Senator Padme's (Natalie Portman) starship and
it's convoy are approaching Coruscant. When the Nubian ship supposedly
carrying Padme lands, disguised handmaiden Cord (played by Veronica
Segura) walks down the ramp with her entourage and suddenly there's a
huge explosion near the ramp. Padme, who was riding in one of the
Nubian's escort fighters, runs to her and they exchange a few quick
words before Corde dies. Padme has a quick discussion with Captain Typho
(played by Jay Laga'aia) about what to do and then Padme goes to her
living quarters.
When she arrives safely in her apartment on Coruscant, she calls
longtime friend Jar Jar Binks, who's official title is now
Representative Jar Jar Binks of the Gungans. In the Senate, Jar Jar
stands with Senator Padme on the Naboo platform.
After the Nubian ship was destroyed, Uv Gizen - Supreme Chancellor
Palpatine's personal aide - tells Palpatine that Senator Padme is dead.
The Senate later convenes on the matter at hand: voting on whether or
not to create a clone army for the Republic.
Palpatine starts to speak, "My esteemed colleagues, I have received some
tragic and disturbing news." He is about to announce Padme's death, but
to his surprise, Padme shows up and says that she's ok. She voices her
opinions about the lack of safety in the galaxy and the Senate spends
the rest of this meeting dwelling on this topic. Palpatine resolves the
issue of Padme's safety by assigning two Jedi Knights to protect her. He
asks Mace Windu to specifically assign Obi-Wan and Anakin to this task.
Shortly after comes a meeting in a small room on Coruscant. In the room
are Senator Toonbuck Toora, Senator Darsana, Senator Askaak, Bail Organa
(played by Jimmy Smits), Jar Jar Binks, and Palpatine. They are
discussing the idea of cloning an army for the Republic.
Most everyone in the room is for the clone army except Bail Organa and
Jar Jar Binks. Bail is undecided, but Jar Jar is definitely against it.
In this scene, Palpatine says something like "Sometimes we have to break
the law in order to act in its best interest." (Not a direct quote).
Clearly, he is saying that they must create the Republic clone army
whether or not the Senate favors the decision. Then comes the second
meeting in the Senate, in which they discuss purely the idea of creating
a clone army for the Republic.
Palpatine urges everyone to vote for it. He is backed up by Senator
Toonbuck Toora of the Commerce Guild, Senator Orn Free Taa and the
Intergalactic Bank Clan who offer to put up the cash. Bail Organa has a
role in this scene as well. Senator Padme also speaks and she votes for
the army. Later that evening, there is another assassination attempt on
Padme in her apartment on Coruscant. Obi-Wan and Anakin are standing
guard at the door and they suddenly both sense something weird. The line
"I have a bad feeling about this" is spoken and the two Jedi burst into
her quarters. There is a large droid hovering in Padme's room that has
released tons of small insect-like assassination robots called kouhuns.
Anakin runs to Padme and clears all the kouhuns off her, meanwhile;
Obi-Wan jumps out the window and onto the large droid. When Zam Wesell,
the bounty hunter - who's controlling the assassination droid via remote
control - brings the droid back to her, she sees Obi-Wan dangling from
the flying droid. She whips out her gun and starts opening fire on
Obi-Wan and the droid.
Obi-Wan takes out his lightsaber and starts
deflecting her bolts. Zam continues to fire - Obi-Wan continues to
deflect. Zam realizes she'd better take off, so she gets on her speeder
and flies away. Anakin then picks up Obi-Wan in a yellow "hot-rod"
speeder and they take off after Zam, leading to the chase scene.
Anakin and Obi-Wan chase Zam Wesell at high speeds through the heavy
traffic of Coruscant. This is the only time in Episode II we see
Anakin's amazing piloting skills. The chase comes to an end at a night
club at the lower levels of Coruscant. As they attempt to enter, the
bouncer yells "NO JEDI" at them. Anakin attempts to use a mind trick on
the bouncer, but Obi-Wan stops him. Anakin then reaches for his saber
and lights it in the bouncer's face in attempt to scare him away. The
bouncer isn't frightened away, in fact he grows double in size and gets
ready to fight. Then Obi-Wan uses a mind trick on him and the two Jedi
enter the club. As they enter, Obi-Wan says "Anakin, you'll be the death
of me."
