Knights of the Old Republic
No.1
Ulic Qel-Droma
and the Beast Wars of Onderon

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TAPE ONE / SIDE ONE ============================================================================= PART ONE -- "ULIC QEL-DROMA AND THE BEAST WARS OF ONDERON" ============================================================================= NARRATOR: Star Wars -- Tales of the Jedi. Music: Star Wars Main Theme. NARRATOR: For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the most powerful -- the most respected -- force in the galaxy. In the ages before the rise of the Emperor Palpatine, before the fall of Darth Vader, before the birth of Luke Skywalker, the Jedi Knights were guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Through all the long years, their stories have been preserved. Two of the most famous of these Jedi warriors were Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi Sunrider. Young Jedi Knights of great power, who learned to master the ways of the Force. Their adventures were a prelude to the great wars that would follow, for the rise and fall of empires, and for all future clashes between the Dark Side and the Light. The battle that would alter the course of the galaxy begins on the planet Arcania, where the great Jedi Master Arca patiently trains his three apprentices: the brash young Ulic Qel-Droma, his brother Cay, and the alien called Tott Doneeta, a member of the Twi'lek race. Listen now to these stories of good and evil -- these legends of heroes and villains struggling for control of the galaxy. . . . . . . . these tales of the Jedi. . . . . . . SCENE 1-1 EXT. ARCANIA - TRAINING GROUND ============================================================ Sound: Tinkering noises. The whir of a droid's servomotors, and a blaster shot. The whine of a lightsaber moving, and a pained grunt. Ulic Qel-Droma is deflecting blaster shots from a droid. CAY: Good block, Ulic! ULIC: (breathing hard) Thanks, Cay. TOTT: By the goddess of the Twi'leks, your brother handles his lightsaber well, Cay. Sound: Ulic starts sparring with the training droid again. CAY: He's the best, Tott Doneeta. (another block) Whoa-hoh! TOTT: Still, are you sure you wouldn't like some help, my friend? ULIC: Aw, you know better than to ask that, Tott Doneeta! I can handle this on my own! This training droid is old and slow. Sound: Another lightsaber block. CAY: Then maybe we should turn it up another notch. (respectfully) With your permission, Master Arca. . . . ARCA: (a weathered, wise voice) Yes, Cay. I think your older brother could use a more difficult test. CAY: All right, Ulic. The Jedi Master has spoken. A better test for our great hero! Sound: More tinkering. CAY: I'll just open up this droid's energy regulators, and. . . . . off you go! Sound: The speed of the sparring picks up significantly. ULIC: Ha ha, that's better! But still (grunt) not (grunt) good enough -- uhh -- to beat -- unn -- me! Sound: Ulic chops the droid's blaster arm off, and turns off his lightsaber. ULIC: There! CAY: Hooray! TOTT: (chuckle) Well done, Ulic. ULIC: Thank you, thank you. ARCA: But I believe you should -- Sound: The droid blasts Ulic in the back with his other arm. It only stings a little. ULIC: (moans) ARCA: -- watch your back, my young pupil. CAY: Ulic! You should have known that droid was still armed! Are you all right? ULIC: Uh. . . . sure, Cay. Just a bruised ego, is all. TOTT: Your brother lets his courage cloud his mind, Cay. ARCA: Tott Doneeta speaks well, Ulic. A Jedi needs more than mere bravery. Overconfidence has been the undoing of many a seasoned warrior. Let the Force be your strength. ULIC: You're right. As usual, Master Arca. If that training droid had been using deadly force, I'd be a burn mark on the wall right now. CAY: Well, you still did a pretty good job on it. Sound: Cay opens the droid up. CAY: I'd better get to work fixing it back up. ARCA: Sit down, Cay. The droid can wait. I have a story to tell all three of you. But. . . . . you must listen as a Jedi listens. ULIC: (whisper) Cay, pay attention! It's disrespectful to fix your lightsaber when a Jedi Master is talking to you! CAY: (whisper) I'm not fixing it, Ulic! I'm tuning the blade! ULIC: Shh! ARCA: (concentrating) Open your thoughts to me. Let my words become images in your minds. Listen to me, Ulic. . . . . . listen to me, Cay. . . . . . listen to me, Tott Doneeta. . . . Sound: Blowing wind, as the Master uses the Force to plant images