Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV Series)

The Zillo Beast Strikes Back (2010)

Ian Abercrombie: Chancellor Palpatine

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• Chancellor Palpatine : I've got a bad feeling about this.

• Dr. Sionver Boll : It's scales are remarkably strong and light. If we could examine their composition, we might be able to synthesize them to reinforce our clone armor.

  Chancellor Palpatine : And what is stopping you?

  Dr. Sionver Boll : We need to remove the scales first. It's very difficult, not to mention painful.

  Chancellor Palpatine : Would it not be more efficient to simply kill the beast?

  Mas Amedda : Kill it? Are you sure?

  Dr. Sionver Boll : Chancellor, I must protest. Besides being the last of its kind, this creature may be intelligent.

  Chancellor Palpatine : I find that hard to believe. It is, after all, just an animal.

  [Zillo beast growls] 

  Dr. Sionver Boll : It didn't seem to like your comment.

  Chancellor Palpatine : I applaud your high moral stance, Doctor. After all, principle is in short supply these days. However, every passing minute of warfare brings countless deaths, deaths that could be prevented once the beast's secrets are unlocked. If there is anyway to hasten that process, it is our moral duty to explore it.

  Dr. Sionver Boll : I serve at your pleasure, Chancellor. I'm just not sure where to begin. The fact remains that the beast is indestructible.

  Chancellor Palpatine : Nothing is truly indescribable, Doctor. Wasn't there something in Malastare fuel that affected the beast?

  Dr. Sionver Boll : It weakened the Zillo, yes, but...

  Chancellor Palpatine : Excellent. I suggest you start there. Doctor, you need to find a way to kill that beast, or we shall replace you with someone who can.

• Chancellor Palpatine : I should have known secrets do not stay secret for long around here.

  Padmé Amidala : Isn't that precisely the point of a democracy?

  Anakin Skywalker : Of course, in wartime, some things must be kept secret, even from the people, so as not to aid the enemy.

  Mas Amedda : It is unfortunate that the beast must die, Senator. But the greater good demands it.

  Padmé Amidala : How is killing the last of a species, in secret and without debate, good for anyone?

• Chancellor Palpatine : Doctor, a word if you please.

  [hands over a data pad] 

  Chancellor Palpatine : Your new orders.

  Dr. Sionver Boll : [shocked]  What is this? You want me to clone the beast?

• Chancellor Palpatine : Nothing is truly indescribable.

• Chancellor Palpatine : A democracy is only as strong as the people who comprise it. At present, the people I am charged with protecting are dying faster than I can count. It is my moral imperative to take action. Anakin, is it not worth the life of one savage beast to give our brave troops the advantage they need to win this war?

• Chancellor Palpatine : I should have known secrets do not stay secret for long around here.

  Mas Amedda : Isn't that precisely the point of a democracy?

  Anakin Skywalker : Of course, in wartime, some things must be kept secret, even from the people, so as not to aid the enemy.

  Padmé Amidala : It is unfortunate that the beast must die, Senator. But the greater good demands it.

  Mas Amedda : How is killing the last of a species, in secret and without debate, good for anyone?