{"id":1581,"date":"2011-09-08T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T15:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2021-11-09T00:34:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T05:34:04","slug":"to-kill-a-senator-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/to-kill-a-senator-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"To Kill a Senator – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five minutes into Attack of the Clones<\/em>, one thing is perfectly clear. Someone is trying to kill Senator Amidala. Two major attempts to assassinate her are made early in the film. The second takes place in her Coruscant bedroom. The ensuing chase leads the Senator’s Jedi protectors through various areas of Coruscant, eventually ending up in an alley outside of a nightclub . Let’s take a look at some of the deleted\/altered scenes involving this second attack and the events that follow.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

CALM BEFORE THE STORM<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Amidala has retired to her room for the night and her Jedi protectors are on watch. In this brief deleted shot, Anakin is quietly meditating in Padm\u00e9’s apartment before Obi-Wan enters and asks if there’s been any activity.<\/p>\n

I’m including images from Starwars.com, the Episode II<\/em> Comic Adaptation,<\/a> The Art of Attack of the Clones<\/a><\/em>, and Cinelive<\/em> Magazine. Thanks to Sluggo and Sil for some of them.<\/p>\n

Here’s the corresponding excerpt from The Art of Attack of the Clones<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

INT. APARTMENT BUILDING, AMIDALA’S APARTMENT, MAIN ROOM – NIGHT<\/strong>
\nAnakin is standing in the living room. He is in a meditative state. It is quiet. We hear distant footsteps in the corridor outside the apartment. Suddenly Anakin’s eyes pop open. His eyes dart around the room. He reaches for his lightsaber, then smiles and puts it back on his belt.<\/em><\/p>\n

The door to the apartment slides open, and Obi-Wan enters.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

OBI-WAN AND THE ASSASSIN DROID<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When you’re a Jedi Knight, leaping out of a window after a naughty droid is no big deal, as Obi-Wan demonstrated in Episode II<\/em>. Originally, the tricky droid had a few tricks up its non-existent sleeve in order to rid itself of the Jedi nuisance. It tried things like using electric shocks and burning him off with another vehicle’s exhaust, but nothing seemed to work. Obi-Wan, not to be outdone, tried killing the droid’s power at one point. He soon discovered this wasn’t a very good idea (being thousands of feet in the air) and plugged him back in.<\/p>\n

Issue #68 of Star Wars Insider<\/em> magazine has an article about the pre-visualization of Episode II<\/em> featuring an interview with the head of the pre-visualization department, Dan Gregoire. In the article, Gregoire talks about some of the shots that were lost in Episode II<\/em>. Here’s an excerpt:<\/p>\n

“Much of Gregoire’s work on the Coruscant speeder chase sequence, including an entire section in which Obi-Wan gets dragged across a roof as he’s hanging from a droid, was cut.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Many of these little moments appear to have been filmed but left out of the final version of the movie.<\/p>\n

If you’re curious about these moments, they are still intact in some early versions of the script and evidence of them remains in some publications like the tiny Mighty Chronicles<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Take note that Obi-Wan originally spoke the famous “I have a bad feeling about this”<\/em> line in this screenplay excerpt from The Art of Attack of the Clones<\/a><\/em><\/em>:<\/p>\n

EXT. CITYSCAPE, CORUSCANT – NIGHT<\/strong>
\nThe Probe Droid sends several protective electrical shocks across its surface, causing Obi-Wan to almost lose his grip. As they dart in and out of the speeding traffic, Obi-Wan disconnects a wire on the back of the Droid. Its power shuts off! Obi-Wan and the Droid drop like rocks. Obi-Wan realizes the error of his ways and quickly puts the wire back. The Droid’s systems light up again, and it takes off.<\/em><\/p>\n

EXT. SENATE APARTMENTS, ENTRANCE – NIGHT<\/strong>
\nAnakin charges out of the building and runs to a line of parked speeders. He vaults into a open one and takes off, gunning it fast toward the lines of speeder traffic high above.<\/em><\/p>\n

