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Padmé Amidala

Padmé Amidala was a skilled politician and former queen of Naboo, as well as a leading member of the Galactic Senate during the final years of the Galactic Republic. She was born on the planet of Naboo and quickly displayed her remarkable intelligence and political acumen from a young age.

Padmé was known for her beauty, elegance, and compassion but was also a formidable warrior when needed. She played a crucial role in the defeat of the Trade Federation blockade of Naboo during the invasion of her home planet and later went on to serve two terms as Naboo's elected queen.

During her time as a senator, Padmé played a critical role in many of the major events leading up to the fall of the Republic, including The Clone Wars and the rise of the Galactic Empire. Padmé was a staunch defender of democracy and freedom, always fighting for the rights of oppressed people and opposing the dark forces that threatened to undermine the Republic.

Padmé is also known for her relationship with Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi Knight whom she met during the Clone Wars. The two fell deeply in love, eventually marrying in secret. Unfortunately, their relationship was complicated and ultimately tragic, with Anakin's fall to the dark side leading to his becoming Darth Vader, and Padmé's death shortly after the birth of their children, Luke and Leia.

Despite her tragic end, Padmé remains one of the most beloved and iconic figures in the Star Wars franchise. Her unwavering commitment to justice, her intelligence, her strength, and her kindness have made her a favorite character among fans of all ages.

Similar Characters: Wullf Yularen, Battle of Geonosis, Trapper Wolf

Mentions on Podcast Episodes:

"Obi-Wan looks like that's kind of in Padme"

2. - (40 BBY) Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray
"Talking about Padme and I'm already I think I'm like 25 30 percent and through the book and I'm liking that book too"

2. - (40 BBY) Master & Apprentice by Claudia Gray
"So there was one specific comic for Anakin, one for Padme, and then one for Qui-Gon Jinn."

3. - (33 BBY) Qui-Gon Jinn - The Age of the Republic & The Weapon
"Well, he introduces Padme to the Gungan."

6. - (32 BBY) The Phantom Menace
"The climax of the book is... Padme goes to Washington. That's what this book is."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"Fans of Padme. Or fans of... Fans of Padme."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"So like I like seeing Padme in this middle part that nobody knows anything about we know"

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"Terry Mina Bontari. Yeah that where there were you know Padme who is"

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"Don't know what else to take from the book. Honestly, I mean, you know Padme is gonna be as powerful person"

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"And I enjoyed the fact that there was this kind of like, you know, they kind of used Padme at the party, you know, as a cover for the fact that they were going to get together and start talking about stuff."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"Bail Organa and Padme are all having kind of a it's obviously"

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"It's good for people that looked up to Padme and want to know more about her. Padme, not Padme."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"Padme. Padme. But yeah, but I'm just yeah, like you tell from the cover, you look at the cover and you're like, oh, I mean, you know,"

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"Yeah, I'd say late teenager, because that's where you probably saw Padme in the movies or like that."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"the amount of time it would take to make any Padme outfit that was already in canon before this book. They're they're massive. I mean, like I like that's that's like a"

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"Well, technically, no, not the not the Padme outfits, the Amidala, the Padme, the Padme. We both said Padme tonight. I don't know why we've said Padme. Yeah, but but what I'm saying though is yeah, yeah, the queen outfits that that's the best way to say is yes, extremely elaborate."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"it is kind of a nod to cosplay with Padme's stories, I would think."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"So basically, she, Sabe, is of course distraught over Padme's death."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"And she's about to go, she's like, she's so pissed that she's going to go figure out who killed Padme and what all happened with Anakin and all that kind of stuff."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"And then she gets a call from Bail Organa like immediately after Padme's death, which basically means that he's got Leia already."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"And Padme and Sabe both have, again, going back to jewelry in this book, but the necklace that they share."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"But I like yours a little bit better that like she's actually what she remembers versus Padme."

9. - (28 BBY) Queen's Shadow by E.K. Johnston
"But Padme at this point, though, has served out her entire term as queen."

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"But Padme's been in this, I mean, she knows people are going to be hitting on her."

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"I think it's a forearm. Did you guys pick up on when he gets away and Padme is rushing out to shoot at his ship?"

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"The guy that says, if only Senator Amidala were here."

