Case Study No. 1005: The Zen Librarian

Zen Librarian Video Koan #1
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Added: 6 years ago
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["The Zen Librarian Video Koan 1" appears on screen, then cut to a brick wall as the camera slowly pans across it]
ANNOUNCER: [in voice over] The Zen Librarian searched for nothing on the web, and got four hundred ninety eight million one hundred eighty three thousand seven hundred twenty four hits.
["www dot laughinglibrarian dot com" appears on screen]
["Copyright 2006 Brian Smith, CC license by-nc-sa" appears on screen]

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From laughinglibrarian.com:

According to Meditating with Koans, by J.C. Cleary (this is a real book; look it up), koans are ancient stories and sayings used in some Zen schools and were "designed to interact with the learner's mind and assist in the unlocking of the inherent human potential for enlightened awareness." Whatever that means, it sounds like these koan thingies could be useful for our professional development, especially if new ones were written to be directly relevant to our work environment. (The application of Zen principles to librarianship isn't a completely new idea; see Terry Ballard's Zen in the Art of Troubleshooting.)

The Librarian of Congress paraphrased, though without proper attribution, one of our koans ("The Zen Librarian searched for nothing on AltaVista and received 27,987,384 hits.") in a speech made to IFLA in 2001. So, we figure we must be onto something:

* A curious visitor asked, "What is the most valuable book in your library?" The Zen Librarian answered, "The urine-stained copy of Jonathan Livingston Seagull which is on its way to the Dumpster."

* One morning, just as the library opened, the Zen Librarian sat on the photocopier and ate a burrito.

* A student asked the Zen Librarian for help finding books and articles about the tobacco lobby. The Zen Librarian scribbled a picture of a horn on a Post-It and slapped it onto the student's forehead.

* A patron called the reference desk. "How many ibuprofen tablets do I have in my medicine cabinet?" she asked. The Zen Librarian was humbled and thanked her for her teaching.

* As he walked into the building, the Zen Librarian noticed three skateboarders doing stunts on the library stairs and handrail. "They ought to be catalogers," the Zen Librarian said to himself.

* A young patron approached the Zen Librarian and asked, "What is the formula for the volume of a cylinder?" The Zen Librarian answered, "Please get me a cup of coffee."

* One afternoon, a novice librarian asked the Zen Librarian for advice about preparing a budget. "Have you eaten lunch?" asked the Zen Librarian.

"Yes, I have," answered the novice.

"Have you washed your dishes?" asked the Zen Librarian this time.

The novice was enlightened.

* The Zen Librarian used a Palm stylus to mark the reference desk statistics sheet.

* The Zen Librarian had a habit of pointing a finger at the shelves when directing a patron to a book. One day, a boy walked around the library, mockingly pointing a finger this way and that. Upon seeing this insolent behavior, the Zen Librarian retrieved the PDR from the reference shelves and slammed it shut on the boy's finger. The boy immediately found enlightenment.

* The Zen Librarian meditated for ten years on this question: What is the plot of a self-help book which has no pages or words?

* A patron asked the Zen Librarian to look on MapQuest to see whether a pick-your-own apple orchard was north or south of the interstate. The Zen Librarian answered, "Although people make distinctions between north and south, in buddha-nature and on the Web south and north do not exist."

* A circulation clerk told the Zen Librarian that a patron needed assistance. The Zen Librarian scolded the clerk, saying, "How dare you refer to a client as a patron!"

The next day, the same person entered the library, and the clerk told the Zen Librarian that a client needed assistance. This time, the Zen Librarian rebuked the clerk, "How dare you refer to a patron as a client!"

* The Zen Librarian said, "Reference service is like a man hanging from a rope by his teeth over a cliff, with his hands bound to his sides and feet resting on no ledge, and another person asks him for books about Enrico Fermi for a child's school assignment."

* A patron asked the Zen Librarian, "Without speech, without silence, will you please tell me where I can find books about keeping turtles as pets?" The Zen Librarian continued to scan the reviews in the latest LJ .

* The Zen Librarian asked, "The Web is world-wide, so why do you clap your hands?"

* A high-school student asked the Zen Librarian for the Cliffs Notes to The Scarlet Letter . The Zen Librarian opened a drawer full of eggs and said, "This is where your research begins."

* As a woman checked out some books on her library card, the Zen Librarian asked, "Why doesn't she have a library card?"

* While downloading some MARC records, the Zen Librarian remarked, "It is. It is not."

* While leading a book discussion, the Zen Librarian commented that one of the characters felt trapped as a stereotype in the novel.

"You can't say that," a member of the group said. "You can't see into the character's mind."

"And you are able to see into my mind to know what I can and cannot see?" replied the Zen Librarian.

* The Zen Librarian appeared to be ill. The department head said, "How are you feeling? You don't look well; maybe you should go home." The Zen Librarian answered, "Reading audiobooks."

* When asked, "What is a library?" the Zen Librarian replied, "A shitty toilet brush."

* The Zen Librarian noted, "How the library is like a walnut tree!"

* Two patrons greeted the Zen Librarian. The first asked, "Where are your videos?" The Zen Librarian answered, "Your request does not have the Buddha nature." The second patron asked, "Where are your videos?" The Zen Librarian answered, "Your request has the Buddha nature," and directed the patron to the A-V room.

* A child approached the Zen Librarian. "I need a book about Egyptian mummies," the child said. The Zen Librarian replied, "My dog also has no teeth."

* One morning, the Zen Librarian walked through the reading room and toppled all the chairs backward onto the floor.

* A patron approached the Zen Librarian and asked to reserve the latest Danielle Steel book. The Zen Librarian offered the patron a bowl filled with sand, and the patron walked away, confused. "That patron has just taken the first step on a circular path," the Zen Librarian commented.

* A woman asked the Zen Librarian where to find a book with a certain call number. The Zen Librarian directed her to a shelf where she should look. She returned to the Zen Librarian and said, "There is nothing on that shelf but a pile of stones. Where may I find that book?" The Zen Librarian told her to look on the same shelf as before.

The woman went to the shelf again, and she returned with a large stone, which she dropped on the Zen Librarian's foot. He bowed and retrieved the book for her.

When the book was returned after being checked out, it was a week overdue. The Zen Librarian picked up a stone, dropped it on his foot, and handed the book to a clerk.

* "What is knowledge?" the student intern asked the Zen Librarian. "The photographs which are not in the Wall Street Journal ," answered the Zen Librarian.

* While seeking a book in the stacks, the Zen Librarian discovered a turd on one shelf. "This should be in the vertical file," the Zen Librarian remarked.

* A patron asked the Zen Librarian if the library had any books with maps of stars and constellations. The Zen Librarian picked up Webster's Third , hit the patron in the head with it, and said: "You have your answer. Now you need to find your true question."

* As a student in library school, the future Zen Librarian witnessed an argument between a professor and another student. The other student said that Internet access in public libraries should be filtered, and the professor said that unrestricted access should be provided. "The mind needs to be filtered," the future Zen Librarian said to the other student. "The mind needs to be unrestricted," the future Zen Librarian said to the professor. The professor and student were both amazed.

* The Zen Librarian answered a reference call on the telephone. "When was Herbert Hoover born?" the patron asked. The Zen Librarian looked up the answer in Facts About the Presidents and replied, "A bowl of soup."

* When asked how one finds the true path to the photocopier, the Zen Librarian replied, "A copy of The Bridges of Madison County is overdue."

* The Zen Librarian searched for nothing on AltaVista and received 27,987,384 hits.

