Male narrator:
A royal welcome!
Sent to investigate
Allegations that mandalore
Was joining count dooku's
Separatists, obi-wan kenobi was
Reunited with an old friend,
The duchess satine of
Kalevala.
While satine claimed
Mandalore's intentions were
To remain neutral during
The war, an attack on the
Capital city led obi-wan to the
Discovery of a terrorist
Organization known
As death watch.
Now the duchess travels to
The senate so she can
Plead her case against her
Involvement in the war, as
The jedi prepare a defense
Against her opponents.
You know your
Marching orders.
The safety of the duchess satine
Is of the utmost importance.
The death watch will stop at
Nothing to assassinate her
Before she pleads her case to
The senate.
The death watch may be
Backed by the separatists,
So stay sharp.
Artoo?
Use your scanners to
Probe for any suspicious droid
Activity.
[r2-d2 beeps affirmatively]
Anything else, sir?
No, that will be all.
[beeping]
Yes?
The duchess and her retinue
Requests your presence.
Very well.
I sense some anxiety
From you about the duchess.
She couldn't be in safer hands.
Yes, i know.
Then why...
Never mind.
It's all in the past.
Oh, so you're close to her?
I knew her.
A long time ago.
All secure here.
Let's move on to the next
Sector.
Beep!
[eerie whirring]
War is intolerable!
We have been deceived into
Thinking that we must be
A part of it.
I say the moment we committed
To fighting, we already lost.
Excuse me, your grace,
Are you suggesting we
Oppose the war on
Humanitarian grounds?
I'm going to oppose it
As an affront to life itself.
As the designated regent
Of 1,500 systems,
I speak for thousands
Of worlds that have urged me
To allow them to stay
Neutral in this war.
And yet some might
Argue that the strongest
Defense is a swift and decisive
Offense.
You are quite the general
Now, aren't you, master kenobi?
Forgive me for interrupting,
Your highness.
I meant no disrespect.
Really?
Senators, i presume you are
Acquainted with the collection
Of half-truths and hyperbole
Known as obi-wan kenobi?
Your highness is too kind.
You're right. i am.
Allow me to introduce
My fellow jedi
Anakin skywalker.
Your servant, my lady.
I remember a time
When jedi were not generals
But peacekeepers.
We are protectors, highness--
Yours, at the moment.
We fight for peace.
What an amusing
Contradiction.
What master skywalker
Means is that we are acting
At the behest of your highness
To protect you from the death
Watch and the separatists who
Don't share your neutral
Point of view.
I asked for no such
Thing.
That may be so, but
A majority of your court did.
I do not remember you as one
To hide behind excuses.
I do not remember you as one
To shrink from responsibilities.
I am certain we all agree.
Duchess satine and general
Kenobi have a proven there are
Two sides to every dilemma.
Indeed.
Now, in regard to the senate
Vote, we think--
I think a multitude makes
Discord, not good counsel.
Right again, my lady.
There may be two sides to
Every dilemma, but the duchess
Only favors hers.
[r2-d2 chirping]
I'll check out the south
Quadrant.
Careful over there.
It's dark.
Yeah, very funny, mixer.
[r2-d2 chirps frantically]
Stop messing around.
That's not funny.
[r2-d2 beeps]
[sighs] droids.
Thud!
[gurgling]
A republic military
Presence is the only sure
Defense against the separatists.
Even extremists can
Be reasoned with.
Perhaps, if one can
Be heard over a the clanking of
Their battle droids.
The sarcasm of a soldier.
The delusion of a dreamer.
Duchess, master jedi,
It's been a long trip.
I think we could all use
A little rest and refreshment.
Hear, hear.
Now let us put politics
Aside until after dinner.
[together] fine!
Stand by for lightspeed.
Engage.
My side's secure.
What have you got, redeye?
Redeye, you copy?
[eerie whirring]
[screaming]
You and satine
Have a history.
An extended mission
When i was younger.
Master qui-gon and i spent
A year on mandalore protecting
The duchess from insurgents who
Had threatened her world.
They sent bounty
Hunters after us.
