The Phantom Menace - The Most Frequently Asked Questions ANSWERED

[@KingBrachion92]

"Jar Jar blew up an oven." Is THAT what "boom the gasser" meant?!

[@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933]

Didn't think there were ovens in Star Wars.

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

I had no idea he was saying "boom the gasses"

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

Jedi Force ghosts are the Star Wars Universe's version of a bodhisattva, a concept from Mahayana Buddhism. Upon death, a Buddhist who has attained enlightenment may choose to remain in the world of suffering (the world of the living) rather than move on to nirvana, in order to aid others in attaining enlightenment. 😊☸️❤

[@liamclarke91]

I remember back in an issue of Star Wars Insider, they described it as a general "Gungan cooking device". They also made it seem like the incident with the Boss' vehicle was a completely different job (like he was working at fast food, then as a valet)

[@Gyarretto7]

As in, "the oven's gas main exploded."

[@trevorhensley3185]

I know I shouldn't be, but I am impressed with the nuances of Sheev's plan. Talk about the long game!

[@Mike-the-Jedi]

He always had plans within plans within backups within "whichever side wins I come out on top" Which is why his slight look of panic is so great when the ship is crashing at the start of Ep III, like "I don't have a contingency for this"

[@myriadmediamusings]

​@@Mike-the-JediNow THAT would be a good what if to explore!

[@pingamalinga]

​@@Mike-the-JediYa know, Ive thought about that and I am half convinced he did. The guy always knows.

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

"I see plans within plans." Guild Steersman

[@solidstorm6129]

Definitely agree, Trevor. And, like, a really long game, at that. I think the prequel trilogy takes place over the span of 20+ years, doesn’t it?

[@impatienstheshmuck5348]

Panaka being radicalized by the events of Phantom Menace and manipulated by fellow Naboo Palpatine into being a Moff who dies a villain is pretty sad. It's an object lesson in war and occupation causing those who suffered through it to ultimately become as bad as their oppressors.

[@elmermedina1713]

In Legends , Panaka told Palpatine about Anakin and Padme's marriage, and in Canon he found out that Leia was Padme's daughter and died before he could snitch to Palpatine. Panaka had a big mouth.

[@writingref]

Its also sort of fitting since the actor who originally played Panaka, Hugh Quarshie, refused to continue the role because apparently Lucas would not let him read the whole script to Attack of the Clones (rumor) - so my guess is Quarshie rubbed Lucas the wrong way and got made a villain lol

[@kenshin_151]

But dying by an attack by Saw Guerrera is chef's kiss.

[@thomasmuandersontheneousul4184]

@@writingref I thought it was a money thing. Its grotesque Lucas replaced him. Disgusting either way.

[@writingref]

@@thomasmuandersontheneousul4184 i thought it was a money thing too but I did some research to be sure and there really wasn't anything to back that up. Even the assessment that he was frustrated with not reading the script is hearsay

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

When I was a kid, the Phantom Menace was my favorite Star Wars movie. As I grew up, that changed, but now it has come full circle again. It's a story that stands well on its own yet still has details that are relevant to the rest of the Original Saga. Also, about the blockade over Naboo, Qui-gon said in the novelization of TPM, "you don't need a blockade when you control the ports." And in Plaugeis, Gunray protested pulling so many ships away from their normal commerce operations. So, I imagine he was keen to disperse the fleet ASAP.

[@mattypenta]

I'm still impatiently waiting for Quinlan Vos to become the major player in Star Wars media that rumors from 20 years ago implied he was destined for. I remember when the rumor was he was supposed to be one of the main characters of that live action show in the late 00s that never got off the ground (him and a young Boba).

[@maximumeffort7096]

It will never happen. They will never give us something good, only suffering and mediocrity.

