#Episode II

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You Want to Go Home and Rethink Your Life

STAR WARS EPISODE II: Attack of the Clones 00:23:01 - 00:23:02

As Immi Thrax points out on Bluesky, one of the sources for identification of drinks at the Outlander, How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks and Other Galactic Survival Skills, may not be entirely accurate.

Toniray wine, which here is labeled as the reddish beverage that Elan Sel'Sabagno drinks, is actually described in Bloodline by Claudia Gray as being teal in color. The Toniray you can buy at Oga's Cantina at Galaxy's Edge also supports this, as it too is teal in color.

Immi also noted that several other drinks in the How Not to Get Eaten by Ewoks... diagram don't match their descriptions in other sources:

• Starfire 'Skee, shown in the diagram as a dark blue color, is described in Aftermath by Chuck Wendig as being "brown and muddy".

• Port in a Storm, shown in the diagram as yellowish-orange in color, is described in Bloodline as being "reddish amber" (maybe better matching the tube labeled as Trandoshan ale or even Corellian Red).

Listing of callouts for search purposes:

• Agira Nyrat • Artuo Pratuhr • Civ Sila • Dannl Faytonni • Daro Willits • Di Mantid • Elan Sel'Sabagno, aka Elan Sleazebaggano • Immi Danoo • Joshua Jinzler • Kalyn Farnmir • Obi-Wan Kenobi • Onyeth Canavar • Reina March • Rosha Vess • Whimper Save • Zey Nep

• Unidentified Humans

• Alderaan • Core Worlds • Jedi mind trick • Toniray wine

• Unidentified beverages

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

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Hayden Christensen behind the scenes of Attack of the Clones and Ahsoka

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Asajj Ventress/female Sith concept by Dermot Power

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Star Wars: Attack of the Clones - Delta-7 Concept Art by Doug Chiang

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STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES 2002 • dir. George Lucas

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Zam Wesell - Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones (2002)

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Star Wars: Attack of the Clones - Padme Costume Designs by Ian McCaig

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEMUERA MORRISON!

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Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor in STAR WARS - EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002)

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Zam's Back

STAR WARS EPISODE II: Attack of the Clones 00:10:46

We get a few glimpses of Zam's hairstyle peeking out beneath her helmet, but we don't see her helmetless except in a few behind the scenes shots.

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Since people were talking about it recently: is there any official reason given of why Padme forgave Anakin immediatly after the Tusken Raider massacre? I always see a lot of diferent reasons given on the internet, from long and deep analises of theirs characters to "the writers didn't think about it".

Okay, folks (or single person who messaged me three times) I'm finally talking about this XD !

I got no official answer.

That said, here's a few points that I do think merit consideration, and I haven't really seen them mentioned anywhere.

1. Anakin is more regretful in the script.

If you look at how the scene is portrayed in the Attack of the Clones July 2001 draft of the screenplay, in Scene 118, pages 83-84...

... he's sorry and ashamed. He is in absolute shock of what he did. We get a bit of this, in the film...

... but in the script it's much more explicit. It starts out with him lashing out at Obi-Wan, at his own lack of power, but it ends with him breaking down and just apologizing over and over.

He didn't just kill them, he went Wolverine-style berseker and murdered EVERYTHING in his path, and he's thinking back on it with a clear-ish head now and realizing the gravity of his monstrous act.

When it's on paper, it reads very differently, to me. He's more remorseful, so Padmé's reaction makes more sense.

But there's a big difference between what you write in a script and what comes out in the film. Once you're shooting, myriad other factors come into play. So Anakin's dialog changes as the delivery and the rhythm are narrowed down, the beats in the scene shift around... but Padmé's reaction stays the same.

And that's where you get the disconnect.

Because what sticks with the audience more is this moment, now.

The anger. Not the shock and remorse.

So why the change? Well, George Lucas had this to say:

"He's very unhappy about that. Very sad and depressed. There was some dialogue here before that I took out, because it seemed to get in the way of the emotional moment of this scene where she says, "To be angry is to be human," and he says, "But to control your anger is to be a Jedi." And so that issue was actually laid out in dialogue at one point, and I decided to pull back from it... because it seemed to me that it was pretty obvious that was what was there. And I didn't think I needed to state it quite as boldly as I did. And that issue will come up at a later time, and I just felt it took away from the moment of his sadness. And I thought the sadness pretty much said the same thing without words." - AotC, Commentary Track #2, 2002

The reasoning was: too much dialog takes away from emotion.

An audience member will have a stronger emotional reaction from Anakin crying than Anakin crying while screaming "woe is me!"

I get (and generally agree) with the reasoning. But, personally, I have mixed feelings about this particular artistic choice.

On the one hand... if the intent is to show that Anakin made a big mistake and is sorry and sad because of his actions, then I think it's safe to say that it's not what most people took away.

Which then leads to things like John Ostrander writing Anakin as thinking he'd kill them all over again.

Also, it makes the viewer question the wisdom of Padmé's judgment.

But on the other hand... whether Anakin was feeling apologetic or not, he still did it. He still effectively massacred a whole tribe, he made that choice.

And whether the intent in that specific scene is conveyed efficiently or not, Anakin's character flaws (which the Prequels are really about) aren't really impacted and still tie together perfectly.

The only real change to that scene is that Padmé goes from having a more understandable reaction to "missing a lot of red flags".

2. Padmé thinks she can fix Anakin.

Here's what Natalie Portman had to say on the scene, which I think is an interesting take.

"She's this very powerful woman, and I think Padmé is sort of intrigued by this darker side she sees to him, especially because she's such a person who tries to fix everything. She sees problems in the world and she still has that idealistic passion… to think she can change everything, and she can change people who have darkness to them. And she sees goodness in him. She sees this passion. And she sees that there's a lot of anger in that passion, that it's not just the goodness and purity of her passion. So I think that is definitely attractive for her- that there's something that she can try and help heal or mend. That might be a big surprise for her when she can't." - Natalie Portman, AotC, Commentary Track #2, 2002

A part of Padmé is intrigued by Anakin's darker side, the "handsome bad boy" part... but that's coming from a place of "I can change him".

But the only thing that can change Anakin... is Anakin himself. Unfortunately, he keeps:

indulging his darker selfish impulses because he lacks discipline, acting on emotion despite knowing better,

regretting it for a moment and acknowledging that it was wrong,

starting again, never learning from his mistakes.

Which is part of the reason why their relationship is sort of doomed from the get-go.

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"May the Force be with you, Master."

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Asajj Ventress/female Sith concepts by Dermot Power

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Star Wars : Episode II- Attack Of The Clones (2002)

Dir. George Lucas

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STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002)