It's that time of the year, Toffi!
[Toffi] Senate Investiture. I absolutely adore this holiday.
- [Moffi] I want to talk parties. - [audience laughs]
I wanna know who's going where with who.
I wanna know where you've been invited.
[♪ Intriguing music playing]
[Supervisor Jung] Dedra Meero is running Ghorman.
She's been on it all year. All this time. Hiding it.
What's the obsession with Ghorman?
- What are they after? - I don't know.
I'm trying to rethink this all with her in the picture. It doesn't make sense.
[Luthen] I need an assessment. Carro Rylanz.
He's running the Ghorman Front. I'm not sure about the group.
And Bix?
No. You'd have to go alone.
I'm not loving Coruscant.
It's overwhelming. I know you...
You've been struggling.
- [screams] No! No! No! - [Cassian] Hey.
[Luthen] We need you, Bix. We need you healthy.
[Mon] No word from your friend?
Cinta? No.
Luthen knows but he won't tell me.
[Mon] That's not acceptable.
[Vel] If she wanted to see me, she would.
[Rylanz] I'm only meeting you because we find ourselves
with a unique opportunity.
We have a source inside.
- [Cassian] An Imperial source? - [Rylanz] I'll not say.
[Cassian] Feeding false information is what they do.
They're pretty good at it.
The information is reliable.
They'll need help, sir.
How may we assist?
[Syril] Transport schedules need to remain consistent.
The information I pass them needs to be accurate.
[Partagaz] Done.
[Rylanz] Let it continue? Let them build what they want?
Is that truly your recommendation?
I have more questions than recommendations.
Not much of a revolutionary, are you?
[radio tuning]
[Mishko] It's a forgery.
[Davo] What else have we missed?
Even the finest collections have problems now and then.
"Let's put a bug in Davo Sculdun's office that leads directly back to us."
[loudly] You agreed to it!
We're drowning.
And you keep pretending it's all under control.
[in normal voice] We have to take it out at the party.
And if we can't?
We should be prepared.
[♪ Music fades]
[♪ Captivating music playing]
[♪ Music fades]
[♪ Intriguing music playing]
[♪ Music ends]
[♪ foreboding music playing]
[metallic clanging]
[indistinct announcement over PA]
[hissing, whirring]
- You're late. - [Cassian] Yeah.
We had a spot inspection coming out of Ghorman.
[Fondor droid] Preflight check complete.
Hold on.
[engines rumbling]
[metallic cranking]
[boosters revving]
[Luthen] Set for Coruscant.
[Fondor droid] Calculating for Coruscant.
Calculation complete.
[engines accelerating]
[Luthen chuckles softly]
Look at you.
[Luthen laughs]
What's his name?
Varian Skye.
Not bad.
Tell me about the Ghorman Front. You weren't there very long.
Don't get involved.
That's your assessment? Just like that.
Two days in. You barely looked around.
How do you know what I did?
We heard it didn't go very well.
Oh, you heard? Really? I only left this morning.
Well, they sent word. They're very prompt, the Ghormans.
What they are is impatient.
They started too late. Now they're rushing.
That's awfully definitive.
They're not ready, Luthen.
I think they know that.
That's why we sent you.
The Empire is building an armory in the center of town.
They say it's a new complex office, but everyone knows the truth.
There's nothing to be done about it now,
and the more trouble they make, the worse it will be.
- There's always something to be done. - Oh, yeah?
Yeah? They have a plan.
They want to hijack an Imperial transport
to prove something that everybody already knows is true.
Who's gonna care about it?
The Empire will care about it.
Exactly.
In a place where they know nothing about fighting. They'll be crushed.
They're finally wanting to do something and you tell them to be careful.
It doesn't matter to you, does it?
It doesn't matter? Ghorman in play?
A new front line against the Empire?
The chance for that? That's a triumph.
You're thinking small. You're thinking like a thief.
I'm thinking like a soldier.
Think like a leader.
Think about a planet like Ghorman in rebellion.
A planet of wealth and status.
And... if it goes up in flames?
It will burn... very brightly.
[scoffs] I'll skip this one.
