This is not THE Episode III script, nor do I make any claims
that it is.
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Ltd.
STAR WARS
EPISODE III
THE BURNING TIMES
written by
Peter Tatara
EXT. SPACE
TITLE CARD:
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
A vast sea of stars serves as the backdrop for the main
title, followed by a roll-up, which crawls into infinity.
EPISODE III:
THE BURNING TIMES
The Galactic Republic is at war. The Mandalorians and
Neimoidians are being battered by the Republic's starfleet.
Grand Chancellor Palpatine is leading the Republic well in
this time of strife.
A second war is also being waged. Dissidents who speak out
against the Grand Chancellor are being swallowed up. Along
with them, the Jedi have been persecuted throughout the
Republic, few surviving Palpatine's wrath.
Anakin Skywalker has not been seen since the Battle of
Alderaan....
As the crawls fades away into infinity, we pan down,
revealing a big yellow moon. This moon takes up most of the
screen. It is similar to Earth's satellite, but distinctly
alien.
We stay on this moon for a long time, until something very
unexpected happens.
The moon and stars around it begin to distort and ripple.
We slowly come to realize that what we are actually seeing is
a reflection in a body of water.
This is confirmed when the top of a CLOAKED FIGURE breaks
through the moon.
MEDIUM SHOT - BLACK WATER
This CLOAKED FIGURE slowly rises from the dark water, walking
toward the shore.
WIDE SHOT - SHORE
The CLOAKED FIGURE wades and trudges to the shore, the thick
black night around him.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED FIGURE, completely saturated, paces down the
beach, 1,000 stars in the dark thick night sky.
WIDE SHOT - DIRT ROAD
The CLOAKED FIGURE begins his trek down a short hidden dirt
road, away from the CAMERA.
Detached GUARDS walk the road, patrolling it.
The CLOAKED FIGURE moves right past them.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED FIGURE moves down the road, unseen by the
scattered GUARDS.
WIDE SHOT - DIRT ROAD
The CLOAKED FIGURE walks in the middle of the road, toward
the CAMERA, passing by unknowing GUARDS.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED FIGURE moves right past a standing GUARD.
WIDE SHOT - BUNKER
We see a bunker complex, a large thick durasteel door across
its front face. THREE GUARDS stand at-the-ready. One is to
the left of the thick metal door. The other two are to the
right.
The CLOAKED FIGURE walks toward this construct, away from the
CAMERA, his pace quickening.
WIDE SHOT - GUARDS
The TWO GUARDS to the right of the door stand together,
speaking softly. Their words cannot be made out.
The CLOAKED FIGURE approaches them.
Distant lightning flashes.
MEDIUM SHOT - GUARDS
The TWO GUARDS glance up.
GUARD #1
Looks like rain.
GUARD #2
Yeah... Probably already in the
mountains.
WIDE SHOT - GUARDS
The CLOAKED FIGURE takes his final steps toward them.
His right arm slowly reaches into his dripping cloak. He
immediately swings it out, a blue lightsabre igniting as he
sweeps out horizontally.
GUARD #1 falls.
In the same sweeping motion, the CLOAKED FIGURE brings his
arm back, cutting down GUARD #2.
Also in the same motion, he returns his arm back into his
cloak, the lightsabre deactivating in mid-swing.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED figure turns to the remaining GUARD.
WIDE SHOT - GUARD
The last GUARD stands there, leaning against the door,
oblivious to what just happened to two of his comrades.
The CLOAKED FIGURE walks over to him.
There is a blue flash, his lightsabre arcing out very briefly
and then returning to his side.
The GUARD falls.
CLOSE UP - CLOAKED FIGURE
Lightning flashes.
The figure's chin is briefly illuminated. A rough stubble
can be discerned across the dripping exposed skin.
The FIGURE brings a small silver cylinder up to his mouth.
He speaks a single word into the communicator.
CLOAKED FIGURE
Go.
WIDE SHOT - DIRT ROAD
The GUARDS patrolling the road are struck down in a hail of
well placed blaster bolts.
