We seek a dangerous fugitive. This is no common anarchist, but a devotee of the treasonous Jedi order. Failure to turn over this traitor will result in a charge of sedition. Turn yourslef in or everyone present shall face summary execution.
[... To the Empire, we're all just expendable.]
Yes. You are. (stabs Prauf through the chest w her saber)
Look at this. A lightsaber.
---
Going somewhere? (Cal draws his lightsaber.) I recognize that stance. Perhaps you've had some training after all. Who was your master, Padawan? Someone I killed, perhaps? Whaat Jedi gave their life so that you might live?
---
Scared, are you?
You bleed like all of the others.
That strike will be your last.
This is the price of your arrogance.
Faster than I thought.
---
Cal Kestis. How predictable. Oh yes, I know your name, your past, and most importantly, about Cordova. Tell me, where did he hide the holocron? (Cal draws his lightsaber.) Outstanding.
---
This is too easy.
I'm the superior fighter.
Stop moving.
So slow...
Let's finish this.
I've suffered far worse.
I'll destroy you like the others.
You can't run forever.
That was nothing.
I will destroy you.
---
You're learning. Not quite as gifted as Cere's last apprentice, but not bad.
[You've been keeping count.]
I'm surprised she didn't tell you. Cere was never good at keeping secrets.
[And you know her so well, huh?]
She was weak. Cracked in an Imperial torture chair. Surrendered the location of her naive Padawan. They would never have found me if it wasn't for her. She betrayed me.
[You're Trilla.]
In the flesh.
[I won't let you manipulate me.]
So sure, are you? When faced with the choice to protect herself or her padawan, she chose self-interest. She'll sell you out too.
[Well, I can handle myself.]
Can you afford to take that chance? Your new master harbours great darkness. The look on her face when she saw what they had done to me, as I am now. She turned, exposing her true nature. She used the Dark Side.
[She cut herself off from the Force.]
Oh? How long before she cracks and betrays you too? Is that who you want beside you when you find the holocron? What would Jaro Tapal say?
[You have no right to say his name.]
What would he think if he could see his Padawan now, skulking in the shadows with a betrayer? Granting her access to a legion of impressionable students--
[No, I won't let anyone touch them.]
I thought the same thing once.
---
[I found it, but... Cere, why didn't you tell me?]
Because she's a liar.
[You! How?]
I rerouted communication the moment you tried to contact her. Slicing encrypted transmissions was always a pastime of hers. She taught me once. There's no technique Cere has that I haven't perfected.
---
You're running out of time.
[For what?]
My scouts located an artifact of interest at the read of this tomb. Even now I'm studying it, learning his secrets. It seems Cordova was rather taken with these Zeffo. Perhaps enough to hide the holocron amongst their bones.
[Yeah, we'll see how much you learn.]
---
More of my soldiers breach this tomb every minute.
[Afraid to face me yourself?]
Had your droid not intervened, I would have killed you with ease.
[Beep!!!
It's okay, buddy, just ignore her.]
---
Imagine the artifacts the Empire would have missed if it weren't for your intervention on this backwater planet.
[Sure it's worth the cost? I hear Project Auger came at a high price.]
Stormtroopers and workers. Expendable resources.
[You're a monster.]
I am what Cere made me.
---
I've taken the artifact back to my ship for analysis. Pity you couldn't make it in time.
[Doesn't matter what you steal. You'll never understand it.]
Yet you do?
[You'll find out soon enough.]
I'll take those odds.
---
I noticed something while examining this sarcophagus. It's a very convenient location to dispose of nuisances.
[You lured me here. Was this your plan all along?]
You truly have the wits of a scrapper.
---
Very good, Padawan. You've cleared the way.
[What are you talking about?]
I needed this tomb raised, and now that I have what I need, you are of no use to me.
[Beep!
Can you reverse what she's done?
Be-boop beep.]
---
Oh? How uncharacteristically prescient of you. Here, I thought your greatest virtue was your dogged persistence as you stumble from one debacle to the next.
A scant mercy. I wagered one meaningless Padawan against a prize that will win me the Emperor's favour.
Of course not. We both have our pride. But yours has cost you the lives of all the Force-sensitive children on that holochron. And your own.
---
I'm going to enjoy ending you.
Still running?
Has Cere not trained you?
---
Careful with that thing. It's been through hell.
---
Don't go. We need to stick together.
[No, I'm going to lure them away and then I'm going to circle back. Stay with the younglings, Trilla. May the Force be with you.]
Master! Don't leave us!
[Trilla, what's going to happen?]
It's okay. It's okay.
---
[Trilla. I saw what you've been through. You've experienced great suffering. It's not too late to let it go.]
Let go? I'm stronger now, because of the pain. I knew you'd come back for this. No, thank you. You'll never make it out of this place alive.
---
That won't change anything.
Reel in agony.
Weak technique.
You can't win.
This is the end, Padawan.
You can't escape.
Suffer, as I have.
---
[Cal.
I have the holocron.
I need to do this. It's over, Trilla.]
Nothing is ever truly over.
[This fight is over. I know the darkness that is eating you up inside and every day we choose to either feed it or fight it.]
It's too late, Cere.
[No. It's not. I know the choices that I made took all your choices away, and I have failed you, Trilla. I failed you, and I am so very sorry.]
no subject
We seek a dangerous fugitive. This is no common anarchist, but a devotee of the treasonous Jedi order. Failure to turn over this traitor will result in a charge of sedition. Turn yourslef in or everyone present shall face summary execution.
