- Mace Windu: What is Skywalker doing?
- [hands macrobinoculars to General Kenobi]
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: It appears to be one of Anakin's improvised plans.
- Mace Windu: How can it be a plan if it's improvised?
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: Not to worry, just catch them when they fall.
- Captain Rex: A lot of the General's plans involve falling.
- Narrator: A calculated risk! Following a costly victory on the planet Malastare, Chancellor Palpatine orders Jedi Knights Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker to transport a fearsome Zillo beast, captured during the battle, back to Coruscant. After seeing that not even a lightsaber could harm the beast, Chancellor Palpatine hopes to unlock the secret of it's invulnerability to create new armor for the Republic's Clone troopers. Tensions run high as the most dangerous life form in the galaxy touches down on the Republic's most populous planet.
- Padmé Amidala: You're supposed to be helping. Who's side are you on anyway?
- Anakin Skywalker: Yours, but... you must admit, the Chancellor makes some good points.
- Aayla Secura: [running on top of the Zillo Beast's back] We aren't having much of an effect.
- Yoda: Time to leave, it is.
- Dr. Sionver Boll: It's scales are remarkably strong and light. If we could examine their composition, we might be able to synthesize them to reinforce our clone armor.
- Chancellor Palpatine: And what is stopping you?
- Dr. Sionver Boll: We need to remove the scales first. It's very difficult, not to mention painful.
- Chancellor Palpatine: Would it not be more efficient to simply kill the beast?
- Mas Amedda: Kill it? Are you sure?
- Dr. Sionver Boll: Chancellor, I must protest. Besides being the last of its kind, this creature may be intelligent.
- Chancellor Palpatine: I find that hard to believe. It is, after all, just an animal.
- [Zillo beast growls]
- Dr. Sionver Boll: It didn't seem to like your comment.
- Chancellor Palpatine: I applaud your high moral stance, Doctor. After all, principle is in short supply these days. However, every passing minute of warfare brings countless deaths, deaths that could be prevented once the beast's secrets are unlocked. If there is anyway to hasten that process, it is our moral duty to explore it.
- Dr. Sionver Boll: I serve at your pleasure, Chancellor. I'm just not sure where to begin. The fact remains that the beast is indestructible.
- Chancellor Palpatine: Nothing is truly indescribable, Doctor. Wasn't there something in Malastare fuel that affected the beast?
- Dr. Sionver Boll: It weakened the Zillo, yes, but...
- Chancellor Palpatine: Excellent. I suggest you start there. Doctor, you need to find a way to kill that beast, or we shall replace you with someone who can.
- Anakin Skywalker: Not that it isn't a pleasure, Senator, but I thought I was just meeting with Obi-Wan here.
- Padmé Amidala: Master Kenobi explained the problem. I'm here to help.
- Anakin Skywalker: Problem? What problem?
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: The situation with our friend from Malastare.
- Anakin Skywalker: Uh-huh. I see what's going on here. You think I could influence the Chancellor.
- Padmé Amidala: The Zillo Beast was chained up and brought here against its will. It has no voice to defend itself. Anakin, we have to be that voice.
- Anakin Skywalker: [chuckles] You haven't seen it in action. You have no idea what it's capable of.
- Padmé Amidala: It's what we're capable of that frightens me. A creature's life, maybe even an entire species, is at stake. Doesn't that at least warrant a discussion?
- Anakin Skywalker: [sighs] I didn't think you'd feel so strongly about it. All right, let's speak to the Chancellor. But I still don't like this.
- Chancellor Palpatine: I should have known secrets do not stay secret for long around here.
- Padmé Amidala: Isn't that precisely the point of a democracy?
- Anakin Skywalker: Of course, in wartime, some things must be kept secret, even from the people, so as not to aid the enemy.
- Mas Amedda: It is unfortunate that the beast must die, Senator. But the greater good demands it.
- Padmé Amidala: How is killing the last of a species, in secret and without debate, good for anyone?
- [the Zillo Beast is starting to escape the research facility. Several AT-TEs, tanks and three Clone Troopers get into position]
- Clone: I don't like the sound of that.
- Kosmos: If that creature is as powerful as they say, what good are these rifles gonna be?
- Clone: Ah, shut up, Kosmos.
- [the Zillo Beast rams into the wall one more time before finally bursting through, killing all the clones instantly]
- Chancellor Palpatine: Doctor, a word if you please.
- [hands over a data pad]
- Chancellor Palpatine: Your new orders.
- Dr. Sionver Boll: [shocked] What is this? You want me to clone the beast?
- Padmé Amidala: It's what we're capable of that frightens me. A creature's life, maybe even an entire species, is at stake. Doesn't that at least warrant a discussion?
- Chancellor Palpatine: A democracy is only as strong as the people who comprise it. At present, the people I am charged with protecting are dying faster than I can count. It is my moral imperative to take action. Anakin, is it not worth the life of one savage beast to give our brave troops the advantage they need to win this war?
- Chancellor Palpatine: I should have known secrets do not stay secret for long around here.
- Mas Amedda: Isn't that precisely the point of a democracy?
- Anakin Skywalker: Of course, in wartime, some things must be kept secret, even from the people, so as not to aid the enemy.
- Padmé Amidala: It is unfortunate that the beast must die, Senator. But the greater good demands it.
- Mas Amedda: How is killing the last of a species, in secret and without debate, good for anyone?