Padmé Amidala Padmé Amidala Naberrie , commonly known as Padmé Amidala , was a human female politician who became a leading voice for peace and diplomacy during the final years of the Galactic Republic . Rising to galactic prominence after the Trade Federation invaded and occupied her homeworld of Naboo , she emerged as a leading member of the Galactic Senate during the Clone Wars . Through her furtive relationship and marriage to Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker , she was the mother of the legendary Jedi Master Luke Skywalker and Prince ss Leia Organa of Alderaan , the latter of whom followed in her footsteps as a champion for the democratic ideals of the Republic . Amidala was elected Queen of Naboo at the age of fourteen , soon after which she was forced to contend with the Trade Federation occupation . Her resolve to liberate her people led to the removal of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum from office , the election of Naboo ' s Senator Sheev Palpatine — secretly Darth Sidious , the Dark Lord of the Sith — to the chancellery , and the chain of events that would ultimately lead to the unraveling of the Republic . Upon the conclusion of her two terms as queen , Amidala continued her career in public service as Naboo ' s representative in the Galactic Senate . At the height of the Separatist Crisis , Amidala became the target of an assassination attempt due to her opposition to the Military Creation Act . To ensure her safety , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi High Council arranged for her to return to Naboo under the protection of the Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker , whom Amidala had befriended years earlier during her time as queen . Shortly after the events of the Battle of Geonosis — the opening conflict that sparked the Clone Wars in which Amidala herself took part in — Amidala and Skywalker secretly wed on her homeworld , with only the droid s C - 3PO and R2 - D2 bearing witness . During the war , she became a leading member of the Loyalist Committee that sought to bring peace between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Her efforts were often controversial within the Republic Senate , an institution that largely favored the defeat of the Separatists and the centralization of power within the Office of the Chancellor . By the war ' s end , Amidala became pregnant and continued in her fight to restore liberty to the Republic as a leading member of the Delegation of 2 , 000 , a group that urged Chancellor Palpatine to return the emergency powers granted to him by the Senate , unaware that Palpatine had orchestrated the entire conflict as a means of subverting the Republic and its institutions . Instead of surrendering his authority , the secret Sith Lord turned Skywalker to the dark side of the Force and anointed him Darth Vader , branded the Jedi Order as traitors and initiated the Jedi Purge , and transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire . Learning of her husband ' s fall to the dark side , Amidala traveled to the volcanic planet of Mustafar and pleaded with Vader to turn back and run away with her to raise their child . When his former master , Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , emerged from her ship , Vader believed Amidala had turned against him and he attacked her , gravely injuring her in the process . She was taken by Kenobi to the asteroid Polis Massa , where she gave birth to fraternal twin s Luke and Leia before dying . Before her death , Amidala ' s final words to Kenobi revealed she strongly believed that there was still good within Skywalker . Amidala ' s children would play a major role in the fragmentation of the Empire and the redemption of her husband . Like her mother , Leia entered public service and became a flag - bearer for the democratic ideals of liberty and justice as a leader in the Alliance to Restore the Republic and its successor , the New Republic , before becoming the founding general of the Resistance against the First Order — a successor state to the Galactic Empire . Luke , on the other hand , was trained in the ways of the Jedi like his father before him and was a celebrated war hero of the Rebel Alliance and the New Republic . Through Luke ' s efforts to redeem his father back to the light , Amidala ' s last words proved true when Anakin killed the Emperor during the Battle of Endor , thereby ending the Sith threat once and for all . Biography . Early life . A human female of the Naberrie family , the woman best remembered as Amidala was born Padmé Naberrie on the bountiful planet of Naboo in 46 BBY . She was the younger daughter of Ruwee and Jobal Naberrie and the sister of Sola Naberrie . Her father , Ruwee Naberrie , was a friend of Senator Onaconda Farr , who represented the solar system of Rodia in the Senate of the Galactic Republic . Amidala was very fond of the Rodian , whom she referred to as " Uncle Ono . " Rise to queenship . Although her parent s were of modest origins , Naberrie was identified as a gifted and brilliant young girl at an early age . As a child , she devoted herself to public service , joining the Apprentice Legislators at the tender age of eight , and she eventually became a junior senatorial adviser . At age twelve , Naberrie participated in the Legislative Youth Program , in which she met a slightly older boy named Palo Jemabie . The two fell in love , but their relationship did not last , as they parted ways when Palo left politics and chose to become an artist . At the same age , she started a two - year mandate as supervisor of Theed , the capital city of Naboo . Two years later , Padmé Naberrie was elected Queen of Naboo , and she adopted Amidala as her name of office . When in danger , Amidala would disguise herself as one of her staff of five loyal handmaidens and would introduce herself as " Padmé " while her decoy Sabé assumed the persona of Queen Amidala . Although she was not the youngest sovereign ever elected , she would later question her own maturity at the time of her election . The Invasion of Naboo . Shortly after her election , the young queen was faced with a major crisis when the Trade Federation decided to lay siege to her home planet . The Federation ' s devious leader , Viceroy Nute Gunray , intended to force her to sign a treaty that would legitimize the invasion in the eye s of the Galactic Republic . However , Amidala refused to submit to the Federation . The Viceroy then sent her to Camp Four . However , Amidala was rescued in the eleventh hour by two Jedi , Qui - Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi - Wan Kenobi . The two had been charged with negotiating a truce with the Trade Federation , but Gunray had tried to kill them as soon as they had arrived . The Jedi freed Amidala and her entourage from the clutches of the Federation ' s battle droid s , and the group fled the blockade d Naboo aboard the queen ' s royal starship . However , the royal starship was damaged in combat while trying to break through the blockade of battleship s the Federation had deployed