of his story in his student's minds. ARCA: Through the Force, you will see things. . . . . other places. . . . the future, the past. . . . . (pause) Light years from here, orbiting a yellow sun, is the world of Onderon, circled by its’ four moons. Sound: A large animal's footsteps, on rocky ground. CAY : I. . . . . I see it. It's a terrible place. Desolate. . . . ULIC: I see it too. Creatures live there. Monsters with wings. . . . . big as skyhoppers! Sound: A keening cry of a flying creature, which swoops down and tears into the walking creature. ULIC: (con't). . . . with terrible jaws. . . . . TOTT: I too see the vision. Is it the future, or -- ARCA: The past. You see the distant past of the planet Onderon. Eons ago, the atmospheres of Onderon and it's fourth moon would touch briefly during the summer season. In those days, a number of these savage creatures learned to escape the confines of their lunar home, and migrated to the planet Onderon. Sound: A tiny village. ULIC: But. . . . there are people on that planet! Primitive. . . . helpless. . . . they'll be slaughtered! Sound: The cry of the approaching beasts. VILLAGE MAN: (echoing) What's that? VILLAGE WOMAN: (echoing) Creatures. . . . coming out of the clouds! VILLAGE MAN: They're coming this way!! LOOK OUT!!! VILLAGE WOMAN: My baby. . . . . IT'S GOT MY BABY!!!!! ARCA: And so it was. The peaceful Onderonians were utterly unprepared for these savage beasts. The winged creatures hunted and ate them at will. Grew fat, and multiplied. The gentle Onderonians were forced to develop weapons of death. In a few brief years, the Onderonians learned the pleasures of hunting, and began to kill the monsters for meat. And sport. TOTT: Master, my people -- the Twi'lek race of the planet Ryloth -- say that "War is the beginning of civilization. " ARCA: Well, Tott, on the planet Onderon, that was certainly the case. Behold the vision, as the eons pass. . . . . ULIC: I see the tribes pass away. Civilization begins. Tribal culture evolved into civilization. But Master Arca. . . . the vision is. . . . . strange. I see only ONE gigantic city on the entire planet. ARCA: There is only one city on Onderon. Thanks to the constant threat of the beasts, Onderonian society developed into one great walled fortress, called Iziz. CAY: In the vision, it grows year by year. ULIC: I've never seen a city so huge! There must be MILLIONS of inhabitants! Sound: Cry of the Beasts. CAY: WATCH OUT!! THE BEASTS ARE ATTACKING!!! ARCA: Stay calm, Cay. It is only a vision. Year after year, the winged Beasts attack the city, drawn by the scent of Onderonian flesh. But the people develop more powerful weapons, and drove the creatures back. . . . Sound: An early form of blaster gun fires. ARCA: Inside the city, civilization ruled. But beyond it's walls, most of the planet remained a savage outland, ruled by the vicious Beasts. JUDGE: (echoing, distinguished voice) For crimes committed against the city, I exile you to the wilderness beyond the Walls!! CRIMINAL: (echoing) NO!! NNNOOO!!!!! ARCA: During the ages, it became the Onderonian's custom to exile lawbreakers into the wilderness. GUARD: (echoing) Out you go, Lawbreaker! CRIMINAL (echoing) Noo. . . . . have mercy. . . . . . NNNNOOOOOO!!!! Sound: Guard kicks the Criminal out the open door. The cry of a Beast. Ripping, shredding sounds, and the Criminal's dying gurgles. ARCA: At first, the monsters provided quick and efficient execution for these outcasts. But eventually, the outlaws learned to tame the flying Beasts. Sound: The growl of a Beast. OUTLAW: (echoing) Lash it down! OUTLAW TWO: (echoing) Get that rope secure! Watch out for those jaws! OUTLAW: (echoing) Get that muzzle on! ARCA: A few of the outcasts established themselves as powerful warlords, with great armies of vicious Beasts at their command. Onderon became a divided world. A world constantly at war, as both the outlaws and the city dwellers developed more and more powerful weapons of destruction. ULIC: The vision. . . . . it's fading. . . . . ARCA: We have reached the present. Now, the people of Onderon have asked the Republic to intercede. And the Republic, in turn, has called upon the Jedi for help. I have agreed to become the watchman of the Onderon system. ULIC: Are you going to leave us, Master Arca? Or will you take us with you? ARCA: I'm not taking you with me, Ulic. Because I'm staying here. YOU are going to Onderon. ULIC, CAY, AND TOTT: What?!? CAY: Us? I don't understand. . . . ULIC: Don't you see, Cay? At last, after all our years of training. . . . we've been given our first mission! SCENE 1-2 EXT. ARKANIA - LANDING PAD - THE FOLLOWING DAY ======================================================== Sound: In the background, Ulic and Cay's ship -- the "Nebulon Ranger" -- warms up to launch. ULIC: Tott Doneeta and my brother are already aboard the Nebulon Ranger, Master Arca. I just wanted to thank you again. We won't fail you. Music: Low, somber SW theme begins under Arca's next words. ARCA: The Onderonians have asked for help in ending their centuries-long state of war. They will want you to fight, but remember Ulic -- the Jedi bring PEACE. Use your weapons as a last resort. ULIC: We will do as you ask, Master. We only request that you keep us in your thoughts. ARCA: In the power of the Force, I will be with you, Ulic. But this is to be a test of your Knighthood. You and your companions must make your own way through the difficulties you will encounter. May the Force be with you. Sound: A moment later, the Nebulon Ranger launches. SCENE 1-3 INT. NEBULON RANGER COCKPIT - SEVERAL HOURS LATER ============================================================= Sound: Normal cockpit sounds. Beeping sound. CAY: Ulic, the navigation computer says we're approaching the Onderonian system. We'll hit their gravity well any minute. ULIC: Stop fiddling with the instruments, Cay. Relax. Tott Doneeta was just telling me more about his homeworld. TOTT: As I was saying. . . . my people, the Twi'leks, have an ancient and rich history of nonviolence. We prefer intellect and cleverness to outright brutality. CAY: Entering the gravity well of Onderon, Ulic. I'm cutting in sublight engines. ULIC: But I've heard that some Twi'leks have begun forming alliances with offworlders, Tott. Even with smugglers like the Hutts. CAY: Sublight engines engaged. Entering the atmosphere. TOTT: All species have their stray members, Ulic. You can't hold the race responsible for the actions of -- Sound: A klaxon stops all conversation. CAY: Sorry to interrupt your pleasure with business, boys, but I've got a flight of giant birds on a collision trajectory! Sound: Ulic takes the controls. ULIC: All right. Angle the deflector shields, Tott. I'm taking the Nebulon Ranger down another 1,000 meters. That should -- CAY: No good, Ulic. The whole swarm is maneuvering to hit us. ULIC: What kind of crazy birds would -- TOTT: I've got a visual sighting, Ulic. Those aren't birds. Those are Beast Riders! Armed with -- Sound: The Nebulon Ranger is hit badly. Blaster fire. Cry of the Beasts. ULIC: -- heavy blasters! Beginning evasive maneuvers. . . TOTT: Deflectors are holding. Shall I return fire? ULIC: No. Master Arca sent us here to make peace. We'll fly through the swarm without firing a shot. Cay, contact the city. CAY: I'm on it. (activates comm) Attention, city of Iziz. This is the Nebulon Ranger, requesting permission to land. Repeat, Nebulon Ranger requesting permission to land! NOVAR: (a haughty, accented voice on comm) We read you, Nebulon Ranger. You are expected. Turn on course 030 to the royal spacedock. ULIC: We have a slight problem, Iziz. Actually, we estimate 30-40 slight problems. Beast Riders using our ship for target practice. NOVAR: Continue on your present heading, Nebulon Ranger. Our defensive batteries will take care of those Beast Riders. Sound: Heavy cannon fire from the city smashes the Beasts. SCENE 1-4 OUTSIDE THE NEBULON RANGER. . . . ======================================================== RIDER #1: That ship is breaking through. It's going to reach the city. RIDER #2: We must stop it! The Jedi must not be allowed to reach Iziz! I'm taking my Beast Riders after them! (whips his Beast) Hi-yah!! RIDER #1: Wait! Not here! We're too close to the perimeter. Those turboblasters will -- Sound: Turboblaster fire. Scream of one Beast Rider as he and his Beast are burned to a crisp. RIDER #1: Too late. That's more good men I've lost to the city dwellers. They will pay. . . . . in blood. SCENE 1-5 EXT. IZIZ -- LANDING PAD ========================================================== Sound: The Nebulon Ranger settles onto the pad. The hatch opens. NOVAR: Jedi Knights. Welcome. I am Novar, adviser to Queen Amanoa, ruler of Iziz. ULIC: Queen Amanoa? We had heard that King Omin ruled the city. NOVAR: Sadly, the King has. . . . . recently passed into the darkness. Queen Amanoa rules here in his great name. ULIC: I am Ulic Qel-Droma. This is my