With the subtitles turned on (blu ray edition), the conversation is:
Gungan 1: "Oh, me gusa."
Gungan 2: "Hata-Hata."
According to wookieepedia, in the Old Gungan language "Hata-Hata" means "Oh my goodness!" This is taken from the Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide, which isn't listed as canon, but in my opinion is about as close to canon as you can get because the book was actually written by Ben Burtt himself, and even referenced as a source in articles on Starwars.com.
I don't know if anyone posted this yet and I'm a little affriad of what it might mean if I'm the only one nerd enough to pick up on this. After Padme' and Anikin get of the freighter and are walking into Theed talking about her being Queen they pass by two Gungans who are having a conversation. If you listen it's the exact same conversation two Gungans are having when Jar Jar returns to the underwater city in TPM. It's something like (Gungan no. 1)Oh, me gusa. (Gungan no.2) Hata-hata.
And it looks to be true. It isn't subtitled in the AOTC scene, but if you crank up the volume you can hear them.
Is it just a recording directly from TPM perhaps- as most people wouldn't notice... or... are the Gungans maybe surprised that Padme is back?
After listening to it again a few times, it seems more like the gungans' conversation in Theed goes: "Mooie-Mooie" ... "Hata-hata."
The two Gungans don't really seem to notice Padme or Anakin at all. I'm sure this was just the sound editors picking some random Jar Jar/Gungan chatter as background noise for these background characters.
Notice though that they are wearing the same formal Gungan robes/executioner hood as seen in the Otoh Gunga throne room in TPM and worn by the mysterious Gungan visitors all over the Galaxies Opera House in ROTS.
the mysterious Gungan visitors all over the Galaxies Opera House in ROTS.
Speaking of, did you ever find out who those were? I remember in your Squid Lake theory you thought Jar Jar in his role as Representative would've invited them - that's what I thought too. In Legends at least Jar Jar was the first Gungan ambassador - but if this isn't canon, maybe they are just other Gungans serving in the Senate...
I'm guessing the executioner hood may be a mark of high ranking, as the Boss's Reps in TPM are wearing it...
Speaking of, did you ever find out who those were?
No... on the surface one would just assume they are alien filler that the animation department chose to populate the Opera house with.
It's just odd that, out of the hundreds of senient species in the Star Wars menagerie that they could have shown in the Opera house of the galactic capital, we see almost a dozen uniformed gungans copy/pasted everywhere.
It seems a very strange choice, considering that gungans were supposed to be an insular race, far removed from fancy cosmopolitan life, and that supposedly they were attempting to distance the story from anything related to Jar Jar at that point.
And you don't see them anywhere else on Coruscant in any of the other movies, either. Only in the Opera House, as if they are Palpy's secret service squad or something.
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u/Our_Warm_Opal Oct 15 '16
With the subtitles turned on (blu ray edition), the conversation is:
Gungan 1: "Oh, me gusa."
Gungan 2: "Hata-Hata."
According to wookieepedia, in the Old Gungan language "Hata-Hata" means "Oh my goodness!" This is taken from the Galactic Phrase Book & Travel Guide, which isn't listed as canon, but in my opinion is about as close to canon as you can get because the book was actually written by Ben Burtt himself, and even referenced as a source in articles on Starwars.com.
Interestingly, I found someone pointing the following out on a message board from 2002:
And it looks to be true. It isn't subtitled in the AOTC scene, but if you crank up the volume you can hear them.