Episode I Script

(CFSS) = Cropped Full Screen Shot

Ext. Space
After Crawl, use entire shot of ship approaching and heading toward TF ships.

Int. Qui Gonn's ship
Reverse the first two interior shots-- start favoring Qui Gonn, 
Q: "Captain, tell them we wish to board at...
Cut to wide shot of all passengers
Q: "once..."
Captain: "Yes Sir."
Cut to Med. Shot of Captain as she leans toward controls-- cut away before she talks--

Ext. Space
Use whole shot of ship descending toward TF Starship. Bring up Sound F/X. No dialogue.

Int. Landing dock
Use frame-rate to slow down the landing and add more majestic music for truly awesome 
Star Wars landing (like Millenium Falcon landing on Death Star)

Int. Hallway
TC13 greets the Jedi. 

Int. Waiting Room
TC 13 leads Jedi into the waiting room and leaves. 
The Jedi flip back their hoods-- 
(Change if possible: using the Full Screen edition, can we crop the same shot and create 
a close up of Qui Gonn as he flips back his hood? It would be great-- even if we can just 
use the Full Screen footage to create a closer shot of both of them as they reveal 
themselves. The current shot favors Obi Wan -- since he's the one OT character we're 
meeting. That's not appropriate for this edit if we can get around it).

Can we improve the musical sting of their reveal? Harps isn't much of a cue.

Then back to the master shot as they walk across and say their lines at the window. 

(But again, depending on what's possible with the Full Screen version -- close ups of Qui 
Gonn's bored expression here would help reinforce his malaise about this assignment.)

...

INT. CONTROL ROOM
(From the Jedi saying "the negotiations will be short.") CUT to just one (CFSS) close up of 
a hand hitting a console with droid icons (from the Gungan battle) -- the icon "stands" 

Cut to:

INT. HALLWAY
Droids with weapons march toward camera (add Imperial March type music -- the hammer is coming 
down). The idea is that the Jedi are about to be assassinated by their hosts without us knowing 
who they are or why they want to kill these guys.

Use the two shots that currently follow the destruction of the Jedi's ship. 

First shot: Marching droids. Then, just a couple beats of the Side angle wide shot: The droids 
reach the door and halt.

Third shot (grabbed from a few shots later): Closer front view of droids (continuity problem of 
yellow droid is there -- can we crop him out?) MUSIC HITTING CRESCENDO... then holding a 
suspenseful note that continues--

INT. WAITING ROOM
-- ...as the Door opens-- (suspense, suspense) -- and TC13 enters with drinks. 
Jedi say lines; Qui Gonn takes the drink. MUSIC remains on the tense side, but still holding back--

INT. LANDING DOCK/QUI GONN'S SHIP
The MUSIC does a sly lurch as the gun descends in the hanger -- the crew panics -- the gun fires -- 
the ship EXPLODES and the music hits its full throttle action tempo--

INT. WAITING ROOM
The Jedi react to the explosion. The gas comes in. They hold their breath.

INT. HALLWAY
(Remembering that the droids are already at the door), cut to them opening the door and seeing the 
gas. Adjust their interaction per BOTF. TC13 comes out. The Jedi emerge. 

Battle 

Use all the battle footage in one stroke as the battle continues all the way to Obi Wan force 
pushing a group of droids away.

INT. CONTROL DECK
NOTE: ALL DIALOGUE IS TEMP
(Use footage from talking to TC13 scene) (CFSS) Over Nute's shoulder, favoring flunky, hiding Nute's 
face. 
Flunky: "It has been a long time since you killed a Jedi. Let the droids handle it."
Nute: "You prevent me from killing them?"

CUT AWAY: the Jedi cut one more Droid down

BACK TO SCENE (next shot favoring Flunky off Nute's shoulder) (CFSS)
Flunky: "Your safety is vital-- The entire Trade Federation rests on your--"

CUT AWAY: the Jedi cut another Droid down

BACK TO SCENE
Nute: "Get out of my sight." 
Flunky shrinks away -- using the "stunted slime" shot -- this is the first shot we get of Nute's 
profile. He turns toward camera (cut to CFSS on movement; add Nute Music Cue) -- cut away before 
Sidious image creeps in too much--
Nute: "Keeping me from my enemy endangers us all."

Cut to shot of communications flunky with the mask
Com Flunky: "We've lost their transmission sir."

Next shot: Nute spins from the screen (currently where he says "What's going on down there?").
Nute: "Lead the Jedi here. I will show you what a Nemoidian is capable of!"

Note Flunky #2 was in background of "stunted slime" shot. He now talks to Nute as they walk across 
the bridge toward the door together.
Flunky #2: "Please, your Lordship, reconsider. If the Jedi should get lucky and harm you, our 
Federation will be destroyed by the Republic. We have arranged so much to make this invasion legal. 
Now is not the time to jeopardize things for sport. [an order to the driods] Seal the bridge."
Nute: (Gesturing to the droids) "I will not forget this. You waste our time. The door is no match 
for Jedi."
Flunky #2: "Send for Destroyers. These Jedi will fall quickly."

