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Jar Jar Binks, standing in for Senator Amidala, puts forth the motion that gives Palpatine supr [...]
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DIRECTOR TRADEMARK (George Lucas): (1138): The LEDs on the back of the clone trooper helmets di [...]
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Sebulba, the champion podracer from Star Wars: Episodio I - La minaccia fantasma (1999), seems [...]
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Actors auditioning for the part of Anakin Skywalker included Ryan Phillippe, Misha Collins, Pau [...]
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Dex's (Ron Falk's) backstory was that he was a former mercenary and explorer. He and Obi-Wan ha [...]
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Over four hundred young actors were screentested for the part of Anakin Skywalker.
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Anakin's lightsaber is bisected in half at one point. In the next movie, Anakin himself is bise [...]
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Dexter Jettster's surname comes from George Lucas nickname for his son Jett. The character was [...]
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Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman play the parents of Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Chris [...]
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Terence Stamp declined to reprise his role as Chancellor Valorum, saying that "Actors prefer to [...]
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Matt Doran (Elan Sleazebaggano, the death-sticks dealer), who is Jedi mind-tricked by Obi-Wan K [...]
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This is the first "Star Wars" film in which Yoda (Frank Oz) is entirely computer-generated. Aft [...]
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Running at two hours and twenty-two minutes, this was the longest of the Star Wars films until [...]
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Christopher Lee immediately accepted the role of Count Dooku/Darth Tyrannus reasoning in his au [...]
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George Lucas briefly toyed with the idea to have Jango Fett's severed head fall out of the helm [...]
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This was the last "Star Wars" film to be released on VHS in the United States. Star Wars: Episo [...]
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Shot over a period of 61 days in five different countries.
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Jesse Spencer, Donald MacKinnon, Jonathon Jackson, Jett Garner, and S Club 7 band member Paul C [...]
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This marks the first chronological time that Obi-Wan Kenobi cuts off an enemy's gun hand in a b [...]
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WILHELM SCREAM: Not the "classic" Wilhelm, but what is known as the "third scream" can be heard [...]
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Some of the stunt work was computer-generated, and was performed by "digital stand-ins".
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Anakin Skywalker, who lived a long time ago in a galaxy far far away, was held up by some revie [...]
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After making this film, Ewan McGregor appeared in Black Hawk Down - Black Hawk abbattuto (2001) [...]
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Francis Ford Coppola paid a visit while filming Count Dooku's escape. Christopher Lee was shoot [...]
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This movie and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) are the only Star Wars movies where the came [...]
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The famous boy band *NSYNC filmed a scene of them playing Jedi in the nightclub scene near the [...]
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Samuel L. Jackson has said that the words "Bad mother-f*cker" are engraved on the hilt of his l [...]
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Body Count: eighty-eight.
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Catherine Ernster played the handmaiden Versé for the pickups/reshoots during the UK shoot. [...]
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Sabine Wren is born one year after the Battle of Geonosis.
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Yoda's command center was a 1/6th scale miniature.
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In the Jedi Temple, one of the "younglings" being trained by Yoda, is named "Liam" after Liam N [...]
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Aayla Secura (Amy Allen) was not created by George Lucas. Aayla Secura first appeared in the ni [...]
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Anthony Daniels: As a human customer in the bar, when Anakin and Obi-Wan hunt Senator Amidala's [...]
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In Star Wars Phantom Menace Natalie Portman, as Queen Amidala, is 8 years older than Jake Lloyd [...]
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The Skywalker family has a great deal of Swedish blood. Pernilla August is Swedish, and Hayden [...]
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Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison), a bounty hunter, is killed by Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson). Th [...]
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Cans (containing reels) were shipped to theaters under the code name "Cue Ball".
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Christopher Lee stated that "Dooku" is the Japanese word for "poison", which is inaccurate. The [...]
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Jedi Council members Eeth Koth and Adi Gallia, though re-cast, were originally supposed to make [...]
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The spin-off video game Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2002), which is a prequel to this film, revea [...]
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Hugh Quarshie was originally slated to reprise his role as Captain Panaka from Star Wars: Episo [...]
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Although Nute Gunray (Silas Carson) and Shmi Skywalker (Pernilla August) were major supporting [...]
