Featured songs:
Excerpts from
1. "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO
2. "La Temperatura" by Maluma
3. "Timber" by Pitbull ft Kesha.
Full Song
"Play it Your Way" by cast of Elena of Avalor
The next morning, Carmine stood in the courtyard as Mace showed him some basic kicks and punches.
"Okay, Carmine. This is a very simple move. Punch, punch, and kick."
"Okay." Carmine said. "Punch, punch, and kick."
Carmine did each move as he said it.
"I did it!"
"Good. Again."
Carmine repeated the move, except shortly after, he started saying it like he was dancing and threw in some other movement.
"Punch, punch, and kick, turn, leap!" Carmine laughed.
"Carmine! That wasn't the movement." Mace groaned.
"Sorry." Carmine said guiltily. "For a moment there, the way you called out the movements, it kinda sounded like dancing."
"Which is exactly the issue." Anakin said, entering the scene.
"Anakin, where have you been?" Carmine asked.
"I was just going to ask the same thing." Mace added.
"Well, I think we all know it's obvious Carmine isn't going to master kung fu in a few days." Anakin said.
"Yeah, thanks for rubbing it in." Carmine said sarcastically.
"I'm not finished. As I was saying, you can't master kung fu in a day, so we just have to turn kung fu into something you've already mastered. That is why I brought backup."
Anakin got the doors open, and lights flashed as music played, and not one, but several people came in.
Party rock is in the house tonight
Everybody just have a good time (yeah)
And we gonna make you lose your mind (woo)
Everybody just have a good time (clap)
The group was led by a grayish blue unicorn with a scruffy mane and sunglasses who was pretty good at moon-walking and doing all kinds of fancy break dance moves. But that wasn't the only kind of dancer there.
Party rock is in the house tonight (oh)
Everybody just have a good time (I can feel this sh- baby)
And we gonna make you lose your mind (yeah)
We just wanna see you
Shake that
In the group, there was at least one equine and one two-legged dancer from every genre of dance. Ballet, salsa, merengue, tap, jazz, hip-hop, even country. And Carmine looked especially happy when he saw a familiar ballerina among the dancers.
"Caroline!" he exclaimed happily, and he spun her in a hug with a kiss to her lips.
"I've missed you, Carmine." Caroline said, looking lovingly into Carmine's eyes.
"Who are all these people?" Mace said.
"These are the top dancers in every category at Ms. Susy's school of Dance. And I am Ms. Susy Lamura, owner and teacher of the establishment I believe I heard you have called a place for prancing like princesses."
Ms. Susy crossed her arms with that last part; she definitely did not look happy about what Mace had said about Carmine.
"I-I meant no offense, Ms. Susy-" Mace said, but Ms. Susy interrupted.
"Save it. You wouldn't be the first martial arts instructor to defile the world of dance as nothing more than a game. What you may not know is dancing requires the same things your kung fu students do to succeed."
"Such as..." Mace said.
"Why should I tell you, when I can show you?"
Ms. Susy had Padme, Mace, as well as any other Jedi who were curious, gather in an empty classroom, where some bars were set up, and Ms. Susy had everyone put on ballet slippers.
"These are surprisingly comfortable." Master Secura said, looking at the new slippers on her feet.
Ms. Susy clapped to get everyone's attention and had everyone line up at the barres.
"Alright, everyone. You've stretched. Now it's time for a dancer's warm up." She said.
Ms. Susy had Carmine stand up at the front so everyone could see him and how he did. They started out with plies, which seemed simple enough, but then came the moving into the five ballet positions, which proved a little harder seeing as the Jedi were not familiar with them. Then, it started to get a little harder as Ms. Susy started shouting out words no one except Carmine and other dancers understood. Tendu, battement, pas de bourre, releve, rond de jambe en l'air, pirouette.
Carmine was also the only one to take on a partner. Not surprisingly, he and Caroline danced very beautifully together. Neither of them stepped on the other's feet, fell down, or seemed nervous at all.
Even for those who were more flexible, the movements turned out to be really difficult, and every time they attempted to move, jump, or turn, they ended up falling down or bumping into each other. Carmine, however, he did every move super gracefully. He didn't flinch at any time, fall down, lose his balance, or seem scared at all. From his head down to his toes, he felt every movement run through him so perfectly. And his reverence as he finished was beautiful too.
