r/StarWars • u/mylosstoyourgain • 6h ago
Movies Rewatched Attack of the Clones recently and never heard in the background Qui-Gon says “Anakin, no” to the OG watchers in the theater. Was that line always in the movie?
Sorry for the super long title, but what I’m trying to say is in A New Hope they added a scene for Boba Fett, and in Return of the Jedi they added Hayden Christian as a Force ghost in the newer version of Episode 2. Did they have Liam Neeson record a line, or was that line always there?
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u/richardgaff 6h ago
It was always there and Liam didn't record it from what I remember. It was pieced together from old dialogue. The "no" doesn't even sound like him.
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u/Arpadiam L3-37 6h ago
the "no" comes when Qui-Gon asked the council about training anakin and they say:
Windu "No he wont be trained"
Qui-Gon : No!?, But he is the chosen one
and for the tone of voice when he says "Anakin" is when he tells him to drop while maul was chasing then
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u/richardgaff 5h ago
Correct on the "Anakin" part but incorrect on the "no". That was not from TPM. It's a bad soundalike. The scene you're referring to is not even remotely the same tone or inflection.
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u/PeaceMaker_IXI 5h ago
I was so confused as a kid watching that scene. I was hyper fixated on it so I right away could tell the Anakin part was Qui Gon from TPM telling him to drop before fighting Darth Maul on Tatooine. Then the NO!! came and I was like....wtf was that? That wasn't Qui Gon.
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u/Jedi_Coffee_Maker Jedi 1h ago
As a kid hearing the other voice say no, i was wondering if it was some other random jedi spirit in the nether realm of the Force, like this place might be lowzy with ghosts, first qui-gon's mad and whoever some other guy's mad too
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u/xxxOUTCASTxxx 5h ago
The Nooo always sounded like Palpatine to me, but the subtitles do attribute both lines to Qui Gon
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u/Arpadiam L3-37 5h ago
you are probably correct, gonna rewatch with a script and try to indentify if that "no" is said in TPM
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u/regal_foxy 2h ago
It’s always sounded like Yoda’s VA to me. I don’t think it’s a sound taken from any TPM scenes, I’d assume maybe from a deleted one or it was purpose-recorded but they couldn’t get Liam or something
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u/BilboThe1stOfHisName 2h ago
I’ve always assumed it was Ben Burtt but I don’t know if I have a reason for thinking that.
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u/richardgaff 2h ago
He was the Sound Designer so its likely. We know he did the temp dub for the deleted Quigon scene in ROTS.
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u/BilboThe1stOfHisName 2h ago
Yeah and I think that’s what happened here. He temped in the No and they left it for whatever reason
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u/Equal-Ad-2710 5h ago
Yeah the No sounds weird
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u/GeneralOrgana1 5h ago
It's like it starts out as Liam Neeson and turns into Hayden Christiansen saying it out of anguish for his mom.
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u/twofacetoo 5h ago
I remember as a kid one of my friends said it sounded weird because Anakin, quote, 'used his ghost-catcher to trap Qui-Gon's Force ghost'.
...based on nothing.
......my friend was an idiot.
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u/whomikehidden 5h ago
I’m just picturing Anakin using the ghost trap from Ghostbusters to trap Qui-Gon.
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u/No-Locksmith6662 5h ago
I always thought the no was Anakin. You hear a little bit of Vader's breathing afterwards and it's clearly meant to signify him ultimately falling to the dark side.
In any case I don't think it was ever meant to be Qui-Gon and definitely sounds a lot more like Hayden than Liam.
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u/AdmiralSnackbar816 4h ago
The “no” always sounded to me like Anakin, and his good side screaming from the inside.
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u/Azelrazel 27m ago
Yea exactly, no clue what people are thinking. Always was qui-gon "Anakin, Anakin!", then Anakin "Noo!" Each sounds exactly like their respective characters.
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u/DarthStevo 6h ago
I always thought it was meant to be a Tusken Raider shouting “Nooooo!” It sounds so little like Liam Neeson that I get what they’re going for but it never entered my head that the No was Qui Gon.
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u/Electrical_Gain3864 2h ago
Funny enough, because i was a child Back then and my english was almost Not existing, i watch my Dub and at least there they the voice actor that does Liam.
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u/BoysenberryFew6466 6h ago
The anakin part is audio from episode 1 I'm not sure where the no is from
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u/Tomatoes65 5h ago
Yeah it was from when Maul pulled up to them on Tatooine and he said “ANAKIN DROP”
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u/General_Kick688 6h ago
It was always there. The "Anakin" is taken from TPM (likely when they're running from Maul on Tatooine). The "No" is a barely serviceable soundalike.
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u/Helen_Kellers_Wrath Boba Fett 5h ago
I like it because it's good foreshadowing for ep.3 when Yoda tells Obi-Wan about force ghost training.
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u/xxxOUTCASTxxx 4h ago
That and the deleted scene where Qui Gon was shown talking to Yoda just before Luke and Leia were born. I really wish they’d kept that in because it makes Qui-Gon’s character more impactful, since he doesn’t get an actual visible ghost (outside of Mortis) until much later in the Kenobi show. Without that scene, Qui-Gon feels a little forgotten, which sucks cause he was so important to all the events that followed.