Before the GUARDS hit the ground, REPUBLIC SPECIAL OPS
SOLDIERS storm across the screen.
They were hidden in the darkness, in the night.
MEDIUM SHOT - REPUBLIC SOLDIERS
The REPUBLIC SOLDIERS, in grey uniforms, hustle toward the
compound. Their black blaster rifles are held tightly to
their chests as they run.
WIDE SHOT - DIRT ROAD
They sprint down the road, shooting any remaining GUARDS.
A few GUARDS manage to get in one or two shots before being
gunned down by the REPUBLIC FORCES.
WIDE SHOT - BUNKER
The REPUBLIC BLACK OPS SOLDIERS rush toward the enemy bunker.
MEDIUM SHOT - REPUBLIC SOLDIERS
REPUBLIC SOLDIERS drop to the ground, laying flat before the
construct. They bring their guns to face the bunker.
WIDE SHOT - REPUBLIC SOLDIERS
More SOLDIERS drop to the ground. They train their blasters
on the door.
Most of the SOLDIERS are equipped with standard issue heavy
blaster rifles.
Some, however, carry baron siege blasters. These ugly black
weapons have their own tripods built in.
The SOLDIERS with the heavier baron blasters, also flat
against the ground, swivel their guns to face the door.
WIDE SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED FIGURE is the only one standing.
The first row of SOLDIERS lay near his feet.
A distant rumbling sound can be heard.
WIDE SHOT - BUNKER
A massive blaster bolt rockets across the screen.
It collides with the bunker's door, damaging and denting it
severely.
MEDIUM SHOT - BUNKER DOOR
The bunker door smokes, a large crater in its center. Any
layers of paint over the metal have been burned up.
That distant rumbling grows closer.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED FIGURE turns to meet the sound.
MEDIUM SHOT - BARON ASSAULT TANK
A baron assault tank hovers out of the darkness of night. It
is nothing more than a floating armored platform with a siege
cannon mounted on its front.
THREE SOLDIERS ride behind the turbolaser, in the open-air
cockpit.
The mammoth cannon fires again, recoiling back.
MEDIUM SHOT - BUNKER DOOR
The bunker door is shattered by this second shot.
WIDE SHOT - REPUBLIC SOLDIERS
Before the smoke and shrapnel settle, the flat REPUBLIC
SOLDIERS open fire.
MEDIUM SHOT - BUNKER DOOR
The soldiers's shots fire into the smoking bunker, the smoke
still lingering about.
Within moments, the volley is returned.
MEDIUM SHOT - REPUBLIC SOLDIERS
The REPUBLIC SOLDIERS fire into the bunker.
MEDIUM SHOT - BUNKER DOOR
The initial smoke finally begins to clear.
We can see GUARDS inside the bunker, firing out.
They are hunkered down, behind boxes and crates.
MEDIUM SHOT - REPUBLIC SOLDIERS
REPUBLIC SOLDIERS continue to stream fire into the construct.
A SOLDIER with a baron blaster sweeps the doorway.
MEDIUM SHOT - BUNKER DOOR
The GUARDS fire out, advancing.
Slowly at fire, they charge forward.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED FIGURE repels two blaster bolts headed his way.
His blue sabre ignites in mid-swing.
After blocking the first two shots, he wheels his sabre
around, catching a third one.
He then returns his sabre to his cloak, turning off in mid-
swing.
WIDE SHOT - REPUBLIC SOLDIERS
REPUBLIC SOLDIERS continue to shoot fire at the bunker.
MEDIUM SHOT - BUNKER DOOR
The GUARDS charge from the bunker, jumping over a growing
pile of their stuck down comrades.
WIDE SHOT - BUNKER
The REPUBLIC SOLDIERS fire on the advancing GUARDS.
Several patches of SOLDIERS are overrun by the GUARDS.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED FIGURE spins his sabre out at an oncoming shot.
He then returns it to his side.
Lightning flashes amid the torrent of blaster fire.
The CLOAKED FIGURE begins to move away from the fighting.
WIDE SHOT - BUNKER
The REPUBLIC SOLDIERS push back most of the advancing GUARDS,
baron blasters cutting them down.
