Although the films received a significant amount of backlash, with many people believing they received too much hype, they still represent a significant piece of the Star Wars franchise.
So much so that she believes she had difficulty finding work following the trilogy. Well, it depends on the movie, but she started filming the trilogy at the age of 16 and was 23 years old when the last film was released. The first of the trilogy was filmed in , making her just 16 years old at the time of filming. Portman was 19 at the time and was on the verge of her 21st birthday when the film premiered in May of When casting, Lucas looks for actors he believes embody the characters, both on and off-screen.
There were unique factors that had to be considered when casting for these Star Wars roles. The characters would all have to complement one another, but seeing as it was a prequel, they needed to consider the adult version of these actors, and in some cases, their future children. It is said that Lucas envisioned the role even before casting began. After being cast, Portman embraced the role.
Although excited about the role, she was unfamiliar with the Star Wars phenomenon and had not seen any of the movies. She did her research, though, and watched all three films before production began. Portman also prepared for the role by studying the accents of Audrey and Katherine Hepburn. However, she still had her share of struggles while filming. Clovis refused to lend any more credits for the Separatists to build a new droid foundry on Geonosis. Amidala was unable to view their holographic blueprints since the Separatists had taken precautions to shut it down.
Realizing that Clovis was infatuated with Amidala, Dod and Poggle connived to poison her in order to extract leverage from Clovis. During a formal dinner that night, Lott Dod tricked Amidala into sharing his drink, which had been contaminated with poison.
Once dinner had finished, Clovis took Amidala on a tour of the palace. During the tour, Amidala began to succumb to the effects of the poison including thirst and head-throbbing. While Clovis went away to fetch her a drink, Amidala took the opportunity to access the palace's files and download the blueprints for the Separatist factory on Geonosis. She then contacted Skywalker and arranged for him to meet her in her quarters. Amidala also managed to steal a hologram disc.
After making her way back to her quarters, Amidala passed the disc to Skywalker. Shortly thereafter, she passed out in her chamber. Meanwhile, Clovis realized that Amidala was a spy after discovering that his holodisc was missing. Clovis strode into Amidala's quarters to confront her, only to discover that she was unconscious and to encounter a furious Anakin Skywalker.
Clovis then agreed to get the antidote in exchange for the holodisc. After Clovis forced Dod at gunpoint to hand over the antidote, the three fled. However, Skywalker purposely left Clovis behind to face the wrath of Dod. Having escaped Dod, Skywalker injected the antidote into Amidala. Following her near-death encounter on Cato Neimoidia, Amidala took an interest in the growing instability on the planet Mandalore.
While the New Mandalorians —led government wished to remain neutral, a hard-line faction known as the Death Watch wanted to side with the Separatists. Following an assassination attempt on the Mandalorian Duchess Satine Kryze , Amidala informed her friend the Duchess that the Galactic Senate had recently voted to occupy Mandalore and that warships were preparing to depart at sunrise. The Senate's decision had been influenced by a tampered holo-recording from the deceased Deputy Minister Jerec , claiming that the planet was in crisis.
In reality, Jerec had rejected Republic military intervention and stressed that it was an internal matter for the Mandalorians to handle alone. Despite the Death's Watch efforts to stop Duchess Kryze from delivering the datacard containing Jerec's real recording to the Senate, the Duchess managed to delivered the card to Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who then passed it to Amidala. When Chancellor Palpatine asked if any senators objected to the Republic intervention on Mandalore, Amidala took the opportunity to present Jerec's real recording before the Galactic Senate.
As a result, the Galactic Senate voted to recall the occupation force from hyperspace before it could land on Mandalore. Due to her efforts, Amidala won the praise and goodwill of Duchess Kryze. Later, Amidala traveled to Mandalore, which was facing an economic crisis due to the disruption to trade caused by the Clone Wars. Due to the shortage of goods, smuggling had become a problem on that planet. During her visit to the Mandalorian capital of Sundari , she did her best to assure Duchess Satine Kryze of aid from helpful factions in the Galactic Senate.
