WHO
is Darth Sidious??
A
new snippet of dialogue hints at the true identity of Darth Maul's Master!
Do
you remember that T'bone posted
a small piece of a conversation between Yoda to Mace Windu during a funeral
ceremony towards the end of the movie? Here's what T'bone posted:
Yoda
looks up to Mace Windu.
Yoda
says, in reference to Darth Maul,
"Always
two there are. No more, no less. Master and Apprentice."
Mace
Windu replies,
"But
which was destroyed, the Master or the Apprentice?"
It is
interesting to see that the Master - Apprentice relationship between Jedi
Master Qui-Gon Jinn and Jedi "Padawan" Obi-Wan Kenobi (see for example
the
dialogue posted earlier on this site) is mirrored in the Master - Apprentice
relationship between the Dark Side master Darth Sidious and Dark Side apprentice
Darth Maul.
The
same kind of Master - Apprentice relationship 'duo' was present in the
current Trilogy: Obi-Wan - Luke Skywalker and the Dark Side version of
this relationship: Emperor Palpatine - Darth Vader. I think this is another
nice example of the way in which George Lucas is carefully crafting his
story, repeating themes and creating parallels to strengthen the unity
between the Prequels and the current three films.
According
to T'bone, the first scene in which we see Darth Sidious together with
his apprentice Darth Maul, takes place on a balcony high above the city
of Coruscant. The above picture illustrates this meeting.
AN
INTRIGUING SNIIPPET OF DIALOGUE!
'Jedi
Killer' tells us about another moment during which Darth Maul is instructed
by his Master's Voice (highlight to read):
It's
after Darth Maul tries to kill Qui-Gon on Tatoonie. There's a bit
of
that
in the preview when Qui-Gon yells to Anakin: "Anakin! Tell 'em to
take
off!" Qui-Gon barely escapes Darth Maul and gets into the ship.
As
the ship departs, Qui-Gon introduces Anakin to Obi-Wan (also in the
preview).
On the planet surface, Maul contacts Sidious via hologram.
There
is a short dialogue between Maul and Sidious (highlight to read):
DARTH
MAUL:
They
are heading to you, Master. Should I follow?
DARTH
SIDIOUS:
There
is no need. Go to Naboo. I will contact you there.
Although
this is a very brief exchange, it DOES tell us something very interesting
that might refuel the old discussion about the identity of Darth Sidious
(highlight to read):
Qui-Gon,
Obi-Wan and Queen Amidala, together with the rest of the group, are heading
for Coruscant where they want to meet senator Palpatine. This puts the
simple line "They are heading to you, Master" into an interesting perspective...
IS Darth Sidious in reality the friendly senator Palpatine? Is that why
there is "no need" for Darth maul to follow the group to Coruscant? Is
Darth Sidous taking care of the group himself as senator Palpatine?
Or is this just an attempt to make us think he is, and will we be
surprised by the true identity of Darth Sidious in Episode 2? An intriguing
question to which only George Lucas has the answer...
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