around the Naboo star system . The hyperdrive generator needed to be repaired , which prompted the crew to make an emergency landing on Tatooine . The queen , who was curious about the desert world , disguised as one of her handmaidens — using her birth name of Padmé Naberrie — so she could accompany the Jedi on the planet ' s surface . With her companions , Amidala ventured into the spaceport of Mos Espa , which Qui - Gon Jinn described as a haven for " those who do not wish to be found . " While trying to negotiate for spare parts with the junk dealer Watto , the party met Anakin Skywalker , a nine - year - old human slave . The boy was immediately fascinated by Amidala ' s aura of beauty , asking her whether she was an angel from the moon s of Iego . In turn , the queen thought the boy was a bit odd , yet charming . Since the Jedi and the queen could not raise the money needed to purchase the repair parts for the royal ship , Skywalker offered to compete in the incoming Boonta Eve Classic Podrace so he could earn the required funds for them . Master Jinn promptly accepted the offer , but Amidala criticized his actions ; although she did like Skywalker , she thought it was unwise to place the fate of Naboo in the hands of a nine - year - old boy . However , Skywalker managed to win the race , beating the reigning champion Sebulba against all odds , and Amidala joined the scenes of jubilation that followed the boy ' s victory in the Grand Arena of Mos Espa . Thanks to a bargain Qui - Gon Jinn had made with Watto , Skywalker was now freed from slavery and allowed to accompany the Jedi in their travel . On the way to the galactic capital of Coruscant , Amidala , still in the guise of the handmaiden Padmé , helped Skywalker cope with the loss of his mother Shmi , whom Watto had refused to let go . The fight for Theed . Once the group arrived on Coruscant , Amidala resumed her role as queen . In preparation for her public appearance before the Republic Senate , she met with Sheev Palpatine , who represented the Naboo system in that governing body . While she wished to plead for the Senate to rescue her homeworld , Palpatine informed her that the assembly was too corrupt to care about their situation . The senator then encouraged Amidala to move for a Vote of No Confidence in the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum , ruler of the Republic . Valorum was a well - meaning politician , and the queen initially refused to move against him . However , upon witnessing the problems of politics during the Senate session in which she pleaded , Amidala ended up following Palpatine ' s advice , asking for Valorum ' s ousting from office . An election was decided , and Palpatine himself emerged as a likely candidate to succeed the disgraced Valorum . Although the senator asked to stay on Coruscant until the end of the elective process , Amidala decided to return to Naboo , intent on retaking her world without the Senate ' s help . En route , the queen revealed to a concerned Master Jinn that she planned to unite with the Gungan s , the sentient amphibian s native to Naboo . However , Jinn and his apprentice Kenobi had met the Gungans at the beginning of their adventure , and the natives had expressed their lack of interest for the fate of the Naboo humans . Having once again assumed the identity of a handmaiden , the queen journeyed through the swamp s of Naboo with her party . They managed to locate the sacred place where the Gungans had taken refuge after evacuating their city of Otoh Gunga . Initially , the decoy queen Sabé tried to negotiate herself with Boss Nass , leader of the Gungans , but to little avail . As a sign of trust , the real Amidala decided to reveal her identity , which surprised not only the Gungans , but also all of her companions . The queen then kneeled in front of Boss Nass , asking for help in battling the Federation troops . Impressed by the queen ' s respectful attitude , Nass heartily agreed . Though the queen ' s plan ended up working perfectly , it did not come about without loss . On the grassy plains of Naboo , there were Gungan casualties until Anakin Skywalker destroyed the Federation ' s Droid Control Ship . Additionally , Master Qui - Gon Jinn was killed during his duel with the Sith Lord Darth Maul . Now that Naboo was freed , Amidala greeted Palpatine , who came to announce to her that he had been elected Supreme Chancellor , since many had voted for him in an outpouring of sympathy . In the immediate aftermath of the invasion , Amidala attended Qui - Gon Jinn ' s ritual cremation in a funeral temple of Theed to pay her respects . Finally , a huge parade was held in the Naboo capital to celebrate the official unification of the humans and Gungans . During the ceremony , which was attended by Chancellor Palpatine , the members of the Jedi Council , Obi - Wan Kenobi , and Anakin Skywalker , Amidala handed over a symbolic orb to an overjoyed Boss Nass as a symbol of peace between the long - warring peoples . As the square erupted with applause , Amidala shared an unseen smile with Anakin . Separatist Crisis . At the conclusion of her two terms as queen , Amidala stepped aside for her elected successor , Queen Jamillia . In the time of her rule , the Naboo had grown so fond of Amidala that there was widespread talk that the constitution should be amended to allow her another term . Amidala declined this , however , since popular rule was not democratic and she was relieved to have done her part . Not long after her coronation , Queen Jamillia asked Amidala to serve as Naboo ' s representative in the Galactic Senate , a request that Amidala ultimately accepted . Amidala entered the Senate in the same year as Senator Rush Clovis of Scipio . The pair served on several Senate committees together and became close ; Amidala ultimately ended the relationship however , something which Clovis did not take very well . Ten years after the Invasion of Naboo , former Jedi Count Dooku became the public face of a Confederacy of Independent Systems that had withdrawn from the Republic in opposition to the corruption they believed had enveloped the Senate . In response to the threat posed by this Separatist Alliance , the Republic Senate debated the proposed Military Creation Act that would allow Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to formally commission a Grand Army of the Republic . During this time , Senator Amidala became a member of the Chancellor ' s Loyalist Committee and was regarded as the leader of the opposition to the Military Creation Act . On the eve of the vote in the Senate over the Military Creation Act , Senator Amidala arrived on Coruscant . Upon landing , her cruiser was hit in an assassination attempt by bounty hunter Zam Wesell , who had been hired to kill Amidala by Jango Fett , himself under the employee of Count Dooku . The explosion killed several of her guards as well as Amidala ' s double , Cordé . At the request of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , the Jedi Council assigned Jedi Knight s Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to