Mudcrush Durtfeet
Hungry Ogre
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Even as space opera I would expect more of a character arc and less of a character cratering. Padme should be the ultimate tragic figure of the first trilogy, a strong character who becomes completely undone by her connection to the anti-hero Anakin. There is some of that in Episode III, but overall she goes from a position of strength to barefoot and preggers waaaay too fast.
Part of this is the fundamental weakness of the Star Wars films -- each one takes place over a very short timespan and thus we are cheated out of any realistic pace of narrative development. This is also part of the reason why Clone Wars is so goddamn good as it affords the opportunity for long-form character and plot development of the sort that one would expect from a true weekly serial.
Shame on you on trying to equate a 2hr movie with a many episode TV series.
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