The CLOAKED FIGURE passes by them, away from the bunker.
Most of the remaining GUARDS scatter.
MEDIUM SHOT - BARON ASSAULT TANK
The baron tank fires again.
WIDE SHOT - BUNKER
The interior of the bunker is cleared out by the blast.
MEDIUM SHOT - BUNKER DOOR
Any remaining GUARDS are forced out of the burning construct.
MEDIUM SHOT - REPUBLIC SOLDIERS
REPUBLIC SOLDIERS rise up, quickly running to take the
bunker.
They fire into it as they do.
WIDE SHOT - BUNKER
The REPUBLIC FORCES overrun the bunker.
Lightning flashes.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED FIGURE watches the progress.
He turns away and continues to move away from the construct.
MEDIUM SHOT - BARON ASSAULT TANK
The baron tank slowly hovers closer to the bunker.
The CLOAKED FIGURE moves past it.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
Lightning flashes.
The CLOAKED FIGURE moves back down the dirt road, toward the
shore.
A GUARD, hidden in the darkness, charges. He fires his
blaster rifle as he does.
The CLOAKED FIGURE wheels his sabre around, deflecting the
bolts.
He then lunges and sweeps his sabre into the GUARD
horizontally.
Just as the CLOAKED FIGURE turns back to the road, another
GUARD strikes.
He, too, is cut down by a spinning sabre.
WIDE SHOT - DIRT ROAD
The CLOAKED FIGURE continues down the lonely road.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
A GUARD charges at the CLOAKED FIGURE. He carries no weapon.
The CLOAKED FIGURE snaps out his arm, fingers outstretched.
The GUARD is forced back.
The CLOAKED FIGURE reaches into his cloak and pulls out a
small blaster pistol.
He fires a single shot at the GUARD.
He falls.
The CLOAKED FIGURE continues on down the road.
WIDE SHOT - DIRT ROAD
Lightning flashes.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
Another GUARD charges.
The CLOAKED FIGURE fires two brief bursts from his pistol.
The two shots take the GUARD down.
WIDE SHOT - DIRT ROAD
The CLOAKED FIGURE walks down the road, dead GUARDS behind
him.
WIDE SHOT - SHORE
The CLOAKED FIGURE reaches the shore.
A light rain begins.
He walks along the sand.
MEDIUM SHOT - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED FIGURE walks down the beach.
The sound of sporadic bursts of blaster fire break the air.
Cheers follow the fire.
The CLOAKED FIGURE turns back toward the bunker.
CLOSE UP - CLOAKED FIGURE
The CLOAKED FIGURE brings his hands up to his hood.
He pulls it back, revealing his face.
It is OBI-WAN KENOBI. His face is tired, worn, and driven.
A short beard is on his unshaven chin.
He brings his silver communicator up to his lips.
He whispers into it.
OBI-WAN
Colony Omikron secure.
Lightning flashes.
The rain grows heavier.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. SPACE - CORUSCANT
Ships buzz about, around the capital of the Galactic
Republic.
A squadron of Y-Wing starfighters zoom past the CAMERA.
EXT. BAUDWAY - WIDE SHOT
We see the busy streets and skyline of the city planet from a
commercial sector known as the Baudway.
EXT. BAUDWAY - WIDE STREET - WIDE SHOT
We go closer down, seeing a single street. It is a long wide
stretch. It is a large overpass, a massive foot bridge. It
crosses over several lanes of commercial air traffic.
PEOPLES from every species represented by the Galactic
Republic walk this route. VENDORS are set up along the
sides. Some have booths on the walkway, some have mobile
carts, some have small barges, floating just over the side of
the wide bridge.
Among the travellers are REPUBLIC SOLDIERS, in grey duty
uniforms, on shore leave.
The PEOPLES and SOLDIERS talk, browse, and shop as they
linger across the long foot bridge.
MEDIUM SHOT - PEOPLES
The CAMERA pans along the bridge, capturing an image of daily
life on the city planet.
A VENDOR and CUSTOMER haggle over the price of a necklace.