- [speaking alien language] - [comms device beeping]
Will you excuse me a moment?
[responds in alien language]
Yes?
[Luthen] Waste of time. This piece isn't what we need.
We knew that already.
I thought seeing it in person would make a difference.
[sighs] I have a customer waiting.
You were sourcing another item.
It's being delivered as we speak.
[indistinct chatter]
Visiting friends?
- Why do you ask? - I'm curious by nature.
I have friends everywhere.
[♪ Dramatic music playing]
[♪ Music fades]
[♪ Muffled upbeat music playing]
[infant crying]
[chimes]
[cocks weapon]
[door whirring]
I had a feeling you were on your way.
Hi.
[♪ Mellow music playing]
[chuckles] Look at this place.
You cleaned it up.
We're here. Might as well.
Yeah. The flowers...
They're expensive. But they are beautiful.
The trip? Okay?
Different.
Who were you?
I was Varian Skye.
I was a fashion designer.
Yeah. [chuckles]
I was very, very pretty.
[both chuckling]
- I'm sorry I missed that. - Mmm-hmm.
Fresh blue suit.
- Coruscanti shirt. - Mmm-hmm.
Polished shoes.
Just your kinda guy.
Well, you're gonna have to bring him home some night.
[Cassian chuckles]
You... You must be hungry.
Hey.
You okay?
Hmm?
Was it dangerous?
Ghorman? No.
Just... all talk. A waste of time.
- Uh-huh. - It's Luthen that scared me.
Yeah. Tell me about it.
He came after you left.
I didn't realize how shabby the place looked.
What? He came?
Yeah, he was gonna ask me for a weapons appraisal
- but he changed his mind. - [scoffs]
Go out? On your own?
[scoffs]
He waits... He waits for me to leave? He comes when you're alone?
He changed his mind, so...
I rode back with him this afternoon, he never mentioned it.
- It happened. - I know it happened, Bix.
That... That's not what I'm saying.
[♪ Uneasy music playing]
What is that?
He knows you need a rest.
- I would have gone if he asked. - That's not the point.
He's so pissed off, he's not gonna tell me?
He has to know we're having this conversation.
He doesn't do anything without a reason.
Maybe he just wants us to waste our time talking about it.
Maybe.
[Perrin] That leaves Senator Rhodi, Senator Plada, Danascar,
we can't possibly make them all...
[Mon] Hmm.
[Perrin] If we... If we skip the Girvan Banquet,
then we could just about make the whole night work.
And we can't leave Sculdun's early.
No, no, no. We'll finish there.
Why so difficult this season? You never struggle.
It's these dinners.
I mean, how many years did you serve before we held a Ceremony Dinner?
[Mon] Mmm.
I count eighty. Eighty new senators, all hosting "Investiture Banquets."
It's tough squeezing a whole year's worth of insincerity into three nights.
You'll figure it out. [exhales softly]
- [electronic chiming] - [lighting crackling]
[knock on door]
This was a very poor decision.
You come to the house and you mess with Bix?
You mess with her behind my back?
You realize what you're putting at risk right now?
It would have been so easy for you to tell me.
When you leave here, and that will be immediately,
you'll have brought a medallion that was missing from a shipment
that Kleya took this afternoon. A Darvian Medallion.
So, thank you for this. Coming all this way.
What's wrong with you?
This is the second time today you let me down.
You had to know she would tell me.
I thought it would be interesting if she didn't,
but now you've both disappointed me.
[chuckles]
And that's what's most important, right?
- How it goes for you! - What's most important is The Cause!
"Kill me or take me in."
You're in!
"Oh, but Ghorman looks too painful. Bix is too vulnerable."
- I give you everything. - This is everything?
This fury? This lack of control?
Violating every protocol we live by?
Soft on Ghorman but willing to protect Bix at any cost.
We... We are not droids, Luthen.
We are not who we were when we started.
Bix has to pull it together.
Or you will have to decide at what point it becomes too large a problem.
Unless that's what you're doing right now.
Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no.
That's gonna be up to you.
I want her as strong as you do.
- It would just be easier if I was alone. - Mmm.
