Glen's Star Wars Prequels
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I've unfortunately been rather busy these past few days so I've only been able to make little developments as of yet. However as of tomorrow I will have a lot more free time to work on the trailer and proceed as planned!
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EXTERIOR: SPACE -- GEONOSIS.
The red planet of Geonosis is circled by rings of asteroids. Several clone fighters race by in orbit around the planet.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS -- TUNNEL TO EXECUTION ARENA.
In a gloomy tunnel, a robed and cowled figure is prodded by Geonosian guards toward the light of an exit. The murmur of a vast crowd is heard offscreen. The robed figure hesitates, but then a guard shoves him forward and as he exits into the blinding sunlight there is a huge roar.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS -- EXECUTION ARENA.
The great stadium is packed with tier upon tier of yelling Geonosians. The guards prod and pull the robed figure into the center where there are four upright posts. The guards chain the robed figure to one of the inner posts, knocking his cowl aside to reveal Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Next to him, already chained to the other inner post is Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn.
QUI-GON: Is this the Jedi Council's idea of assistance, Kenobi?
OBI-WAN: I apologize, Master Jinn. I was the only Jedi close enough to render assistance.
Obi-Wan's arms are pulled high above his head by the chains, much as Qui-Gon's are.
QUI-GON: Ah, so this is your idea of assistance, then?
There is another roar from the crowd as Poggle the Lesser, two cowled Clone Masters, their clone fighter escort, and other dignitaries arrive in the archducal box and take their places.
SUN FAC: The felons before you have been convicted of espionage against the Sovereign System of Geonosis and our Clone allies. Their sentence of death is to be carried out in this public arena forthwith.
The crowd roars and cheers. In the box, Poggle the Lesser rises. The crowd becomes quiet.
POGGLE: Let the executions begin!
The crowd goes wild.
From different gates around the arena, three large creatures are driven in. One is a bull-like Reek, another is a leonine Nexu, and the last is an Acklay, with an appearance like a strange cross between a lobster and dinosaur. They are driven in by picadors carrying long spears and riding Orrays. The picadors poke the creatures toward the center, then retire to the perimeter. One of the picadors is not fast enough and is ripped off his Orray by the Nexu and ravaged. The crowd cheers and hoots with pleasure at this prelude to the main event.
OBI-WAN: May I suggest you take the one one the right, Master Jinn?
QUI-GON: And you will take?
OBI-WAN: The one on the left, Master Jinn.
QUI-GON: And the center one?
OBI-WAN: Whichever of us finishes first will take that one, Master Jinn.
Obi-Wan procedes to take out of his mouth a concealed piece of wire and uses it to pick the lock on his hand restraints, then turns around and pulls himself up by the chain to the top of the post. Within a moment, he is standing on top of it, working to pull the chain free. Qui-Gon watches on with a dispassionate air.
QUI-GON: Of course.
As the Acklay charges at Qui-Gon, he ducks around the post. The creature knocks the post flat, sending Qui-Gon sprawling. The Acklay crunches the post between its claws, freeing the chain. Qui-Gon leaps up and runs towards one of the picadors, the Acklay in pursuit after him.
The Reek charges at Obi-Wan's post, knocking it askew and almost knocking Obi-Wan off the top. Obi-Wan regains is balance despite the Reek beginning to butt his head again and again against the ever shakier post. Large cracks appear in the top of the post. With a look of sublime concentration on his face, Obi-Wan pulls the chain free. Obi-Wan then leaps onto the back of the Reek as the post finally cracks and falls. He wraps part of the chain around its horn and the Reek backs up, shaking its head angrily.
The Nexu finally drops the tattered remains of the picador and starts toward the direction Qui-Gon went.
In the archducal box, Poggle beams and rubs his hands while the cowled Clone Masters whisper to each other in the background.
In the arena, Qui-Gon runs at the picador. The Orray rears up. Qui-Gon grabs the picador's long spear and pole vaults over him. The chasing Acklay smashes into the Orray. It goes down. The picador tumbles onto the sand, where he is grabbed by the Acklay and crunched.
Obi-Wan's Reek starts to buck, charging around the arena with Obi-Wan hanging on for dear life. He whirls the free length of chain around his head ahd casts it into the Reek's mouth. Its jaws clamp hard on the chain. Obi-Wan yanks hard on the chain, turning the Reek and beginning to ride it.
In the archducal box, Poggle turns to one of the dignitaries.
POGGLE: Can they do that?
The dignitary makes a noncommital gesture.
The Nexu lopes past the Acklay finishing off the picador. Qui-Gon runs out from behind the fallen Orray and throws the spear at the Nexu, hitting it in the neck. It lets out a terrible screech, baring dripping fangs, and pounces at him. Obi-Wan comes charging up on the Reek, placing it between Qui-Gon and the Nexu, which Obi-Wan lashes in the face with the free end of his chain. Qui-Gon clamors atop the Reek behind Obi-Wan.
In the archducal box, the two Clone Masters rise and move to exit the box, their clone guards moving likewise. Poggle turns to them as they go to entreat them to stay.
POGGLE: Patience, Clone Masters! They will die....
The head of the clone guards turns to Poggle the Lesser.
CLONE GUARD COMMANDER: The Masters warned you not to toy with the Jedi.
He turns and exits with his guards, following their masters. Poggle turns back to the arena, glaring at the two Jedi on the back of the Reek.
QUI-GON: I hope you have a plan for what next.
OBI-WAN: Of a sort, Master Jinn.
QUI-GON: Humph! You're as enigmatic as your Master Yoda!
