*alert beep* ZHANNA: Taryn, I know you're close to unlocking the secrets of Quarren III. TARYN: That's right Zhanna, you taught me well. ZHANNA: There may still be a place for you in the Empire... ZHANNA: A seer is always...useful. TARYN: My visions are my own now. ZHANNA: Are your troops ready? AIDE: Yes, My Lady. The Garrison on Corelia is on standby, and awaits your order. ZHANNA: Very well. The artifact is the piority. AIDE: And...Taryn Anwar? ZHANNA: I leave that to you. AIDE: I understand. VADER: The ambition in the Emperor's Hand clouds her purpose. She may yet be of some use to me. AIDE: My lord? VADER: Alert our contacts near the Corellian System. They are to observe only--no action is to be taken. Is that clear? AIDE: As you wish, My Lord. ** space flight scene; planet landing scene ** SECURITY DROID: Unadaddie coutra. Coutra da deneeda drew. Uni-doot da choot gah. Doo da needchidt. TARYN: Private business. Open the lift. SECURITY DROID: Tootanee a koo. Doinee aqui. Doo-oo yakee ee-chee-kuw. TARYN: Joo neesta teesta Declan. SECURITY DROID: Chew anew quamee Declan. Dan iz wanni kasaa. ** Lift scene ** [Dance Music] ** Seer revelation ** BOUSHH: Netyoo, ni adiou. A-ee es yoo sunyat. A-es-yet. CORSEC COMMANDER: Woah, beautiful, how about joining us? TARYN: Sorry, I'm not very good company tonight. CORSEC COMMANDER: Whatever the lady says. CORSEC UNDERLING: ?????? ????? Commander. CORSEC COMMANDER: Uh, maybe I did, and maybe I didn't. TARYN: Get lost. DECLAN: *Something in alien language* ANNOYING DRUNK: *Unintellible muttering in alien language** DECLAN: I have what you want. TARYN: I believe you're right. TARYN: Was that really necessary? DECLAN: Yeah. DECLAN: Here's our girl...Told you she'd be prompt. TARYN: You picked up a partner? DECLAN: You could say that. DECLAN: Taryn, this is Cade--a friend. TARYN: Do you have it? DECLAN: Yes...and no. TARYN: What? CADE: Yes, we have it and No--it's not his to give. It's mine. TARYN: You lied to me. CADE: Declan here tells me you're a seer. CADE: I need you to unlock the artifact. TARYN: I wouldn't take much stock in what he says. TARYN: And I don't work with others. Not anymore. CADE: Listen. ** Seer revelation ** CADE: You work with me because it was your sister's dying wish. CADE: You know, I knew Raux very well. CADE: You're nothing like her. You know where to find me. TARYN: Who is he and how does he know Raux? DECLAN: You'll have to ask _him_ and you'll have plenty of time on the way to Quarren III. TARYN: I won't work with him. I don't trust him... BOUSHH: *Alien language: Yatta ano zati.* TROOPER: Right. We'll take it from here. Let's go. DECLAN: It's clear the feeling is mutual. SERGEANT: Taryn Anwar, you are hereby under arrest for treasonous acts against the Empire. TARYN: Now sergeant, I'm sure you can understand why I can't accompany you. SERGEANT: I _can_ shoot you here. CORSEC COMMANDER: But you won't. SERGEANT: Stand down Commander, this is Imperial buisiness. CORSEC COMMANDER: CorSec is _still_ the reigning authority here. SERGEANT: I have reinforcements on the way. SERGEANT: I say again commander: stand down. TARYN: Is there a back door to this place? CORSEC UNDERLING: Unfortunately, no. TARYN: Declan? CADE: Run! DECLAN: Could have timed that better. I signaled you a while ago. DECLAN: Scootch over. CADE: She's all yours. CADE: You're lucky I got here at all. CADE: Your friend here kicked up quite a bit of Imperial interest. CADE: There's patrols everywhere. TARYN: What about my ship? CADE: Consider it impounded. TARYN: Two destroyers comin' in fast. DECLAN: I see 'em. CADE: Switching auxilarry power to forward shields. TARYN: We're in tractor range. DECLAN: Not for long. ** Disable ship in Sector 7--do not destroy. ** [alarm] CADE: We got fighters approaching. DECLAN: Take the aft guns. ** All TIEs, stay in pursuit of the freighter. ** TIE PILOT: Roger. I have them. DECLAN: Well. This has gone on long enough. Let's see how well they fly. TARYN: I've already taken the shipyard tour. DECLAN: That should push the bounty up on me. DECLAN: ...and we're clear! TARYN: I want some answers! Who are you, and where is that artifact? CADE: You know, I really don't care what you want. DECLAN: Hey! Have I ever doubted you--when you came to me when you found out who Zhanna was? DECLAN: Did I hesitate for even a moment? DECLAN: And you! How many times have I risked my life _and_ my ship for one of Raux's