From: kevin.sonnenberg@rose.com (kevin sonnenberg)
Subject: Star Wars #3      3/8
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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 01:07:15 GMT
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Date Entered: 01-24-93 20:02
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reveal two sentry fighters, swooping into a holding pattern on his port and
starboard sides.  The sentry pilots order him to heave-to and prepare to be
boarded.

  "No," he snarls in reply - but quickly reconsiders, when his protocol droid
(C3PO) and his ten-year-old, Correllian cabin boy remind him that he is
out-gunned.  Antilles brings his ship about, and, in moments, despite his
objections, a handful of Palpatine's troops board the freighter and confiscate
his cargo.

  Captain Antilles curses the officer in charge, and explains the incident is
far from over, as we

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SCENE 6: Jhantor

  When the tragic news of Tara Courtney's assassination reaches her embassy
chambers, Lady Arcadia Skywalker is shocked and hastily gathers her servants
and droids to leave for her homeworld.  She is a beautiful matron, who is in
the last stages of pregnancy, and she is fearful for her unborn child (or
children).


  For the past several weeks, she has watched the order of Jhantor deteriorate
into anarchy under the rule of Palpatine, and she has made plans to escape, by
smuggling her household aboard a spice freighter.

  But, in the docking bay, Lady Arcadia and her party are suddenly surrounded
by a heavily-armed detachment of troops, activating their weapons and raising
them to firing position.  She turns to the officer in charge and demands to
know what's going on; but he doesn't know - he is simply following orders.  She
resists his authority, claiming diplomatic immunity, but quickly reconsiders
when the voice of evil echoes through the bay:

  "You mustn't be so hasty, Lady Skywalker!"  PRESIDENT Palpatine emerges from
the shadows, accompanied by Prince Valarium, and explains that Arcadia, her
servants, her droids, and her pilot are being placed under his protective
custody.


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SCENE 7:  Sigma Vulcanus -- The Monastic Order of the Sith -- a
          spartan-like retreat, high atop a mountain ridge

  Through a montage of scenes, wherein Anakin Skywalker remains in a coma, the
silent, robed figures minister to his injuries.  Their task is an awesome one:
First, in a most sophisticated furnace, they forge battle armour and a metal
breath-screen (skull-like in appearance) that will cover his demolished visage.
Next, they amputate his arms and limbs that no longer function, repair vital
organs, and encase the torso -- forever -- in the dreaded armour and artificial
respirator.  Finally, they restore the severed limbs with intricate computer
circuitry and revive him from his comatose state.  Anakin Skywalker becomes
Darth Vader, more machine than man!

  Following his repairs, the monk-like figures (still hidden under their hooded
robes) begin to instruct Vader in a dark, evil parody of Luke's apprenticeship
under Yoda.  Darth Vader is taught many sorceror's skills; he is lectured on
the sinister machinations of the Force and is shown how to construct an even
more lethal sabre using fragments of the shattered Kaiburr Crystal.  But with
each new challenge, and skill accomplished, Vader is doubtful of purpose.  He
knows he is being trained as a power weapon -- and yet, he cannot conceive why.

  Angered by this confusion, and the fear that his humanity (and manhood) has
been stripped away, Darth Vader strikes out in rage at one of his hooded
teachers only to discover an empty robe.  He is momentarily terror-stricken and
then mystified as, one by one, the hooded figures vanish -- in a strangely,
compelling way -- to reveal a 3-D holographic image of Palpatine.

  "Yes, yes," Palpatine taunts him, "Only now do you conceive that is was my
force of will that saved you -- that kept you alive -- and that gave you life
again!"

  Darth Vader extends a courtly bow to Palpatine and thanks him for his life.
But Palpatine is not interested in gratitude.  He is in need of a powerful
weapon and an obedient servant, and he reminds the former Jedi that he has the
power to crush him should he desire.  He then forces Vader to his knees and
commands:  "Now come to me, my servant.  I have an important task that will
complete your training!"

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SCENE 8:  Jhantor -- Docking-bay and City Exteriors

  Obi-Wan Kenobi's approach and arrival on Jhantor is undetected by the
planetary defenses.  Marshalling his Jedi strength and cunning, he is able to
slip past the sentries in the docking bay, edge by the troops patrolling the
perimeter and reach the home of Lady Skywalker.  But when he reaches the
embassy, the huge chambers are silent and empty -- and there are no apparent
clues as to the Lady's whereabouts.

  Then, out of the darkness, Captain Antilles appears and confirms what Kenobi
already suspects:  The Lady and her party have been detained as "guests" of

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