The Phantom Menace: The Rescue of Amidala

This is a long one:  The escape sequence from Naboo.  It'll take me a while to read this one because I don't remember much of it.



Script Copyright George Lucas
Excerpted from this site:
http://www.supershadow.com/star_wars/episode_1/the_phantom_menace/script.html



EXT. THEED - MAIN ROAD INTO THEED - DAY (FX)

The long columns of the DROID ARMY move down the main road
leading to Theed, the Naboo capital.

EXT. THEED PLAZA - DAY (FX)

As the QUEEN watches helplessly from a window in the palace,
a transport carrying NUTE and RUNE lands in Theed Plaza.
They exit the transport.

NUTE
Ah, victory!

INT. NABOO LAKE - UNDERWATER - SUB (FX)

The little sub continue to propel itself toward the surface,
which is brightly lit.

JAR JAR
Wesa dude it!

EXT. THEED - ESTUARY - DAY

Paradise. Billowing clouds frame a romantic body of water.
There is a LOUD RUSH OF BUBBLES, and a small sub bobs to the
surface.

The current in the estuary begins to pull the sub backward
into a fast moving river. OBI-WAN switches off the two
remaining bubble canopies.

QUI-GON stands up to look around. JAR JAR lets out a sigh of
relief.

JAR JAR
Wesa safe now.

QUI-GON
Get this thing started.

JAR JAR
Dissen berry good. Hey?

OBI-WAN
What is it?

JAR JAR looks back to where they're drifting. He sees they
are headed for a huge waterfall.

JAR JAR
What!!?? Oie boie!

OBI-WAN tries to start the engine. The long props behind the
sub slowly begin to rotate. OBI-WAN struggles until finally,
a few feet short of the waterfall, the sub starts and is
able to generate enough power to stop drifting backward in
the powerful current. The sub slowly moves forward. In the
background, QUI-GON takes a cable out of his belt. The engine
coughs and dies. They start drifting backward again. JAR JAR
panics.

JAR JAR
Iyiiyi, wesa die'n here, hey!

QUI-GON shoots the thin cable, and it wraps itself around a
railing on the shore. The sub pulls the cable taut, and the
little craft hangs precariously over the edge of the
waterfall.

QUI-GON
Come on...

OBI-WAN climbs out of the sub and pulls himself along the
cable. QUI-GON starts in after him.

QUI-GON
Come on, Jar Jar.

JAR JAR
No! Too scary!

OBI-WAN
Get up here!

JAR JAR
No a mighty no!

JAR JAR looks back and sees he is hanging over the waterfall.

JAR JAR
Oie boie...mesa comen. Mesa comen!

JAR JAR starts to climb out of the sub. OBI-WAN is on shore
and helps to pull QUI-GON out of the water.

OBI-WAN
That was close.

BATTLE DROID 3B3 (O.S.)
Drop your weapons!

The TWO JEDI turn around to see a BATTLE DROID standing in
front of them.

BATTLE DROID 3B3

JAR JAR
Whoa!!!

EXT. THEED - PALACE - DAY

The waterfalls of Theed sparkle in the noonday sun.

INT. THEED - PALACE THRONE ROOM - DAY

QUEEN AMIDALA, SIO BIBBLE, and FIVE OF HER HANDMAIDENS
(EIRTAE, YANE, PADME, RABE, SACHE) are surrounded by TWENTY
DROIDS. Capt. Panaka and FOUR NABOO GUARDS are also held at
gunpoint. NUTE and RUNE stand in the middle of the room.

BIBBLE
...how will you explain this invasion
to the Senate?

NUTE
The Naboo and the Federation will
forge a treaty that will legitimize
our occupation here. I've been assured
it will be ratified by the Senate.

AMIDALA
I will not co-operate.

NUTE
Now, now, your Highness. You are not
going to like what we have in store
for your people. In time, their
suffering will persuade you to see
our point of view. Commander.
(OOM-9 steps forward)
Process them.

OOM-9
Yes, sir!
(turns to his sergeant)
Take them to Camp Four.

The SERGEANT marches the GROUP out of the throne room.

EXT. PALACE - PLAZA - DAY

QUEEN AMIDALA, PADME, EIRTA, YANE, RABE, SACHE, Capt. Panaka,
SIO BIBBLE,

and FOUR GUARDS are led out of the palace by ten BATTLE
DROIDS. The plaza is filled with tanks and BATTLE DROIDS,
which they pass on their way to the detention camp.
Unbeknownst to them, QUI-GON, OBI-WAN, and JAR JAR sneak
across on a walkway above the plaza and jump from a balcony
to begin an attack to rescue the QUEEN.

