NOAH: …So Chancellor Valorum sends two Jedi to, as he said, “settle the conflict".
[Audio clip from Die Hard of Agent Johnson saying “What’s it look like? We’re goin’ in."]
BRENDAN: The blockade that the Republic basically asked for with Proposition 31-814D.
N: Exactly. The Trade Federation guys, Gunray and Haako, panic. They presumably call Darth Sidious, their mysterious advisor-slash-benefactor-slash-evil-mastermind, and ask for some help. And he tells them “Relax, I’m sending my best guy.”
B: -Which brings us to Maul.
N: Darth Maul.
B: Tell me about Maul.
N: I mean, where to begin?
B: He had a crazy résumé.
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BRENDAN: And this is where we get to the point, because who was the senator for Naboo in 32 BBY?
NOAH: Oh yeah…32 BBY? I believe that was …a man by the name of Sheev Palpatine.
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