EXT. CITYSCAPE, CORUSCANT – NIGHT<\/strong>
\nThe Droid bumps against a wall, hoping to knock the Jedi loose. It moves behind a speeder afterburner to scorch him. It takes the Jedi wildly between buildings and finally skims across a rooftop as Obi-Wan is forced to lift his legs, then run across the roof, tenaciously hanging onto the Droid. The Droid heads for a dirty, beat-up speeder hidden in an alcove of a building about twenty stories up. When the pilot of the speeder, the scruffy Bounty Hunter, Zam Wesell, sees the Droid approach with Obi-Wan hanging on, she pulls a long rifle out of the speeder and starts to fire at the Jedi. Explosions burst all around Obi-Wan. Zam runs to her speeder, jumps in, and takes off.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nI have a bad feeling about this.<\/p>\n

Finally the Droid suffers a direct hit and blows up. Obi-Wan falls fifty stories, until a speeder drops down next to him, and he manages to grab onto the back end of the speeder and haul himself toward the cockpit. The Jedi struggles to climb into the passenger seat of the open speeder and sit down next to the driver, Anakin.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In the images from the Episode II<\/em> Comic Adaptation<\/a>, you can see Obi-Wan mentioning the assassin droid’s “electro-defense grid.” You’ll also see him cut the droid’s power.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

CHASING ZAM <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>An action sequence with many parts to it is bound to be trimmed down during the editing process. The scene where the Jedi chase Zam Wesell is no exception. Much of what was trimmed consists of simple dialogue and reactions from Obi-Wan and Anakin, but there were a few extra moments that were deleted as well.<\/p>\n

In one example, Obi-Wan climbs outside the speeder to clear off a flag that got caught in their speeder’s engine. At times, words like “wacky” and “gonzo” are used. In a funny moment, Obi-Wan mutters to himself, “I’m crazy\u2026”<\/em> several times.<\/p>\n

The lengthy excerpt below from The Art of Attack of the Clones<\/em><\/a> gives an idea of how the scene was originally supposed to flow:<\/p>\n

\n

ANAKIN
\nThat was wacky! I almost
\nlost you in the traffic.<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nWhat took you so long?<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nOh, you know, Master, I couldn’t find
\na speeder I really liked, with an
\nopen cockpit\u2026 and with the right speed
\ncapabilities\u2026 and then you know
\nI had to get a really gonzo color\u2026<\/p>\n

They zoom upward in hot pursuit of Zam as she fires out the open window at them with her laser pistol.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nIf you’d spend as much time working
\non your saber skills as you do on
\nyour wit, young Padawan, you would rival
\nMaster Yoda as a swordsman.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nI thought I already did.<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nOnly in your mind, my very young
\napprentice. Careful!! Hey, easy!!<\/p>\n

As this conversation is going on, Anakin deftly moves in and out of the oncoming traffic, across lanes, between buildings, and miraculously through a construction site. Zam Wesell continues firing at them.<\/em><\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nSorry, I forgot you don’t
\nlike flying, Master.<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nI don’t mind flying\u2026 but what
\nyou’re doing is suicide.<\/p>\n

They barely miss a commuter train.<\/em><\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nMaster, you know I’ve been flying
\nsince before I could walk.
\nI’m very good at this.<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nJust slow down! There!
\nThere he goes.<\/p>\n

Zam Wesell and the Jedi race through a line of cross-traffic made up of giant trucks. The speeders bank sideways as they slide around right-angle turns between buildings. Zam races into a tram tunnel.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN (continuing)
\nWait! Don’t go in there!
\nTake it easy\u2026<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nDon’t worry, Master.<\/p>\n

Anakin zooms into the tunnel after Zam. They see a tram coming at them. They brake, turn around, and race out, barely ahead of the charging commuter transport.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nYou know I don’t like
\nit when you do that!<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nSorry, Master. Don’t worry, this
\nguy’s gonna kill himself any
\nminute now!<\/p>\n