The Reek with the two Jedi on its back, barrels through a gateway, busting the gate down at Obi-Wan's guidance, and disappears from the arena.
The red planet of Geonosis is circled by rings of asteroids. Several clone fighters race by in orbit around the planet.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS -- TUNNEL TO EXECUTION ARENA.
In a gloomy tunnel, a robed and cowled figure is prodded by Geonosian guards toward the light of an exit. The murmur of a vast crowd is heard offscreen. The robed figure hesitates, but then a guard shoves him forward and as he exits into the blinding sunlight there is a huge roar.
INTERIOR: GEONOSIS -- EXECUTION ARENA.
The great stadium is packed with tier upon tier of yelling Geonosians. The guards prod and pull the robed figure into the center where there are four upright posts. The guards chain the robed figure to one of the inner posts, knocking his cowl aside to reveal Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Next to him, already chained to the other inner post is Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn.
QUI-GON: Is this the Jedi Council's idea of assistance, Kenobi?
OBI-WAN: I apologize, Master Jinn. I was the only Jedi close enough to render assistance.
Obi-Wan's arms are pulled high above his head by the chains, much as Qui-Gon's are.
QUI-GON: Ah, so this is your idea of assistance, then?
There is another roar from the crowd as Poggle the Lesser, two cowled Clone Masters, their clone fighter escort, and other dignitaries arrive in the archducal box and take their places.
SUN FAC: The felons before you have been convicted of espionage against the Sovereign System of Geonosis and our Clone allies. Their sentence of death is to be carried out in this public arena forthwith.
The crowd roars and cheers. In the box, Poggle the Lesser rises. The crowd becomes quiet.
POGGLE: Let the executions begin!
The crowd goes wild.
From different gates around the arena, three large creatures are driven in. One is a bull-like Reek, another is a leonine Nexu, and the last is an Acklay, with an appearance like a strange cross between a lobster and dinosaur. They are driven in by picadors carrying long spears and riding Orrays. The picadors poke the creatures toward the center, then retire to the perimeter. One of the picadors is not fast enough and is ripped off his Orray by the Nexu and ravaged. The crowd cheers and hoots with pleasure at this prelude to the main event.
OBI-WAN: May I suggest you take the one one the right, Master Jinn?
QUI-GON: And you will take?
OBI-WAN: The one on the left, Master Jinn.
QUI-GON: And the center one?
OBI-WAN: Whichever of us finishes first will take that one, Master Jinn.
Obi-Wan procedes to take out of his mouth a concealed piece of wire and uses it to pick the lock on his hand restraints, then turns around and pulls himself up by the chain to the top of the post. Within a moment, he is standing on top of it, working to pull the chain free. Qui-Gon watches on with a dispassionate air.
QUI-GON: Of course.
As the Acklay charges at Qui-Gon, he ducks around the post. The creature knocks the post flat, sending Qui-Gon sprawling. The Acklay crunches the post between its claws, freeing the chain. Qui-Gon leaps up and runs towards one of the picadors, the Acklay in pursuit after him.
The Reek charges at Obi-Wan's post, knocking it askew and almost knocking Obi-Wan off the top. Obi-Wan regains is balance despite the Reek beginning to butt his head again and again against the ever shakier post. Large cracks appear in the top of the post. With a look of sublime concentration on his face, Obi-Wan pulls the chain free. Obi-Wan then leaps onto the back of the Reek as the post finally cracks and falls. He wraps part of the chain around its horn and the Reek backs up, shaking its head angrily.
The Nexu finally drops the tattered remains of the picador and starts toward the direction Qui-Gon went.
In the archducal box, Poggle beams and rubs his hands while the cowled Clone Masters whisper to each other in the background.
In the arena, Qui-Gon runs at the picador. The Orray rears up. Qui-Gon grabs the picador's long spear and pole vaults over him. The chasing Acklay smashes into the Orray. It goes down. The picador tumbles onto the sand, where he is grabbed by the Acklay and crunched.
Obi-Wan's Reek starts to buck, charging around the arena with Obi-Wan hanging on for dear life. He whirls the free length of chain around his head ahd casts it into the Reek's mouth. Its jaws clamp hard on the chain. Obi-Wan yanks hard on the chain, turning the Reek and beginning to ride it.
In the archducal box, Poggle turns to one of the dignitaries.
POGGLE: Can they do that?
The dignitary makes a noncommital gesture.
The Nexu lopes past the Acklay finishing off the picador. Qui-Gon runs out from behind the fallen Orray and throws the spear at the Nexu, hitting it in the neck. It lets out a terrible screech, baring dripping fangs, and pounces at him. Obi-Wan comes charging up on the Reek, placing it between Qui-Gon and the Nexu, which Obi-Wan lashes in the face with the free end of his chain. Qui-Gon clamors atop the Reek behind Obi-Wan.
In the archducal box, the two Clone Masters rise and move to exit the box, their clone guards moving likewise. Poggle turns to them as they go to entreat them to stay.
POGGLE: Patience, Clone Masters! They will die....
The head of the clone guards turns to Poggle the Lesser.
CLONE GUARD COMMANDER: The Masters warned you not to toy with the Jedi.
He turns and exits with his guards, following their masters. Poggle turns back to the arena, glaring at the two Jedi on the back of the Reek.
QUI-GON: I hope you have a plan for what next.
OBI-WAN: Of a sort, Master Jinn.
QUI-GON: Humph! You're as enigmatic as your Master Yoda!
The Reek with the two Jedi on its back, barrels through a gateway, busting the gate down at Obi-Wan's guidance, and disappears from the arena.