Amidala's mission was complicated by the inability of the New Mandalorian Ruling Council to adopt a common position on seeking aid from the Galactic Republic. Her visit also coincided with the arrival of a group of Moogan smugglers importing a shipment of tea with a toxic chemical called slabin. While visiting a hospital , Amidala and Kryze were horrified to discover that a large number of children had been poisoned by an unknown substance.
Since all of these students had attended the same school , the two senators quickly deduced that the poisoning had been caused by some contaminated foodstuffs. Amidala and Kryze visited the school to investigate the poisoning.
There, they discovered that the school's tea drinks had been contaminated with slabin. After interrogating the school's superintendent , they learned that the school had sourced the tea from a middleman named Siddiq , who was employed by a shipping company. From Siddiq, Amidala and Kryze learned that the tea shipment had come from Mooga and that another shipment was due to arrive that night.
That night, Amidala, Satine, and one of the Ducal guards infiltrated the pier in question and witnessed the shipment's arrival and the complicity of a customs officer. While the police captain initially denied that any criminal activity occurred in his jurisdiction, he changed his mind when he visited the dock warehouse where the tea was stored and saw the operation himself.
Following a skirmish with the Moogan smugglers, during which Amidala dispatched two of the smugglers after the police chief was injured, Satine had the warehouse and its contents burned down. Following the raid, Amidala and Kryze reported to Prime Minister Almec , who was reluctant to acknowledge the corruption within the Mandalorian government but promised to investigate the matter.
Before Amidala left, Satine suggested sending an undercover Jedi agent to investigate the Royal Academy of Government , and Amidala promised to bring the matter before Master Yoda. Amidala later attended a conference on the planet Alderaan that had been convened by Senator Bail Organa to address the plight of wartime refugees. Amidala was accompanied by Skywalker's Padawan Ahsoka Tano, who had been experiencing visions that the supposedly dead bounty hunter Aurra Sing was planning to kill the Naboo senator.
Prior to the conference, Amidala tried to assure Tano that she had felt the same sense of insecurity when she was queen of Naboo. During the conference, Tano's fears proved founded when Aurra Sing shot Amidala while she was about to open her speech. Ahsoka's timely intervention prevented Sing from killing the senator, who only sustained a shoulder wound.
However, Sing escaped capture. Following the failed assassination attempt, Tano devised a plan to capture Aurra Sing by having a luxury droid , wreathed in a robe, take Amidala's place at the conference. Meanwhile, the real Amidala cast her speech through the droid via telecommunications from the safety of her private quarters. However, Sing saw through the plan and attempted to ambush Amidala. However, Tano sensed Sing's intentions through her precognitive abilities and intercepted her before the bounty hunter could carry out her second attempt.
During a brief struggle, Sing wounded the Padawan, but was stunned by Amidala with a concealed blaster. Due to Tano's efforts to rescue her, Amidala developed a warm friendship with her. Later, Tano used her precognitive abilities to expose the imprisoned Hutt crime lord Ziro as the individual who had hired Sing to assassinate Amidala.
The kidnapping had coincided with a Trade Federation blockade of Pantora under the pretext that the planet had outstanding debts to pay. However, the blockade was merely a shadow play by Count Dooku to force the Pantorans to join the Separatist Alliance. With the consent of Skywalker, Tano traveled to Pantora with Senator Riyo Chuchi and succeeded in rescuing the girls and exposing the Trade Federation's links to the Separatists.
Amidala herself had been supportive of Chuchi's efforts to get the Senate to intervene on Pantora's behalf, as the struggle reminded her of her own homeworld's similar plight. While Amidala and Skywalker were arranging a party for her colleague Senator Aang , they discovered that they were short on jogan fruit , an essential ingredient in jogan fruitcake.
However, the two droids were captured by the bounty hunter Cad Bane , who was working for the Separatists. Bane had been hired by the Grand Hutt Council to rescue Ziro from prison and had devised a plan which involved taking the Galactic Senate hostage.
After extracting a layout of the Galactic Senate building from Artoo's databanks, Bane had the two droids mind-wiped and returned to their original places.
Ignorant of Bane's plans, the two droids returned to their masters with the jogan fruit. Shortly, Bane and his associates, including the newly freed Aurra Sing, put their plans into action. They infiltrated the Senate and overpowered the Senate Commandos guarding the entrance.