protect Amidala and investigate the incident , though Amidala objected to the added security . That evening , Amidala met with Kenobi and Skywalker in her penthouse apartment . With several years having passed , Skywalker was nervous to meet Amidala and while she hid her feelings , Kenobi noted that the senator was pleased to see Skywalker as well . That night , Zam Wesell tried again to kill Amidala by releasing two deadly Kouhun s into her apartment using a droid . Kenobi and Skywalker sensed the attack and rushed into the bedroom . Skywalker managed to kill the Kouhuns as Kenobi jumped through the bedroom window and grabbed on to the droid as security officers rushed into the apartment . Kenobi and Skywalker , after a chase through the Coruscant skylanes , were able to capture Zam Wesell . Before she could reveal the plot behind the assassination attempts on Senator Amidala , Wesell was killed by Jango Fett using a Kamino dart . In the aftermath of continued attacks , Amidala was convinced to leave Coruscant and to return to Naboo . While Skywalker went with her to continue protecting her , Kenobi continued the investigation into the assassination attempts . Upon arriving on Naboo , Amidala and Skywalker grew closer in their relationship and Skywalker told her of his love for her . However , since Skywalker was committed to the Jedi Order and Amidala to the Senate , they both agreed to forgo pursing a more romantic relationship . While on Naboo , Skywalker started experiencing Force vision s of his mother in danger . Convinced he had to save her , he determined to travel to Tatooine . Amidala traveled with him and upon their arrival at the Lars moisture farm , Skywalker discovered that his mother had been taken by Tusken Raider s . He was able to track them down , but was too late and his mother died in his arms . Angered , he slaughtered the entire village including the women and children . He returned to the homestead to bury his mother . Later , Skywalker confessed to Amidala his despair and anger and what he had done and she attempted to comfort him . War and marriage . Meanwhile , Kenobi had traced Jango Fett to the planet Geonosis and discovered that Count Dooku was behind the assassination attempts . He also learned that the Separatists had built a droid army to attack the Republic and that the Republic had at its disposal an army of clone trooper s supposedly commissioned by the long deceased Jedi Master Sifo - Dyas . Requesting that Skywalker relay his message to Coruscant , Kenobi informed the Jedi and the Senate what he had discovered , just before he was captured . The Jedi decided to send an assault team , while Skywalker was ordered to stay with Amidala . Torn over the desire to rescue his master but yet also protect the senator , Amidala came to the decision to help Skywalker by traveling to Geonosis , forcing Skywalker to accompany her . However , their rescue was a failure and they were captured . Before they were led to the arena to be executed , Amidala confessed her love for Skywalker , reasoning that there was no point in denying it before they died . The execution of Amidala , Skywalker , and Kenobi was to be carried out by several creatures brought into the arena , a reek , an acklay , and a nexu . As they were released and attacked , Jedi Master Mace Windu arrived and the Jedi revealed themselves . A full out battle erupted , and though Amidala had been wounded by one of the creatures , she also grabbed a blaster and fought side - by - side with the Jedi . Of the original two hundred Jedi who had arrived , only a few were left and the situation seemed lost . At that point , Master Yoda arrived with the newly christened Grand Army of the Republic and the Battle of Geonosis began in earnest . Skywalker , Kenobi , and Amidala pursued Count Dooku in a Republic gunship , but Amidala and the trooper were knocked from the troop bay by a cannon blast . They were able to call backup , but arrived too late to stop Dooku who had fought against Skywalker and Kenobi before being defeated by Yoda . After the battle , Skywalker and Amidala returned to Naboo where they were secretly married . The Clone Wars . Negotiations with the Hutts . Sometime after the Battle of Geonosis , Amidala spoke with the Chancellor about Naboo ' s new security measures due to several new battles in the Outer Rim . Amidala was then informed that Jabba the Hutt believed Skywalker had kidnapped his son , Rotta , and that he was refusing to negotiate with the Republic . Amidala then offered to negotiate with Jabba through his uncle , Ziro , who lived on Coruscant at his palace . Amidala went there to speak to him , but he refused to listen to her . Amidala sneaked back into his palace where she overheard Ziro speaking with Count Dooku , promising that Rotta , Skywalker , and his apprentice would be eliminated , that the Jedi would bring Jabba to justice and Ziro would become head of the Hutt Clan . Amidala was discovered and captured by Ziro ' s droids and was promised to Dooku as his prisoner . Amidala was taken to the palace dungeon where she was able to trick the droids into activating her communicator , alerting her assistant C - 3PO to her predicament before the droids destroyed it . Ziro , seeing that Amidala was too dangerous to be kept alive , decided to execute her knowing his powerful friends in the Senate would protect him . Amidala was then rescued by C - 3PO , who brought in Coruscant Guard Commander Fox and his troopers . Amidala then subdued one of her guards , took its weapon and held Ziro at gunpoint . She contacted Jabba , informed him of his uncle ' s treachery , and ensured a treaty between the Republic and the Hutts . Trap on the " Malevolence " . Amidala was then sent on a mission by Palpatine to negotiate with a representative of the Banking Clan about withdrawing from the war . She , along with C - 3PO , traveled to the rendezvous . However , Amidala learned that it was all a trap when she came out in the middle of a battle between the Republic fleet and the Confederacy ' s heavy cruiser , the " Malevolence " . She tried to move away from the heavy cruiser , but was pulled in by the " Malevolence " s tractor beam . Though she urged the Republic fleet to continue their attack , refusing to allow herself to become a bargaining chip , her husband ordered them to stop . As her ship set down in the hangar bay , Amidala rigged it to blow in the hopes that it might take Grievous with it . The ship did indeed explode with the general aboard , taking several battle droids with it but he survived . She and C - 3PO then managed to make their escape from General Grievous into the bowels of the " Malevolence " . She was able to contact Skywalker and Kenobi , who had boarded the ship to rescue her . The two groups met at a point halfway between them , though Skywalker and Amidala soon became separated from Kenobi , Threepio and Artoo . While Kenobi was forced to delegate the rescue of 3PO to R2 , to ensure that the hyperdrive stayed offline , Skywalker and Amidala made their way to the bridge to make adjustments to the