The series shows us why the public asked Padmé to stay as Queen for two terms before immediately jumping to the Senate floor, by having her go toe to toe to warmongering senators who wanted to put the Republic through financial ruin in order to extend the war effort.

Sure, she’s also manipulated by Palpatine into helping make him the Supreme Chancellor, but in the Star Wars universe, who can resist old Sheev Palpatine’s charm?īut while the rest of the movies have her sit out most of the conflict in favor to being courted by a creepy Anakin Skywalker and then ignoring his fall to the dark side, The Clone Wars doubles down on her political skills. During The Phantom Menace, Padmé manages to unite the human and gungan peoples of Naboo to fight together against the Trade Federation’s invading army. When we first meet Queen Amidala, she’s a smart and self-confident leader who is often underestimated by her enemies due to her young age. Not only that, but the show also improved upon and fleshed out characters we already knew from the movies, including turning Padmé from the damsel in distress that died from a broken heart into a badass politician that took matters into her own hands and served as an inspiration to a generation of rebels. The Clone Wars managed to make the reality of war feel real like no other live-action Star Wars movie did, as well as making us care for the clone that made up the Grand Army of the Republic. The show filled in the gaps between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, finally giving us a close look at the war that divided the galaxy and led the way to the rise of the Galactic Empire and the destruction of the Jedi. The movies also have us Padmé Amidala, a character who began as a badass queen in The Phantom Menace, but was sadly side-lined for the rest of the trilogy until she stupidly died of a literal heartbreak.īut just a couple of years after Revenge of the Sith, Dave Filoni and George Lucas gave us the gift of The Clone Wars. Sure, there is plenty wrong with the movies, but there’s also plenty right, like a darker story allowed for a tragic tale of hubris and corruption that challenged our views of the Jedi we considered to be heroes. By now, listening to people’s complains and laughs over Anakin’s speech on sand and the Star Wars prequel trilogy have basically become as big a part of the experience as the lightsabre fights.

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