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Queen Amidala Addresses Trade Boycott Situation
Tey How
Sir, a transmission from the planet.
Rune Haako
It is Queen Amidala herself!
Gunray
At last, we are getting results. Again, you come before us, your highness. We are very pleased.
Queen Padmé Amidala
You will not be so pleased when you hear what I have to say, Viceroy. Your trade boycott of our planet has ended.
Gunray
I was not aware of such failure.
Padmé
I have word that the Chancellor's ambassadors are with you now, and that you've been commanded to reach a settlement.
Gunray
I know nothing of any ambassadors. You must be... mistaken.
Padmé
Beware, Viceroy. The Federation has gone too far, this time.
Gunray
We would never do anything without the approval of the Senate. You assume too much.
Padmé
We'll see.
[ends the transmission and the screen goes blank]
Haako
She's right. The Senate will never―
Gunray
It's too late now!
Haako
Do you think she suspects an attack?
Gunray
I don't know, but we must move quickly to disrupt all communications down there!
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Exploring the Legacy of The Phantom Menace
About Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
* ] J.J. Anisiobi, DailyMail.com, 5 March 2012.
[[w:Jake Lloyd|Jake Lloyd; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2110383/Anakin-Skywalker-actor-Jake-Lloyd-Star-Wars-fame-turned-life-living-hell.html "'Star Wars fame turned my life into a living hell': Former child star Jake 'Anakin Skywalker' Lloyd on why he quit acting"]
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Intelligence and Humility in Conversation
Qui-Gon
You almost got us killed! Are you brainless?
Jar Jar Binks
I speck!
Qui-Gon
The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. Now get out of here.
Binks
No, no! Mesa stay! Mesa called Jar Jar Binks! Mesa your humble servant!
Qui-Gon
That won't be necessary.
Binks
Oh, but it is! Tis demanded by the gods, it is!
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Darth Maul's Mission Against the Jedi
Darth Maul
Tatooine is sparsely populated. If the trace was correct, I will find them quickly, Master.
Darth Sidious
Move against the Jedi first. You will then have no difficulty taking the Queen back to Naboo to sign the treaty.
Maul
At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge.
Sidious
You have been well trained, my young apprentice. They will be no match for you.
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Character Commentary on Star Wars Saga
About Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
* ], commentary to Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Special Edition (DVD, 20th Century Fox, 2004).
[[w:Carrie Fisher|Carrie Fisher]
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The Phantom Menace Character Reflection
About Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
* ] as quoted in , Red Letter Media.
[[George Lucas; http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/star-wars-episode-1-the-phantom-menace/ "Red Letter Media Star Wars Episode - The Phantom Menace Review"]
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Poetry and Rhythm in Storytelling
About Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Again it's like poetry, it's sort of. They rhyme, every stanza kind of rhymes with the last one. Hopefully it'll work.
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Reflection on Rewatching the Phantom Menace
About Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
For me to go back and watch it now would be kind of creepy.
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Conflict Over Anakin's Jedi Training
Yoda
Confer on you the level of Jedi Knight, the Council does. But agree with your taking this boy as your Padawan learner, I do not!
Obi-Wan
Qui-Gon believed in him.
Yoda
The Chosen One, the boy may be. Nevertheless, grave danger, I fear in his training.
Obi-Wan
Master Yoda, I gave Qui-Gon my word. I will train Anakin... without the approval of the Council, if I must.
Yoda
Qui-Gon's defiance, I sense in you. Need that, you do not. Agree with you, the Council does. Your apprentice, Skywalker will be.
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Mace Windu Questions the Chosen One Prophecy
Mace Windu
You refer to the prophecy of the one who will bring balance to the Force. You believe it's this boy?
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Galactic Republic in Crisis
Opening crawl
Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to the small planet of Naboo. While the congress of the Republic endlessly debates this alarming chain of events, the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, to settle the conflict....
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The Value of Currency in Trade
Watto
Here it is... a T-14 hyperdrive generator! Thee in luck, I'm the only one hereabouts who has one... but thee might as well buy a new ship. It would be cheaper, I think. Saying of which, how's thee going to pay for all this?
Qui-Gon
I have 20,000 Republic dataries...
Watto
Republic credits? Republic credits are no use out here. I need something different, something more real...
Qui-Gon
I don't have anything else, but credits will do fine.
[waves his hand, attempting to use the Jedi mind trick]
Watto
No, they won't-a.
Qui-Gon
Credits will do fine.
[tries the mind trick again]
Watto
No, they won't-a! What, you think you're some kind of Jedi, waving your hand around like that? I'm a Toydarian. Mind tricks don't work on me; only money. No money! No parts! No deal! And no one else has a T-14 hyperdrive, I promise you that.