navicomputer that would cause the " Malevolence " to pilot itself into a moon . Both missions proved a success , and the group managed to escape the " Malevolence " . While Grievous personally took his starfighter , the " Soulless One " , and several other fighters that attacked the group as they attempted to dock with the Republic fleet , the " Malevolence " began to move towards a near moon , before colliding with it , destroying the heavy cruiser instantly . With the loss of the " Malevolence " , Grievous fled the battle , and Amidala and her companions reached safety . Crisis on Rodia . Amidala then traveled to Rodia with C - 3PO and Representative Jar Jar Binks in an effort to persuade her old friend , Senator Onaconda Farr to remain loyal to the Republic . Unfortunately , when she arrived , Amidala learned that Farr had already pledged his system to the Separatists as Viceroy Nute Gunray could provide them with supplies and protection , unlike the Republic . Amidala was imprisoned to await Gunray ' s arrival , while Threepio was scheduled to be scrapped and Binks managed to evade arrest . Wearing a discarded Jedi robe he found within Amidala ' s cruiser , Binks mistakenly caused his pursuers to believe he was a Jedi . After hearing word of a Jedi being near by , Amidala managed to outsmart the battle droids and escape her cell . Amidala then proceeded to rescue Threepio ; and was dismayed to learn that the Jedi she had heard about was merely Jar Jar in disguise . Amidala found herself in trouble once again , after Gunray arrived on the planet and captured her . However , Binks and a Kwazel Maw called " Bogey " happened to cause chaos among the Viceroy ' s guard ; forcing him to attempt to escape , only to find himself at gunpoint . Gunray was confident Senator Farr would rescue him from Amidala ; however , he soon learned that the two Senators had planned to capture him the entire time . A Republic cruiser subsequently arrived and Gunray was taken into custody . While Farr requested that Amidala accept his apology for his brief betrayal , she remained adamant that it was the Republic that owed him an apology for forgetting that just because Rodia was not a particularly powerful ally did not make it any less important than any other system . Following the Gunray ' s capture and escape , Amidala was with Palpatine when he received word from Hondo Ohnaka ' s pirate gang that they had managed to capture the leader of the Separatists , Count Dooku . Being that Dooku was a powerful Sith Lord , the Jedi Council , the Chancellor and Amidala found it difficult to believe that mere pirates could capture him . Amidala counseled Palpatine , advising him to have the Council send two Jedi to confirm the validity of Hondo Ohnaka ' s claims before sending diplomats to deliver the ransom that he demanded . The Blue Shadow Virus crisis . Amidala and Binks were then recalled to Naboo by Queen Neeyutnee . The queen revealed that a squad of battle droids had been found and destroyed onworld , and requested that Amidala petition the Senate or the Jedi Council to help protect Naboo . Unfortunately , Amidala knew that more evidence would be needed to warrant action by the Senate or the Jedi . She then took it upon herself to search the swamplands for signs of a greater Separatist presence on her homeworld ; as had been indicated by a captured tactical droid and a bug on it . After following a tainted water stream , Amidala and Binks came across a hatch which they proved unable to open . Amidala was able to contact Captain Typho to give him the location of the lab . During their attempts to open the hatch they became surrounded by battle droids and were swiftly captured . The pair was then taken before Separatist scientist , Doctor Nuvo Vindi , who revealed that he had perfected the long thought eradicated disease , the Blue Shadow Virus , which he planned to release into the galaxy . Fortunately , her Jedi allies Skywalker , Kenobi , and Ahsoka Tano arrived on Naboo to aid her . Tano , with the help of Gungan native Peppi Bow , located the secret lab of Doctor Vindi . When Skywalker and his troops came to rescue her , Vindi threatened to kill Amidala and Binks . Following a struggle , Skywalker was able to rescue them . When Skywalker pursued Vindi , Amidala and Binks went with him and his troops . When they joined Tano and Rex , Kenobi told them that Vindi had activated the bombs and that one of the bombs was missing . Amidala then remembered that Vindi had given a little droid the bomb . When everyone split up , the Naboo senator and Binks found the droid . At first , Amidala tried to get the bomb nicely back from the droid , but the droid growled at them and tried to run away with it . Luckily Jar Jar grabbed the droid and secured the bomb . Tano then brought the bomb squad and the bomb was deactivated . The Jedi and a squad of clones were then able to captured Vindi for trial . Unfortunately as the Jedi prepared to take the mad scientist to trial on Coruscant , Amidala and the clones discovered that one of his virus bombs was missing the vial that contained the virus ; meaning that it may have found its way into the wrong hands and could still be released . As they had suspected , the virus had fallen into Separatist hands , Vindi ' s assistant droid , who released it within the laboratory , causing the facility to lockdown with Tano , Amidala , Binks , and several clones trapped inside . The few remaining battle droids then started slicing the exits , hoping to release the virus into Naboo ' s atmosphere . The remaining Republic forces in the lab began to pick off the droids before they could break out . While being attacked by droidekas , Amidala ' s biohazard suit was breached and she became infected with the virus . . However , she persevered and eventually the remaining droids were destroyed . Amidala and Tano contacted Skywalker and Kenobi on the surface , telling them not to open the lab , so as to prevent the virus escaping . The transmission was cut off before Amidala could say her last goodbye to her husband , but Skywalker refused to abandon his wife to her fate . After the skirmish , two clone troopers died because of the virus . Subsequently Amidala said she that she hoped that their sacrifice would help bring peace to the galaxy , a sentiment agreed to by Tano . Soon after , Tano herself lost consciousness , due to the virus . However , before the virus could kill Amidala and Tano , Skywalker and Kenobi arrived with the cure , freeing the survivors from the contaminated compound and ensuring that Naboo , and the galaxy itself , was safe from the virus . The Zillo Beast incident . Following the Battle of Malastare , Amidala spoke with Kenobi about the Zillo Beast that had been brought to Coruscant . Amidala hoped that she would be able to use her relationship with Skywalker and Palpatine to bring about the release of the creature . Although she was able to secure a meeting with Skywalker and Palpatine , she was cut short when the Zillo Beast escaped its confines , rampaging towards the Senate building to settle a personal