Zam Wesell turns into oncoming traffic, deliberately trying to throw the Jedi off. Oncoming speeders swerve, trying to avoid Zam and the Jedi. Zam does a quick, tight loop-over and ends up behind the Jedi. She is now in a much better position to fire at them with her laser pistol. To avoid being hit by the laser bolts, Anakin slams on the brakes and moves alongside Zam. She now fires point-blank at Obi-Wan.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nWhat are you doing?
\nHe’s gonna blast me.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nRight – this isn’t working.<\/p>\n

Anakin slides underneath Zam’s speeder. They race along in traffic, one speeder right on top of the other. The Bounty Hunter skims over the rooftops, causing Anakin to drop behind. Anakin goes through his gears, zooming around traffic. They race at high speed across a wide, flat surface of the city planet. A large spacecraft almost collides with them as it attempts to land. <\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nWatch out for those banners!<\/p>\n

They round a corner and clip a flag, which gets caught on one of the front air scoops.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nThat was too close!<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nClear that!<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nWhat??<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nClear the flag!
\nWe’re losing power! Hurry!<\/p>\n

Obi-Wan leans out of the speeder, then crawls out on the front engine and pulls the flag free of the scoop. The speeder lurches forward with a surge of power.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nWhooooaaa! Don’t do that!
\nI don’t like it when you do that!<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nSo sorry, Master.<\/p>\n

They chase the bounty hunter through a power refinery. Zam shoots a power coupler causing voltage, like lightening, to jump across a gap from one coupler to another. Anakin stays on course, piloting the speeder directly through the arc. Anakin and Obi-Wan’s bodies ripple with blue power.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nAnakin! How many times have I told
\nyou to stay away from the power
\ncouplings! Slow down!
\nDon’t go through there!<\/p>\n

Huge electrical bolts shoot between the buildings as the speeders pass.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN (continuing)
\nYiiii, what are you doing?<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nSorry, Master!<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN (sarcastically)
\nOh, that was good\u2026<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nThat was crazy!!!<\/p>\n

Zam slides around a corner sideways, blocking an alley, firing point-blank as Anakin approaches.<\/em><\/p>\n

ANAKIN (continuing)
\nAhh, damn.<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nStop!!<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nNo, we can make it!<\/p>\n

Anakin barely misses the Bounty Hunter’s speeder as he dives under it, and through a small gap in the building hitting several pipes and going wildly out of control. Anakin struggles to regain control of the speeder, narrowly missing a crane, barely clipping a pair of giant struts. A giant gas ball shoots up, causing Anakin to spin and bump a building, stalling the speeder.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nI’m crazy\u2026 I’m crazy\u2026
\nI’m crazy.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nBut it worked\u2026 we made it.<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN (angrily)
\nNo you didn’t! We’ve stalled!
\nAnd you almost got us killed!<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nI think we’re still alive.<\/p>\n

Anakin works to get the speeder started. It races to life.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN (very angrily)
\nIt was stupid!<\/p>\n

ANAKIN (sheepishly)
\nI could have caught him\u2026<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN (furious)
\nBut you didn’t!!! And now
\nwe’ve lost him for good.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, there is an ambush. Laser bolts are everywhere. Explosions surround them. They look up and see Zam Wesell take off.<\/em><\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nNo we didn’t\u2026<\/p>\n

Out of a cloud of smoke and ball of flames the Jedi tear after Zam. They are smoking. Obi-Wan slaps out a small fire on the dashboard. Zam goes up and down, through cross-traffic. There is a near miss as a speeder almost hits them. Zam turns down and left between two buildings. Anakin pulls up and to the right.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nWhere are you going?!\u2026
\nHe went down there,
\nthe other way.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nMaster, if we keep this chase going,
\nthat creep’s gonna end up deep fried.
\nPersonally, I’d very much like to find
\nout who in the hell he is and who he’s
\nworking for\u2026This is a shortcut\u2026
\nI think.<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nWhat do you mean,
\n“You think?”<\/p>\n

Anakin turns up a side street, zooms up several small passageways, then stops, hovering about fifty stories up.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN (continuing)
\nWell, you lost him.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nI’m deeply sorry, Master.<\/p>\n

