Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Mini Series)

Part III (2022)

Indira Varma: Tala

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• Obi-Wan Kenobi : Why do you do this? Risk everything?

  Tala : I joined up when the Empire stood for something. By the time I realized what they really were, it was too late. I made some mistakes.

  Obi-Wan Kenobi : We all did.

  Tala : I can't imagine Obi-Wan Kenobi doing anything wrong.

  Obi-Wan Kenobi : It's just Ben these days.

• Tala : [leading Obi-Wan and Leia to a safe house]  Droid maintenance. It's all automated. No one ever comes in here.

  [Leia stops short seeing a giant droid] 

  Tala : Oh, it's all right. He's on our side. Designation's NED-B.

  Leia Organa : Hi, NED-B. This is L0-LA59. Lola, say hello.

  [Lola chirps] 

  Tala : Uh, he's just a loader. They don't allow them to communicate.

  Leia Organa : But what if he has something to say?

  Tala : Actions speak louder than words.

• Tala : He gave you the right coordinates. I was on my way when the probes arrived, but you'd already gone.

  Obi-Wan Kenobi : I hadn't expected anyone to come.

  Tala : [hiding as two stormtroopers pass by]  The Empire's gone into high alert. They've locked everything down.

  Obi-Wan Kenobi : Can we still get out?

  Tala : I can get you to the port. There's a pilot who's agreed to take you, but he's not scheduled to leave for a few hours, so we need to lay low.

• Leia Organa : Is it scary? Having to pretend?

  Tala : Yeah, sometimes. But it's worth it if I can help people.

  [strapping on a blaster holster] 

  Tala : I wear it on the other side. Gives me a faster draw.

  Leia Organa : Can you teach me how to shoot?

  Obi-Wan Kenobi : Leia, come and get ready.

  Tala : She'll make a good fighter one day.

  Obi-Wan Kenobi : Yes, I think you might be right.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi : What is this place?

  Tala : We have safehouses like this throughout the galaxy. Trying to link the systems. Some call it the Path. You're not the first Jedi to come through here. It all leads to Jabiim, and from there, we give them new identities and get them out. There's a lot of good people risking their lives out there.

  Leia Organa : Are they all Jedi?

  Tala : Not all. These days, the Empire hunts anyone who's Force-sensitive. Even children.

  Leia Organa : What happens to them?

  Tala : We're not sure. But no one ever sees them again.

  Obi-Wan Kenobi : [seeing a block of words engraved on the wall]  Quinlan was here.

  Tala : Yeah, he helps now and again. Smuggling younglings.

  Leia Organa : [Obi-Wan touches the engraving]  What does it say?

  Obi-Wan Kenobi : "Only when the eyes are closed can you truly see."

  Leia Organa : See what?

  Obi-Wan Kenobi : The Way.