Case Study No. 1004: Natalie LaFrost

We Take All Kinds: Librarian
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[scene opens on a young female librarian (red blouse, black skirt) looking into the camera]
NARRATOR: Meet Natalie LaFrost ... Still uses the Dewey Decimal System.
[she folds her arms and gives an angry look]
NARRATOR: Gets angry when you talk during study hall.
[she smiles and coyly bites down on her finger]
NARRATOR: Likes Tony's shirt unbuttoned to the navel.
[cut to the "tastytrade" logo]
NARRATOR: Tastytrade ... We take all kinds.

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Case Study No. 1003: Courtney Bates

Is There A Librarian In The House??
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Cortny Bates helps me return a long-overdue book.
Tags: Joseph Bridwell biography
Added: 1 year ago
From: leeb831
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[scene opens with the host of the "Happy Hour in Texas" podcast speaking into a microphone, in front of a studio audience]
LEE B. WEAVER: I have a quick question ... Is there a librarian in the house?
[the audience murmurs]
LEE B. WEAVER: Is there a librarian in the--
[he nearly knocks his microphone over]
LEE B. WEAVER: Whoa! In the house?
[someone from the audience yells "Why yes there is!"]
LEE B. WEAVER: Librarian, come up here, please!
[the audience applauds]
LEE B. WEAVER: Y'know, we have ... we have, we have firsts all the time on this show, and that was one right there.
[the audience laughs]
LEE B. WEAVER: No one's ever said, "Is there a librarian in the house?"
[a woman (brown hair, glasses, orange dress) walks up on stage and sits down next to him]
LEE B. WEAVER: We have a Dewey Decimal System emergency!
[the audience laughs, as she holds a finger up to her lips and "shushes" him]
LEE B. WEAVER: Oh, that's right! That's right ...
[he laughs, then looks out into the audience]
LEE B. WEAVER: Uh, could you shush those people?
[she turns towards the audience and repeats the move, as they laugh]
LEE B. WEAVER: Oh, well ...
[someone in the audience yells "Play the game!"]
LEE B. WEAVER: I may be.
[he turns to the librarian]
LEE B. WEAVER: You wanna play the question--
[she shakes her head]
COURTNEY BATES: No thank you.
[he laughs]
LEE B. WEAVER: Uh, here's the deal. I wrote a book, um, last year. The year before ... both of those years, and along the way I borrowed a book from the MSU library.
[the audience laughs]
LEE B. WEAVER: And, um, it was sort of ... co-stolen by an employee and myself. Like, she smuggled it out past the little--
[he starts gesturing with his hands, as the librarian looks at him accusingly]
LEE B. WEAVER: She didn't know if it would trip the alarms, but she didn't wanna find out.
[he holds up a book]
LEE B. WEAVER: So, it's the ... it's the, uh, it's a doctoral thesis on Joseph Bridwell, written by one of the premiere early historians of Wichita Falls when she was still a graduate at MSU.
[the librarian shakes her head]
LEE B. WEAVER: Uh, published in Nineteen Sixty Seven ... I've had it for a year and a half, and I can't go back there. So--
[he hands the book to the librarian]
LEE B. WEAVER: And, of course, my fingerprints aren't on it. No one knows I have that book. Uh, but if you want to sneak that back in someday--
COURTNEY BATES: I'm gonna tell on you!
LEE B. WEAVER: I don't care, but ...
[he laughs, as the librarian starts leafing through the book]
COURTNEY BATES: Okay.
LEE B. WEAVER: Can you do that for me? Thank you so much, Courtney!
[he points at her]
LEE B. WEAVER: Courtney Bates, MSU librarian!
[she gets up and walks off camera as the audience applauds, then "Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction begins to play]
LEE B. WEAVER: Been caught stealin' ...

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From facebook.com:

Happy Hour In Texas with Lee B Weaver

My (sort of) weekly talk/variety show!

Case Study No. 1002: Unnamed Female Librarian (Rufus Wainwright)

Rufus Wainwright, Helena Bonham Carter - Out Of The Game
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[scene opens with a young female librarian (red hair, glasses, grey jacket, white blouse) sitting at the front desk with a sad look on her face]
[cut to a shot of the clock on the wall (showing 3:18), then to an over-the-shoulder shot of the librarian's computer (showing "Your mattress will be delivered between 2pm - 4pm today" and "Mattress 'Billy' ultra soft silk 1 x 299 $")]"
[the librarian looks at her wristwatch, then cut to her standing on the second floor and looking out at the library while sighing deeply]
[cut to a closeup of the librarian's face, as she leans up against a bookshelf and begins lip-synching the song "Out of the Game" (as Rufus Wainwright's voice can be heard)]
LIBRARIAN: I'm out of the game ...
[cut to the librarian walking through the library, still "singing"]
LIBRARIAN: I've been out for a long time now ...
[cut to a closeup of the librarian with a sad look on her face]
LIBRARIAN: I'm lookin' for something ...
[cut to a male patron sleeping in the library, then back to the librarian]
LIBRARIAN: Can't be found on the main drag, no!
[cut to the librarian walking through the library]
LIBRARIAN: I'm out of the game. I've been out for a long time now ...
[cut to another male patron standing in the stacks and reading a book, then back to the librarian]
LIBRARIAN: I'm looking for something ...
[cut to the librarian drumming her fingers against the railing on the second floor, then to a female patron passed out on top of the photocopy machine (with an open flask in her hand)]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Can't be found on the main drag, no!
[cut to various shots of the librarian as she continues "singing"]
LIBRARIAN: Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you, suckers!
[cut to a shot of the three patrons suddenly on stage singing the word "Suckers!", then back to the librarian as leans up against the bookshelf and slides down to the floor]
LIBRARIAN: Does your mama know what you're doin'?
[cut back to the patrons singing on stage]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you ...
[cut back to the librarian, as she looks up]
LIBRARIAN: Suckers!
[cut back to the patrons singing on stage]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Does your mama know what you're doin'?
[cut back to the sleeping male patron, who is now awake and reading a book (holding it upside down) entitled "Zen and the Art of Car Mechanics"]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] You're only a child ...
[he takes out a cigarette, then cut back to the librarian]
LIBRARIAN: With the mind of a senile man!
[cut to the librarian walking up to the patron and taking the cigarette out of his hand]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] You're only a young thing ...
[cut back to the patrons singing on stage]
CHORUS: Young thing!
[cut back to the librarian, as she crumples the cigarette in her hand and then drops it on the floor]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] 'Bout to sleep with a sea of men!
[she turns and leaves, then cut back to her standing on the second floor]
LIBRARIAN: Just hangin' around ...
[cut to the librarian standing over the female patron passed out on the photocopy machine (as the flask drips liquid onto the floor), but she just sighs and walks off]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Wearin' somethin' from God knows where.
[cut back to the librarian walking through the library]
LIBRARIAN: Just havin' a ball
[cut back to the male patron reading in the stacks, as he licks his finger to turn the page ... and the librarian watches with a hungry look in her eyes]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Makin' all of the thin cards fall.
[cut to the librarian and the patron standing face to face, when she suddenly slaps him]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you suckers!
[cut back to the patrons singing]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Does your mama know what you're doin'?
[cut to the librarian standing by herself, burying her face in her hands, then back to the patrons singing]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you suckers!
[cut back to the librarian leaning up against the bookshelf, as she slides down to the floor, then to a closeup of the wall clock (now reading 3:49)]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Does your mama know what you're doin'?
[cut to the librarian walking through the fire exit and standing outside, as she checks her wristwatch and unbuttons the collar of her blouse ... she has a pensive look on her face, but then sees two deliverymen with a parked van outside of the library]
[cut to the librarian lying down across three chairs, with a smile on her face]
LIBRARIAN: Say, come over here ...
[cut to the librarian leaning up against a wooden fence, as the deliverymen carries the mattress in front of the camera]
LIBRARIAN: Let me smell you for one last time ...
[cut to the librarian back inside, as she argues with the deliverymen about where to put the mattress]
LIBRARIAN: Before you go out there ...
[cut back to the patrons singing]
CHORUS: Out there!
[cut back to the librarian talking with the deliverymen about where the mattress should go]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] And ruin all of the world, once mine!
[cut to the librarian back on the second floor]
LIBRARIAN: And I'm out of the game!
[cut to the deliverymen leaving, as the librarian stares off-camera (as if inspecting the unseen mattress) before smiling]
LIBRARIAN: I've been out for a long time now ...
[cut to a closeup of the wall clock (which now reads 4:00)]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] I'm lookin' for something, that can't be found on the main drag, no!
[cut to a closeup of the mattress, as the three patrons are writhing around on top of it (with the two male patrons kissing each other]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you ...
[cut back to the librarian on the second floor, as she yells down at them]
LIBRARIAN: Suckers!
[cut to the librarian leaning up against the bookshelf, as she slides down to the ground?
LIBRARIAN: Does your mama know what you're doin'?
[cut to various shots of the patrons (both on stage singing and on the mattress having their three-way)]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] Look at you, look at you, look at you, look at you, suckers!
[cut to the librarian on the second floor, as she closes her eyes and crosses herself]
LIBRARIAN: Does your mama know ...
[cut to various shots of the librarian and the patrons]
LIBRARIAN: [in voice over] What you're doin'?
[cut back to the mattress, as the patrons part to reveal a woman in a black nightie reading Anthony Trollope's "The Way We Live Now" ... the camera pans up to show it is the librarian (without glasses and her hair all messed up) as the scene fades to black]
["Copyright 2012 Decca Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc" appears on screen]