I came with you to be part of something.
You want my blood? You help me work this out.
Thank you for the Medallion. Coming all this way.
[scoffs]
[♪ Intriguing music playing]
[Partagaz] Morning, gentlemen.
Just who I wanted to see. Save us all a meeting.
Dr. Gorst. Success invites scrutiny.
Our cousins in Military Intelligence have been salivating
over our interrogation results
and have convinced the Emperor
that Dr. Gorst is too valuable to be a one-man, ISB asset.
He's to be expanded into a program.
Sorry to hear that, sir.
The Navy's donated a facility here in Coruscant.
I want the two of you to represent our interests in this.
I'm counting on you to keep watch on these idiots.
An honor, sir.
Really?
It's an assignment. Calibrate your enthusiasm.
Yes, sir.
We'll have a brief sent down.
You're taking the lead on this.
Why did I say that?
- Fill me in after you've read the brief. - What?
[indistinct chatter]
[Vel] Any trouble getting through?
It was easy.
My hair...
I like it.
I forget about it.
The gear?
The kid took it.
- Do you know where it's going? - It's not far.
Thought we should meet first.
I was told they don't know what they are doing.
That's why we're not doing much.
It's fast, it's simple.
You brought the fuses?
More than enough.
We get a look at it tonight?
And the crew. Whole thing.
If we don't like it, we walk.
I told Luthen that I would only take this assignment if you were on it.
You're the only reason I'm here.
[♪ Wistful music playing]
I had an accident.
I told him not to tell you. I knew you'd worry.
What happened?
I'll tell you about it someday.
It's been a long year.
I had to rest up for a while.
Quite a while.
I had time to think.
Wish I'd known.
I thought about you.
[waiter] Can I help you?
[Cinta] Um, I'll have what she's having.
[electronics chirping, beeping]
[door opens]
- Our friend in Ghorman? - He's just reached out, sir.
There's an ISB field agent on-site.
They believe a rebel attack is imminent.
There's been a rapid increase in local activity.
- And the shipments are running smoothly? - Yes, sir.
You walk a very narrow path, Dedra.
Syril must never know what this is all really about.
[♪ Uneasy music playing]
I remind myself constantly, sir.
What's the fastest they could get here?
Eight minutes. And we can slow them down.
Let's call it six minutes.
That's six minutes from the moment we go loud.
Time's up.
We leave with what we have. We don't get greedy.
We need all the weapons we can get.
[speaking in Ghor]
[speaking in English] We're not just here to make a point.
Some of us want to protect ourselves.
Don't.
- "Don't" what? - [Vel] Don't talk.
Don't think.
Do as you are told.
If you can't manage that, you don't belong here.
[♪ Intriguing music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[Vel] The staging area feels right.
There should be just enough time between the transports
to do what we need to do.
Tell me about the neighborhood.
[Leeza] Three families here. Another two at the back.
- Both with children. - [Capso] This building is empty at night.
But there is five units here, two in front, three at the alley.
Do we control these rooftops?
[Dilan] Most of them.
And we can always lock a few doors.
[Vel] Fine. Let's talk about the back end.
Every person in this room needs at least two alternative exit plans.
Down below, you're driving the transport, right?
That's our ride out.
You're the end of our line.
Which means you do not move under any circumstances
until you are told to do so.
By who? By you?
I live here. We've put a lot into this.
[speaking in Ghor]
[Cinta, in English] Your time means nothing.
Prep is useless if you can't follow orders.
[Dilan] You ready?
[Enza] It's not so hard.
Show me.
[Vel] It's a good plan.
You've picked the right spot.
Nobody needs weapons. Everyone has a way out.
But right now, it is just a plan.
We're here because you've never done anything like this.
I can't stress this enough.
You're all going to need to respect the chain of command.
Cinta and I will have blasters. Nobody else.
And I mean nobody.
We will drop the carrier.
We'll drop it and cover you for six minutes after that.
But we do not go
unless everyone here agrees to do exactly as they've been told.
If that's not possible, this would be the time to say so.
- You mean, now? - Right now.