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Anakin's Curious Question About Angels
Anakin Skywalker
Are you an angel?
Padmé
What?!
Anakin
An angel. I heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They're the most beautiful creatures in the universe. They live on the moons of Iego, I think.
Padmé
You're a funny little boy. How do you know so much?
Anakin
I listen to all the traders and star pilots who come through here. I'm a pilot, you know, and someday, I'm gonna fly away from this place.
Padmé
You're a pilot?
Anakin
Mm-hmm. All my life.
Padmé
How long have you been here?
Anakin
Since I was little. Three, I think. My Mom and I were sold to Gardulla the Hutt, but she lost us betting on the pod races.
Padmé
You're a slave? What's your name?
Anakin
I'm a person, and my name is Anakin. Anakin Skywalker, to be more precise.
Padmé
I'm sorry. I don't fully understand; this is a strange place to me.
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Expectations vs. Reality in Star Wars Creation
About Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
When you have something like that there's a lot of expectations for it to meet the standards of the public and I don't think George did that.
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The Urgency of the Treaty Negotiation
Sidious
And Queen Amidala... has she signed the treaty?
Gunray
She has disappeared, my lord. One Naboo cruiser got past the blockade.
Sidious
I want that treaty signed!
[annoyed]
Gunray
My Lord... it's impossible to locate the ship! It's out of our range!
Sidious
Not for a Sith. This is my apprentice, Darth Maul. He will find your lost ship.
[hologram of Darth Maul appears in front of Viceroy Gunray; holograms of Sidious and Maul fade]
Gunray
This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!
Rune Haako
We should not have made this bargain.
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Fashion Comparisons in Star Wars Characters
About Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Harrison Ford wears the same outfit for three flicks, and I was complaining that I wear, like, six outfits. And my mother – Natalie Portman – she wears three million. She walks through a doorway and there's another outfit. It's like the Liberace of sci-fi changing of clothes.
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Understanding the Dark Side's Elusiveness
Yoda
Hard to see, the dark side is.
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Jar Jar's Importance in the Phantom Menace
About Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Jar Jar is the key to all of this.
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Unraveling the Mystery of the Attacker
Mace Windu
We will use all our resources to unravel this mystery. We will discover the identity of your attacker. May the Force be with you.
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Senate Debate on Naboo's Trade Federation Crisis
Finis Valorum
The chair recognizes the Senator from the sovereign system of Naboo.
Palpatine
Supreme Chancellor, delegates of the Senate, a tragedy has occurred... which started right here with the taxation of trade routes... and has now engulfed our entire planet... in the oppression of the Trade Federation.
Lott Dod
This is outrageous! I object to the senator's statements!
Valorum
The chair does not recognize the senator from the Trade Federation at this time.
Palpatine
To state our allegations, I present Queen Amidala, recently elected ruler of the Naboo, who speaks on our behalf.
Padmé Amidala
Honorable representatives of the Republic, I come to you under the gravest of circumstances. The Naboo system has been invaded by the droid armies of the Trade...
Dod
I object! There is no proof! This is incredible. We recommend a commission be sent to Naboo to ascertain the truth.
Valorum
Recommendation denied.
Dod
Your Excellency, you cannot condemn us without reasonable observation. It's against all the rules of procedure!
Senator Teem
The Congress of Malastare concurs with the honorable delegate from the Trade Federation. A commission must be appointed.
Valorum
The point...
Mas Amedda
Excuse me, Chancellor.
[whispers to Chancellor Valorum]
Palpatine
Enter the bureaucrats, the true rulers of the Republic. And on the payroll of the Trade Federation, I might add. This is where Chancellor Valorum's strength will disappear.
[whispering to Queen Amidala]
Valorum
The point is conceded. Section 523A takes precedence here. Queen Amidala of the Naboo, will you defer your motion to allow a commission to explore the validity of your accusations?
Padmé
I will not defer. I've come before you to resolve this attack on our sovereignty now! I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee! If this body is not capable of action, I suggest new leadership is needed. I move for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum's leadership.
Mas Amedda
ORDER!
Palpatine
Now they will elect a new Chancellor, a strong Chancellor. One who will not let this tragedy continue.
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Sith Extinction Believed to Last a Millennium
Ki-Adi-Mundi
Impossible. The Sith have been extinct for a millennium.
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The Burden of Star Wars Fame
About Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Star Wars fame turned my life into a living hell
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The Nature of Sith Apprenticeship Explained
Mace
There's no doubt the mysterious warrior was a Sith.
Yoda
Always two, there are. No more, no less. A master and an apprentice.
Windu
But which one was destroyed: the master or the apprentice?
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Mace Windu questions Sith's hidden return
Mace Windu
I do not believe the Sith could've returned without us knowing.