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From fastcocreate.com:

Helena Bonham Carter's Librarian Shushes Rufus Wainwright In His New Video

It's refreshing to see that even as we plunge headlong into the Kindle age, the Librarian still remains a vibrant cultural archetype. When all the physical books are gone, so are they, but for now at least, their spirit is alive and well in Rufus Wainwright's latest video.

For the title song on his impending seventh studio album, Wainwright has recruited his longtime pal, actress Helena Bonham Carter, to play a buttoned-up keeper of books, at war with her own urges. The video, directed by Philip Andelman, follows Bonham Carter's sensibly dressed lady around as she lip-syncs Wainwright's '70s AM radio-sounding anthem and disciplines various library patrons. The twist is that these patrons are all played by Wainwright himself (including one who sports a John Waters-style 'stache.)

Bonham Carter's high-strung librarian becomes increasingly agitated as the day wears on, and it's clear that she's waiting for… something. It's probably best not to give away the ending, but it will suffice to say that at one point a mattress is delivered to the library. As they are sometimes.

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From huffingtonpost.com:

Rufus Wainwright, 'Out Of The Game': New Video Stars Helena Bonham Carter As Naughty Librarian
The Huffington Post | By Crystal Bell Posted: 04/ 3/2012 9:26 am Updated: 04/ 3/2012 3:32 pm

Rufus Wainwright has teamed up with Helena Bonham Carter in the music video for his latest single "Out of the Game," off his upcoming album of the same name.

The actress, showing off her impeccable lip-syncing skills, plays a straight-laced librarian driven into a lustful frenzy by Wainwright's multiple impassioned personas. Needless to say, the two behave very badly in the stacks.

Explaining the video, Wainwright recently told The Sun, "It features the two of us being naughty in the library."

"We have been friends for years," he added. "Not only is she very beautiful, very glamorous, but she is also incredibly funny. At the end of the video, she is basically wearing a bra. So I very much appreciate her friendship for furthering my career."

Bonham Carter wasn't the only one of Wainwright's friends to help further his career. "Out of the Game" -- among other tracks off the album -- was produced by British hit-maker Mark Ronson, and in an interview with Music Week, Wainwright opened up about working with Ronson on his "most pop album to date," saying, "We kind of fell in love with each other."

"There's a real attraction between Mark and I, which is a little harder for me being gay," Wainwright said. "I have to battle with it. Whether it's the Beatles or the Stones or Eurhythmics, there's an unrequited sexual, romantic energy in the studio -- and it becomes volatile if not dealt with."

Out Of The Game, Wainwright's seventh studio album, hits shelves on May 1.

Case Study No. 1001: The Librarian (LEGO Collectible Minifigures)

lego minifiguers seres 10 librarian
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lego minifiguer librarian
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Added: 4 months ago
From: Coby Creator
Views: 110

[video opens with the camera zoomed in on the female "Librarian" character (brown hair, glasses, red lipstick, red sweater, brown skirt) from the Lego Minifigures line]
COBY: [from off camera] Welcome to a Series Ten review on the Coby Creator show. This time, it is the Librarian, and the librarian has a mug which says "Shhh!"
[the reviewer reaches in from off camera and turns the figure to show the white mug in its hand]
COBY: [from off camera] Because she is in the library! And she is reading a book called "Oranges and Peaches" ...
[the reviewer reaches in from off camera and snaps the large brown book accessory open]
COBY: [from off camera] And the book opens, like the laptop that we got in Series Seven.
[the reviewer closes the book and turns the figure back towards the camera]
COBY: [from off camera] And that ... them legs are cheerleader legs, that we have got, but they're just a different color. This one is Number One, Series Ten, Collectible Minifigures. I hope you enjoyed, bye!

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From lego.com:

Librarian
"Shhh!"

Books are just about the Librarian's most favorite thing in the entire world. Reading them can take you on exciting adventures in far-off lands, introduce you to new friends and cultures, and let you discover poetry, classic literature, science fiction and much more. If only everybody loved to read as much as she does, the world would be a better place ... and quieter, too!

The Librarian feels that it's extremely important to treat a book with the proper respect. You should always use a bookmark instead of folding down the corner of the page. Take good care of the dust jacket, and don't scribble in the margins. And above all else, never – ever – return it to the library late!

Skills
Strength - ***
Creativity - ****
Speed - **

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From thebrickblogger.com:

LEGO Collectible Minifigures 10 Librarian – with a coffee-mug and a book titled Oranges and Peaches. A Google search reveals that the book's title refers to a story about communication skills. A patron at a library comes to the reference desk and asks for a book called "Oranges and Peaches". The librarian has never heard of the book before, but does a quick search in the catalog. Nothing. A quick search on Amazon offers some possibilities, but, no. Nothing. Rather than send the patron away the librarian probes the patron for more information about the book: "Can you tell me what the book is about?" The patron says they have no idea. The librarian then asks how did they hear about the book. The patron says it was assigned by their professor for class. The librarian then asks: "Which class are you taking?" The patron says Biology. The librarian finally asks: "Could it be Darwin's Origin of Species?"

