Mixed Bag of Holding: Attack of the Clones Review

When I watched these in theaters as a kid, I assumed “Sifo Dyas” was an alias for Palpatine, since it sort of sounds like “Sidious”.

Never seen any star wars, love these mixed bags regardless. I feel like I'm learning something

I would argue that buying an army for the war Palpatine & Co are secretly creating is not a Qui-Gon move tho, ya?

I will offer on incredibly tepid defense of the line delivery in Attack of the Clones, which was that EVERY SINGLE LINE of dialogue had to be ADRed in. To oversimplify, the new cameras they were using required generators that were loud enough at certain frequencies that they could not be filtered out in post production without affecting the recorded dialogue, so the actors had to come in months later to ADR every single line of dialogue. Lol

You guys need to watch Ani: a Parody by Starkid. It's an 80s sports movie where a washed up Darth Vader gets back jnto Podracing and teaches Tarkin how to flirt. The also make you feel sad for JarJar. It's magical!

You four cast charm on me, that is simply the only way I would enjoy listening to anyone discuss Attack of the Clones. In bitter disgust seething under a thin layer of clear magical compulsion, Elizabeth

It's criminal that Caldwell's C-Span joke got buried

Hate to say it, but i feel like rereleasing a book just for slight continuities’ sake seems like terminal stage capitalism right there

Ewan McGregor is the correct celebrity crush.

"MACE HIM." Yeah 😂

I had to rejoin the Patreon when I saw that they covered attack of the clones and revenge of the Sith

to feed jake’s ewan crush im humbly requesting a moulin rouge watch

right when we hit the sifo-dyas confusion, i knew i was rockin with fake fans ✊😔

The name’s Anaheim, Parmesan Anaheim

The quiz at the end of this strongly reminds me of one of the first ever episodes of um actually back before dropout where murph gets very intense about a star wars question about endor and emily who has not seen them at that point (?) deadpans “oh my god, babe, so hot for you rn” and now we’re here with Emily’s strong Star Wars opinions

The whole real life telling of Sifo Dyas beho d the scenes is as weird and convaluted as the in universe. But yes. New character is name dropped in the film and the issue is never resolved in the theatrical films as it was a topic that got casually discarded during the development of episode 3.

Am I crazy or is there not a whole theory that anakin mind controlled her and that’s how all this really happened?

Regarding fighting stances in Jedi battles - every main Jedi in ‘The Clone Wars’ fights differently. Annakin fights purely offensively and Obi Wan fights exclusively defensively - a little clue to their underlying personalities. Yoda uses the force to move in a way that makes no sense for his physique and proportions as an indication that his connection to the Force is deeper than other Jedi. Dooku fights in a fencing stance - this is to remind us that he is an old Jedi knight, once chivalric and tied up in the courtly rituals of swordsmanship and sparring, who has fallen out of love with the Jedi Order (he is never a Sith, simply a force-sensitive man who believes in there being another Way than the Jedi Way). So actually all the characters had a huge amount of thought put into their unique fighting styles which I feel is entirely overshadowed by horrendous dialogue and an over-reliance on special effects. It does come across better, happily, in The Clone Wars TV show.

i’m losing my mind over emily misquoting that line as “i killed the men, and the women, and the children.” somehow phrased more awkwardly than the actual line in this incredibly awkward script. emily is a national treasure.

I would absolutely love to buy Emily’s b side pottery

DELIGHTED at how many people are requesting a full watch of the Clone Wars animated series.