[... To the Empire, we're all just expendable.]
Yes. You are. (stabs Prauf through the chest w her saber)
Look at this. A lightsaber.
---
Going somewhere? (Cal draws his lightsaber.) I recognize that stance. Perhaps you've had some training after all. Who was your master, Padawan? Someone I killed, perhaps? Whaat Jedi gave their life so that you might live?
---
Scared, are you?
You bleed like all of the others.
That strike will be your last.
This is the price of your arrogance.
Faster than I thought.
---
Cal Kestis. How predictable. Oh yes, I know your name, your past, and most importantly, about Cordova. Tell me, where did he hide the holocron? (Cal draws his lightsaber.) Outstanding.
---
This is too easy.
I'm the superior fighter.
Stop moving.
So slow...
Let's finish this.
I've suffered far worse.
I'll destroy you like the others.
You can't run forever.
That was nothing.
I will destroy you.
---
You're learning. Not quite as gifted as Cere's last apprentice, but not bad.
[You've been keeping count.]
I'm surprised she didn't tell you. Cere was never good at keeping secrets.
[And you know her so well, huh?]
She was weak. Cracked in an Imperial torture chair. Surrendered the location of her naive Padawan. They would never have found me if it wasn't for her. She betrayed me.
[You're Trilla.]
In the flesh.
[I won't let you manipulate me.]
So sure, are you? When faced with the choice to protect herself or her padawan, she chose self-interest. She'll sell you out too.
[Well, I can handle myself.]
Can you afford to take that chance? Your new master harbours great darkness. The look on her face when she saw what they had done to me, as I am now. She turned, exposing her true nature. She used the Dark Side.
[She cut herself off from the Force.]
Oh? How long before she cracks and betrays you too? Is that who you want beside you when you find the holocron? What would Jaro Tapal say?
[You have no right to say his name.]
What would he think if he could see his Padawan now, skulking in the shadows with a betrayer? Granting her access to a legion of impressionable students--
[No, I won't let anyone touch them.]
I thought the same thing once.
---
[I found it, but... Cere, why didn't you tell me?]
Because she's a liar.
[You! How?]
I rerouted communication the moment you tried to contact her. Slicing encrypted transmissions was always a pastime of hers. She taught me once. There's no technique Cere has that I haven't perfected.
---
You're running out of time.
[For what?]
My scouts located an artifact of interest at the read of this tomb. Even now I'm studying it, learning his secrets. It seems Cordova was rather taken with these Zeffo. Perhaps enough to hide the holocron amongst their bones.
[Yeah, we'll see how much you learn.]
---
More of my soldiers breach this tomb every minute.
[Afraid to face me yourself?]
Had your droid not intervened, I would have killed you with ease.
[Beep!!!
It's okay, buddy, just ignore her.]
---
Imagine the artifacts the Empire would have missed if it weren't for your intervention on this backwater planet.
[Sure it's worth the cost? I hear Project Auger came at a high price.]
Stormtroopers and workers. Expendable resources.
[You're a monster.]
I am what Cere made me.
---
I've taken the artifact back to my ship for analysis. Pity you couldn't make it in time.
[Doesn't matter what you steal. You'll never understand it.]
Yet you do?
[You'll find out soon enough.]
I'll take those odds.
---
I noticed something while examining this sarcophagus. It's a very convenient location to dispose of nuisances.
[You lured me here. Was this your plan all along?]
You truly have the wits of a scrapper.
---
Very good, Padawan. You've cleared the way.
[What are you talking about?]
I needed this tomb raised, and now that I have what I need, you are of no use to me.
[Beep!
Can you reverse what she's done?
Be-boop beep.]
---
Oh? How uncharacteristically prescient of you. Here, I thought your greatest virtue was your dogged persistence as you stumble from one debacle to the next.
A scant mercy. I wagered one meaningless Padawan against a prize that will win me the Emperor's favour.
Of course not. We both have our pride. But yours has cost you the lives of all the Force-sensitive children on that holochron. And your own.
---
I'm going to enjoy ending you.
Still running?
Has Cere not trained you?
---
Careful with that thing. It's been through hell.
---
Don't go. We need to stick together.
[No, I'm going to lure them away and then I'm going to circle back. Stay with the younglings, Trilla. May the Force be with you.]
Master! Don't leave us!
[Trilla, what's going to happen?]
It's okay. It's okay.
---
[Trilla. I saw what you've been through. You've experienced great suffering. It's not too late to let it go.]
Let go? I'm stronger now, because of the pain. I knew you'd come back for this. No, thank you. You'll never make it out of this place alive.
---
That won't change anything.
Reel in agony.
Weak technique.
You can't win.
This is the end, Padawan.
You can't escape.
Suffer, as I have.
---
[Cal.
I have the holocron.
I need to do this. It's over, Trilla.]
Nothing is ever truly over.
[This fight is over. I know the darkness that is eating you up inside and every day we choose to either feed it or fight it.]
It's too late, Cere.
[No. It's not. I know the choices that I made took all your choices away, and I have failed you, Trilla. I failed you, and I am so very sorry.]
I've carried so much hate for you.
(nasty crime dad)
...
[You have failed me, Inquisitor.]
Avenge us.