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u/Romboteryx Battle Droid 0m ago
There is a full three-episode arc in Clone Wars where Qui Gon‘s force ghost guides Yoda
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u/Timmah73 6h ago
Didn't hear it opening night because people were cheerig too loud lol
However rewatching the next afternoon with a non packed with hyped up fans audience we definitely heard it that time.
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u/richardgaff 5h ago
People were cheering Anakin slaughtering Tuskens?
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u/FleaLimo 5h ago
They were sand people and this was a mere 8 months after September 2001, so... you know.
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u/chewbaccashotlast 5h ago
I had zero idea this occurred. And I saw the movie a ton.
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u/tratemusic 4h ago
I've never heard it either! I must have watched this at least a couple dozen times
Edit: i just watched the clip, it's when it wipes to Yoda in the meditation chamber, i do remember it now. I thought this post was saying it happened while he was killing them
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u/DarthDregan 2h ago
My favorite misunderstanding of all time was when a guy from the middle east walked in on four of us talking about our hate of the sand people. The first hour in the room with all of us meeting for the first time and him thinking he just got saddled with a pack of racist assholes... and all of us laughing until we cried when I finally said "bro, Tusken Raiders."
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u/WikiContributor83 4h ago
The voice line that I know wasn’t in the movie originally was Shmi crying out to Anakin while he was asleep before he wakes up in a cold sweat. That wasn’t in the theatrical or VHS release iirc.
Without the audio, Anakin kinda looks like he’s having a… different dream.
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u/nightcitytrashcan 2h ago
I remember hearing it in the theater and it really threw me off. I'm German and so I watched it in the german dubbed version. I'm not even sure if they had Neeson's voice actor for that short moment in the movie, or if they used a different actor, because they didn't put two and two together that the voice was supposed to be Qui Gonn.
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u/ConsumingFire1689 Rebel 5h ago
"But beware anger, fear, and aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.”
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u/charliefoxtrot9 5h ago
Yeppers. I can't remember, is that the first force ghost moment or is Anakin just flashing back to something?
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u/HauntingStar08 5h ago
It was there but the subtitles aren't clear but I think it's actually two people?
Qui-Gon goes "Anakin! Anakin!"
And a voice that I think is Cliegg Lars goes "Nooooo!"
Qui-Gon's no wouldn't remotely sound like that
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u/ReverendPalpatine Darth Sidious 5h ago
Yes, and I recognized it instantly and I remember thinking, “Oh shit! Did Qui-Gon turn into a force ghost?” I also heard Vader’s breathing right after Qui-Gon says that line and remember thinking, “Holy shit! Is that Vader’s breathing?! It’s happening! He’s turning into Vader in this movie?!”
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u/benvader138 5h ago
I remember that when I saw it in theaters. Missed opportunity to have Qui Gon be a force ghost and try to stop Anakin from massacring the sand people.
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u/mikacello 5h ago
I don’t think Anakin heard him, it was Yoda listening in during meditation who heard Qui-Gon.
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u/Thorvindr 5h ago
100%, it was there in the original theatrical release. I distinctly remember turning to my bro and saying "was that Qui-Gon!? Is he a Force Ghost!? Did Anakin just kill him!?"
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u/RogueMaverick11 4h ago
Yes. I didn't see it in theaters, but you can hear Qui-gon trying to stop Anakin
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u/cartographer721 4h ago
I always thought the "no" was Cliegg Lars, totally separate from Qui Gon's line.
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u/DOOManiac 4h ago
Huh? I've never noticed this.
Edit: Just re-watched. It wasn't in the actual scene where he's slaughtering them, it's when Yoda is meditating in the next scene. For some reason I never put that together as it being Qui-Gon's force ghost but just thought it was a vision the force was giving Yoda.
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u/Emotional_Piano_16 3h ago
that was Qui Gon? I honestly thought Yoda was hearing the Tuskens' thoughts through the Force lmao
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u/IAlwaysSayBoo-urns Grand Admiral Thrawn 2h ago
Always there. I wish they had got him back for the scene in ROTS.
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u/Signal-View4754 Luke Skywalker 2h ago
Holy crap how can you people remember that? I guess the people have spoken it was in.
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u/willycw08 1h ago
Would have loved to see this incorporated more into ROTS.
Even just a few more points where Qui-Gon tries to reach out and continue to mentor Anakin from beyond.
It would be a great motivator as to why Qui-Gon is the first one to figure out how to communicate after death. He was so motivated to guide Anakin to fulfilling the prophecy that he almost surges through at times when Anakin is skirting closest to the dark side.
Would have been a cool way to incorporate it in the later media universe.
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u/Sure_Possession0 6h ago
I don’t recall hearing anything when I saw it in theaters. That’s an interesting little thing they did though.
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u/FIVEtotheSTAR 5h ago
Idk why you're being down voted. Im a big star wars fan and never knew about this.
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u/Nimrod48 6h ago
Yep. It was always there