WATCHING STAR WARS
INT NABOO SPACECRAFT - COCKPIT
OBI-WAN, QUI-GON, and CAPTAIN PANAKA watch over RIC OLIE'S shoulder. A large yellow planet appears directly ahead. RIC OLIE searches his scopes.
OBI-WAN: That's it. Tatooine... There's a settlement.
QUI-GON: Land near the outskirts. We don't want to attract any attention.
EXT TATOOINE - SPACE (FX)
The ship heads toward the planet of Tatooine.
EXT TATOOINE - DESERT - NABOO SPACECRAFT - DAY (FX)
The Naboo spacecraft lands in the desert in a swirl of dust. The spaceport of Mos Espa is seen in the distance.
INT NABOO SPACECRAFT - ENGINE ROOM
OBI-WAN is hoisting the hyperdrive out of a floor panel.
OBI-WAN: The hyperdrive generator's gone, Master.
''It's not only the Falcon who's Hyperdrive breaks every-so-often.'' Han said triumphantly.
''The Falcon's Hyperdrive doesn't break 'every-so-often'. It's constantly broken.'' Leia pointed out.
''No, it's not!'' Han said indignantly.
''Han. It pretty much is.'' Luke said. Han sat in his seat, grumbling something about how his ship was the fastest there ever was.
QUI-GON: That'll complicate things. Be wary... I sense a disturbance in the Force.
''I was that disturbance!'' Anakin exclaimed excitedly. ''Master Qui-Gon told me!''
''Calm down, Ani.'' Padme said.
''Sorry, Angel…'' Anakin apologised.
''Do you call her 'Angel' because you asked if she was an Angel? Because that is unimaginative.'' Hux mocked. He had often looked up to 'The Hero With No Fear' when he was younger and knew a lot about him. Now, he wasn't so keen.
''You know what else is unimaginative? Calling us Rebel Scum. I mean, the Empire started it.'' Leia pointed out.
''It's also really annoying when you call us that.'' Poe cut in.
''All the more reason to call you that then!'' Hux said gleefully.
''You really are just the Empire. You've got a Vader type person- '' Kylo Ren beamed at that- ''You've got a Tarkin and even an Emperor.'' Leia pointed out.
''That's so not true! Anyway, you're just like the Rebel Alliance!'' Hux said.
''That's kind of the point, Hux.'' Leia sighed. That shut Hux up.
OBI-WAN: I feel it also, Master.
QUI-GON: Don't let them send any transmissions.
EXT TATOOINE - DESERT - SPACESHIP - DAY
They start their trek across the desert toward the city of Mos Espa. In the distance, a strange looking caravan makes its way toward the spaceport.
JAR JAR: Dis sun doen murder ta mesa skin.
From the spaceship, CAPTAIN PANAKA and PADME run toward them.
CAPT. PANAKA: Wait!
QUI-GON stops as they catch up. PADME is dressed in rough peasant's garb.
CAPT. PANAKA: (Cont'd) Wait. Her Highness commands you to take her handmaiden with you.
''And this is where our story begins…'' Anakin said dramatically.
Padme giggled ''You make it sound so dramatic and romantic!''
''Our story is dramatic and romantic!'' Anakin exclaimed. At this, most people thought about just how dramatic it would get later in the year.
QUI-GON: No more commands from Her Highness today, Captain. This spaceport is not going to be pleasant...
CAPT. PANAKA: The Queen wishes it. She is curious about this planet.
QUI-GON: This is not a good idea. Stay close to me.
He gives PADME a stern look.
EXT MOS ESPA - STREET - DAY
The little GROUP walks down the main street of Mos Espa. They pass dangerous looking citizens of all types. PADME looks around in awe at this exotic environment.
QUI-GON: ...moisture farms for the most part. Some indigenous tribes and scavengers. The few spaceports like this one are havens for those who do not wish to be found...
PADME: ... like us.
