After completing years of Jedi training, Anakinand the young Queen, are planning to be married. Palpatine, is now the Supreme Chancellor of the galaxy and is continuing his political march to the top.

Obviously, Anakin's crutch or Achilles heel, is his mother. A Jedi can ill afford to have such weekness and fear or turn to the dark side of the Force they will. Obi-Wan tells him to control his fear and prepare himself for what he may find when at Tatooine.

Shmi is killed, all that is left on Tatooine is C3-P0 now nearly complete. C3-P0 is not the accomplished storyteller we all know him as from later movies, but he adequately shares what his eyes have seen. It is very artistic, as the death of Shmi is never shown on screen. Apparently, she was killed during a cloning experiment for the newly established Empire, led by Darth Sidious. It was thought the midichlorians were stong in her, and thus would be the strongest in her clones as well.

The true reasons for the battle of Naboo in Episode I, was that they were protecting the technology that would lead us to the Clone Wars. The Mount Tantis original cloning facility was destroyed. Darth Maul returns as half a man, being able to move only with the aid of a hover platform at his midsection. He is now even more force-strong and remains the apprentice of the Sith Lord Sidious. And thus begins the journey of Anakin to the dark side. In his anger, he frees the slaves of Tatooine, and fights a battle with desert skiffs against the Hutt clan. His Rodian friend is killed in the battle, and Sebulba dies as well. Many are saved, but his anger builds as he loses his friends. And still Jabba escapes, and the town of Mos Espa was destroyed. Anakin, C3-P0 and the rest of their clan head out into space. Meanwhile, Anakin's friend Kister has been cloned and will become the eventual Boba Fett, flying the appropriately named 'Slave I.'It was also named from the system how ships used to operate those days. Anakin also finds out his slave detonator is located in his right hand.

In another sequence, Anakin's father is revealed, and the midichlorians are explained in greater detail. Millenia ago, people discover this mystical ability to manipulate objects and people. They call it the force and it gets a sort of religious following. Cut to many years later, and scientists are curious to determine why certain people can access this force and others cannot. They discover midichlorians and devise a blood test so they can begin training people at an early age (screening people via blood test). Suddenly, the Sith reappear (who are unaware of the existence of midichlorians) and begin systematically destroying the Jedi and Jedi potentials. Shortly before this the Jedi council (who mention in the Phantom Menace that the sith have not been seen for millenia) destroy all records of midichlorians and begin disseminating again the fact that the force is a mystical thing. Thus making it more difficult for the sith to carry out their Jedi extinction. This is why in ANH almost no Jedi left and absolutely no mention of 'midichlorians'.....

There is also the introduction of the Sith and the Sith Council. The Jedi council is confused by the return of the Sith, especially in large numbers because they originally thought there was only two at a time, and are afraid to mount a full scale attack on the infant rebellion of the Empire.

Later, in the Kvat Drive yards, the secret manufacturing base of the Empire/Trade Federation, Sidious and Palpatine are in a scene together to discuss how Palpatine can get funding for more warcraft. Sidious says he will start a conflict and the Galactic Senate will be forced to approve the funding. Already they are manufacturing Tie Fighters and other new vehicles to combat the now aging Z-95 Headhunters of the Jedi under the instruction of Lieutenant Tarkin, although he is not seen in the film. Palpatine is reveled to be a clone.

Obi-Wan and Amidala hit it off well during the intermission between the movies, and the strain is taking it's toll on the relationship of Anakin and Amidala. There is something of a love triangle developing in the storyline, especially on Alderaan when Anakin is away on Tatooine. Jealousy runs rampant.

Just before the big climax, Mace Windu and the Royal Guards dressed in blue, murder and betray the Jedi Council, killing them without warning. Few escape alive, and this is the start to what will be called the Clone Wars.

The climax of the film certainly is the Clone Wars. The Clone Wars really all started because the Sidious cloned senators and had the real ones assasinated so Palpatine could achieve the throne faster. Also, there is a completely new computer-generated Jedi in the film, he is an alien that helps greatly in the wars. Clearly, the failure of the Battle Droid concept sets up the stage for enemies to begin using humans as weapons--cloned humans who can be massed produced to create an incredible fighting force.