[Scourge of Ages]

Padme Amidala was queen, and then a senator for one of the more prosperous planets in the civilized galaxy. She could have easily bought and sold Anakin's mom 20 times without the royal treasury so much as blinking!

But for 8-10 years or whatever, she left the mother of the kid/jedi/manchild she loved to rot on the arse-end of the galaxy. She couldn't have spared three days to run over, buy her (for cheap too), and bring her back to the palace? She could even have sent a servant or something and a shuttle to do it!

"Happy birthday, Ani! Here's your mum!" Joy all around, no dark side, no Darth Vader.
No Emperor Palpatine, no Empire, no Rebellion(s). The Vong? Waxed before they could so much as say "Resistance is futile."

But noooooooooooo, trillions of people dead, worlds burned to glass, etc. etc. all because one little girl was too busy to rescue somebody's beloved mother from life/death on the place furthest from the bright spot in the universe.

*This random thought brought to you by the random things you think about in the shower*

[Kosh]

The prequels sucked, get used to it.

[el_magnifico]

 
Why were you thinking about Padme Amidala while you were in the shower?

NOTE: No, I haven't watched Star Wars, but someone had to say it.

[Colonol Dekker]

Why not.

[Mongoose]

lol, prequels

[Scotty]

Perhaps she didn't think of it?

I mean, it's been, what, 11 years since the first of the prequels came out?  This is the first you've thought of it?  There were only 10 years to come up with this on her end (and she had MUCH bigger problems to worry about).

Plot-holes can generally be explained by the characters simply not thinking of doing something a certain way.  Obviously the writer didn't think of it, so the optimum solution slipping a character's mind isn't out of the realm of reason.

[redsniper]

Padme Amidala was queen, and then a senator for one of the more prosperous planets in the civilized galaxy. She could have easily bought and sold Anakin's mom 20 times without the royal treasury so much as blinking!

But for 8-10 years or whatever, she left the mother of the kid/jedi/manchild she loved to rot on the arse-end of the galaxy. She couldn't have spared three days to run over, buy her (for cheap too), and bring her back to the palace? She could even have sent a servant or something and a shuttle to do it!

"Happy birthday, Ani! Here's your mum!" Joy all around, no dark side, no Darth Vader.
No Emperor Palpatine, no Empire, no Rebellion(s). The Vong? Waxed before they could so much as say "Resistance is futile."

But noooooooooooo, trillions of people dead, worlds burned to glass, etc. etc. all because one little girl was too busy to rescue somebody's beloved mother from life/death on the place furthest from the bright spot in the universe.

*This random thought brought to you by the random things you think about in the shower*

....

aaarrrrrghwheardgkfflkarkdgkahrwhahraggaghrakehageioagfioea!!!

Yeah, prequels were dumb.

[Hippo]

Republic credits were no good on Tatooine.

[SpardaSon21]

Okay.  So Amidala uses her Republic credits to buy some precious gemstones or other portable, valuable goods, and then trades those for Shmi.  Do you think Watto would have turned down some gold bars if he was offered them for Shmi?

[Scotty]

Okay, now try to make a Queen/Senator who has lived in the lap of luxury for her entire life to make the logical roadmap to that point.

[Locutus of Borg]

Dellow Felegates!

[SpardaSon21]

Burn the Jar-Jar; purge that foul alien from Star Wars!

Okay, now try to make a Queen/Senator who has lived in the lap of luxury for her entire life to make the logical roadmap to that point.

Padme, who seems somewhat down-to-earth judging by the fact she participated in the front lines of the assault to retake the Royal Palace in Theed, and who probably has some experience with the dirty business of reality due to her work as a Senator, should know that gold and gems can be almost as good as money.  She isn't an airhead, so she probably realizes how expensive and valuable the items she possesses are.

[watsisname]

HIGH GROUND IS SUPERIOR

YEARS OF TRAINING, FORCE POWERS AND LIFESAVERS CAN'T SAVE YOU FROM FOUR FEET OF DIRT AT A SLIGHT INCLINE

[Flipside]

It's the +1 to hit, Anakin always got sucky rolls.

Possibly because it was a sucky role...

BaDoom Tish!

[General Battuta]

Perhaps she didn't think of it?

I mean, it's been, what, 11 years since the first of the prequels came out?  This is the first you've thought of it?  There were only 10 years to come up with this on her end (and she had MUCH bigger problems to worry about).

Plot-holes can generally be explained by the characters simply not thinking of doing something a certain way.  Obviously the writer didn't think of it, so the optimum solution slipping a character's mind isn't out of the realm of reason.

She met this woman in person and was told that she had a bomb in her head and lived a life of suffering.

Unless there was some political reason she couldn't help the Hero and Savior of Naboo, brand-new Amazing Jedi Anakin Skywaler, get his mom out of slavery, there is simply no excuse for her not 'thinking of it'. She would have had months after the Naboo incident alone to think about Shmi and use her effectively limitless power (she just got the Chancellor elected) to do something. And the whole inevitable kerfuffle around Anakin would make it inevitable that she'd have near-daily reminders of his mom's position.

[Klaustrophobia]

by the same token, anakin could have gone back and done the jedi thing.  or qui-gon could have snatched her.  i'm sure we could go on, but it's a MOVIE!

[Bobboau]

calling it a movie is a disservice to the art of the motion picture.

I think this can be explained by the fact that every living creature in the lucasvurse seems to have a negitive IQ, and 'didn't think of it' seems totally in the realm of how astonishingly stupid every character in the franchise has been.

[karajorma]

The RedLetterMedia review makes an even more interesting point. When Qui-gon found that Anakin's owner wouldn't accept Republican credits and wasn't susceptible to the Jedi Mind Trick why didn't he just go to someone who was, buy something of equivalent value and sell it on to him.

[Kosh]

Because then you couldn't have the rediculous racing scene.

[swashmebuckle]

The Force made them all forget these and other seemingly important details so that the chosen one could flip his **** and restore balance.  Padme knew that having Shmi around would be a sure-fire jedi cock-block.  If they had freed her from slavery, Palpatine would have had to import Sand People to rape her to death on Coruscant, stretching the suspension of disbelief.  They actually did come to Tatooine to free her but Watto was trying to score with Aunt Beru so they said they'd come back later but then they deleted the planet from their star charts and then this ****in' clone war broke out and **** was busy.

It all makes perfect sense I don't get what you guys are complaining about May the force be with you which it is because bacteria