vendetta against Palpatine after witnessing him order its death sentence . Amidala , Skywalker and Palpatine , along with droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , evacuated to Palpatine ' s personal escape shuttle , although they were grabbed by the beast ' s claws . Skywalker was able to cut the shuttle in half , releasing himself , Amidala and the droids out onto the sloped roof of the Senate building . Although Amidala had no means to stop her descent while sliding down the roof , she was soon caught by Skywalker . With the help of Yoda and Aayla Secura , Skywalker then withstood the fatal toxin - attack against the Zillo Beast . Amidala and her companions survived the incident largely unscathed . Spying on Senator Clovis . Later , Senator Amidala welcomed her secret husband home for a rare moment away from their duties , but was embittered when Anakin had to leave her for an urgent meeting with the Jedi Council . The Council had previously asked her to spy on her old friend Senator Rush Clovis , who was suspected of working with the Separatists , but she had refused since she found the idea of spying on a colleague and an old friend unsettling . The Council neglected to tell her about the Separatist involvement , however , and she was left shocked when Anakin revealed these details whilst trying to steer her away from reconsidering . Still a bit angry over the previous night , and annoyed that Anakin was acting in a jealous manner , Amidala retracted her previous decision and accepted the mission to spy on Clovis . As part of her mission , Amidala befriended Clovis and agreed to accompany him on a trip to Cato Neimoidia to negotiate with the Trade Federation . She was accompanied by R2 - D2 and Skywalker , who was aggressive towards Clovis during the trip for flirting with his wife . On one occasion , he damaged the seat beside Amidala ' s seat to prevent Clovis from sitting next to her . On takeoff , Skywalker even jerked the ship to prevent Clovis from kissing Amidala again . Upon arriving on Cato Neimoidia , Amidala and Clovis were greeted by the Trade Federation Senator Lott Dod , who arranged for his servants to show Senator Amidala to her quarters . While Skywalker and R2 - D2 stayed on the ship to await further instructions , Amidala spied on Clovis , Dod , and the Geonosian Archduke Poggle the Lesser , who were meeting in the garden . Senator Clovis refused to lend anymore credits for the Separatists to build a new droid foundry on Geonosis . Amidala was unable to view their holographic blueprints since the Separatists had taken precautions to shut it down . Realizing that Senator Clovis was infatuated with Amidala , Dod and Poggle connived to poison her in order to extract leverage from Clovis . During a formal dinner that night , Lott Dod tricked Senator Amidala into sharing his drink , which had been contaminated with poison . Once dinner had finished , Senator Clovis took Amidala on a tour of the palace . During the tour , Amidala began to succumb to the effects of the poison including thirst and head - throbbing . While Clovis went away to fetch her a drink , Amidala took the opportunity to access the palace ' s files and download the blueprints for the Separatist factory on Geonosis . She then contacted Skywalker and arranged for him to meet her in her quarters . Amidala also managed to steal a hologram disc . After making her way back to her quarters , Amidala passed the disc to Skywalker . Shortly later , she passed out in her chamber . Meanwhile , Senator Clovis realized that Amidala was a spy after discovering that his holodisc was missing . Clovis strode into Amidala ' s quarters to confront her only to discover that she was unconscious and to encounter a furious Anakin Skywalker . Realizing Skywalker ' s love for Amidala , Clovis agreed to get the antidote in exchange for the holodisc . While carrying Senator Amidala back to her ship , Skywalker and Clovis were cornered by Lott Dod and his men . After Clovis forced Dod at gunpoint to hand over the antidote , the three fled . However , Skywalker purposely left Clovis behind to face the wrath of Senator Dod . Having escaped Dod , Skywalker injected the antidote into Amidala . The Mandalorian crisis . Following her near - death encounter on Cato Neimoidia , Senator Amidala took an interest in the growing instability on the planet Mandalore . While the New Mandalorians - led government wished to remain neutral , a hardline faction known as the Death Watch wanted to side with the Separatists . Following an assassination attempt on the Mandalorian Duchess Satine Kryze , Amidala informed her friend the Duchess that the Galactic Senate had recently voted to occupy Mandalore and that warships were preparing to depart at sunrise . The Senate ' s decision had been influenced by a tampered holo - recording from the deceased Deputy Minister Jerec , claiming that the planet was in crisis . In reality , Senator Jerec had rejected Republic military intervention and stressed that it was an internal matter for the Mandalorians to handle alone . Despite the Death ' s Watch efforts to stop Duchess Kryze from delivering the datacard containing Jerec ' s real recording to the Senate , the Duchess managed to delivered the card to Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , who then passed it to Senator Amidala . When Chancellor Palpatine asked if any Senators objected to the Republic intervention on Mandalore , Senator Amidala took the opportunity to present Jerec ' s real recording before the Galactic Senate . As a result , the Galactic Senate voted to recall the occupation force from hyperspace before it could land on Mandalore . Due to her efforts , Senator Amidala won the praise and goodwill of Duchess Kryze . The blockade of Pantora . Senator Amidala was later present when Ahsoka Tano informed her master , Anakin Skywalker , that the newly elected Chairman of Pantora Baron Papanoida ' s daughters Chi Eekway and Che Amanwe had been kidnapped . The kidnapping had coincided with a Trade Federation blockade of Pantora under the pretext that the planet had outstanding debts to pay . However , the blockade was merely a shadow - play by Count Dooku to force the Pantoran s to join the Separatist Alliance . With the consent of Skywalker , Tano traveled to Pantora with Senator Riyo Chuchi and succeeded in rescuing the girls and exposing the Trade Federation ' s links to the Separatists . Amidala herself had been supportive of Chuchi ' s efforts to get the Senate to intervene on Pantora ' s behalf , as the struggle reminded her of her own homeworld ' s similar plight . Mission to Mandalore . Later , Senator Amidala traveled to Mandalore , which was facing an economic crisis due to the disruption to trade caused by the Clone Wars . Due to the shortage of goods , smuggling had become a problem on that planet . During her visit to the Mandalorian capital of Sundari , she did her best to assure Duchess Satine Kryze of aid from helpful factions in the Galactic Senate . Amidala ' s mission was complicated by the inability of the New Mandalorian Ruling