#commentary on SW:AoTC

[lenklanklonk]

I'm about to watch AoTC for the first time as an adult and I'm gonna put my thoughts here.

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1. Beginning scroll says thousands of star systems are leaving the Republic and I'm so shocked cuz like I never thought about how BIG The Republic is??? Ya know?

2. Poor Padmé she's genuinely sad that her handmaiden died and she even expresses her regret for even coming 😭

3. Like why is Naboo still part of the republic? At the end of TPM I totally expected Padmé to give a speech about how the Republic failed them and call for a vote on whether or not to leave. And she (so far) expressed disappointment/distrust in the Senate???

4. Jedi council are all in a meeting with Palpatine. Mace tells him "that we aren't soldiers and that we don't have enough people to protect the Republic." Which just disproves some anti-jedi arguments I've seen

5. Awww Yoda being so sweet and nice to Padmé

6. It's so bittersweet how much the Jedi still believe Dooku to be a good person

7. Jar jar in a dress

8. Obi Wan is like, telling her she's beautiful in front of my salad???

9. Obi-Wan and Anakin are just having a domestic in front of everyone is just so funny

10. Anakin hasn't seen Jar Jar in 10 years and yet the second Padmé leaves the room Anakin just starts ranting about his crush XD is the normal for him? like does Anakin pull random Padawans into conversation and just info dump his problems?

11. "I much rather dream about Padmé" right to Obi Wan's face!? This clown I can't stop laughing

12. Like I totally expect Anakin to have every one of her speeches saved, a scrapbook of her official photos, and maybe even a space Tumblr all about her XD (his username is QueenAmadalasHusband)

13. The only reason Obi-Wan doesn't approve of Padmé is cuz she's a politician XD if Anakin brought Padmé home for Thanksgiving for the first time. it would go like this

" Padmé what do you do for a living? :)"

"I'm a politician. :)"

"oh. :/"

14. Props to the people who worked on the chase scene. The CGI still holds up and the design of the buildings/speeders are nice

15. she's a changeling??? What does that mean in the sw universe cuz I don't think Anakin is saying she's a fairy

16. Looking at the club clothes I'm just thinking like damn what if Disney hired Haus of Gaga to design some star wars clothes

17. :( Yoda says that arrogance is popping up in more and more Jedi

18. Also Mace and Yoda having more faith in Anakin than Obi-Wan is ironic since Anakin would think the opposite

19. I just noticed that jar jar speaks some Spanish?? He said muy muy in the correct context

20. Anakin once again info dumping his problems onto people XD the victim this time? Padmé

21. The sadness Padmé expresses when she tells Anakin not to grow up too fast 🥺 Girl had to grow up so fast

22. Awww Obi-Wan gets hugs from Dex

23. Dex knows of the Kamino?? Huh

24. And now they're showing droidism... It's like finding out your favorite aunt doesn't like the immigrants "taking all the jobs" :/

25. Anakin and Padmé having a heart to heart at a crowded space Denny's

26. Wait Padmé straight up asks if loving is forbidden for Jedi and Anakin immediately corrects her saying "Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden...One might say the Jedi are encouraged to love."

Do the people who are anti-jedi even pay attention?? Like if you find the Jedi order boring just say that, you don't need to come up with a bs moral justification

27. Anakin "your are just like how I see you in my dreams."

Padmé proceeds to pretend she didn't hear that

28. Every time Anakin mentions having dreams about Padmé I just assume they're wet dreams

29. Yoda is teaching the younglings to listen to their feelings so the unfeeling Jedi trope is just fanon. Good to know

30. It's kinda sad how Padmé didn't actually enjoy being Queen

31. Padmé just straight up dis Anakin in front of the queen "he's not a Jedi just a Padawan learner" like I'm pretty sure every one who is in the Jedi order is called a Jedi the difference is only in rank

32. I do like Kamino design

33. Excuse me!? Anakin and Padmé are already kissing?? I feel like I missed a few scenes

34. Anakin straight up to Padmé's face suggests that if a wise person is in charge then maybe dictatorship isn't so bad. Palpatine's influence no doubt. He probably also got it into Anakin's head that he's the best one for the job

35. I can see why Jango/Obi-Wan is a thing. It's not for me but I see it

36. Anakin's "agony" speech is actually quite poetic. I personally don't find it romantic but it's certainly poetic and pretty sounding.

37. I know Anakin is talking specifically about his love for her but him saying that he can't be rational. is funny when applied to his whole character

38. Aww :( the foreshadowing of them keeping their relationship a secret would destroy them

39. Wow George Lucas is not subtle

40. Anakin's nightmare scene and all I can do is stare at his nipples 🙈

41. I'm glad they show Watto getting his cumupence

42. Props to the costume department Padmé is styling

43. I really do love Owen and Beru. I'm glad the actors got to come back for the Kenobi show

44. Wow Cliegg I know they kidnapped your wife but you really shouldn't generalize a whole people group like that. wow Ani really took what he said and Internalized it huh

45. 10,000 more systems!? Once again how BIG is the Republic!!????

