to comprehend this news.
QUI-GON
O, thou art not alone, if thou canst not
The midi-chlorians yet understand.
Yet be thou patient and, in time, thou shalt.
ANAKIN
[ aside: ] If I have heard aright, it seems to me
The midi-chlorians make a tough cell.
Enter Q UEEN A MIDALA and J AR J AR B INKS .
QUI-GON
Your Majesty, it is our honor to
Continue in your service and defense.
AMIDALA
Your aid is fully welcome. Palpatine
Believes I do but flee the frying pot
To face the Federationâs fire at home.
QUI-GON
Whilst you are in my charge, Iâll chill the threat
Of any Federation flames that rise.
As long as I have breath, Iâll guard your life.
JAR JAR
Hurrah! Now weesa goinâ homee!
AMIDALA
Methinks it may be trouble we pursueâ
If so, we fly to battle on Naboo.
[Exeunt .
SCENE 6.
On the planet Naboo and aboard the Naboo cruiser .
Enter N UTE G UNRAY and R UNE H AAKO on balcony, with D ARTH S IDIOUS in beam .
SIDIOUS
Have you the planet verily securâd?
NUTE
Weâve taâen control of all the remnants of
The primitives that oâer the planet roam.
Naboo is now in our complete command.
SIDIOUS
âTis well. I shall, for my part, cause such stalls
Within the Senate that all shall remain
Just as it is. The status quo shall hold.
To be assurâd of your continuâd strength,
I shall send my apprentice, eâen Darth Maul,
To help maintain your power oâer Naboo.
NUTE
Indeed, my lord.
[Exit Darth Sidious from beam .
RUNE
âA Sith shall hither come?
Now doth a madness new before us rise.
[Exeunt Nute and Rune from balcony .
Enter O BI -W AN K ENOBI , R IC O LIÃ , and A NAKIN S KYWALKER aside, in the cockpit of the Naboo cruiser .
RIC
Those do control the forward stabilizers.
ANAKIN
And these control the pitch?
RIC
âThey do, indeed.
Thou art a student quick and most astute.
Enter Q UI -G ON J INN , Q UEEN A MIDALA , J AR J AR B INKS , and C APTAIN P ANAKA .
PANAKA
once we do land, the Federation shall
Arrest your royal person, bind you as
A common criminal, and force you then
To sign their awful treaty.
QUI-GON
âI agree.
I do not see what profit comes of this.
AMIDALA
I shall but even out our bottom line,
And take back what belongs to us by right.
âTis not for profit, but for justiceâs sake.
PANAKA
We few, we happy few, are but too few.
We have no army that can match their count.
QUI-GON
I can protect you, but can fight no war.
AMIDALA
âTis understood. I call on Jar Jar Binks.
JAR JAR
You wantinâ meesa, Youra Highness?
AMIDALA
I do. The queen hath need of thy kind help.
[Obi-Wan, Ric, and Anakin join the others .
RIC
As we did land, a battleship was seen
Upon our scopesâa single one, âtis true,
Yet one shall be enough to give us chase.
OBI-WAN
It was a droid control ship, orbiting.
PANAKA
Belike they saw us as we landing made.
OBI-WAN
To make it brief: time runneth short for us.
[Exeunt .
Enter R UMOR .
RUMOR
Below, upon the ground, a hope doth wait,
Eâen as the ship doth land, all have new fears.
Herein all those on board shall find their fateâ
O, how it frightfully unknown appears.
Look now, as I do make their hearts afraid,
Determinâd, yet deterrâd by all their doubt.
The final act shall on Naboo be playâd,
Hath Rumor set the pieces to work out?
Eâen now, the Jedi start to doubt their place:
Guards they shall be unto the queen no more.
Uniting these two people face-to-faceâ
Nabooâs hopes to ensureâis not their chore.
Good soldiers of the queen become nonplussâd
And eâen Queen Amidala, in her breast,
Now hath, by Rumorâs will, more doubt than trust:
Shall they on Jar Jar all their future rest?
Enter Q UI -G ON J INN and O BI -W AN K ENOBI .
OBI-WAN
Toward the Gungan city Jar Jarâs gone.
QUI-GON
âTis well.
OBI-WAN
âThink you the queenâs idea shall
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