We were always on the run,
Living hand-to-mouth, never
Sure what the next day would
Bring.
Sounds romantic.
[eerie whirring]
[r2-d2 beeps]
A civil war killed most of
Satine's people, hence her
Aversion to violence.
When she returned, she took
Rebuilding her world alone.
You didn't stay to help her?
That would have
Been problematic.
My duty as a jedi
Demanded i be elsewhere.
Demanded?
But it's obvious you had
Feelings for her.
Surely that would affect your
Decision.
Oh, it did.
I live by the jedi code.
Of course.
As master yoda says, "a jedi
Must not form attachments."
Yes.
But he usually leaves out the
Undercurrent of remorse.
Beep!
Yes, captain?
General, something's wrong
With skywalker's astromech.
Scared him a real good, sir.
I've also lost contact with
Two of my men.
I'm on my way down
To assist you.
I'll go, master.
If there's something dangerous
Down there, the clones and i
Can handle it.
Deep-fried nuna legs.
Mmm, delicious.
I beg your pardon, senators.
Our men are investigating
A situation below decks.
I respectfully ask you to
Wait here until it is settled.
All right, men.
What's the problem?
I'm missing dinner.
We're not sure yet, sir,
But there's still no sign of
Mixer and redeye.
What's the matter, buddy?
[r2-d2 beeps]
I know. i know.
But i'm here now.
Use your scanners.
See if something's out of place.
Well, what've we here?
Looks like the contents of
This box are missing.
Or it got up and
Walked away.
All right, fan out.
Separate squads.
I'll contact obi-wan.
Beep!
Please excuse me.
Anakin, what have you found?
There's a large open
Container, and the contents are
Missing.
And i still have two men
Unaccounted for.
That's not good.
Keep things quiet.
I'll stay with the senators.
Got it.
[r2-d2 beeps]
What's up?
Did you find something?
There you are.
Redeye, where have you been?
You've had us all worried.
Redeye?
[eerie whirring]
[lightsaber igniting]
[deep chirruping]
[blaster fire]
The lift!
Obi-wan.
There's assassin probes
Down here.
One made it up the lift.
I'll try to hold the others
Here.
Quickly!
Secure the lifts!
[lightsaber igniting]
Ah! help!
[droid sputtering]
There might be one left.
Let's spread out and find it.
Watch it!
[screams]
[blaster fire]
They're everywhere!
Get behind me!
Agh! get it off!
Agh! agh!
[r2-d2 chirps]
[electricity crackling]
Zap!
Do you always
Carry a deactivator?
Just because i'm a pacifist
Doesn't i mean i
Won't defend myself.
Now you sound like a jedi.
Zap!
Good work, men.
You too, buddy.
[r2-d2 beeps triumphantly]
Assassin droid.
How did that monster end up
In the hold?
Question is,
Who smuggled him onboard?
Just like that
Swarm of venom-mites
On draboon, remember?
How could i forget?
I still have the scar.
Begging your pardon, duchess.
I distinctly remember
Carrying you to safety.
I meant the scar i got after
You fell and dropped me.
Oh. yes.
I'm looking for the droid
That services the cargo bay.
Uh, yes sir,
Are all those creatures dead?
That's what i'm
Trying to find out.
You're in charge of the cargo
Manifest, right?
Uh, yes.
I have it right here.
Well, where did they
Come from?
It is right here,
On the manifest.
"for immediate delivery
To coruscant:
One container marked
'medical supplies.'
There's no name on this chart!
There is no indication of
Who shipped it.
No, sir,
Just the senate stamp
Always accepted
For transport here
aboard the coronet.
one of our four
distinguished senators
appears to be a traitor.
i sense it too.
