EXT. MANDALORIAN COMPLEX - CENTRE - SUNSET
More hours have passed, and a number of Lambda-class shuttles have landed in the centre of the Mandalorian complex to haul the surviving inmates and captured Death Watchmen away.
As the last of the freed captives are loaded aboard, the shuttles take off, leaving only two shuttles left on the ground; before the open hatch of one of these shuttles stand Obi-Wan, Siri, Anakin, Nashira, and Bail Organa himself.
OBI-WAN: (to Bail) Thank you for all that you've done for us, Bail. I appreciate it immensely.
BAIL: (grins) Don't mention it. It was just nice to see you again.
OBI-WAN: And I you.
At that, Ben and Bail shake hands.
BAIL: (salutes Ben) So long, Obi-Wan Kenobi.
OBI-WAN: (salutes Bail) So long, Admiral Organa.
With a final grin, Bail turns and climbs aboard the shuttle, leaving Ben, Siri, Nik, and 'Shira alone together.
SIRI: It's time for you both to go.
NASHIRA: Why not come with us? There's some room left on this shuttle.
SIRI: We're waiting for someone. You go along now. We'll take the other shuttle.
NASHIRA: (looks around) Where's Primeday, anyway? I didn't see her leave on any of the shuttles.
A moment of sad silence passes between them.
OBI-WAN: We haven't seen Primeday. (beat) She may be among those who didn't make it.
Another moment of sad silence passes between them.
ANAKIN: (to Ben) We did it, didn't we? We beat them.
OBI-WAN: (rests a hand on Nik's shoulder) We beat them together, apprentice.
Hearing that word directed at him, Anakin smiles. Then, putting their arms around one another, he and Nashira board the shuttle. Once both children are aboard, the hatch closes and the shuttle lifts off, climbing up into the darkening sky. Now only Ben and Siri stand together beside the last remaining shuttle.
ZULL: (O.S.) I am here.
Turning around, the two Jedi find Zull Uquesne standing there behind them. Dressed in a long emerald gown, with her long, green-white hair cascading down over her shoulders and her arms crossed over her large abdomen, she is a perfect vision of demure -- if sad -- loveliness.
ZULL: (approaches the Jedi) I am ready to go with you now.
SIRI: I'm glad you're coming with us, Zull.
ZULL: Coming with you? No. I'm just leaving with you. From there our paths will diverge and we will go our separate ways.
SIRI: Will you be returning to your people?
ZULL: (shakes her head) I can never return to my people or my world. That time has passed. (beat) I will find my place in the universe. It will just take time.
OBI-WAN: Have you thought about becoming a Jedi? You are incredibly strong in the Force -- you could be an incredible force for good in the galaxy.
SIRI: You don't even have to join the Coruscanti Order if you don't want to. There are other denominations which I'm sure you'll find more to your liking.
OBI-WAN: I could train you, if you'd like -- I wouldn't mind having two students. Or I could take you to my master.
ZULL: Thank you, but no. The Jedi path -- Jedi paths -- are not mine. My master's approach may have been wrong, but his heart was in the right place. (beat) Pre called us the Mandalorian Knights, so that is what I chose to be -- a Mandalorian Knight.
PRE VIZSLA: (O.S.) You are a traitor.
Hearing that rough, filtered voice, the three spin around. There, standing behind them, hunched over in pain, is Pre Vizsla.
ZULL: Pre!
OBI-WAN: Vizsla.
PRE VIZSLA: You thought me dead, didn't you? You thought your tricks and your lies would be the end of me. (coughs) You failed! I live! I live still!
ZULL: Pre, please! It's over! Let's just leave! Let's leave this place and find somewhere to go far from the Empire, far from the Jedi! Let's start over, just you and me! Please!
PRE VIZSLA: No more lies, Zull, no more tricks! I see through you, now, I see through you all!
Raising his hands up, the Mandalorian takes hold of the shuttle with the Force and, twisting his hands counter-clockwise, causes the ship to topple over onto its side.
PRE VIZSLA: No one will leave this world alive.
Lowering his hands, he pulls the folds of his dirt-stained robes aside, revealing the hilt of a lightsaber clipped to his belt. Taking hold of the dark gray length of metal, he pulls it out and presses the activation stud; with a soft, almost metallic whistle, a white blade with a pure black core sprouts from the hilt.
ZULL: Pre, no!
As Vizsla attacks, Zull pulls out her own lightsaber. Activating the chartreuse blade, she intercepts Vizsla's own before he can strike the Jedi. Grimacing, she struggles to hold his white-black weapon back.
PRE VIZSLA: I'll deal with you soon enough, traitor.