Council ' s to adopt a common position on seeking aid from the Galactic Republic . Her visit also coincided with the arrival of a group of Moogan smuggler s imported a shipment of tea with a toxic chemical called slabin . While visiting a hospital , Amidala and Kryze were horrified to discover that a large number of children had been poisoned by an unknown substance . Since all of these students had attended the same school , the two Senators quickly deduced that the poisoning had been caused by some contaminated foodstuffs . Amidala and Kryze decided to visit the school to investigate the poisoning . There , they discovered that the school ' s tea drinks had been contaminated with slabin . After interrogating the school ' s superintendent , they learned that the school had sourced the tea from a middleman named Siddiq , who was employed by a shipping company . From Siddiq , Amidala and Kryze learned that the tea shipment had come from Mooga and that another shipment was due to arrive that night . That night , Amidala , Satine , and one of the Ducal guards infiltrated the pier in question and witnessed the shipment ' s arrival and the complicity of a customs officer . While the police captain initially denied that any criminal activity occurred in his jurisdiction , he changed his mind when he visited the dock warehouse where the tea was stored and saw the operation with himself . Following a skirmish with the Moogan smugglers , during which Amidala personally dispatched two of the smugglers after the police chief was injured , Satine had the warehouse and its contents burned down . Following the raid , Amidala and Kryze reported to Prime Minister Almec , who was reluctant to acknowledge the corruption within the Mandalorian government but promised to investigate the matter . Before Amidala left , Satine suggested sending an undercover Jedi agent to investigate the Royal Academy of Government , and Amidala promised to bring the matter before Master Yoda . Brush with death on Alderaan . Senator Amidala later attended a conference on the planet Alderaan that had been convened by Senator Bail Organa to address the plight of wartime refugees . Amidala was accompanied by Skywalker ' s Padawan Ahsoka Tano , who had been experiencing visions that the supposedly - dead bounty hunter Aurra Sing was planning to kill the Naboo senator . Prior to the conference , Amidala tried to assure Tano that she had felt the same sense of insecurity when she was Queen of Naboo . During the conference , Tano ' s fears proved founded when Aurra Sing shot Amidala while she was about to open her speech . Ahsoka ' s timely intervention prevented Sing from killing the Senator , who only sustained a shoulder wound . However , Sing managed to escaped capture . Following the failed assassination attempt , Tano devised a plan to capture Aurra Sing by having a luxury droid , wreathed in a robe , take Amidala ' s place at the conference . Meanwhile , the real Amidala cast her speech through the droid via telecommunications from the safety of her private quarters . However , Sing saw through the plan and attempted to ambush Amidala . However , Tano sensed Sing ' s intentions through her precognitive abilities and intercepted her before the bounty hunter could carry out her second attempt . During a brief struggle , Sing managed to wound the Padawan , but was stunned by Amidala with a concealed blaster . Due to Tano ' s efforts to rescue her , Amidala developed a warm friendship with her . Later , Tano used her precognitive abilities to expose the imprisoned Hutt crime lord Ziro as the individual who had hired Sing to assassinate Amidala . The Senate hostage crisis . While Senator Amidala and General Skywalker were arranging a party for her colleague Senator Aang , they discovered that they were short on jogan fruit , an essential ingredient in jogan fruit cake . Skywalker sent R2 - D2 and C - 3PO to buy jogan fruit from the market place in Coruscant . However , the two droids were then kidnapped by the bounty hunter Cad Bane , who was working for the Separatists . Bane had been hired by the Grand Hutt Council to rescue Ziro from prison and had devised a plan which involved taking the Galactic Senate hostage . After extracting a layout of the Galactic Senate building from Artoo ' s databanks , Bane had the two droids mind - wiped and returned to their original places . Ignorant of Bane ' s plans , the two droids returned to their masters with the jogan fruit . Shortly later , Bane and his associates , including the newly - freed Aurra Sing , put their plans into action . They infiltrated the Senate and overpowered the Senate Commando s guarding the entrance . Meanwhile , Amidala was talking with Skywalker in her office . Her husband proposed taking her to somewhere in the galaxy for a few weeks where no one would recognize them . Amidala declined since she was too focused on her work as a Senator . During their conversation , Skywalker even gave his lightsaber to Amidala to show her that he trusted her with his life . However , Skywalker was forced to hide when Senator Organa and C - 3PO entered Amidala ' s office . Organa had invited Amidala to attend a meeting of senators who were concerned about the new Enhanced Privacy Invasion Bill . Before she departed , Amidala hid Skywalker ' s lightsaber under her sleeve . While Amidala and her colleagues were making their way to their meeting room , they were ambushed by Bane and his associates in the lobby . After securing the Senators , Bane issued an ultimatum to Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and demanded the release of Ziro the Hutt . When Palpatine refused , Bane retaliated by locking down the entire building and severing all communications with the outside world . He took everyone ' s comlink s . Before he could search Senator Amidala , Bane spotted Skywalker in the upper levels and sent his henchmen to pursue the Jedi . Following a protracted pursuit throughout the Senate Building ' s corridors , Bane ' s associates managed to capture the Jedi Knight . Amidala was present when Sing and Shahan Alama delivered an unconscious Skywalker to the lobby . Meanwhile , Chancellor Palpatine backed down and agreed to release Ziro . Prior to leaving , Bane and his bounty hunters planted several explosives in the lobby of the Senate building . Amidala tended to the wounded Skywalker and managed to rouse him . Skywalker then used his lightsaber to carve a hole around the senators and dropping everyone one floor down . This enabled Amidala and her colleagues to narrowly escape Bane ' s explosives , which exploded shortly after . Having achieved their objectives , Bane and Ziro departed offworld . Peace mission to Raxus . When the Galactic Senate began debating a bill that would eliminate government oversight of the InterGalactic Banking Clan in order to fund the Republic ' s military efforts , Senator Amidala suggested opening negotiations with the Separatists to find a peaceful solution to the Clone Wars . Amidala ' s efforts were opposed by the war profiteering Senate representatives of the Trade