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{{quote|''"There hasn't been a full scale war since the formation of the Republic."''|'''Governor Sio Bibble'''}}
Although ''[[Star Wars]] Episode 1: [[The Phantom Menace]]'' was a critical and fan disappointment, many were hoping it was just a slump. Those that liked the last film generally liked this one, but the others didn't feel it got any better.▼
Ten years after the last movie, Anakin has grown into a fine, if a little too hot-blooded Padawan, to Obi-Wan's annoyance. Meanwhile, the Republic is stuck into a political crisis thanks to separatists leaded by Count Dooku, a retired Jedi. Chancellor Palpatine wants the Jedi to act as an army for the Republic against the separatists, but Padmé is one of the senators against it, and coincidentally she is a target of two assassination attempts on the same day after she arrives on Coruscant to vote, with Anakin and Obi-Wan thwarting the second one.
The movie then separates in two storylines: while Obi-Wan searches for leads about who one of the assassins is and for who he was working, Anakin is entrusted with protecting Padmé, and despite the Jedi Code forbidding attachments, the two fall in love. Then Anakin begins to have visions, visions of his mother Shmi, that he last saw as still a slave in Tatooine, in pain.
▲Although ''[[Star Wars]] Episode 1: [[The Phantom Menace]]'' was a critical and fan disappointment, many were hoping it was just a slump. Those that liked the last film generally liked this one, but the others didn't feel it got any better.
The biggest point of criticism was the love story, followed by Hayden Christensen's acting. Again, those that like the prequels don't seem to mind this. The points of praise lie in the main story, with Obi-Wan's investigation into the clone army and Separatist uprising and the last 30 minutes are thrilling.
Directed by George Lucas. Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. Distributed by 20th Century Fox.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Count Dooku, in this installment.
* [[Aggressive Negotiations]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Agony Beam]]: Force Lightning.
* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]: Young Boba Fett holds the helmet of his father Jango Fett.
* [[All Women Are Lustful]]: Possibly implied by Captain Typho's comment about being more worried about Senator Padme trying something foolish, than Anakin.
* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: C-3PO while his head is stuck to an autonomous battle droid's body.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The three Geonosis arena beasts: The Acklay, the Nexu, and the Reek. A giant preying mantis with a lightning fast stab attack, a tree-clinging fanged horror, and...a slow-charging rhino, who quickly ends up the steed of {{spoiler|all three protagonists}}. Ultimately Averted, though, when the in the middle of the battle {{spoiler|the Reek actually gives Mace Windu a run for his money, then proceeds to repeatedly gore Jango Fett until he finally blasts it in the face.}}
* [[Ascended Extra]]: The revelation of Jango and Boba Fett's
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: Obi-Wan and Mace Windu, briefly.
* [[Badass Army]]: The Clone Troopers.
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* [[Badass Normal]]: Jango Fett proves to be exceptionally good at fighting (and killing) Jedi.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]] / [[Clothing Damage]]: Amidala gets the former from the latter.
** Bordering on [[Stripperiffic]]. One wonders exactly what sort of "diplomatic" technique she was planning to capitalize on in that white, skin-tight outfit...
** Happens even before that on Tatooine, where she wears a pseudo-Arabian outfit.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Twice in the final act of the film; first time occurs when Mace Windu shows up with over 200 hundred Jedi to rescue Anakin, Obi-Wan and Padme from Dooku. After many of them being killed off in the following battle against the droids and Geonosians, it happens again; with Yoda and the Clone Troopers showing up (this one goes over much better; they actually win).
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* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Convient for Anakin because he was already in love with Padme.
* [[Call Forward]]: [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker%27s_first_lightsaber Anakin's lightsaber] in this film is a [[Palette Swap]] of [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Vader%27s_lightsaber the one used by Darth Vader] during the Original Trilogy.
* [[Captain Obvious]]: "I killed them. [[Redundancy Department of Redundancy|I killed them all]]. [[Captain Obvious|They're dead.]] Every single one of them. [[Too Much Information|And not just the men; but the women. And the children too]]." - Anakin Skywalker.
** Another in a deleted scene, where Anakin and Padme are put on "trial" for espionage. Padme tells Archduke Poggle the Lesser that he's committing an act of war, and says that she hopes he's prepared to face the consequences. Poggle responds with "We build weapons, Senator. Of course we're prepared!"
** Yoda: "But for certain, senator. In grave danger you are."
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** And he wasn't even in his ''prime''. Imagine what he would have been like when he was only 400 years old!
** This is also the first film where we get to see Mace Windu in action. Since he's played by [[Samuel L. Jackson]], we all knew he was going to be a [[Badass]], but we never got to see this side of him in the first movie.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: This film is much [[Darker and Edgier/Film|darker in tone]] than [[The Phantom Menace]] due to the assassination attempts on Padme's life, the growing tensions in the Republic, the [[Start of Darkness]] for Anakin, when he slaughters the Tusken Raiders, after they kidnapped, tortured, and killed his mom, Mace Windu defeats Jango Fett by beheading him with his lightsaber, ONSCREEN, Anakin's arm is chopped off and many of Jedi are killed off in the Battle of Geonosis, which leads to the beginning of the Clone Wars. [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?|And yet it managed to get a PG rating]].
** The novelization is even darker as it goes detail Anakin's massacre of the Sand People when he impales a Sand woman with his lightsaber and uses the force to crush The Sand People with their homes. Also Jango's head falls out off the helmet and the book begins with Shmi kidnapping.