I might have missed something, but btw, pretty sure the “little ponytails” from this and Ep 1 are called Padawan Braids, just marks them

Don’t know if this was mentioned before, but with the Sifo-Dyas talk - it was originally meant to be Sido-Dyas, a pseudonym for Sidious, and the Jedi would talk & not know anyone by that name. But Lucas decided to move on from that in a later draft, and saw a typo that spelled Sifo-Dyas, and instead decided to write in the “dead Jedi Master” bit instead. Which is probably why nobody knew who tf that was, because nobody told Lucas no lol

242 shoutout Wisconsin! And ooo an actual censor? I should watch the acolyte…

The way my jaw DROPPED at the censoring

I need them to watch all of The Clone Wars. I know it won't happen, but I need it

If y'all want some mixed bag fodder, the Clone Wars 2D cartoon from Genndy Tartakovsky could be a fun option before Episode 3. the vibes are immaculate, and Caldwell can go off on the animation

Has Emily ever disliked a movie?

I laugh Everytime the A to J ranking system comes up and there is no remembrance of which is higher. My guess at this point is it was at one point a 1-10 scale since J is the 10th letter of the alphabet and that has been lost with time?

I’m gonna be so real. I watched it last night and the bad romance dialogue never even crossed my mind bc I was so fascinated with the sexual chemistry between padme and anakin. And that’s on me watching this movie for the first time time when I was like 9 and it awakening something in me

oh gang if you're like "why would you tell your dad about your crush in an elevator" y'all need to watch the Satine episodes of Clone Wars, you'll lose your minds with everything that Obi-Wan simply *does not say*

I just wanna say this, and attack me if you must, but Attack of the Clones and Phantom Menace are my 2 favorite Star Wars movies. I think episode 4-6 are boring as hell, and episode 3 is too traumatic for a rewatch. These 2 are fun and playful in a way that spoke to me as a 6/8 year old at the time

G for Genonenus

Jake referring to the Kaminoans as "the sexy aliens" is one of the biggest truth nukes he's ever dropped

Emily had some incredibly intuitive takes in this one tbh. The Machete Order of watching the movies (IV, V, II, III, VI) is based around moving the Vader reveal to be a bigger deal. Basically IV and V are the story of Luke, which ends with the big reveal, then you go back to II and III to see how Anakin got there, then you watch VI to see how they come together Additionally, yes lightsaber forms (or stances) are a huge part of the extended (and possibly canon? I forget) universe, to the point that Anakin is a master of the offensive stance, Obi Wan is the master of the defensive stance, Yoda's is about mobility, Mace Windu's is about using the dark side of your opponent against them.

The problem is Hayden did the directors vision perfectly. It was just a bad vision

Also, although this has been done to absolute death by tons of people, my idea about the prequels is that they basically should have started at the Jedi Academy with Anakin being recruited and trained. Make pretty much the whole first movie about Anakin’s training and upbringing among the Jedi. This solves the problem of the Jedi having basically no identity in the prequels, like you don’t really get a sense of who they are. You see Anakin being trained, meeting comrades, and meeting/being mentored by Obi-Wan. And there are maybe some rumblings about political unrest— like our villain for the first movie could be some separatist amongst the Jedi who is secretly in league with Palpatine. The movie ends with Anakin defeating this separatist or whatever (maybe first after being tempted to join them) and becoming Obi-wan’s apprentice. Scrap the whole Naboo story, and off to the Clone Wars without all this weird baggage.

Talking about Boba Fett’s dad forcing his son to shoot a priest is the hardest I’ve laughed in a while

You guys simply MUST check out the series "what if the prequels were good?" Series by Belated Media on YouTube. I think you'd love it, you could do a full mix bag about it after Revenge of the Sith, lol

“She can fix him” mentally. Sounds like what going on. But idk it’s been awhile since I’ve seen the movie

