proceed, then?
SIDIOUS
âYea. Destroy them all,
Erase all trace or memory of them.
[Exeunt Nute Gunray, Rune Haako, Darth Maul, and Darth Sidious from beam .
NASS
[ to Jar Jar: ] O, yousa doinâ grand, good Jar Jar. You
Hat uss-en and Naboo together brought.
Thus, weesa make you bombad general!
JAR JAR
A general! O meeso happy!
Enter C APTAIN P ANAKA with several N ABOO SOLDIERS .
QUI-GON
Good Captain, how doth our position stand?
PANAKA
They have taâen nearly evâryone to camps.
There are, as yet, some hundreds who have formâd
An underground resistance movement here.
Full many as I could, Iâve hither brought.
So farâs the news that we may count as good,
Yet there is more that rings a grimmer note:
The Federationâs army is more vast
And far more powârful than we first bethought.
Your Highness, I believe weâll not prevailâ
I fear this battle may undo us quite.
PADMÃ
This battleâs but a side dish to the mainâ
A savory diversion to the feast.
The truer course shall elsewhere be arrayâd,
A table we shall in the city set.
Keen R2-D2, furnish us the plans.
[R2-D2 projects a beam showing a map of the city .
The Gungans hither draw the droidly throng,
Whilst we make way into the city by
The hidden passage near the waterfalls.
Once we obtain unto the entrance main,
Panaka shall a new diversion craft.
This being done, we others shall go forth
Into the palace, capturing the viceroy.
Sans him, they shall be lost and sore confusâd,
And thus, the day is ours. What do you think?
QUI-GON
A cunning plan, if all doth go as hopâd.
The viceroy shall be guarded thoroughly.
PANAKA
It shall take pains the throne room to obtain,
But once therein, it shall be easier.
QUI-GON
There is an ample possibility
That in this action many Gungans fall.
NASS
Ahh, weesa all preparâd to do ours part.
PADMÃ
We have a plan that shall immobilize
The army of the droids. Our pilots brave
Shall fly unto the droid control ship, which
Eâen now doth make its orbit, and destroy
It utterly, disabling all the droids.
QUI-GON
A plan most well-conceivâd, and dangerous.
The risks are bounteous, as well you know.
Your fightersâ weapons may not penetrate
The large shipâs shields.
OBI-WAN
âAn even greater risk:
If it doth happen that the viceroy âscapes,
He shall another army bring to bear.
PADMÃ
âTis clear, then, why we must the viceroy takeâ
No different conclusion shall suffice.
Upon that ending all our hopes begin.
R2-D2
Beep, squeak! [ Aside: ] O, cause most nobleâmay it rise!
[Exeunt Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Padmé, Anakin, Sabé, Captain Panaka, Ric Olié, R2-D2, and Naboo soldiers. Gungans begin preparing for battle .
Enter G UNGANS riding fambaas .
TARPALS
The shields we now be starting up. Make ready!
JAR JAR
[ aside: ] O, sight that bringeth tears unto mine eyes:
The Gungans brave astride their fambaas raise
A shield that shall protect us verily.
This is the moment for which I have livâd,
To see my sore oppressâd and careworn folk
Rise with one voice and hope with the Naboo.
O shield, give us protection from this war,
O shield, be our defense against the wrong,
O shield, guard all our peaceful future days,
O shield, let we beleaguerâd souls have rest.
TARPALS
Behold, there in the distance, foes they come!
JAR JAR
[ aside: ] The battle hath begun, and âtis our timeâ
This day shall live foreâer in song and rhyme!
[Exeunt, marching toward battle .
SCENE 1.
On the planet Naboo .
Enter Q UI -G ON J INN , O BI -W AN K ENOBI , P ADMÃ , A NAKIN S KYWALKER , R2-D2, C APTAIN P ANAKA , N ABOO SOLDIERS , and PILOTS , including R IC O LIÃ , across from BATTLE DROIDS .
QUI-GON
Pray listen, Anakin: once weâre inside,
Thou shouldst be hidden and await us there.
ANAKIN
Indeed, sir. Aye.
