satal! All I sense is great power

that

wants to help us.

OMMIN: Here. Let me show you these wonderful amulets. They were

given

to me by my ancient forefather, Freedon Nadd himself.

Sound: Ommin moves his metal-clad arms and opens a chest, revealing

the

amulets.

ALEEMA: Freedon Nadd!! One of the Sith Lords. Is he.....alive?

OMMIN: His spirit is with us. But I cannot allow you to see

him....

yet.

Sound: Tinkling of amulets.

OMMIN: Behold, my young friends. These baubles were created by

the

ancient Sith, to concentrate the power of the Dark Side. When I wish to

read

the ancient Sith writings, I wear this. Put it on. Go ahead, try it!

ALEEMA: (forcefully) Go AHEAD, Satal!!

SATAL: All RIGHT!! Here it goes...

Sound: Satal puts on the amulet.

SATAL: There, see? Nothing happened. I--I......hey, HA HA!!! I CAN

READ

THE BOOK!! All this gibberish.....it suddenly makes sense!

OMMIN: Of course it does, my son. Keep it. It is yours.

SATAL: T-Thank you, King Ommin! It's a precious gift.

OMMIN: Not at all, not at all. (whirs) Now come my children. Let

me

show you my most prized possession....

Sound: Ommin opens a LARGE double-door. The rattling of chains....

ALEEMA: (gasps) Who's that??

OMMIN: That, my dear, is a Jedi Master. Wrapped in Mandalorian

chains

that keep him safely bound.

SATAL: Who IS he?

OMMIN: Not too close, my son. His prison is designed to focus

the

crushing power of the Dark Side. Can you not feel it, Master Arca?

ARCA: (very weak, and hurting) Ommin.....your time.....will come.

ALEEMA: I can feel the dark power, even from here. How does he

survive?

OMMIN: Oh, he is a strong one. But he will break eventually. My goal

is

to extinguish his light, and then raise him up again as a DARK Jedi!!

Music: The "TIE Fighter Attack" song from ANH begins softly....

ARCA: Ommin.....listen. Do you hear them?

OMMIN: What is it, Arca my friend? Do you hear the voices of the

Dark

Side?

ARCA: Listen....do you hear it? My Jedi Knights.....are coming.

OMMIN: Poor Master Arca. You're having delusions.

ARCA: No.....my Jedi Knights.....are HERE!!!!

Music: "TIE Fighter Attack" crashes into the speakers--Sound: --at the same time as an explosion, blaster fire,

and

lightsabers!!!!

NOVAR: We are under attack!!!

ULIC: (EXTREMELY P.O'D) KING OMMIN!!!! NOT ALL THE DARK SIDE

SOLDIERS

AND WAR DROIDS IN THE WORLD CAN KEEP ME FROM YOUR THROAT!!!!!!

DARK SOLDIER #1: Jedi Knights--(death blow)

DARK SOLDIER #2: There are too many of them!!!

DARK SOLDIER #3: RUN!!!

ALEEMA: Satal, let's get out of here!!

SATAL: This way, down this corridor!!

Sound: The two dark students flee the battle, book and amulets in

tow.

NOMI: HAHHH!!! (slices down the last soldier) That's the last of

them,

Ulic!!

ULIC: Thanks to you, Nomi. You led us right to King

Ommin's

subterranean fortress.

OMMIN: AND RIGHT TO THE HEART OF KING OMMIN'S POWER!!

ULIC: We've come for Master Arca ---and we've come for YOU!!!

Sound: The Dark Side rises....

OMMIN: FOOLISH JEDI!! Arca has been humbled by the might of the

Dark

Side --AND SO SHALL YOU!!!

Sound: The old man levels Ulic and Nomi with Force Lightning.

SCENE 4-21 INT. ELSEWHERE IN THE CATACOMBS........

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Sound: Two pairs of feet, running.

ALEEMA: HURRY, Satal!! We've got to get out of here before those

Jedi

find us....

SATAL: I'm running as fast as I can!!!

Sound: The Dark Side fills the room.

NADD: SATAL. ALEEMA.

ALEEMA: (stops running) Did you hear something?

SATAL: (does likewise) Yeah. But what?

NADD: SATAL..... ALEEMA.....MY CHILDREN.

SATAL: By the Empress--!! Do you see that?

ALEEMA: That figure.....like a ghost.

NADD: I AM FREEDON NADD.

SATAL: (panicking) Oh NOO!!!

ALEEMA: (excited) Oh YESSS!!!!!

NADD: LISTEN TO ME. TAKE THE BOOK AND THE TALISMAN. KING OMMIN

WAS

RIGHT. YOU ARE THE FUTURE OF MY WORK.

ALEEMA: Where? Where should we go?

NADD: WHEREVER YOU GO, I WILL FIND YOU. I WILL TEACH YOU, THAT

I

PROMISE. SO SAYS FREEDON NADD. NOW GO.

SCENE 4-22 INT. IZIZ CATACOMBS

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NOMI: (weak) Ulic....the Dark Side.....pure hatred......weighing

down

on me like a stone....can't...move....

ULIC: Got to....uhhhh.....fight it......for Master Arca......

OMMIN: You are powerful, young Jedi. But your lightsaber is

useless!!

The power of Freedon Nadd protects my flesh!!

ULIC: (supreme effort) Your flesh, maybe.....UHHH.....but

what

about.....that machine you're attached to??

OMMIN: WHAT?!?! NO! NOO!!!!! NO NOOO!!!!

Sound: Ulic slices the exoskeleton off Ommin.

OMMIN: NADD PROTECT

MEEEE..........AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

..........

OSS: By the Force.....

NOMI: Ulic.....when you destroyed that machine.....his

body

collapsed......

