Palpatine’s Game of Chess

I was in the process of doing a Vader vs. Sidious showdown post when a thought struck me. Clearly Sidious would win, there’s no doubt. Then how come he didn’t? The more I write on my blog, the more I realize how much of a master manipulator Palpatine really is. In simple terms: he maintained …

Darth Tyranus vs. Darth Maul Showdown!

In April, I promised a post on the Sith. I started writing it and got bored writing it, and left it alone, and went back to it, and got bored again, so I realized that if I can’t even be interested in my post, nobody else would be.   Then this past week I started thinking …

Eureka!

Don’t make fun of me. I woke up at about 3:00am on Sunday night/Monday morning with a realization that I’m embarrassed to admit took me 15 years to figure out. At the end of TPM, during Qui-Gon’s funeral, Yoda says to Mace Windu in reference to the Sith: “Always two there are...no more...no less. A …

Haiku 04.10.14

Can we talk about Count Dooku for a few?  I don't think I've ever written about how I feel regarding his character.  Do any of you actually like him?  I've always been an anti-Count Dooku girl as I find him so boring.  I was so annoyed that he was still alive at the end of AOTC and …

Scene it on Friday – TPM Scene #26

I have clearly not seen this movie in a while, because I cannot remember if some of these lines are spoken or not. I’m almost 100% positive that the line, “Destroy all high-ranking officials, Viceroy... slowly...quietly,” was not in the movie, and I’m debating if the first line Nute mutters is also in there.  I …