[@muticere]

Blown away by the C-3PO revelation of how old that idea was, but it’s not super strange for Anakin to build a droid based on a droid type that already exists. He’s only really going to have access to what he can find, so a template that is already around is logically all he can make. I do however think it would have made just slightly more sense for R2-D2 to have been the droid he built, while C-3PO should have already been serving Amadala on Naboo. Just my personal headcanon of what would have made more sense, especially given how unique and intelligent Artoo becomes.

[@pillowlava]

In the novelization of Phantom Menace, when the group returns to Naboo, one of the characters asks why there is only one droid control ship left. I can't remember who replies, but I think it's the pilot, who says, "No need to blockade the port if you control it." or something to that effect. So that fits with your idea.

[@darthwick7917]

I've been loving all the recent Phantom Menace stuff in the fandom recently. Watching all of this and TPM in theaters has reinvigorated my love for the movie

[@TheMimiSard]

On the backstory of C-3PO being something George knew way back when, Star Wars has been pretty great at recycling old concepts and making them canon, a little contextualised. A few things I recall - Starkiller was Luke's original name before someone said it was a bit too menacing. It became Galen Marek's Sith name and the name of a planet destroyer base. The original script of Star Wars was "The Journal of the Whills", and teh Whills came back in Chirrut and Baze's monk Order, and the training Qui-Gon persued to become a Force Ghost. Ashla and Bogan were early script names for the Light Side and Dark Side of the Force. It has come back as names some culture use as such, and Ashla was the name of the the Togruta child in Yoda's Initiate class in AotC, and came back as a cover name used by Ahsoka. Early concept art for Chewbacca got turned into the Lasat race, the two biggest names of which are Garazeb Orelios of _Rebels_ and Jaro Tapal, Cal Kestis' Jedi Master, before Order 66. Also on concept art, early art while trying to work out the enemy of TPM, Darth Maul, got recycled and made into Maul's mother, Mother Talzin. In fact Maul's homeworld is a reuse of a Legends world, Dathomir, and even as recent as _Tales of the Empire_ has signs of using concepts from that, with the Mountain Clan Morgan found shelter with reminding me of Teneniel Djo's clan in _The Courtship of Princess Leia_ . Even Palpatine using clones to come back to life recalls the Dark Empire comics, and Thrawn was notable a popular canonised Legends character. So I am kinda not surprised George brought back an old idea about C-3PO's origin and tweaked it so the kid who rebuilt him is Anakin.

[@TheMimiSard]

On Grebleips, I like to think his given name is Nevets. I also have a general concept of how the story of "E.T. The Extraterrestrial" can be told from a Star Wars perspective. The Asogians, a very long-lived race (apparently the novel of ET says that Elliot senses ET is ancient), and sent out a multi-generational extra-galactic exploration mission. This is more than just visiting the satellite galaxies (like Peridea's galaxy), but actually travelling to other large galaxies further away. E.T. who I give the name Egroeg Sacul (I know, it's awkward, but it matches Nevets Grebleips), was on a landing crew investigating a planet that yes, they know is a post-industrial, pre-interstellar human population, but when the locals get close, they have to leave, and Jedi Knight Sacul was distracted by the plants they were collecting samples of, and gets left behind. As a result, he takes shelter in a local building, gets taken into the protection of some kids, gets drunk and forms a Force both with one of the kids, gets pneumonia while out with his cobbled-together signalling device, he gets captured by local authorities who don't know how to medically treat him properly, but the Force bond helps him recover after a near-death experience, and his child friend and his friends gets him out to the bushlands to meet the returning shuttle to be picked up by his crew (yes, I am interpreting the crew as having a larger ship out hidden on the other side of the Moon, to keep from being picked up by humans).

[@RecoveryHacker]

I am completely blown away by how little I knew about the background characters in TPM. Great job Alex!

[@jeanniefromtahini5197]

Wow! This was so comprehensive that it answered questions I didn't know I had!