visions? DECLAN: Now it's a long two-day trip to Quarren III. You two are supposed to be Jedi. Try acting like it. TARYN: So, how'd you meet my sister? CADE: How did you end up working for the Emperor's Hand? TARYN: Zhanna was a Jedi. How was I supposed to know she was a traitor to the order? CADE: You know--I always thought a seer would be more...perceptive. TARYN: Raux didn't see it, and Zhanna trained her in secret. CADE: You know what? You're lying. Raux _is_ a Jedi. TARYN: Not in the eyes of the Order. My sister left the temple at 13. TARYN: The council felt her visions made her...unstable. Unsuitable for further training. CADE: So you took her to Zhanna. TARYN: She offered--sh-she was a friend; I trusted her. TARYN: Look. I thought I was helping restore the Jedi order. TARYN: But she lied to me. She used me. TARYN: No one hates Zhanna more than I do, and I don't need a total stranger passing judgment on me. TARYN: I know what I've done. DECLAN: That seemed to go well. DECLAN: Thought I told you to ease up on her. CADE: Yeah, well...Listen. When Raux--When Raux died... CADE: I'm trying to understand why. I mean--why would she send me to the _one_ woman who was working for the Emperor's Hand? CADE: And then I find that Zhanna trained Raux? What does it mean? CADE: And now with her gone...What am I s'posed to believe in now? DECLAN: Tell me this--do you still believe in Raux's visions? CADE: Without fail. DECLAN: Well then maybe--she saw a bigger picture. DARTH VADER: What is thy bidding, my Master? PALPATINE: I sense much anger in you, Lord Vader...directed at the Emperor's Hand. DARTH VADER: She has an agenda, my Master. I am unclear if it is in your best interest. PALPATINE: *heh-heh* _That_ is why have you. DARTH VADER: Yes, my master. PALPATINE: Lord Vader...too many Jedi have been eluding you lately. PALPATINE: Be sure that your efforts in the Outer Rim are more...productive. DARTH VADER: As you wish. ZHANNA: I come with a message form the Emporer. PALPATINE: Senators. Honored delegates, you have the distinct honor of assisting me in bringing peace and order to our troubled galaxy. PALPATINE: I have given system and sector control to the Moffs. PALPATINE: Commerce and travel will now be regulated by the Empire, for the safty and benefits of its loyal citizens. PALPATINE: In your eagerness to comply, I have complete faith that order will reign on your homeworlds. PALPATINE: immediately. AMBASSADOR: This is preposterous! By what right-- DARTH VADER: By the right of the Emporer's wishes. ZHANNA: The Emporer thanks for you your continued loyalty to the Empire. DARTH VADER: Escort our guests to their homeworld, and see to it that the transfer of power is complete. ZHANNA: Yes, what is it? AIDE: My Lady, Taryn Anwar has escaped. We discovered her contact--a smuggler named Declan. She's on board his ship and we believe-- ZHANNA: Does she have the artifact? AIDE: We believe so. However, our troops have encountered some unexpected resistance form the local militia. AIDE: But we were able to determine that the ship has set course for the Quarren System. ZHANNA: Ready my ship. Alert my crew. AIDE: My Lady? ZHANNA: I will intrigue this piece in person. And I will have the pleasure of dealing with Taryn Anwar myself. AIDE: Yes my lady. DECLAN: I think you should see this. RAUX: I'm sorry we left without you--but Declan, it's here--I can feel it. RAUX: It's not clear yet--but it will be once I'm on Keishing. RAUX: No matter what--you and Cade need to get the holocron to Taryn. She's the next step. RAUX: You and Cade won't like it, but I'm willing to do whatever it takes to ensure the Jedi survive. RAUX: Taryn will...she'll understand. This is my choice. RAUX: This is the only option. RAUX: The pickup coordinates are in the nav computer. Cade will need a lift. RAUX: And Declan, don't be late. TARYN: Raux, what have you done? CADE: Obviously what she felt was right. TARYN: How long have you been standing there? CADE: But you know that's typical of Raux. CADE: Always giving orders, no explanations. TARYN: Like working for Zhanna. CADE: I really don't see how you can compare the two. TARYN: Zhanna would say, "investigate all the reports in the system--bring who and what you can". CADE: What, you never figured it out?! TARYN: I'm going to say this again--I trusted Zhanna. She was the only one that believed in my visions of the temple's destruction. TARYN: Not the