I think the reason the lack of explanation bothers me so much is the fact that Anakin's conception is considered unique, as is his midi-clorian count. And, it's only around Anakin, or about Anakin, that the prophecy of balance to the Force is discussed.
So, while I don't need the mechanics of exactly how his conception works, how midi-clorians work, how Force Ghosts work, etc, the way the PT emphasizes these elements brings them to the forefront and makes them important. So, while I don't mind a basic explanation, I don't really feel like the films explicate on them in a way that is substantial, especially given the prominence of these themes, and the lack of further explanation in future films.
Now, before I get lambasted for wanting nothing but exposition, that's not what I'm asking for. But, it feels like these things are important, but don't merit any explanation. So, while I can somewhat enjoy the PT on a very basic level, it's repeat viewings that drag it down.
You're not wrong, the movies did a poor job of contextualising some of the concepts it introduced, but it seems as though the priority was in making an exciting adventure movie, not an intricately layered thought piece.
That some of this is better clarified on and continues to be elaborated on in other media is more a consolation than a testament to the original movies. IMO the fault was in the seemingly half-in/half-out approach Lucas took. Both giving too much and not enough information on the concepts he was utilising.
I don't know. From the Dex scene, I got the impression that it was really obscure knowledge. Or maybe Fett got sloppy in his haste (also, why kill Zam if he wanted the Jedi to figure out who he was?)? Given that the lead took Kenobi to Kamino really early, like before the CIS was set in stone, I don't think that it makes much sense for it to be deliberate.
In a world of blasters, he killed her right in front of two Jedi with a projectile. Not just any projectile, but one specific to the world he was hiding out on. Then hung around long enough for them to get a good look at his distinctive armour. If you can't see that as intentionally leaving a trail then nothing else I say will convince you.
As for Dex, the man was hardly privy to arcane knowledge beyond the ken of normal folk. He was a well travelled old prospector, or trader or whatever he was before he retired.
Also remember that it wasn't that while Kamino was off the beaten track, it wasn't that it was massively obscure but that references too it were deliberately erased from the Jedi archives. And again, Kenobi didn't exactly have to go far to rectify that. Like within a few minutes flight time of the temple.
He probably could have gotten the same information from thousands of such individuals on Coruscant alone. It's not that they were privy to a secret, it's just that they know the less travelled systems of the outer rim. The Kaminoans were discrete but hardly isolationist. They seem to base their economy on providing their services to any that can afford them. That doesn't happen if no one knows you exist. Were clearly aware of the Jedi and under the impression that what they were doing was directly for the high council.
The Tuskans don't seem like the types to just roll over, even to a superior outsider. I think the evidence suggests that the Jedi finding about the clones when they did was not when Palpatine planned, forcing him to up his timetable.
They ran away when Kenobi yelled at them. Clearly they can be intimidated.
Which treaty? The Military Creation Act?
The one between the Commerce Guilds and the Confederacy of Independent Systems Parliament. That's what we saw Dooku negotiating on Geonosis; it was a business deal to provide arms and equipment for the fledgling nation and a pledge of neutrality in the coming war. That's why in TCW you see the Trade Federation and others still doing business with the Republic.
What's realistic in a movie isn't always what's realistic in the real world. Besides, Fett was always presented as a hired hand and known to be a bounty hunter. Pretty easy to assume he's just for the highest bidder, or contracted for the Separatists on the side with his Kamino job.
Again you can't have it both ways. You can't claim "it's a movie so it doesn't have to make sense" while at the same time saying "he's the best bounty hunter in the galaxy, everyone hires him!" It's a fallacy.
The in-universe argument doesn't work on it's own either. That he'd quite literally go straight from one end of the conspiracy Kenobi was investigating to the other simply can't be a coincidence. The idea that anyone would see it as such, least of all Kenobi himself is ridiculous on the face of it.
I was thinking out loud. (Come to think of it, your explanation would add another reason that Windu decides they can't take Palpatine alive.)
Which was exactly the trap he set for them. No matter what they did they'd already lost.
Indeed, I suspect that he'd intended to go quietly when they came for him and just sit in a cell and patently watch as the Republic and the Jedi tor each other apart, leaving him free to step in and declare his Empire.
I think attacking them was a spur of the moment thing on his part; he'd already essentially won, he no longer had to hide what he was and I believe he just thought to himself "f*ck it, I'm going to kill these sanctimonious fools and i'm going to enjoy myself doing it!"
I also happen to think that it very nearly backfired. I don't think he threw the fight with Windu and that had Anakin not showed up, Windu really would have cut him down.
It's a shame they don't do the 'Infinities' comics anymore because I'd love to see the "what if Mace Windu killed Palapatine and became the Emperor himself" story.
