Writing over at StarWars.com, Amy Richau delves into the lost scenes of Revenge of the Sith, looking at moments that were later repurposed into existing scenes, and most famously the scene showing the Delegation of 2,000, where dismayed senators show their disatisfaction with the chancellors actions, a stark contrast to the apathy (and fear) displayed by senators almost two decades later in Andor: A Star Wars Story.
One of the most significant plot points found in the deleted scenes from Sith was the Delegation of 2,000 — a petition signed by 2,000 senators who were dismayed by Palpatine’s ever growing emergency powers in the Senate. Among the deleted scenes that refer to the Delegation of 2,000 is “Seeds of Rebellion,” which features a group of senators meeting in Padmé Amidala’s Coruscant apartment. In addition to Padmé, the sequence included Bail Organa and Mon Mothma. Although the latter did not appear in the final version of the film, it marks the first time Mon was played by actress Genevieve O’Reilly who later portrayed Mothma in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Andor. In “Seeds,” Mothma talks about wanting to stop Palpatine from further subverting the constitution. Padmé says that she wants to share this idea with a Jedi that she trusts but other senators including Chi Eekway, Bana Breemu, and Bail Organa convince her to wait to see what the senate could accomplish before alerting the Jedi to their plans.