The door closes on the bridge, sealing them in.

INT. HALLWAY
Obi Wan and Qui Gonn arrive outside the bridge. Q attacks the door.

INT. CONTROL DECK
(The shot where Nute says "That will hold them" as Flunky #2 stares at the door)
Flunky #2 (awed tone) "Close the blast door."
Nute (going crazy with desire to fight) "Let them in, the doors will not hold!"

Too late, the blast door shots-- stopping Q's blade. 

INT. HALLWAY
Qui Gonn thinks, plunges into the door again-- Force theme (no changes here for me)

INT. CONTROL DECK
Door gets hot. Flunky #2 points "They are still coming through!"
Nute: "Why are you protecting me? I can smell them. Let them in!"

INT. HALLWAY
Qui Gonn continues --

INT. CONTROL DECK
Flunky #2 turns to ask "Where are those Destroyer Droids?" Nute gives him dirty look.

INT. HALLWAY
Destroyer Droids arrive. (still no changes for me)
The Jedi run.

INT. CONTROL DECK
Nute and Flunky #2 watch Jedi run. ("No match for Destroyer Droids") 
Communications Guy says "Sir, a transmission from the planet"
Queen Amidala contacts them. Talk to Queen. Threaten her blatantly and brutally. End transmission. 
Nute orders invasion to begin "we will conquer them now."

Cut to: Communications guy interrupts: The Jedi are in ventilation shaft. 
Cut to: Shot of Nute where he whips around and says "Close the blast doors!" 
Nute: "I want them! Bring them to me!"

...

From Nute shouting for the Jedi's capture, we CUT TO:

Ext. Amidala's castle -- establishing

Int. Amidala's castle
Wide shot. Then panning wide as Palpatine speaks -- gets cut off. Amidala asks "What happened?" 
Cut before we pan to Tanaka--
Governor dialogue: "Communications block means-- ...Invasion!" (dialogue as is -- I'm too lazy to type it)
Wide shot -- Amidala: "The Federation wouldn't go that -- " (cut out Tanaka "checking the generator")
Cut to Tanaka standing as he finishes his next line (which we also cut) -- (Amidala finishes): "...far."
Tanaka turns as Amidala continues: "We must continue to rely on Negotiations."
Governor: "Negotiations? Etc. Where are the ambassadors?"
Cut to Amidala: "I will not condone a course that leads us to war!"
(This is a little more mature version of the scene without Tanaka's pointless interruptions and opinions).

CUT TO:

EXT. STARSHIP - establishing shot
Trick: f/x "flip" this shot so the droid ship is on Left with landing ships flying from it-- Musical sting. 
Only show for a second or two -- keep droid ship the focus, then cut --

INT. DROID LOADING HANGER
Qui Gonn and Obi Wan fly out of vent into hanger.
Jedi see droids loading. "We'll go with them." 
"Negotiations were short."
CUT TO:

EXT. NABOO
Remaining portion of Droid loading ships flying in space -- toward planet (NOT reversed)
The Droid ships hit ground

EXT. LOADING SHIPS
Droids unload. 
Droid Captain receives orders from Flunky and Nute: 
"Destroy everything in your path. Cause as much destruction as possible. We will conquer this world as 
our own. The Republic has been a thorn in our side long enough...!"

EXT. FOREST
SF/X -- ADD SOUNDS OF BLASTERS AND EXPLOSIONS THROUGHOUT

First shot -- The Animals run from something we can't see (currently the third shot)
Second shot -- The Transports crash through the trees
Third shot -- From above, Qui Gonn runs ahead of the transports
Forth shot -- From ahead of the transport -- Qui Gonn runs toward camera
Fifth shot -- Close on Qui Gonn looking mad
Sixth shot -- Med shot of Jar Jar in the way
Seventh shot -- Close on Jar Jar panicking.
Eighth-Tenth shot -- Qui Gonn tackles Jar Jar (cut faster -- from behind Jar Jar/from behind Qui Gonn/back 
to Jar Jar's back as they hit the deck -- it's a tackle; they fall FAST)
Eleventh shot -- The Transport rides over them

Qui Gonn stands -- cut to a CFSS of Jar Jar standing to avoid the "flip up" and to shorten this shot. 
They turn to leave -- Cut away while the Transports are still near. LEAVE SOUNDS VERY LOUD -- TRANSPORTS 
ARE ALL AROUND. 

...