[♪ Intriguing music continues]
When are you planning to do this?
[Vel] Tomorrow night.
Intelligence gets stale.
You might be too late already.
Tomorrow it is.
[♪ Music crescendoes]
[♪ Music fades]
[♪ Tense music playing]
[grunts softly]
[gasps softly]
[Cassian] Bix?
It's flashing.
Whatever the mission is, I'm coming.
Do you hear me?
Hey. Hey.
You'll come with me.
[Cinta] What do you think?
[Vel] Well, they're not stupid.
We have the trigger.
If it doesn't feel right, we'll walk away.
The driver, Dreena...
she should be up top with us.
Did she say something else?
Just a feeling.
They must have another driver.
I'm sorry I hurt you.
I was...
confused.
I don't know who I am sometimes.
I'm not perfect either.
You make yourself change.
I've never done that.
Luthen should have told me you were in trouble.
I wasn't thinking clearly.
All the more reason.
He shouldn't have let you say no.
He should have told me.
We're worth more to him separately than together.
Well, that's something we'll have to talk to him about.
[♪ Pensive music playing]
[breath trembling]
[♪ Intriguing music playing]
[Oathkeeper] Upon my life and honor...
[all] Life and honor...
For the peace and bounty of all beings...
[all] Peace and bounty...
[Oathkeeper] My full allegiance...
[all] Full allegiance...
[Oathkeeper] A galaxy of worlds...
[all] A galaxy of worlds...
[Oathkeeper] A galaxy assembled...
[all] A galaxy assembled...
An Empire!
[all cheering]
[indistinct chatter]
[♪ Tense music playing]
Driver's here.
[♪ Dramatic orchestral music playing]
[Bail] Senator Mothma.
Senator Organa.
- Perrin. - [Perrin] Bail. How are you?
I'm free. That was my last Investiture Party of the season.
Don't tell me you've left poor Breha up there all alone.
No, we had to split up to cover the rounds. I drew Sculdun.
- Yes. We almost did that. But... - Not tonight.
No, you're family now.
You're in for the show. Good luck with it.
[Partagaz] This is an Imperial security protocol.
I need all personnel to exit the control center
immediately for security reasons.
[attendant] Let's go.
[Partagaz] Apologies for any inconvenience.
[indistinct chatter]
[paparazzi droid] Senator Mothma, over here!
- There you are. Party trail refugees. - [Mon] We made it.
Took us long enough.
Have you spoken to the children since they've been back?
- We must. - We must absolutely.
When the festivities are over.
[paparazzi droid] Thank you, Senator Mothma.
[♪ Upbeat music playing]
[♪ Suspenseful music playing]
[Dilan speaking Ghor]
[Syril] They're just setting up now.
Are we on schedule with the targeted shipment?
[Syril] Yes, sir. We're all set here.
- How do they seem? - They're on time.
Be careful in that tunnel.
[♪ Upbeat music playing]
[Strang] Pre-Carvian. Third millennium.
[Luthen] It's a good guess.
The stone is Carvian, but it's older, isn't it?
We think it's Lost Empire.
My word, Luthen. And you wear it out?
I thought one of you thieves might make me an offer.
[laughter]
[Cleave] It takes one to know one, Luthen.
I don't know what to do, Kleya. I am sick about this forgery.
- [Kleya] I'm sorry. - Sculdun's been relentless.
Yeah, I'm sure.
You haven't told Luthen about the reappraisals, have you?
No, I promised, didn't I?
- Yeah, sorry... - Don't worry.
This is actually better than my fantasy.
Soak it up. We'll never be back here again.
Speak for yourself.
How did you two get in here?
- We come every year. - [Lagret scoffs]
Partagaz had an emergency and tossed us the invites.
- Where's your buddy? - Oh, he'll be here.
What are we drinking?
[Heert] Kali Coolers, and they're amazing.
This is my third one.
[♪ Suspenseful music playing]
[Enza] Dispatch confirmed. We're in the queue.
Repeat, we're up next.
Everyone take your positions and be ready.
[speaking Ghor]
[powering up]
- [♪ Upbeat music playing] - Congratulations, Senator.
