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* PacifismBreakingPoint: PlayedWith. Portraying himself as the Confederacy's humanitarian Head of State, Count Dooku was aghast by the Republic's "retaliation" against them that resulted in Bonteri's death following the attack on Coruscant's power grid, and rescinded any and all peace talks between the two parties. However, he is revealed to be behind both incidents from the getgo.
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* SacrificialLion: Mina Bonteri was introduced in the last episode before being KilledOffscreen in this one so as to establish her as just as much an idealist as Padmé.
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* BlatantLies: While engaging in war profiteering, the Banking Clan senator tells Padmé and Ono that his organization has no stake in the war and that "War is distasteful to all of us."
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* BlatantLies: While engaging in war profiteering, the Banking Clan senator tells Padmé and Ono that his organization has no stake in the war and that "War is distasteful to all of us."us".
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* FalseFlagOperation: Count Dooku claims that Mina Bonteri was killed in an attack by Republic forces, but Bail points out that Republic spies are reporting the hit was carried out by Dooku's thugs.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Count Dooku claims that Mina Bonteri was killed in an attack by Republic forces, but and uses said attack as a pretence to rescind the Separatist Senate's offer to negotiate peace. However, Bail points out that Republic spies are reporting later tells Padmé that, according to the Republic's spies, the hit was carried out by Dooku's thugs.
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* SlowClap: Halle Burtoni and Mee Deechi are both seen doing this after Padmé's speech, though they're drowned out by the much more sincere applause from pretty much every other Senator.
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Ono offered to drive her home, not escort her to her driver.
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* IdiotBall: Padmé turns down an offer from Ono to walk her down the street to her driver, despite the fact that she knows that senators like her are being attacked. This leads to her getting ambushed by Chata Hyoki and Robonino.
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* ActionGirl: Padmé shows she can handle herself just fine with bounty hunters after her, even without her usual Jedi companions around.
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* AnachronicOrder: Onaconda Farr and Mee Deechi are still alive, setting this episode before "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders Senate Murders]]".
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* AnachronicOrder: Onaconda Farr and Mee Deechi are still alive, setting this episode before "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders Senate Murders]]".Murders]]" (2:15).
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* CallBack: Robonino, one of the bounty hunters attacking senators, previously participated in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E22HostageCrisis Cad Bane's storming of the Senate]].
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* CallBack: Robonino, one of the bounty hunters attacking senators, Galactic Senators, previously participated in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E22HostageCrisis Cad Bane's storming of the Senate]].
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* AnachronicOrder: Onaconda Farr and Mee Deechi are still alive, setting this before [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders "Senate Murders"]].
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* AnachronicOrder: Onaconda Farr and Mee Deechi are still alive, setting this episode before [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders "Senate Murders"]]."[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders Senate Murders]]".
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* AnachronicOrder: Onaconda Farr is still alive, setting this before [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders "Senate Murders"]].
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* AnachronicOrder: Onaconda Farr is and Mee Deechi are still alive, setting this before [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders "Senate Murders"]].
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* KilledOffscreen: Mina Bonteri is murdered offscreen, heavily implied to be on Count Dooku's orders.
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* KilledOffscreen: Mina Bonteri is murdered offscreen, heavily implied to be offscreen on Count Dooku's orders.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the last scene, Palpatine turns to the screen and starts talking. It's shortly revealed he's addressing Mas Amedda.
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* RousingSpeech: Padmé gives an impressive one that manages to convince the Senate to vote against the appropriations bill for the time being. She even managed to put a snag into Palpatine's plans, for which he is ''grudgingly'' impressed.
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* RousingSpeech: Padmé gives an impressive one that manages to convince the Senate to vote against the appropriations bill for the time being. She even managed manages to put a snag into Palpatine's plans, for which he is ''grudgingly'' impressed.impressed.
* SecretKeeper: If it wasn't obvious before, the last scene makes it clear Mas Amedda knows ''exactly'' who Palpatine really is.
* SecretKeeper: If it wasn't obvious before, the last scene makes it clear Mas Amedda knows ''exactly'' who Palpatine really is.