QUI-GON
âAwait us
SIDIOUS
âYea. Destroy them all,
Erase all trace or memory of them.
[Exeunt Nute Gunray, Rune Haako, Darth Maul, and Darth Sidious from beam .
NASS
[ to Jar Jar: ] O, yousa doinâ grand, good Jar Jar. You
Hat uss-en and Naboo together brought.
Thus, weesa make you bombad general!
JAR JAR
A general! O meeso happy!
Enter C APTAIN P ANAKA with several N ABOO SOLDIERS .
QUI-GON
Good Captain, how doth our position stand?
PANAKA
They have taâen nearly evâryone to camps.
There are, as yet, some hundreds who have formâd
An underground resistance movement here.
Full many as I could, Iâve hither brought.
So farâs the news that we may count as good,
Yet there is more that rings a grimmer note:
The Federationâs army is more vast
And far more powârful than we first bethought.
Your Highness, I believe weâll not prevailâ
I fear this battle may undo us quite.
PADMÃ
This battleâs but a side dish to the mainâ
A savory diversion to the feast.
The truer course shall elsewhere be arrayâd,
A table we shall in the city set.
Keen R2-D2, furnish us the plans.
[R2-D2 projects a beam showing a map of the city .
The Gungans hither draw the droidly throng,
Whilst we make way into the city by
The hidden passage near the waterfalls.
Once we obtain unto the entrance main,
Panaka shall a new diversion craft.
This being done, we others shall go forth
Into the palace, capturing the viceroy.
Sans him, they shall be lost and sore confusâd,
And thus, the day is ours. What do you think?
QUI-GON
A cunning plan, if all doth go as hopâd.
The viceroy shall be guarded thoroughly.
PANAKA
It shall take pains the throne room to obtain,
But once therein, it shall be easier.
QUI-GON
There is an ample possibility
That in this action many Gungans fall.
NASS
Ahh, weesa all preparâd to do ours part.
PADMÃ
We have a plan that shall immobilize
The army of the droids. Our pilots brave
Shall fly unto the droid control ship, which
Eâen now doth make its orbit, and destroy
It utterly, disabling all the droids.
QUI-GON
A plan most well-conceivâd, and dangerous.
The risks are bounteous, as well you know.
Your fightersâ weapons may not penetrate
The large shipâs shields.
OBI-WAN
âAn even greater risk:
If it doth happen that the viceroy âscapes,
He shall another army bring to bear.
PADMÃ
âTis clear, then, why we must the viceroy takeâ
No different conclusion shall suffice.
Upon that ending all our hopes begin.
R2-D2
Beep, squeak! [ Aside: ] O, cause most nobleâmay it rise!
[Exeunt Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Padmé, Anakin, Sabé, Captain Panaka, Ric Olié, R2-D2, and Naboo soldiers. Gungans begin preparing for battle .
Enter G UNGANS riding fambaas .
TARPALS
The shields we now be starting up. Make ready!
JAR JAR
[ aside: ] O, sight that bringeth tears unto mine eyes:
The Gungans brave astride their fambaas raise
A shield that shall protect us verily.
This is the moment for which I have livâd,
To see my sore oppressâd and careworn folk
Rise with one voice and hope with the Naboo.
O shield, give us protection from this war,
O shield, be our defense against the wrong,
O shield, guard all our peaceful future days,
O shield, let we beleaguerâd souls have rest.
TARPALS
Behold, there in the distance, foes they come!
JAR JAR
[ aside: ] The battle hath begun, and âtis our timeâ
This day shall live foreâer in song and rhyme!
[Exeunt, marching toward battle .
SCENE 1.
On the planet Naboo .
Enter Q UI -G ON J INN , O BI -W AN K ENOBI , P ADMÃ , A NAKIN S KYWALKER , R2-D2, C APTAIN P ANAKA , N ABOO SOLDIERS , and PILOTS , including R IC O LIÃ , across from BATTLE DROIDS .
QUI-GON
Pray listen, Anakin: once weâre inside,
Thou shouldst be hidden and await us there.
ANAKIN
Indeed, sir. Aye.
QUI-GON
âAwait us
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