the Phantom Menace by Terry - Star Wars - Episode 1 Brooks

Author:Terry - Star Wars - Episode 1 Brooks [Brooks, Terry - Star Wars - Episode 1]
Format: mobi
Published: 2010-12-25T17:12:28.163000+00:00

246TERRY

He turned away then and walked from the cabin to the passageways beyond and descended one level to the Queen's chambers. The others she had called together for this meeting were already present when he arrived. Obi-Wan gave him a brief, neutral nod of recognition, standing next to a glowering Captain Panaka. Jar Jar Binks hugged the wall to one side, apparendy trying to disappear into it. Amidala sat on her shipboard throne on a raised dais set against one wall, two of her handmaidens, Rabe and Eirtae, flanking her. Her white-painted face was composed and her gaze cool as it met his own, but there was fire in the words she spoke next.

When we land on Naboo, she advised the Jedi Master after he had bowed and taken up a position next to Panaka, it is my intention to act on this invasion at once. My people have suffered enough. Panaka could barely contain himself, his dark face tight with anger. When we land, Your Highness, the Trade Federation will arrest you and force you to sign their treaty! Qui-Gon nodded thoughtfully, curious as to the Queen's thinking. I agree. I'm not sure what you hope to accomplish by this.

Amidala might have been carved from stone. The Naboo are going to take back what is ours. There are only twelve of us! Panaka snapped, unable to keep silent. Your Highness, he added belatedly. We have no army!

Her eyes shifted to Qui-Gon. The Jedi cannot fight a war for you, Your Highness, he advised. We can only protect you.

She let her gaze drift from them to setde on Jar Jar. The Gungan was studying his toes. Jar Jar Binks! she called.

Jar Jar, clearly caught off guard, stiffened. Me, Your Highness? 247 Yes, Amidala of the Naboo affirmed. I have need of your help. Deep in the Naboo swamps, at the edge of the lake that bored downward to the Gungan capital city of Otoh Gunga, the fugitives from the Queen's transport were grouped at the water's edge, waiting for the return of Jar Jar Binks. Amidala and her handmaidens, the J edi Knights, Captain Panaka, Anakin, R2 - D2, Ric Olie and several other pilots, and a handful ofNaboo guards clustered uneasily in the misty silence. It was safe to say that even now no one but the Queen knew exactly what it was she was attempting to do. All she had been willing to reveal to those in a position to inquire was that she wished to make contact with the Gungan people and Jar Jar would be her emissary. She had insisted on landing in the swamp, even after both Panaka and the Jedi had advised against it. A single battleship orbited the planet, all that remained of the Trade Federation blockade. Housed within was the control station responsible for directing the droid army that occupied Naboo. When Panaka wondered aloud at the absence of the other battleships, Qui-Gon pointed out rather dryly that you don't need a blockade once you control the port.

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