CHILDREN run by.
A RODIAN tries to hand out flyers.
TWO REPUBLIC SOLDIERS flirt with a RED TWI'LEK.
Posters and signs hang in the background. They are pure
propaganda. Images of Mandalorians, Neimoidians, Battle
Droids, and Trade Federation battleships appear with large
red X's over them.
Similarly, there are posters of Chancellor Palpatine and
Republic soldiers. They show them as mythic figures,
fighting for all that is good and just.
These posters are hung from booths, street lamps, and the
bridge itself. Some are even free floating, suspended by
small antigrav thrusters.
The CAMERA settles on OBI-WAN KENOBI, in a grey duty uniform.
His silver sabre dangles from one side of his belt. A simple
blaster pistol hangs down from the other side.
He is near one end of the overpass, leaning against the short
guard rail.
CLOSE UP - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN looks up at the skyline.
Aerial traffic zooms about.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN gets up, off the guard rail.
He walks along the bridge, passing shouting VENDORS offering
anything you could possible imagine.
CLOSE UP - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN glances to his sides as he walks.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
The CAMERA behind OBI-WAN, he continues to cross the walkway.
TWO CYBER-PUNKS zip by, overhead, via small antigrav
repulsorlift boards.
CLOSE UP - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN glances up at the SKATERS.
He then looks to his side.
His eyes widen.
WIDE SHOT - PALPATINE STATUE
A VENDOR in a repulsorlift barge maneuvers away from the
bridge, revealing a wide vista of the Baudway.
Traffic shoots by, in well defined lanes.
Yet, the center of the screen is taken up by a mammoth statue
of Palpatine, larger than a city block, being constructed,
assembled, and hoisted up.
It is in a remote island of green.
CONSTRUCTION CREWS and DROIDS in floating platform lift the
statue.
In the distance, rocketships take off.
CLOSE UP - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN looks at the statue, a jaded and detached look in his
eye.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN looks forward.
He continues walking, faster now.
The CAMERA rotates behind him and follows the JEDI.
The pro-Republic and pro-Palpatine ads seem ominous and
pressing, now.
WIDE SHOT - WIDE STREET
OBI-WAN quickly moves across the gigantic bridge.
Floating images of Chancellor Palpatine float by the CAMERA.
They show the Chancellor in a religious air.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
The CAMERA follows OBI-WAN as he nears the opposite side of
the walkway.
An anti-Jedi poster can be briefly seen on the left side of
the screen. It shows an old photo of Mace Windu with a red X
over it.
OBI-WAN gets to the opposite end of the wide street.
A bank of lift tubes reach up into the sky, clinging to the
side of a building. Corridors and tunnels lead to other
destinations.
The CAMERA pushes in on OBI-WAN as he enters into a lift.
He turns to face the street and taps the lift's control
panel.
The transparent doors shut and the lift rockets skyward.
The CAMERA zip pans around.
We see the RODIAN who had been previously trying to pass
flyers out. He now works his way to the end of the walkway.
MEDIUM SHOT - RODIAN
The RODIAN looks about, searching.
He reaches the end of the bridge.
He moves to an area next to the lift tube bank. It is a
partition of wall, free from advertising.
The RODIAN looks about again, checking to see if he is being
watched.
He reaches into a sack, slung around his side, and pulls
something out.
He looks about one last time.
The RODIAN pushes this flat something up against the wall.
CLOSE SHOT - ANTI-PALPATINE SIGN
The RODIAN presses a small anti-Palpatine sign up against the
wall. It is a candid photo of the Chancellor, a red X over
his image, mocking the large official anti-Neimoidian and
Mandalorian posters.
There is some writing scribbled under the X. It cannot be
made out, but says TRAITORS CAN'T HIDE.
The RODIAN begins to remove his hands from the small sign,
but as he does so, gloved hands grab his wrists.
The gloved hands are black with small patches of white armor.
The Rodian's hands are pulled away from the sign.
With the CAMERA still on the anti-Palpatine sign, we hear the
RODIAN fight with whoever grabbed his wrists.
He is eventually overcome.