So I took a Star Wars class in college and the reason the writing is so bad for the prequel trilogy is because George a Lucas actually wrote it entirely himself, which he has openly admitted writing isn’t his strong suit. Where as in the original trilogy he had Lawerence Kasdan and Francis Ford Coppola editing and helping with the writing & story direction. The reason why the Force Awakens has that humor and original trilogy feel to it is bc they brought back Lawerence Kasdan to write the screenplay. The global impact of Star Wars was immediate and completely took over Lucas’ career & low key made him become a recluse and only would work on Star Wars stuff. People legit made the Jedi order into a world religion, that is still one of the largest spread religious organization outside of the main 5. I think he felt the pressure of love for of this world and to try and get his vision out he crumbled inward instead of using all of his help from the first round. Coppola has said that it saddens him that Star Wars took over Lucas’ life to the point he stopped doing all other projects. Spielberg was another one of their buddies who also had a hand in influencing Lucas in the original trilogy (Kasdan wrote Raiders of Lost Arc). They were all originally experimental directors coming up together and while his peers and friends careers soared he was left behind crushing under the weight of Star Wars and what it meant to so many people. P.S. Emily you would have loved my minor program. I got to take some of the wildest and best classes bc the point of the program was to be able to critically think and synthesis about any subject - Star Wars, Cryptozoology, Wicthes & Bitches, Zen Buddhism, Propaganda & You - to name a few.

i can't believe this is the first time naddpod has ever actually censored something instead of spoiling it lol. this is so novel. so wild. it's akin to, i don't know, killing olaf in frozen 2

Maybe someone else has said this by now by Emily needs to read the Coruscant Nights books, literally cyberpunk noir on Coruscant.

“putting his son in a situation where he has to *shoot a priest*” is such a wild framing 😂

woah, watto is NOT a bug, murph! wild comment from you!! 😂

THE SAND COMMENT IS SO IMPORTANT, I ALSO HATE SAND FOR THE VERY REASONS HE SO ELOQUENTLY LAYS OHY AND I HAVE RARELY FELT SO REPRESENTED IN FILM

A SAGA BEGINS IS CANON

KOTOR does have different stances damn I love those games best exu lore in Star Wars!

only seen a single star wars movie I think and it's one of the recent ones; I have 0 intent of ever watching any but it's very fun to listen to these

If you pick one star wars novel to read, let it be revenge of the sith by Matthew Stover! It's an incredibly written book in its own right, and it adds the necessary context to make the story actually... good. Plus, it reads like a Greek tragedy.

Definitely the most meme rich of the movies.

This is outrageous! It's unfair! How can Murph get the most questions right and not be the Clone Captain!

Please watch some of the Clone Wars show! Maybe the last season?

This was my favorite movie for years. I know it’s not a good movie technically, but I liked the action sequences and would just let the starwarsness of it all wash over me. The thing is I’ve seen this movie like 7 times and every time after it finished I’d have to go to Wikipedia and try to understand the plot because it just makes so little sense!

Why would it be in Qui-Gon Jins character to make a secret illegal clone army behind the back of the Jedi council? Sure, he was a maverick, but he wasn't a traitor.

There are books about Padme and her handmaidens! Queens Shadow & Queens Peril

My mother has a Darth Vader credit card and lemme tell you it's funny everytime

As an unabashed AotC enjoyer (my fav star wars movie) i appreciated them seeing the good!

Legit thought that Sebulba pause was the podcast audio cutting out.

Tickles me greatly that Murph and I calculated Anakin's age the exact same way. Edit: also this whole episode makes me desperately need a mixed bag about the genuinely excellent Clone Wars show

YESSSSS

“Everything about this movie is a little bit off” is a perfect thesis statement for AotC

YES, YEEEEEES!

When Emily said “got into it” with Star Wars fan at a party I was expecting to hear about a fight but it sounds like they just had a normal conversation where the other person infodumped haha

Actor Topher Grace cut all three prequels together in to one 85 minute film as a fun way to learn film editing. It’s supposed to be a quality but succinct presentation of Anakin’s fall to the dark side. It’s not available for public viewing, but if I was I bet it would make great a mixed bag episode.

To add the perspective of someone who was a small child when these were coming out, my dad decided to only show me the prequels to get my reaction when Anakin turns into Darth Vader. However, this backfired, since I was not old enough to understand any of the political issues or Anakin's emotional motivations, and was really only enjoying JarJar being goofy and all the pretty locations. I do remember being bored with the Dooku fight though - once the fight leaves the coliseum, I always checked out.

