Revenge of the Sith: Illustrated Screenplay: Star Wars: Episode III Read Online Free PDF

manic DROID BODYGUARD. He cuts the DROID BODYGUARD in half.
    TWO BATTLE DROIDS try to take the CHANCELLOR away. ANAKIN follows them down the hallway and cuts them down, rescuing the Chancellor.
    OBI-WAN finishes off the headless BODYGUARD. It crumbles to the floor in pieces.
    ALARMS SOUND as the giant spacecraft begins to list and fall out of orbit. A PILOT yells at GENERAL GRIEVOUS.
    P ILOT: Sir, we are falling out of orbit. All aft control cells are dead.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Stay on course . . . Don’t bother with them. Keep the ship in orbit.
    OBI-WAN and ANAKIN destroy the remaining DROIDS. GENERAL GRIEVOUS retrieves one of the BODYGUARD’s staffs and faces OBI-WAN. ANAKIN leaps over a console and lands behind GENERAL GRIEVOUS.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: You lose, General Kenobi.
    One of the PILOTS stands next to the General.
    P ILOT: The ship is breaking up!
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: We’ve run out of time.
    OBI-WAN tries to get at GENERAL GRIEVOUS. ANAKIN runs at the General from the opposing side. GENERAL GRIEVOUS turns and throws his electrified staff at the window. It breaks, causing chaos as everything that is not nailed down is sucked into space.
    GENERAL GRIEVOUS is the first one sucked out into space. He fires a cable from his arm that attaches to the ship. He swings in and lands firmly on the side of the ship.
    OBI-WAN, ANAKIN, and PALPATINE hold on for dear life. A blast shield closes around where the window used to be.
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    63 INT. BRIDGE—TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
    OBI-WAN continues to fight the BATTLE DROIDS. The DROIDS have backed him into a corner. OBI-WAN hides behind a control panel as the DROIDS blast away at him. He jumps up and over the DROIDS, cutting most of them down before he lands. He destroys the DROIDS and joins ANAKIN.
    ANAKIN and OBI-WAN cut through the rest of the DROIDS as if they were made of butter. PALPATINE stands in shock as he watches the carnage. Droid parts are flying everywhere. OBI-WAN and ANAKIN stand back to back and cut down the last of the DROIDS just as there is a huge shudder, followed by more alarms. SPARKS begin to fly outside the windows.
    P ALPATINE: The hull is burning up!
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    64 EXT. HULL—TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER—SPACE
    GENERAL GRIEVOUS detaches his cable and crawls along the exterior hull of the Federation Cruiser, using his magnetized hands and feet. He reaches a row of escape pods and enters an airlock.
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    65 INT. POD BAY—TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER—SPACE
    GENERAL GRIEVOUS enters the escape pod bay through the hatch. The Droid General goes to a control panel and opens an escape pod.
    G ENERAL G RIEVOUS: Time to abandon ship.
    GENERAL GRIEVOUS pulls a row of switches, and one by one the escape pods are jettisoned.
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    66 INT. ESCAPE POD—SPACE
    He gets in one, the hatch closes, and the escape pod blasts away from the damaged Cruiser.
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    67 (47) INT. BRIDGE—TRADE FEDERATION CRUISER
    OBI-WAN and ANAKIN go over to the navigator’s chair.
    A NAKIN: All the escape pods have been launched.
    O BI- W AN: Grievous. Can you fly a cruiser like this?
    A NAKIN: You mean, do I know how to land what’s left of this thing?
    ANAKIN sits in the pilot’s chair and sees on a screen the back half of the ship break away. There is a great jolt, and the ship tilts forward.
    O BI- W AN: Well?
    A NAKIN: Under the circumstances, I’d say the ability to pilot this thing is irrelevant. Strap yourselves in.
    OBI-WAN and PALPATINE strap themselves into chairs. ANAKIN struggles with the controls of the ship. The ship starts to glow, and pieces break off. ARTOO moves in on Palpatine’s controls and assists in flying the cruiser.
    O BI- W AN: Steady . . . Attitude . . . eighteen degrees.
    ARTOO beeps.
    A NAKIN: Pressure rising. We’ve got to slow this wreck down. Open all hatches, extend all flaps, and drag fins.
    O BI- W AN: Temp steady. Hatches open, flaps extended, drag fins . . .
    A large part of the ship breaks away.
    A NAKIN: We lost something.
    O BI- W AN: Not to worry,