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The Jedi who tries to attack Count Dooku, before getting killed by Jango Fett on the planet Geo [...]
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Australian actor and actresses Graeme Blundell, Trisha Noble, and Claudia Karvan, were cast as [...]
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Boba Fett is ten years old in this film, implying his time of birth (or rather creation, as he' [...]
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When filming the Naboo scenes, George Lucas allowed Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman to i [...]
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For shooting the pre-visualization sequences for the speeder chase scenes, Luke Skywalker's spe [...]
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The "Death Sticks" guy in the bar has two antennae on his head. These were added later with CGI [...]
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EASTER EGG: On the special features disc of the DVD, go to Dex's Kitchen from the Still Galleri [...]
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Is the last film in the Star Wars saga to be Rated PG by the MPAA.
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Because he wanted to be able to identify himself during the colosseum scene, Samuel L. Jackson [...]
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The only Star Wars film that was not the top grossing film of the year in North America. It pla [...]
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Due to much of the animosity aimed towards Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episodio I - La minaccia [...]
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Susie Porter made a brief cameo as Hermoine Bagwa, a waitress in Dex's Diner.
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George Lucas' daughter Katie appeared as a purple Twi'lek in the nightclub scene. Her older sis [...]
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The droid factory chase sequence was not in the original script. Anakin and Padmé were origi [...]
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If you look closely when Jango is killed by Mace Windu you will see two shadows flying from the [...]
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The character of Count Dooku was originally not a Sith lord. Rather, he would have had a Darth [...]
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In the arena, Senator Amidala's gun makes the distinctive sound of a .44 Magnum, a reference to [...]
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George Lucas originally wanted Sammo Kam-Bo Hung to be the light-saber fight choreographer.
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The balcony Palpatine, Bail Organa and the other senators are standing on at the end of the fil [...]
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George Lucas had said as early as 1998 that Boba Fett would play a key role in this, the second [...]
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Anakin Skywalker and Boba Fett never meet in this movie. Although they are both present in the [...]
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During the shoot in Chott El Garsa, the cast and crew stayed at Palm Beach Palace in Tozeur, Tu [...]
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The yellow speeder that Anakin and Obi-Wan use while chasing Zam Wesell appears to be inspired [...]
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The movie required the creation of 76 different CG creatures, droids, and clone troopers. The 2 [...]
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Although Jango Fett dies, Temuera Morrison returned as Commander Cody and the Clone Troopers in [...]
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With an estimated budget of $120 million, this was the most expensive Star Wars film until Star [...]
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When lightning comes out of Count Dooku's fingers towards the end of the movie, Obi-Wan uses hi [...]
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Christopher Lee (Count Dooku) was very good friends with Peter Cushing, who played Grand Moff T [...]
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Every movie in the franchise closed with a scene with no dialogue, not including Rogue One: A S [...]
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This movie and Minority Report (2002), directed by George Lucas' pal Steven Spielberg, have sim [...]
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Several subtle visual clues were incorporated into the design of the shots to help audiences ke [...]
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In DVD commentaries, the crew claims that the fight between Jango Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi was i [...]
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According to producer Rick McCallum, a scene was shot with Obi-Wan and Amidala swinging from on [...]
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In the bar scene, Obi-Wan chops off Zam Wessell's arm. This foreshadowed the cantina scene in S [...]
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During rehearsals and filming of Count Dooku's light-saber battle scenes, a small model of Yoda [...]
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Lamassu is the name of an Assyrian Deity.
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Although only used briefly in the duel between Anakin and Dooku, this is the first film in the [...]
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Most of the clone troopers wear plain white armor, some of the more senior troops' armor has ad [...]
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Obi-Wan's Astro Droid is called "R4". This is the name of a British strategy from World War II: [...]
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Anakin and Padmé's relationship bears strong parallels to that of Yuri and Lara in Il dottor [...]
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The Tatooine garage in which Luke cleaned the droids in Guerre stellari (1977) was rebuilt for [...]
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The growling dog-like creatures fighting over a bone in the Tusken Raiders camp on Tatooine wer [...]
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Jocasta Nu, the arrogant librarian at the Jedi Archives says: "If an item doesn't appear in our [...]
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The film echoes many plot elements of L'Impero colpisce ancora (1980), although often reversed [...]
