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Prequel Trilogy

Burned Stepbrothers
In Episode III and Episode IV, two stepbrothers – both sons of Shmi Skywalker – are burned.
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Timothy Lawrence
Recruiting a New Apprentice
In both Revenge of the Sith and “Reckoning” (Andor 1.3), a duplicitous old man who has been waging a long shadow war against his enemies seeks out a…
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Robert Brown
Conversations with Palpatine
In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker has five conversations with Palpatine leading up to the point where he pledges loyalty to him and becomes a…
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Robert Brown
Fighting with the Jedi Arts
In the first and third episodes of the prequel trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi fights an enemy who has been trained in the Jedi arts but is not a Jedi.
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Timothy Lawrence
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
Geonosis and Ghorman
Several symbolic, thematic, and narrative parallels link the planets Geonosis and Ghorman.
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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
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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Timothy Lawrence
Red Rulers
In Star Wars, the color red symbolizes what C.S.
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Timothy Lawrence
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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Timothy Lawrence
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