Anakin looks around front and back. He spots something. He seems to start counting to himself as he watches something below approach.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nWell, this is some kind of shortcut.
\nHe went completely the other way.
\nOnce again, Anakin…<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\n…excuse me for a moment.<\/p>\n

Anakin jumps out of the speeder. Obi-Wan looks down and sees Zam’s speeder about five stories below them cruising past. <\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nI hate it when he does that.<\/p>\n

Anakin miraculously lands on top of the Bounty Hunter’s speeder. The Speeder wobbles under the impact. Zam looks up and realizes what has happened.<\/em><\/p>\n

Zam takes off, and Anakin slides to the back strut and almost slips off, but he manages to hang on. Anakin works his way back to the speeder’s cockpit, just as Zam stops suddenly, and Anakin flies forward to the left front fork. Zam shoots at him with a laser pistol. There is a blast near Anakin’s hand, which breaks off a piece of the speeder. Anakin slides to the right fork of the speeder, where Zam can’t reach him, then he scrambles to the top, holding onto an air scoop.<\/em><\/p>\n

Obi-Wan has jumped into the driver’s seat of his speeder and is deftly gaining on the rogue speeder. The two speeders dive through oncoming traffic and then through cross traffic. Finally, Anakin is able to get hold of his lightsaber and starts to cut his way through the roof of the speeder. Zam takes out her laser pistol and starts firing at the helpless Jedi, knocking the sword out of his hand. Obi-Wan races under the speeder and catches the Jedi weapon in the passenger’s seat.<\/em><\/p>\n

Anakin sticks his hand into the cockpit and, using the Force, pulls the gun out of Zam’s hand. She grabs the Jedi’s hand, and they struggle for the weapon. It goes off, blowing a hole in the floor of the speeder. The speeder careens wildly out of control. Zam struggles to pull the speeder out of it’s nose dive. Obi-Wan gets slowed down by traffic and loses sight of the Bounty Hunter’s Speeder.<\/em><\/p>\n

Just as the speeder is about to nose dive into the ground, Zam pulls it out, and it slides hard on the pavement in a shower of sparks. Anakin goes flying into the street.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On a digital side note, my friend Greg Rossiter<\/a> attended an SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers) seminar some time ago and many of his footnotes have made their way onto this site in various places. Here’s a little something he had to say about the chase scene:<\/p>\n

Another thing to come out of the SMPTE seminar was that in the chase scene, where Obi-Wan catches Anakin’s lightsaber midair, a background vehicle originally flew too close to the flying weapon. Lucas thought that might be confusing, so the digital version of the film has the vehicle either removed or edged to the side somewhere. I haven’t actually done a side-by-side comparison of the shot to confirm it.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My friend Skot actually did a comparison between the original and digital versions and can confirm that there is at least one ship missing from the shot. One ship flies by his hand right before the saber in the theatrical version. On the DVD, it’s clearly not there. You can compare the shots in the image here. Many thanks to Skot Kirkwood<\/a> and Greg Rossiter<\/a> for their research.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

LIGHTSABER MISMANAGEMENT <\/strong><\/p>\n

In the finished film, before Anakin and Obi-Wan enter the Outlander nightclub in pursuit Zam Wesell, Obi-Wan gives Anakin a little speech about losing his lightsaber. For some reason, one line of Obi-Wan’s was deleted. It’s still present in the Episode II<\/em>: Forbidden Love <\/em>mini-trailer, but in the final version of the film it’s definitely missing.<\/p>\n

In Episode I<\/em> there was supposed to be a similar scene in the Naboo swamps where Obi-Wan was the one being taught this lesson in lightsaber management by his master, but it was also deleted.<\/p>\n

Here’s the excerpt from The Art of Attack of the Clones<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

OBI-WAN
\nThis weapon is your life.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nI’ve heard this lesson before\u2026<\/p>\n