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"Then I don't understand why Padme was just like why are you telling me this?"

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"Like sophisticated for Padme and that's what I get out of it"

13. - (22 BBY) Attack of the Clones
"could definitely see that happen but other than that Anakin wouldn't Padme"

14. - (22 BBY) Age of Republic: Anakin Skywalker / Mace Windu Comic #1
"maybe it was somebody else asking Padme if her and C3PO"

19. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E1-S1E4 'Ambush / Malevolence Trilogy'
"between them pretty quick, but Padme jumping between them would"

19. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E1-S1E4 'Ambush / Malevolence Trilogy'
"Overestimate? Alright. So let's talk more about this episode. Of course, Padme and C-3PO."

19. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E1-S1E4 'Ambush / Malevolence Trilogy'
"And it's really shows the side of Padme that, you know, up until now, I guess you had with episode one where you had, you know,"

19. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E1-S1E4 'Ambush / Malevolence Trilogy'
"He was hunting down Anakin and Padme and everyone leaving the ship."

19. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E1-S1E4 'Ambush / Malevolence Trilogy'
"Okay sure if you're Jedi although we don't see we've seen Leia do that we've seen Padme do that if the plot calls for it you'll have C-3PO doing that it's just it's just it's a thing I get it it's totally a thing well actually but it's kind of fun."

22. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1E11 / General Grevious - Age of Resitance Comic
"When he captures Senator Amidala and Jar Jar Binks,"

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"The fatal blue shadow virus is released, infecting Ahsoka, Padme, and many clone troopers."

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"You also have Padme and Ahsoka trying to help the clone troopers that are still there."

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"I think next week we're going to try to go for that Princess Amidala comic."

25. - (22 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E17, S1 E18 & Star Wars Visions Episode 3
"Yeah, I think he was the love interest in the Padme novel that we read."

31. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Ep 4 / Ep 5 / Visions 6
"And that now we're seeing an older Padme, technically married."

31. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Ep 4 / Ep 5 / Visions 6
"dynamic that Padme and Anakin have on this episode."

31. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Ep 4 / Ep 5 / Visions 6
"And what's what's kind of interesting, too, is that that one where Padme that we watched where she's been like poisoned or,"

33. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Episodes 8 and 9
"And then also, too, we get to see Padme a little bit in here,"

35. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Eps 13 and 14, Tales of the Jedi Ep 1
"that Padme just kind of happens on,"

37. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Ep 22, Season 3 Eps 5 and 6 Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"No, Padme's got to be the hero."

37. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Ep 22, Season 3 Eps 5 and 6 Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"When Padme is speaking to the Senate and says, come help our planet."

37. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 2 Ep 22, Season 3 Eps 5 and 6 Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"and starts saying that Padme is going to become under attack,"

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"and she needs to go with Padme wherever Padme is going."

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"First of all, she has that one vision that kind of comes across like a dream and she bolts out of bed and she runs down to Padme's room and she stands with a lightsaber, protecting Padme and everybody's like, well, what are you doing?"

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"But, but this was the let's keep talking about our seeing ends up trying to kill Padme and pad. It stopped by Ahsoka only to find out that it's, what's her name? I love I love the Southern Lady Hut. What is her name? Oh, zero, the Hut zero, the Hut."

38. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Ep 7 and 2 and Tales of the Jedi Ep 3
"blah. And now she's a Senator kind of follows the Padme path. Um, you know, I don't know. I, I'm"

39. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Episodes 4 and 7 & Tales of The Jedi Ep 4
"I, I, I, even from the very offset where Padme is like, you know, talking about all the different"

39. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars Season 3 Episodes 4 and 7 & Tales of The Jedi Ep 4
"In this episode, Padme conceals a blade,"

40. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E22 and S3 E9 & Stories of Light and Dark
"Yeah, but, um, so it gets taken over, really weird how Padme has Anakin's lightsaber because of just this weird thing that happened, and Anakin's running around without his lightsaber, and it kind of shows how feeble he is a little bit without the lightsaber, I mean, he may still kick some butt, but, yeah, he, yeah, he did, he defeated the, the robot, um, not handily, but decisively, and it was very strange when they all realized that he doesn't have a lightsaber, which was,"

40. - (21 BBY) Clone Wars S1 E22 and S3 E9 & Stories of Light and Dark
"So Padme is preparing for a dinner and one of her handmaidens who is helping set up everything is an imposter."