[@PlatinumHaro]

This was my first star wars in the theater. It was my favorite SW movie for a long time. Hard to believe its 25 years old now

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

My first Star Wars viewing was in 1977 as a 7-year-old, and I'm still a diehard fan! 😊❤

[@PlatinumHaro]

@@user-zl9sh9mz6h lucky. I remember watching the original trilogy on VHS and falling in love then. I want to go see them in theaters if the ever re-release them.

[@RyanHaney55]

I have explained to people that Obi-Wan would have fallen into the hole or splatted on the wall when asked why he didn't speed through those red force field gates.

[@Renanbso]

When do the Jedi learn about the actual Rule of Two then? Yoda definitely knows about the "capital" rule when he meets Bane's spirit later in TCW, but I can't remember it being referenced outside of that moment and TPM

[@gabrielpuebla5930]

I must commented this lol

[@straybard_art]

That maz katana statue retcon is awesome

[@myriadmediamusings]

Heck yes let's get this rolling with the TPM FAQ! I was one of those that watched it in 99. Though I watched the OT on VHS and ANH special edition in theaters, it was so awesome to get a new Star Wars experience on the big screen. Its a damn shame of all the negative reception and controversy that would hound this movie for the next decades, but thankfully it has (mostly) died down. Looking back on TPM especially after seeing the 25th anniversary screening, yeah its a lot more dragging then I thought, but thats the cynical inner movie critic. The inner fan who loves the universe and characters really appreciates all the new worlds and newcomers and new elements.

[@RandomPerson-bv3ww]

I’m surprised not many people have asked what r2d2 was doing before the phantom menace

[@justintaylor1713]

I would assume cause it’s pretty clear he was just a regular repair astromech, and the events of phantom menace are what being him to notoriety

[@Ottophil]

Beeping probably

[@hunterkiller1440]

The novels were so much more than the movie. Highly recommend reading the books.

[@warrendietzel1953]

Plagueis died the night before Palpatine became chancellor. That means he was alive until almost the 3rd act of Phantom Menace. There's a great scene in the book of him watching Anakin arrive on Coruscant, probing him with the force and realizing that he was the key to everything.

[@warrendietzel1953]

In the Expanded Universe Kitster stays on Tatooine, and Leia meets him in the EU novel Tatooine Ghost.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Maul should've had more lines.

[@MrTragedious986]

Yeah he has like 5 lines.

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

​@@MrTragedious986That's one more than Boba Fett had in the OT. 😊

[@LinkMan1NeoGAF]

He did have one very important line. Straight through his abdomen.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

This is why actor Benico Del Toro declined the Darth Maul role. Few lines & make-up. Del Toro was 6'04" so he'd match up well to Liam Neison.

[@thedragonlee76]

Lucas didn't want Darth Maul to be a popular character because he's evil.But,EVERY Star Wars fan loved Darth Maul and that's why he's brought back in the animated series and in games.

[@mikedroz2301]

I was under the impression that Anakin was the only human pod racing because he was force sensitive. That at age 9 he was already having premonitions in small amounts. He could see the race track ahead of time.

[@OfficialOpinion]

Also, Reva has a giant Bacta Tank twelve feet away when she gets stabbed. And The Hidden Path only took what they could carry on their escape shuttle.

[@jonmercano1138]

I never considered that! 🤯

[@6LVRDRGN]

These videos are some of the most entertaining and well researched lore regarding Star Wars, that I have found on YT!

[@gbozzi05_]

30:24 Yoda calls Darth Bane's spirit in The Clone Wars "the creator of the Rule of Two".

[@Holdenss13]

I love these “biggest questions answered” concept videos! They kinda remind me of the ‘From a certain point of view’ books.

[@sebmes7288]

Question for RotS: How does order 66 actually work? Did Palpatine have to manually call up every clone commander? Did he send a recorded message? Did the chip just activate for all clones without need for the verbal command?

[@forsakenshadow9048]

I'm pretty sure the only one he made a personal call to was Cody. After that, they just broadcasted Order 66 over all the clones com units.