Meanwhile, Amidala was talking with Skywalker in her office. Her husband proposed taking her somewhere in the galaxy for a few weeks where no one would recognize them. Amidala declined since she was too focused on her work as a senator. During their conversation, Skywalker even gave his lightsaber to Amidala to show her that he trusted her with his life. Organa had invited Amidala to attend a meeting of senators who were concerned about the new Enhanced Privacy Invasion Bill.
Before she departed, Amidala hid Skywalker's lightsaber under her sleeve. While Amidala and her colleagues were making their way to their meeting room, they were ambushed by Bane and his associates in the lobby. After securing the senators, Bane issued an ultimatum to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and demanded the release of Ziro the Hutt. When Palpatine refused, Bane retaliated by locking down the entire building and severing all communications with the outside world.
He took everyone's comlinks. Before he could search Amidala, Bane spotted Skywalker in the upper levels and sent his henchmen to pursue the Jedi. Following a protracted pursuit throughout the Senate Building's corridors, Bane's associates managed to capture the Jedi Knight.
Amidala was present when Sing and Shahan Alama delivered an unconscious Skywalker to the lobby. Meanwhile, Chancellor Palpatine backed down and agreed to release Ziro. Prior to leaving, Bane and his bounty hunters planted several explosives in the lobby of the Senate building. Amidala tended to the wounded Skywalker and managed to rouse him. Skywalker then used his lightsaber to carve a hole around the senators and dropping everyone one floor down.
This enabled Amidala and her colleagues to narrowly escape Bane's explosives, which exploded shortly after. Having achieved their objectives, Bane and Ziro departed offworld. Following the hostage crisis, Amidala and Skywalker decided to take some time off. Thus, Amidala accepted an invitation from the legendary actress, Madam Risha Synata. When the Galactic Senate began debating a bill that would eliminate government oversight of the InterGalactic Banking Clan in order to fund the Republic's military efforts, Amidala suggested opening negotiations with the Separatists to find a peaceful solution to the Clone Wars.
These senators conspired to sabotage Amidala's efforts by arranging for a Separatist attack on Coruscant. Accompanied by Ahsoka, Amidala traveled behind enemy lines to the planet Raxus Secundus to meet her old friend and mentor Senator Mina Bonteri , who had joined the Separatist cause. After a tense but cordial reunion, Amidala and Bonteri agreed to initiate a motion to petition the Galactic Senate and the Separatist Senate to discuss a diplomatic solution to the Clone Wars. The Separatist Parliament approved of the motion by a majority vote with the exception of a few dissenting votes including the Corporate Alliance.
While Count Dooku publicly supported the motion, he gave secret orders for General Grievous to deposit a group of droids disguised as sanitary units on Coruscant to commit acts of sabotage. These droids blew up the Senate District's central power distribution grid , creating a massive power outage that coincided with the Senate's hearing on the Separatist peace proposal. This terror attack hardened the Senate's stance towards the Separatists, and it passed a bill deregulating the banks.
As a result, Amidala's diplomatic efforts to end the Clone Wars came to naught. Subsequently, Kaminoan senator Halle Burtoni proposed a bill for the creation of five million more clone troopers.
Amidala and Organa argued against the proposal in the Senate. Dooku then sent them a message informing them Bonteri had been killed during an attack he attributed to the Republic. Opponents to the bill were dissuaded to vote by threats, while she, Farr and Organa were attacked by the bounty hunters Robonino and Chata Hyoki.
Organa was injured, so Amidala made an impassioned speech against taking away any more credits from social services in his stead, which was broadcast on the HoloNet. At a subsequent toast, Farr suddenly died.
Amidala suspected Umbaran senator Mee Deechi , but after he was murdered too, suspicion fell on Burtoni. Amidala deduced Purs murdered Farr when Divo stated the poison, which only affected Rodians, had been in all their drinks and realized she did not drink at the toast. After she got Purs to confess, she apprehended her with a punch to the face. Afterwards, Burtoni's bill was approved.
