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Yes, I found that a bit odd too. Enough so that I actually went to Wookieepedia to see if there was some previously established history of the Trade Federation joining the CIS - but Cato Neimodia itself not doing so.
Looks like my assumption was close. Just as Rush is the Republic senator representating the Banking Clan (who we saw to be backing the CIS in Episode II), Lott Dod appears to have - similarly - retained membership.
| Wookieepedia wrote: | | Despite the scandal (Episode I), Dod continued to represent the Trade Federation in the Senate, even during the Separatist crisis that culminated with the Federation aligning with the breakaway Confederacy of Independent Systems. When the Clone Wars erupted in 22 BBY, the Neimoidian senator claimed that the Federation's resources were being co-opted without the approval of its governing board. However, Dod's true allegiance was to the Federation and the Confederacy |
Anyway, I liked it. Certainly better than most of the one-shot episodes last season (with the exception of a few standouts like Rookies).
One bit to note is that it's again made pretty clear here that Obi-Wan knows exactly what's up with Anakin and Padme. And even the Jedi Council understands that they have a "special" relationship.
Combined with the forceful super-mind trick in the last episode, we're beginning to see a pretty clear picture of the Jedi subverting their own morals and beliefs in order to achieve their goals. Which is pretty cool, I think, and helps for this line in Episode III by Padme to carry some more resonance.
| Padme, EIII wrote: | | What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we've been fighting to destroy? |
Lastly, I actually lol'd in real life when they Anakin jolted the ship to send Clovis flying. We've seen that joke before in lots of other things using cars and such, but I wasn't expecting it in a spaceship so it caught me off guard 
Also: Lots of neat Behind the Scenes notes for this episode:
| Quote: | | An earlier concept for this story would have replaced Rush Clovis with the boy Palo, mentioned by Padmé in Episode II. This was abandoned for a couple of obvious reasons. One, Palo is said to have abandoned politics to become an artist. Secondly, their relationship was at a very young age -- when Padmé was 12. It worked better for the thread of jealousy if Padmé's past flame would have been a relationship she had as an adult. |
| Quote: | | The Senate pods do indeed have sound-dampening privacy technology, which is what allows Anakin and Padmé to talk so freely even in the midst of the Senate chambers. |
Though it would have been a bit funny if they'd ended the episode 15 minutes early by having Clovis's senate pod drift down beside theirs right after Padme practically shouts "I accept the mission to spy on him!" 
| Quote: | | Padmé mentions the Holonet to Rush Clovis, the first time this expanded universe concept is mentioned in a source like this. The HoloNet is a galaxy-wide communications network that works somewhat like television and the Internet. It was first mentioned in a 1989 roleplaying game sourcebook. |
| Quote: | | The all-Aurebesh screen on the holographic projector in Lott Dod's library actually contains tutorial text for basic 3-D computer modelling. |
| Quote: | | The take-out food Anakin carries is labeled "WARM FOOD" on the side, and "SUSHI" on the top. The crashing wave design printed on the box is taken from a recently produced R2-D2 tea towel. |
| Quote: | | The grand hall gallery at Lott Dod's palace include many heroic paintings of past Neimoidians, done in a classical style, including a Napoleonic Neimoidian riding a kaadu. |
 
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