Case Study No. 1000: Jocasta Nu

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith PS2 Walkthrough, The Hunt Begins
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Level 11: The Hunt Begins.
The time for the Great Jedi Purge has come. The newly anointed Lord Vader marches to the Jedi Temple with the 501st Legion Clone Troopers.
Clearly one of the best levels in the game.
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Added: 1 year ago
From: RevanMarek79
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[scene opens with Darth Sidious talking to the newly-christened Darth Vader]
SIDIOUS: Every single Jedi, including your friend Obi Wan Kenobi, is now an enemy of the Republic.
[cut to Vader entering the Jedi Temple on the planet Coruscant, flanked by Clone troopers]
SIDIOUS: [in voice over] Do what must be done, Lord Vader ... Do not hesitate. Show no mercy.
[cut to Jocasta Nu standing in the Archives section of the Temple, as she turns and sees Vader standing in the doorway]
ANAKIN: I want access to the Temple's signal beacon.
JOCASTA NU: On whose authority?
ANAKIN: By order of the supreme chancellor.
[he steps forward, as Jocasta draws her lightsaber]
JOCASTA NU: That is not within the chancellor's power. Only the Jedi Council can authorize access.
[she stands defiantly before him, but Vader uses the Force to lift her into the air, then draws her towards him and impales her through the chest with his lightsaber]
ANAKIN: The Council is no longer in control ...
[he uses the Force to toss her body aside, as three Jedi leap down from the upper level and surround him]
JEDI KNIGHT: You won't get away with this, Skywalker!
JEDI PADAWAN: You will pay for your actions!
["Press R2 to perform Force Lightning on enemies" appears on screen, as the Jedi attack]
ANAKIN: Your powers are no match for mine, Jedi traitor.
JEDI PADAWAN: Fight with honor!
ANAKIN: This ends now!
JEDI KNIGHT: The Dark Side has gripped him!
JEDI PADAWAN: Defend yourself!
[cut to another Jedi on the upper level, activating a machine that closes all of the surrounding doors, as "New Objective: disengage library force fields" appears on screen]
CLONE TROOPER: You Jedi traitor!
ANAKIN: Your power is insignificant compared to the Dark Side!
[Vader uses the Force to jump to the upper level of the Archives]
JEDI PADAWAN: I see him!
[he kills the padawan, then uses his lightsaber to cut a hole in the wall next to the room where the force field was activated]
JEDI KNIGHT: You can't escape!
ANAKIN: Wipe them out to the last ...
[he kills the Jedi, then continues cutting the hole (but is once again interrupted)]
JEDI KNIGHT: Don't make me destroy you!
[he kills the Jedi]
ANAKIN: One less Jedi ...
[he finishes cutting the hole (revealing the circuitry underneath) when another padawan attacks]
ANAKIN: Padawans? Don't make me laugh ...
[he dispatches the padawan, then uses his lightsaber to destroy the circuitry and open the door]
CLONE TROOPER: Protect Lord Vader!
[he deactivates the machine, as "Objective Achieved: Disengage library force fields" appears on screen]
JEDI PADAWAN: The clones are everywhere!
[Vader jumps back down to the lower level, and continues killing the Jedi forces]
ANAKIN: You'll never beat me ...
CLONE TROOPER: I need more men up here!
ANAKIN: You're nothing to me now!
[the last of the Jedi are defeated, as Vader uses the Force to blast open a door in the back of the room ... however, waiting there is a group of Jedi Snipers]
JEDI SNIPER: You brought this on yourself!
["New Objective: Use the Force to gain access to study hall" appears on screen, as Vader engages in battle with the snipers]
ANAKIN: Your best is not enough.
JEDI SNIPER: That's far enough, Dark Sider!
ANAKIN: The Force is telling me something here ... That statue must fall.
[Vader uses the Force to topple a large statue and crush the remaining snipers, then lifts a piece of the statue and hurls it through a giant doorway, as "Objective Achieved: Use the Force to gain access to study hall" appears on screen]
ANAKIN: Leave none alive.
[they enter the room and begin fighting more Jedi]
ANAKIN: Is this what passes for Jedi now?
["New Objective: shutdown study hall force fields" appears on screen]
ANAKIN: There has to be a shield control here!
[Vader defeats the remaining Jedi, then uses his lightsaber to stab a hole in the locked door at the back of the room and open it ... only to find another Jedi wielding a double-sided lightsaber]
JEDI BRUTE: Grrr!
ANAKIN: Keep fighting ... It'll do you no good.
JEDI BRUTE: I'll crush you!
[he defeats the brute, then enters a room with two turrets guarding the shield control ... destroying these defenses, he deactives the force fields, as "Objective Achieved: shutdown study hall force fields" appears on screen]
ANAKIN: That should get me by ... for awhile.
[Vader makes his way back and uses his lightsaber to slice through another locked door, then finds himself on a walkway outside of the Temple surrounded by more Jedi]
JEDI KNIGHT: You're no match for a Jedi!
ANAKIN: Stand aside or be struck down!
CLONE TROOPER: Use the statue to smash through the door!
JEDI SNIPER: You're beyond saving, Skywalker!
ANAKIN: Is that what passes for saber skills now?
JEDI SNIPER: That's far enough, traitor!
JEDI BRUTE: No escape!
[the Jedi are defeated, and one of the Clone troopers places a bomb on the door at the end of the walkway, detonating it to force the door open ... leading to a room with more Jedi brutes]
ANAKIN: You're only prolonging the inevitable ...
CLONE TROOPER: Bring that statue down!
[the Jedi are defeated]
CLONE TROOPER: Jedi down. Situation normal.
[suddenly, a turret lowers from the ceiling and begins firing, as more Jedi appear]
JEDI BRUTE: Die!
CLONE TROOPER: Go for the statue!
[the remaining enemies are defeated, as Vader enters the next room (a hangar full of ships) ... except there are more Jedi waiting]
JEDI KNIGHT: You'll never win!
ANAKIN: This has gone on far enough!
["New Objective: Use turret to destroy Jedi starfighters" appears on screen]
ANAKIN: This ends now ...
JEDI KNIGHT: If that statue falls, we're doomed!
ANAKIN: The Jedi must be purged!
[Vader approches the turret, as "Move L to aim the cannon" appears on screen]
JEDI KNIGHT: You can't escape!
[Vader fires the cannon at the remaining Jedi, as well as the ships that are trying to take off]
ANAKIN: My powers are beyond you now!
["Objective Achieved: Use turret to destroy Jedi starfighters" appears on screen, as a Clone trooper approaches Vader]
CLONE TROOPER: Sir, we've breached the beacon control room. We're awaiting your access code.
[cut to Vader in the control room, as he types the code into the computer]
ANAKIN: That will bring any surviving Jedi home, where I will be waiting for them.
CLONE TROOPER: Lord Vader, a Jedi has penetrated our upper level defenses.
ANAKIN: Yes, I sense ... Cin Drallig. I'll deal with him. You stay and protect the beacon. Guard it with your lives.

[...]

[Obi Wan Kenobi and Yoda enter the destroyed Jedi Archives]
OBI WAN: I've never seen anything so cruel ... Why would the clones do this?
YODA: Responsible for this, the clones are not.
[surveying the damage, Obi Wan stops when he finds Jocasta Nu's lifeless body on the ground]
OBI WAN: No ...
YODA: An act of hatred this was. Strong is the Dark Side now.
[Clone troopers suddenly appear from the debris]
YODA: Attacking the clones are!
["New Objective: defeat library security protocol" appears on screen]
OBI WAN: Fight your programming!
CLONE TROOPER: Stay strong, boys!
YODA: Take caution, we must!
CLONE TROOPER: Hold your positions!
OBI WAN: Take this!
CLONE TROOPER: Kill the Jedi!
YODA: Stopped, the clones must be!
CLONE TROOPER: You Jedi traitor!
[the clones are defeated, so Obi Wan jumps up to the upper level of the Archives ... where more clone troopers await]
CLONE TROOPER: Lock and load!
YODA: Time for this, there is not!
[Obi Wan uses his lightsaber to open the control panel on the wall, then destroys the circuitry to disable the force fields keeping the doors closed]
CLONE TROOPER: You want some of this?
YODA: At peace with the Force, may you be!
CLONE TROOPER: Take those Jedi down!
OBI WAN: I'm getting too old for this ...
YODA: Let these clones stop us, we must not!
[Obi Wan runs over to the door, but cannot open it]
OBI WAN: They've activated the Temple's lock-down protocol!
[he uses his lightsaber to cut the door open, then they enter the walkway outside of the Temple, as "New Objective: defeat clone gunships" appears on screen]
CLONE TROOPER: Keep the Jedi in your sights!
[Obi Wan approaches the turret, and begins firing on the ships]
YODA: Get to the beacon room, we must!
[the ships are defeated, as "Objective Achieved: use clone turret to defeat clone gunships" appears on screen, and Obi Wan enters the beacon room ... only to find himself surrouned by clone assassins]
OBI WAN: I preferred it when the clones were our allies ...
["New Objective: defeat clone assassins" appears on screen]
CLONE ASSASSIN: Let me show you how it's done!
OBI WAN: You'll have to do better than that ...
CLONE ASSASSIN: I'm going to eviscerate you!
OBI WAN: You're no better than a droid!
CLONE ASSASSIN: Enemy incoming!
OBI WAN: Your armor won't protect you.
CLONE ASSASSIN: Give it up, you're dead!
OBI WAN: Fancy moves won't save you ...
[the clones are defeated, as Obi Wan and Yoda advance through the beacon room]
OBI WAN: Wait, master ... There is something I must know.
YODA: If in to the security recordings you go, only pain will you find.
OBI WAN: I must know the truth, master.
[he activates a hologram showing Darth Sidious and Vader together]
OBI WAN: It can't be ...
DARTH SIDIOUS: [via recording] You have done well, my new apprentice. Now, Lord Vader, go and bring peace to the Empire.
[he stops the hologram]
OBI WAN: I can't watch anymore.
YODA: Destroy the Sith, we must.