[ADD SOUND F/X OF BLASTING, BOOMING, DESTRUCTIVE DROID TRANSPORTS REMAINING ALWAYS NEARBY -- until we get 
to the lake shore with Jar Jar -- then the sounds are muted and distant, but STILL PRESENT]

EXT. FOREST
The transport travels over Jar Jar and Qui Gonn -- they lie on the ground as it recedes. They move, rising 
to stand and we CUT

To a Droid riding a flying glider and shooting (the one who's chasing Obi Wan) CUT:
To Qui Gonn, lighting his saber and bouncing the blast back at the Droid, Obi Wan running closer. CUT:
To Qui Gonn deflecting blasts back at more droids as Obi Wan runs closer. Camera follows debris into bushes
Jar Jar stands between Qui Gonn and Obi Wan -- speaks. Obi Wan asks what's this. Qui Gonn says "a local. 
Let's go before more droids come." CUT away as Obi Wan crosses frame, before Jar Jar starts his clown faces 
and speaking...
(The effect is that this attack is closer to where the tackle happened and makes the threat of the droids 
stay more imminent. The backgrounds match surprisingly well when cut on all this movement).


CUT TO: them all running together and Jar Jar offering to take them to a city. They stop and talk to Jar 
Jar. (keep it going until Qui Gonn's line: "...us there?") and CUT
TO: over Qui Gonn's shoulder on Jar Jar. Let Jar Jar talk until "...me going back there" He's saying 
something like: "I can take you there if you have the courage to face Boss Nass -- he will not be kind. 
He knows things... But it's safer there than out here..." Let a rising musical sting cue us for a dangerous 
decision as we WIPE...
To: Jar Jar leading the Jedi to the river bank

When Jar Jar leaps in the air, CUT to the Jedi putting in their mouth pieces so we don't see the silly 
triple-gainer dive.

Then get us underwater using everything except the shot where Jar Jar pokes his head out of the water -- 
he jumps in the water and disappears and the Jedi have to follow...

Under water use everything except OMIT the close up of Obi Wan -- keep things on Qui Gonn.

...

(Entering Gunga city)

INT. GUNGA CITY STREET
[Music is threatening and mysterious. It gets darker as we go]
Q and O squish through the door and walk inside. CUT to the shot of them all walking to the stairs, seen 
from behind. A guard runs up from screen left as they reach the bottom of the stairs. CUT to the reverse 
shot of them all at the bottom of the stairs as a second Guard runs up. This guard has his lance down-- 
he zaps Jar Jar (shave a few frames out so the zap is more assertive and removes that pause). Jar Jar 
jumps back-- CUT to

Close of the Guard threatening them. He says all his lines (as shot). Cut to: Q looking around, reacting 
(a FS crop of his first reaction shot as he enters the city). CUT to the pan across Gunga city where the 
citizens all take notice of the Jedi (start the pan after we already can't see Q or JJ or the guards). 
This pan is our last shot of Gunga before we cut to:

EXT. GRASSY FIELDS
The Droid army approaches Naboo. ADD SOUND F/X OF EXPLOSIONS AND LASER BLASTS

EXT. NABOO CITY
Then ships fly over the Castle
Then (this is tricky) ships fly over the streets, seen from below as debris flies through the air (This 
shot is from the parade at the end -- two groups of ships speed by as confetti falls and the camera tilts 
downward)

INT. CASTLE
Then we see the droid army through a window, approaching...
Then we see a wide shot of the Queen looking out the window
Then cut to the medium shot of the Queen, as she lets her head fall forward in defeat...
STILL HEARING BOOMS LASERS AND SCREAMS

INT. BOSS NASS CHAMBER
First the establishing shot from outside, then The next four shots of Boss Nass talking without cutting to 
the Jedi for response. Let him get a real wind on -- he's upset that the Jedi council seems so foolish as 
to only send two Jedi when the Galaxy is in the balance. The Gungans will face their deaths with pride. 
Cut in a shot of Qui Gonn reacting surprised and/or worried, but no talking (we'll have to create it if 
we can with the FS). Nass continues. Finally Qui Gonn says his line: "The Droid Army's about to attack 
the Naboo. We must warn them." Boss Nass continues. He's talking about the prophecy of the Force. He's 
wise and the music and dialogue support that (once we add it ) He uses all his good looking dialogue shots 
without interruption until he finally says "be gone with you" and the Jedi turn to leave, "We go in peace." 
(OMIT the head shaking, please) CUT to Jar Jar being released and the Jedi going up the stairs. OMIT the 
"What's a bongo?" dialogue or anything else about stopping for Jar Jar. Boss Nass controls what happens 
here -- the Jedi know it and go along.

EXT. OTAH GUNGA
The bongo swims out and Jar Jar talks to the Jedi. Leave in the "You were banished because you were clumsy"
stuff. We're going to borrow MagFan's dialogue strategy here. A fish takes interest in them -- just when 
it's about to shoot out it's tongue at them -- Qui Gonn turns and notices it -- and it gets CHOMPED by a 
bigger fish. "There's always a bigger fish"

"Head for that outcropping" The Bongo disappears and we wipe...

To EXT. NABOO CASTLE -- seen from the water. Cut Inside before the Bongo surfaces - Nute escorts the Queen 
downstairs...

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