Geonosis

Um... you know, he has this, uh, persistent feeling that like, you know, things are unfair to him, uh, that Obi-Wan is holding him back and, you know, that he believes he's just jealous and, you know, I don't believe those things about Obi-Wan, but you can totally see from a perspective of a teenager growing up in, in that setting, how he could feel those things towards this one who's training him.

Um, you know, even this is such a small detail, but I feel like it says a lot, you know, even in episode two, when, um, when Anakin and Padme decide to go rescue Obi-Wan on the planet Geonosis, and they end up getting captured too, you know, you have this whole arena scene.

And, you know, as soon as they show up, you know, Obi-Wan's already chained up to the pole in the arena.

And they show up, and he's like, well, what are you doing here? And he's like, well, we got your distress signal, and we decided to come rescue you.

So this is what, you know, essentially the neocons are doing at the same time that George Lucas is making this.

And then we have this big battle on Geonosis.

This is the battle to end the Republic.

And the battle that happens there with the clones against the droids ends the Republic.

They are, it's specifically, because Anakin earlier in the movie, it's Attack of the Clones, he's talking about, you know, negotiations with the lightsabers, what he calls aggressive negotiations.

And then they are in the, essentially, gladiator pit in Geonosis.

And, yeah, she then says, you know, I am now partaking in aggressive negotiations.

You know, I'm not surprised that I remembered her saying it and not him.

Spending time outside the Temple with Padme and Obi-Wan allows Anakin to feel happy for the first time in his life, and now that is being taken away from him.

But he has little time to dwell on those thoughts as soon as he discovers that Obi-Wan's search for the mystery bounty hunter has led him to Geonosis, where he has been captured.

Despite orders to remain where he is, Anakin and Padme journey to the desert planet to rescue their friend.

They are greeted by a disturbing sight.

While watching their backs, Anakin would be separated and tragically cut down by droids.

In reality, Anakin had simply entered a hibernation trance, allowing him to fake his death.

He would escape Geonosis along with Count Dooku, where they would begin the Clone Wars.

Anakin would take the name Lars Quell, and would claim to be a bounty hunter in the service of the Separatists.

It cuts far closer to the truth than they would care to admit.

Obi-Wan, after conducting his own investigations, ends up trapped on Geonosis, where the Confederacy of Independent Systems is plotting their war.

So Anakin takes Padme along to help rescue Obi-Wan.

All three of them end up captured and then put into this arena where they are set to be executed by giant aliens.

In that, like, you can have a spiritual experience that are true.

Not Geonosis.

Not the planet from Star Wars.

No,