Once inside, they are met with a young troublemaker named Elian
Sleazebaggano (played by Matt Doran). Elian tries to sell them some kind
of drugs - "You want some death sticks? You want some death sticks?" he
says. Obi-Wan replies with "You should rethink your life." Finally,
Obi-Wan and Anakin catch Zam outside the club and begin to interrogate
her, trying to find out who she's working for and why they want Padme
dead. Zam gives up and says something like "Ok, ok, I'll talk," but
before she says another word, Zam is assassinated by Jango Fett's
Kaminoan Kyber Dart.
The weapon that kills Zam is mysterious to the Jedi. Obi-Wan says to
Anakin: "There's only one man who knows all about these underground
weapons at this level of Coruscant." (Not exact quote) Next, we cut to
Obi-Wan and Anakin walking into Dex's Diner. Dexter Jettster (played by
Ronalk Falk) is a very awkward alien with four arms. With three arms he
reaches hugs his long time friend Obi-Wan and with his other arm he
shakes hands with Anakin. Obi-Wan asks Dexter about the weapon that
killed Zam Wesell and Dex tells him that it's called a "Kyber Dart" and
it only comes from the water planet Kamino.
Now Episode II is in full swing. The two Jedi return to Padme's
quarters. After discussing the situation for a while and meeting with
the Jedi Council, it is decided that Anakin must accompany Padme back to
Naboo where she'll be safe and Obi-Wan would go to Kamino to follow up
on the clues of conspiracy he obtained from Zam Wesell's murder. Before
leaving for Kamino, Obi-Wan goes to the Jedi Temple to seek information
on the planet. He goes to an area of the Temple in which archives of the
Jedi order are kept. There he meets Jocasta Nu, a librarian and academic
(played by Alethea McGrath).
Jocasta shows him a holographic map of Kamino and they discuss the "Lost
Twenty" - the only 20 Jedi to ever have left the order. Among these 20
is Count Dooku, a former highly respected Jedi Master. In this scene we
see a bust of Dooku - a small statue of his head. Jocasta Nu also
mentions Qui-Gon a couple times. In the sequence before Obi-Wan chats
with Jocasta, there are some establishing shots of the Jedi Temple. We
get to see numerous Jedi in training. One we focus in on is of Yoda and
a bunch of Jedi hopefuls (little kids) on a balcony. Yoda is teaching
them about the lightsaber. He pulls his out and ignites it and says
something like "The lightsaber is a Jedi's most precious weapon."
Before setting off for Naboo on a public transport, Anakin and Padme are
bid farewell by Jar Jar Binks. Jar Jar does not go with them. They take
to the stars and begin the journey. There are many scenes in the ship
that get the love story underway. The ship they travel in is sort of
like a scheduled flight between planets. Anakin and Padme are not alone.
There are a lot of aliens on this ship. Naboo: Here we are introduced to
Queen Jamillia (played by Ayesha Dharker), the new ruler of Naboo.
(Queen Jamillia only has two scenes - very small character) The love
between Anakin and Padme grows as they spend more time together on
Naboo.
They travel to a Lake Retreat and that's where they meet Padme's family
- her sisters (Keira Wingate - Haley Mooy) and parents, Jobal (mother -
(played by Claudia Karvan) and Ruwee (father - played by Graeme
Blundell). There are also scenes on Naboo in a kitchen, Anakin's
bedroom, and Padme's bedroom. At the lake, Anakin tosses and turns in
his bed and wakes up to a terrible nightmare concerning his mother. The
next morning, Padme enters Anakin's room and find him on the balcony
meditating.
She turns to leave and he tells her not to go. "Your presence is
soothing," is the line. Anakin's concern for his mother grows so strong
that he decides to leave Naboo with Padme and head for Tatooine. Anakin
was under strict orders by the Jedi Council to stay on Naboo - he
disobeys. Anakin and Padme make their way back to Theed where they meet
Queen Jamillia. They tell her they have to leave immediately and she
willingly gives them a ship. Anakin, Padme and R2 take off for Tatooine.
It is aboard this ship and on this journey through space that Anakin and
Padme share their first kiss.