council--not anyone else. TARYN: So when the temple _was_ destroyed, Zhanna seemed like the only hope. TARYN: She had a plan--and when the Emporer declared all Jedi traitors to the Empire--As we were being hunted down one-by-one-- TARYN: She asked _me_ to help her rebuild the Jedi order in secret. TARYN: I _wanted_ to find Jedi for her. TARYN: I wanted the order back. CADE: You never suspected that she was using you. TARYN: I started to piece it together but it wasn't until she revealed herself as the Emperor's Hand. TARYN: She wanted me to be part of that. TARYN: And _that's_ when I got out. CADE: You know she killed evey Jedi you ever found. TARYN: I know. COMMANDER: Welcome to the prision outpost of Keishing my lady. You didn't need to come all this way... ZHANNA: Commander--I don't mind getting dirty. PRISONER: Ugh. PRISONER: Well since you asked _so_ nicely. ZHANNA: I would have thought 6 months would have softened you a bit. PRISONER: Well, behold a softened woman. ZHANNA: Put her on board my ship. Try not to bruise her any more than necessary. And get her cleaned up. GUARD: Yes, My Lady. DECLAN: *Impatiently* Let's see this holocron. CADE: I've tried to access it but...well it's locked. TARYN: Yes. TARYN: There! JEDI: Over 200 years ago, the Council began efforts to infiltrate and destroy Sukaal's group. JEDI: Where so many have failed and succeeded--now I have escaped Quarren III with the holocron... JEDI: Without it the seers are crippled. Duty compels me to return to the temple and complete my mission and yet... JEDI: Maybe Sukaal was right and his methods are the only way to save us all. DECLAN: Guess he didn't opt for the temple. CADE: Wait--That it? I mean, that's _it_? Where's all the power? TARYN: Quarren III...just like the myth says. TARYN: So much devastation. TARYN: What could have caused so much damage? DECLAN: Welcome to the Empire's testing ground. CADE: So this is Quarren III... CADE: It's all up to you now. Lead the way. DECLAN: We may need these. CADE: Right. TARYN: There's so much energy here...but it's...unfocused--undirected. CADE: Well, I don't feel a thing. TARYN: No, it's here--but it's like the holocron--it...it needs a seer to unlock it. DECLAN: This place looks like it has been here a while. Do you think Sukaal built it? CADE: No, it was here long before the seers came. TARYN: Looks like our path is down into these caves. CADE: Let's get going. ZHANNA: You have always been ruled by your emotions. ZHANNA: That's what makes you so reliable. ZHANNA: Give me the artifact. TARYN: No. ZHANNA: Give me the artifact or your sister dies. TARYN: You're alive! CADE: No, I--I saw you die. RAUX: She's got this whole place wired to blow. TARYN: Let her go. If you let her go, I'll activate it for you. ZHANNA: It takes a seer of great ability to activate this chamber...and that's not you, it is Taryn? ZHANNA: I took you when the Jedi threw you out. Now its time to repay your debt. RAUX: Download initiated. ZHANNA: From where? This console? RAUX: No. From off-planet...everywhere... RAUX: Systems...networks...ship logs...so much data...scattered. CADE: These are identity tags. Some sort of tracking system. CADE: Some of it's old. ZHANNA: That's it? No weapons? No power? TARYN: The message on the artifact. TARYN: Raux, search on Sukaal. RAUX: Got it. JEDI 1: Master Sukaal--My mission was successful. JEDI 1: I have eliminated targets en route to the Yavin system before they could join the mercenary fleet assembling there. JEDI 1: I look forward to my next assignment. JEDI 2: My Master is dead. I'm continuing his important work without the councul's knowlege. JEDI 2: I, too, have seen this vision. This future of horrible death and destruction. The program still runs--buried deep within the temple's com systems. JEDI 2: It will run as long as the temple stands. JEDI 2: It is up to us few who remain true to the goals to use this program's information. JEDI 2: The darkness that threatens the galaxy must be destroyed. DECLAN: A secret order in the Jedi. CADE: Those recordings are old enough to be from the Sith Wars. They must have been hunting Sith. RAUX: I found Sukaal's recording. ZHANNA: Play it. SUKAAL: The council believes they have halted my tagging program--let them think they've stopped me. SUKAAL: They cannot see the truth of my vision. SUKAAL: They _will_ not see the truth of my vision. SUKAAL: So many candidates fail to become