46. Shim's actress is so good her trying to say 'I love you' made me tear up :(

47. I don't really like how short the scene where Anakin kills the tusken raiders. It's the first time (of the prequels) we see Anakin touch the dark side. It's a huge turning point for his character. I feel like it should be treated as a climax. Bit it feels anti climatic to cut away. I just feel like it should've highlighted more that these are real sentient people he's massacring.

48. What the fuck!? Anakin just blames Obi-Wan??? Palpatine don't gotta manipulate that. That boy will really blame everyone else before taking responsibility,

49. I can see why people type Ani as Nuro divergent

50. Anakin's response is interesting 🤔 to Padmé's statement that "it's human to be angry" is "I am a Jedi. I know I'm better than this." Idk on how to put it into words but this statement recontextulizes a lot for me... I think I'll make a whole post on its own about this

51. Cliegg at the funeral thanking Shim for everything 😭

52. Anakin,I hate sand, grabbing the dirt from Shim's grave :(

53. Wow Anakin thinks he already lost Obi-Wan like he lost his mom and Padmé is like nope we're going after him

54. Palpatine Really calling Padmé out for being radical enough to call a vote for emergency powers. I can't help but feel this is a reference to TPM

55. Dooku straight up lying to Obi Wan right from the start. It makes more sense now that Obi Wan didn't believe him when he said the sith was on the Senate

56. Dooku calling Obi-Wan,my young Jedi, really shows how the phrase got passed from master to master :)

57. Like really the only truth Dooku has said so far is about Darth Sidious I really don't blame Obi-Wan for thinking it's also a lie.

58. Jar Jar is the one who proposes giving Palpatine emergency powers 💀

59. C3PO and R2 really are the Scooby and Shaggy of the star wars universe

60. Padmé really was almost boiled alive

61. "I'm not afraid to die. I've been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life."

If I was drinking I would've done a spit take.

62. Awww Anakin looks genuinely surprised and happy that she loves him 🥹

63. Good to know that the base of their relationship is we may die so let's love each other while we can. At least on Padmé's side of things

64. Anakin said the "I've got a bad feeling about this" line. Now Obi-Wan knows Qui Gon's pain

65. Mace is so cool why do people hate him?

66. I've decided Obi-Wan and Mace are bros

67. Wow I did not know Mace was the one to kill Jango 😯

68. Jedi are dying :(

69. Wait the first plans for the death star started here???

70. In like a spy modern Au during the high speed chase scene Dooku would be on a motorcycle while the trio chase him in a car

71. Poor Obi-Wan. He missed Anakin's entire character arc and now has no idea how to properly communicate with him

72. I keep trying to figure out which clone is Cody but so far no luck

73. I do love Dooku's lightsaber design

74. Aww he pushed Anakin in exactly the right position to put his head on Obi-Wan's feet 🥺

75. Oh shit I forgot that this would be the first time audiences saw Yoda be BAMF. I hope people lost their shit

76. Padmé just runs up and gives Anakin a hug right in front of Obi-Wan and Yoda. These two are not subtle in the slightest

77. Mace doesn't dismiss Dooku's claim of Darth Sidious having control of the Senate. Once again another complaint I've seen turns out to not be true

78. Yoda is so wise for realizing that geonosis wasn't a victory but a loss cuz war has started

79. Having the imperial march play after the declaration of the clone wars starting makes me think that THIS is the true start of the Empire not when the Jedi order was destroyed

80. Padmé's wedding dress is so pretty. I want it

Final thoughts

I definitely had more fun watching this movie than TPM.

I found the beginning of the movie and the way the exposition was given hilarious. I laughed so hard.

Another take away from this movie is a lot of complaints about Mace, Yoda, and the order in general are not based on Canon just personal feelings

Even if Anakin never fell, Palpatine has everything planned so well the Empire would still rise. The Jedi were truly placed in a lose lose scenario. The countdown on the end of the Jedi order started with this movie

I don't understand why people found Anakin annoying but then again people really really don't like teenagers and Anakin was definitely acting his age of 19

It's obvious on Padmé's side of the relationship is: Fuck it, my whole life I've done my duty, never got to be a teenager, and I may die any day, I might as well do what I want and marry the man I love. I would rather love and lost than never loved at all.

But on Anakin's end he has a firm belief that he needs to get more and more powerful to keep the people he loves from dying. On his relationship with Padmé, I think Anakin's brain functions on an if so, then statements. If I love Padmé and she loves me, then we should get married. :) And that's all the thought he put into it.

Padmé has accepted her mortality. Anakin has not.

Poor Obi-Wan. He missed Anakin's entire character arc so 1) he can't properly help Anakin with his emotions 2) correct Anakin's wrong assumption that if he got more powerful he could solve his problems and 3) now can't communicate properly since Obi-Wan doesn't know their relationship dynamic has changed

Phew it's done!

Because I kept pausing to write my commentary this movie took 4 hours to watch XD

I can't believe I wrote 80 points. I may put some of them in separate posts

Thank you for reading till the end. The fact that someone cared enough about my thoughts to read the whole thing makes me very happy 😊

May the Force be with you!