Amidala and her husband participated in the Battle of Mon Cala , [42] [43] [44] and then a skirmish on Naboo. She then attended a Confederate—Republic peace conference on Mandalore. Present was Mina's son Lux Bonteri , who had followed her into the Separatist Senate, who accused Dooku of being behind his mother's death.
Amidala feared a reprisal, and asked Ahsoka Tano to protect him. Amidala attended Obi-Wan Kenobi's funeral after he was believed killed by Rako Hardeen , which was actually a scheme to infiltrate a planned kidnapping of Palpatine by having Kenobi impersonate Hardeen.
As the attack got underway, Ahsoka escorted Amidala and the other delegates to safety. The next morning, Amidala thanked the Jedi on the Naboo's behalf for protecting the Chancellor. When Dooku made another attempt to kidnap the Chancellor, she arrived with the Naboo Palace Guard to protect him.
During the court proceedings, she argued that if Tano had really been the culprit, she would not have left a lot of incriminating material behind nor have committed the murder of Turmond in a way that would so easily implicate her. Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin , the prosecutor, was unconvinced and pointed out that Tano was seen collaborating with a known Separatist—Asajj Ventress. As the court's judge Chancellor Palpatine was about to read the verdict, Anakin Skywalker burst in with some Jedi Temple Guards and revealed that the real culprit was in fact Barriss Offee.
Offee finally confessed her crimes, and all charges against Tano were dropped. Later, Amidala received a message from one of her former handmaiden, Duja , from Batuu , a world at the edge of the Outer Rim near the Unknown Regions. She took her ship and landed at Black Spire Outpost. There she asked for Kuseph Jovi. Amidala took a BARC speeder to a cantina. Upon her arrival at the cantina, Amidala found Duja in a open casket. She could tell from the wounds to Duja's body that she had been murdered despite the bartender telling her that she was killed in a speeder bike accident.
Amidala sang a song in memory of Duja. She then used Duja's brooch to summon her ship, the Possibility. Amidala discovered that Duja had discovered a droid factory on Mokivj. She took the Possibility to Mokivj, but was shot down by vulture droids. Amidala survived the crash by entering a escape pod. There, she discovered a mine near a town. Amidala met with three men: LebJau , Huga , and Cimy. She learned from them that the Separatists had taken over the factory.
Later, Amidala went on a diplomatic mission to Scipio , along with her handmaiden, Teckla Minnau , where she reunited with Rush Clovis and uncovered corruption at the InterGalactic Banking Clan. They were targeted by Embo , but Anakin Skywalker saved them and they were able to escape off planet.
They then made their way to Coruscant, where Palpatine convinced her to work with Clovis. They soon found that the Separatists were allowed to not pay off their loans and yet the Republic's increased.
After a fight between Clovis and Anakin, Captain Typho entered the room and informed them that a medical droid was on its way. Clovis became head of the Banking Clan, [54] but she discovered he had done it on Dooku's behalf, raising interest rates for the Republic before Separatist forces came to occupy Scipio.
She protested, but Clovis and the Muuns ignored her. Soon after, the Separatists launched an invasion of Scipio. Amidala warned Palpatine and Anakin, but was soon after taken hostage by Count Dooku. Soon after, the Republic fleet commanded by Anakin Skywalker arrived and started attacking Dooku's forces. The Republic seized control of the banks to the Office of the Chancellor, while Clovis committed suicide.
Sometime later, Amidala was present in the Galactic Senate when Queen Julia of Bardotta contacted Chancellor Palpatine and requested assistance from the Senate regarding the disappearance of several Dagoyan Masters. After Dooku's former Sith apprentice Asajj Ventress was formally pardoned of her crimes after helping to rescue Master Quinlan Vos from Dooku, Anakin Skywalker discussed details about their involvement in the Jedi Council's mission to assassinate Count Dooku.
Knowing that Amidala would not approve of such an action, he claimed that it was merely a mission to capture Dooku. Anakin also voiced his concerns that the Jedi had not informed the Supreme Chancellor about the operation.
When Amidala asked Skywalker about his thoughts on the mission, he expressed his discomfort with Ventress.
