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Subject:	Re: TPM RULES (long reply, skip if you're in a hurry...:)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.starwars
Date:	Thu, 1 Jun 2000 20:08:56 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Bryan Hodges writes: > hmmm... Did C3PO? I don't seem to remember him doing much in any of the first > three films. In fact, I remember most people found him quite annoying... and > yet now he's a staple of the Star Wars Universe. He couldn't very well have > been galavanting about in TPM, and I don't think we'll see much of him in the > next two films either. I see Jar Jar as a 3PO replacement... to provide comic > relief as well as something "for the kids." A lot of people argue that kids love Jar Jar, and that he was therefore a great success; I say of course kids were amused by Jar Jar; kids are always amused by slapstick and bathroom humor. > > b) During the Queen's escape, Naboo is orbited by numerous Trade Federation > > ships, all but one of which vanish for the final assault. Were the others on > > shore leave? > > All of the ships were there to launch and support the ground army. Once the > planet was occupied by a ground army, there was no need for a space blockade. The Trade Federation knew full well that Amidala had escaped, and that she would undoubtedly be trying to win support from a contingent that would help her liberate the planet. As such, the Trade Federation should have maintained a defensive posture around the planet until the political threats to the occupation of the planet could be ascertained. (It doesn't matter that Sidious assured the Federation that Darth Maul would soon find her; they shouldn't have taken that chance.) Anyway, all this is moot; the fact is that Lucas made the fleet disappear out of convenience for the good guys.

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		Re: TPM RULES (long reply, skip if you're in a hurry...:)
(...) Trade federation was obeying to the rule of Darth Sidious, which is apparently senator Palpatine. As long as the election of Palpatine as the supreme counselor is greatly related to the actions of Queen in Croscunt is concerned, I'm not sure (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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		re:TPM RULES (long reply, skip if you're in a hurry...:)
In lugnet.starwars, Dave Schuler writes: (snipped into pieces, to make reply "more readable") I first must say that I take it for granted that those of you that dislike TPM like the first movies and thought TPM was bad in comparison. I must also (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.starwars)

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