Star Wars: The Clone Wars quotes

Pong Krell

General Kenobi, do you read me?

Obi Wan Kenobi

(in a hologram) Congratulations on your capture of the Umbaran airbase, General. It's refreshing to have good news.

Pong Krell

There will be time for celebration when we've taken that capital.

Obi Wan Kenobi

Yes, well, I'm afraid that's going to be more difficult than anticipated. Their attacks have increased and their long-range missiles are forcing us to retreat from our positions.

Pong Krell

I was hoping we cut off their arms shipments and supplies when we took this airbase.

Obi Wan Kenobi

It seems they're receiving new arms shipments directly from a supply ship orbiting-- (the transmission starts to jam)

Pong Krell

General Kenobi?

Obi Wan Kenobi

We've been having difficulty transmitting-- (the transmission continues to jam) They must be jamming our signals.

Can't we destroy the supply ship?

Obi Wan Kenobi

We're trying, but with little success. Their fleet outnumbers ours, and the extra ships we were promised have not yet arrived.

Pong Krell

We'll just have to take that capital regardless of the missile. My battalion will meet you at the rendezvous coordinates.

Obi Wan Kenobi

We cannot expect-- (the transmission cuts off)

You wanted to see them, sir?

Pong Krell

Indeed. It seems they have accomplished a very brave act. Unfortunately, they’ve also committed a serious crime by directly disobeying my order.

With all due respect, sir, the order to attack the cargo vessel was mine. If there's a punishment to be given, it should be directed toward me. I'm their commanding officer.

General, sir, Captain Rex is attempting to take the blame for actions that were clearly mine.

Fives!

I request that his admission of guilt be denied and full blame placed upon me.

Pong Krell

Oh, do you? You willfully countermand my direct order, and now you have the audacity to request who should bear the punishment of your insurrection!? (To Captain Rex) Let me be clear about the punishment for the treason committed by ARC Trooper 5555 and CT-5597: they will be court-martialed, they will be found guilty, and they will be executed! Make no mistake. For crossing me, you will pay the price.

We can't turn back now. (removes missile from his ship and jumps out) Cover me!

Hardcase, get back in your ship!

Trust me, I've got a plan. (readies to blow up reactor with missile) This is for the 501st! Don't wait for me!

Hardcase, no!

You've disobeyed enough orders today, sir. Follow this one: Get out of here!

If I know Hardcase, we'd better leave! (Fives and Jesse pilot their starfighters out of ship)

(while smiling and colliding the missile with the reactor) Live to fight another day, boys, live to fight another day. (explosion occurs, destroying the supply ship)

It is not our call. We are part of something larger. We're not independent of one another.

I'm sorry. I cannot just follow orders when I know they're wrong. Especially when lives are at stake.

You will if you support the system we fight for.

I do support it. I do! But I am not just another number! None of us are!

Never thought we'd go out this way.

Aim.

Wait! This is wrong and we all know it! The general is making a mistake, and he needs to be called on it. No clone should have to go out this way! We're loyal soldiers! We follow orders, but we are not a bunch of unthinking droids! We are men! We must be trusted to make the right decisions! Especially when the orders we are given are wrong!

[ignores Fives] Fire!

What... What happened?

They're doing the right thing, Dogma. Because if this is how soldiers are rewarded for heroic actions, then one day, every man in this battalion may face a similar fate. Take off their binders.

No! We have orders! We have to go through with this!

Good luck finding anyone to do it.

You wanted us, sir?

Pong Krell

I ordered those clones to be destroyed. You are making a mistake crossing me, clone.

It's 'Captain', sir.

Pong Krell

[growls]

[after realizing the clones have been tricked into shooting each other] What?! [runs back to the scene, frantically waving his arms] Everyone, stop firing! We're shooting at our own men! They're not Umbarans! They're clones! Take off your helmets! Show them you're not the enemy! [removes his helmet] They're clones!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Everyone, stop firing! Cease fire! They're not Umbarans! They're clones! [tackles a shooting clone, takes off his helmet and holds him up to the so called 'enemy'] Look! We're clones! We're all clones! [clones stop firing and realize they're shooting each other]

[horrified] What?!

[after tending to the wounded] This can't be happening, what have we done?

I don't understand. Why did these troopers attack us?

Captain, I found a platoon leader. It’s Waxer. He’s still alive. [He takes Rex to Waxer]

Waxer... tell me who gave you the orders to attack us.

