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The Phantom Menace

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
Obi-Wan's Enemies
In each film of the Prequel Trilogy, Obi-Wan Kenobi crosses lightsabers with a pawn of Palpatine: Darth Maul, Count Dooku, and General Grievous.
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Robert Brown
Obi-Wan Kenobi Between the Trilogies
The six episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi are patterned after the original six episodes of the Skywalker Saga.
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Robert Brown
Royal Disguises
In the first and sixth episodes of the Skywalker Saga, a young woman disguises her royal status so that she can safely explore the seedy underworld of…
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Timothy Lawrence
Assenting Mothers and Conflicted Children
In The Acolyte and The Phantom Menace, a Jedi on a mission has a chance encounter with a Force-sensitive child whose birth is shrouded in mystery.
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Timothy Lawrence
Chancellor Valorum
In The Phantom Menace, Queen Padmé Amidala appears before the Senate of the Galactic Republic, presided over by Chancellor Valorum, to plead for help on…
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Robert Brown
Sunset and Twilight
In the second acts of The Phantom Menace and Return of the Jedi, Anakin and Luke Skywalker receive similar guidance from older characters who have…
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Timothy Lawrence
Fear to Power
In the first and last films of the Skywalker Saga, Palpatine tempts a young woman to give him power through an act of aggression by making her feel…
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Robert Brown
Darth Sidious
In The Phantom Menace, the future Emperor Palpatine is first introduced as his Sith alter ego: Darth Sidious.
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Timothy Lawrence
Redeeming Attachments
Across the nine-film Skywalker Saga, there is a movement away from seeing attachment only as a cause for destructive fears and toward seeing attachment…
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Robert Brown
Coruscant
In The Phantom Menace, Anakin Skywalker travels from Tatooine to Coruscant, the capital planet of the Republic.
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Timothy Lawrence
Confronting Fear
The nine-film Skywalker Saga begins, reaches its central turning point, and ends when Jedi masters choose to train new apprentices in spite of fear …
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Robert Brown
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