Movie Moments XVII: The Government Edition

Because I don't want to talk about how I really felt about the endless hours of inauguration coverage (though I thought that the extended shot of a closed door and the back of an idling car was especially nice) of which I watched less than an hour (but it was the most important hour and it was not to be missed), it's time to journey back to that galaxy far, far away.  (I swear, I'm going to choose a different movie soon, but this one just has so much potential material in it.)  Regardless of how you felt about the prequels, they did bring with them some genuinely classic moments (that may be only classic to me), and here I bring you two of them (because it would be pointless to divide them, and they would get lonely if they were apart).

The first occurs during The Phantom Menace when Governor Sio Bibble and Viceroy Nute Gunray are talking as they walk through the halls of the Naboo palace.  (Well, actually, Bibble is the only one walking.  Gunray has that neat chair with legs doing all the walking for him.)  It is during this conversation, while Gunray is being the "You have no hope.  Give up now," henchman/villian, that Bibble says, "We are a Democracy," to which Gunray replies, "Tuck him away."  What makes the scene is Gunray's light wave of the hand as he says it, making it seem as though he's swatting a fly away from the potato salad at a picnic.  

The second half of this two part moment comes during The Attack Of The Clones (the title of which always makes me want to break into a rousing rendition of "Send In The Clones").  It occurs after things start to head downhill and it becomes apparent that they're going to need that clone army and that they're going to have to grant the Emp-, I mean, Chancellor special powers.  It is during that special session of the Senate that Palpatine utters the words, "I love Democracy."  Now, whenever I hear that, I can't help but add "I love to crush it beneath my heel and grind it into dust."  If they cut out most of the other Senate scenes I wouldn't care, but if this one was taken away, that would just be sad and I don't know that I'd want to watch the movie any more.  (Well, maybe not since I also like the end where you can just see the two Crimson Guardsmen standing in the background behind the Senators as they watch the ships take off, not calling attention to themselves, but just letting you know that they're there, and that they'll be back.)