"See?" Carmine looked at Mace with an I-told-you-so tone. "Dancing isn't so easy, is it?"
"That was just ballet, though." Caroline said, dusting off her skirt. "There are a few more dance genres to see."
So, they went on to meeting the next dancer... an alicorn named Fiesta and a human dancer named Mila.
"Alright, estudiantes." Mila said. "The dancing we're going to learn is called merengue. It's very lively and fun, but can be tricky at first."
"It's most often done with a partner," said Fiesta. "But first you must bailar with yourselves. Let's see what you can do."
La estoy calentando, la estoy provocando
Pa' que suba, suba (ella me conoce, mi amor)
Pa' que suba, suba la temperatura
Fiesta and Mila showed everyone various dance moves in a solo version, while Carmine and Caroline danced with each other. Merengue definitely looked like a lot of fun. Dancers got super energetic and lively in every bit of their body. But it did look tricky too. There were a lot of quick steps that seemed to change speed with turns and moving across the room, and you had to be moving your hips to the rhythm the entire time, which required core strength and loose muscles.
Estoy buscando (y yo soy Maluma)
Desatar el fuego en su cintura a ver si dura (con Eli Palacios)
Pa' que suba, suba la temperatura (tres, dos, ¡woh!)
Everyone attempted to mimic the movements, but had similar results to their ballet lesson.
La estoy calentando, la estoy provocando
Pa' que suba, suba
Pa' que suba, suba la temperatura
"Ouch!" Mace felt hurt as someone bumped him in the side. "Okay, someone keeps hip jacking me!"
"Sorry," said Ki-Adi.
The next dancers... country.
"Yeehaw!" Pinto whooped as more fun music began to play
Swing your partner 'round and 'round
End of the night, it's goin' down
One more shot, another round
End of the night, it's goin' down
Swing your partner 'round and 'round
End of the night, it's goin' down
One more shot, another round
End of the night, it's goin' down
Except, that music went awfully fast, and swinging a partner round and round resulted in a lot of people being flung into each other, falling down, or getting dizzy.
"Ouch!" Myra and Ganodi groaned as they bumped back-to-back into each other.
It's goin' down, I'm yellin' timber
You better move, you better dance
Let's make a night you won't remember
I'll be the one you won't forget
But Anakin seemed to do this dance easily when he and Padme danced together.
"I dabble in a few kinds of dancing." Anakin smiled as he spun Padme without dropping her.
Ooh-ooh (timber), ooh-ooh (timber)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (it's goin' down)
Ooh-ooh (timber), ooh-ooh (timber)
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh (it's goin' down, woo)
Another teacher...
A gold alicorn named Harmony started to conduct an orchestra of musical instruments to play "Blue Danube Waltz"
"This should probably be more your speed." Caroline said, getting into position with Carmine. "This dance is called waltz."
The couple began dancing beautifully to the music, Anakin and Padme beginning to mimic their actions, and doing it so effortlessly, unlike when Padme tried it with Obi-Wan when they practiced their first wedding dance. Except, when the other masters tried it, they kept stepping on each other's feet or tripping and falling.
"Ouch!" Kit Fisto groaned, jumping and holding his foot.
"Be careful," said Ms. Susy. "Stepping on another dancer's feet is the easiest way to mess up the whole performance."
"OKAY! We get it!" Mace said. "Dancing is hard! Can we please just train before someone gets hurt?"
"Ouch!" Master Plo groaned as he'd fallen and hurt his ankle.
"Too late." Padme said.
"Master Plo, are you okay?" Master Koth said, rushing over to his friend and helping him up.
"Now, can anyone here tell me what dancers need to not fall down?" Ms. Susy said.
"Balance." Carmine said.
"Yes, Carmine. Very good. What else?"
"Coordination?" Anakin said.
"Yes. And of course rhythm, focus, and strength. All things that kung fu students practice, just in a different form. In martial arts, your moves follow a beat of fighting an opponent and self-defense, whereas dancing typically follows a format of expression."
Mace took time to observe the dancers as they were dancing, and the kung fu students as they were practicing. He thought maybe now Carmine could take on the course.
"Okay, Carmine. Now that we've seen you're a coordinated dancer, let's see you use those skills on the course." Mace said, pushing Carmine onto the course.
Except, when Carmine got in, he used his lightness and speed on his feet to stay balanced on the coils, but when it came to the swinging balls and other things coming at him, he still scared and curled up into a ball on the floor.