When Amidala asked about Ventress' claims that Vos had turned to the dark side , Skywalker theorized that she had seduced the Jedi Master. Skywalker went on to criticize Vos and Ventress for pursuing a romantic relationship, something that was forbidden under the Jedi Code. When Skywalker realized that he too was embroiled in a romantic relationship with Amidala, she reassured him that they were genuinely in love.
Skywalker confided his concerns about Rex to Amidala, who advised her husband to trust his Clone Captain. At some point during the Battle of Anaxes , Amidala was able to contact her husband in order to speak with him. While speaking with one another, the two discussed Anakin's absence due to his service in the Outer Rim Sieges , as well as concerns over Rex's motives behind the mission to find Echo.
Both assumed their conversation was private, save for Rex having been aware, though Obi-Wan Kenobi had been aware of their continued contact as well. At some point during the Clone Wars, Amidala went on a mission to Clabron , to attempt to get the Clabronians to join the Republic.
When she arrived, she found no one outside waiting to greet her, or no transmissions, something quite odd. She waved to it, with the hopes that it was someone who'd let her in.
She introduced herself, saying that she was asked for by Grand Minister Stin. The shadow said no Republic and that they should leave immediately. Amidala said she preferred to speak to Stin about the matter. As she was speaking, an assassin shot at her from the rooftop and hit Motee in the shoulder. But Amidala didn't do so. Instead, she headed to the door and asked the shadow who was a native Clabronian to let them in.
The Clabronian said that he couldn't. Being in the building would take them out of the assassin's line of sight. At hearing this, Tarmin let them in but told them that it wasn't safe for them there. Tarmin informed her that Grand Minister Stin was waiting for her when the assassin shot him.
Right then, they entered the room where Stin was on his deathbed. But Stin told her that she'd be dead too. Stin then ordered the medical droid caring for him to go and take care of Motee, who had non-life-threatening injuries, knowing that he would die soon. Amidala asked Stin if there was anything the Republic could do for his people. Stin explained that there had been much discussion. Many wished to stay out of the conflict, though they hoped the Republic would win, as it would be much more forgiving to neutral worlds.
Because of that, he knew what side to choose. But the Separatists found out about his meeting with her and sent an assassin to kill him and Amidala. Before he died, he asked her to prove that he wasn't wrong about the Republic. With Stin's passing, Second Minister Tarmin was now in charge.
Saddened and angered by Stin's death, he said that Stin had made a foolish mistake by inviting the Republic. Stin's price was one too many would pay. The Clabronians weren't soldiers. Tarmin asked her what was it that she wanted. She then told Tarmin how her whole life as a queen, then a senator, fought for peace and she had to believe that the Republic would come out of the war more united than ever before.
The plan was successful. They found out her name was Lis Mohles, and she was wanted by the Republic for numerous charges. As they prepared to leave, Tarmin said that though his people would not fight, they could offer other aid, which they could discuss. Amidala agreed. With that, they shook hands, and Amidala departed. As the Outer Rim Sieges raged on, Amidala had fewer opportunities to see her husband.
While she did become pregnant, she was unable to share this news with Skywalker until after the Battle of Coruscant. The news, while exciting for both parents, placed them in a bind as it threatened to reveal their marriage. Meanwhile, Skywalker began suffering from nightmares foreshadowing the death of Amidala.
Not wanting to risk this and suffer the same pain when his mother died, Skywalker turned to Jedi Master Yoda for advice without revealing too much of his fears.
Yoda advised that to overcome his nightmares and fears, Skywalker had to learn to let go to those close to him, something that did not sit well with Skywalker. His fears for Amidala increasing, Skywalker turned to his close friend Chancellor Palpatine, who revealed to him that the Sith Lord Plagueis the Wise had come close to learning the power of immortality.
Meanwhile, Amidala became increasingly concerned with the events of the war and power held by Palpatine and the increasing rift this was causing between her and Skywalker. Palpatine killed three of them before being defeated by Mace Windu. However, Skywalker interfered, slicing off Windu's hand, giving Sidious the opportunity to kill the Jedi. Skywalker, seeing Sidious as the only way to save his wife, pledged himself to the dark side. Sidious then initiated Order 66 , declaring the Jedi to be traitors to the Republic.