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From wikipedia.org:

Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith is the official LucasArts video game based on the movie of the same name. It centers around Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker as the Clone Wars come to an end. It was released on May 5, 2005, for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS.

Gameplay
In single player mode, the player controls Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, reliving various scenes from the film through the game's missions. There are 17 levels, interlaced with over 12 minutes of footage from the movie.

The game's combat system is heavily concentrated on lightsaber combat. Each of the playable characters (with the exception of the MagnaGuard) is equipped with at least one lightsaber. There are three basic attacks: fast attacks which do the least amount of damage, strong attacks which do more damage but are slower to execute, and the slowest but strongest critical attacks. These attacks can be mixed to create combination attacks. Attacks can also be charged up for greater strength. One feature of the game is called a Saber Lock - a sequence in which the player's character clashes swords with an opponent.

Plot
Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi arrive on board the Invisible Hand, the Seperatist flagship of General Grievous, who has kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine above Coruscant. After battling droids in the main hangar bay and the elevators, the duo arrive at the general's quarters, where Palpatine is being held. However, the two are then confronted by Count Dooku and in the ensuing duel, Obi-Wan is knocked out and Anakin kills Dooku by decapitating him with his lightsaber.

The pair then escape with Palpatine but are recaptured and brought before Grievous on the ship's bridge. They escape as the ship turns upside down and fight off Grievous' bodyguards while the general escapes and Anakin manages to save everyone during a crash landing on Coruscant.

Obi-Wan journeys to Utapau in search of General Grievous and confronts him after he dispatches the Seperatist coucil to the planet of Mustafar. Obi-Wan then duels Grievous as the clones invade and battle the droids. Grievous reaches the launch platform where his ship is situated, but Obi-Wan stabs him in the chest and kills him.

Meanwhile, on Coruscant, Anakin discovers Mace Windu preparing to execute Palptaine, who he has discovered is in fact the Sith lord Darth Sidious, in his office. Anakin intervenes and duels Windu, both of them jumping from the office to a platform below before Windu force pushes Anakin away and leaps back inside. However, Anakin follows and finally defeats the exhausted Jedi master by stabbing him and kicking him out of the window. Palpatine then takes Anakin under his wing; Anakin becomes the Sith lord Darth Vader and is ordered by Palptaine to wipe out all of the Jedi in the Jedi Temple.

Anakin and an army of clone troopers make their way to the Temple, where after he kills librarian Jocasta Nu, Anakin attacks the Jedi and the massacre begins. Anakin finds and engages Serra Keto in battle, and ultimately prevails when she is crushed by a falling statue. He is then confronted by Keto's master, Cin Drallig whom he also duels. The two wind up outside of the temple, where Anakin impales Drallig through the chest.

Across the galaxy, the clones turn on the Jedi and murder them. Obi-Wan evades them and escapes from Utapau after being relentlessly hunted by both clones and droids alike. Anakin, still following Palpatine's orders, goes to Mustafar with the intention to wipe out the Confederacy leaders. He is greeted on the landing platform by several Neimoidian aides and strikes them down, which is witnessed by the leaders in the main control room. Anakin advances through the facility, murdering the guards sent to terminate him after the leaders realize that Palpatine has betrayed them. Anakin cuts the door down and force pushes it away; crushing Poggle the Lesser to death. He then pursues the rest of the council into the conference room, where he kills Wat Tambor as Viceroy Nute Gunray flees and locks the door behind him. Gunray's second in command, Rune Haako, begs Anakin for mercy, but is mercilessly struck down. Anakin then follows Gunray outside, as the Viceroy is attempting to escape in his gunship. Anakin attacks the ship, causing it to crash into the molten lava below, killing Gunray.

Meanwhile, on Coruscant, Obi-Wan and Master Yoda raid the ruins of the Jedi Temple, clearing out as many clones as they can and are shocked when they discover security recordings of Anakin becoming a Sith lord. The recording also reveal Anakin's location, so Obi-Wan heads to Mustafar to confront him.

The two former friends engage in a ferocious lightsaber duel across the Mustafar facility, which is slowly being destroyed by lava. The two end up on a platform floating down a lava river; Obi-Wan jumps off and warns Anakin not to follow. An enraged Anakin leaps over him, allowing Obi-Wan to slice his legs and arm off. Anakin slides towards the lava and catches fire; Obi-Wan leaves him for dead. Palpatine arrives and finds Anakin alive; he builds him a special suit due to his breathing having been damaged and the two oversee the construction of the Death Star.

Differences between the game and the movie
The game's plot largely mirrors the film upon which it is based. However, there are some key differences between the game and the film, and some scenes and battles from the film are extended in the game. For example, more Jedi are seen being killed during the execution of Order 66, as the player takes control of Darth Vader, exterminating the Jedi throughout the mission.

The game also differs from the film in other ways; for example, the Jedi Archives librarian, Jocasta Nu's death is seen in the game. Nu is killed when Vader orders her to provide access to the signal beacon, and she resists. She ignites her saber only to be lifted into the air by a Force Grip. Vader then ignites his lightsaber and pulls her towards it, impaling her and killing her instantly. Another significant difference between the film and the game concerns the character of Padmé Amidala. A major character in the film, she is omitted almost entirely from the game, mentioned only once. The game also excludes battles featured in the film, such as any scenes of space combat, Yoda's escape from Kashyyyk and Yoda's confrontation with Palpatine. Mace Windu's duel with Chancellor Palpatine was replaced with Mace Windu walking into the Chancellor's officer and cornering him.

Cast
The game utilized many of the cast members of the 2003 animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars. Additionally, stock footage of the actors from the films appeared in many of the game's cinematics. Alethea McGrath reprised her role as Jocasta Nu from Attack of the Clones, while Matthew Wood reprised his voice-role of General Grievous from Revenge of the Sith. James Earl Jones reprised his role as the original voice of Darth Vader for multiplayer mode.

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From ign.com:

Mission 11: The Hunt Begins

The beginning of the dark path lies ahead, as Anakin must duel against many Jedi in the opening room to Mission 11. These Jedi are merely Padawans and the like, which you can easily slice right through compared to some of those greater droids from the first mission. Use basic combos to eliminate them quickly. Use the Force Lightning attack to dig into the Jedi with the blue light sabers, and watch the cut-scene after a good while of fighting. You must now defeat the rest of the Jedi in this room and Force Jump up to the upper floor of the library. You will have to clear a few of the Jedi up here away before you can continue.