After his meeting with Madame Jocasta Nu, Obi-Wan goes to Kamino on
behalf of Palpatine to uncover information about the conspiracy
involving Count Dooku. Since Palpatine is (in a way) behind the cloning
on Kamino and doesn't want Obi-Wan to discover what's happening there,
he contacts Count Dooku and tells him the Jedi Knight is on his way.
Dooku dispatches Jango Fett to assassinate Obi-Wan. When Obi-Wan arrives
(in a city called Tipoca), he's greeted by Lama Su (CG character voiced
by Anthony Phelan), the Prime Minister of the planet, and taken to a
conference room to discuss matters at hand.
The Kaminoans are very kind to Obi-Wan and they don't think there is
anything "wrong" with the cloning operation. Obi-Wan is then taken to a
laboratory and a cloning facility and he realizes this conspiracy runs
deeper than Dooku and the Kyber Dart. He asks Lama Su who commissioned
this cloning activity and Su tells him it was Master Sido-Dyas.
Immediately, Obi-Wan contacts the Jedi Council and reports what he was
told.
Yoda tells Obi-Wan to continue the investigation and try to find out who
Sido-Dyas is and who he's working for. Mace Windu speculates that
someone in the Senate may be involved and this secret army is being
created to start a war. Soon after, while Obi-Wan is in a cloning
hatchery, Jango Fett (played by Temuera Morrison) emerges and fires at
Obi-Wan. He misses. Obi-Wan lights his saber and starts to chase him. He
catches up to him on a landing platform in the pouring rain. And so
begins the rain battle on a landing platform where Slave I is docked.
The battle ends in a stalemate. Jango takes off in Slave 1 and Obi-Wan
manages to stick a seeker pod on the side of the ship as it flies away.
(In this scene, we get our first glimpse at young Boba Fett - played by
Daniel Logan.)
Obi-Wan gets in his ship and takes off into the sky in pursuit of Jango
Fett in Slave I. Soon, Jango realizes that Obi-Wan is on his tail so he
takes his ship into an asteroid field in attempt to lose him. Obi-Wan
follows. There is a hot chase scene through the asteroids where Obi-Wan
gets caught up in some trouble.
Believing that Obi-Wan was killed in the asteroid field, Jango and Boba
proceed to their destination - Geonosis. Obi-Wan, of course, is not
dead. When he finally makes it out of the asteroid field he picks up
Jango with the tracking device and continues to follow him. As Jango and
Obi-Wan approach Geonosis, there are two droid control ships in orbit.
Jango races up to one of them and two fighters come out. To Jango's
surprise, the fighters start attacking him as well as Obi-Wan. Jango
then makes his way to the planet where he lands.
Obi-Wan follows. Once on the ground, Obi-Wan starts snooping around. He
finds out that the planet is run by an alien race that is creating
thousands of advanced battle droids. He sends out a distress call to the
Jedi, telling them that war is inevitable. The Jedi dispatch an army to
Geonosis and Palpatine contacts Count Dooku. He tells him Obi-Wan has
discovered the planet and that a Jedi army is on it's way. Obi-Wan then
continues to investigate the planet and he's captured by droids and is
taken prisoner.
Upon arriving on Mos Espa, Anakin, Padme and R2-D2 make their way to
Watto's shop. When they arrive, Watto is there. He is outside his front
door chasing a pit droid around. He is running on the ground and
flapping his wings hard, but he is unable to fly. He picks up a stick
and slaps the droid in the nose, causing it to fold up and stop running
around. Anakin, Padme and R2 approach him. Anakin tells Watto who he is
and that he's come for his mother. Watto tells Anakin that she is now
married to Cliegg Lars and they live out on a moisture farm outside a
city called Mos Eisley. Anakin gets a speeder and he, Padme, and R2
hurry towards the city Watto described.
When they arrive at the Lars moisture farm, Anakin meets Cliegg (played
by Jack Thompson), Owen (played by Joel Edgerton), and Beru (played by
Bonnie Piesse). His mother is not there and Anakin gets very concerned.
Cliegg (who has one leg) tells him that she went out into the desert
earlier in the day to fetch mushrooms that grow on moisture vaporators.
She did not return at the time she usually does so Cliegg formed a
search party and went out to find her. In the process, he failed and was
badly injured by tusken raiders. Most of the search party was killed.
Anakin jumps on Owen Lars's swoop bike and speeds out into the desert.