"Carmine! What was that?!" Mace said.
"I dodged the hit?"
"What about that stuff your dance teachers did?"
"Usually, dancers don't have things being thrown at them or have something having them fearing for their lives."
"It's true." Susy said.
"Let's face it," said Carmine. "I'm never gonna be as good at kung fu as you, Master. Or the Five."
Carmine ran off and sat down again, and just hid his face in his hands.
"Then we have you think of it like dancing."
Mace had five of the council masters each show Carmine the Furious Five's signature moves, seeing as four of the members were missing, and they told him to think of it like dancing. Except, when Carmine tried it, he ended up falling down and probably would've gotten hurt if Caroline, Qui-Gon, and/or Anakin hadn't caught him.
Carmine tried Obi-Wan's signature movement called Jumping the Bridge, which involved flipping over a series of obstacles. Carmine was able to do the flips just fine, but he also did ballet steps. But when he tried the girl's movements that involved more sword use, kicks, and punches, he couldn't throw the blow hard enough.
"You have to throw the kicks and blows harder than that, Carmine." Anakin said. "You're aiming to incapacitate your attacker. They don't care that you don't want to hurt anyone, because they do want to hurt you."
So, Carmine tried again, but he always missed some part of each move. Though, to be fair, most of the Jedi didn't have wings like Mariposa, so Carmine had to swing or jump from something to get up in the air. Still, since Carmine was used to performing with music, it was a little harder for him to find the rhythm in this technique.
But, Carmine kept on practicing each move with Anakin helping him out and his fellow dancers helped by showing him dance moves that looked remotely similar, which showed Carmine all he had to do was add more force.
"Ugh! Why can't I do this?! I've been at it for hours, and I still mess up the moves."
"Not quite." Qui-Gon said. "You're getting a lot better. You actually dodged the wobbly toy when you punched and kicked it."
"But, Dad! You saw how I keep ducking and cover at the dummies and swinging balls. I'm not like the five. Or like you."
"Then don't be like them." Caroline said. "You're not Anakin, and you're not the five or any of the Jedi. You're you, Sweetie. And you know, force and balance aren't the only thing kung fu and dancing have in common. Every student is different and has his or her own groove. You just have to find your moves."
Caroline:
You're trying so hard to prove
You can master all of their moves
But this game just won't work for you
Find your own groove
Anakin:
Play like a dancer with heart
Fight strong and then hit it hard
Your skills will take you so far
Caroline & Anakin:
And you'll be a superstar
You've got to get your own moves
Work your own groove
Make your own name
Find your own game
And play, play, play
Play it your way
Caroline:
Just take your own swing, do your own thing
Anakin:
Make your own choice, find your own voice
And play, play, play
Play it your way
Except, Carmine wasn't exactly sure how he was supposed to do that.
"I cower every time something flies at me." He said. "How am I supposed to make a move?"
"You're a fast dancer with great reflexes." said Caroline. "So think about kung fu the same way you think about dancing on stage."
Anakin walked over to one of the dummies.
"Pretend this dummy is your dance partner. He's doing a dance fight, and trying to hit you." Anakin explained. "You have to make sure you don't get hit, and you block each attack to a fast rhythm, like this."
Anakin made the dummy swing and kick and counted a very fast 1, 2, 3, 4 rhythm.
Carmine scratched his head nervously.
"That's gonna be tricky without music."
"Just count the beat in your head and feel it in your body." Caroline said.
"Time to dance, Carmine." Anakin said. "Kick, block, dodge!"
Anakin kicked the dummy, and the arms and legs spun around very quickly. This time, Carmine let his reflexes help out, and the attacks seemed to follow a pattern, and he followed a pattern for each blow and such too. Kick, block, dodge, kick, block dodge, dodge!
Carmine repeated the pattern a few times in his head, and before he knew it, he kicked the dummy down.
"Dodge and down!" Carmine exclaimed victoriously.
"There you go!" Caroline clapped. Anakin did too, looking proud of his twin for completing the move.
"You've got it, son!" Qui-Gon smiled.
"Dodge and down," said Carmine, liking the sound of that. "That's my first move!"
"What else you got, Carmine?" Anakin said.
And so, Carmine came up with some new dance fight moves, and came up with names for them.