Obi-Wan finally holds out the lightsaber and Anakin grabs it.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nBut, you haven’t learned anything, Anakin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The image from the Episode II<\/em> Comic Adaptation<\/a> includes Obi-Wan’s deleted line to Anakin outside the club.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Click<\/a><\/td>\nDownload:<\/strong> Episode II<\/em>: Forbidden Love<\/em> mini-trailer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

ZAM IN THE ALLEY<\/strong><\/p>\n

After Obi-Wan “disarms” Zam Wesell inside the Outlander club, the Jedi drag her outside for a little impromptu interrogation in an adjacent alley. There seem to be a few lines of dialogue that were either removed or changed when comparing an earlier version of the script.<\/p>\n

Here’s the excerpt from The Art of Attack of the Clones<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

EXT. ALLEY OUTSIDE NIGHTCLUB – NIGHT<\/strong>
\nObi-Wan and Anakin carry Zam, into the alley and lower her to the ground. Obi-Wan attends to her wounded shoulder. She stares up hatefully at Anakin. She winces in pain, then nods.<\/em><\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nDo you know who it was
\nyou were trying to kill?<\/p>\n

ZAM WESELL
\nThe Senator from Naboo.<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nWho hired you?<\/p>\n

Zam glares at Obi-Wan.<\/em><\/p>\n

ZAM WESELL
\nIt was just a job.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nWho hired you? Tell us!<\/p>\n

ZAM WESELL
\nThat Senator’s gonna die soon anyway,
\nand the next one won’t make the
\nsame mistake I did\u2026<\/p>\n

OBI-WAN
\nThis wound’s going to
\nneed treatment.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nTell us\u2026 tell us now!<\/p>\n

Zam glares hatefully.<\/em><\/p>\n

ZAM WESELL
\nIt was a bounty hunter called\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The images here are from a French Lucasfilm Magazine<\/em> and Starwars.com.\u00a0 I’m not sure if the Zam Wesell shots are simply publicity stills but they don’t appear in the film from this angle. The stills of Anakin and Obi-Wan inside the club are from the Episode II<\/em> documentaries available at Starwars.com and on the Episode II<\/em> DVD. These appear to be alternate takes\/angles just like the shot of Zam running up the steps of the nightclub.<\/p>\n

Starwars.com also adds this trivial note for the Zam fans out there:<\/p>\n

In Episode II, Zam Wesell is played by Leeanna Walsman. Very early draft scripts did not identify Zam by name, but instead referred to her as a C.A.T., a type of Corporate Alliance Trooper.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

DON’T CALL HIM ANNIE<\/strong><\/p>\n

The conversation with Anakin and Padm\u00e9 while she’s packing her bags was originally a little longer. There were a few lines of dialogue removed as well as a short group of shots where Padm\u00e9 and Dorm\u00e9 have a laugh at Anakin’s expense. Compare the script excerpt to the theatrical version and you’ll clearly see the changes.<\/p>\n

Here’s the excerpt from The Art of Attack of the Clones<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

ANAKIN
\nSometimes we have to let go
\nof our pride and do what is
\nrequested of us.<\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nPride?!? Annie, you’re very young,
\nand you don’t have a very firm
\ngrip on politics. I suggest you
\nreserve your opinions for
\nsome other time.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nSorry, M’Lady. I was
\nonly trying to\u2026<\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nAnnie! No!<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nPlease don’t call me that.<\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nWhat?<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nAnnie\u2026<\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nI’ve always called you that\u2026
\nit is your name, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nIt’s Anakin. When you say
\nAnnie it’s like I’m still a
\nlittle boy\u2026 and I’m not.<\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nI’m sorry, Anakin.
\nIt’s impossible to deny you’ve\u2026
\n(looks him over) \u2026that
\nyou’ve grown up.<\/p>\n