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* AssassinationAttempt: Bounty hunters Chata Hyoki and Robonino make one against Padmé, and another against Bail Organa in the Senate hangar that prevents him from making a speech to the Senate.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Since the Republic and Separatists are secretly led by the same individual, whose plans require the war to be dragged out for as long as possible, Padmé isn't going to convince the Senate to re-open peace negotiations.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Since the Republic and Separatists are secretly led by the same individual, whose plans require the war to be dragged out for as long as possible, Padmé isn't going to convince the Senate to re-open peace negotiations. Also, the bounty hunters aren't going to succeed in assassinating Padmé or Bail.
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* PoliceAreUseless: The police droids stop Padmé for riding a stolen speeder, while ignoring the bounty hunters that led her to steal the bike for her own safety in the first place.
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* WhatADrag: Chata Hyoki ends up getting dragged behind Padmé's speeder when he latches onto it with a cable, and she arranges for him to smack against a series of lights attached to a long railing.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: Count Dooku orders Chata Hyoki and Robonino to "take [Padmé] out of the game", instead of just having "a talk" with her.
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* IdiotBall: Padmé turns down an offer from Ono to walk her down the street to her driver, despite the fact that she knows her enemies are willing to try and kill her even on Coruscant. This leads to her getting ambushed by Chata Hyoki and Robonino.
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* IdiotBall: Padmé turns down an offer from Ono to walk her down the street to her driver, despite the fact that she knows that senators like her enemies are willing to try and kill her even on Coruscant.being attacked. This leads to her getting ambushed by Chata Hyoki and Robonino.
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* CallBack: Robonino, one of the bounty hunters attacking senators, previously participated in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E22HostageCrisis Cad Bane's storming of the Senate]].
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* BlatantLies: While engaging in war profiteering, the Banking Clan senator tells Padmé and Ono that his organization has no stake in the war and that "War is distasteful to all of us."
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* FalseFlagOperation: Count Dooku claims that Mina Bonteri was killed in an attack by Republic forces, but it's quite clear the Sith were responsible to destroy any chance of a peace process.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Count Dooku claims that Mina Bonteri was killed in an attack by Republic forces, but it's quite clear Bail points out that Republic spies are reporting the Sith were responsible to destroy any chance of a peace process.hit was carried out by Dooku's thugs.
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After her visit to Raxus, Padmé thinks she has a real chance at stopping the bank deregulation bill and making peace between the Republic and the Separatists. But her enemies have other plans...
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After her visit to Raxus, the bombing of the power grid, Padmé thinks she has a real chance at is still trying to prevent an escalation of the war by stopping the bank deregulation an emergency appropriations bill and making peace between that would take a loan from the Banking Clan to fund more clone troopers. But the death of Mina Bonteri by what Count Dooku claims were Republic forces further destroys any hope of peace negotiations, and the Separatists. But her enemies have other plans...
aren't just going to stop there...
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* ForegoneConclusion: Since the Republic and Separatists are secretly led by the same individual, whose plans require the war to be dragged out for as long as possible, Padmé isn't going to convince the Senate to open peace negotiations.
* ForegoneConclusion: Since the Republic and Separatists are secretly led by the same individual, whose plans require the war to be dragged out for as long as possible, Padmé isn't going to convince the Senate to open peace negotiations.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Count Dooku claims that Mina Bonteri was assassinated killed in an attack by Republic operatives, forces, but it's heavily implied that he was quite clear the one who actually ordered the hit.
Sith were responsible to destroy any chance of a peace process.
* ForegoneConclusion: Since the Republic and Separatists are secretly led by the same individual, whose plans require the war to be dragged out for as long as possible, Padmé isn't going to convince the Senate toopen re-open peace negotiations.
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* RousingSpeech: Padmé gives an impressive one that manages to convince the Senate to vote against the deregulation appropriations bill for the time being. She even managed to put a snag into Palpatine's plans, for which he is ''grudgingly'' impressed.
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* GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: Played for BlackComedy when General Grievous gives a speech like this to his suicide bomber droids.
