Obi-Wan KenobiThe most heart-wrenching moment so far is the lightsaber free and Darth Vader. Instead, it focuses on characters who often play supporting roles for the biggest heroes of the Star Wars saga.
In the third episode, young Leah (Vivien Lyra Blair) realizes that Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) knows her mother. While they’re riding in a van driven by a truck driver named Frick (voiced by celebrity star Zach Braff), Lea tells Obi-Wan that she knows he’s been hiding something the whole time. She says he should know her mother, it is true. However, Obi-Wan tries to hint that he was passing on their cover story to the Stormtroopers, and nothing more. Disappointed – but perhaps still seeing through this new lie – she then asks if Obi-Wan is her father. He replied that he wished his voice was full of sadness.
Obi-Wan is not Leah’s father, of course. But by telling her that he doesn’t know her mother either, he continues to protect Leah from the shocking truth of her parents. Leah: Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), Obi-Wan’s old stepson better known as Darth Vader, is your father.
Vader is a huge presence looming on the horizon and within the chain. but all the time Obi-Wan KenobiIt’s the ghost of Vader’s deceased wife and Leah’s mother, Padmé Amidala Nabiri (Natalie Portman), that’s how sad it feels. In its heavy focus on 10-year-old Leah, rather than her more famous twin brother Luke, the series allows Padmé’s legacy to live in a surprising and rare way.
This might seem like an exaggeration, considering she hasn’t shown up yet Obi-Wan Kenobi. Padmé’s screen time also decreased with each subsequent pre-movie in which she appeared, and by the end of the trilogy, she was nothing but a character we knew was supposed to die.
However, in the 17 years since then Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith For the first time, Padmé’s story has been given more and more depth and context. Numerous Star Wars novels, spin-offs, and side stories have allowed fans to learn more about the ominous character, tracing her days as the youngest Queen of Naboo until she became a much-loved senator, so much so that her people almost changed the terminology limitation rules. to her. She’s become a standout in the Star Wars canon, thanks to these releases — which, together, highlight just how little it has been used in the films she’s actually appeared in.
in Star Wars: Episode One – The Phantom MenaceAnd the Her first appearancePadmé emerges as a stubborn and stubborn member of the court of the Queen of Naboo. It’s no surprise to find out that she’s the queen herself; Her political experience is very clear, although she is only 15 years old, she is speaking before the Senate, forging an alliance with the Gungans, and leading the offensive against the separatists’ attack on her planet and palace.
But in the next two films, the overall plot trumps Padmé’s single story. She has an important role as a senator for Nabu in Star Wars: Episode Two – Attack of the Clones, where she returned to Coruscant to vote on whether or not there should be an army for the Republic. She then becomes the target of an assassination plot, which results in Anakin being appointed as her protector. But when her life becomes involved with Anakin, she is mostly inside the chain for him, not alone.
In some ways, this is not surprising. Padmé and Anakin’s relationship is an integral part of his downfall and birth of the next generation of Skywalker. However, choosing to prioritize following Chosen One’s story over that of everyone else in his orbit means that even the person closest to him, Padmé, has few chances to appear on screen.
One part of Padmé development that we missed was a whole story depicting her important role in A delegation of senators who opposed the ruling of Chancellor Palpatine. Padmé was essentially part of the foundation that would later become a rebellion against the Empire, of which Bail Organa and, later, Padmé’s daughter/Bail’s adopted daughter Leah was a part. This story has reportedly been cut out of ‘with deep regret’ by Revenge of the Sith To make sure the focus stays on Anakin’s story, according to George Lucas in Features About deleted movie scenes.
Fortunately, there are satisfying places to look for those who want more of the Padmé arch. reading EK Johnston’s Book TrilogySet before, during, and after the prequel films, it’s a great way to learn about Padmé’s life, from beginning to end early. But Animated TV series Star Wars: Clone Wars, whose final season aired on Disney+ in 2020, has made it appear the most. Over the course of several seasons, Padmé has been known across the galaxy as a devoted politician, going beyond her duties to the Senate to fight on behalf of all those in need.
In books and on television, she is deeply committed to her people and to her efforts to bridge peace between the Republic and the separatists. She’s an older sister character to characters like Ahsoka Tano and the woman that powerful separatists fear. She even finds time to give witty responses to her husband.
“The essential parts are lost which makes her an attractive character when she sticks to the movies“
But if you didn’t research these moments and stories, you would have no idea that Padmé was capable of all this. The essential parts that make her such a powerful, compassionate, and compelling character – and not just Anakin Skywalker’s longtime wife – are lost when you step beyond telling stories like clone wars And just stick to the movies.
The way Star Wars has mostly treated Padmé is thankfully not the way it treats their daughter Leah. The very existence of Leah carries with it the story of her mother, who grew up in her phantom danger. Leia pursues her mother in many ways: she is a determined princess, and continues to fight for the rebellion even after her planet and family are completely destroyed. She went on to become a member of the General Organa for the Resistance decades later, a role that won her respect throughout the galaxy.
What’s the strongest about young Leah’s appearance as a brave 10-year-old princess Obi-Wan Kenobi It’s how she honors her mother’s story, especially those scenes we couldn’t see before in live action or on screen. Even with Obi-Wan’s simple remark that he sees Padmé through young Leia’s eyes, her mother’s legacy lives on — and with the respect he always deserves.
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