Timeline for Why use centipedes to assassinate Padmé?
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| S Apr 8, 2017 at 9:16 | history | mod moved comments to chat | |||
| S Apr 8, 2017 at 9:16 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor♦ | @rs.29, Valorum: this comment conversation was getting very long, so I've moved it to chat - please continue the discussion there instead. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 9:14 | comment | added | Valorum | @jpmc26 - My issue here is that that these "Jango is intentionally leading the Jedi / Palpatine knows that Jango will lead the JedI" fan-theories contradict both the script and the novels. I could understand if it was vague, but it's not. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 5:18 | comment | added | jpmc26 | @Valorum It may be true that what rs.29 says isn't pure canon, but those examples plus the Force certainly make the idea much less of a leap in logic. Palpatine does seem to have a way of playing the long game and for his elaborate scheming to end mostly as he intended. The only foul up I can think of that had any long lasting impact on his plans is not anticipating Vader's final betrayal. (Yes, that one mistake cost him dearly.) | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 20:18 | history | edited | Thunderforge | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 6, 2017 at 19:58 | comment | added | Ben Osborne | @RobertF Since there was an assassination attempt on Amidala very recently relative to the kouhun attack, if she were to die it would be seen as an assassination even if the killer escaped and left no evidence. No one's going to think it was natural causes, especially considering that she was young and had no health problems. | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 18:21 | vote | accept | Doctor Two | ||
| Apr 6, 2017 at 17:47 | comment | added | Valorum | @rs.29 - I think the problem here is that you're mixing stuff that's genuinely canon (e.g. backed up by the films, novels, etc) with stuff that's headcanon (e.g. pure fan-theory). | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 17:44 | comment | added | rs.29 | @Valorum Palpatine is master of deception. Remember, he looks like weak old man, outside he is ardent supporter of Republic, in RoTJ he even allowed that plans of DS2 fall in Rebel hands. In Return of the Sith he purposely told Anakin he was Sith Lord in order to lure Windu and others to attack him, therefore creating legal reason for Order 66 and declaration of Empire. | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 17:38 | comment | added | RobertF | Or Jango Fett could have just blown up Padme's apartment with a bomb. But death by poisonous centipede is less(?) suspicious, especially if the centipedes had not been detected. | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 17:35 | comment | added | Valorum | @rs.29 - I don't disagree that Palpatine's all about the "plans within plans" but I think you're crediting him with omniscience. | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 17:27 | comment | added | rs.29 | @Valorum Cui bono ;) Look what man behind it all does. And that man is Palpatine. Watch Attack of the Clones very carefully. Especially the part where he practically pushes Anakin and Padme together ;) | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 17:19 | comment | added | Valorum | @rs.29 - You seem to be pushing this theory very hard. Have you got anything to back it up? | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 17:17 | comment | added | rs.29 | Because they didn't want Padme dead. Padme is vital for Sith plan (Anakin's fall to dark side, and Jedi discovery of Kamino and Clone troopers) | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 16:54 | answer | added | Valorum | timeline score: 25 | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 16:50 | history | edited | Valorum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 6, 2017 at 16:37 | comment | added | Doctor Two | @DeeV makes sense if they hadn't tried to blow up her ship. I don't think subtlety was key | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 16:37 | comment | added | DeeV | My guess. If the two Jedi weren't around, the centipedes would have killed Padme and the bounty hunter would have been long gone before anybody even knew. | |
| Apr 6, 2017 at 16:32 | history | asked | Doctor Two | CC BY-SA 3.0 |