STAR WARS:

TALES OF THE JEDI

Full Cast Audio Drama Transcript
v1.1 March 1998

Audio Adapatation written by John Whitman
Based on

"Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi"
Five issue comic miniseries published in 1993
Written by Tom Veitch
Drawn by Chris Gossett, Mike Barreiro, Janine Johnston, and David Roach

and

"Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi -- The Freedon Nadd Uprising"
Two issue comic miniseries published in 1994
Written by Tom Veitch
Drawn by Tony Akins and Denis Rodier


Transcript by Christopher G. McElroy
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A long, LONG time ago,
in a galaxy far, far away.....

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TAPE ONE / SIDE ONE

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PART ONE -- "ULIC QEL-DROMA AND THE BEAST WARS OF ONDERON"

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NARRATOR: Star Wars -- Tales of the Jedi.
Music: Star Wars Main Theme.

NARRATOR: For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the
most powerful -- the most respected -- force in the galaxy. In the ages
before the rise of the Emperor Palpatine, before the fall of Darth Vader,
before the birth of Luke Skywalker, the Jedi Knights were guardians of peace
and justice in the Old Republic.
Through all the long years, their stories have been preserved. Two of
the most famous of these Jedi warriors were Ulic Qel-Droma and Nomi
Sunrider. Young Jedi Knights of great power, who learned to master the ways
of the Force. Their adventures were a prelude to the great wars that would
follow, for the rise and fall of empires, and for all future clashes between
the Dark Side and the Light.
The battle that would alter the course of the galaxy begins on the
planet Arcania, where the great Jedi Master Arca patiently trains his three
apprentices: the brash young Ulic Qel-Droma, his brother Cay, and the alien
called Tott Doneeta, a member of the Twi'lek race. Listen now to these
stories of good and evil -- these legends of heroes and villains struggling
for control of the galaxy........these tales of the Jedi.......


SCENE 1-1 EXT. ARCANIA - TRAINING GROUND

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Sound: Tinkering noises. The whir of a droid's servomotors, and a
blaster shot. The whine of a lightsaber moving, and a pained grunt. Ulic
Qel-Droma is deflecting blaster shots from a droid.

CAY: Good block, Ulic!
ULIC: (breathing hard) Thanks, Cay.
TOTT: By the goddess of the Twi'leks, your brother handles his
lightsaber well, Cay.
Sound: Ulic starts sparring with the training droid again.
CAY: He's the best, Tott Doneeta. (another block) Whoa-hoh!
TOTT: Still, are you sure you wouldn't like some help, my friend?
ULIC: Aw, you know better than to ask that, Tott Doneeta! I can handle
this on my own! This training droid is old and slow.
Sound: Another lightsaber block.
CAY: Then maybe we should turn it up another notch. (respectfully) With
your permission, Master Arca....
ARCA: (a weathered, wise voice) Yes, Cay. I think your older brother
could use a more difficult test.
CAY: All right, Ulic. The Jedi Master has spoken. A better test for our
great hero!
Sound: More tinkering.
CAY: I'll just open up this droid's energy regulators, and.....off you
go!
Sound: The speed of the sparring picks up significantly.
ULIC: Ha ha, that's better! But still (grunt) not (grunt) good
enough -- uhh -- to beat -- unn -- me!
Sound: Ulic chops the droid's blaster arm off, and turns off his
lightsaber.
ULIC: There!
CAY: Hooray!
TOTT: (chuckle) Well done, Ulic.
ULIC: Thank you, thank you.
ARCA: But I believe you should --
Sound: The droid blasts Ulic in the back with his other arm. It only
stings a little.
ULIC: (moans)
ARCA: -- watch your back, my young pupil.
CAY: Ulic! You should have known that droid was still armed! Are you
all right?
ULIC: Uh....sure, Cay. Just a bruised ego, is all.
TOTT: Your brother lets his courage cloud his mind, Cay.