We head the RODIAN shout as he is dragged off.
INT. BAUDWAY - LIFT TUBE - WIDE SHOT - WIDE STREET
We see the RODIAN, a tiny speck, being dragged away, from
inside a fast rising lift tube.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN KENOBI looks down at the street below, though the
transparent yellow tube.
He then looks out, at the skyline.
WIDE SHOT - SKYLINE
Through the yellow tube wall, we see the Coruscant skyline.
We are constantly rising.
Clearly defined rows of ships stream by.
EXT. BAUDWAY - LIFT TUBE - WIDE SHOT
We see OBI-WAN inside the lift tube, speeding up the side of
a mammoth building.
CLOSE UP - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN stares out of the tube.
Suddenly, the rocketing lift stops.
There is a quick jolt.
OBI-WAN does not seem to mind or care.
He just turns on his heels to face the exit.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
With traffic speeding outside the lift, OBI-WAN exits.
INT. BAUDWAY - TRAM STATION - MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN walks into a large tram station.
WIDE SHOT - TRAM STATION
Two airliner sized air buses are docked inside this hangar-
like complex.
PASSENGERS are boarding and departing these enormous
transports.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN begins to move toward the closer of the trams. The
CAMERA, at a distance, follows. He slowly decreases in size,
the CAMERA lagging behind.
He walks out, on a busy gantry, toward the closer bus.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
The CAMERA, back on OBI-WAN, watches him move through a CROWD
OF PEOPLE.
CLOSE SHOT - OBI-WAN'S LIGHTSABRE
OBI-WAN walks through the SEA OF PEOPLE.
A hand, not Obi-Wan's, lands on his sabre. This hand pulls
on it.
CLOSE UP - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN, both sensing the pickpocket and feeling his sabre
move, snaps his head around.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI AND PICKPOCKET
OBI-WAN stares into the PICKPOCKET, a man down on his luck.
CLOSE UP - PICKPOCKET
The PICKPOCKET trembles.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI AND PICKPOCKET
The PICKPOCKET releases Obi-Wan's sabre. He turns to run
away from the JEDI.
MEDIUM SHOT - PICKPOCKET
OBI-WAN extends his arm, grabbing onto the pickpocket's
shoulder. The PICKPOCKET turns around, fearful.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN looks at the PICKPOCKET, a nonthreatening look on his
face.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI AND PICKPOCKET
OBI-WAN grabs the pickpocket's hands.
CLOSE SHOT - PICKPOCKET'S HANDS
OBI-WAN drops a handful of Republic currency into the
pickpocket's hands.
CLOSE UP - PICKPOCKET
The PICKPOCKET looks down at the handful of money. He brings
his eyes back up to OBI-WAN, grateful.
The PICKPOCKET mouths the words "thank you".
He turns and leaves, disappearing into the SEA OF PEOPLE.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN watches the PICKPOCKET vanish.
He smiles a merciful smile.
OBI-WAN slides his hand down to his sabre, making sure that
it's still there.
It is.
WIDE SHOT - TRAM STATION
OBI-WAN walks amid the COUNTLESS TRAVELERS. Final boarding
calls sound.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN enters into a tram.
INT. AIR BUS - MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
The CAMERA in front of OBI-WAN, he finds a seat near a long
window.
He sits down.
CLOSE UP - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN turns his head, looking out the window.
After a few moments, the tram briefly shakes. Its magnetic
couplings deactivate and power is transferred to its
repulsorlift antigrav engines.
Then, the tram lurches forward. After the first few slow
meters, large electromagnets built into the station shoot the
tram out like a bullet.
OBI-WAN continues to look out as the Baudway zips by, a blur.
EXT. BAUDWAY - AIR BUS - MEDIUM SHOT
The CAMERA, in front of the tram, rotates around to its side
as the transport zips through the Baudway.
The CAMERA then moves around to the tail end, the tram
zipping away.
WIDE SHOT - AIR BUS
The CAMERA, high above and behind, follows the bus as it zips
across the city planet.