Federation , the Techno Union , and the InterGalactic Banking Clan : Lott Dod , Gume Saam , and Nix Card . These senators conspired to sabotage Amidala ' s efforts by arranging for a Separatist attack on Coruscant . Accompanied by Ahsoka , Amidala traveled behind enemy lines to the planet Raxus to meet her old friend and mentor Senator Mina Bonteri , who had joined the Separatist cause . After a tense but cordial reunion , Amidala and Bonteri agreed to initiate a motion to petition the Galactic Senate and the Separatist Senate to discuss a diplomatic solution to the Clone Wars . The Separatist Parliament approves of the motion by a majority vote with the exception of a few dissenting votes including the Corporate Alliance . While Count Dooku publicly supported the motion , he gave secret orders for General Grievous to deposit a group of droids disguised as sanitary units on Coruscant to commit acts of sabotage . These droids managed to blow up the Senate District ' s central power distribution grid ; creating a massive power outage which coincided with the Senate ' s hearing on the Separatist peace proposal . This terror attack succeeded in hardening the Senate ' s stance towards the Separatists and it passed a bill deregulating the banks . As a result , Senator Amidala ' s diplomatic efforts to end the Clone Wars came to naught . Murders in the Senate . Subsequently , Kamino an senator Halle Burtoni proposed a bill for the creation of five million more clone troopers . Amidala and Organa argued against the proposal in the Senate ; it was then Dooku sent them a message informing them Bonteri had been killed during an attack he attributed to the Republic . Opponents to the bill were dissuaded to vote by threats , while she , Farr and Organa were attacked by the bounty hunters Robonino and Chata Hyoki . Organa was injured , so Amidala made an impassioned speech against taking away any more credits from social services in his stead , which was broadcast on the HoloNet . At a subsequent toast , Farr suddenly died . After his funeral , Palpatine summoned her and Farr ' s aide Lolo Purs to his office , where Inspector Tan Divo revealed Farr had been poisoned . Amidala suspected Umbaran senator Mee Deechi , but after he was murdered too , suspicion fell on Burtoni . Amidala deduced Purs murdered Farr when Divo stated the poison , which only affected Rodians , had been in all their drinks , and realized she did not drink at the toast . After she got Purs to confess , she apprehended her with a punch to the face . Afterwards , Burtoni ' s bill was approved . Later wartime activities . Amidala and her husband participated in the Battle of Mon Cala , and then a skirmish on Naboo . Meanwhile , she sent C - 3PO and R2 - D2 on a humanitarian mission to Aleen . She then attended a Confederate – Republic peace conference on Mandalore . Present was Mina ' s son Lux Bonteri , who had followed her into the Separatist Senate , who accused Dooku of being behind his mother ' s death . Amidala feared a reprisal , and asked Ahsoka Tano to protect him . Amidala attended Obi - Wan Kenobi ' s funeral after he was believed killed by Rako Hardeen , which was actually a scheme to infiltrate a planned kidnapping of Palpatine by having Kenobi impersonate Hardeen . Amidala welcomed Palpatine when he came to Naboo for the Festival of Light . As the attack got underway , Ahsoka escorted Amidala and the other delegates to safety . The next morning , Amidala thanked the Jedi on the Naboo ' s behalf for protecting the Chancellor . When Dooku made another attempt to kidnap the Chancellor , she arrived with the Palace Guard to protect him . Defending Ahsoka Tano . After Ahsoka Tano was expelled from the Jedi Order for her alleged role in a bombing and the subsequent murder of Letta Turmond , Padmé Amidala agreed to defend the former Padawan during her trial before the Senate . During the court proceedings , she argued that if Tano had really been the culprit , she would not have left a lot of incriminating material behind nor have committed the murder of Turmond in a way that would so easily implicate her . Admiral Wilhuff Tarkin , the prosecutor , was unconvinced and pointed out that Tano was seen collaborating with a known Separatist — Asajj Ventress . As the court ' s judge Chancellor Palpatine was about to read the verdict , Anakin Skywalker burst in with some Jedi Temple Guard s and revealed that the real culprit was in fact Barriss Offee . Offee finally confessed her crimes and all charges against Tano were dropped . However , Tano refused an offer to rejoin the Jedi Order and sought to discover a new path for herself . Mission to Scipio . Later , Senator Amidala went on a diplomatic mission to Scipio , where she reunited with Clovis and uncovered corruption at the InterGalactic Banking Clan . They were targeted by Embo , but Anakin saved them . Clovis became head of the Banking Clan , but she discovered he had done it on Dooku ' s behalf , raising interest rates for the Republic before Separatist forces came to occupy Scipio . Amidala warned Anakin , and the Republic attacked , seizing control of the banks , while Clovis committed suicide . Vos and Ventress . After Dooku ' s former Sith apprentice Asajj Ventress was formally pardoned of her crimes after helping to rescue Master Quinlan Vos from Dooku , Anakin Skywalker discussed details about their involvement in the Jedi Council ' s mission to assassinate Count Dooku . Knowing that Senator Amidala would not approve of such an action , he claimed that it was merely a mission to capture Dooku . Anakin also voiced his concerns that the Jedi had not informed the Supreme Chancellor about the operation . When Amidala asked Skywalker about his thoughts on the mission , he expressed his discomfort with Ventress . When Amidala queried about Ventress ' claims that Vos had turned to the dark side , Skywalker theorized that she had seduced the Jedi Master . Skywalker then went on to criticize Vos and Ventress for pursuing a romantic relationship ; something that was forbidden under the Jedi Code . When Skywalker realized that he too was embroiled in a romantic relationship with Amidala , she reassured him that they were genuinely in love . After Skywalker remarked that Ventress was incapable of love due to her dark side background , Padmé responded that Ventress ' s love for Vos could lead him back to the light side . Pregnancy . As the Outer Rim Sieges raged on , Amidala had fewer opportunities to see her husband . While she did become pregnant , she was unable to share this news with Skywalker until after the Battle of Coruscant . The news , while exciting for both parents , placed them in a bind as it threatened to reveal their marriage . Meanwhile , Skywalker began suffering from nightmares foreshadowing the death of Amidala . Not wanting to risk this and suffer the same pain when his mother died , Skywalker turned to Jedi Master Yoda for advice without revealing too much of his fears . Yoda advised that to overcome his nightmares and fears , Skywalker had to learn to let go to those close to him , something