brother Cay. And this-- NOVAR: (suddenly enraged) An ALIEN LIFEFORM!!! GUARDS!!! SEIZE HIM!!!! Sound: Tott is accosted by two burly guards. ULIC: (shocked) Hey, what's going on?!? This is Tott Doneeta, our companion! Tell your armor-plated turbos to -- NOVAR: (coldly) We have a strict ban on aliens entering the Royal citadel. The Royal protectors will remove this one for. . . . . . ’interrogation. ’ Sound: Two lightsabers ignite simultaneously. ULIC: (angry himself) DID I NOT SAY IT?!? WE ARE JEDI!!! LET HIM GO!!!! NOVAR: Be careful, 'Jedi'. Mortal threats on your part will cause severe political repercussions. Sound: A comm on Novar beeps. ROYAL ADVISOR: Novar, the Queen orders the three Jedi to the throne room. At once!! SCENE 1-6 INT. IZIZ ROYAL PALACE - CORRIDOR / THRONE ROOM ============================================================== Sound: A royal court in full swing in the distance. NOVAR: The Queen's throne room is just ahead. CAY: This is quite a city. Don't you think, Tott? TOTT: Indeed, Cay. It covers hundreds of square miles. Millions must live inside its walls. But I find something. . . . disturbing. ULIC: Oh, you're just angry about the misunderstanding at the docking bay, Tott. Remember -- we're here to bring peace. Sound: The gate to the throne room opens. The royal court noise quiets to silence. NOVAR: Jedi Knights, this is Her Majesty, Queen Amanoa. And her daughter, Princess Galia. AMANOA: (a crackly, old voice) These are the Jedi?? GALIA: (a much younger voice, 16 years old) They look like untutored youths. ULIC: Queen Amanoa, I am Ulic Qel-Droma. These are my companions. AMANOA: Come, come, boy. When we asked for help in dealing with these Beast Riders, we were expecting a great Jedi Master. Not boys. ULIC: Master Arca has entrusted us with the job of bringing peace to this system. Please understand, Queen Amanoa-- once you embrace the Republic, the power of all the Jedi is ready to serve you. AMANOA: (unimpressed) A nice speech, little boy. But we shall reserve our judgment. In the meantime, let me introduce my daughter, Princess Galia. GALIA: It's an honor to meet such. . . . . young Jedi. CAY: (irritated) Ohh. . . . I'm getting tired of this. . . . AMANOA: Jedi, as you know, we are plagued by outlaws. These Beast Riders are led by a savage named Oron Kira. My poor daughter cannot even go to the forest without a hundred armed men. But I believe the threat has become even more serious. The attack on your ship suggests that the outlaws now have spies within the city itself. Somehow, they knew of your approach even before we did. I -- Sound: Far off explosions. AMANOA: What was that? Novar? NOVAR: Viewscreen on! Sound: Viewscreen activates. GUARD: (on comm, static-filled) . . . . . northern Rampart, heading for the palace. . . . . repeat, Beast Riders have broken through the northern rampart! They're heading for the--- Sound: BIG explosion, right in the room!! Glass shatters, and the howl of the Beasts fill the chamber. Blaster fire begins to rain down --- ULIC: Beast Riders!! AMANOA: GUARDS!! DEFEND US!! TOTT: By the Twi'lek goddess -- they're the same bunch that swarmed the Ranger! AMANOA: Here's the chance to prove the power of your promise, Jedi. Will you help us now, to defend our city? ULIC: Yes. Sound: Ulic ignites his lightsaber. Cay and Tott do the same. ULIC: We'd be honored. Cay, Tott, are you with me? CAY: We're with you, brother! Let's go!! Sound: The three Jedi wade into the Beast Riders, hacking and slashing. AMANOA: Come, my daughter. We will flee while the Jedi delay our enemies. GALIA: (surprisingly hesitant) But Mother, I. . . . . AMANOA: Come! My personal bodyguards will defend us. Sound: A Beast cries out in the heat of the battle. RIDER #1: Jedi pest!! My beast will eat you alive! Sound: Lightsaber slash, and the wet thud of something hitting the floor. ULIC: First you'll have to reattach its' head to its' neck! CAY: Nice piece of work, Ulic! ULIC: These Beast Riders are no problem! Between us and the palace guards, we've got 'em licked! TOTT: Don't be too rash, Ulic. I saw two Beast Riders slip through. I'll bet a Hutt's ransom they're after the Queen. . . . . ULIC: Okay, Tott. You and Cay follow them. I'll keep this bunch busy. TOTT: Are you kidding? You can't handle this bunch alone! ULIC: Don't worry, Tott! Go on! These Beast Riders are slower than a third-rate training droid! SCENE 1-7 INT. ROYAL PALACE - CORRIDOR LEADING TO QUEEN'S CHAMBERS ======================================================================== Sound: Running footsteps. RIDER #1: Hurry, Gobee. You're slower than a third-rate training droid. GOBEE: I'm running as fast as I can! I'm used to riding on the back of my Beast, not hoofing it down hallways in the Royal palace! BODYGUARD: This will be your first and last trip, Beast Rider. RIDER #1: Well, if it isn't two of the Royal bodyguards. And there's the Queen -- and her lovely daughter. . . . GALIA: Mother -- AMANOA: Guards, defend us! BODYGUARD #2: Stand and die, invaders! RIDER #1: (amused) Did he say "die"? GOBEE: That's what he said. Sound: The two Beast Riders blast down the two bodyguards. RIDER #1: Now, Queen Amanoa. . . . . . AMANOA: Cursed enemies!!! (echoing) I call down the power of the ancient Jedi, Freedon Nadd, upon thee!!! Sound: . . . . . . . . . hmm, nothing happens. GOBEE:. . . . . . uh, right. Sound: Gobee shoots the Queen. GOBEE: (laughing) I guess Freedon Nadd must be "nadd"ing off! GALIA: You Beast Riders have killed her!! RIDER #1: Don't worry, Princess, she's only lightly stunned. She'll come around in a few seconds. Now, let's go. You're coming with us! Sound: The Beast Riders (with Princess Galia in tow) race out of the corridor. A moment later, the two Jedi Knights rush up. AMANOA: (moans as she comes around. She starts sobbing. ) CAY: Come on, Tott! I think they're down here! AMANOA: Gone. . . . my daughter gone. . . . . CAY: Tott, I found the bodies! The Beast Riders killed the guards, and Queen Amanoa! TOTT: No, Cay. The Queen is alive. AMANOA: CURSED JEDI!!! You said you came to PROTECT us!!! CAY: Your Majesty, where is your daughter? AMANOA: Taken. My poor Galia. . . . taken by those savages!!! Sound: Ulic runs up. ULIC: Cay, Tott, I followed as soon as I could. The Beast Riders turned tail and ran. . . . I guess we were too. . . . wh-what happened here? AMANOA: Ulic Qel-Droma, is THIS my reward for asking you to help our beleaguered city?!? The loss of my daughter. . . . . I DEMAND, in the name of the Republic, that you seek out the kidnappers and bring her back!! ULIC: You have our word, Your Majesty. TOTT: (quietly) Ulic. . . can I speak with you? (pause, then tightly) Master Arca put you in charge of this mission, Ulic, but he also says that you've overconfident. I think that we should report back to Master Arca. Let him make the decision. ULIC: No. No, it's time for us to prove to Master Arca that we are worthy of being called Jedi Knights. TOTT: I don't know, Ulic. I don't trust these people. . . . . something about them. . . . . . ULIC: Queen Amanoa, we leave at once for the wilds of Onderon! We will not return until we have freed your daughter! Sound: The three Jedi Knights march off. AMANOA: (cackling) Excellent, young Jedi!! (evilly) EXCELLENT. . . . . . SCENE 1-8 EXT. ONDERON FOREST ================================================== Sound: Rain forest noises. GOBEE: (yawn) Aw, man, I hate pulling this kind of duty. I don't know why Oron Kira's stuck us out here in the middle of the jungle. GUARD #2: C'mon, Gobee, keep your eyes on your instruments. Oron Kira's the boss. And he says these hunter-seeker torpedoes we're manning are important. Now that we've got hold of the Princess, the Queen's sure to send out search parties. GOBEE: Yeah, sure. But those sensor operators on the city couldn't find their backsides in the bathtub. They'll never find us in all this wilderness -- Sound: Sensor alarm. The Nebulon Ranger roars right overhead, going full speed. GUARD #2: Yeah?? Then what's THAT?!? GOBEE: It's an offworld ship, and it's heading right for Oron Kira's hideout!! SCENE 1-9 INT. NEBULON RANGER COCKPIT =============================================================== Sound: Normal cockpit noises. Ulic makes a few instrument adjustments. Sensor alarm. CAY: Ulic, I've got a power reading dead ahead. Looks like a main generator. . . . big enough to power up a small city. TOTT: Visual sighting. . . . it's a small fortress, built into the mountainside! I can see a few of those winged Beasts, circling the tower. ULIC: That must be the Beast Riders' hideout, Cay. Tott, cut our speed to half-throttle, and come around to -- Sound: Another alarm goes off. CAY: Ulic, I've got a small object in flight, heading our way. ULIC: What is it, more Beast Riders with hand blasters? CAY: Negative. It's a seeker torpedo, doing magnitude 6 over the speed of sound! Tott, hit the shields!! HIT THE SH-- Sound: Massive explosion. . . . . then a thunderous CRASH.