The crew should watch space balls

We gotta get Emily on the George Lucas Talk Show!

Han Solo and Leia might not be as romantic a pairing as you remember. It's a lot of Han Solo saying "you totally love me" and Leia saying "we're in the middle of a rebellion can you please pay attention" and then "I love you" "I know" and they kiss. Not my idea of swoon worthy tbh. Anakin is not the only sex pest in Star Wars...

Gosh I would LOVE Emily specifically to watch some of the Clone Wars animated show, they spend way more time on each of the planets and I totally think she would vibe with it. I didn't really Iike star wars until I watched that show tbh, might be too good for a mixed bag though lol

Would love you guys to do this for LOTR lol

I was sitting in the episode 3 anniversary showing at my theatre thinking, wonder what naddpod will think

242-555-VISA

em is 100% correct, the watto recognition scene was moving

Maybe I'm misremembering, but isn't it implied that Darth Sidious used the dead Jedi as a cover for ordering the clone army, and that's why Jango Fett was both the basis for the clones and he was working for the seperatists at the same time?

Um, can't focus anymore, Murph said Chicken Jockey. We need A Minecraft Movie mixed bag, yesterday!

the Watto defense is vintage Em and I'm so glad she's finally seeing these movies

Never Let Me Go is a book about the ethics around how clones are viewed

Oh my god, first bleep in NADDPOD history. They finally talked about something new enough to be legitimately concerned about spoilers

Justice for phantom menace this is crazy

just saw the re-release of RoTS in theaters last night, can't wait to hear Emily's thoughts on it

emily would love the new Cal Kestis game. whole saber wielding form that’s just about HEFT

Caldwell never played KOTOR?!

As a Disney Visa card member I feel personally attacked, hahaha 😅

On yalls point about the prequels vs sequels, my brother once summed it up perfectly "the prequels are what happens when good ideas are executed poorly, and the sequels are when bad ideas are executed well"

The amount of chronically online references murph is making lately is so funny.

i always forget that the crew and i are not the same age and then they slam me back into reality with some boomer take on the prequels

Ok but now you guys need to watch the clone wars tv show and I feel like it really fleshes out Anakin’s character and turn to darkness

Emily asked something about media re different lightsaber forms, and it reminded me about this rad clip of a discussion Sam Witwer (actor who played Maul) had about a scene in the show Rebels- a really quick fight full of chess-like decisions on what form to use: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uNh6wcC-l18 Spoilers for the show Star Wars Rebels and probably clone wars (and the fate of Darth Maul, which I get may be confusing) Also sorry to get serious and nerdy

242 area code is the Bahamas so it’s objectively cool

How can you cast Samuel L. Jackson in this movie and make him the most boring motherfucker in the galaxy?

Please watch the tv show

I thought Qui Gonn was responsible for the clones this entire time

UNPRECEDENTED! NADDPOD'S FIRST CENSOR! P.S. Olaf dies in Frozen 2

The Obi-Wan subplut of this movie would have been so much better if Sifo-Dyas ended up being an alias of Qui-Gonn's

THEY BLEEPED A SPOILER IN A MIXED BAG?!?! ARE THINGS NOT SACRED ANYMORE?!?!

I love these guys and maybe I’m just a fan boy incel but I truly truly cannot believe their hate for episodes 1 and 2. There’s enough in both movies to make them watchable and fun

Around the *survivors* a perimeter create. It's also the most uncomfortably delivered Yoda line.

I saw attack of the clones in theaters when i was 12 so this feels like listening to a discussion of a dream i once had 😅😅

Hello, what did they bleep during the Acolyte convo?

