Why does senate need a commission to investigate the Naboo situation
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Zippo_123 — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 02:23 AM)
If they just send two jedi's there who saw with their own eyes what's happening? Why not just summon Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon to the senate, let them state their findings and act according to this information?
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otter — 9 years ago(December 23, 2016 05:17 PM)
I am quite, quite sure that Palpatine convinced the chancellor and the senate that the situation was more complex than it seemed, and that swift direct action would be a mistake.
And that when someone called him on it, he said that pretty Queen Amidala had changed his mind.
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Zippo_123 — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 01:11 PM)
Palpatine convinced the chancellor and the senate that the situation was more complex than it seemed, and that swift direct action would be a mistake.
And that when someone called him on it, he said that pretty Queen Amidala had changed his mind.
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Murphed87 — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 06:50 PM)
It wasn't, it is outside reasoning trying to make sense of the mess of a plot. I find that defenders have to resort to such lengths to continue supporting these films. Actually, I'm not even sure we're he got that information from as it does not make sense.
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InternationaleClique — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 07:34 AM)
If they just send two jedi's there who saw with their own eyes what's happening? Why not just summon Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon to the senate, let them state their findings and act according to this information?
The Jedi are not ambassadors. That's why the Trade Fed. are so surprised, and scared, when they find out.
It can be inferred that Valorum sent the Jedi off the books to try and resolve the situation, like when the US sends special forces to deal with situations abroad.
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KingCobra686 — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 02:50 PM)
The point of that scene was to show that the Senate was too tied up in legalities to make swift actions in any situation. The Jedi knew what was going on there, but they werent sent there for that reason, and doing things exactly to the books might have required a commission sent there specifically for that purpose.
Truthfully, was Chancellor Valorum in the wrong? Politicians from Naboo and Naboo alone show up and claim that they have been attacked and that the Trade Federation needs to be punished. Why wouldnt the Senate want a more official source to verify those claims? -
Murphed87 — 9 years ago(December 31, 2016 08:29 PM)
Then why did she rebuke the requirement of sending a commission only to finally go back there herself. The Jedi were sent there to mediate the negotiations between the federation and Naboo, and while there were nearly killed by the federation, how is that not relevant to their reason for being there and subsequently witnessing the invasion. It not like the Jedi are partisan , they are a politically neutral body.
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tenantennae — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 11:31 PM)
Because the representative from the Trade Federation demands a commission. As Palpatine explains, bureaucrats at the highest levels are on their payroll, so they get their wish.
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Mr_Beale — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 04:09 AM)
Sometimes legislative bodies get bogged down in procedural technicalities.
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IndianaMcClane — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 09:06 AM)
Why does senate need a commission to investigate the Naboo situation
It's a Trade Federation representative that pushes for it and gets supported by a senator under the organization's payrole. They are playing for time by stalling things in the senate and would gain a sense of control over the situation. Using legal technicalities to facilitate it.
If they just send two jedi's there who saw with their own eyes what's happening? Why not just summon Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon to the senate, let them state their findings and act according to this information?
Because the circumstances of them being sent there were sketchy. Being without the approval of the senate and comes close to simply being trying to intimidate the Federation to back out of the blockade.