Re: Padme's death
You know in TPM at the beginning of the Gungan Battle when the MTTs open up and reveal hundreds of battle driods? Well as I saw it on pirate CD the quality wasn't particularly good and it took a long while to finally work out that they were Battle Droids in crouch positions. When I first saw them I thought they were loads of chickens and the Trade Federation were going to use them to lure the stupid Gungans out from the energy shield.
Just thought I'd throw that in there so that you can laugh at how daft I am.
Re: Padme's death
Well, actually you're not as daft as you think DD. Dim shouldn't be laughing. In the Making of TPM George Lucas explained that the movement of the battle droids in battle was inspired by the flocking of pigeons. This is a true story, go and read it.
So, DD, your insights serve you well.
queeq out