[@samuelketner1391]

The final question was alluded to in shattered in s7 of the clone wars, the clones have radio in the helmets.

[@sebmes7288]

@@forsakenshadow9048 so then I guess a good follow up question would be why only Kenobi got that treatment.

[@CheeseRunner]

@@sebmes7288well, the out of universe explanation is that at that point inhibitor chips weren't a thing yet. The clones all knew about order 66 and were fully aware of what they were doing. That's also implied by Sidious telling Cody "the time has come", implying Cody already knows about the plan. I don't think there's an in-universe reason for it. Sometimes when Star Wars retcons itself is can smooth everything over and sometimes it leaves a bump. This is just one of those cases.

[@cloudmaster182]

There's been multiple versions tbh. Ive seen versions where he made one call. I've seen versions where he personally called every single commander that was with a Jedi General. I've seen versions where he only called important ones like Cody, or Yoda's commanders, and then sent out a mass transmission to the rest. Idk what's canon and legends, bit I've literally seen depictions that showed all of these.

[@chrisallen9638]

So when Obi-Wan aggressively called it a trick and demanded they send no reply, then walked out like he'd dropped the mic, everyone in the room just looked at each other and were like "Well, yeah, we know..." That's hilarious.

[@MichaelLeeHoward]

I love these!! Even though I feel very versed in star wars lore, you have taught me there is so much more to learn. Thanks for the great content

[@sailorbychoice1]

I always thought it would have been more interesting if Jar Jar Binks had turned out to be, not a Sith, but _An Accidental Force User,_ That _The Accidents_ that kept happening about him was resulting from his accidentally/unintentionally/subconsciously using _The Force_ to make odd things happen around him. Then they could have had a three movie story arc where he slowly learns to gain control of his abilities.

[@sailorbychoice1]

if nothing else it would explain the foolishness surrounding him.

[@Compucles]

So like accidental magic caused by kids in the Harry Potter series?

[@sailorbychoice1]

@@Compucles sure, why not?

[@dragonblaster-vu8wz]

Convenient how I'm watching the complete original trilogy compilation in this series when you upload the start of the prequel series questions

[@CaseyB]

Question about these FAQ videos: Do you read / watch every single bit of Star Wars content and have a trap memory, or are these answers a mix of your own knowledge plus online resources? Love all these videos. The channel's name is one of the most accurate on KZbin.

[@seantaylor424]

28:18 Urté- lived with the Gungans and did art and engineering. 8D Rabé- Studied music in Theed. 8D Saché- Tortured and scarred by the Trade Federation. 8D I know she got better, but her torture being said with the same upbeat voice as what happened to Urté and Rabé caught me off-guard, heheheheheheheh! Still, cool video! I love that Star Wars always gets around to answering all of these kinds of questions, even if you have to go digging for the answers.

[@Iceskyguy]

I'm really enjoying these FAQ videos and I look forward to seeing them for the rest of the movies. The Rule of Two question is always something that baffles me that people ask because it's simple logic. If there is a Sith, someone trained them, much like the Jedi themselves. Every Padawan has a master so it just makes sense to assume there is at least one more Sith still alive. They just didn't know if Maul was the master who had left a student behind or the apprentice that left his master looking for a replacement, which he immediately does find in the form of Dooku in Tales of the Jedi and speculation by the Jedi as to who was who would continue right up until near the end of the Clone Wars in the Son of Dathomir comic, where the Jedi battle both Dooku and Maul working together and suspect they may have been the entire time because they don't know what we know.

[@Crowing]

Yoda is definitely shown in the Clone Wars to know Darth Bane by name and that he established the Rule of Two. I don’t think *how* he knew has ever been formally established

[@thefknscarecrow]

Which means KOTOR is canon. 😉 they accidentally did that without realizing.

