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WHAT'S THE UNIVERSE LIKE NOW? WELL COLONIZATION OF THE MOON, MARS, AND JUPITER ARE NOW COMPLETE. SATURN SHOULD BE DONE IN ABOUT SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS. THESE COLONIES ARE INHABITED BY SCIENTISTS, PHILOSOPHERS, THEOLOGIANS, MEDICAL RESEARCHERS, AND THE ULTRA RICH. ON EARTH, MEDICAL ADVANCES HAVE INCREASED LIFE EXPECTANCY FOR AN INFINITE TIME. PEOPLE OF AVERAGE MEANS CAN LIVE LIKE KING, IN PODS ORBITING EARTH AT JUST ABOVE FIVE MILES. IT'S THE ULTIMATE IN HIGH RISE LIVING. TRAVEL TO EARTH FOR WORK AND NECESSITIES IS VIA SHUTTLES.
RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS ARE OWNED BY JUST THREE COMPANIES: HOLICHANNEL, ONCE KNOWN AS CLEARCHANNEL; COLUMCHANNEL, FORMERLY CBS; AND COR CHANNEL, A MIXTURE OF THE OLD JACOR, CHANCELLOR, CAPSTAR AND OTHER MEDIA COMPANIES. THE FEDERATION, FORMERLY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, RULED THAT THESE THREE COULD NOT BUY OUT EACH OTHER. AS THE BIG THREE GREW, THEY PURCHASED THEN SIGNED OFF ANY AM RADIO STATION UNDER 50,000 WATTS AND FM'S UNDER 100,000 WATTS. THE FEDERATION HAS RULED THAT SMALLER STATIONS DARK FOR YEARS, MAY BE ACTIVATED ONCE AGAIN TO ENCOURAGE COMPETITION.
AMIDALA DREW AND QUI-GON BURKHART HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE BIRTH IN 2021. THEIR FATHERS WERE FRIENDS AND WORKED TOGETHER IN THE RADIO DIVISION OF THE OLD CLEARCHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS. THEY OFTEN RECALLED THE DAYS PRIOR TO Y2K WHEN RADIO OFFERED VARIETY, INFORMATION, ENTERTAINMENT, AND PERSONALITIES. EACH OF THE BIG THREE NOW HAVE CHANNELS, OR STREAMSHIPS DEVOTED TO A SINGLE PROGRAMMING STYLE. COLUMCHANNEL, FOR INSTANCE HAS THE TOP STREAMSHIP, A HYBRID OF RAP AND HIPHOP MUSIC CALLED MALS.
QUI-GON AND AMIDALA PERSUADED THEIR FAMILIES TO BACK THEM FINANCIALLY TO FORM A NEW RADIO COMPANY WHICH WOULD BRING SOME OF THE NOW DEFUNCT STATION BACK TO LIFE. THE COMPANY IS ARKOCHANNEL AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY GOTTEN FEDERATION APPROVAL FOR DOZENS OF STATIONS IN MEDIUM SIZED MARKETS. NOW ON THE EVE OF Y3K, A NEW STREAMSHIP WILL BE SIMULCASTS ON THE STATIONS . FOR SEVERAL MONTHS COLUMCHANNEL CEO, DARTH MEL HAS HAD ARKOCHANNEL UNDER INVESTIGATION. DARTH IS WORRIED, HIS ANCESTORS WERE PART OF RADIO BEFORE Y2K. HE KNOWS HOW IT WAS AND HOW IT COULD BE AGAIN. WE JOIN HIM IN HIS POD, ORBITING JUPITER. A MEETING WITH HIS TRANSMISSION CAPTAIN, SHMI SHANNON IS UNDERWAY.
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DARTH:
(chamber airlock opens and closes)
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MACE, THE BARKEEP:
DARTH:
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DARTH:
(door opens, "The Hustle" blasts; top 40 music continues throughout this scene)
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door opens
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AMIDALA:
QUI-GON:
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THEY ALL SAY:
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(DOOR OPENS)
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC STAB)
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OIDAR DJ 1 (non radio type): "
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SEMI-BIG FINISH MUSIC
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QUI-GON:
AMIDALA:
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ALL TOGETHER:
(THEY' ALL LAUGH)
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REALLY BIG FINISH MUSIC
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(SEMI CLOSING MUSIC)
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KENOBI:
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CHANCELLOR:
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