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The Cloning Room Floor
Miscellaneous deletions for Naboo...
Water Speeder Ride and Paddy Accu
Anakin and Padmé take a water speeder to the lake retreat driven my a man called Paddy Accu is the lake retreat's caretaker. I'm not sure if this small scene was filmed but you can see Paddy Accu in the film as Anakin and Padmé are getting off the water speeder at the lake retreat dock. Below is the excerpt from the "2nd draft"...
EXT. NABOO LAKE RETREAT, WATER SPEEDER, LANDING PLATFORM - LATE AFTERNOON
A water speeder driven by PADDY ACCU, the retreat caretaker, skims across the lake away from the island landing platform where a chrome Naboo Starship rests. ANAKIN and PADME are sitting in the speeder as it skims away to where a lodge rises on a beautiful island in the middle of the lake.
First Kiss
The scene where Anakin and Padmé share their first kiss in Episode II originally was intercut with a story Padmé tells about a man on Naboo who used to make glass. The version in the script also had a slightly different ending where Padmé blames the moment on "the situation...the stress" to which Anakin replies, "the view". Below is the excerpt from the "2nd draft"...
He touches her arm. PADMÉ has become receptive to the way he looks at her but is nervous.
PADM�
There was a very old man who lived
on the island. He used to make
glass out of sand - and vases and
necklaces out of the glass. They
were magical.
ANAKIN
(looks into her eyes)
Everything here is magical.
PADM�
You could look into the glass and
see the water. The way it ripples
and moves. It looked so real...
but it wasn't.
ANAKIN
Sometimes, when you believe
something to be real, it becomes
real. Real enough, anyway...
They look into each other's eyes. He touches her chin.
PADM�
I used to think if you looked too
deeply into glass, you would
lose yourself.
ANAKIN
I think it's true...
ANAKIN kisses PADMÉ. She doesn't resist. She comes to her senses and pulls away.
PADM�
I shouldn't have done that.
ANAKIN
I'm sorry. When I'm around you,
my mind is no longer my own.
PADM�
It's the situation... the stress...
He looks at her.
ANAKIN
...the view.
Forbidden Fruit
In the finished film, Anakin uses the Force to float a piece of fruit to Padmé and she takes it from the air and eats it. In the 2nd draft however, Anakin teased her a bit with the Force by moving the fruit around before she could grab it. Below is the excerpt from the "Art of Episode II" script...
Scene 078 - INTERIOR NABOO LAKE RETREAT, DINING ROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
NANDI place dessert in front of PADMÉ. TECKLA does the same for ANAKIN. The dessert is some kind of fruit.
ANAKIN
And when I got to them, we went into...aggressive negotiations. (To Tekla) Thank you.
PADMÉ
"Aggressive negotiations," what's that?
ANAKIN
Uh, well, negotiations with a lightsaber.
PADMÉ
(laughing)Oh.
PADMÉ picks up her fork and goes to spear a piece, but it moves! She frowns and tries again -the fruit moves. She lokk up at ANAKIN. His eyes are on his plate.
PADMÉ
You did that?
ANAKIN looks up - wide-eyed innocence.
ANAKIN
What?
PADMÉ scowls at him. PADMÉ jabs at the fruit - ANAKIN subtly moves his hand and it lifts up from the plate and hovers in front of her.
PADMÉ
That! Now stop it!
PADMÉ laughs. ANAKIN laughs. She reaches out for the fruit - it loops.
PADMÉ
(continuing)
Anakin!!
ANAKIN moves his fingers. The fruit flies into his hand.
ANAKIN
If Master Obi-Wan caught me doing this, he'd be
very grumpy.
ANAKIN is pleased. He cuts the fruit into several pieces and sends one back to PADMÉ. She bites it out of the air and laughs.
Sources:
-2nd draft script.
-Script from Art of Episode II book.
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