Scruffy_Looken and Sith Interceptor team up to send us this report, with generous spoiler material included. This deals with the role of characters from the first movie and new ones in Episode II, as well as details from several key people from Naboo. Names, details and more are included in the report, avoid it if you don't want to know. Really, there's some big stuff in here, avoid it if you're timid of knowing too much.

Some of the first gripping scenes from Episode II shortly after the opening crawl include an assassination attempt on the life of the Senator of Naboo, M'Lady Padm? Amidala.

A new character to replace Panaka, Captain Typho, is in charge over the protection of the young senator. In the confusion around the attempt on her life, one of her loyal handmaidens named Cord? is killed as she doubled for the Padm?. In a tender scene Padm? holds the young girl in her arms, torn between what she must do and her passion for her people.

The tragic and disturbing news of Senator Amidala of the Naboo system's assassination spreads quickly through the galaxy, resonating in the great halls of the Galactic Senate Chamber.

What do we make of all this? I (Josh) think that if this is accurate, we're in for a blast off to this movie. Look for the movie move very quickly into the plot of the movie, introducing new characters along the way. We've received this information from two sources, so we're leaning on it being accurate. It fits with what we 'know' about the movie.

So another piece fits squarely into place. Keep in mind that if this is correct it will appear in the first five minutes of the film. Wow!