CAY: Like an Arkanian jellyfish. His body was so old, nothing held

it

up but hatred and evil......

NADD: AND MY POWER, ULIC QEL-DROMA.

ULIC: Freedon Nadd!!

NADD: KING OMMIN SERVED HIS PURPOSE. I HAVE WITHDRAWN MY POWER

FROM

HIM.

ARCA: (freed of the chains) And from this place, it would seem.

ULIC: (relieved) Master Arca.

NADD: GREETINGS, ARCA. HAS KING OMMIN'S DEATH FREED YOU?

ARCA: The Jedi Knights have freed me, Darksider.

NADD: YES. YOUR JEDI KNIGHTS ARE STRONG. PERHAPS I SHALL BRING ONE

OR

TWO OF THEM OVER TO THE DARK SIDE.

ARCA: No, Sithlord. Today the Jedi have triumphed over the Dark

Side.

Good work, Ulic. Now, all that remains is to deal with this rogue spirit.

NADD: (confident) YOU DELUDE YOURSELF, OLD MAN. ALL THAT HAS

TRANSPIRED

HAS DONE SO ACCORDING TO MY PLANS. THE JEDI HAVE NOT WON TODAY. AS YOU

WILL

ONE DAY LEARN.....THE JEDI HAVE LOST!!!! (laughing demonically, he

fades

away.....)

Sound: ....and so does the Dark Side.

NOMI: Is he gone?

ARCA: Yes. Gone. For now.

ULIC: Master Arca, what did he mean --"The Jedi have lost"???

SCENE 4-23 EXT. IZIZ LANDING PORT --SEVERAL DAYS LATER

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Sound: Ship's engines in warmup.

CAPTAIN: (over comm) Attention, civilians. Prepare to evacuate

the

city. Transport ship now leaving from Docking Bay Four. All bags and bagins

will be searched.

SOLDIER: All right, all right, watch your step! There's plenty of

room

onboard. Hey, you!!

SATAL: Ah, yes?

SOLDIER: What you got there?

SATAL: This? Oh, it-it-it's just a book! (laughs)

SOLDIER: Yeah? Let me see. (takes the book) The Republic's trying

to

stop the spread of Dark Side weapons off-planet.

SATAL: But this is just a book!

SOLDIER: Well, it's the strangest book I ever saw. Mmmm,

ahh.....guess

it's okay, though. Here. All right, get on board. This is the last evac

ship

to leave today, so if you want to leave Onderon, you gotta get on board.

SATAL: (laughs) Yes, sir.

Sound: Satal (and Aleema) enter the ship.

SOLDIER: All right, all right, keep moving!

SCENE 4-24 EXT. DXUN -GRAVEYARD

=======================================================

Sound: The creaking of a cart.

ARCA: Nomi Sunrider, I want to thank you again for coming to our

aid.

The Jedi could not have won without you.

NOMI: I'm glad I could help, Master Arca. I'm sure my husband

would

have wanted it that way.

ULIC: And I'm just glad we can finally see the bones of old

Freedon

Nadd laid to rest.

Sound: The cart stops.

NOMI: Yes. They're sealing the tomb now.

Music: "Tractor Beam," leading into the SW End Theme.

OSS: Lift the coffin --umm, up!!

Sound: The coffin slab is closed under next.

ARCA: Yes. In this tomb, the lingering traces of Dark Side power

will

fade from his corpse.

OSS: Easy....easy....there.

NOMI: But his evil spirit is still free.

ULIC: I just wish I knew what he meant about the Jedi.

OSS: Slide it forward, now.....

ARCA: Nadd spoke of the ancient Jedi prophecy that the Dark Lords

of

the Sith would come again. These prophecies chill my blood.

OSS: Okay, roll the stone in place.....

ULIC: Are they true?

ARCA: There may be something to them. But the future is always

in

motion. Ulic Qel-Droma, Nomi Sunrider......we are JEDI. The future

depends

on US!!!

Sound: The slab slams shut.

Music: SW Theme under credits.

END OF TAPE TWO/ SIDE TWO

THE END.....FOR NOW.

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CAST OF CHARACTERS

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David Scott Gordon----------------------------Ulic Qel-Droma

Melanie Mitchell------------------------------Nomi Sunrider

Skip Lackey-----------------------------------Cay Qel-Droma

Larry Keith-----------------------------------Master Arca Jeth King Omin

Mark Feuerstein-------------------------------Tott Doneeta

Michael Louden--------------------------------Oss Wilum

Teri Keane------------------------------------Queen Amanoa

Allison Dougherty-----------------------------Princess Galia

Christopher Sena------------------------------Andur Sunrider Satal Keto

Garet Scott-----------------------------------Aleema Keto

Paul Condylis---------------------------------Master Thon

Aden Gillet-----------------------------------Oron Kira

Peter Newman----------------------------------Novar

Bud Thorpe------------------------------------Bogga the Hutt Warb Null

Thom Christopher------------------------------Freedon Nadd

Kim Brown-------------------------------------Vima Sunrider

Chris Phillips--------------------------------Threedee Gudb

John Randolph Jones---------------------------Gobee

Tony Sperry-----------------------------------Quanto Rek

Ben Lipitz------------------------------------Nikto

Jay Gregory-----------------------------------Holocron Gatekeeper

Barbara Gilbert-------------------------------Computer

Peter Larkin----------------------------------Narrator

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Executive Producer John Wynne

Produced and Directed by Kevin Thomsen

Project Manager John Whitman

Production Coordinator John Cassaras

Production Assistant Curt Frager

Engineer Paul Goodrich

Featuring the music of John Williams.

Mastered at Merlin Music, New York, NY.

Copyright 1994, 1997 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.

Presented by Highbridge Audio.

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