Leaping lizard, Tiger leap, Salsa Swing, Protecting the Prince, Duck and Throw, Rolling Back
Carmine:
Now my game is firing up!
Gonna win that winner's cup
Then hear the roaring of the crowd
And finally make my family proud
If I just get my own moves
Work my own groove
Make my own name
Find my own game
And play, play, play
Play it my way
I'll take my own swing
Do my own thing
Make my own choice
Find my own voice
And play, play, play
Play it my way
Play it my way
My way
Qui-Gon brought Mace in to see how Carmine created his own moves, and Mace had to admit he was impressed. Now the only thing left to do was put those movements to the test on the course.
So, for the days after that, Mace began to train both the twins in whatever way suited each of them best.
Meanwhile, the dancers began teaching the Jedi more about how to incorporate dance into their fighting. How to use various ballet positions to dodge blows or items being thrown at them, how to use leaps and being lighter on their feet to parkour across small stones in treacherous terrain, even how to incapacitate an enemy by pulling them into an unexpected dance.
Dancing with a prop even proved helpful in helping Carmine use a stick or a sword, or any weapon really. And he used that skill to create a whip made out of a ribbon typically used for ballet slippers; it was strong and moved surprisingly quick when whipped. Some of the movements he would perform in the Nutcracker with a sword proved helpful in teaching him to sword fight.
But although the twins were getting better at dodging and throwing attacks, Mace knew it was up to him to ensure the twins could balance with each other.
Mace had the twins follow him up a mountain outside the gates of the palace. Carmine was carrying Fluffy in his bag, and Artoo seemed very happy to be going on a long walk.
Up at the top of the range, the twins spotted a lake of clear blue water. Despite the two being very fit, climbing the mountain proved a bit tiring for them, and they were thirsty.
"Oh, thank goodness! Water." Anakin said.
Mace sat down on a clearing and began to meditate, but the twins and their pets started to drink the water.
"Boys!" Mace scolded, not even opening his eyes. "We do not drink from the pool of sacred tears."
Anakin immediately spat the water out, but Carmine already swallowed a big gulp of water, and Fluffy was drinking water from Carmine's cupped hands.
"Oops." blushed the younger twin.
"Why'd you bring us here exactly?" Anakin asked.
Mace got up and had the twins look at their reflections in the water.
"This is where Master Yoda unraveled the mysteries of harmony and focus," said Mace. "This... is the birth place of kung fu."
Mace had fond memories of Yoda teaching him in this very place when he was a little boy, and he grew up learning to fight and fight hard; now it was his turn to teach not one, but two students.
"You two fight well alone, but you must fight together. Do you want to learn to use kung fu together?"
"Yes, Sir!" said the twins together.
"Then I am your master!" Mace declared.
"Okay," said Anakin.
"When you two started out, you proved opposite to each other, and you two, you are still opposites." Mace said.
The twins were confused.
"Anakin, you have improved at being lighter on your feet and being less destructive, yet you still are a bit of a showoff. And Carmine, you are not as big a coward as I initially thought, and it took you longer to learn kung fu, but... that is my fault. I see now, that you provide motivation for your brother to take a gentle approach, and the way to get through to you is being able to use your bond with your loved ones to gain strength."
"You mean, I'll be protecting Anakin instead of him protecting me?" Carmine said.
"Precisely. Even guardians need protection themselves from time to time."
So, Mace began training Carmine and Anakin together. He used a plushie that Carmine was told to imagine was Fluffy in danger, and he had Anakin in fake danger, which motivated Carmine to run in and fight the trouble to protect his big brother. He did similar things for Anakin, but his challenge was to do so while surrounded by fragile ceramic vases and bowls he needed to avoid breaking.
Mace was definitely not making it easy for either of the twins. But, both of the twins continued to fight in their individual challenges, as well as work together to balance each other's skills to rescue their pets from pretend danger, and they intensely trained their bodies to increase their strength, velocity, and reflexes.
Little by little, the twins each started to improve thanks to Mace teaching them. Carmine was able to give off stronger blows without being scared of everything coming at him, and Anakin started to find ways to be a little gentler so he could get through a battle without destroying everything in his path. But then came their hardest challenge yet.
Artoo and Fluffy were placed on a little boat in the river. Of course, Carmine didn't neglect to put a cute little life jacket on his bunny, or Anakin with his dog.