You will find a small indentation in the wall to the right of the blocked doorway that you will have to slice open with your light saber. Cut away at the power cords to disable the shield around the door frame. A Jedi will pop out to duel with you, so quickly dispose of him while a Storm Trooper tanks him as a meat shield. Afterwards, go inside and hit the control panel to disengage the library force fields. Use the Force Jump to reach the ground level, and begin beating up on the Jedi down below. Watch the cut-scene and get ready to fight many Jedi away.

Outside, fight as many Jedi as you can before using the Force on the white whirlpool to bring down the large statue in the courtyard. Watch the cut-scene and kill off the weaker Jedi before running over to the door and striking your light saber through the center. After the door crumbles, step inside and watch the cut-scene. This big brute has a dual-ended light saber that he wants to shove down your throat - permanently. Try springing into action and quickly taking him down without thinking too much, as pure brute force will win with this guy. After the fight, step inside the next room to activate the turrets and run away.

With the turrets activated, fight the second dual-ended light saber Jedi (hereby referred to as Strong Jedi) in the large room in the exact same manner that you fought the original one. After he is dead, dash into the room with the turrets and quickly touch the control panel, and hurry to backtrack out of the turret control room. Use Force Heal outside, and kill the few Jedi that wander outside of here. Collect the health power-up beyond the Storm Troopers in the back, and continue backtracking to reach more Jedi, including a Strong one. Eliminate all of them and collect the secret on the left.

Slice through the door on the upper right-hand corner and you will be on a balcony, of sorts. Slice through the turret first and position yourself where you can knock your opponents off of the cliff rather than having to fight through all of them. In the next room, you must fight a couple of Strong Jedi. Use your light saber throwing technique to get through them painlessly, and take out the turret immediately. Two more Strong Jedi come into the room from behind, so swiftly kill them and you will reach a checkpoint.

In this room, you will need to clear away the few weaker Jedi that storm up to you for the kill, and in turn run towards the gigantic cannon at the back of the room. Mount it and destroy the Jedi fighter ships that appear to the left and right sides. Do not overheat your cannon too quickly by firing too many lost shots. Watch the cut-scene and complete the mission.

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From wikia.com:

Homeworld
Coruscant

Died
19 BBY (16:5:22), Jedi Temple, Coruscant

Species
Human

Gender
Female

Height
1.67 meters

Hair color
White

Eye color
Blue

Era(s)
Rise of the Empire era

Affiliation
Jedi Order
* Old Guard
* Jedi High Council
Galactic Republic

Known apprentices
Jerec
Olee Starstone
Jin-Lo Rayce

"The Archives. The library. The first hall—history of the Republic, chronicles of the Jedi going back over thousands of years. Their protector—Master Jocasta Nu." -- Sha Koon

Jocasta Nu was a female Human who served as the Chief Librarian of the Jedi Archives at the time of the Clone Wars with a penchant for being a bit overconfident in the completeness of her Archives. Her patterned robes bore the symbols of the Ansata, representing her devotion to knowledge and learning.

During her career, Nu trained many Padawans, including the future Emperor's Hand, Jerec, Olee Starstone, whom she tutored in the years prior to the Clone Wars, and Jin-Lo Rayce, founder of the Agents of Ossus. Jocasta Nu died when the 501st ransacked the Jedi Temple.

Biography
Brought into the Jedi Order during the final decades of the Galactic Republic, it is likely she was discovered by a recruiter of the Acquisition Division to be Force-sensitive around infancy before being brought to the Coruscant Jedi Temple for training. Raised in a youngling clan, Nu passed the trials of the Jedi academy and was eventually selected by a Master for one-on-one training. Passing the Jedi Trials, Nu pursued the path of the Consular and became a researcher specializing in the field of archaeology. Attaching herself to the Exploration Corps after consulting the Council of Reassignment, Nu traveled the galaxy gathering information for the Jedi Archives. During her journeys Nu discovered the Force-sensitive Miraluka, Jerec, and delivered him to the Temple for entrance into the academy there. Eventually Nu returned to the Temple and selected Jerec as her Padawan, passing along her own desires to learn all there was to know in the galaxy, which eventually drove him to Knighthood himself. Completing the training of a Padawan, Nu was made a Jedi Master and began to preform the duties of an archivist in the Archives. Eventually, Nu was appointed Chief Librarian of the Archives and Library and made a member of the Librarian's Assembly. Part of her responsibility as Chief Librarian was oversight of the Educational Corps; she reported directly to the Reassignment Council on all matters concerning this branch of the Jedi Service Corps.

During her tenure as Chief Librarian, Nu was appointed to the Jedi High Council, serving ten years on the august body before stepping down some time prior to 49 BBY. Foregoing the traditional brown robes of the Order, Nu began wearing a tunic and dress imprinted with ancient Ansata patterns, a type of dress worn by some of the most famed Jedi historians including the ancient Master Atris. Over the years, Nu came to know most of the Jedi in the Temple, becoming especially fond of Master Dooku; she personally mourned the loss of his great idealism when he left the Order shortly following the Invasion of Naboo. Using the extensive knowledge gained in the field with the ExplorCorps, Nu continued to gather a very precise and extensive knowledge of the galaxy. Working in cooperation with the Jedi Councils, Nu was always advised of upcoming missions so that she could help prep a report for all Jedi about to depart the Temple.

Nu took on her last Padawan, Jin-Lo Rayce sometime after the Stark Hyperspace War, teaching him all of the secret passage ways in and out of the Temple. Over the course of her time as director of the Archives, her confidence in the data stored in the Stacks was whole, claiming that if something was not in the Archives, then it did not exist. This statement was belied when Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi was unable to find the aquatic world Kamino in the Archives. Discovering that the files had been purged from the Archives' data banks, the integrity of the Archives came into question much to Nu's embarrassment.

Clone Wars
With the Clone Wars underway in 22 BBY, the High Council became increasingly concerned with protecting the Archives as more and more Jedi were called away from Coruscant to fight on the front lines. As reprimand for failing to follow orders during the First Battle of Felucia, the High Council assigned Padawan Ahsoka Tano to guard duty within the Archives. Meeting Tano in the Archives' Rotunda, Nu familiarized the Togruta with security protocols in the Archives and around the Holocron Vaults. Putting Tano to the test, bounty hunter Cad Bane had sent Cato Parasitti into the Temple to assist in his infiltration mission. As a Clawdite, Parasitti was able to slip pass both Tano and Nu under the guise of the recently deceased Master Ord Enisence. Suspicious of Enisence's oddly curt behavior, Nu offered the Skrilling a gentle hand, only to be struck by the bounty hunter and rendered unconscious. Stealing Nu's identity, Parasitti broke through Temple security and allowed Bane to enter the Temple without much trouble. While distracting the Jedi monitoring Temple security, Parasitti was discovered by Tano to be an impostor. After a brief scuffle, Parasitti was defeated and placed under arrest, yet Bane had already successfully completed his mission to infiltrate the Vaults and escape unnoticed. Nu recovered shortly after and returned immediately to her work.

Order 66 and Death
Nu remained at the Temple throughout the conflict with the Confederacy of Independent Systems, one of the highest ranking Masters to remain constantly on Coruscant. At the end of the war, she was diligently at work in the Archives when Operation: Knightfall was initiated in 19 BBY. Shortly prior, she finally expressed doubt to Knight Sha Koon in the completeness of her Archives. As fighting erupted in the Temple's lower levels, Nu summoned her former Padawan, Knight Rayce to the Archives and handed him several datachips with information from the Stacks uploaded to them. Ordering him to flee, she watched as Rayce departed the Temple through the secret passageways she had detailed to him over his apprenticeship.