[@thefknscarecrow]

Theres a deleted scene in clone wars where Yoda talks to Banes ghost

[@generallukeproductions]

Why does the Trade Federation even have an army? Like why was it acceptable for an organization like that to have military force? It’s like if Amazon or Google had their own seperate military.

[@justintaylor1713]

Not sure about canon, but in legends it’s to help deal with the threat of piracy as the Judicial Forces the Republic had were not enough to keep all the trade lanes secure, so the Trade Federation army is more like the security force of the Trade Federation. So to make the analogy more apt, it would be as if the security of Amazon and Google were large and well equipped enough that they could take over an entire state through force

[@CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS]

​@justintaylor1713 yeah, also legally speaking the droids were security droids to stop Raiders in the outer rim

[@Iceberg366]

I mean the only gungan with yellow eyes is quite telling. Lucas is on record saying 'Jarjar is the key to everything'

[@ZDProds-c8p]

The real reason people survive the stab: plot

[@dakielster]

Yeah, a lot of mental gymnastics to justify the glaring inconsistency lol

[@PseronWyrd]

About Aurra Sing: the out-of-universe explanation is that she was meant to be a character in the next movie. The story we heard at the time was that they planted her there as a kind of tie-in to her later appearances. Her character was to play such a major role that they even issued a deluxe box set of Phantom Menace which included an action figure of the character.

[@FindingTheForce]

Thank you for addressing the Jar Jar “Sith” situation, it was getting out of hand. 😂👍🏻

[@dwitefry4157]

This is of course fantastic and really interesting and you rock for putting it together... but it really does show us just now much other writers had to come and in and sort out the Phantom Menance!

[@jakemoffett1511]

The Phantom Menace had aged like fine wineZ

[@thewestisthebest6608]

I bet there was an interesting conversation between Ben and whoever rented him that pod after the race

[@MrStarfighter14]

How did Anakin fly his Starfighter into a Droid Command Ship with its Shields up ?

[@michaelkaduck1915]

Happy 25th Anniversary to The Phantom Menace! It is my favorite of the Prequel Trilogy, and one of the best childhood films my parents would put on every vacation. ❤️ Can't wait for the rest of the Prequel and Sequel question videos!

[@demi-femme4821]

Yoda mentions Bane and the Rule of Two by name in TCW, so presumably the Jedi learned of Bane in some way but thought that he had died, much like what happens in the Bane Trilogy itself.

[@S1nwar]

if only the movies had this amount of characterstuff in them

[@thesharpercoder]

Q&A: Hey, Alex. I did a rewatch of Ep.1. I noticed that when Padme, her entourage, and the Jedi escaped Naboo, they rescued a large number of pilots, too. What happened to all those pilots? It seems like we never see them again. The Queen’s Yacht was not that large. We never see one pilot once the ship took flight. The ship escaped the blockade and landed on Tattooine. Once the ship landed, there were no signs of the pilots. They repaired the ship and departed Tattooine for Coruscant. Once they touched down on the floating landing platform, there were no sign of any of the pilots. What happened to all those pilots. It was hard to get an exact count. Safe to say, though, there were at least a dozen of them.

[@thelegoguy7]

I always thought that the rest of the fleet was spread out looking for queen amadala, and that's why only 1 ship was left behind at naboo. Also once they landed and controlled the planets surface, a whole fleet blockading would be overkill

[@darthwick7917]

the only thing about the origin of "wizard" is that I could've sworn they also said it in Path of Deceit, which is like 200 years before Ram would've even been born

[@sebastiandaniels3244]

Just checked, and I'm not seeing anyone say it in Path of Deceit. I think you might've mandela effected yourself or something

[@davidfrederick6003]

Also remember Uncle Owen described Old Ben Kenobi" as "that mans just a crazy old wizard"

[@davidmccauley303]

Post whatever you want , I always enjoy your vids , I also learn a lot. So Im happy with whatever , thanks for your efforts. 👍

[@gitgeronimo9375]

The ET guys weren’t in the theatrical release, nor were they in the original VHS release. They were added in for the first DVD release

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I think Wookies are in 1 panel.

