William Shakespeare's The Phantom Menace by Ian Doescher Page A

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    QUI-GON
    The Gungans shall not easily be sway’d;
    Thus let us hope the urgency’s enough
    To give wing to Her Majesty’s idea.
    We cannot use the pow’r we have to help,
    As we are peacekeepers, not warring men.
    OBI-WAN
    Good Master, what e’er comes, I’d have you know:
    For my behavior I apologize.
    â€™Tis not my place to disagree with you
    About the boy, and hearty thanks I feel
    That you should think me ready for the trials.
    QUI-GON
    Thou art a keen apprentice, Obi-Wan,
    And art a wiser man by leagues than I.
    â€™Tis clear, as I upon the waters of
    Thy future gaze, that thou shalt navigate
    What is to come with grace, be pilot of
    A wondrous course, a winsome Jedi Knight.
    Enter J AR J AR B INKS (from water) , S ABÉ dressed as Queen Amidala , P ADMÉ , A NAKIN S KYWALKER , R2-D2, C APTAIN P ANAKA , R IC O LIÉ , other N ABOO SOLDIERS , and, separately , MEMBERS OF THE QUEEN’S COURT .
    JAR JAR
    Nobody’s dere! De Gungan city
    Deserted is. Some fight, me thinkin’.
    OBI-WAN
    Think’st thou they have been taken to the camps,
    Where Federation’s foes are all intern’d?
    PANAKA
    Belike the Gungans all have been destroy’d.
    JAR JAR
    Yet meesa nowee think so, Captain.
    QUI-GON
    Dost know where they may be, meek Jar Jar? Eh?
    JAR JAR
    When trouble come, they go place sacred.
    Come, meesa show you it! Come withee!
    All journey to the Gungan sacred site. Enter B OSS N ASS , other G UNGAN BOSSES , and C APTAIN T ARPALS .
    TARPALS
    Your honor, wise Boss Nass, I do present
    Queen Amidala, ruler of Naboo.
    JAR JAR
    Hello, de big Boss Nass, your honor.
    NASS
    o, Jar Jar Binks, now who’s da uss-en uthers?
    SABÉ
    I am Queen Amidala of Naboo.
    I come before your royal court in peace.
    NASS
    Naboo biggen. Youse bringin’ mackineeks,
    And yousa bringin’ trouble, all bombad.
    SABÉ
    We humbly come before you to suggest
    Betwixt our peoples an alliance strong.
    PADMÉ
    Your honor.
    NASS
    â€”Whosa diss? And why she speak?
    PADMÉ
    I am Queen Amidala. This is but
    My decoy, my protection, loyal guard.
    She speaketh for me when it serves the time,
    But you, Boss Nass, deserve the rightful queen.
    QUI-GON
    [ aside: ] The handmaiden had play’d a hidden hand,
    And dealt us all an unexpected shock.
    PADMÉ
    For this deception, my apology;
    â€™Twas necessary to protect myself.
    Your honor, hear my deferential plea:
    Though our two peoples have not e’er agreed,
    Our two societies have liv’d in peace.
    The vile Trade Federation hath destroy’d
    All we have work’d so ardently to build.
    If action is not swift, all shall be lost.
    I call on you to help us. [ Kneeling: ] Nay, I beg—
    A queen’s humility giv’n for your aid.
    Myself and those with me are servants now.
    [The Naboo, the Jedi, and Anakin Skywalker kneel .
    You work the loom of our yet unknown fate.

    NASS
    Ha! Yousa nowa thinkin’ yousa great
    Beyond de Gungans now. Me lika dis!
    Mayhap shall be dat weesa bein’ friends.
    PANAKA
    I shall away, to learn what may be found
    That may be advantageous to our cause.
    [Exit Captain Panaka. The Gungans and the Naboo embrace and then begin forming battle lines .
    Enter N UTE G UNRAY , R UNE H AAKO , and D ARTH M AUL on balcony, with D ARTH S IDIOUS in beam .
    NUTE
    Our strong patrols have been sent forth, my lord.
    Their starship in the swamplands hath been found.
    It shall not be too long ere they’re destroy’d.
    SIDIOUS
    An unexpected play this is for her.
    â€™Tis too aggressive. [ To Darth Maul: ] Mindful be,
    Lord Maul.
    Pray, let them be the first to make a move.
    MAUL
    Indeed, my master, just as you do say.
    SIDIOUS
    She is more foolish than I e’er did think.
    NUTE
    All troops have been dispatch’d unto the swamp
    Where she with her small force assembles now.
    It doth appear she’s join’d with primitives.
    SIDIOUS
    This shall be an advantage to us, quite.
    NUTE
    I may