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EXT. NABOO CITY
Establishing shot -- cut away before Bongo surfaces
INT. PALACE
Nute marches Queen down stairs and hands them over to droids
EXT. PALACE
They march down the steps
Out across the quad
Seen from a balcony, they march from right to left
Seen again from the balcony, a silhouette passes before camera (Qui Gonn -- shave this shot as much as possible while still feeling natural)
Ground level shot as Queen marches through alley
Reverse shot as Jedi leap off gangway--
Jedi dispatch droids and lead Queen away - talk to Governor; Panaka leads them to the Hanger
INT. HANGER
Establish hanger
Panaka looks in (cut his line -- leave some of his lip movement if you need to, but he looks in and then looks at QG) CUT TO
QG turning from having looked (no "That won't be a problem") he talks to the Queen
Play the rest out -- except OMIT the lines where Amidala consults Padme -- Go from Governor saying "Senator Palpatine will need your help" to Amidala saying "Then I will plead our case to the Senate."
They march into the hanger and OW says he'll take care of the pilots
QG marches up to the yellow droid -- before it says "halt" CUT TO
The yellow droid close up as he leans forward to say "You're under arrest"
QG cuts loose as does OW and they get everyone on the ship
INT QUEEN'S SHIP COCKPIT
Shave the shot of the pilot sitting to just the movement of him sitting -- no walking and no button pushing -- enough to feel natural, but at least half of this shot can go
EXT. PALACE
The ship flies off
INT QUEEN SHIP DROID STORAGE
OW leaves JJ with droids -- keep it all
INT COCKPIT
QG arrives (shave shot by half) As soon as he arrives, the pilot says (CUT TO Close up) "There's-..." CUT TO:
Shot out the windshield
"...the blockade!" Lasers pour at us
CU of QG as OW arrives behind him
More out windshield
EXT. SHOT as ship flies up -- taking fire. CLOSE UP of shield generator hit
INT. SHOT -- display of ship on dashboard; alarms; Pilot's Voice starts immediately OVER this image: "Shield..." CUT TO
Close up of Pilot: "...generator's been..." CUT TO
Alarm on the wall, (voice continues): "...hit!" Alarm continues--
INT DROID STAGING
Droids pour out and start leaving. Artoo bumps JJ and leaves. (Shorten JJ's reaction shot, try to keep him from looking like he's talking)
EXT. SHIP
Droids work, get blown up
INT COCKPIT
OW says 'We're losing droids fast" Move Panaka's line to play out over QG's close up "If we don't get the generator up we'll be sitting ducks!"
Pilot: shields are gone
Artoo plugs in the bypass
The display powers up.
The Pilot notices -- but cut his line (he doesn't say "the power's back!")-- let his face talk
Artoo welds the connection
The pilot (seen from behind) "That little droid did it!"
Over the Qui Gonn close up: "Deflector shields up at maximum"--
EXT DROID CONTROL SHIP
The Queen's ship flies past the guns
Artoo heads inside
ADD A SHOT -- Droid fighters fly over the Control Ship toward camera (reverse shot from the battle at the end -- right after Padme gets captured and before Anakin says "We're hit artoo!")
INT COCKPIT
ADD SOUNDS OF BLASTS HITTING SHIELDS
Display shows the hyperdrive -- pilot's voice says "not enough power, etc."
Shot of pilot: 'The hyperdrive is leaking!"
The rest of the shots play out -- WITH LOTS OF BOOMS AND BLASTS TO PUNCTUATE
(They're calm attitude will now play like courage and confidence in the face of the enemy, instead of a strange dramatic lull.)
QG says "that gives us the advantage..." CUT TO
EXT QUEEN'S SHIP
As it flies off fast enough to disappear from view-- outrunning any droid fighters behind it. CUT TO:
INT. NUTE'S DROID SHIP
Nute stands on the bridge with his flunkies (a "hologram removal" shot-- the first shot of the Nemoidian leaders talking to Sidious with Sidious removed -- like they're looking out the window CUT TO
Close up of Nute
Dialogue is more or less -- "I'm taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work" -- No, wait... I mean Flunky: "The Jedi must have helped her. If she reaches the Senate..."
Nute: "It makes no difference, we have already won. And I have made a deal so that she can never escape my reach..."
WIPE TO:
EXT SPACE
The Queen's ship zooms by
INT QUEEN'S SHIP
Padme cleans Artoo and meets Jar Jar (we'll adjust JJ's dialogue to juice this up, but Amidala is SHOWING her gratitude to Artoo rather than TELLING us about it -- and she's meeting JJ which makes this a valuable scene) WIPE TO:
A star field -- then we pan UP and see Tatooine. A flipped version of the opening shot of ANH -- a much more fitting intro of the planet than the little pea we see the ship flying toward in TPM .
Pilot Voice Over: "That's it, Tatooine"
CUT TO:
INT COCKPIT
Seeing the same matte painting through the windshield
Qui Gonn instructs them to land near outskirts
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