[@llliwwille]

I’m just curious how Maul was physically able to survive. Can we eat? How does he go to the bathroom? He didn’t have his legs cut off he was cut in half. Half of his organs are missing so?…

[@pduidesign]

Disney should really make the Plageus book part of canon because it explains the brilliance of Plageus’ plan.

[@DikoJelev]

Cool. Waiting for the rest. Wonder why there are 3 hidden videos.... in the playlist. Great series. Thank you for creating it.

[@arttus1287]

TPM > ESB

[@exvaran]

17:42 "Cyborgs. Under. My. COMMAND."

[@VickStarkiller]

I’d like to think that the Crystal from Qui-Gon’s saber was kept as a keepsake for Obi-Wan Kenobi and eventually when Luke makes his new saber in Jedi, he found the crystal and used it for his saber.

[@joe6640]

What about the orb? What is the orb?!

[@BakaVHS]

They do say in the novelization for The Phantom Menace that there are human pod racers - they have never lasted the entire race. Anakin was notable in that he raced, did alright until his pod was destroyed, and lived to tell the story as a little kid.

[@BakaVHS]

Also worth noting that swoop racing was big in the old EU stuff

[@joshuadesautels]

A crystal skull? In Star Wars? Kitster was also featured in the Legends novel Tatooine Ghost.

[@ThatSavoieDude]

Pod racing? Never heard of it. Swoop racing on the other hand...

[@dukeofthedance8062]

Another question: Why did Qui Gon steal Annakin away from his mom and tattooine? Like a real creep, the second he stole a BLOOD SAMPLE and tested it, he knew right then he had to steal the kid and groom him in the ways of the force. You know, no women allowed.. No wonder Annakin was so frustrated. With hot pants Padme teasing him nonstop and his older male "teachers" said "love is a bad thing, it leads to the dark side" without giving ANY REASON WHY.

[@thedragonlee76]

The Jedi are basically space Samurai monks.Their whole lives are dedicated to training and spiritually and they are trained at a very early age.

[@JimElek]

Great list and answers! One more: How did the Sith know that the queen and her party were on Tatooine?

[@maddinpictures3102]

Explained in the movie when Obi wan calls Qui Gon , the Federation let Sio Bibble send a message to the Queens Ship and then located where in the galaxy the signal went.

[@dslguy2008]

There is a Legends explanation for why Yoda knew about the rule of two. There was a single Baneite Sith who defected to the Jedi Order before being killed by his apprentice.

[@kaspermygenfordt2323]

I do remember that clone wars episode on the moon of Iego always wanted to see what happened to the character Jaybo Hood.

[@smb963]

YES IM SO EXCITED CANT WAIT FOR ROTS, U DA BEST

[@MorbiusTheMenace]

I'm dying with that foundation bit

[@TheoffensiveAtheist24]

Yoda knew about the rule of 2 because when he went to Moriban he acknowledged that when he confronted Darth Bane!

[@jacksonjabba]

Great video but I wish there were no spoilers for stuff that have nothing to do with the movie. The bad batch season 3 spoiler was a minor visual one, but Ashoka one was pretty damn huge, despite it being unnecessary to the explanation

[@Compucles]

I've always preferred the explanation that the momentum from using Force Speed would've sent Obi-wan falling into the central pit.

[@MCLegoboy]

Yes, but _HOW_ did Maul survive? Did he use the Force to push against the walls of the pit and slow his descent? What was at the bottom of that pit? How did he wind up on Lotho Minor? What are your theories if there aren't stories that explain this?

[@FigmentJedi]

Legends comic had him dragging himself into a reactor waste tube disposal unit that ended up getting dumped on that landfill planet.

