Plot
The Galactic Republic is in turmoil. Following the invasion
of Naboo ten years earlier, the former Jedi Knight Count Dooku (Christopher Lee)
has now organized a Separatist movement against the Republic. The Galactic
Senate debates a plan to create an army for the Republic to assist the Jedi
against the Separatist threat. Senator Padmé Amidala,
the former queen of Naboo and now a politician, returns to Coruscant to cast her vote. Upon her arrival,
she narrowly escapes an assassination attempt, and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine assigns Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) to protect her.
Obi-Wan and Anakin subdue the assassin, Zam Wessell,
during another assassination attempt. However, before she can give them any
information, the assassin is killed by her employer using a poisonous dart.
Obi-Wan learns that the dart was manufactured on the remote ocean planet of Kamino, and is assigned to
investigate, while Anakin is assigned to escort Padmé back to her home planet
of Naboo. Anakin relishes the
opportunity to spend time with her, and they fall in love. In investigating Kamino, Obi-Wan discovers
that it has been removed from the navigation maps of the Jedi archives. Yoda reveals that such a thing could only
have been done by a Jedi, suggesting that a conspiracy is afoot.
Obi-Wan heads to Kamino, where he
discovers that an army of clone troopers is being secretly produced for the
Republic, using a bounty hunter named Jango Fett (Temuera Morrison)
as their genetic template. Realizing that Jango is the
assassin's employer, Obi-Wan tracks Jango and his son Boba (Daniel Logan)
toGeonosis,
a rocky planet where a new droid army is being created. Meanwhile, on Naboo,
Anakin becomes troubled by premonitions of his mother Shmi in pain. Despite
Obi-Wan's orders to remain on Naboo, Anakin and Padmé go to Tatooine. After meeting
his new stepfather, Cliegg Lars (Jack Thompson), and stepbrother Owen Lars (Joel Edgerton),
Anakin learns Shmi had been kidnapped by Tusken Raiders some weeks earlier. He heads out alone
to rescue her, but when he finds her at a Tusken camp, she dies in his arms
after suffering weeks of torture at the hands of the tribe. Enraged, Anakin
slaughters the entire tribe before returning his mother's body to the Lars
homestead for burial.
Having learned that Count Dooku
authorized the assassination attempt on Padmé and that the Separatists are
developing a new battle droid army, Obi-Wan relays this information
via hologram to Anakin, who transmits it to the Jedi Council.
However, Obi-Wan is captured by Dooku mid-transmission. Dooku unsuccessfully
attempts to make an ally of Obi-Wan, and reveals to him that the Republic is
being secretly controlled by Darth Sidious. While Anakin and Padmé head to
Geonosis to rescue Obi-Wan, Chancellor Palpatine is granted emergency powers to organize the clone army and send
them into battle. Shortly after arriving on Geonosis, Anakin and Padmé are
captured and sentenced to be executed along with Obi-Wan. Anakin and Padmé
profess their love before being led into a large gladiatorial arena where they
and Obi-Wan are pitted against gigantic beasts in a public execution. However, Mace Windu (Samuel L.
Jackson) and a team of Jedi appear and lead a strong defense against
the beasts and the Separatists. Windu kills Jango Fett in a brief battle, but
then the Jedi find themselves outnumbered by the Separatists' droid army. As
Dooku demands their surrender, Yoda arrives with the clone army and rescues the
survivors of the battle.
As a large battle erupts between the
Republic's clone army and the Separatists' droid forces, Obi-Wan and Anakin
engage Dooku in a lightsaber duel. Dooku defeats them both,
injuring Obi-Wan and severing Anakin's right arm, but then Yoda arrives to
challenge the Count. Unable to defeat Yoda, Dooku flees in his ship to
Coruscant, taking the blueprints for an ultimate
weapon with him. He is
met in an isolated hangar by his Sith master, Darth Sidious, who states that
everything is going as planned now that the galaxy is at war. As the Jedi
gravely acknowledge the start of the Clone Wars, Palpatine oversees the
launching of several battalions of clone troopers. Meanwhile, Anakin —now
fitted with an artificial arm — and Padmé secretly marry on Naboo, with C-3PO and R2-D2 as witnesses.
Cast
§ Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi:
A Jedi Knight and mentor to his Padawan learner, Anakin Skywalker, who
investigates the assassination attempt of Padmé which led him to discover the
makings of a Clone Army.
§ Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker:
Obi-Wan's gifted padawan apprentice. He is believed to be the "chosen
one" of Jedi prophecy destined "to bring balance to the Force."
In the 10 years since The Phantom Menace, he has grown powerful but
arrogant, and believes that Obi-Wan is holding him back.
§ Natalie Portman as Senator Padmé
Amidala: Former Queen of Naboo, who has recently been elected the
planet's Senator.
§ Ian McDiarmid as Chancellor
Palpatine: A former Galactic Senator from Naboo, who amasses vast emergency powers upon the outbreak of the
Clone Wars.
§ Christopher Lee as Count Dooku:
A former Jedi Master who is now leader of the Separatist movement as Darth
Tyranus, and a suspect in Obi-Wan's investigation.
§ Samuel L.
Jackson as Mace Windu:
A Jedi Master sitting on the Jedi Council who warily watches the Galactic
Senate's politics.
§ Temuera Morrison as Jango Fett:
A bounty hunter who gave his DNA for
use by the cloning facilities on Kamino for the creation of the clone army. In
addition to his wage, he requested an unaltered clone for himself to take as
his son — Boba Fett.
§ Frank Oz voices Yoda: A Jedi Grand Master
of an unknown species. In addition to sitting on the Jedi Council, Yoda is the
instructor for the young Jedi padawans.
§ Anthony Daniels as C-3PO: A protocol droid
for the Lars homestead.
§ Kenny Baker as R2-D2: An astro-droid,
often seen on missions with Anakin and Obi-Wan.
§ Daniel Logan as Boba Fett:
Jango Fett's clone and adopted son, who is created from his
"father"'s DNA.
§ Leeanna Walsman as Zam Wesell:
A bounty hunter and partner of Jango Fett, who is given the task of
assassinating Padmé. Although her appearance is human, she is actually a
shapeshifter.
§ Silas Carson as Nute Gunray and Ki-Adi-Mundi:
Gunray is the Viceroy of the Trade Federation, who attempts to assassinate
Padmé as revenge for his loss against her people on Naboo. Ki-Adi-Mundi is a
Jedi Master and a member of the Jedi Council.
§ Ahmed Best as Delegate Jar Jar
Binks: A Gungan whom Padmé appoints Representative of Naboo.