Thank you.
A new season of legislative initiative.
How thrilling. [chuckles]
Always looking on the bright side.
I haven't heard from my cousin.
She's probably just being careful.
Well, tell her to check in with me.
Something urgent she needs knowing?
Yes. I care about her.
Showtime. [clears throat] The Sculdun Collection awaits.
We're discreetly gathering the chosen.
What fun. I just happen to have my history teacher with me.
Yeah, we're coming, we're coming. We'll see you there.
[laughing]
[Kleya] Lonni.
Perhaps you remember me. Kleya.
You came by the shop to find something for your wife.
- What are you doing here? - We had a fascinating conversation.
Your friends will think we're flirting. There's no harm in that, is there?
[Jung] Are you out of your mind?
[laughs]
Do as I say and everything will be fine.
[Enza] Target is en route.
[device whirring]
We always like to feature something fresh to the collection up front,
and this is our latest addition.
And the miracle man who helped secure this very special piece
is actually here with us tonight.
Director Krennic, Luthen Rael.
What a pleasure.
How kind you are.
Senator Mothma, Perrin Fertha, I'm sure you've met before.
Oh, yes. I've been a guest at her committee on several occasions.
How pleasant to see you free of the witness stand.
[chuckles softly]
What a festive evening this has become. [chuckles]
[Perrin] So, tell me what we're looking at.
Ah, yes. The Lost Tairn. This is a very rare, special piece
we're very lucky to have acquired...
[Kleya] I'm showing you something special.
[Perrin] Is it from Carmeen?
[softly] Do you have any idea who's in this room right now?
[Kleya] You're not smiling.
This is suicide.
It's my favorite object in the collection. I was heartbroken when we sold it.
[softly] Luthen will tell them that's why I'm so keen on visiting with it.
[♪ Tense music playing]
[♪ Music intensifies]
[electrical explosion]
[engine sputtering]
[grunts]
[electricity crackling]
[Syril] They've done it. The carrier's down.
Repeat, the carrier is down.
We're in play.
There's only three like it that we know of.
This... This is the one that was left behind
during the Battle of Carmeen.
There's a stone carving that depicts three identical tairns
mounted on the altar of the Grand Carmeenian Forest...
- [Kleya] Isn't it beautiful? - [softly] You're risking everything.
[softly] Move slightly to your left.
Tell me what you're doing.
I'm removing a listening device from this piece
and you're going to help me by blocking the view.
You can't possibly be serious.
[in normal voice] The Tinian Codex was forged 2000 years ago
on a planet where sight was considered a disability.
[softly] And what were you gonna do if I wasn't here?
Anything I had to.
This is do-or-die, Lonni, so move to your left,
and listen closely because we may be tested.
[Sculdun] That's a great story.
[♪ Intense music playing]
[Cinta] Go.
That one, open.
We're good, move.
[Dilan] We're good.
[Davo] This piece will eventually, as my greed subsides
join its sisters in the whole of history.
We'll make an event of it.
[grunting]
Don't rush. Smooth is faster.
- [clicking] - [Davo] There's a bit of a theme
on this side of the gallery.
There's a Carmeenian helmet.
It's a few centuries after the Grand Conflict.
We studied the Battle of Carmeen at the ISB Academy.
Well, it wasn't much of a battle, was it?
No, how right you are...
Tinians believed
- all language could be reduced to touch. - [clicking continues]
- Their skin was so sensitive. - [device clinks, clicking stops]
[Davo] Very few Carmeenians lived to tell the tale.
- [metallic straining] - [Krennic] You know how it is.
Insurgencies have a long history of puffing up their failures.
We were taught it was a systematic execution.
Well, that is exactly my point.
Criminals love to lie.
After all, who wants to die for "lawless ineptitude"?
[Davo] Well...
How much longer?
- [♪ Tense music playing] - [metallic straining]
It's stuck.
They're offloading.
I count at least six.
They're using the spillway tunnels. They're moving quickly.
[speaking in Ghor]
[woman speaking]
[Davo] The Shedian word for "memory" is almost identical
- to their word for "revenge"... - [metallic straining]
[Jung] What are you doing?
