SCENE 4.

O, Viceroy, get you gone and ne’er return.

You must unto the Senate go and tell

How your abuse of power did occur,

How you attack’d a people innocent,

How you conspir’d with men of evil deeds,

How you did seek to conquer brave Naboo.

It seems your dream of harsh, unending pow’r

Hath interrupted been and shall ne’er be.

[Exeunt Nute Gunray and Rune Haako escorted by Captain Panaka and guards.

Enter YODA, MACE WINDU, KI-ADI-MUNDI, members of the Jedi Council, and CHANCELLOR PALPATINE.

We are indebted to you heartily,

Courageous Obi-Wan Kenobi. Aye,

And thou, young Skywalker, with interest

We shall watch o’er the progress of thy days.

Congratulations on your grand election,

Good Palpatine, now Chancellor Supreme.

Your spirit bold hath sav’d our sweet Naboo,

’Tis you to whom congratulation’s due.

As one, we two together shall bring peace,

Prosperity and joy to the Republic.

[Exeunt all but Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, who kneels.

Confer on thee, now,

The level of Jedi Knight

The Council doth. Rise!

Yet agree with this—

Taking as Padawan th’boy—

I do not, indeed.

Yet Qui-Gon had a strong belief in him.

Mayhap ’tis correct

That the boy’s the chosen one.

Belike it is true.

Wise Master Yoda, I did give my word

To Qui-Gon as he knock’d upon death’s door.

I will train Anakin, and can, and shall—

Without approval of the council, if

Indeed it doth come to that point and time.

Qui-Gon’s defiance

Is greatly renew’d in thee.

Need that thou dost not.

What is the path that I shall follow next?

The council hath permission granted that

I may take you as my new Padawan.

Thou wilt be train’d by me, if it shall suit.

Thou shalt a Jedi be, I promise thee.

I stand prepar’d to follow and obey.

Enter YODA and MACE WINDU, above on balcony.

There is no doubt: the man mysterious,

The one who slew Qui-Gon, he was a Sith.

Always two there are.

’Tis no more and no fewer:

Master, apprentice.

Yet who was he destroyèd in the shaft?

The master or apprentice? None can say.

O, strike up, pipers! Sing us merry songs!

[The people of Naboo and the Gungans join together in song.

[sing:] Fly happily upon your feet,

Sing ho and be ye merry!

The wretched foe hath seen defeat,

O, be ye merry! Very!

Our frightful battle all is done,

Sing ho and be ye merry!

Naboo and Gungans now are one,

O, be ye merry! Very!

The strife is o’er, the woe is pass’d,

Sing ho and be ye merry!

And now sweet peace hath come at last,

O, be ye merry! Very!

[Obi-Wan Kenobi, Queen Amidala, and Anakin Skywalker come forward as all freeze.

The first adventure hath both come and gone,

And in its tranquil outcome we find rest.

Toward the future we now look with hope,

And seek to enter it with spirits brave.

A boy took his first step on th’Jedi path,

A Jedi from a killer sav’d a queen,

A queen releas’d her people from a threat,

A people made sweet peace with neighbors kind.

New friends were made, another dear friend lost,

And all hath grown by this experience.

These star wars end in celebration here,

Despite the pain, betrayal, hurt, and fear.

Enter CHORUS as epilogue.

With beating drums a’pounding in the air

And standards wav’d in flight above each head,

With decorations streaming o’er the square

And marching Gungans, joy is here widespread.

Young Anakin, now dress’d as Padawan,

Doth give a knowing nod unto the queen.

His master Jedi Knight, e’en Obi-Wan,

Looks on as Jar Jar rides his kaadu keen.

The Jedi Council watches the parade,

And Palpatine’s odd visage none can probe.

Boss Nass walks forth in pomp, his help repaid

As Padmé offers him a glist’ning globe.

This globe of peace o’er all Naboo holds sway,

Whilst falls the curtain on our merry play.

[Exeunt omnes.