Remaining behind, she waited in the Archives until Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Vader marched through the great wooden doors flanked by several clone assassins. Vader demanded that Nu unlock the secured Temple beacon, a demand she denied by igniting her blue lightsaber. Casually, Vader lifted the esteemed Jedi with the Force and impaled her through the chest with his own saber, killing her instantly. Ironically, during her conversation with Koon earlier that day, Nu had praised Skywalker as a hero. Flinging her body carelessly amongst the Stacks, the Sith continued to ransack the Archives while Nu's loyal librarians attempted to destroy all of the knowledge stored there so that it would not fall into the hands of their mortal enemies. After the fighting died down, Nu's body was discovered by Grand Master Yoda and Master Kenobi as they made their ways through the halls of the Temple. Her body would eventually be gathered up and her name checked off against Archives records of all active Jedi. After she was confirmed dead, her body was most likely dragged out onto the steps of the public entrance of the Temple and thrown on the makeshift pyre with all of her fallen comrades.

When the Galactic Empire emerged from the ashes of the Republic, Sate Pestage compiled a statement that was to be issued to the citizens of the Empire as proof of the Jedi's crimes. In his fabricated report, Pestage stated that Jocasta Nu was executed for harboring information that threatened the Empire and its citizens.

Personality and Traits
If Jocasta Nu had allowed herself to have an attachment it would have been to her library. She had a trait for being a little overconfident about the amount of information in the Archives and often got affronted if someone suggested that the Stacks were incomplete. This trait was shown when Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi noted the supposed disappearance of the planet Kamino. To this she indignantly replied that if something didn't appear in her records it didn't exist. By the end of the Clone Wars, however, Jocasta Nu came to accept the fact that her Archives did not contain everything.

Although a little too proud of the Archives, Nu was friendly and helpful, but most people knew better than to get on the wrong side of her. She would become quite severe if she thought a student was trying to get her to do all of their research for them.

Powers and Abilities
Achieving all of the basic Force skills at the academy during her younger years, Nu had pursued the studies of the Consular, perfecting her researching skills through her studies an archaeologist of the ExplorCorps. While retired from combat missions in her later years, she still wore her lightsaber proudly as a reminder of her active years, during which she had received a thin vertical scar along her cheek. When ignited her saber would emit a shimmering blue blade, used sparingly but with skill.

Behind the scenes
The character of Jocasta Nu was created for Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, where she was played by Alethea McGrath, an actress who also voiced her in the Revenge of the Sith video game, in which she is killed in a cut-scene by Darth Vader.

Jocasta Nu is voiced by Flo DiRe in Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series. Among Flo Di Re's other roles was the voice of the Elder in Fallout 2's opening CGI sequence.

Case Study No. 0999: Unnamed Male Librarian (Prison Break Bristol)

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[scene opens inside of a school gymnasium, as volunteers dressed in prison outfits sit in "cages" while actors dressed in guard uniforms walk around barking orders]
MALE GUARD: You will speak when you are spoken to! If you wish to speak to me, you say "Sir!"
[he pauses, as the prisoners say nothing]
MALE GUARD: You can talk!
[they start laughing]
MALE GUARD: You can't laugh! This is not a funny experience, okay?
[the camera pans over to a female guard standing on the other side of the "cage"]
FEMALE GUARD: Have you introduced each other to yourselves? Yeah? Yeah? I'm Master Roberts, you will refer to me as "Miss" ... if you may choose to do so, yes?
[the prisoners laugh]
FEMALE GUARD: Good answer ... Any questions that you may have, I can answer them, if you choose.
[cut to the female guard looking at the male prison librarian (prisoner outfit, thick glasses, pushing a cart filled with books) as he bends down to whisper to some of the prisoners on the other side of the "cage" ... when another guard comes over, he quickly stands up and pretends that he's looking over the books]
LIBRARIAN: Uh, right! Thank you very much!
[he tries to push the cart away, as the male guard looks him over]
LIBRARIAN: Sir?
[cut to the librarian whispering to some other prisoners, who laugh]
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] No laughing! This is not a place for fucking jokes, alright?
FEMALE GUARD: [from off camera] Excuse me, you little cunts!
[he quickly stands up and puts his hands on the bookcart, looking down at the floor as she approaches]
LIBRARIAN: Mum?
FEMALE GUARD: How many fucking times do we have to talk about this?
LIBRARIAN: Mum! Sorry, mum!
FEMALE GUARD: Yeah yeah, use your specky eyes to look at me and shut the fuck up! Look at me!
[he slowly raises his head and looks at her]
FEMALE GUARD: Just do your fucking job--
LIBRARIAN: Yes, mum!
FEMALE GUARD: Or we'll take your fucking job away!
LIBRARIAN: Yes, mum! Yes, mum! No! No, mum! Don't take my books away, mum! Don't take my books away!
FEMALE GUARD: It's your second fucking warning! Don't make me give you a third one!
LIBRARIAN: Yes, mum! No no no!
[she takes one of the books off the cart and throws it at him]
FEMALE GUARD: Because I will enjoy it!
LIBRARIAN: My books, no!
[she takes another book and tosses it on the floor]
LIBRARIAN: No, mum! No!
FEMALE GUARD: You fucking cunt!
[she walks off, as he bends down and quickly picks up the books (while another male guard watches him closely)]
LIBRARIAN: Sorry, mate, sorry! Very sorry, very sorry! Just doin' my rounds, just doin' my rounds!
[he puts his head down and pushes the cart away, then cut to the librarian surrounded by guards as the female guard marches over]
LIBRARIAN: What? I'm sorry, mum, I'm just giving them some books to read!
FEMALE GUARD: No, I'm sorry!
[she starts grabbing books and throwing them on the floor]
LIBRARIAN: No no no no! My books! These are my friends, no!
[she grabs him by the arm]
LIBRARIAN: No! What're you doing?!
FEMALE GUARD: Fuck! This is your ... Oy! Don't struggle, you'll make it fucking worse!
[the other guards grab him and start dragging him away, as he screams at the top of his lungs]
LIBRARIAN: No! No! No!
FEMALE GUARD: This is your third and final fucking warning!
LIBRARIAN: No! No! No! Nooooooo!
FEMALE GUARD: Fuck you!
[the lights go out, then cut to the librarian grabbing his books off of the floor (as the guards surround him, and one kicks some of the books away)]
LIBRARIAN: I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
MALE GUARD: No more fraternizing again, are we clear?
LIBRARIAN: Sorry, mum! Sorry, mum! Sorry, mum! It's my fault, mum! It's my fault! All my fault, mum! All my fault! I'm very sorry!
[the guards start to disperse, as the librarian continues to furiously pick up the books]
LIBRARIAN: My books, my beautiful books! Oy!
[he gets up and starts to push the cart away]
LIBRARIAN: Sorry, sir! Sorry, sir! Very sorry!
[one of the male guards grabs the cart, then points at a book that's still on the floor]
LIBRARIAN: Very sorry! Very sorry! Very sorry! I'm very sorry!
[he quickly picks it up, then puts it on the cart and pushes it away]
LIBRARIAN: I'm very sorry!
[cut to the librarian talking (very loudly) to some of the prisoners]
LIBRARIAN: We, uh, we look like we could do with some educating, that's right ... Uh, let's have a look!
[he starts rummaging through the books on his cart]
LIBRARIAN: What kind of things would be good for you?
[he picks up one of the books]
LIBRARIAN: Uh, "The Case of Sherlock Holmes," perhaps? Maybe that would be up your suite ...
[he leans in and lowers his voice]
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] What the fuck are you guys in for? Come on, talk talk talk! Quick quick quick! Speak now, for fuck's sake!
[he looks around nervously (as the prisoners just laugh), so he continues talking about the book in a loud voice (so as not to raise suspicions)]
LIBRARIAN: Sherlock Holmes, ah yes!
[one of the prisoners laughs and says "Indecent exposure!", but the librarian continues unabated]
LIBRARIAN: Uh, you were saying, you were saying, yes! Moriarty, yes! No, you don't want that, it might give you nightmares!
[he puts the book back on the cart, then picks up another one]
LIBRARIAN: This is a lovely case, I tell you what ... Uh, something a little bit light-hearted! Uh, Machiavelli! Try that! Something to do with the Renaissance!
[he slips the book through the bars, then leans in close again]
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] Read it, guys! Read it!
[he quickly leaves, pushing his cart towards another "cage" full of prisoners]
LIBRARIAN: We all feeling nice and educated, guys? Yes?
[the female guard follows him, but he continues pushing the cart around the room and greeting the prisoners in a loud voice]
LIBRARIAN: Guys guys guys, I do believe that I have not given you a book, is that correct?
[he stops in front of one of the cages and bends down to take a book off the bottom shelf of the cart]
LIBRARIAN: Let me have a look at what I have for you! Uh ... Yes, something nice and light-hearted!
[he takes a book and hands it to one of the prisoners]
LIBRARIAN: Uh, Douglas Adams might be well up your street! Yes, that's a series meant to titillate, yes! Enjoy it!
[he continues pushing the cart around, as the camera pans over to show the female guard huddled up with some of the other guards]
FEMALE GUARD: That one? The one in the corner?
[she points at something off camera]
FEMALE GUARD: If you're gonna, I reckon this one ... c'mere.
[the camera pans over to one of the male prisoners standing in the cage]
PRISONER: Sorry?
FEMALE GUARD: C'mere.
PRISONER: Can you call me by name or number? Can you call me by name or number? And not by "come on" ...
FEMALE GUARD: Don't speak back.
PRISONER: Well, I am.
FEMALE GUARD: I'm not calling you "come on" ... I'm not calling you anything. You ain't got a name, you ain't got a number. I'll call you whatever the fuck I want, alright?
PRISONER: Then you won't get any response.
[she puts a finger to her lips and quietly shushes him]
FEMALE GUARD: Shh ... This is not how it goes, alright?
[he says nothing, so the guard smiles]
FEMALE GUARD: You're gonna play up for me, are ya?
PRISONER: I'm a person, just like you are.
FEMALE GUARD: You're not really a person though, are ya?
PRISONER: And I want a bit of respect, just like you want it.
FEMALE GUARD: Not really a person, not while you're in this uniform, you ain't.
[he starts to laugh]
FEMALE GUARD: Oh, he's gone. He's got away with that, then.
[she points to one of the male guards holding a rubber glove]
FEMALE GUARD: He's got a glove he's desperate to use.
[he shrugs]
PRISONER: Keep tryin' ...
[she walks away, as the camera pans over to the librarian being stopped and questioned by another female guard]
LIBRARIAN: I'm just runnin' my books, mum! Just runnin' my books! Just runnin' my books! Just runnin' my books!
[she slaps him in the ass with one of his books, and he starts rolling the cart away]
LIBRARIAN: Yes, mum! Yes, mum! Right away, mum!
[he heads back towards the cage, then leans in close and whispers to the prisoners]
LIBRARIAN: [whispers] Be very careful who you trust tonight! You can get shit from some of your guards! Keep your eyes open!
[he turns and starts pushing his cart away]