Padme runs after him yelling "Anakin! Stop!"
After getting directions from a Jawa along the way, Anakin heads into a
hilly, rocky region of the desert. When he finds his mom, she is being
carried by Tuskens. She is obviously badly wounded already. As Anakin
approaches, a Tusken suddenly turns around and slugs Shmi in the stomach
with his gaffi stick. Anakin sees this and screams as he approaches. The
Tuskens get spooked, they drop Shmi and take off. Anakin runs to his
mother and holds her in his lap. They exchange a few words and she dies
in his arms. Anakin is devastated. He blames himself for her death. He
sits next to her in silence for a long time. He then digs a hole in the
sand and puts Shmi in it. He then covers the tomb in rocks. Anakin sits
on a top of a rocky hill all night near the place where he buried his
mother. He is in a meditative state, trying to calm his flurried
emotions. As the twin suns of Tatooine rise over the horizon.
Anakin catches a glimpse of two Tusken children playing in the shadows
below him. He watches them for a bit, then stands up. Staring at them
with a blank expression on his face, he reaches for his saber, ignites
it and walks towards them.
When Anakin returns to the Lars farm, he tells Cliegg Lars that he found
his mother and she was dead. Cliegg (who's still very injured) and
Anakin have a conversation that goes as such:
ANAKIN:: If I hadn't gone away, none of this would have happened. We'd
be happy.
CLIEGG LARS:: But you'd still be slaves.
ANAKIN:: But at least she'd still be alive and we'd be happy.
As the conversation proceeds, they're kind of raising their voices at
each other. Anakin is obviously extremely jealous of his mother's love
for the Lars family. The argument stops when Padme puts a soft hand on
Anakin's shoulder. She takes him into the next room and shows him C-3PO,
who now has covers. (Padme, R2 and Owen added then when Anakin was in
the desert.) And so follows this dialogue:
PADME:: Isn't he great?
ANAKIN:: He's perfect.
At or around this time, Padme and Anakin receive Obi-Wan's general
distress call from Geonosis. It becomes evident that Anakin does not
want to leave. Padme reminds him of their responsibilities to the
Republic and essentially tells him they have to go. Anakin takes Padme,
R2D2 and C-3PO with him. They head for Geonosis.
Geonosis: a planet run by an alien known as Poggle the Lesser. The
inhabitants of the planet specialize in making droid armies for the
Trade Federation. These aliens look like a cross between Sebulba and
Battle Droids. They also have four thin wings on their backs similar to
a dragonfly's.
Anakin, Padme, R2D2 and C-3PO arrive on Geonosis before the Jedi army.
When they land, Padme and Anakin get in an argument about what to do
(Anakin doesn't want to fight, Padme reminds him of their obligations to
the Republic.) C-3PO comments to R2D2, "Sometimes I just don't
understand human behavior."
Anakin and Padme leave their ship with the droids and then proceed
towards a large rock formation (it's basically a building made out of
rock.) They are trying to find Obi-Wan. When they enter the building,
they are surrounded by droids. Then Count Dooku, who is standing on a
level above them, looks down at them and says "Give up. You are
captured." (Not exact quote) Dooku Force grabs Anakin's lightsaber right
out of his hand and then the droids take him and Padme to separate jail
cells.
In the arena, Dooku, Jango, Poggle and a Neimodian are watching the Reek
devour slaves and they decide to feed Obi-Wan, Anakin and Padme to the
Reek as well. The Reek is a dinosaur-like monster with three horns. They
bring out the three prisoners and are preparing to tie them up to poles.
First, they tie down Padme, but then . . .
Mace Windu enters the V.I.P. box where Dooku and friends are enjoying
the show. He taps Dooku on the shoulder who turns to see the Jedi Master
holding his lightsaber to Jango's throat. Then thousands of Jedi Knights
burst through the gates into the arena and into the stands amongst the
large crowd. The stadium lights up in a rainbow of lightsabers and the
action begins. But as the Jedi free Obi-Wan and Anakin from the Reek,
thousands of advanced droids roll in as well and begin firing upon the
Jedi. Mace Windu dodges their fire and ends up jumping into the arena
floor. Windu is pursued by Jango Fett.
