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DarthAtkins  69 posts
Registered: Apr '03
7714_Anakin Skywalker
Date Posted: 4/17/03 10:08am Subject: Why was Zam even in the movie?
If Dooku hired bounty hunter Jango to wipe out Padme, where the hell did Zam come from? Why is Dooku wasting good money on Jango when Jango isn't even going to do the job? Zam's morphing abilities never even came into the movie. She's obviously an incompetent bounty hunter (after missing her target not once, but twice.) I guess my question is-- why is she even there??? What is she...Jango's padawan?

 

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DamonD  14914 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 10:16am Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
To give Jango a mysterious introduction, to further the whole assassination plot without Jango getting identified and captured/killed so soon, and just because tongue

 

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Bib Fortuna, Twi'lek  67181 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 10:39am Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
Jango didn't want to dirty his hands with what he probably thought was a dishonorable job, so he hired Zam to do it for him.

 

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DarthAtkins  69 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 11:33am Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
Oh okay. So in other words...no reason.

 

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Kratos 
Registered: Apr '03
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 11:34am Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
Well generally bounty hunters go after bad guys at least traditionally and they work within the law. Killing Padme is a political assasination. Possible Jango wanted to do his best to disassociate himslef from that job otherwise he may loose future business.

 
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GriffZ  15558 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 11:34am Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?

A dishonorable job? He's a bountyhunter.

 

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Kratos 
Registered: Apr '03
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 11:39am Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
If the bounty hunters in the star wars universe are like real bounty hunters than yes there is such a thing as a dishonorable job. Bounty Hunters go after criminals and operate within the law. What crime is Padme guilty of???

 
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Ret  13346 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 11:55am Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
Not wanting an army happy .

 

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gezvader28  3389 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 12:00pm Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
The Cloners tell OWK that Jango's pay is considerable, so it leads me to wonder why he's even risking his neck doing bounty hunting, my conclusion is that he is exclusively working for Tyranus now and he's been told to keep a low profile cos Tyranus doesn't want the Jedi to learn about Kamino (yet). So Fett hires Zam to do the job.

The whole plan could be even more devious tho - when palpy asks OWK to look after Padme ;Tyranus may at this point have wanted the Jedi to find out about Kamino ; remember its Palpy who suggests OWK should protect Padme. from that moment on all the events draw him to Kamino, Kenobi thinks he's stumbled upon the Clone army, but Palpy must have wanted him to find them at that point so that he can announce a new clone army.

Zam doesn't know who she's really working for, and Fett doesn't really know who he's working for either. That's how Palpy manipulates everything.

But what i still don't understand is why Zam was a shape-shifter, it had no bearing on the story.

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Sophita  2358 posts
Registered: May '02
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 12:05pm Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
To look cool, and serve to move the plot along without becoming too caught up in things.

Why do you think Boba Fett was in the OT? tongue

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DarthAtkins  69 posts
Registered: Apr '03
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 12:28pm Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
People, you can't use reasoning like Zam was in the movie "to look cool," or "to add mystery to Jango's character." We the audience are supposed to be invisible-- watching the events as they happen. Besides, if killing a senator is such a dishonorable gig and is not the job of a bounty hunter then why doesn't Dooku simply hire Zam (who is also a bounty hunter by the way-- which throws that theory out the window as well.) I'm still convinced Zam is pointless in the story. Any other thoughts?

 

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Kratos 
Registered: Apr '03
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 12:48pm Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
I will stand by my thoughts that Jango wants to keep his hands clean from the actual murder od Padme. Also is it possible that Jango does not want to attract attention that may get back to the Genosians. They may not have chosen him for his DNA if they knew he was a ruthless bounty hunter??

 
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Lobot_Omy  10575 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 12:53pm Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
There's nothing much you can do about it now. The movie came out already. happy

Zam was probably some small-time bounty hunter that Jango was acquanted with and thus gave a job to. As was said, if Jango tried to do the job himself he would've drawn attention to himself from both Obi-Wan and Anakin right away.

 
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Charlie_Martel  3465 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 12:55pm Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
Why was Zam even in the movie? To vex people like DarthAtkins tongue

 
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Ret  13346 posts
Registered: Dec '99
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 1:02pm Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
Dooku choose him for his DNA becuase he's a ruthless skilled bounty hunter.

 

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Sophita  2358 posts
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Date Posted: 4/17/03 1:06pm Subject: RE: Why was Zam even in the movie?
People, you can't use reasoning like Zam was in the movie "to look cool," or "to add mystery to Jango's character."

Why not? They are not illogical statements.

We the audience are supposed to be invisible-- watching the events as they happen.

And Zam being in the film somehow makes us visible?

Besides, if killing a senator is such a dishonorable gig and is not the job of a bounty hunter then why doesn't Dooku simply hire Zam (who is also a bounty hunter by the way-- which throws that theory out the window as well.)

Easy. He met Jango first. Jango probably then farmed the job out to Zam since it's a very public murder, and one of the key things to being a bounty hunter is, you know, not being caught.

I'm still convinced Zam is pointless in the story. Any other thoughts?

Well, there needed to be a character there. They couldn't catch Jango because Jango comes into play later in the story in Kamino; If they didn't get that dart they wouldn't have known to look for Kamino. She plays a small, but crucial part of the story.

 

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