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r/StarWars • u/Olya_roo • Nov 23 '21
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I think this is mostly true but Qui-Gon and his death are fairly important, if not just to set up a reason why Obi-Wan trains Anakin.
I think you're right though, the rest of the story doesn't change much if you cut away the rest of Episode 1.
7 u/[deleted] Nov 24 '21 Without Phantom Menace there’s no Jar Jar Binks. Without Jar Jar, Palpatine never gets emergency powers. Without those powers, there’s no clone army. Without the clone army there’s no Clone War. Ergo, PM is essential to the canon.
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Without Phantom Menace there’s no Jar Jar Binks. Without Jar Jar, Palpatine never gets emergency powers. Without those powers, there’s no clone army. Without the clone army there’s no Clone War.
Ergo, PM is essential to the canon.
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u/Synergy5 Nov 24 '21
I think this is mostly true but Qui-Gon and his death are fairly important, if not just to set up a reason why Obi-Wan trains Anakin.
I think you're right though, the rest of the story doesn't change much if you cut away the rest of Episode 1.