Phil LaMarr credited as playing...
Bail Organa • Orn Free Taa • Alderaan Guard
- Chancellor Palpatine: Members of the Senate, please, please...
- Senator Aang: How dare they?
- Zion Paulness: They attack, and now they want peace?
- Padmé Amidala: Chancellor Palpatine, may I remind the senators that the peace proposal was made prior to their assault.
- Senator Aang: That only highlights its insincerity.
- Halle Burtoni: Chancellor Palpatine, in light of this unprovoked attack on Coruscant and the vulnerabilities it raises, I propose the Republic purchase an additional 5 million clone troopers.
- Bail Organa: The Republic is already operating in deep debt. How do you propose we pay for these additional troops?
- Halle Burtoni: My people are drafting an emergency appropriations bill that would raise funds...
- Padmé Amidala: From the Banking Clan?
- Halle Burtoni: Yes, of course. Do you have an alternate means of paying?
- Padmé Amidala: One alternative might be to stop the war, not escalate it.
- All Senators: Traitor! Traitor!
- Padmé Amidala: Whoever attacked the power grid wants us to continue to fight. It's a calculated attempt to destroy the peace process. Not everyone in the Confederacy wants this. I know this for a fact.
- Mee Deechi: You have Separatist friends, Senator?
- Bail Organa: If your friend met with a violent end because of her politics, let's make sure her courageous effort wasn't in vain.
- Padmé Amidala: What can we do?
- Bail Organa: For one, defeat this bill.
- Padmé Amidala: Can we really win this war with the troops that we have?
- Bail Organa: Let's hope we don't have to. I'll start lining up support, but I'll need ammunition.
- Onaconda Farr: We can't afford ammunition, remember? I joke.
- Bail Organa: Go to the Banking Clan and see how much interest they're going to change for the loan. The more I know about the exact cost of this bill will be, the better I can make my case to defeat it.
- Padmé Amidala: As long as senators are being threatened and attacked, I'm afraid we don't stand a chance.
- Bail Organa: Intimidation won't work on everyone. Senator Farr is proof of that.
- Padmé Amidala: Even so, we're still at least six votes short of a majority, and you saw how effective my plea was today.
- Bail Organa: Some minds can't be altered no matter what they hear.
- Padmé Amidala: From my experience, it depends a great deal on who's sending the message.
- Bail Organa: And what are you thinking?
- Padmé Amidala: Bail, you're the finest public speaker I know. If anyone can convince the Senate that voting for this bill will bankrupt the Republic both financially and spiritually, it's you.
- Bail Organa: It will be dangerous.
- Padmé Amidala: I urge you to speak before the full Senate.
- Bail Organa: I'll need some time to prepare.