41. - (21 BBY) Forcess of Destiny 6 and 11 Star Wars Adventures 12
"So someone has taken over the form of one of Padme's handmaidens."

41. - (21 BBY) Forcess of Destiny 6 and 11 Star Wars Adventures 12
"And they pretty much just try to kill Padme."

41. - (21 BBY) Forcess of Destiny 6 and 11 Star Wars Adventures 12
"Well, I'm just saying, too, it's just like, this is probably the third situation in which Padme has saved, I'm sorry, Padme has been saved by Ahsoka from an assassin."

41. - (21 BBY) Forcess of Destiny 6 and 11 Star Wars Adventures 12
"So it's like, okay, well, there's a lot of people after you, Padme. Maybe you shouldn't have dinner parties, you know what I mean?"

41. - (21 BBY) Forcess of Destiny 6 and 11 Star Wars Adventures 12
"That was the one where, remember, all the bounty hunters come up and they, or maybe it was 40, where all the bounty hunters come up and Anakin and Padme are in her office."

41. - (21 BBY) Forcess of Destiny 6 and 11 Star Wars Adventures 12
"We watched the hostage crisis episode of Clone Wars where Anakin and Padme are up in Padme's office, the Senate."

41. - (21 BBY) Forcess of Destiny 6 and 11 Star Wars Adventures 12
"locking down a bunch of the senators and Anakin, who happens to not have his lightsaber because he was messing around with Padme and gave it to Padme."

41. - (21 BBY) Forcess of Destiny 6 and 11 Star Wars Adventures 12
"And I kind of enjoyed the whole story where Padme and Anakin – because we just watched this in the Hostage Crisis series."

41. - (21 BBY) Forcess of Destiny 6 and 11 Star Wars Adventures 12
"And I like how Padme's character is just like, I cannot believe we're going to see this."

41. - (21 BBY) Forcess of Destiny 6 and 11 Star Wars Adventures 12
"In this episode, Ahsoka and Padme kill people over flatware, share a nod, a wink, and a secret,"

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"It's just called Padme and Ahsoka."

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"Look at Padme Groffling, though, man."

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"but they weren't weird to Padme and they weren't weird to Ahsoka."

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"But anyway, did Padme kill the shapeshifter by hitting her on the head?"

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"Ahsoka just learned of the romance between Padme and Anakin."

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"And then that led to the events of Padme's death, Luke and Leia being"

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"Anakin is holding Padme and she knows."

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"Or if this was supposed to show that that last little bit with Padme"

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"But everybody seems intent on killing Padme or getting her out of the way."

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"Well, I still think it was good on, I guess, the the A story that was really kind of the B story, right? The A story is going to the to the planet Padme and Ahsoka and trying to meet with Bontari."

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"Do you think they did a good job conveying that Mina Bontari has honest political feelings that Doku's right? I think that they did a pretty good job on that. Yeah. Yeah. Like she, she was very not. Let's not talk about that. But let's talk about how we get to a piece. You know, like, it was very, like, I disagree with you. Like, like, point blank. I disagree with you, Padme. But this is the way I feel. And we both know how we feel. So let's work toward a solution that we're not, you know, killing each other or what have you."

42. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S2 Episode 2 and Clone Wars - Heroes on Both Sides
"In this episode, Padme flies a ship, Ahsoka tries a drip, and Bail Organa lets it rip."

43. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S1 E12 and S1 E4 and Clone Wars S3 E11
"This episode had Padme and Ahsoka flying in starships, and Ahsoka was trying to teach"

43. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S1 E12 and S1 E4 and Clone Wars S3 E11
"So this episode has, it's Padme, and what's the Rhodesian that's always, Anaconda Farr, who's like, he's like a, he's like a, I don't want to say a helper, he's still a senator, but he's on their side with her and Bail Organa. And he comes across like a sidekick, but he is a senator."

43. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S1 E12 and S1 E4 and Clone Wars S3 E11
"Fish boy, yeah. And then there was a newer guy, Chata Hayaki, who's like this, like, I don't, I don't think we've seen him before. He's like got this like big like pelican nose head thing. And both of them actually kick Bail Organa, Padme, and the Rhodesians butt a little bit."

43. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S1 E12 and S1 E4 and Clone Wars S3 E11
"It's like, Padme, what are you doing walking back to your speeder at midnight in some district? I'm like, come on, you're setting yourself up for this, Padme. Well, you know, it's going to go down. You know, it's going to go down. And then, um,"

43. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S1 E12 and S1 E4 and Clone Wars S3 E11
"And Padme doesn't have time to like, like feel any type of remorse or anything for this. Like, this is her friend that she literally bet that she was going to be able to get, you know, sneak into."

43. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S1 E12 and S1 E4 and Clone Wars S3 E11
"I enjoyed seeing some of the newer characters. And they didn't just like kind of hover over the characters. They actually like when I mean of Atari, they actually start talking about her background, how Padme knows her. And I know she gets wiped off the map."

43. - (21 BBY) Forces of Destiny S1 E12 and S1 E4 and Clone Wars S3 E11

Padmé Amidala

"Obi-Wan looks like that's kind of in Padme"

"Talking about Padme and I'm already I think I'm like 25 30 percent and through the book and I'm liking that book too"

"So there was one specific comic for Anakin, one for Padme, and then one for Qui-Gon Jinn."

"Well, he introduces Padme to the Gungan."

"The climax of the book is... Padme goes to Washington. That's what this book is."

"Fans of Padme. Or fans of... Fans of Padme."

"So like I like seeing Padme in this middle part that nobody knows anything about we know"

"Terry Mina Bontari. Yeah that where there were you know Padme who is"

"Don't know what else to take from the book. Honestly, I mean, you know Padme is gonna be as powerful person"

"And I enjoyed the fact that there was this kind of like, you know, they kind of used Padme at the party, you know, as a cover for the fact that they were going to get together and start talking about stuff."

"Bail Organa and Padme are all having kind of a it's obviously"

"It's good for people that looked up to Padme and want to know more about her. Padme, not Padme."

"Padme. Padme. But yeah, but I'm just yeah, like you tell from the cover, you look at the cover and you're like, oh, I mean, you know,"

"Yeah, I'd say late teenager, because that's where you probably saw Padme in the movies or like that."

"the amount of time it would take to make any Padme outfit that was already in canon before this book. They're they're massive. I mean, like I like that's that's like a"

"Well, technically, no, not the not the Padme outfits, the Amidala, the Padme, the Padme. We both said Padme tonight. I don't know why we've said Padme. Yeah, but but what I'm saying though is yeah, yeah, the queen outfits that that's the best way to say is yes, extremely elaborate."

"it is kind of a nod to cosplay with Padme's stories, I would think."

"So basically, she, Sabe, is of course distraught over Padme's death."

"And she's about to go, she's like, she's so pissed that she's going to go figure out who killed Padme and what all happened with Anakin and all that kind of stuff."

"And then she gets a call from Bail Organa like immediately after Padme's death, which basically means that he's got Leia already."

"And Padme and Sabe both have, again, going back to jewelry in this book, but the necklace that they share."

"But I like yours a little bit better that like she's actually what she remembers versus Padme."

"But Padme at this point, though, has served out her entire term as queen."

"But Padme's been in this, I mean, she knows people are going to be hitting on her."

"I think it's a forearm. Did you guys pick up on when he gets away and Padme is rushing out to shoot at his ship?"

"The guy that says, if only Senator Amidala were here."

"Then I don't understand why Padme was just like why are you telling me this?"

"Like sophisticated for Padme and that's what I get out of it"

"could definitely see that happen but other than that Anakin wouldn't Padme"

"maybe it was somebody else asking Padme if her and C3PO"

"between them pretty quick, but Padme jumping between them would"

"Overestimate? Alright. So let's talk more about this episode. Of course, Padme and C-3PO."

"And it's really shows the side of Padme that, you know, up until now, I guess you had with episode one where you had, you know,"

"He was hunting down Anakin and Padme and everyone leaving the ship."