Stepping to the side, he causes Zull to overbalance. As she threatens to topple over, Vizsla spins the blade of his lightsaber around Zull's, causing her to lose her hold of the hilt. Tossing the yellow-green weapon away, the Mandalorian then sends his estranged apprentice sprawling to the ground with a backhanded punch to the face.
SIRI: (enraged) Vizsla, you damned bastard!
Pulling out her lightsaber, Siri engages its fuchsia blade.
SIRI: (points her blade at him) Why don't you pick on a woman who can fight back?
Bringing up his lightsaber, Vizsla pounces. Engaging his own azure blade, Ben joins Siri against the Mandalorian Knight. As one, the three combatants cross blades.
PRE VIZSLA: You turned her against me, you Jedi filth. For that I'll kill you -- you and the rest of your loathsome kind. I won't rest until every one of you lies dead at my feet.
OBI-WAN: Good luck finding a way offworld first. With this planet under Imperial control, you'd have to be smaller than a gnat to slip through their detection.
With an animalistic snarl, Vizsla strikes at Obi-Wan. Ben leaps backward, avoiding a decapitating blow by mere centimetres. Taking advantage of his current distraction, Siri takes a swing at Vizsla; as the tip of her fuchsia blade grazes his neck, he cries out in agony.
As the duel continues, Zull painfully sits up. Looking down at her crotch, she sees moisture staining the fabric of her gown.
ZULL: Gods, no. Not here. Not like this.
As the duel rages, Vizsla begins to grow visibly weaker; his strikes grow slow, his blocks sluggish. Soon, he begins coughing violently. Dropping his lightsaber and collapsing to his knees, he pulls off his helmet; one side of his face is horribly bruised and blood stains his mouth; the injuries he suffered in the crash are obviously far more grievous than they initially appeared to be.
PRE VIZSLA: (coughs up blood) I'm dying. Are you satisfied?
Lowering their lightsabers, the two Jedi regard the Mandalorian Knight with pity.
OBI-WAN: (deactivates his lightsaber) No.
SIRI: (deactivates her lightsaber) We aren't.
As the Jedi pocket their weapons, Vizsla reels over, coughing violently; as he coughs, he begins to weep.
PRE VIZSLA: (crying and coughing) Zull ... Zull ...
Standing up, Zull walks over to Vizsla; with each step she takes, more fluids seep from between her legs. As she reaches her mentor, he grabs onto her legs.
PRE VIZSLA: Zull ... Zull ... please ...
Kneeling down beside Vizsla, Zull looks upon him; as blood and tears run down his face, tears begin to run from her own green-gold eyes.
PRE VIZSLA: Zull ... I ... hurt you.
ZULL: (crying) No, no you didn't. I'm alright. You didn't hurt me.
PRE VIZSLA: Yes ... I did. I hurt you ... far too much ... I'm sorry I hurt you, Zull.
ZULL: Be quiet now. Save your strength.
PRE VIZSLA: No strength ... left to save. I'm ... dying.
ZULL: Don't say that!
PRE VIZSLA: Zull ... I'm ... sorry ... Forgive me ...
ZULL: You're forgiven, Pre ... you're forgiven.
PRE VIZSLA: Zull ...
ZULL: Yes?
PRE VIZSLA: (smiles) I'm going to see my parents again ... I'm going home.
With those words, Pre Vizsla -- former Jedi Knight of the Coruscanti Order, founder of the Mandalorian Knights -- gives up the ghost.
ZULL: (kisses Vizsla's forehead) Godspeed, my love.
Gently, Zull lowers Vizsla's body to the ground. As she does so, her body begins to glow with a green phosphorescence.
OBI-WAN: Zull --!
Rising up, Zull turns toward the toppled ship. Stretching out her arms, her body begins to glow brighter. With the awesome power of the Force flowing through her, she rights the toppled shuttle.
ZULL: I suggest you leave now.
Deciding to obey this incredibly powerful woman, the two Jedi turn and scramble up the shuttle's ramp. Just before she enters the ship, Siri turns to look upon Zull; the Meketrex's green glow continues to intensify.
SIRI: Zull ...
ZULL: Goodbye, Siri.
Turning away from the Jedi, Zull returns to Vizsla's still form. Wasting no more time, Siri ducks into the shuttle.
Lowering herself back down to the ground, Zull takes hold of Vizsla and, like a baby, cradles him in her arms. As she does so, tendrils of green energy begin to crackle from her intensely glowing body.
ZULL: (in the alien language, subtitled) It's finished ...
In moments the glow increases in size, swallowing Zull and Vizsla up completely.
As the shuttle escapes for the stars, the massive sphere of glowing light that was Zull Uquesne erupts, obliterating the entire Mandalorian complex with an explosion of concentrated Force energy.