MEDIUM SHOT - AIR BUS
The CAMERA, in front of the bus, watches as it zips through a
series of arches. The CAMERA spins to keep the tram in frame
as it zips away.
INT. AIR BUS - MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN watches out the window, Coruscant zipping by.
MEDIUM SHOT - SERVICE DROID
A small DROID, tethered to a track on the air bus's ceiling
moves down the tram. Its face is a screen, displaying the
text which it is speaking.
SERVICE DROID
Approaching Takagi Station. Last station
in the Baudway. All civilian passengers
must depart. A SOLDIER First Class
status or special papers are required
before entering G Prime.
The DROID repeats itself.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN glances at the DROID as it passes by, now speaking in
a foreign tongue.
MEDIUM SHOT - SERVICE DROID
The SERVICE DROID continues down its track, repeating its
message in multiple languages.
EXT. BAUDWAY - AIR BUS - MEDIUM SHOT
The air bus zips into a Takagi Station, the last tram station
in the Baudway.
INT. BAUDWAY - TRAM STATION - WIDE SHOT - AIR BUS
The air bus zips into Takagi Station, breaking suddenly as it
reaches its mooring.
WIDE SHOT - AIR BUS DOORS
The doors on the air bus hiss open.
PASSENGERS stream out.
INT. AIR BUS - MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN sits in his seat as PASSENGERS stream by.
MEDIUM SHOT - SERVICE DROID
The SERVICE DROID returns along its track.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
The SERVICE DROID pauses in front of OBI-WAN.
CLOSE UP - SERVICE DROID
The DROID speaks in a programmed politeness.
SERVICE DROID
Hello. Greetings. Excuse me. Can you
prove the legality of your entrance into
the Executive Level? What is your PID?
What is your format?
CLOSE UP - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN glances up at the DROID.
OBI-WAN
My format?
OBI-WAN turns fully to the DROID.
OBI-WAN
71 117 97 114 100 105 97 110.
MEDIUM SHOT - SERVICE DROID
The SERVICE DROID computes the numbers, mechanical clicks
audible.
CLOSE UP - SERVICE DROID
SERVICE DROID
Thank you. Welcome to the Garden.
MEDIUM SHOT - SERVICE DROID
The SERVICE DROID rotates and moves down its track.
There are only two others onboard, both in grey uniforms.
The DROID stops at the closer of the two.
It begins its preprogrammed inquiry again.
MEDIUM SHOT - OBI-WAN KENOBI
OBI-WAN looks back out the window.
INT. BAUDWAY - TRAM STATION - WIDE SHOT - AIR BUS
The final PASSENGERS depart.
The magnetic moorings deactivate.
The tram is shot out into the Executive Level.
EXT. G PRIME - AIR BUS - MEDIUM SHOT
The air bus shoots out of Takagi Station, it zips the CAMERA,
which swivels trying to keep it in frame.
The tram zips off into the distance.
EXT. G PRIME - AIR BUS - WIDE SHOT
The CAMERA, looking at the side of the bus, speeds along with
it.
We see this new sector of Coruscant. It is different from
the Baudway. The change is subtle at first, but soon becomes
apparent.
The buildings are more uniform. They are smaller but wider
and fatter.
A few spires jet up, off in the distance.
The terrain is composed of plateaus of metal and glass.
Wide, flat boxes rest atop each other, the ground nothing
more than right angles.
Tiny lights flash across the silver landscape.
The traffic is lighter.
The hulls of enormous starships , under construction, can be
seen.
Cranes, DROIDS, and CONSTRUCTION CREWS appear as dots under
the metal skeletons.
We pass a wide industrial complex, three smokestacks pouring
black gases up into the artificially clean sky.
Small squadrons of endo-atmospheric jet-powered fighters fly
in formation.
Convoys of repulsorlift freighters float along the empty
silver streets.
This is the Executive Level, G Prime. It is sometimes called
"the Garden", as it is where the seeds that will win the war
are grown.
This entire sector was constructed during the Clone Wars.
The further the air bus zips into the sector, fewer and fewer
buildings are seen. The land is nothing more than barren
silver plateaus and ravines.
Tall obelisks dot the metal desert.
