{"id":92648,"date":"2020-10-19T19:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/remembering-zam-wesell-the-worst-star-wars-assassin-ever-film\/"},"modified":"2020-10-19T19:00:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T16:00:27","slug":"remembering-zam-wesell-the-worst-star-wars-assassin-ever-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/remembering-zam-wesell-the-worst-star-wars-assassin-ever-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#Remembering Zam Wesell, the Worst Star Wars Assassin Ever \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b268e3eb8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40b268e3eb8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/remembering-zam-wesell-the-worst-star-wars-assassin-ever-film\/#Which_Character_is_This_Again\" >Which Character is This Again?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/remembering-zam-wesell-the-worst-star-wars-assassin-ever-film\/#Does_this_Character_Warrant_a_Toy\" >Does this Character Warrant a Toy?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/remembering-zam-wesell-the-worst-star-wars-assassin-ever-film\/#How_Important_is_the_Character\" >How Important is the Character?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/remembering-zam-wesell-the-worst-star-wars-assassin-ever-film\/#Is_this_Secretly_a_Great_Star_Wars_Character\" >Is this Secretly a Great Star Wars Character?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Remembering Zam Wesell, the Worst Star Wars Assassin Ever \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-641812 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/Zam-Wesell-700x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/Zam-Wesell.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/Zam-Wesell-360x154.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Welcome to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/slashfilm.com\/tag\/the-galaxy-wide-star-wars-character-guide\"><strong>The Galaxy-Wide Star Wars Character Guide<\/strong><\/a>, where we give proper due to the smaller figures in Star Wars history.)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of us saw <em>Star Wars Episode I:<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Phantom Menace<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and liked it right away. Some disliked it im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely. For some, it took many viewings to cement an opinion. And for others, there was a feeling that wherever h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened in its follow-up, <strong><em>Star Wars Episode II:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><strong><em>Attack of the Clones<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would help make sense of whatever George Lucas was up to with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Phantom Menace<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s rougher storytelling choices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attack of the Clones <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">came out and immediately hit us with Zam Wesell, a character who \u2013 good or bad \u2013 introduced more questions than answers and felt a bit confusing for no reason. Looking back now, stuff like is just part of the Prequel vibe, but for those first viewings back in 2002, when we were ready to overanalyze every <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thing as they happened, Zam Wesell gave us a lot to consider early in the film. Maybe too much.<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post --><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_Character_is_This_Again\"><\/span><b>Which Character is This Again?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attack of the Clones <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">begins with a couple of assassination attempts against Queen Amidala. First, her ship blows up, which only kills an Amidala-alike. Next, a robot enters her sleeping quarters and drops off a couple of poisonous space worms. This attempt fails via Jedi. Both were Zam Wesell jobs and both prove maybe she isn\u2019t the greatest assassin out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a lesson here, by the way. If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. The worms worked for a robot, who worked for Wesell, who worked for Jango Fett, who worked for Count Dooku, who worked for Darth Sidious. That buck probably should have stopped with Fett. Yes, he\u2019s a bounty hunter not an assassin, but come on. He later whips Obi-Wan. Surely he could take out Amidala.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In any case, Wesell fails. Obi-Wan and Anakin chase her through Coruscant. Eventually, Obi-Wan cuts off her arm and the two Jedi question her. But before she can spill the beans, Jango Fett assassinates her \u2013 so he CAN assassinate! \u2013 by shooting her in the neck with some special dart Obi-Wan later uses to jumpstart his whole mystery plot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ll call this portion of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attack of the Clones <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Zam Wesell chapter. It ends with her dying and turning into an alien because she is a shapeshifter. That is it for her run as a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">character. She seems overly built up as something special, is all I\u2019m saying.<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_2 --><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i94r3-zOhoc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i94r3-zOhoc<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_this_Character_Warrant_a_Toy\"><\/span><b>Does this Character Warrant a Toy?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, of course she does. For starters, she is a major part of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clone<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s first act. This is not one of those one-shot weird <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">characters who gets a toy no one wants and then later becomes a collector\u2019s item. Her outfit isn\u2019t super cool, but there is too much toy opportunity with her dual faces. She has a regular human face (provided by actress Leeanna Walsman), used for blending in and, for some reason, flying while chased. And she has her cool alien face. I don\u2019t know that she is anyone\u2019s favorite character. She\u2019s no Aurra Sing, for instance. But the temptation to make a figure with two attachable heads must be very strong for toymakers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular little <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">toys likely do not have this option, however. So what do you choose? Alien Zam Wesell or fake-human Zam Wesell. The alien looks way cooler, but her human face gets much more screentime. I\u2019m going with the alien version, but we must all look deep within our souls and make this decision for ourselves. There is no right choice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Important_is_the_Character\"><\/span><b>How Important is the Character?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s the question, really. You turn on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attack of the Clones<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and there she is, setting the plot in motion and giving the film its first big action sequence. And also being a shapeshifter for no real reason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it\u2019s hard not to imagine a version of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attack of the Clones <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where Jango Fett delivers those space worms, leads the Jedi through that exciting chase, and manages to escape while leaving behind enough evidence to drive Obi-Wan to Kamino. It is great to have more <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Star Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">characters to discuss and obsess over, but here is one case where someone comes across as completely superfluous. We all entered into <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clones <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hungry for that sweet Jango Fett action. And to be fair, we do get a couple of great sequences with him. But this could have been yet one more, one that also streamlined his part in the story early on, cementing him as a primary villain, and making <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clones <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a bit less cluttered overall.<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_3 --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead we have Zam Wesell, a character just a tiny bit more complicated than she deserves given her screentime and narrative importance. That whole shape-shifting factor is exactly the kind of detail that begs for more development yet ends up being more or less a throwaway thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_this_Secretly_a_Great_Star_Wars_Character\"><\/span><b>Is this Secretly a Great Star Wars Character?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Zam Wesell had not died, she could have gone on to be a great <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clone Wars <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">character. That shapeshifting ability is just too good, and she could have gotten up to all kinds of hijinks with Cad Bane or young Boba Fett. But instead, she dies in a bar gutter, never to be resurrected. 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