I’m continuing with my “Five favorite things” theme on all the films with Episode 2, Attack of the Clones. You can check out my five favorites of The Phantom Menace here.
Favorite Scene
The Battle of Geonosis. This is the climax of the movie, when all the s**t hits the fan. For me, it really starts with Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padme battling the beasties, and then the Jedi arrive led by Mace Windu. AND THEN Yoda arrives with the clones to mop things up. It’s really a great sequence of events, a lot of action, battles, and things blowing up. AND THEN, it all leads to…
Favorite Duel
Yoda vs. Dooku. Obi-Wan and Anakin get to duel Dooku first, but they fail spectacularly and quite quickly, with Anakin losing an arm and Obi-Wan getting a boo-boo on his leg. (I have this sneaky feeling that Dooku has a soft spot for Obi-Wan, as he’s his Padawan’s Padawn. Kind of like a grandson). But then Yoda arrives to fight HIS Padawan, and the battle really begins. This is the first time we’ve seen Yoda fight with a lightsaber, and it’s fantastic. He limps in with his walking stick, and then proceeds to jump and whirl and fight circles around Dooku. I think I laughed and clapped with delight the first time I saw this duel, it made me so happy. Dooku knew he was in trouble and had to distract Yoda by threatening Obi-Wan and Anakin, and then he made his escape. So cool.
Favorite Line
“The day we stop believing democracy works is the day we lose it.” –Queen Jamilla of Naboo
Funniest Moment
Most Impactful Character
Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-Wan simply rocks in this movie. He does some Jedi-CSI investigating to find Kamino and discovers the clone army, finds Jango, fights him, and follows him to Geonosis. Without all this, the Jedi never would have rooted out Dooku and his Separatist cronies. And the only way any of this occurred is because Obi-Wan “we’re not getting into an investigation” Kenobi dived out Padme’s window to follow the assassin droid.
In a lot of ways, I think Attack of the Clones, out of all the movies, is the most fun.
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I love that rash decisions bit 🙂
I heard a story once that Samuel L. Jackson has a purple light saber basically because he said he wanted one instead of the normal colors and George was like sure why not? Ah I love the Anakin-Mando years in Star Wars!
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Yes, and then the loremasters had to come up with a meaning behind purple lightsabers, lol. (I don’t know what it is off the top of my head). I almost put under my favorite line–“This party’s over,” by Mace Windu, just because how cool it is, lol. But I went with the democracy one because it just seems fitting right now (and always is, of course).
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