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Debate on Jedi Training Decision
Ki-Adi Mundi
The Force is strong with him.
Qui-Gon
He is to be trained, then?
Mace
No. He will not be trained.
Qui-Gon
No?!
Mace
He is too old.
Qui-Gon
He is the Chosen One. You must see it.
Yoda
Clouded, this boy's future is.
Qui-Gon
I will train him, then. I take Anakin as my Padawan learner.
[resigned]
Yoda
An apprentice, you already have, Qui-Gon. Impossible, it is, to take on a second.
[referring to Obi-Wan Kenobi]
Mace
The Council forbids it.
Qui-Gon
Obi-Wan is ready.
Obi-Wan
I am ready to face the trials.
[steps forward]
Yoda
Our own counsel, we will keep, on who is ready.
Qui-Gon
He is headstrong, and has much to learn about the living Force... but he is capable. There is little more he can learn from me.
Yoda
Young Skywalker's fate will be decided later.
[after a long pause]
Mace
Now is not the time for this. The Senate is voting for a new Supreme Chancellor and Queen Amidala is returning home, which will put pressure on the Federation and could widen the controntation.
Ki-Adi-Mundi
And draw out the Queen's attacker.
[referring to Darth Maul]
Mace
Go with the Queen to Naboo and discover the identity of this dark warrior. This is the clue we need to unravel the mystery of the Sith.
Yoda
May the Force be with you.
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Anakin's Emotions Are Questioned by Yoda
Yoda
How feel you?
Anakin
Cold, sir.
Yoda
Afraid, are you?
Anakin
No, sir.
Yoda
See through you, we can.
Mace
Be mindful of your feelings.
Ki-Adi-Mundi
Your thoughts dwell on your mother.
Anakin
I miss her.
Yoda
Ah, afraid to lose her, I think, hmm?
Anakin
What has that got to do with anything?
Yoda
Everything! Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. I sense much fear in you.
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Accelerating Plans Amidst Unforeseen Challenges
Darth Sidious
What is it?
Daultay Dofine
This scheme of yours has failed, Lord Sidious. The blockade is finished. We dare not go against the Jedi.
[interrupts]
Sidious
Viceroy, I don't want this stunted slime in my sight again. This turn of events is unfortunate. We must accelerate our plans. Begin landing your troops.
[Daultay leaves]
Nute Gunray
My Lord! Is that... legal?
Sidious
I will make it legal.
Gunray
And the Jedi?
Sidious
The Chancellor should never have brought them into this! Kill them immediately!
Gunray
Yes... yes, my Lord. As you wish.
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Impending Threat and Foreboding Sounds
Qui-Gon
Do you hear that?
Binks
Yeah.
Qui-Gon
That is the sound of a thousand terrible things headed this way.
Obi-Wan
If and when they find us, they will crush us, grind us into tiny pieces and blast us into oblivion!
Binks
Hmmm... yousa point is well seen. This way. Hurry!
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A Promise to Train the Boy
Qui-Gon
It's too late, it's...
[dying]
Obi-Wan
No!
Qui-Gon
Obi-Wan, promise... Promise me you will train the boy.
Obi-Wan
Yes, master.
Qui-Gon
He... is the Chosen One. He... will bring balance. Train him.
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Concentrating on the Present Amidst Anxiety
Obi-Wan Kenobi
I have a bad feeling about this.
Qui-Gon Jinn
I don't sense anything.
Obi-Wan
It's not about the mission, Master. It's something... elsewhere. Elusive.
Qui-Gon
Don't center on your anxieties, Obi-Wan. Keep your concentration here and now, where it belongs.
Obi-Wan
But Master Yoda said I should be mindful of the future.
Qui-Gon
But not at the expense of the moment. Be mindful of the living Force, young Padawan.
Obi-Wan
Yes, Master. How do you think this Trade Viceroy will deal with the Chancellor's demands?
Qui-Gon
These Federation types are cowards. The negotiations will be short.
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Discovery of a Force Vergence
Qui-Gon
With your permission, my Master, I have encountered a vergence in the Force.
Yoda
A vergence, you say?
Mace Windu
Located around a person?
Qui-Gon
A boy. His cells have the highest concentration of midi-chlorians I have seen in a life form. It is possible that he was conceived by the midi-chlorians.
Mace
You refer to the prophecy of the one who will bring balance to the Force. You believe it's this boy?
Qui-Gon
I don't presume to…
Yoda
But you do. Revealed, your opinion is.
Qui-Gon
I request that the boy be tested, Master.
Yoda
Oh… trained as a Jedi, you request for him, hmm?
Qui-Gon
Finding him was the will of the Force. I have no doubt of that.
Mace
Bring him before us, then.
[resigned]
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