anidala as…
(disclaimer: not meant to reference or support original artist’s views or intent)
“‘No.’ He laid a gentle finger on her lips, smiling down at her. ‘No buts. No worries. You worry too much as is.’
‘I have to,’ she said, smiling through the tears in her eyes. ‘Because you never worry at all.’”
— Matthew Stover, Revenge of the Sith Novelization
[ original + rambles under the cut ]
no one has ever been better suited for an alphonse mucha painting ever
you might like the same character as me but i like them in a far more concerning and deeply controversial way than you ever will
best scene in the prequels is when anakin and padme have just landed on naboo & padme goes “hmm being a childqueen might’ve fucked me up a bit” and anakin, former 9yo slave separated from his mom, confronted for perhaps the first time with the idea that childhood trauma effects you later in life, goes “nuh uh”
his face lol. “wait you were too young to have a career at 14?? but that would mean….”
anidala + AO3 tags
every padme amidala outfit — attack of the clones (2002)
“You made him happy, when nothing else ever truly could.”
HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN as ANAKIN SKYWALKER.
NATALIE PORTMAN as PADMÉ AMIDALA.
"The tomb won't close, stained glass windows in my mind"
— Taylor Swift - "Would've, Could've, Should've"
STAR WARS PREQUELS APPRECIATION WEEK | Favorite Quotes: “I truly… deeply… love you and before we die I want you to know.”
Anidala Week 2020 | Day 05: Song Inspired or Favorite Quote
“Coruscant was out there. Padmé was out there. There was a heart in his chest, beating, but it was only an echo. She was his true heart. She was his home.” - Karen Miller’s Clone Wars Gambit: Siege
"Another happy landing."
“After my father died on the Death Star his body vanished. I brought his armor, and his mechanical remains to Endor and burned them. It seemed like the right thing to do. Maybe the best thing. The idea of burial just felt wrong. I could only imagine what it must have been like for him, trapped within that armor for so many years, and I guess I hoped the flames would somehow liberate him. As I joined my friends at the victory celebration, apparitions of Obi-Wan and Yoda appeared before me. […] Then a third apparition appeared that I recognized as my father. I cannot express the joy I felt upon seeing his face, unmasked and smiling.”
— Luke Skywalker | Ryder’s Windham’s Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force
"I'd be disappointed in you if you didn't," Padmé answered him, her voice soft and full of sympathy. "You didn't leave her in the best of circumstances."
Anakin winced, as if those words had hurt him.
"But it was right that you left," Padmé reminded him, taking his arm. She held his gaze with her own. "Your leaving was what your mother wanted for you. What she needed for you. The opportunity that Qui-Gon offered you gave her hope. That's what a parent needs for her child, to know that he, that you, had been given a chance at a better life."
"But the dreams--"
“You can't help but feel a little guilty about leaving, I suppose," Padmé answered, and Anakin was shaking his head, as if she was missing the point. But she didn't believe that to be the case, so she continued. "It's only natural that you'd want your mother off Tatooine, out here with you, perhaps. Or on Naboo, or Coruscant, or someplace that you feel is safer, and more beautiful. Trust me, Anakin," she said softly but intently, and she put her hand on his forearm again. "You did the right thing in going. For yourself, but more importantly, for your mother." STAR WARS: EPISODE II - ATTACK OF THE CLONES NOVELIZATION BY R.A. SALVATORE