apprentices. SUKAAL: So many padiwans fail their trials. SUKAAL: We reject these unpredictable, untrained children and loose them upon the galaxy. SUKAAL: And still we are shocked when they betray Jedi ideals. SUKAAL: My visions grow clearer. SUKAAL: One will turn to the dark side and destroy us all. SUKAAL: I will defy the council to save the galaxy. SUKAAL: I will continue to tag all who seek to become Jedi. SUKAAL: I will track those who fail...and destroy those who turn from the light. TARYN: Not Sith...Jedi! TARYN: They were hunting Jedi! CADE: We didn't hunt Jedi. We were trying to help. DECLAN: Raux, Pull up Quarren III. DECLAN: I seem to be the odd man out. ZHANNA: It's still running. Download all active tags to this console. ZHANNA: Thank you Taryn. You've ensured my place at the Emperor's side. ZHANNA: Rather than bringing your comrades to me one by one, you've delivered the rest of the order to me. RAUX: Download complete. Deactivting system. ZHANNA: Kill them. TARYN: You talk of paying debts. TARYN: You owe me your live, yet all you've done is use me. ZHANNA: Your visions of the Jedi temple's destruction were worthless to me. ZHANNA: I'm alive because I laid the charges myself. GUARD: I would leave...now. CADE: What the? DECLAN: Good question. RAUX: We better get outta here. RAUX: Cade forget her--we have to get to the ship. DECLAN: You better be right. TARYN: You won't win. ZHANNA: I already have. ZHANNA: Look how far you've strayed from the Jedi path. TARYN: I strayed when I followed you. ZHANNA: I didn't make you hide your visions. I didn't abandon your sister. ZHANNA: Fear and guilt put you on that path. CADE: Taryn! CADE: We gotta go! TARYN: She's got the disk. CADE: There's no time. TARYN: I'll make time. TARYN: Move! TARYN: Move, Cade. I have to do this. I've got to make things right. CADE: You can't follow her forever. CADE: You have to make a choice. CADE: Taryn, let her go. CADE: You haven't failed. There's still hope. CADE: Don't you _ever_ do that to me again, do you understand? TARYN: Never again. RAUX: It was worth it. We have a chance now. CADE: Declan uploaded the last 100 years of information from the console. CADE: We now have the location of all the Jedi that Zhanna has. TARYN: But Zhanna still has the disk. RAUX: It was never about stopping Zhanna. I knew from my visions we could never save all the Jedi. RAUX: It was about saving those we could. CADE: The Empire now has Sukaal's tracking information--they could finish us off... CADE: Do you realize how many Jedi are going to die? TARYN: Well, surely in one of your other visions... RAUX: There were no Jedi in any future I saw but this one. RAUX: There's no stopping the Empire from getting the tagging information. CADE: There's still hope, right? We could save some... RAUX: Yes. We will save _some_. DARTH VADER: Because of you, now _I_ have the power to destroy the Jedi. They will meet their destiny. DARTH VADER: You have indeed been useful. DARTH VADER: Your service to the Empire is complete. DARTH VADER: You have served me well. DARTH VADER: Your loyalty will be rewarded. OFFICER: My Lord, the fleet is awaiting your orders. DARTH VADER: Set your course for Coruscant. DARTH VADER: I will inform my Master there is no longer any need for concern about the Emperor's Hand. OFFICER: As you wish, my Lord. DECLAN: How did yor meeting with the Senator go? CADE: Surprisingly well, actually. Senator Mothma has established quite a network. Things are starting to happen. TARYN: So...Where do we go first? RAUX: Alderaan. It seems that Senator Organa is sympathetic to our cause. CADE: We'll use contacts...and his funding. DECLAN: I'll start rounding up the Jedi--getting them on the move. The Empire can't kill what they can't find. RAUX: It will be like old times, eh? TARYN: Good. And I'll head to the Outer Rim and look up my old friend. I'm sure he can devise a way to remove these tags. RAUX: May the Force be with you. TARYN: May the Force be with you. DECLAN: I'll meet you on Nar Shaddaa. TARYN: It may be a while. DECLAN: I'll wait. Revisions and corrections to: kmacleod@gmail.com Thanks Iain Dalton for lots of work on revising my original typing. ---- Also thanks to Mr 'Zap' Andersson who corrected the spelling of some of the fictional place names and some of the dialog. He also adds: > Please know that the DVD version (downloadble currently as a .iso file > to burn to DVD) has subtitles already.