INTERIOR: TIPOCA CITY, CORRIDOR ENTRANCE - DAY
A Brilliant white light. OBI-WAN pushes the soaking hood
from his face.
TAUN WE: Master Jedi, so good to see you.
OBI-WAN wipes the rain from his face and blinks in surprise at a tall, pasty-white alien named TAUN WE. He has large, almond shaped eyes.
TAUN WE: The Prime Minister expects you.
OBI-WAN: (warily) I'm expected?
TAUN WE: Of course! He is anxious to meet you. After all these years, we were beginning to think you weren't coming. Now please, this way!
OBI-WAN masks his surprise as they move away along the corridor.
INTERIOR: TIPOCA CITY, PRIME MINISTER OFFICE - DAY
The door slides open. OBI-WAN and TAUN WE enter and cross to where LAMA SU rises, smiling, from his chair, which, like all the furniture on Kamino, seems made out of pure light.
TAUN WE: May I present Lama Su, Prime Minister of Kamino... and this is Master Jedi...
OBI-WAN: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
LAMA SU indicates a chair. OBI-WAN remains standing. TAUN WE hovers. The room is bathed in brilliant white light. The whole place is ultra high-tech.
LAMA SU: I trust you are going to enjoy your stay. We are most happy you have arrived at the best part of the season.
OBI-WAN: You make me feel most welcome.
LAMA SU: Please... (gestures to chair) And now to business. You will be delighted to hear we are on schedule. Two hundred thousand units are ready, with another million well on the way.
OBI-WAN: (improvising) That is... good news.
LAMA SU: Please tell your Master Sifo-Dyas that we have every confidence his order will be met on time and in full. He is well, I hope.
OBI-WAN: I'm sorry? Master - ?
LAMA SU: Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas. He's still a leading member of the Jedi Council, is he not?
OBI-WAN: Master Sifo-Dyas was killed almost ten years ago.
LAMA SU: Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. But I'm sure he would have been proud of the army we've built for him.
OBI-WAN: The army?
LAMA SU: Yes, a clone army. And, I must say, one of the finest we've ever created.
OBI-WAN: Tell me, Prime Minister, when my Master first contacted you about the army, did he say who it was for?
LAMA SU: Of course he did. This army is for the Republic. But you must be anxious to inspect the units for yourself.
OBI-WAN: That's why I'm here.
OBI-WAN and LAMA SU rise and walk toward the door.