"Okay sure if you're Jedi although we don't see we've seen Leia do that we've seen Padme do that if the plot calls for it you'll have C-3PO doing that it's just it's just it's a thing I get it it's totally a thing well actually but it's kind of fun."

"When he captures Senator Amidala and Jar Jar Binks,"

"The fatal blue shadow virus is released, infecting Ahsoka, Padme, and many clone troopers."

"You also have Padme and Ahsoka trying to help the clone troopers that are still there."

"I think next week we're going to try to go for that Princess Amidala comic."

"Yeah, I think he was the love interest in the Padme novel that we read."

"And that now we're seeing an older Padme, technically married."

"dynamic that Padme and Anakin have on this episode."

"And what's what's kind of interesting, too, is that that one where Padme that we watched where she's been like poisoned or,"

"And then also, too, we get to see Padme a little bit in here,"

"that Padme just kind of happens on,"

"No, Padme's got to be the hero."

"When Padme is speaking to the Senate and says, come help our planet."

"and starts saying that Padme is going to become under attack,"

"and she needs to go with Padme wherever Padme is going."

"First of all, she has that one vision that kind of comes across like a dream and she bolts out of bed and she runs down to Padme's room and she stands with a lightsaber, protecting Padme and everybody's like, well, what are you doing?"

"But, but this was the let's keep talking about our seeing ends up trying to kill Padme and pad. It stopped by Ahsoka only to find out that it's, what's her name? I love I love the Southern Lady Hut. What is her name? Oh, zero, the Hut zero, the Hut."

"blah. And now she's a Senator kind of follows the Padme path. Um, you know, I don't know. I, I'm"

"I, I, I, even from the very offset where Padme is like, you know, talking about all the different"

"In this episode, Padme conceals a blade,"

"So Padme is preparing for a dinner and one of her handmaidens who is helping set up everything is an imposter."

"So someone has taken over the form of one of Padme's handmaidens."

"And they pretty much just try to kill Padme."

"Well, I'm just saying, too, it's just like, this is probably the third situation in which Padme has saved, I'm sorry, Padme has been saved by Ahsoka from an assassin."

"So it's like, okay, well, there's a lot of people after you, Padme. Maybe you shouldn't have dinner parties, you know what I mean?"

"That was the one where, remember, all the bounty hunters come up and they, or maybe it was 40, where all the bounty hunters come up and Anakin and Padme are in her office."

"We watched the hostage crisis episode of Clone Wars where Anakin and Padme are up in Padme's office, the Senate."

"locking down a bunch of the senators and Anakin, who happens to not have his lightsaber because he was messing around with Padme and gave it to Padme."

"And I kind of enjoyed the whole story where Padme and Anakin – because we just watched this in the Hostage Crisis series."

"And I like how Padme's character is just like, I cannot believe we're going to see this."

"In this episode, Ahsoka and Padme kill people over flatware, share a nod, a wink, and a secret,"

"It's just called Padme and Ahsoka."

"Look at Padme Groffling, though, man."

"but they weren't weird to Padme and they weren't weird to Ahsoka."

"But anyway, did Padme kill the shapeshifter by hitting her on the head?"

"Ahsoka just learned of the romance between Padme and Anakin."

"And then that led to the events of Padme's death, Luke and Leia being"

"Anakin is holding Padme and she knows."

"Or if this was supposed to show that that last little bit with Padme"

"But everybody seems intent on killing Padme or getting her out of the way."

"Well, I still think it was good on, I guess, the the A story that was really kind of the B story, right? The A story is going to the to the planet Padme and Ahsoka and trying to meet with Bontari."

"In this episode, Padme flies a ship, Ahsoka tries a drip, and Bail Organa lets it rip."

"This episode had Padme and Ahsoka flying in starships, and Ahsoka was trying to teach"

"So this episode has, it's Padme, and what's the Rhodesian that's always, Anaconda Farr, who's like, he's like a, he's like a, I don't want to say a helper, he's still a senator, but he's on their side with her and Bail Organa. And he comes across like a sidekick, but he is a senator."

"Fish boy, yeah. And then there was a newer guy, Chata Hayaki, who's like this, like, I don't, I don't think we've seen him before. He's like got this like big like pelican nose head thing. And both of them actually kick Bail Organa, Padme, and the Rhodesians butt a little bit."