SO PALPATINE NEEDS PADME DEAD, BUT HE DOESN'T WANNA DO IT HIMSELF. SO HE ASKS COUNT DOOKU TO GO KILL PADME. BUT COUNT DOOKU DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT HIMSELF, SO COUNT DOOKU ASKS JANGO FETT TO GO KILL PADME. BUT JANGO FETT DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT HIMSELF, SO HE ASKS HIS SHAPESHIFTER FRIEND TO GO KILL PADME, BUT THE SHAPESHIFTER SENDS A ROBOT TO GO KILL PADME. AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE AN ASSHOLE AND GET EVEN MORE GRANULAR, THE DROID SAYS “I'LL SEND THESE LITTLE BUGS TO GO KILL PADME!"
PALPATINE SENDS A MAN, WHO SENDS A MAN, WHO SENDS A SHAPESHIFTER, WHO SENDS A ROBOT, WHO SENDS BUGS, TO GO KILL PADME!
AND WHAT'S EVEN FUNNIER IS THAT AFTER ANAKIN AND OBI-WAN CHASED THE ROBOT AND THE SHAPESHIFTER, JANGO HAS A CHANCE TO GO KILL PADME, BUT INSTEAD HE GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO ASSASSINATE THE PERSON HE HIRED TO ASSASSINATE PADME! SECRETLY GENIUS, THESE PREQUELS ARE. MANY ORIGINAL IDEAS, THESE MOVIES HAVE!