- Shift right. - [Jung] They're almost here.
I'm walking away.
Do as I say.
[Davo] ...was meant to be a cathartic curse written into the stone.
[Dilan] Zippe, zippe, zippe!
[Mon] You seem fixated on defining people by their resistance to power.
Words do still have meaning.
- [metallic straining] - As I'm sure we can still agree on that.
[Mon] What's the word for people like the Carmeen
who simply wish to be left alone?
Vulnerable.
What's the word for people who skin trespassers alive?
- Is that what they did? - [Perrin] It was a very long time ago.
- Well, they had their own code of conduct. - [Krennic] Ah.
My rebel is your terrorist. Something like that?
[chuckling]
What a swell party this is.
- [metallic straining] - [Davo] Let us continue.
- Put both hands on top. - [Jung] Why?
Hold it steady.
[metallic straining]
One minute warning.
Have you seen Dreena?
Let's go. Last few boxes.
- She's not here. - [Tazi] She wandered off.
- We're not waiting. - We have a minute.
I'll clean up the fuses.
Help them finish.
[Cinta] Okay, let's wrap it up. We're leaving now.
[Davo] This piece was just laying in plain sight. Totally unrecognized.
Not as a cloak rack, but as a ballast for a swamp freighter.
[group laughing]
[Lezine speaking Ghor]
[grunting]
[blaster powering up]
[gasps]
[panting] Shots fired.
One shot.
[chatter in Ghor]
No. No.
[chatter in Ghor continues]
I can't see it from here.
- I can't move. - [Partagaz] Never mind that.
Call the response team.
And come in loud, make sure they know we're on the way.
- [chatter in Ghor] - [♪ somber music playing]
[Enza speaking Ghor] Jacquème! Jacquème! Lo stique sassor!
Nache mik balor! Sim ro nache telpó!
[speaking in English] Hey, you need to stand, we have to move. Look at me.
I... I need help.
We have to go, okay? We have to go.
I can take her. I can take her.
[Lezine speaking Ghor]
Tinian Codex...
Isn't it lovely?
I understand that this piece is...
it's a favorite of yours.
It's very special.
Why?
It's a book.
You read by touch, your hand.
It's from a planet where blindness was considered a gift.
Oh, well, I'm sure we can all think of some people
who would be right at home.
[scattered laughter]
Feel free to touch.
I often find myself wandering by and closing my eyes...
to wonder at another world.
[♪ Uneasy music playing]
- [alarm blaring] - [♪ somber music playing]
[chatter in Ghor]
Come on. We have to go.
[breathing heavily]
[sobbing softly]
Are you crying?
Are you?
Look at me.
Look at me!
There's no place to hide. Look at me.
[inhales sharply]
I'm not going to say "remember this," because I don't have to.
This is on you now.
This is like skin.
You're taking her with you wherever you go for the rest of your useless life.
Don't you look away from me.
- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. - She was a warrior.
She was everything that you have daydreamed about.
She was a blooded, fearless warrior
whose loss will be mourned in ways that you will never understand.
She was a miracle.
[whimpering]
And you...
To die like this because of you...
Some whining, simpering, foolish child.
Don't you dare cry.
You'll make up for this forever.
[Luthen] What fun.
You're welcome.
My face hurts from smiling.
Complain all you like, it worked.
We should have killed Krennic while we were up there.
[both chuckle]
- That's the spirit. - [laughs]
[♪ uneasy music playing]
- [keypad beeping] - [door whirring]
[blaster powers up]
[Bix] Get in the chair.
- I know you. - Get in the chair!
- [beeps] - [Dr. Gorst] How do I know...
[muffled grunt]
It will only feel like forever.
[muffled grunting]
- [Bix shushes] - [grunting]
[machinery whirring]
[muffled scream]
[muffled screaming]
[steady beeping]
[beeping stops]
[guard] Hey! Who are you?
Nobody's allowed in here.
[grunts]
[♪ Valiant music playing]
[device beeps]
[♪ Music fades]
[♪ Mellow music playing]