Across the galaxy, Jedi were murdered by their own soldiers, while on Coruscant, Vader led the st to the Jedi Temple , where they slaughtered everyone within, setting the ancient structure ablaze in the process.
Knowing that her husband was in the Temple, but unaware of the true circumstances of why he was there, Amidala watched fearfully and horror-stricken from her apartment as the Jedi Temple burned.
When Skywalker arrived at her apartment unharmed, he informed her that the Jedi had become traitors but that his loyalties stayed with the chancellor. He then left for the planet Mustafar to put an end to the leaders of the Separatist Alliance. Amidala meanwhile attended a meeting of the Senate where the chancellor declared the formation of the Galactic Empire and himself Emperor. While thousands of her colleagues applauded, Amidala was despondent; she remarked, with tears in her eyes, that "this is how liberty dies, with thunderous applause.
Unlike her daughter, Princess Leia, Padme Amidala doesn't have to wear any bikini. Padme does have her top ripped and then minutes later, the bottom half of the top has gone, revealing her midriff. In the final film of the prequels, Padme Amidala is pregnant and so doesn't do much. Padme is already pregnant by the first time that we see her in the film.
At the end of the film, Padme goes with Obi-Wan to try to bring Anakin back from the dark side whilst heavily pregnant. It had been hoped that seeing a pregnant Padme would bring Anakin back round to his senses and become a Jedi once more. Anakin accuses Obi-Wan of turning Padme against him and attacks Padme, throwing her to the ground. After Padme was thrown to the ground, Obi-Wan and Anakin have their epic final fight of the prequel trilogy.
Anakin has aged considerably whereas Padme has only aged a few years. After chasing one of the assassins through the streets of Coruscant, Obi-Wan leaves Anakin with Padme. Padme is no shrinking violet, she allowed herself to be bait with the help of R2-D2 and Anakin Skywalker to flush out any assassins.
After the assassination attempt, Padme Amidala takes Anakin on a tour of her home planet where it is hoped Padme can blend in and not be recognised. As they hide themselves, they get closer to one another. It is on Naboo that their romance begins to grow. Anakin takes her back to Tatooine where they first met so that he can rescue his mother.
On the planet, Anakin meets the people who would later care for his children, Lars Owen and his wife Beru. Anakin is unable to rescue his mother and she dies in his arms. During Anakins' rescue attempt, Padme stays with the Owens. When Obi-Wan requests help from Geonosis, Anakin is reluctant to help but Padme says she's going to rescue Obi-Wan and it is his duty that he comes with her. It is not long before the three heroes Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padme Amidala make their escape from being fed to a variety of creatures.
When Anakin says he can't go, Padme retorts and says his orders were to protect Padme and that Padme is going to rescue Obi-Wan and that Anakin therefore must join her. On the planet, after doing some investigative work, both Padme and Anakin are captured by the Geonosian s. Padme Amidala, Obi-Wank Kenobu and Anakin Skywalker are reunited as they are tied to poles to be eaten a variety of animals in the Geonosian Colosseum. This is similar to what happened in Ancient Rome when the Christians who were fed to the Lions.
During the fight, Padme's shirt gets ripped slightly and then seconds latter, her whole midriff is on display. Its not quite on the same scale as Princess Leia and the metal bikini.
Their escape is helped by the arrival of Jedi Knights and Senate stormtroopers. It is a rare sight to see Mace Windu showing off his lightsaber skills. After the crisis is over, Padme Amidala marries Anakin in secret.
Neither of the lovers reveal to Obi-Wan that they have married, Obi-Wan manages to deduce what has happened. When Padme Amidala falls off the craft and lands on soft sand, Anakin wanted to go back and get her but Obi-Wan got Anakin to focus on taking on Count Dooku. In the films Padme Amidala is only supposed to be four years older than Anakin but reality is different.
According to IMDB, there is an eight years difference between the two characters in the first film but in subsequent films, they are the same age in real life. The second film is supposed to be set ten years after the first one, therefore Padme is supposed to be 24 and Anakin 20, in reality both are The ages of the two characters during the final film are supposed to be 24 and Ref: Yoda's Data Pad.
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