I saw RotS in theaters last night, and I kinda get the heft thing🤣

I think its crazy that they got one of the most famous fencing actors, gave him a special built fencing lightsaber, and didn't have him fight like a fencing match. It should have been like the opening scene of The Duellists

Wait I don't know enough about Star Wars to understand why they bleeped part of what Caldwell said around 20 mins

You guys should 100% watch the Clone Wars animated series... Preferably both if possible

They need to watch the Clones Wars Animated series

So, our old pal Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas was on the Jedi Council and the best guy they had at seeing the future. When he told them something they didn't want to hear, that a war would devastate the galaxy, they refused to believe it and kicked them off the council, so he went off and ordered a clone army from aliens of really dubious morality to fight the war, but was killed by Palpatine, who modified the blueprint for the clones a little

Unfortunately, Count Dooku's fight had to be changed, though Christopher Lee had well over half a century of stage combat experience, by the time of this movie, how he phrased it was he just didn't have the knees for it anymore, and the scene had to be changed to get his stunt double

I'm sorry, but is 'Sifon Dias'(not looking up that name on principles) just a chopped and screwed version of Sidius?

i genuinely wouldnt mind them literally just reviewing all the star wars movies. i'd love to hear their takes on the original trilogy and some of the newer movies like solo and rogue one

What a delight to wake up to. I'm only partway thru, awaiting Emily's Sebulba Take for this one xxx

Thank you sooo fucking much Disney Visa Card 🙏🏽

Anakin doesn't turn into Darth Vader only because of what happened to his mom, the Jedi and the entire Galactic Republic are deeply corrupt and decaying, leading to a process of rising authoritarianism and facism that slowly created the Empire, George Lucas is not a subtle man in his tragically accurate critique and prediction of a democracy prosecuting a pointless forever war, the villian Nute Gunray for example, that name, is based firstly on Newt Gingrich, and secondly Gunray, Ray Gun, Reagan Little Anakin asks the Jedi if Qui-Gon and Padmé came to Tatooine to free the slaves, they didn't, and only took Anikin because they could use him, and left his mother behind for their own selfish purposes. The Republic had no interest in caring for those people and neglected the disenfranchised within its territory for centuries

Thanks, Disney!

wow, this ‘sode really has it all: star wars prequel trilogy discussion, stitch, “tread so carefully”, sebulba mentioned, a quiz, and yet another L for murph’s blood pressure ❤️

Murph is so valid for using the Weird Al song to remember details about the prequels

Omg such silly and infuriating views. So funny to listen to you guys 😂

"im gonna say it, there's too many waterfalls" im crying

Star wars jedi survivor lightsaber stances! The heavy stance in that is what Emily is looking for. That's some HEFT

It makes me sad when Emily says she isn’t smart enough to understand something. The scene with the lights just going over their faces was artistically interesting in concept but the execution wasn’t the best. As a Star Wars kid growing up I always liked 2 the least under 1 mainly cause the cg on the clones kinda made my head hurt.

Those Novels people have referred regarding the prequels were not EU material. They're basically George's entire script turned into a book cause he cut so much stuff in fact they cover exactly what you guys are talking about because it was cut.

Caldwell being censored while talking about acolyte took me out I just wasnt expecting a beep

I just know Murph is going to lose his mind at some point and I'm here for it.

Oh heck yea

No way. I just finished watching this for the first time in at least 10 years. I didn’t like it

These movies are still the same trash they were a couple decades ago

I know they like to shake up the mixed bag every month… but it would be a CRIME not to do a revenge of the sith mixed bag next month while it’s still in the public eye. That or an m&m’s taste test part two, even though we already know Emily is a pro. Jake didn’t get the right peanut m&m’s so it really does have to be re-done.

A pretty good action movie

Hell yes, hope Episode 3 review is next month's Mixed Bag!!!

oh view crew how i’ve missed you

I always appreciate the surprise late night Mixed Bags. Thanks for all the great content.

this is PERFECT timing with the ROTS rerelease !!

Oh god no.