A Thousand Stars: Episode II, Part 43

[matril]

Very late today, but this is a quick one anyway. All this film we've seen nothing of Sidious whose 'phantom menace' dominated so much of the last film. References here and there have shown up, but only toward the very end do we see him -- and with that, the acknowledgement that Dooku is his Sith apprentice, and the events on Geonosis have been in keeping with Sidious's plans.


Uh-oh.

Yoda senses this even if he can't quite put his little green finger on the reason. No true victory was achieved. Darkness is coming. And then we see the troops amassing, the Grand Army of the Republic.



It's rather damning that this imagery is reminiscent of "Triumph of the Will." Good guys don't emulate fascists, ya know. And look who's surveying the scene from above, just like the Führer.


Not exactly subtle. Very dark times are coming, my friends.

Next time, the final entry for this film!

Comments

[krpalmer]

I'd been thinking "maybe next week, then," but I am glad to see this post. I admit I'd been wondering if "an ominous birth" just might also have applied to some of the "spaceships taking off," thus playing out things a bit further...

Mentioning Triumph of the Will did have me remembering eyebrows being raised over the conclusion of Episode IV. Recalling that J.W. Rinzler's "The Making of Star Wars" mentioned that happening back in 1977, I sought out my copy of the book, only to notice a comment from George Lucas saying that in that case, it was a matter of "the end of the movie is just what happens when you put a large military group together and give out an award."