Trivia: Scottish actress Lindsay Duncan supplies TC-14's voice. Her husband Hilton McRae played an A-wing pilot in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
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Directed by: George Lucas
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Frank Oz, Natalie Portman, Terence Stamp, Anthony Daniels, Ian McDiarmid, Kenny Baker, Ray Park, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best
Continuity mistake: Darth Maul's neck is black, but when he is talking to Darth Sidious on Coruscant, his neck is flesh-toned. (00:38:45)
Obi-Wan Kenobi: I have a bad feeling about this.
Question: I'm confused. Palpatine wanted to use Queen Amidala to get himself voted as chancellor so he could have control over the republic. Why did he send Darth Maul after the Queen's ship when it escaped if he needed the Queen alive?
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Answer: The entire time Palpatine is bitching to Viceroy Gunray that he needs the Queen to sign the treaty to make the blockade and invasion legal. He didn't send Darth Maul to kill Amidala, he sent him to capture her and to deal with her Jedi escort.
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