* [[Deceased Fall Guy Gambit]]: The whole deal with [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sifo-Dyas Sifo-Dyas] in the backstory seems like this but isn't; it's all breezed over so quickly that misunderstandings are inevitable.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Just when it looks like Dooku and his cronies are going to execute the heroes and slaughter the Jedi sent to rescue them...a massive army of superhuman clone soldiers descends from the sky to rescue them, at just the right time.
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* [[Found the Killer, Lost the Murderer]]: Enacted by Jango Fett with great prejudice.
* [[Gambit Roulette]]: Most of the plot. If you can decipher it.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Mace Windu beheading Jango Fett onscreen, despite the film's PG rating
** Many females wear revealing clothing in the nightclub scene
** Padme's [[Bare Your Midriff|bare midriff]]
* [[Gunship Rescue]]: Easily one of the archetypical uses of the trope - Yoda, Jedi Knights and a squad of Clone Troopers land gunships in the arena just in time to rescue Padme and Anakin.
* [[Held Gaze]]: This happens between Anakin and Padme twice: once as a gentle lover's gaze into each other's eyes, and then later as an indicator they are about to [[Big Damn Kiss]].
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* [[It Has Only Just Begun]]: The last lines of the film.
{{quote|Obi-Wan: I have to admit that without the clones, it would have not been a victory.
Yoda: Victory? Victory you say? Master Obi-Wan, not victory. The shroud of the dark side has fallen. Begun the Clone War has.
** [[Christopher Lee|"This is just the beginning!"]]
* [[It Is Beyond Saving]]: The separatists use this rationalization in a deleted scene.
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* [[Moment of Weakness]]: Anakin in the Sand People village.
* [[Morally-Bankrupt Banker]]: A [[Planet of Hats]] of them in the Banking Clan.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]:
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Although he admits his hatred of them shortly after, Anakin seems genuinely horrified of his slaughter of the Tusken Raiders.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Jango Fett bumping his head (with helmet on) on the door to ''Slave-1'', in a manner much like that one Stormtrooper in ''[[A New Hope]]'', and Boba's head-bump on ''Slave-1'''s door in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''. Seems head-bumping is genetic amongst the clones.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Watto looks better with his WWI-esque metal hat.
* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]/[[Putting on the Reich]]: The ending where Palpatine is observing from a balcony regarding the Clone Troopers departing from Coruscant in the beginning of the Clone Wars gives some similarities to [[Nazi Germany]], as well as Scar's "Never go hungry again" line from ''[[The Lion King]]''.
* [[Now or Never Kiss]]: Anakin and Padme when they're about to be executed.
* [[Off with His Head]]: Mace Windu finally defeats
* [[Oh, No, Not Again]]: Anakin dives off a speeder in the middle of aerial traffic and all Obi-Wan can come up with is a mildly disgruntled "I hate it when he does that." Anakin also commented that his lightsaber had been destroyed once before.
* [[One-Dimensional Thinking]]: seen in the Force duel between Dooku and Yoda, where Yoda never thinks to push a falling pillar off to the side instead of keeping it suspended in midair.
* [[One-Wheeled Wonder]]: The WA-7 droid waitresses.
* [[Packed Hero]]: Threepio in the combat droid factory.
* [[The Paragon Always Rebels]]: Count Dooku.
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* [[The Reptilians]]: Zam Wesell, the shape-shifting assassin, is one.
* [[Retcon]]: Mace Windu's lightsaber was originally supposed to be blue; his ''[[The Phantom Menace|Phantom Menace]]'' toys came with a blue lightsaber, and he also had a blue blade in the ''Jedi Power Battles'' [[The Problem with Licensed Games|video game]]. Samuel L Jackson requested a purple lightsaber to make him more distinct.
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Nute Gunray wants revenge against
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Anakin performs one of these on a camp of Tusken Raiders after they kill his mother.
* [[Robotic Assembly Lines]]: A battle actually took place in one of those.
* [[Rule of Sexy]]: There's no way getting scratched on the back would reveal the whole [[Bare Your Midriff|midriff]] all the way around the waist. But who cares?
** Granted, the
* [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]: Chapter 18 of the movie novelization actually did specify what Lama Su meant by a "unit". It's underwhelming to say the least.
* [[Sexy Backless Outfit]]: The dress
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Anakin during his nightmare.
* [[Single-Target Sexuality]]: Anakin is still madly in love with Padme after going ''ten years'' without seeing or talking to her. Particularly [[Egregious]], considering the last time he saw her he was a [[Precocious Crush|prepubescent kid with a crush]].
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* [[Spheroid Dropship]]: The [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lucrehulk-class_Core_Ship Lucrehulk-class Core Ships] are dual purpose ships. They're the central "command" core of the Trade Federation ships, but can also detach to serve as landing craft, or fly independently. This makes total sense since they are supposed to be essentially space tractor-trailer cargo haulers that the Trade Federation quickly slapped some guns on when they needed a war fleet.
* [[Start of Darkness]]: For Anakin.
* [[Stripperiffic]]:
** Also, although it's a minor detail, most of the woman in the bar that Zam Wessel hides in fit this trope to a T. There's even one who wears nothing but pants and a bikini top. But, you know, it's a nightclub.
* [[Take That]]: Does anyone honestly believe that the line, "Open fire on those [[Star Trek|Federation starships]]", is purely coincidence?
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