Padm\u00e9 smiles at Anakin. He becomes a little shy.<\/em><\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nMaster Obi-Wan manages
\nnot to see it\u2026<\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nMentors have a way of seeing
\nmore of our faults than we
\nwould like. It’s the only
\nway we grow.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nDon’t get me wrong\u2026 Obi-Wan is
\na great mentor, as wise as Master
\nYoda and as powerful as Master
\nWindu. I am truly thankful to be
\nhis apprentice. Only\u2026 although
\nI’m a Padawan learner, in some
\nways\u2026 a lot of ways\u2026 I’m ahead
\nof him. I’m ready for the trials.
\nI know I am! He knows it too.
\nBut he feels I’m too unpredictable\u2026
\nOther Jedi my age have gone
\nthrough the trials and made it\u2026
\nI know I started my
\ntraining late\u2026 but he won’t
\nlet me move on.<\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nThat must be frustrating.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nIt’s worse\u2026 he’s overly critical.
\nHe never listens! He just
\ndoesn’t understand.
\nIt’s not fair!<\/p>\n

Padm\u00e9 cannot suppress a laugh. She shakes her head.<\/em><\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nI’m sorry\u2026 You sounded exactly
\nlike that little boy I once
\nknew, when he didn’t get
\nhis way.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nI’m not whining!
\nI’m not.<\/p>\n

Padm\u00e9 just smiles at him. Dorm\u00e9 laughs in the background.<\/em><\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nI didn’t say it to hurt you.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nI know\u2026<\/p>\n

There is a brief silence, then Padm\u00e9 comes over to Anakin.<\/em><\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nAnakin\u2026<\/p>\n

They look into each other’s eyes for the first time.<\/em><\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9 (continuing)
\nDon’t try to grow
\nup too fast.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nI am grown up.
\nYou said it yourself.<\/p>\n

Anakin looks deep into Padm\u00e9’s eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nPlease don’t look at me
\nlike that.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nWhy not?<\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nBecause I can see what
\nyou’re thinking.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN (laughing)
\nAhh\u2026 so, you have Jedi
\npowers too?<\/p>\n

Dorm\u00e9 is watching with concern.<\/em><\/p>\n

PADM\u00c9
\nIt makes me feel
\nuncomfortable.<\/p>\n

ANAKIN
\nSorry, M’lady.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I found the final edit of this scene to be quite interesting. When Anakin says, “It’s not fair,” he looks up as if he’s a little embarrassed, as he should be if Dorm\u00e9 and Padm\u00e9 are laughing at him. Then to cover up the removed laughing, they took a small line of Padm\u00e9’s from a little earlier and inserted it. It worked beautifully and still made perfect sense. In fact, it appears that they really played around with this scene. Go line by line with the film and you’ll find some interesting differences.<\/p>\n

The images included here are from the French Lucasfilm Magazine, <\/em>Starwars.com, a promotional package sent out to the media and a website called Stopklatka.pl. These exact angles are not in the film as far as I can tell. The close-up of Padm\u00e9 was a tough one to check, but I’ve reviewed the film closely and judging by her eyelines and the background, I’d say this was either from one of the deleted lines or from an alternate take. It’s VERY close to the shot that’s in the film but not exact – especially her eye line.<\/p>\n

See also:<\/em> The Making of Episode II<\/em> Documentary, #4 called “Trying to do my Thing” from the DVD. You’ll see some of dialogue from this scene there.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five minutes into Attack of the Clones<\/em>, one thing is perfectly clear. Someone is trying to kill Senator Amidala. Two major attempts to assassinate her are made early in the film. The second takes place in her Coruscant bedroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001004,"featured_media":923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,4],"tags":[191,62,192,184,183,185,150,186,188,104,28,29,193,42,149,94,45,190,133,53,177,189,187],"class_list":["post-1581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cutscenes-aotc","category-cutscenes","tag-alley","tag-anakin-skywalker","tag-annie","tag-assassin","tag-assassin-droid","tag-assassination","tag-attack-of-the-clones","tag-bounty-hunter","tag-chase","tag-coruscant","tag-cut","tag-deleted","tag-dorme","tag-droid","tag-episode-ii","tag-lightsaber","tag-obi-wan-kenobi","tag-outlander","tag-padme","tag-queen-amidala","tag-senator-amidala","tag-speeder","tag-zam-wesell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1581"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3706,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1581\/revisions\/3706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}