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* HeyWait: Commander Fox stops the disguised bomber droids because they nearly turned the wrong way on their way to the power plant.
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->''Truth can strike down the spectre of fear.''
After her visit to Raxus, Padmé thinks she has a real chance at stopping the bank deregulation bill and making peace between the Republic and the Separatists. But her enemies have other plans...
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* AlliterativeTitle: "'''P'''ursuit of '''P'''eace".
* AnachronicOrder: Onaconda Farr is still alive, setting this before [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders "Senate Murders"]].
* FalseFlagOperation: Count Dooku claims that Mina Bonteri was assassinated by Republic operatives, but it's heavily implied that he was the one who actually ordered the hit.
* ForegoneConclusion: Since the Republic and Separatists are secretly led by the same individual, whose plans require the war to be dragged out for as long as possible, Padmé isn't going to convince the Senate to open peace negotiations.
* GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: Played for BlackComedy when General Grievous gives a speech like this to his suicide bomber droids.
* HeroStoleMyBike: Padmé steals a speeder bike while escaping the bounty hunters trying to kill her. She ends up getting stopped by the police because the bike was reported stolen, while angrily demanding they go after the bounty hunters, who bailed the instant they saw the cops.
* HeyWait: Commander Fox stops the disguised bomber droids because they nearly turned the wrong way on their way to the power plant.
* IdiotBall: Padmé turns down an offer from Ono to walk her down the street to her driver, despite the fact that she knows her enemies are willing to try and kill her even on Coruscant. This leads to her getting ambushed by Chata Hyoki and Robonino.
* KilledOffscreen: Mina Bonteri is murdered offscreen, heavily implied to be on Count Dooku's orders.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: One of the police droids who sees Padmé speed by apparently spills a cup of coffee in their flying car, despite the fact that these are '''droids'''.
* RousingSpeech: Padmé gives an impressive one that manages to convince the Senate to vote against the deregulation bill for the time being. She even managed to put a snag into Palpatine's plans, for which he is ''grudgingly'' impressed.
* TheXOfY: "Pursuit '''of''' Peace".
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After her visit to Raxus, Padmé thinks she has a real chance at stopping the bank deregulation bill and making peace between the Republic and the Separatists. But her enemies have other plans...
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!!Tropes:
* AlliterativeTitle: "'''P'''ursuit of '''P'''eace".
* AnachronicOrder: Onaconda Farr is still alive, setting this before [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders "Senate Murders"]].
* FalseFlagOperation: Count Dooku claims that Mina Bonteri was assassinated by Republic operatives, but it's heavily implied that he was the one who actually ordered the hit.
* ForegoneConclusion: Since the Republic and Separatists are secretly led by the same individual, whose plans require the war to be dragged out for as long as possible, Padmé isn't going to convince the Senate to open peace negotiations.
* GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: Played for BlackComedy when General Grievous gives a speech like this to his suicide bomber droids.
* HeroStoleMyBike: Padmé steals a speeder bike while escaping the bounty hunters trying to kill her. She ends up getting stopped by the police because the bike was reported stolen, while angrily demanding they go after the bounty hunters, who bailed the instant they saw the cops.
* HeyWait: Commander Fox stops the disguised bomber droids because they nearly turned the wrong way on their way to the power plant.
* IdiotBall: Padmé turns down an offer from Ono to walk her down the street to her driver, despite the fact that she knows her enemies are willing to try and kill her even on Coruscant. This leads to her getting ambushed by Chata Hyoki and Robonino.
* KilledOffscreen: Mina Bonteri is murdered offscreen, heavily implied to be on Count Dooku's orders.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: One of the police droids who sees Padmé speed by apparently spills a cup of coffee in their flying car, despite the fact that these are '''droids'''.
* RousingSpeech: Padmé gives an impressive one that manages to convince the Senate to vote against the deregulation bill for the time being. She even managed to put a snag into Palpatine's plans, for which he is ''grudgingly'' impressed.
* TheXOfY: "Pursuit '''of''' Peace".
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