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floors. As the hunters split up, Anakin follows the IG-86 sentinel droid and bashes it into submission. Alama comes back down to check and finds the droid's mangled remains. Noticing no lightsaber slashes, he quickly figures out that Anakin isn't armed and reports this to Bane, who sends Sing to assist him.
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are about to enter. Organa informs Padmé that they must meet in the lobby to discuss the
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