[@TheAaronRodgersTao]

I think Naboo is on to something about That whole young ruler thing. Kids might be naive, but rarely evil, like we see in 95% of all politicians

[@_twoshiv]

I think it’s very clear from TPM that Qui-Gon saw through Padme’s disguise.

[@tfrye1227]

My new confusion from seeing it in theaters is how Maul tracked them to Tatooine. Right before the scene where Maul says he hopes the tracking was accurate, Obi-wan instructs the Queen to not respond to a distress call to avoid anyone tracking them.

[@MrChasePHDv.2]

Says yoda mightve just been talking about the master and apprentice method of sith then proceeds to show the clone wars scene where yoda acknowledges bane being famous for creating the rule of 2

[@michielvandersijs6257]

When Yoda talks to the spirit of Darth Bane in the Clone Wars he explicitly mentions that he knew Darth Bane created the rule of two. I don't think its unlikely that the Jedi at some point learned that this was a Sith rule.

[@liamclarke91]

True but that's over 10 years later

[@calebolds9609]

I always liked to imagine that there were other human Podracers who were undiscovered force-sensitives

[@marckthomaswilder1119]

Why does Boss Nass look SO different from every other Gungan?? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@triviszla1536]

My headcanon: Anakin asked Padme if she was an angel because he could see her force aura. Yoda said as much when he told Luke "Luminous beings are we." Being the Chosen One, Anakin was able to tap into the force through sheer midichlorian count. Even without training, just pure raw potential, he was able to see Padme as she truly was. She stuck out like a sore thumb compared to everyone else on Tatooine.

[@pterres10]

The blockade reason was canonized in the Queen's Shadow book too!

[@mikepringle8230]

YODA tells Darth Bane in the Clone Wars. "Create the rule of 2, you did." Therefore, Yoda did know about the rule of 2 established by Bane

[@alexrusset8614]

21:40 I said it before, and I'll say it again. They are just asking for Hell to come spilling out of there like Doom.

[@colororb4105]

25:00 to add on, I don't think Sabine or Reeva's stabs were meant to be fatal. Sabine was stabbed non fatally as a distraction for Ahsoka. Shin knew that Ahsoka would rather rush Sabine to the hospital than chase after Shin and the stolen map. When Reeva was stabbed, the Grand Inquisitor said they were leaving her like she was in the Jedi Temple, which they knew wasn't fatal for her. Reeva wanted nothing other than to kill Vader, so Vader (after already toying with her and defeating her twice) further insults her by showing that she's so little of a threat that she isn't worth killing.

[@kyleroussel]

I'm sorry I missed the question submission period. But here's one: *Inside Watto's Junk Shop* "How long have you been here?" "Since I was very little. Three, I think.". What's painfully unclear in this dialogue whether Padmé is asking Anakin how long he's been at Watto's junk shop, or how long he's been on Tatooine. I know Anakin's listed official birthplace (according to Wookieepedia) is Tatooine, but when he answers Padmé "Since I was very little. Three, I think.", it could very easily be taken as he has only been on Tatooine since he was three. If that can be the case, where was he before that?? Is it possible that Shmi gave birth to him somewhere else?

[@noahboddy1484]

I really hope we get one of these soon for episodes 2 and 3. :)

[@thesharpercoder]

Have you ever noticed that Soo Bibble knew exactly who Padme was? He spoke directly to her via hologram, insisting that she must call him, while Padme was still disguised as a handmaiden.

[@joeljensen7392]

Padme was watching a recording. That was the exact same message he transmitted earlier in the film when Obi-Wan told Queen Amidala to not reply.

[@joeljensen7392]

With that being said, he was most likely aware that Padme was a decoy and actually the Queen.

[@Tsujanryo]

Seen the film, read the book, maybe read the comics, read through fan synopses - still don't know how Darth Maul finds them on Tattooine. A transmission is received by the ship, you know the one, "...you must contact me!" Then suddenly DM & Sidious are talking on a balcony about the desert planet. How is that? One suggestion is that Darth Maul sent the message out on the trajectory the ship had taken & someone answered? Still don't know.

