Anakin SkywalkerYou summoned me, Master?
Wrong to deceive you it was, but much at stake there is.
Anakin Skywalker
So I was right. Obi-Wan is still alive.
Skywalker, a powerful Jedi you are, yet unpredictable and dangerous you can be to both your friends and your enemies. For Obi-Wan, on your patience everything depends.
Anakin Skywalker
What if he needs our help?
If you leave, help him you could. But his future… uncertain is. Trust in Obi-Wan we must.
Anakin Skywalker
Which means I'll be making Ahsoka your personal bodyguard.
At your service, my lady.
Anakin Skywalker
If there's trouble, Ahsoka will get you, the queen, and the rest of your staff to safety.
SPSenator Padmé Amidala
What about you?
Anakin Skywalker
Hopefully, I'll be where I always am.
[laughs] He means saving the day.
SPSenator Padmé Amidala
Of course he does.
Anakin Skywalker
You look terrible.
[groans] Being a criminal is not easy work.
Anakin Skywalker
If I'd known what was going on, I could've helped you. Too bad the Council didn't trust me.
Anakin, it was my decision to keep the truth from you. I knew if you were convinced I was dead, Dooku would believe it as well.
Anakin Skywalker
Your decision?
Look, I know I did some questionable things, but I did what I had to do. I hope you can understand that.
Anakin Skywalker
You lied to me. How many other lies have I been told by the Council?! And how do you know that you even have the truth?!! [Obi-Wan sighs sadly and walks away]
Chancellor, are you alright?
Yes, thanks again to the heroics of the Jedi. That's the second time today.
We specialize in heroics, Chancellor.
Anakin Skywalker
As long as I live, no harm will ever come to you, Your Excellency.
Well, here's to your long and prosperous life, Anakin. One shudders to think where the galaxy would be without the Jedi.
Uh, shouldn't we be getting back to the cruiser?
Anakin Skywalker
Nah, I'm hungry... tired of those government rations. Hey, looks like trouble. Come on.
LLou
[holding a frying pan] Hey! What are you doing?
Anakin Skywalker
We don’t want any trouble. We’re only trying to help.
PDPolice droid
Lou! Are you crazy?! Pointing that thing at a Jedi? Put it down now!
I sense fear in you, Ahsoka.
The rebels are divided. If they try to rescue the king now, I'm afraid we might lose them.
We cannot control their fate.
It's just, they're risking their lives to save just one.
Do not underestimate the king's power. He represents hope and is critical to their success.
I feel responsible for them.
Anakin Skywalker
I know you do, Snips, but remember, purpose must come before feelings.
Step in only if you must, but remember, if this experiment is to become an effective strategy, they must learn to survive on their own.
Yes, Master Kenobi. I understand.
Look out, incoming missiles!
Anakin Skywalker
No problem. [Gets hit and fighter gets coated with buzz droids] Uh... slight problem. [The buzz droids unfold and flood his ship, trying to tear it apart] Ahsoka, I got buzz droids. How bad did you get hit?
Anakin Skywalker
What? You always have it easy, Snips.
[Anakin and Ahsoka corner Letta in an alley]
LTLetta Turmond
Let me go!
Running means you know more than you're telling us.
LTLetta Turmond
Jackar is dead, and now you're trying to blame his murder on me!
Anakin Skywalker
Nobody ever said he was dead.
But running proves you had something to do with the bomb.
LTLetta Turmond
You don't know what you're talking about.
People blamed Jedi because of you! People were killed because of you!
LTLetta Turmond
You can't prove anything.
Anakin Skywalker
Did you feed the nano-droids to Jackar? You will answer me! NOW!
[brief pause]
LTLetta Turmond
[sighs] I did feed the nano-droids to Jackar.
[in disbelief] You set up your own husband to die?!
LTLetta Turmond
You're dealing with things you don't understand.
Oh, where you're going, you'll have plenty of time to explain everything.
Anakin Skywalker
[confronting Commander Fox] I said my Padawan is in there. Now, step aside.
General Skywalker, Admiral Tarkin has ordered that no one be allowed in there.
Anakin Skywalker
[clenches his fist in annoyance] I don't care what she's accused of. Let me IN. [puts his finger on the window between him and Fox. Seeing this as a sign of hostility, Fox beckons to the shock troopers at the door, who step forward, raising their electrostaffs at Anakin]
Sorry, sir, the admiral's orders stand. This is now a military operation and under his jurisdiction. [Anakin angrily leaves]
The suspect has killed three clones-- code red. If you see the target, shoot to kill.
Anakin Skywalker
[arrives with Captain Rex] Belay that order, Commander Fox.
I know Commander Tano. She would never do something like this.
Anakin Skywalker
[To Commander Fox and Captain Rex] Quiet! [To Ahsoka] Ahsoka! It's me, Anakin. Stop running.
You can't help me, Master. Someone's setting me up.
Anakin Skywalker
I believe you, Ahsoka.
Anakin Skywalker
Keep searching until we find her. Rex, call security. Tell them we need to search the entire base. Now!
General Skywalker has just issued an all-points bulletin on Commander Ahsoka Tano. She's killed three clones and should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anakin Skywalker
Ahsoka, what are you doing?
You didn't even try to come and help me.
Anakin Skywalker
They wouldn't let me in to talk to you.
You could have if you tried.
Anakin Skywalker
How would that look, Ahsoka, huh? Forcing my way in would've make you look even more guilty.
[almost tearfully] I'm not guilty!
Anakin Skywalker
Then we have to prove you're innocent. The only way we can do that is by going back.
I don't know who to trust.
Anakin Skywalker
Listen, I would never let anyone hurt you, Ahsoka, never. But you need to come back and make your case to the Council.
No. I am not going to take the fall for something I didn't do!
Anakin Skywalker
I am ordering you to put down your lightsaber and come with me now! Trust me.
General Skywalker, where are you?
I do trust you, but you know as well as I do that no one else will believe me. Anakin, you have to trust me now.
Anakin Skywalker
Ahsoka, I do trust you.
I know you do. Wish me luck. [jumps from the sewer to a ship heading down to the Underworld]
Padawan Tano, serious charges have been levied against you. How plead you?
Not guilty, Master. I would never take the lives of innocents. The values of the Jedi are sacred to me.
The evidence is to the contrary. You were alone with Letta Turmond when she died. Can you explain this?
Someone used the Force against her.
Which brings us to Ventress. Can you explain your association with her?
We had a mutual understanding. I thought she was helping me.
Did she help you acquire the nano-droid weaponry found when you were apprehended, the same devices used in the bombing of the Temple?
No. I was set up and deceived, as you are being deceived now.
The question is, Padawan Tano, who is deceiving us: Ventress, you, or someone else?
I am not deceiving you! I would assume Ventress is, but I can't be sure. My sense is… clouded.
Clouded by the Dark Side these things are, Padawan Tano. Dangerously clouded, but not just surrounding you, surrounding many things in these times.
Anakin Skywalker
You've already made your decision, haven't you?! This meeting is just a formality!
[sighs] Reached a decision we have, though not in total agreement are we.
It is the Council's opinion that Padawan Ahsoka Tano has committed sedition against the Republic. And thus, she will be expelled from the Jedi Order. [Ahsoka looks up in shock]
Anakin Skywalker
You can't do this! [tries to butt in, but is held back by two temple guards]
Your Padawan status will be stripped from you, and you shall forfeit all rank and privileges within the Grand Army of the Republic. You will be turned over to the Republic courts to await your trial and whatever punishments they will set for you. [A guard snaps Ahsoka's padawan braid off her head as tears cloud her eyes] Henceforth, you are barred from the Jedi Order.
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