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Hey Troopers! Welcome to the EPII Spoiler Section. I figured w/ my update, I would start
off at square one and cut loose what is believed to be the actual opening scroll for EPII.
We are finally within a year of the release! Man, I can't wait!!! Here we go..... There is unrest in the Galactic Senate. Several hundred solar systems under the leadership of the rebel leader, Count Dooku, have declared their intentions to secede from the republic. This separatist movement has made it difficult for the limited number of Jedi Knights to maintain peace and order in the galaxy. Senator Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, is returning to Coruscant to vote on the critical issue of creating an army to assist the overwhelmed Jedi... The film begins as we see the Naboo Royal Starship entering Corsucant, accompanied by Naboo fighters. As the ships land, and Senator Padme and her escorts exit the landing ramp, there is a huge explosion! There are several dead and injured, and the ship is destroyed. However, it was not Padme who was exiting the starship, it was her handmaiden, Corde'. Padme, who had been flying in a Naboo fighter alongside the Royal Starship, rushes to the handmaidens side, only to have her die in her arms. |
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Welcome back to the Sith Channel and the EPII update. Be sure to check out ALL the channels offered here at the Sith Channel. We here at Sandtroopers strive to bring you the very best star wars collecting site, in every way shape and form. Anyway.....to the EPII goodies!!! One of the biggest moments in Episode 2 will take place on Tatooine. Anakin, now a successful Jedi will return with Padme to his homeworld in search of his mother. He seeks out Watto, who has lost everything to gambling. He tells Anakin that he was forced to free Shmi and she has married a man named Cliegg Lars and lives with him and his son Owen on a moisture farm in the desert. Anakin and Padme arrive at the Lars farm, and find Cliegg, Owen, and Owens girlfriend Beru Whitesun, but find that Shmi is missing! Cliegg and Owen tell Anakin that she went out in the morning to find mushrooms, and never returned. There was a search party, but many were killed or injured by Tusken Raiders. Anakin immediately borrows a swoop(speederbike) and races into the desert in search of his mother, leaving Padme behind at the farm... Anakin finally sees Shmi from a great distance being carried by a group of sandpeople. She is wounded and as Anakin approaches them, the Tuskens beat Shmi and run away. Shmi is barely alive, as mother and son are reunited after ten years. They exchange some final, tearful words, and Shmi dies in Anakin arms. Anakin is absolutely devastated. What happens next is the first true sign of the Dark Side in Anakin. After meditating all night next to his mothers body, he buries her and covers her grave with rocks. Then as he is going across the desert, he encounters some Sandpeople. He continues straight at the Tuskens, withdraws his saber and mercilessly strikes them down! The anger and hate inside Anakin has began to boil, and its only the beginning! When George Lucas was asked to comment on Shmi's death in EPII, he stated, "The most pivotal event in Episode 2 is Shmi's death scene. Anakin loses the only person that he was really ever close to. From a deep emotional perspective, Anakin needs to find someone to replace his mother. Padme becomes that person. Without Shmi, all of Anakin's love now falls on Padme. Anakin needs Padme so that he can become whole.The death of Shmi forever alters Anakin's life and will eventually have a serious impact on both the Jedi Order and the Republic. The Jedi Order should have brought Shmi to Coruscant shortly after Episode 1 so that Anakin could have taken care of her. Anakin blames the Jedi for his mother's death. A few years later Anakin will exact severe revenge against the Jedi for his mother's death and he ends up personally killing several hundred Jedi Knights." WOW! There you have it, the beginniing of the end... Thanks for swinging by Troops, and check back soon for more EPII news! |
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| Also, Count Dooku comes to Jango Fett and asked him
to be the object cloned for a clone army to be assembled. He gives Jango a gift to
persuade him to do so. The gift is to be the first clone created from Jango. The clone
is...the infamous Boba Fett! That's right, Boba is the first clone of Jango, and so Jango
takes him as his "son". There is also yet another Fett in EPII, named Ambu Fett,
and he is said to be the Captain of the Clone Army. I also wanted to mention that during EPII production in Australia, precision laser scanning was used to digitally record the likeness of many of EPII's cast, and also the dimensions of various props and such. This is just the beginning of the high tech accuracy EPII's products will bring. It also appears that C3PO does get a covering somehow, but it is not yet gold, but instead just a plain metallic looking covering. It will be interesting to see how this comes about. And of course good old R2 will be right at his side to save the day as usual. And by the way... save all your Jedi Master Points, AND receipts, because it is said that next year there will be an exclusive Jango Fett figure! But you will have to have receipts to go along with your Master Points to keep people from stealing them off the cards. That's all for my first report, but check back soon for more EP |
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