"So, now what? We're going on a boat ride?" said Anakin.
"Not we. They are." Mace said, slicing the rope that held the boat in place with his lightsaber, and sending the pets down the river.
"What the heck?!"
Artoo began to howl as he saw himself getting farther away from his owner.
"Fluffy!/Artoo!" Carmine and Anakin screamed.
Without a second thought, the twins began to run after their pets, except... Mace got in their way. The twins immediately split and started to fight Mace off each time he tried to block them. They jumped in and ran through the trees, dodged and kicked away branches, and leaped over rocks to get closer to the far end of the river as the pets' boat was headed into a rocky area that started to rock the boat, and nearly send one or both the animals into the water.
"Hurry!" Carmine exclaimed.
Anakin, being the bravest. Started to jump onto the rocks and leap across as many as he could to catch up to the boat, while Carmine kept Mace distracted and looked for something he could use to help Anakin. And then, Carmine spotted a tree with a long branch that looked flexible, but strong enough to hold some weight. And Carmine had an idea.
Carmine looked at Mace and said, "Let's dance!"
Carmine used the Duck, Dodge, Kick move, and whipped his ribbon around Mace's legs and pulled to make him fall to the ground, and then he used another to tie his arms so he would be trapped. Then, he leaped up onto the tree as the boat was getting closer and closer to what sounded like a water fall up ahead.
Quickly, Carmine leaped a very far jump and made his way onto the end of the branch, lowering it enough for Anakin to jump onto the boat and grab the branch so the animals could use the branch as a bridge. To get out. Carmine grabbed the animals, but Anakin tripped and fell as the little boat kept going and began to go over the waterfall.
"Anakin!" Carmine exclaimed. And quickly, he rushed in and grabbed Anakin's hand, except...
Anakin found himself standing up just fine.
"Huh?" Anakin looked down to see the waterfall wasn't even that big. It was barely even five feet high.
"Okay, is this some kind of a joke?" Carmine glared at Mace as he finally got loose from the ribbons.
"I may be a harsh kung fu master," said Mace. "But I would never place innocent animals in any real danger on purpose. You two needed to believe they were in danger to test your cooperation skills. And, you two worked together nicely. While Anakin showed more caution jumping into the danger, Carmine, you improvised and used courage in dodging and disarming each obstacle, including myself, and using your surroundings to aid in a daring rescue."
The twins looked at each other and realized Mace was right. They managed to balance their skills and work together in their efforts to rescue their pets. Anakin was brave enough to jump into the raging river, but he used caution at the same time when jumping across the rocks so he wouldn't fall into the water or slip on the wet rocks and get hurt. Carmine, on the other hand, fought off the enemy attempting to stop the twins from rescuing the animals, and improvised with various tools to aid in the rescue by finding something that was easy to move and had enough strength to carry the weight, which Carmine recalled doing with certain props and sets in performances.
"Being the Gemini Dragon Warriors is all about balance between two." Mace said. "And I believe by now you've proven that you are ready to receive... the Yin-Yang Dragon Scrolls."
So, the twins walked down the mountain with Mace, but Anakin had one thing on his mind.
"I know it's not exactly my place, Master Windu..." Anakin said. "But... can you be honest with me about marriage?"
"Marriage? What about it?" Mace said.
"Well, my father chose a bride on his own. A bride the council didn't approve of because allegedly she couldn't produce future kung fu masters, yet here and now, Carmine and I proved ourselves good fighters, and we're half of a 'peasant girl'."
"Then it looks like your father made a lucky decision."
"What about you?" Anakin got more serious. "Do you have a good relationship with Brenda? And what about Myra? Is she really your daughter?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I mean, are you just producing another student, or do you actually care about being a father to her? She's still a kid now, but does she ever get to just be a kid? How does she view her parents' marriage?"
"Myra is a future master and-"
"But does she even want that? What if she wants to do something else with her life? Before this, and even now, Carmine's passion is music, not kung fu."
"Yeah. And with or without kung fu," said Carmine. "I still want to pursue a career as a dancer/musician, because those things make me happy. And Caroline makes me happy, and we plan to get married someday. Now, Caroline may come from a wealthy family, but I didn't choose her because of that, or because she and I could have babies who become dancers."
"And your point?" Mace said.
