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"This seems very plausible. In the early drafts, the royal family of Aquilae have a councillor who more or less betrays them to the Empire. Of course, he was cut in two by the venerable Jedi general Luke Skywalker, who is in charge of their military forces. The General and his young apprentice Annikin are to escort the young princess Leia to allied forces where they will get men and weapons to retake the throne. You change a few of the names (Luke to Qui-Gon, Annikin to Obi-wan, Leia to Padme) and some of the plot details and you get a close approximation of the believed plot of Episode 1. So it is easy enough to believe that Senator Palpatine starts off as that duplicitous councillor to the Royal family, only he doesn't get cut in half. I think there are going to be a plethora of similiarities between the plot of Ep. 1 and the early drafts." |
| Dan
wrote:
"I would like to respond to what Deepthroat said. I was
also curious to know how Lucas & Co. are going to handle Palpatine
as
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"With the "100%" confirmation of this rumor over at the main prequel section of theforce.net, I think it's safe to say that we have stumbled upon a real good one here. In addition to what I mentioned in an earlier post about the similarity between the Naboo and Imperial royal guards, I think this information makes sense in other ways as well. There was another well-travelled rumor that I believe came from the earliest reports from the Caserta set back in July which mentioned that Naboo was a sort of "planet-symbol" of the old republic, albeit with minimal independent power. In any case, this would go along with the Palpatine information, seeing how he could use his status as the senator from this well-respected planet (and perhaps also as a member of its royal family--maybe an uncle of Padme's?) to maneuver himself into positions of greater power. It would also help explain how he can manipulate the Jedis' role in the ep. 1 conflict and perhaps in conflicts further down the line as well. Most importantly of all, it would help explain how and why Palpatine has access to Anakin--I had always been puzzled by the fact that Anakin was turned by some random, anonymous senator. If Palpatine is close to Anakin's future wife in some way, though, the opportunity to corrupt Anakin is much easier to see. The
possibility of Palpatine being part of the royal family also makes
In
response to Dan's post about the ambiguous Vader/Palpatine
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| Jamie
Wire wrote:
"FILM ONE In my opinion, Senator Palpatine will be just that in the first film. He is, it would also seem, the senator for Naboo/Alderaan(?) and therefore will liase closely with his young queen. (Wild speculation for me - maybe HE insidiously kills her mother, the Old Queen, in order for a weaker one to come in, but to his annoyance, she isn't quite so weak). Terrance Stamp said that "a real barracuda" is trying to force him out of office. Stamp also said he is a fairly beleagered character who has alot to deal with. It would be an obvious assumption to assume this carping harrassment is Palpatine. Maybe it is, maybe not. Lucas said that we will not suspect Palpatine's intentions, nor will anyone else as his rise is furtive and silent. PART
TWO
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Why does Palpatine betray his queen?
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"In response to Jamie on question one:Palpatine betrays his queen because he is power hungry.He has no sense of right and wrong.As to question two,Palpatine's motivations might be "I have the chance to rule so I will cheat and rule,muahahahahah!!!Possible eh? :-) And as to why he would kill Darth Sidious and Darth Mhaul (Darth seems to be trendy name with the Sith creeps) when someone is evil they will stop at nothing to come to power.If he betrays the queen,and possibly kills her mother, then sure he could kill the the two Darth guys.Then he would take power along with his right hand Vader." |
| Deepthroat
wrote:
"In response to Jamie Wire's question about who kills Darth Maul and Darth Sideous, allow me to quote George Lucas from the Annotated Screenplays: "I didn't want Vader to be all-powerful. . . .In fact, he is one of the Dark Lords who is working for the Emperor . . . they're like marshals or policemen. . . . In the case of the Jedi, they work for the Republic, and in the case of the Sith Lords, they work for the Empire" [emphases added]. This quote is under the ROTJ section and the implication is that at that time there were a number of Dark Lords who worked for the Emperor (and that perhaps the "Darths" of ep. 1 were not killed). I'd rather not believe it, for reasons I'd previously stated with regard to the topic of keeping Vader's identity a mystery, and also because I think if this is true it detracts from Vader's importance. But those are Lucas' words." |
| Jamie
Wire wrote:
"There were a few noticeable things in the latest issue of the Star Wars magazine regarding Palpatine. Ian
McDiarmid says in it that he expects to be in all three movies,
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"You know what, after reading Deepthroat's reply of the 18th March, a funny theory popped into my head. Deepthroat wrote: "and perhaps also a member of its (Naboo) royal family--maybe an uncle of Padme's?" I read that and, without wanting it, an idea strucked me: And if Palpatine was Padme's father? I know,
I know, another "I am your father". But the idea was too
It
would be a good reason for Anakin to trust him, Palpatine being his
And
imagine it: Padme, daughter of Palpatine, and Anakin Skywalker
Anything
else? Bring in your thoughts about it. Hey, I don't believe it
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| Jom
wrote:
"To Jamie Wire: It was me who came to the conclusion that is Ian Mc was in Italy for those scenes then it is possible that he was the Naboo Senator. There WERE rumors at the time (remember the "Emperor Coronation" rumors?) but, as you say, the Insider contradicts this. Therefore, I came up with this on a FALSE rumor, HAHAHAH. Oh well, what are ya gonna do? Aren't rumors wonderful?" |
| Jared
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"Today I saw on SWD prequels they were questioning why the 2 Darths would attack palpatine's planet if they were on the same side which they are but here is why they would. 1: because the Empire doesn't exist yet and is what Palpatine is doing is he is joining with the Nimoudians secretly and trying to bring bad ideas into the senate by making them look good(like a canidate for office kisses babies) so his goal is to become powerful within the Nimoudian army then crush the Nimoudians like bugs.2: it would be perfect because everybody on Naboo would think "no couldn't be him. Why would he want his own planet destroyed" so it would be the perfect cover up. this is why I think it all fits together! what do you guys think?" |
"To Valynis: I think the essence of what you are saying could be true but I don't think Palpatine is Padme's dad. Her name is Amidala or something like that. BUT Palp doesn't have to be her father for her to trust him. After all he is an upstanding citizen of Naboo who is the long time Senator? Right? And he will have access to Anakin once Anakin gets involved with Padme. Certainly this is a possibility." |