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Prequel Trilogy

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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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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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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Geonosis and Ghorman
Several symbolic, thematic, and narrative parallels link the planets Geonosis and Ghorman.
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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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Fire and Eyes
In the first, second, and third acts of Revenge of the Sith, a villain's eyes are affected by a fiery defeat.
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Red Rulers
In Star Wars, the color red symbolizes what C.S.
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Revenge of the Bounty Hunter
In Tales of the Underworld, Colby's transformation into Cad Bane parallels Anakin Skywalker's transformation into Darth Vader.
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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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Hidden by the Lake
Early in Revenge of the Sith, Padmé Amidala tells her husband Anakin Skywalker that she is pregnant with their child.
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Let Go!
At the climaxes of both Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, Obi-Wan Kenobi urges a Skywalker to "let go."
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Becoming More Powerful
In Revenge of the Sith, after Anakin Skywalker turns to the dark side, he faces his former master Obi-Wan Kenobi on the lava planet Mustafar.
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