We’d be living a lie. One we couldn’t keep, even if we wanted to. I couldn’t do that.
Padmé Amidala Naberrie served the planet of Naboo first as queen, then as senator. She was among the few who stood up to Palpatine during his rise to power, one of the only people who warned against the evils to come.
Top 10 Star Wars characters (as voted by my followers) → #10 Padmé Amidala
↳ “So this is how liberty dies…with thunderous applause.”
Stop! Stop now… come back… I love you!
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES
This is probably the best line in the entire trilogy.
This is the best line in the trilogy.
#padme amidala#NEVER GETS ENOUGH APPRECIATION#SHE IS ALWAYS WOODEN ROMANCE THING TO EVERYONE#UGH#PADME AMIDALA STARED DOWN DEATH ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS#HER WORLD ENACTED SPECIAL LEGISLATION FOR HER TO KEEP ON AS SENATOR#AFTER HER TERM AS QUEEN ENDED#AND SHE WAS QUEEN WHEN SHE WAS ONLY FOURTEEN DAMMIT#FOURTEEN YEARS OLD#AND QUEEN OF A FUCKING PLANET#long story short#if you don’t like padme amidala i don’t like you#she had a feminist narrative despite primarily being in the movies to be anakin’s love interest#but that’s entirely because of plot points set up before anyone knew Lucas was doing the prequels#imo this moment was when she cracked#THIS ONE MOMENT#this was the chip that started the spiderweb of cracks in her spirit#and Anakin’s betrayal was the second#what i’m trying to say is#her romance with Anakin wasn’t what brought her to give up on life#THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE GALACTIC REPUBLIC WAS#so fuck you if you think she gave up living because she couldn’t bear to be without anakin#she couldn’t bear to be without justice and rights for all beings#that’s what (tags via teroknortailor)
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Padme Amidala is so slept on. Much like Leia Organa.
my dad just called padmè 'prototype leia'
Just let it in…