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Like Ewan McGregor did in Star Wars: Episodio I - La minaccia fantasma (1999), Hayden Christens [...]
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During the Speeder chase on Coruscant, when Zam heads straight down the cityscape, you can see [...]
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George Lucas's original idea for the Clone Wars was for everybody in the Galaxy fighting their [...]
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Temuera Morrison had no idea who Boba Fett was when he was cast as the character's father.
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While on-location in Tunisia, George Lucas made one shot intended for Star Wars: Episodio III - [...]
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During a meeting with producer Rick McCallum and animation director Rob Coleman about how Yoda [...]
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The only film in the Prequel trilogy where Palpatine/Sidious doesn't contact his minions via ho [...]
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The Senate votes to give the Supreme Chancellor sweeping emergency powers to go to war against [...]
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According to Natalie Portman on the Blu-ray commentary, the character of Padmé Amidala was g [...]
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After the mixed critical response to Star Wars: Episodio I - La minaccia fantasma (1999), Georg [...]
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In the visual dictionary of the film: Jango Fett was adopted and raised by the Mandalorian Warr [...]
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The Neimoidian seen with Nute Gunray on Geonosis was originally intended to be Rune Haako. Howe [...]
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The scene where Count Dooku visits the captive Obi-Wan Kenobi, and tries in vain to recruit him [...]
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The scene of Obi-Wan contacting Mace Windu and Yoda was originally shot with Windu behind a des [...]
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A subtle visual involving how the light sabers are Color-Coded for Your Convenience. In virtual [...]
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A conversation between Obi-Wan and librarian Jocasta Nu was written and filmed, but deleted, an [...]
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Because of George Lucas' method of creating shots through various departments and sources that [...]
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Robert Smigel from Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) famously went to the Ziegfeld Theater i [...]
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The grand plaza by where Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala walk after arriving to the planet N [...]
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The novelization of Il ritorno dello Jedi (1983) states that Owen Lars was Obi-Wan's brother, i [...]
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George Lucas is thought to have chosen the name "Jango" as a reference to the title character o [...]
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Beru's maiden name is Whitesun.
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Where Luke Skywalker's T-16 Skyhopper sat in the garage of the Lars homestead in Guerre stellar [...]
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As Zam dies, after being shot with a toxic dart and reverts to her alien form, she says in her [...]
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R4-P17, Obi-Wan's red astromech droid, was originally going to be destroyed during the executio [...]
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C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) was originally to have made his first appearance still in skeletal form [...]
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The forbidden love affair between Anakin and Padmé was strongly influenced by the forbidden [...]
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Anakin's lightsaber is shaped exactly like the one he'll use as Darth Vader, but with a chrome [...]
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Padmé (Natalie Portman) is supposed to be a few years older than Anakin (Hayden Christensen) [...]
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This was the first film appearance of New Zealander actor Daniel Logan, in the role of Boba Fet [...]
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Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas was originally just a flimsy alias for Darth Sidious known as Sido-Dyas, [...]
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Sound designer Ben Burtt experimented with using drumbeats and percussion sounds to underscore [...]
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Since Obi-Wan is ten years older than in Star Wars: Episodio I - La minaccia fantasma (1999), E [...]
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During the scene set in the Lars homestead dining room, Owen Lars asks Anakin "Where are you go [...]
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Just before Anakin goes to search for his mother on Tatooine, he has a conversation with Senato [...]
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In the Jedi Archives, many of the busts, sculpted by Richard Miller, were of members of the Sta [...]
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This film marks the first time Yoda used a light-saber. Previously the puppet had problems gras [...]
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Supervising sound editor Ben Burtt, during production on the film, tried to compile all of the [...]
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According to animation director Rob Coleman, not a single clone trooper suit was ever built. Ev [...]
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The entire "aggressive negotiations" conversation during the dinner scene between Anakin and Pa [...]
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According to visual effects supervisor John Knoll, a big cow-like creature with which Anakin an [...]
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When Anakin complains Obi Wan is overly critical, he's raising a valid cause for concern. This [...]
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Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Frank Oz (Yoda), and Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine) ar [...]
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There were plans to include Captain Panaka (Hugh Quarshie) in the opening scene aboard the doomed Na [...]
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