Episode 771 - The Phantom Menace, Part 8 - A Vote of No Confidence

Our discussion of The Phantom Menace for its 25th anniversary continues with a discussion of Amidala’s call for a vote of no confidence in Valorum’s leadership and the dispute about training Anakin as a Jedi.

In this fully armed and operational episode of Podcast Stardust, we discuss:

• Senator Palpatine briefing Queen Amidala on the state of the Republic and how he planted the seeds for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum,
• Qui-Gon’s report to the Jedi Council about the Sith and a vergence in the Force,
• Anakin Skywalker’s attempt to say goodbye to Padmé after the Queen “sent her on an errand,”
• Queen Amidala’s call for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum at the Senate,
• Qui-Gon Jinn’s and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s conversation on the balcony outside the Jedi Council chambers,
• The Jedi Council testing Anakin, and
• Queen Amidala’s discussion with Jar Jar Binks, the report that Palpatine is nominated for Chancellor, and Amidala’s decision to return to Naboo.

Find our the last entry in our The Phantom Menace series in episode 759.

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