Most of the principal photography was two years before release with an unusually long post-production (which at the time was said to be because the FX were so state of the art and now seems more like damage control)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
And yeah I mean she has to play older because this 14-year-old is supposed to be the elected ruler of an entire planet The whole thing is nuts
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
So what, she formed an exploratory committee when she was 12? She spent eighth grade traveling the globe campaigning and meeting with donors?
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
I just looked it up and it says she got her start as the wunderkind Mayor of Theed, the planetary capital, at the age of 12 Oh man she's Mayor Pete
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
But her successor is an absurdly young teenage girl, too. Does Naboo limit the role of elected monarch to teenage girls?
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Replying to @johnlk_80 @NussbaumAbigail and
No the next Queen was played by Ayesha Dharker, who was 25 when AotC came out Which is still ridiculous but in contrast only makes Padme being 14 weirder (it'd make more sense if the Queen had to be a child for some reason)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @johnlk_80 and
Oh, the Queen in RotS who shows up at Padme's funeral was Keisha Castle-Hughes, who was 15 at the time, so I guess Jemillia was an unusually old Queen Ugh this whole thing is weird and creepy
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Replying to @arthur_affect @johnlk_80 and
Apparently one of the official guidebooks says that the Monarch of Naboo doesn't technically have to be a Queen or be any particular age but the people of Naboo have a strong cultural bias that only teenage girls are fit to rule What the fuck
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Replying to @arthur_affect @johnlk_80 and
Lol Palpatine is an inspiring figure on Naboo, he overcame the stereotype that elderly white men can't be politicians
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
Wow, this is so stupid. This dude is Padme's main advisor:pic.twitter.com/DrK5Cff0nx
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Honestly it kind of makes sense to me to have a cynical take that Naboo is actually run by old white dude "advisors" and they've just known for generations that teenage girls make good figureheads
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