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From theatrebristol.net:

Prison Break is a not-for-profit project raising money and awareness for The Prison Reform Trust, Amnesty and Clean Break.

Our headline piece, Prison Break – The Game, is an immersive game/experiencial theatre piece performed over two sites (and a prison bus) on the 23rd, 24th and 25th March, featuring a huge cast of prison guards, inmates, and other prison visitors. In the course of one night you will have an experience that would normally take 25 years to life….

Throughout March 2012, a series of events including film screenings and gigs will also be hitting the streets of Bristol, all with a distinct Prison twist.

For the latest news about the game and events please keep an eye on our news feed, or follow us on Twitter (Prisoner819) or join our group on Facebook (Prison Break, Bristol).

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From prisonbreak.org.uk:

Prison Break is an immersive game/theatrical experience, running for three nights from the 23rd – 25th March, over two fascinating sites (and a "prison" bus) featuring a huge cast of prison guards, inmates and other prison visitors.

With influences from Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment, and a kaleidoscopic ride through the cinematographic world of prison, interwoven with first hand experiences from prison guards, and prisoners; Prison Break will give its audience a high definition experience in one night that can only otherwise be achieved over twenty-five years to life….

"With a daring escape brewing, will you stay in the confines of the prison with no chance for parole or will you join forces with others or work alone to make your Prison Break? Whatever you decide, be prepared to run for your life ... "

Tickets are now on sale!

Audience are advised that this performance will involve walking, running and some intense experiences - you have been warned

Due to the nature of this show, it is only suitable for those aged 18+

Tickets include entry to the Prison Break after party!

Please include a valid email as vital information will be sent to you by email before the event

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From thisisbristol.co.uk:

From the confines of a prison, where a daring escape is being planned, more than 300 people will be running for their lives in a city-wide theatre game.

Echoing previous large scale games, such as zombie chase, 2.8 hours later, Prison Break will be held in Bristol over three days later this month.

The not-for-profit project, described as "immersive theatre", will also raise money for charities The Prison Reform Trust, Amnesty and Clean Break.

The project has been created by 29-year-old Lydia Mason who lives in Ashley Down.

She says: "I moved to Bristol a few years ago but I had been involved with similar projects in London. When I got here I became friends with Rosie Fairchild, of Splash and Ripple, and it went from there."

Splash and Ripple were responsible for Shadows Follow, a night-time game that took people to some of Bristol's most secret corners and terrifying ancient underground places in a search for a missing girl.

Prison Break takes participants on an equally terrifying mission, putting them on trial before a court, giving them a prison uniform, driving them to prison in a bus and locking them up in the cells with no chance of parole.

Lydia says: "This project has been about a year in the pipeline and only really came together in the last few months.

"It needs more than 100 volunteers to make it happen and we've done a lot of research.

"I actually found it really fascinating. I went down to prisons in London and spoke to inmates and prison guards. I realised that most of what I knew about prisons came from films. Actually there were a lot of differences in real life – some of them good and some of them bad.

"What was interesting was the co-dependency between the prison guards and the prisoners."

As part of the game, prisoners can plan an escape on their own, work together or await their fate.

"There will be clues for the escape and an explosion at one point and then a chase around the grounds before being rounded up to go back on the bus to the after-party – but I don't want to give the locations away," Lydia says.

The interactive element of the game brings a new dimension to a theatre experience and has seen enormous success in recent years – 2.8 hours later, for example, involved more than 300 people.

"I don't want to insult traditional theatre but it can be seen as quite passive," Lydia says. "This has really captured people's imaginations as I think they like the real world element to it.

"People are sometimes a bit reluctant to take part in the beginning but then they really get into it and get into character. It's grown-ups at play."

The project will cost about 2,000 pounds to bring to life and expects to raise a further 2,000 pounds for the charities.

"It's amazing what you can do and what can be achieved," Lydia adds.

"The Bristol Arts Community is so strong and vibrant that we've had lots of offers of help with the building, scenery and costumes.

"We'd like a company to help us provide some food for the volunteers next, as they work incredibly hard over the three nights."

Prison Break takes place from Friday, March 23, to Sunday, March 25. Tickets cost 15 pounds.