JAR JAR is in a constant state of panic.
JAR JAR: Dissen berry berry bad. (steps in ooze) Ooooh... icky... icky... goo.
''You know what, I might have had just enough of this mad person.'' Hux said crossly.
''THAT'S TOO BAD. YOU'VE GOT SOME MORE MOVIES WITH HIM IN THEM TO WATCH.'' The force said. Everyone groaned.
ARTOO whistles along, with perfect confidence.
EXT MOS ESPA - JUNK DEALER PLAZA - DAY
The GROUP comes to a little plaza surrounded by several junk spaceship dealers.
QUI-GON: We'll try one of the smaller dealers.
They head for a little junk shop that has a huge pile of broken spaceships stacked up behind it.
INT WATTO'S JUNK SHOP - DAY
QUI-GON, JAR JAR, PADME, and ARTOO enter the dingy junk shop and are greeted by WATTO, a pudgy blue alien who flies on short little wings like a hummingbird.
WATTO: (subtitled) Guta naloya. (Good day to you.)
WATTO flies over to the visitors.
WATTO: (cont'd)(subtitled) Ha chuba da nala? (What do you want?)
QUI-GON: I need parts for a J-type 327 Nubian.
WATTO: Ah yes, ah yes. Nubian. We have lots of that. (subtitled) Peedenk! Naba dee unko (Boy, get in here! Now!)
QUI-GON: My droid here has a readout of what I need.
A dishevelled boy, ANAKIN SKYWALKER, runs in from the junk yard. He is about nine years old, very dirty, and dressed in rags.
''Is that… Anakin?'' Phasma asked doubtfully.
''Yep.'' Anakin said.
''You were a slave?'' she asked.
''Yes. Still a person though!'' Anakin almost shouted.
''Wow, Anakin. No need to be so touchy.'' Phasma said defensively.
WATTO turns to ANAKIN.
WATTO: (subtitled) Coona tee-tocky malia? (What took you so long?)
ANAKIN: (subtitled) Mel tassa cho-passa... (I was cleaning the bin like you...)
WATTO: (subtitled) Chut-Chut! Ganda doe wallya. Me dwana no bata. (Watch the store. I've got some selling to do here.) (to Qui-Gon) Soooo, let me take - a thee out back. Ni you'll find what you need.
ARTOO and QUI-GON follow WATTO toward the junk yard, leaving JAR JAR with PADME and the young boy ANAKIN. JAR JAR picks up a gizmo, trying to figure out its purpose. QUI-GON takes the part out of his hand and puts it back.
QUI-GON: Don't touch anything.
JAR JAR makes a rude face to QUI-GON's back and sticks out his long tongue. ANAKIN sits on the counter, pretending to clean a part, staring at PADME. She is the most beautiful creature he has ever seen in his life. PADME is a little embarrassed by his stare, but she musters up an amused smile. Finally, he gets the courage to speak.
ANAKIN: Are you an angel?
''Anakin could teach you a few things, Han.'' Leia teased.
''He could teach you as well!'' Han retorted.
''About what?'' Padme asked. Anakin looked very confused. Leia and Han's eyes met.
''They shouted at each other a lot when they first met. To say the least. I was slightly scared they would end up killing each other. I spent my life living in that fear until just after Bespin.'' Luke said, helpfully.
''True.'' Leia laughed. ''If someone said that I would end up marrying you, I would have pushed them into the garbage compactor!''
''Me too.'' Han said.
PADME: What?
ANAKIN: An angel. I've heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They are the most beautiful creatures in the universe. They live on the Moons of Iego I think.
PADME looks at him, not knowing what to say.
PADME: You're a funny little boy. How do you know so much?
ANAKIN: I listen to all the traders and starpilots that come by here. I'm a pilot, you know, and some day I'm gonna fly away from this place.
PADME: You're a pilot?
ANAKIN: All my life.
PADME: How long have you been here?
