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AI Generated version of the song
[The musical begins, the sounds of blaster fire, vague battlefield orders heard, sounds of struggle as smoke fills the screen, intersped with lights of lightsabers and blasters. Three young padawans followed by clones enter. The padawans desperate and feeling overwhelmed sing].
Padawan #1:
Come on my brothers
Can’t you see?
We must hold the line
For if we fall, the people die.
Padawan #2:
There’s too many
We’re surrounded
Padawan #3
There’s too many of them.
Padawan #1
Hold the line!
Padawan #2:
We need another plan.
[Clones Fall and a Jedi does as well. A chorus begins to be heard humming. This chorus of Jedi will frequently return, they’ll act as a sort of Greek Chorus]
Jedi Chorus:
So many fall
So many die
The young and brightest of our order
In the name of peace and a republic
That does not care.
Padawan #3:
Retreat, we must retreat
Jedi Chorus:
Untrained for war
Untrained for this
Meant for peace, but what is peace?
Have we lost our way.
[A clone Commander appears, he runs to the eldest of the padawans.]
Clone Commander:
The droids have broken our lines,
Commander, what are your orders?
[The Padawan hesitates]
Clone Commander:
What are your orders?!
[Suddenly a commanding voice sounds out.]
Mace Windu:
Hold the line, Commander. Hold the line!
(To the Padawans)
Young ones, courage now—this is not the time to falter.
[The smoke clears slightly as Mace Windu strides into view, his purple lightsaber igniting with a resolute hum.]
Jedi Chorus:
Master Windu, champion of the Jedi…
Master Windu, where justice and courage lie…
Master Windu, the shield against despair,
Master Windu, a light in shadows’ lair.
Mace Windu:
Listen, young ones, the storm is here,
But a Jedi stands, we do not fear.
The galaxy turns in endless strife,
Yet we are the shield, the blade of life.
Feel the Force, let it guide,
Hold to the light, don’t run, don’t hide.
Even in darkness, hope will rise,
For the Jedi endure where chaos dies.
[The Padawans, emboldened by Mace’s presence, sing with renewed strength, echoing his confidence.]
Padawans:
Come on, let’s do this!
Master Windu, we follow—
For the Republic, we fight, fight, fight!
[Mace Windu fights back, uses his lightsaber to lead and destroy battle droids as he gives orders the music grows quiet signifying that we are listening to his inner thoughts.]
Mace Windu (Inner Monologue):
Meant to be a leader, meant to be a warrior,
But they don’t see my doubts—my barrier.
Could have ended this war before it began,
Had my sword at the ready, but I had doubt… I’m just a man.
We must fight, change our role,
But all of this war—it takes its toll.
I see them fall, I see them die,
My brothers, my sisters—hear their cry.
Jedi Chorus:
Master Windu, guide us, lead us…
Master Windu, hear us, teach us…
Master Windu, show us what a Jedi can be,
Master Windu, the strength of us is he.
Mace Windu:
Jedi, follow my lead
The republic will not fall, this is our creed
Fight for the light, fight not for peace
We fight for justice, this war will cease.
Padawans:
Hold the line, hold the light,
In the shadow of war, we fight, fight, fight!
For justice, for hope, for the galaxy’s flame,
We’ll endure, we’ll prevail, we’ll honor the name!
Master Windu, guide us, lead us…
Master Windu, hear us, teach us…
Master Windu, show us what a Jedi can be,
Master Windu, the strength of us is he.
[The scene ends with Mace Windu standing strong, his purple lightsaber cutting through the haze, the battlefield momentarily stilled as the music fades into silence. The Jedi Chorus lingers as if carried on the wind.]