The two men engage in battle for quite some time, with the Reek charging
both of them in a fury of confusion and rage. In the end, Mace Windu
decapitates Jango as little Boba Fett watches on in horror. As Jango and
Mace Windu are fighting, Obi-Wan and Anakin manage to escape from the
arena - Padme does not. Because they don't have lightsabers, Anakin and
Obi-Wan pick up two sabers each from dead Jedi bodies. They both engage
in the attack and deflect droid blaster fire with two lightsabers, one
in each hand.
Meanwhile, Count Dooku has slipped out of the arena away from the
action. Explosions begin in space as Republic forces begin assaulting
the Droid Control ships. Obi-Wan and Anakin continue to attack the
droids. They fight their way indoors and out of sight from the arena.
Anakin tells Obi-Wan he wants to go back for Padme but Obi-Wan tells him
to stay focused on the task at hand. The line is something like "You are
my padawan and you must do as I say." Anakin stays with him Also during
the Jango/Windu fight, Yoda arrives with an army of clonetroopers. It is
Yoda and the clones that finally save Padme from the arena and she then
joins them in the fight. She leads a squadron of clonetroopers. As the
action continues, Slave 1 takes to the sky and flees. It's passengers?
Only one - young Boba Fett.
As the battle on the ground rages on, the battle in the sky above
Geonosis in underway as well. The battle in the sky revolves around
Ki-Adi Mundi leading six Jedi in an assault on one of the two droid
control ships. They fight their way through the heavily guarded ship and
into the control room where Ki-Adi Mundi successfully throws the main
switch that controls the droids.
There are four Nemoidians in the control center. When Ki-Adi throws the
switch in attempt to deactivate the droids on the ground, nothing
happens. It appears the Nemoidians have learned that lesson after the
Battle of Naboo. (The reason nothing happens to the droids is because
they are being controlled from the ground.) Among the Jedi who attack
the Droid Control ship is Plo Koon. Somewhere in this sequence he is
injured badly and almost dies. He is shot by destroyer droids.
Upon finding Dooku before he departs in his solar sailor, the Jedi
ignite their lightsabres in prepration to battle the Sith Lord. Anakin
charges into battle not heeding Obi-Wan's warnings. Just as the young
apprentice is about to strike the first blow, Dooku calmly lifts his arm
and the Jedi is lifted up and flung across the room into the opposite
wall. Obi-Wan sees this and fights furiously against the droids so he
can get to Anakin - he doesn't want to leave his companion alone with a
Sith Lord after he lost Qui-Gon that way in Episode I. Anakin and Dooku
are now alone, and Obi-Wan fears he will lose Anakin just like he lost
Qui-Gon.
Anakin is in a state of mental chaos. His mother has just been slain in
front of his very eyes, he can't protect his love (Padme) from the
battle outside, he has been separated from his master, and he's now
engaged in a battle against one of the most powerful Force-wielders in
the galaxy. Dooku sees Anakin's mental instability and can sense his
fear. Using this to his advantage, he bullies Anakin for his own
amusement. Dooku's intent at this moment is not to turn Anakin to the
dark side, rather to amuse himself by messing with Anakin's head.
Padme, at this time, has been rescued by Mace Windu after he lops off
Jango's head. She joins the battle and leads a group of clonetroopers in
the attack. Anakin basically gets his butt whooped by Dooku. Anakin
somehow stops fighting with Dooku. Anakin gets knocked off a ledge and
they are separated and Dooku makes his way to Obi-Wan. Dooku and Obi-Wan
do battle. Dooku is obviously a better fighter than Obi-Wan, using
calculated moves and expending little energy in the fight. It's not the
constant fighting like in Episode 1 - they talk quite a bit while
fighting (like the saber fights in the old trilogy.) Dooku speaks to
Obi-Wan almost hypnotically, telling him of the instability of the
Republic and how it will crumble. Addressing him as "Master Kenobi,"
Dooku begs Obi-Wan to just kill him, then easily deflects his saber when
the frustrated Jedi Knight attacks.
At some point during this battle, Dooku says to Obi-Wan "I have spent
the last ten years learning to use the power of the dark side. It gives
me infinitely more power!" Finally, Anakin returns to the battle and
it's now a 2 on 1 situation. The battle continues and, while Obi-Wan
appreciates the assistance, Dooku still overpowers both Jedi at the same
time. He begins to taunt both of them now, and seems to be enjoying
himself. Dooku pries into their deepest fears and regrets.
