Ian McDiarmid: Senator Palpatine
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Senator Palpatine : And Queen Amidala, has she signed the treaty?
Nute Gunray : She has... disappeared, my lord. One Naboo cruiser got past the blockade.
Senator Palpatine : I want that treaty signed!
Nute Gunray : M-my lord, it-it's impossible to locate the ship. It's out of our range.
Senator Palpatine : Not for a Sith.
[Darth Maul appears alongside Darth Sideous in the hologram]
Senator Palpatine : This is my apprentice, Darth Maul. He will find your lost ship.
[the hologram disappears]
Nute Gunray : This is getting out of hand! Now, there are two of them!
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Senator Palpatine : Wipe them out, all of them.
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Darth Maul : Tatooine is sparsely populated. If the trace was correct, I will find them quickly, Master.
Senator Palpatine : Move against the Jedi first. You will then have no difficulty in taking the Queen to Naboo to sign the treaty.
Darth Maul : At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge.
Senator Palpatine : You have been well trained, my young apprentice. They will be no match for you.
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Senator Palpatine : There is no civility, only politics.
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Queen Amidala : Senator, this is your arena. I feel I must return to my mine. I have decided to go back to Naboo.
Senator Palpatine : Go back? But, your Majesty, be realistic. They'll force you to sign the treaty.
Queen Amidala : I will sign no treaty, Senator. My fate will be no different to that of our people.
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Daultay Dofine : This scheme of yours has failed, Lord Sidious. The blockade is finished. We dare not go against the Jedi.
Senator Palpatine : Viceroy, I don't want this stunted slime in my sight again!
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Senator Palpatine : This turn of events is unfortunate. We must accelerate our plans. Begin landing your troops.
Nute Gunray : My lord, is that... legal?
Senator Palpatine : I will make it legal.
Nute Gunray : And the Jedi?
Senator Palpatine : The Chancellor should never have brought them into this. Kill them immediately!
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Queen Amidala : Our people are dying, Senator. We must do something quickly to stop the Federation.
Senator Palpatine : To be realistic, your Majesty, I think we are going to have to accept Federation control for the time being.
Queen Amidala : That is something I cannot do.
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Senator Palpatine : And you, young Skywalker; we shall watch your career with great interest.
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Senator Palpatine : Fellow Senators, Honored delegates. A tragedy has engulfed our system which started right here with the taxation of Trade Routes.
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Senator Palpatine : Wipe them out. All of them.
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Senator Palpatine : Enter the Bureaucrat.
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Senator Palpatine : A surprise, I'm sure, but a welcome one.
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Darth Sidious : I shall see to it that things at the Senate stay as they are.
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Senator Palpatine : The Chancellor is mired by baseless accusations of corruption.