[@jlowry71]

Maybe the transmissions worked like some text messaging apps do today, where it shows you've sent the transmission to then showing the transmission had been received and viewed. Perhaps by viewing the message there was an embedded code that returned information about the recipient's location.

[@thelegoguy7]

After re-watching star wars as an adult I started questioning things that I just never thought about before. Like for example, even though palpatine still was able to use the naboo crisis for his own purposes, the good guys still "won" by the end of the phantom menace, so what was Palpatine's original plan? I doubt that his original plan included maul dieing and naboo being liberated by queen amadalas forces and the gungans. Would it be as simple as just making the naboo crisis larger and gaining more power from it, or was there something more? (Really only asking in relation to the phantom menace and not what Palpatine's plan was our would have been in the subsequent movies)

[@wallywonka808]

@30:43 After watching the Acolyte, I can tell you this: "If into the Acolyte recordings you go, only pain will you find."

[@MrTragedious986]

I always wondered if Qui Gon survived from Darth Maul none of the events will happen because Qui Gon will take care of Anakin better then Obi Wan.

[@generallukeproductions]

Yes, that is the case. That’s why it’s called “Duel of the Fates”, meaning, the fate of Anakin. Qui-Gon was the master Anakin needed, and had he survived, Anakin wouldn’t have turned.

[@cloudmaster182]

That's the idea

[@christianwood4310]

When Yoda meets the phantom bane in the clone wars Bane asks if he knows who he is and Yoda says yes your bane creator of the rule of two

[@Bigoldietz]

Keep up the great content ❤❤❤❤

[@disableddanny96]

I 100% believe George Lucas intended to make Jar Jar be a villain. But when he received incredibly negative reviews, he got cold feet

[@Cheese_steak_]

6:56 maybe a member of her species was a well known character who would have been made into a action figure

[@officialtoofknbusy]

Best video I've seen in a while thanks.

[@stanley5745]

Great video, although I'm not sure that the Rule of Two explanation makes sense, as Yoda specifically says no MORE and no less, which wouldn't apply to the ancient sith

[@Niusereset]

I have one more Phantom question. I kind of hoped it would be in the video, but it isn't. *What was the sith plan here?* Obviously, Palpatine was supposed to became supreme chancellor. Mission accomplished. But there is other side of the plan. Several times during the whole movie Sidious insisted queen must be captured and forced to sign a treaty to legalise the occupation. Which didn't happen, this part of the plan failed. And his apprentice was killed (supposedly). So what was the plan with Naboo? What would Sidious do next with Naboo under full and "legal" Trade federation control and with full-sized Maul?

[@Niusereset]

Just thinking about it... How would you call a later meeting of Sidious, Tyrannus and Maul? Two and half Sith?

[@avengingarchangel1158]

The question about lightsaber stabbings always struck me as odd how only in 2022 and 23 did fans now think "How could this be?" Starkiller was stabbed in the back with one and recovered shortly after with medical attention (like Sabine). Malgus's master was stabbed and he was alive. If Malgus didn't kill him, he would have survived fine. Vader and Cal Kestis stab each other in Fallen Order and Vader was still able to fight Cere and push back the oceans of Nurn alone. Cal recovered shortly after as well. And in a possibly canon to legends story, Vader impaled himself with his own lightsaber to kill a clone of Maul and he was alive and well after the fact. Characters surviving stab wounds has always happened, it was just sparse when it happened.

[@marcoa6319]

Yeah. It’s almost as if some people want to find every little reason as to they need to continue hating new things as if the old are flawless.

[@Olochgu]

A large part is really just people wanting to be angry at something. Although admittedly, the Kenobi series overdid it a little bit by having it happen 3 times in such a short amount of time.

[@WhiteWolf496]

Fun fact, The Watto stuff on tatooine is basically The Merchant of Venice in space.