ANAKIN: Since I was very little, three, I think. My Mom and I were sold to Gardulla the Hutt, but she lost us, betting on the Podraces.
PADME: You're ... a slave?
ANAKIN looks at PADME defiantly.
ANAKIN: I am a person! My name is Anakin.
''See!'' Anakin said.
''We get it, Ani…'' Padme said.
PADME: I'm sorry. I don't fully understand. (looking around) This is a strange place to me.
ANAKIN studies her intently.
JAR JAR pushes the nose on what appears to be a LITTLE DROID, and it instantly comes to life, grows legs and arms, and starts marching around, knocking over everything. JAR JAR holds on but can't stop it.
ANAKIN: Hey...
JAR JAR: Wha?
ANAKIN: Hit the nose!
JAR JAR: Oh!
JAR JAR hits the nose, and the DROID collapses back into its original state. ANAKIN and PADME laugh.
Padme can't help but laugh at this. Anakin joins in.
''That was quite funny.'' Phasma admits. ''I still don't like him!'' she adds quickly, refusing to believe that she was softening up towards anyone, particularly Jar Jar.
EXT WATTO'S JUNK YARD - BEHIND SHOP - DAY
WATTO flies along as QUI-GON walks through the junk yard.
WATTO: ... a T-14 hyperdrive generator! Thee in luck, I'm the only one hereabouts who has one... but thee might as well buy a new ship. It would be cheaper, I think... Saying of which, how's thee going to pay for all this?
QUI-GON: I have 20,000 Republic dataries.
WATTO: Republic credits?! Republic credits are no good out here. I need something more real...
QUI-GON: I don't have anything else. (raising his hand) But credits will do fine.
WATTO: No, they won'ta.
QUI-GON, using his mind power, waves his hand again.
QUI-GON: Credits will do fine.
WATTO: No, they won'ta. What you think you're some kinda Jedi, waving your hand around like that? I'm a Toydarian. Mindtricks don'ta work on me-only money. No money, no parts! No deal! And no one else has a T-14 hyperdrive, I promise you that.
''Life hack.'' Obi-Wan said.
''Another life hack is a mind trick.'' Luke added.
''Only works if you're force sensitive, kid.'' Han said.
INT WATTO'S JUNK SHOP - DAY
ANAKIN and PADME are still talking.
ANAKIN: ... wouldn't have lasted long if I weren't so good at fixing things.
JAR JAR pulls a part out of a stack of parts to inspect it, and they all come tumbling down. He struggles to catch them, only to knock more down. ANAKIN and PADME are oblivious.
QUI-GON hurries into the shop, followed by ARTOO.
QUI-GON: We're leaving. Jar Jar?
The stuff JAR JAR is juggling crashes to the ground. PADME gives ANAKIN a loving look.
''Now that is a loving look.'' Anakin announced triumphantly. ''You were smitten.''
Padme laughed. ''Smitten?!''
''Yep.'' Anakin said confidently. Padme just rolled her eyes.
PADME: I'm glad to have met you.
PADME turns, and ANAKIN looks sad as he watches her leave.
ANAKIN: I was glad to meet you too.
JAR JAR and ARTOO leave the shop.
WATTO enters the shop, shaking his head.
WATTO: (subtitled) Ootmians! Tinka me chasa hopoe ma booty na nolia. (Outlanders! They think they know everything.)
ANAKIN: (subtitled) La lova num botaffa. (They seemed nice to me.)
WATTO: (subtitled) Fweepa niaga. Tolpa da bunky dunko. (Clean the racks... then you can go home.)
ANAKIN lets out a "yipee" and runs out the back.
''You were so cute!'' Rey said.
''I'm still cute.'' Anakin said.
Rey looked confused. She clearly hadn't had much social practice.
INT NABOO SPACECRAFT - COCKPIT
OBI-WAN is in the cockpit of the Naboo craft.
QUI-GON: ... and you're sure there's nothing left on board?
