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out of breath.
    A NAKIN/ O BI- W AN: Well, that was close.
    They laugh.
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    60 INT. BRIDGE—TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
    B ODYGUARD: General, we found the Jedi. They’re in hallway 328.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Activate ray shields.
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    61 (42) INT. HALLWAY—TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
    They run down the hallway. Suddenly, ray shields drop around them, putting them in an electronic box in the middle of the hallway.
    A NAKIN: Ray shields!
    OBI-WAN takes a deep breath to express his total disappointment.
    O BI- W AN: Wait a minute, how’d this happen! We’re smarter than this.
    A NAKIN: Apparently not, Master. This is the oldest trap in the book . . . Well . . . I was distracted.
    O BI- W AN: Oh, so all of a sudden it’s my fault.
    A NAKIN: You’re the Master, I’m just a hero.
    O BI- W AN: I’m open to suggestions here.
    P ALPATINE: Why don’t we let them take us to General Grievous. Perhaps with Count Dooku’s demise, we can negotiate our release.
    The Jedi look at each other in disbelief.
    A NAKIN: I say . . . patience.
    O BI- W AN: Patience! That’s your plan, is it?
    A NAKIN: Yes, Artoo will be along in a few moments and he’ll release the ray shields . . .
    ARTOO comes skidding across the hallway and bashes into the opposite wall. He takes a moment to compose himself.
    A NAKIN:
(continuing
) See! No problem.
    Suddenly several doorways open, revealing TWO DESTROYER DROIDS. SIXTEEN SUPER BATTLE DROIDS emerge from behind the DESTROYER DROIDS.
    ARTOO turns and zaps one of the SUPER BATTLE DROIDS who then kicks ARTOO over.
    S UPER B ATTLE D ROID: Don’t move, dummy. Ouch! Zap this.
    O BI- W AN: Do you have a plan B?
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    62 (43) INT. BRIDGE—TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
    OBI-WAN, ANAKIN, PALPATINE, and ARTOO are captured by GENERAL GRIEVOUS. They stand before the ALIEN DROID GENERAL.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Oh yes. General Kenobi, the Negotiator. We’ve been waiting for you. That wasn’t much of a rescue.
    A BATTLE DROID walks to GENERAL GRIEVOUS and hands him the JEDI’S lightsabers.
    O BI- W AN: That depends upon your point of view. Hah!
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: And Anakin Skywalker . . . I was expecting someone with your reputation to be a little older.
    A NAKIN: General Grievous . . . Supreme Commander of the Droid Armies. You’re shorter than I expected.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Ahhhh, Jedi scum . . .
    O BI- W AN: Anakin, try not to upset him. We have a job to do.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Your lightsabers will make a fine addition to my collection.
    O BI- W AN: Not this time. And this time you won’t escape.
    A NAKIN: Artoo.
    ARTOO creates a distraction by extending all his arms, shooting out electrical pulses, and bouncing around.
    OBI-WAN, hands restrained with electrobonds, spins around, reaches out and, using the Force, yanks his lightsaber out of the General’s hand, ignites it, and cuts his bonds. He continues to spin around and cuts Anakin free.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Crush them! Make them suffer!
    ANAKIN uses the Force to yank his lightsaber out of the General’s hand.
    The DROIDS that surround them begin to FIRE. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN jump into the line of fire. The bridge degenerates into chaos.
    OBI-WAN and ANAKIN are locked in a pitched battle between electro staffs and laser swords with GENERAL GRIEVOUS’s TWO BODYGUARDS.
    CHANCELLOR PALPATINE is taken away by two BATTLE DROIDS.
    GENERAL GRIEVOUS walks around the bridge directing the BATTLE DROIDS.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Stay and watch your stations.
    OBI-WAN fights one of General Grievous’s BODYGUARDS. The BODYGUARD carries an electrified staff about five feet long. When the laser sword hits it, electrical bolts fly everywhere and surround the laser sword. OBI-WAN is unable to cut the staff. The Jedi gets whacked pretty good a couple of times and is knocked halfway across the bridge.
    OBI-WAN pulls himself together and attacks again, cutting off the DROID BODYGUARD’s head. The DROID BODYGUARD keeps attacking. ANAKIN struggles to defend himself against the other