At some point in this battle, Anakin and Obi-Wan are fighting Dooku and
Obi-Wan falls down and out of the action. Anakin uses the Force to call
Obi-Wan's saber to his hand and he then starts wielding two sabers at
Dooku. When Obi-Wan gets back into the fight, Anakin tosses his saber
back to him and the duel continues.
He begins to tell Anakin he's fighting a lost cause - he failed to
protect his mother just as he failed to protect Padme. Dooku tells
Anakin that Padme has been killed in the battle.
Anakin snaps. Out of pure rage, he swings furiously at Dooku who is a
bit taken with the overwhelming power this young Jedi is displaying.
Dark side emotions run through Anakin and Dooku is forced to defend
himself with a little more caution.
Obi-Wan finally rejoins the battle. As the battle continues, Obi-Wan
tries to control Anakin. He tells him to concentrate on the battle and
not to think of Padme's death. Upon hearing what he believes in
confirmation from his master, Anakin becomes so enraged he takes a swing
at Obi-Wan.
Count Dooku continues to beat both Jedi at the same time. He
force-throws things at them and they are both getting injured (similarly
to Luke vs. Vader in ESB) Dooku then chops a large mechanical loading
device (like a claw) and it begins to fall on Anakin and Obi-Wan. This
device, however, does not land on the Jedi. As Dooku sees Yoda enter the
fight, he Force-throws objects at the two Jedi and knocks Anakin out.
Dooku and Yoda then fight.
The battle ends as Yoda Force pushes Dooku off a ledge and the badly
beaten Sith Lord runs to his ship. After Dooku flees, Obi-Wan rushes
over to Yoda who is extremely exhausted.
THE BATTLE, PART 3: IN THE HANGAR, there is still a big battle raging on
outside between the Jedi and the droids. The Jedi are losing, but they
are very ironically saved by a clone army. Where did these clones come
from? The Senate did not vote on the matter so they're not Republic
Clones, right? Well, it's an ironic answer - they came from Kamino. The
clones that save the Jedi are the secret clones that an impostor named
Sido-Dyas commissioned the Kaminoans to create from Jango Fett's DNA.
After the Yoda/Dooku confrontation, Dooku gets to his ship and takes
off. Yoda is extremely exhausted from the battle and near collapses. As
Dooku's ship takes off, a beaten up Anakin and Obi-Wan rush over to
Yoda. At the same time, Padme, a clone captain, and about ten more
clones come rushing into the room. Padme runs up to Anakin and embraces
him. Anakin is so tired and beaten he can barely stand.
The clone captain marches up to Yoda and tells him the resistance has
come to an end. Yoda is obviously not happy about the battle being won
and there is a great look of concern on his face. Back on Coruscant it
is morning. Count Dooku's ship lands in a secret platform in a deserted
and broken down part of the planet. He walks down the ramp and
approaches Darth Sidious. The two Sith Lords have a brief discussion and
are very pleased with the way things are going.
COUNT DOOKU:: I bring you good news, my Lord. The war has begun.
SIDIOUS:: Excellent. Everything is going as planned.
Back at the top of the temple the Jedi Council has convened. The damage
this war has done to the Jedi is catastrophic. Furthermore, Mace Windu
and Yoda are extremely concerned about the prophecy of the Chosen One.
Mace says to him "The prophesy is true. The dark side is growing." What
is implied here is that the prophesy of the chosen one states the dark
side will consume the galaxy before balance is restored. As it
eventually does.
Anakin and Padme have returned to Naboo to get married in secret. They
return to the Lake Retreat they were at before leaving for Tatooine.
They have a very small wedding, witnessed only by C-3PO, R2D2 and a holy
man. Back on Coruscant, the Republic decides to take action immediately.
Clone armies are being produced in masses and sent to all corner's of
the galaxy. The Clone Wars are about to begin. The last line scenes of
the film are in the Jedi Temple. Obi-Wan and the four remaining council
members (Yoda, Mace Windu, Ki-Adi Mundi, and Plo Koon) are discussing
the battle. Yoda has the last line in the movie, and he says it to
Obi-Wan:
YODA:: Victory? Victory, you say? Not victory. A defeat it was, Master
Obi-Wan. Begun, the Clone War has!