It... It was General Krell. He sent us to these coordinates to stop the enemy. We thought they were wearing our armor, but it was... You. [sheds a tear and dies]

[to the clones] We all know who's responsible for what happened out there. What we don't know is why. Something has to be done. What I'm proposing is highly treasonous. If any man chooses to opt out, do it now. [the clones take a step forward] From this point forward, we are entering uncharted territory. My orders are, we arrest General Krell for treason against the Republic.

Captain, we've repaired the transmitter. It looks like it was sabotaged. We've received a message from General Kenobi. His forces have captured the capital, but the remaining Umbarans are heading here.

Get everyone on the perimeter! We need to prepare for a full-scale attack.

[salutes] Yes, sir. [leaves]

Krell sabotaged the transmitter. He’s been against us from the beginning.

If the Umbarans get to him, he'll turn over all our intel-- the defense codes, everything. He'll strike a crippling blow to the Republic.

Something has to be done. We can't risk the possibility that he might escape.

As long as Krell's alive, he's a threat to every one of us.

[pauses] I agree.

[surrounding Krell with the 501st and 212th] General Krell, you're being relieved of duty.

Pong Krell

[turns around] It's treason, then.

[points blasters at Krell] Surrender, General.

Pong Krell

[steps into the middle of the room] You're committing mutiny, Captain.

Explain your actions.

Pong Krell

My actions?

For ordering your troops against one another!

Pong Krell

Oh, that. I'm surprised you were able to figure it out, for a clone.

[his men begin to close in on him] Surrender, General. You're outnumbered.

Pong Krell

[he force-pushes all clones away] You dare to attack a Jedi?! [He ignites his lightsabers. The clones open fire, Krell kills many of them] I will not be undermined by creatures bred in some laboratory! [he jumps out the window and escapes]

Pong Krell

[growls]

Why, General? Why kill your own men?

Pong Krell

[chuckles and stands up] Because I can. Because you fell for it. Because you're inferior.

But you're a Jedi! How could you?

Pong Krell

A Jedi? [laughs] I am no longer naive enough to be a Jedi. A new power is rising. I've foreseen it. The Jedi are going to lose this war, and the Republic will be ripped apart from the inside. In its place is going to rise a New Order, and I will rule as part of it.

You're a Separatist!

Pong Krell

I serve no one's side, only my own. And soon, my master...

You're an agent of Dooku.

Pong Krell

Not yet, but when I get out of here I will be. After I succeeded in driving the Republic from Umbara, the Count will reward my actions and make me his new apprentice.

How could you do this? You had my trust! My loyalty! I've followed all of your orders, and you made me kill my brothers!

Pong Krell

[laughs] That's because you were the biggest fool of them all, Dogma! I counted on blind loyalty like yours to make my plan succeed! [laughs]

That will never happen. You're a traitor, General, and you will be dealt with as one.

Pong Krell

You never learn, Captain. The Umbarans are going to retake this base, and when they do, I will be free.

[takes one blaster out of its holster] Turn around. Step toward the wall. [Krell rolls his eyes and turns around] On your knees. [Jesse deactivates the cell ray shield]

Pong Krell

[chuckles] You're in a position of power now. How does it feel?

[points his blaster at Krell] I said, "On your knees."

Pong Krell

[kneels to the floor] It feels good, doesn't it? But I can sense your fear. [Rex's hand is shaking] You're shaking, aren't you? What are you waiting for? The Umbarans are getting closer.

I have to do this!

Pong Krell

You can't do it, can you? Eventually, you'll have to do the right thing and-- [A laser hits Krell in the back, killing him. It is revealed Rex didn't kill him, but Dogma did using Fives' gun]

[voice breaking] I...I had to. He betrayed us.

I used to believe that being a good soldier meant doing everything they told you. That’s how they engineered us. But we’re not droids. We’re not programmed. You have to learn to make your own decisions.

General Kenobi’s battalions have routed the last holdouts of Umbarans, and we’ve secured all sectors. We did it. We took Umbara.

What's the point of all this? I mean, why?

I don't know, sir. I don't think anybody knows. But I do know that someday this war is gonna end.

Then what? We're soldiers. What happens to us then?

Plo Koon

What is it, Master?

Yoda

Sense I do a darker hand in this mystery. Slavery, a great tool it is for the rise of the Sith.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Cody, any word from the Separatist commander?

He's barricaded inside. His name is Darts D'Nar. He has sent you a message, sir. [He takes out a holoprojector and activates it]

Master Kenobi, come to the tower. We will negotiate terms for surrender.

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Well, that was easy. [Anakin Force-pulls the holoprojector into his hand and furiously crushes it]

Anakin Skywalker

Zygerrian scum! I'll handle that slaver.