FOUR BATTLE DROIDS are instantly cut down. MORE DROIDS move
forward and are also cut down by the JEDIS' flashing
lightsabres until there is only the DROID SERGEANT left. The
SERGEANT starts to run but is pulled back to QUI-GON by the
Force, until finally he is dispatched by the JEDI.

JAR JAR
Yousa guys bombad!

QUEEN AMIDALA and the OTHERS are amazed. JAR JAR is getting
used to this. They move between two buildings.

QUI-GON
Your Highness, we are the Ambassadors,
for the Supreme Chancellor.

BIBBLE
Your negotiations seem to have failed,
Ambassador.

QUI-GON
The negotiations never took place.
Your Highness, we must make contact
with the republic.

Capt. Panaka steps forward.

CAPT. PANAKA
They've knocked out all our
communications.

QUI-GON
Do you have transports?

CAPT. PANAKA
In the main hanger. This way.

THEY disappear down an alleyway as the ALARMS are sounded

INT. CENTRAL HANGER - HALLWAY - DAY

Capt. Panaka cracks open a side door to the central hanger.
QUI-GON looks in over his shoulder. OBI-WAN, JAR JAR, and
the rest of the group are behind him. They see several Naboo
spacecraft guarded by about FIFTY BATTLE DROIDS. ALARMS can
be heard in the distance.

CAPT. PANAKA
There are too many of them.

QUI-GON
That won't be a problem.
(to Amidala)
Your Highness, under the
circumstances, Isuggest you come to
Coruscant with us.

AMIDALA
Thank you, Ambassador, but my place
is here with my people.

QUI-GON
They will kill you if you stay.

BIBBLE
They wouldn't dare.

CAPT. PANAKA
They need her to sign a treaty to
make this invasion of theirs legal.
They can't afford to kill her.

QUI-GON
The situation here is not what it
seems. There is something else behind
all this, Your Highness. There is no
logic in the Federation's move here.
My feelings tell me they will destroy
you.

BIBBLE
Please, Your Highness, reconsider.
Our only hope is for the Senate to
side with us... Senator Palpatine
will need your help.

CAPT. PANAKA
Getting past their blockade is
impossible, Your Highness.
Any attempt to escape will be
dangerous.

BIBBLE
Your Highness, I will stay here and
do what I can...They will have to
retain the Council of Governors in
order to maintain control. But you
must leave...

The QUEEN turns to PADME and EIRTAE.

AMIDALA
Either choice presents a great
risk...to all of us...

PADME
We are brave, Your Highness.

QUI-GON
If you are to leave, Your Highness,
it must be now.

AMIDALA
Then, I will plead our case before
the Senate.
(to Bibble)
Be careful, Governor.

INT. CENTRAL HANGER - DAY

The door opens to the main hanger. QUI-GON, OBI-WAN, JAR
JAR, Capt. Panaka, TWO GUARDS, and THREE HANDMAIDENS (PADME,
EIRTAE, RABE), followed by QUEEN AMIDALA, head for a sleek
chrome spacecraft. SIO BIBBLE, YANE and SACHE stay behind.
The HANDMAIDENS begin to cry.

CAPT. PANAKA
We need to free those pilots.

Capt. Panaka points to TWENTY GUARDS, GROUND CREW, and PILOTS
held in a corner by SIX BATTLE DROIDS.

OBI-WAN
I'll take care of that.

OBI-WAN heads toward the group of captured pilots.

QUI-GON and the QUEEN, Capt. Panaka, JAR JAR, and the rest
Of the GROUP approach the GUARDS at the ramp of the Naboo
craft.

GUARD DROID
Where are you going?

QUI-GON
I'm Ambassador for the Supreme
Chancellor, and I'm taking those
people to Coruscant.

DROID GUARD
You're under arrest!

The DROID GUARD draws his weapon, but before any of the DROIDS
can fire, they are cut down. OTHER GUARDS run to their aid.
OBI-WAN attacks the GUARDS around the PILOTS. QUI-GON stands,
fighting off DROIDS as the OTHERS rush on board the
spacecraft. OBI-WAN, the FREED PILOTS (including RIC OLIE),
GUARDS and GROUND CREW MEMBERS rush on board the ship. The
OTHER PILOTS and GUARDS race to SIO BIBBLR. After everyone
has made it onto the ship, QUI-GONjumps on board. ALARMS
sound. MORE DROIDS rush into the hanger and fire as the ship
takes off.

EXT. THEED - HANGER ENTRY - DAY (FX)

The ship exits the hanger. BATTLE DROIDS standing in the
hanger shoot at them.