OBI-WAN: (V.O) A few containers of supplies, the Queen's wardrobe, maybe. But not enough for you to barter with. Not in the amounts you're talking about.
QUI-GON: All right. I'm sure another solution will present itself. I'll check back later.
''The best solution presented itself.'' Anakin said smugly.
''It was so dangerous though…'' Padme said.
QUI-GON puts his comlink away and starts out into the main street. JAR JAR grabs his arm.
JAR JAR: Noah gain... Noah gain da beings hereabouts cawazy. Wesa be robbed un crunched.
QUI-GON: Not likely. We have nothing of value, that's our problem.
EXT MOS ESPA - STREET - MARKET - DAY
QUI-GON, PADME, JAR JAR, and ARTOO move out into the street. JAR JAR is walking behind the others. They walk by an outdoor cafe filled with a rough gang of aliens, one of which is especially ugly, SEBULBA, a spider-like creature. JAR JAR stops for a moment in front of a stall selling dead frogs hanging on a wire. He looks around to see if anyone is looking, then sticks out his tongue, and gets hold of one, pulling it into his mouth. Unfortunately, the frog is tied tightly to the wire. The vendor suddenly appears.
VENDOR: (subtitled) Ay, ay. Yawoba wonga? (Are you going to pay for that?)
JAR JAR turns his head in surprise.
VENDOR: Uga wupiupi wep. (It costs seven wupiupi.)
JAR JAR opens his mouth and the frog snaps away, ricochets around the market, and lands in Sebulba's soup, splashing him. As JAR JAR moves away from the VENDOR, SEBULBA jumps up on the table and grabs the hapless Gungan.
SEBULBA: Chuba!
JAR JAR: Ooops.
''Oops indeed.'' Rieekan said.
''How much has gone wrong for Jar Jar since the start of this film?'' Hux asked.
''Lot's.'' Luke said.
JAR JAR starts to whistle as he walks away.
Angry, SEBULBA gets up and hops over to JAR JAR and kicks him.
SEBULBA: (subtitled) Ni chuba ni? (Is this yours?
SEBULBA holds the frog up to the Gungan threateningly.
SEBULBA grabs JAR JAR by the neck. QUI-GON looks around for JAR JAR and sees him in a fight.
JAR JAR turns to see ANAKN pushing his way next to him. The boy stands up to SEBULBA in a very self-assured way.
ANAKIN: (subtitled) Chesko Sebulba... Cha pooka uman geesa... Matesa ratico ponipa chop chowa. (Careful, Sebulba... He's a big-time outlander... I'd hate to see you diced before we race again.)
''It's very brave, standing up for them like that.'' Mon Mothma said.
''Thank you.'' Anakin answered.
SEBULBA stops his assault on JAR JAR and turns to ANAKIN.
SEBULBA: (subtitled) Nic me chouwa wimo noke maka noke. (Next time we race, boy, it will be the end of you!) Una noto wo shag, me wompity du pom pom. (If you weren't a slave, I'd squash you now.)
SEBULBA turns away.
ANAKIN: (subtitled) Eh, chee bana do mullee ra. (Yeah, it'd be a pity if you had to pay for me.)
QUI-GON, PADME and ARTOO arrive.
ANAKIN: (Cont'd) Hi!
QUI-GON: Hi there.
ANAKIN: Your buddy here was about to be turned into orange goo. He picked a fight with a Dug. An especially dangerous Dug called Sebulba.
JAR JAR: Mesa haten crunchen. Dat's da last ting mesa wanten.
QUI-GON: Nevertheless, the boy is right ... you were heading for trouble... Thanks, my young friend.
PADME looks at ANAKIN and smiles; he smiles back. They start walking down the crowded street.
JAR JAR: But... but... mesa doen nutteen!
''Sure. We believe you.'' Phasma said.
The group walks away and SEBULBA chews on the frog.
The screen went black.