[chirping]
it looks like one
of our little visitors
is still alive.
i have an idea how
to expose the turncoat.
return to the hull of the ship.
destroy the last assassin
droids.
i'll find out which of the
senators is the traitor.
duchess, you are not eating.
i have no appetite.
begging your pardon,
you must keep up your strength.
by all means, be my guest,
senator.
if you insist.
ah! dessert!
excellent!
this morsel might prove
too much even for the
legendary appetite of
orn free taa.
enjoy.
on second thought,
it wouldn't agree with me.
my theory is our
little friend will attack
the duchess and anyone who
defends her.
anyone, that is,
except the traitor who
programmed it.
take it away!
please!
obi-wan, this line of
questioning borders on torture!
oh, i assure our pacifist
duchess that all is
under control.
i'm a trying to expose
a bigger threat.
interesting.
the droid displays unusual
hostility toward the honorable
kin robb...
but it seems to like you,
senator merrik.
well, prince?
really, general kenobi,
you're quite clever.
[gasps]
[short-circuiting]
[lightsaber igniting]
[gasps]
you're coming with me.
[groans]
Anakin, tal merrik
Is the traitor, and he's
Taken satine hostage.
[whispering]
Copy that, but i've got
Problems of my own right now.
Cody, rex, have you
Found anything?
All quiet over here, sir.
[chirping]
Wait a minute...
[blaster firing]
[electricity crackling]
Thanks, little guy.
Well, we found the
Little ones.
What about the mother?
Haven't seen it.
[mother droid shrieks]
[grunts]
[blaster fires]
[blaster firing]
No, please, i beg you.
[blaster fires]
Monster!
You're a horrid monster!
Get used to it.
Did you find them?
No, but i've stationed
Troopers at every escape pod.
Merrik will try to signal
His allies for help.
We have to find him.
This may not be the
Time to ask, but were you and
Satine, ever...
I don't see how
That has any bearing on the
Situation at hand.
Death watch command.
Tal merrik here.
Senator merrik.
Have you completed your mission?
Yes, sir.
I have the duchess, but i'll
Need help getting her away.
Very good.
Reinforcements
Are on their way.
I'll take care of this,
Obi-wan.
You?
Go find your girlfriend.
Right.
Uh, no, anakin, she's not
My...
[blaster fire]
[lightsaber igniting]
Come in, kenobi.
You're expected.
Tal merrik, you are
Under arrest.
Release the duchess.
I took the precaution
Of wiring the ship's engines
To explode.
I press this remote,
And we all die.
Obi, if you have
Any respect for me, you will
Not take such risks with so
Many people's lives at stake.
Satine...
Don't.
Beep!
This is merrik.
Stand by to disengage.
Say farewell, duchess.
Obi-wan, it looks like
I may never see you again.
I don't know quite how to say
This, but i've loved you
From the moment you came to
My aid all those years ago.
I don't believe this.
Satine, this is
Hardly the time or place for...
All right.
Had you said the word,
I would have
Left the jedi order.
That is touching.
Truly, it is.
But it's making me sick,
And we really must be going.
You have the romantic
Soul of a slug, merrik.
Ow!
And slugs are so often
Trod upon.
Interesting turnabout,
But even if i do not
Deliver the duchess alive
To the separatists, i still win.
The second i'm away,
I'll hit the remote and
blow the coronet to bits.
I will not allow that.
What will you do?
If you shoot me, you prove
Yourself a hypocrite to every
Pacifist ideal you hold dear.
And you, kenobi.
You are no stranger to violence.
You'd be hailed as a hero by
Everyone on this ship...
Almost everyone.
Come on, then.
Who will strike first and
Brand themselves
A cold-blooded killer?
Anakin...
What?
He was going to blow up
The ship.
Obi-wan, i...
General skywalker,
The last of the droids
Have been defeated, sir.
Very good, cody.
I must get back to
The business of diplomacy.
As you say, duchess.
Some other time.
A job well done,
Master jedi.
Thank you, chancellor.
Your excellency.
How ironic to meet again,
Only to find we're on
Opposing sides.
The needs of your people
Are all that matter.
They couldn't be in a better
Hands with you to guide their
Future.
Kind words indeed from
A mindful and committed jedi.
And yet...
What?
I'm still not sure
About the beard.
Why?
What's wrong with it?
It hides too much of
Your handsome face.
[laughing]
What was that all about?
A very remarkable woman.
She is indeed.
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