"This whole betrothing everyone thing is wrong!" Anakin said. "I've spoken with Padme. She and Obi-Wan are miserable about the whole betrothal. Marriage is by definition is supposed to be when a man and a woman come together at both their own will, and they both want to share a life together. Like our parents did. Dad gave up kung fu just to be with our mom, and even though he wasn't doing kung fu, he still fought a battle of his own."
"You mean living among the commoners?"
"No, I mean that he and Mom built their life from almost nothing. They started a business and raised two children at the same time, which takes a lot of patience and skills, even if two people are involved." Anakin said. "And you know what? I've fallen in love with Padme."
That had Mace shocked.
"Are you serious?" he said.
"As a heart attack. I love her, and I believe she loves me as well. You can say what you want about it, but if after Mariverde is defeated, Padme feels the same way about me, we will get married whether you like it or not. And what's gonna happen when future Jedi younglings realize that the people they protect have good marriages filled with love, and their children get to be children and choose what they want to be in life, while their careers are chosen for them? How is that helping any of them? They basically have to ignore all emotions and just make babies with people they don't even want to be with."
"It's true. Some of the couples in there, I've seen more fighting than affection among a lot of them." Carmine said. "It's like two people trying to play two different songs at the same time with no rhythm, and I've seen some of the children get scared to see their parents fighting. Is that really what they should be looking forward to facing when they grow up?"
Mace had to admit; the twins did make some fairly good points. It took real courage for Qui-Gon to choose his lady love over continuing the path of a kung fu Jedi master, and now he had two sons who appeared to share his courage in one way or another. And now that Mace thought about it, Myra seemed more interested in other things than kung fu. Once or twice, when it was his turn to pick up groceries in the village, Myra always wanted to stop and listen to the guitarist playing music on the streets, and she would pretend to be a rock star on stage.
According to the twins, their parents didn't even have a traditional wedding until their fifteenth anniversary; they'd just gone to the first church that would have them and sealed their vows, which was good enough for them at the time. But, when their sons found out, they got their friends and neighbors to help out with throwing them a real wedding for their anniversary, and Shmi got to wear a real wedding dress, the twins baked a cake, and Qui-Gon found his parents' old wedding rings, which were a perfect fit for him and his wife. But it wasn't even the big stuff that made their marriage special. Their love was all they needed, and making their vows to one another, remembering that if they were given a choice between being some big shot hero to the world or a loving spouse and parent, they would choose the latter every time.
Mace also recalled when the council declared Padme and Obi-Wan's betrothal, though the two were good at hiding emotions most of the time, it was clear neither of them were happy. Despite Obi-Wan being one of the best at hiding his emotions, even his smile looked forced that day. Neither half of the betrothed couple seemed remotely interested in the preparations for the wedding. The wedding attire, the cake, the music, even choosing designs for the rings... neither half seemed like they cared about any of those things. Who could blame them, though?
When choosing your wedding dress, it's only a happy moment when you're marrying the man of your dreams, and you're actually looking forward to walking down the aisle, not when your groom has been chosen for you. If anything, you more than likely want to try on running shoes instead so you can run away. And what groom wouldn't feel like he's being held against his will while standing at the altar to marry a woman he didn't even choose to be with? Not even choosing the wedding cake would cheer either half of the couple up, and tasting cake samples was usually one of the most fun parts of planning a wedding. But again, that was only so when the couple was actually looking forward to their nuptials.
And neither Obi-Wan nor Padme could be bothered to even pretend to be happy in any bit of the wedding planning, no matter how beautiful the wedding dress was, no matter how good the band or caterers for the reception were, or how bright the bling of the wedding rings was. Earlier in the dance lessons too, Ms. Susy had mentioned to the Jedi that oftentimes, it was when dancing with a partner didn't feel like it took much effort when one was dancing with their true love. But whenever Padme and Obi-Wan practiced the first dance, it felt like work to both of them, and it felt like forever until practice was finally over, whereas when Padme danced with Anakin, she never wanted to stop, and each time he'd danced with her at the Temple earlier, they'd wanted to end it with a kiss... but they couldn't because Master Windu would blow his top if they did.
Now Mace started to think. Deep down, he did have real feelings for Brenda, and he wanted to prove it to her somehow... but he couldn't because every Jedi marriage was solely based on producing new Jedi fighters, not true love and desire to have a family. But, that would have to wait.
"We'll discuss more about this after we take care of the crisis at hand."