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Palpatine

Mirrored Mentors
Palpatine's mentorship of Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith closely mirrors Obi-Wan Kenobi's mentorship of Luke Skywalker in A New Hope.
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Timothy Lawrence
Red and Blue Speakers
In Star Wars, the color red is associated with the passions and the appetites, while the color blue is associated with reason and the intellect.
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Timothy Lawrence
Anakin Must Choose
In the third episodes of the prequel and original trilogies, there is a three-way confrontation in the room from which Palpatine rules the galaxy.
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Timothy Lawrence
Andor Season 2 Mirrors the Prequel Trilogy
The first three arcs of the second season of Andor mirror the three episodes of the prequel trilogy.
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Timothy Lawrence
Fathers on Elevators
In Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader uses an elevator to ascend to the top of Emperor Palpatine’s tower on the Second Death Star.
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Robert Brown
Red Rulers
In Star Wars, the color red symbolizes what C.S.
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Timothy Lawrence
Imitating Palpatine
In “Announcement” (Andor 1.7), Senator Mon Mothma confides in a friend that her public persona is “a lie.
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Robert Brown
Abandoning Attachment
In the third episodes of both the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy, the Jedi and the Sith both tell a Skywalker to abandon his attachment to a…
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Timothy Lawrence
Andor Season 1 Mirrors the Original Trilogy
The four arcs of the first season of Andor mirror sections of the original trilogy.
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Timothy Lawrence
Attacking the Throne
In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda teaches Luke Skywalker, "Anger, fear, aggression, the dark side of the Force are they.
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Timothy Lawrence
Ironically Bionic
At the end of Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine preserves Anakin Skywalker’s life, after he was severely maimed and burned on Mustafar, by having medical…
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Robert Brown
Mustafar and Exegol
The third film of the prequel trilogy and the third film of the sequel trilogy feature the two most hellish planets in the Skywalker Saga.
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Robert Brown
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