that did not sit well with Skywalker . His fears for Amidala increasing , Skywalker turned to his close friend , Chancellor Palpatine , who revealed to him that the Sith Lord Plagueis the Wise had come close to learning the power of immortality . Meanwhile , Amidala became increasingly concerned with the events of the war and power held by Palpatine and the increasing rift this was causing between herself and Skywalker . Padmé then joined a group of senators that were wary of Palpatine ' s policies and discussed ways of stopping him . When the Jedi discovered Palpatine ' s identity as the Sith Lord Darth Sidious , they attempted to arrest him . Palpatine killed three of them before being defeated by Mace Windu . However , Skywalker interfered , slicing off Windu ' s hand , giving Sidious the opportunity to kill the Jedi . Skywalker , seeing Sidious as the only way to save his wife , pledged himself to the dark side . Sidious then initiated Order 66 declaring the Jedi to be traitors to the Republic . Across the galaxy , Jedi were murdered by their own soldiers , while on Coruscant Skywalker led the 501st to the Jedi Temple where they slaughtered everyone within , setting the ancient structure ablaze in the process . Knowing that her husband was in the Temple , but unaware of the true circumstances of why he was there , Amidala watched fearfully and horror - stricken from her apartment as the Jedi Temple burned . When Skywalker arrived at her apartment unharmed , he informed her that the Jedi had become traitors but that his loyalties stayed with the chancellor . He then left for the planet Mustafar to put an end to the leaders of the Separatist Alliance . Amidala meanwhile attended a meeting of the Senate where the chancellor declared the formation of the Galactic Empire and himself as Emperor . Whilst thousands of her colleagues applauded , Amidala was despondent ; she remarked , with tears in her eyes , that this was " how liberty dies , with thunderous applause " . Meeting on Mustafar . After the birth of the Empire , Amidala was visited by Obi - Wan Kenobi who revealed to her that Skywalker had turned to the dark side and that he needed her help in stopping him . Amidala refused though , and Kenobi correctly identified Skywalker as the father of the baby she was carrying . He then left , but later followed Amidala into her starship as she left Coruscant for Mustafar to meet Skywalker . Upon her arrival , she was horrified to find that Obi - Wan had been correct : Skywalker had succumbed fully to the dark side and was now the Sith Lord Darth Vader . She tried to convince him to simply leave and help raise their child , but he instead went on an intense speech of how he could overthrow the Emperor and they could rule the galaxy together . Now sobbing with fear and horror , Amidala backed away from the man who wore her husband ' s face but no longer seemed to be him and implored that he was breaking her heart . As she begged for him to stop going down this dark path , Skywalker ' s eyes burned and he screamed out that she was lying . Unbeknownst to Amidala , Obi - Wan had stowed away on her ship knowing she would go to verify the truth of his claims , but this proved to be fatal for her . Under the impression that his wife had turned against him and brought the Jedi to kill him , Vader seized her with the the Force and began to choke her . After one more desperate plea , Vader released her and she fell unconscious . Death . After Kenobi defeated Vader in a brutal lightsaber fight , he retrieved the unconscious Amidala and brought her to a medical facility on Polis Massa where she would give birth two days later . Amidala , unable to face what had become of Skywalker , had lost the will to live ( at least , according to the medical droid ) and her body began to shut down despite the efforts of the medics to save her . However , she held on long enough to give birth to twins , whom she named as Luke and Leia . Despite all this , Amidala still believed that Skywalker held some good in him , a belief she shared with Kenobi before she died . Obi - Wan then had her corpse returned to Naboo so she could be laid to rest . Her funeral was attended by hundreds of people who mourned the loss of their beloved Senator and former Queen . Darth Vader , upon being rescued by Darth Sidious and then placed in a life supporting suit , asked after his wife . Sidious informed him that in his anger , it appeared that he had killed Amidala . This fueled Vader ' s anger even more to a destructive level . Legacy . Amidala ' s death haunted Vader for the rest of his life . Despite the supremely brutal and ruthless being the Sith Lord became , he could never let go of the emotional agony caused by his wife ' s passing . Decades later , Leia Organa would remember an impression she had of her mother as being very beautiful , kind , but sad . However , Organa was unsure if she really did ever see her mother or just invented these memories to fill the hole in her life . The fact that Amidala had given birth to twins was a secret known only to a few after her death : the mortician Commodex Tahn used a hologram to make her still appear pregnant during her funeral . Nineteen years later , her children met for the first time during the Galactic Civil War — they did not , however , know that they were siblings . Vader later learned that Luke was his son and that Amidala had indeed given birth , and he attempted to seduce Luke to the dark side of the Force . Luke remained true , however , and ultimately learned that Leia was his sister from Obi - Wan Kenobi . During the Battle of Endor , Luke set out to redeem his father from the dark side of the Force . During their duel , Vader searched Luke ' s thoughts and discovered Amidala had also given birth to a daughter . Luke ' s efforts were eventually successful ; Sidious attempted to kill Luke with a barrage of Force lightning , but Vader stepped in to rescue his son and kill the Emperor . Vader , once again Anakin Skywalker , died as a result of the injuries he sustained in killing the Emperor , but not before proving Amidala ' s final words correct : there was still good within Darth Vader . The gowns owned by Amidala were kept on Naboo for many years after her death . Eventually , the gowns found their way to Organa . Because Organa only knew Amidala from the things she owned and the stories told to her by people who had known her , the gowns meant a lot to her and she kept them stored in a safe location . The gowns , however , were thrown into hyperspace by Terex of the First Order after he kidnapped Organa ' s ship on Cato Neimoidia . Behind the scenes . Padmé Amidala was played by Natalie Portman in the prequel trilogy , and voiced by Catherine Taber in the and . According to concept artist Iain McCaig , Padmé was meant to make an attempt on Vader ' s life on Mustafar : the scene as originally storyboarded had her embracing him with a knife , but finding herself unable to actually kill him . ( Her role in the " Revenge of the Sith " script also reflected that she realized Anakin was becoming a monster . )