Plot to assassinate Padmé Amidala / Legends The plot to assassinate Padmé Amidala was a scheme to assassinate the Senator from Naboo , Padmé Amidala . The plot was carried out by Clawdite bounty hunter Zam Wesell on behalf of Jango Fett , who was following orders from Count Dooku , leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems . It was also part of Darth Sidious ' plot to ensure the passing of the Military Creation Act , of which Amidala was one of the leading opponents . The first attempt initially appeared to be a success , but Senator Amidala was found alive . The second attempt , however , was foiled by Jedi Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker . In the aftermath of the second attempt , Zam Wesell was silenced by Jango Fett before the two Jedi could fully question her . The first attack . The assassination did not claim the life of Senator Amidala thanks to the foresight of Captain Gregar Typho , Amidala ' s head of security . He had Amidala replaced by her handmaiden Cordé , while Amidala flew in a N - 1 starfighter . A massive explosion prepared by Wesell took the lives of Cordé , fellow handmaiden Versé , and four members of the Royal Naboo Security Forces , including lieutenant Theomet Danlé . Ironically , the explosion occurred just a few seconds after Typho began to think there was no danger after all . The nearby Naboo Embassy then had security and medical workers rush to the scene . Although Amidala survived the attempt on her life , it was nonetheless initially reported that she was among those who were killed , with an obituary even being reported on her life afterwards . Her survival was not publicly revealed until she arrived right in the middle of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine ' s eulogy for her . Partisan bickering ensued with Twi - lek senator Orn Free Taa proposing that they defer the vote to the next day , with it growing into gasps upon Amidala speaking up . Amidala , a staunch opponent towards the passing of the Military Creation Act and the leader of the opposition to the act ' s passage , cited that she as well as the security apparatus of the Republic had been the target , and implied that whoever was responsible for the attack had the passage of the Military Creation Act as their motive . Despite her survival being confirmed , Palpatine deferred the vote to the next day regardless , in order to do security reviews . This led to the pro - Military senators accusing the latter of overstepping his boundaries as Supreme Chancellor by even delaying the vote in the first place , with one senator , Candabrine Bu of Lansono , implying that Palpatine had no intention of passing the law at all . Amidala as the session was adjourned then pled for the senators to reconsider the Military Creation Act , citing that the Separatists would only show violence in return . The attack was later tracked to disgruntled spice miners from the moons of Naboo , though Amidala suspected Dooku . Afterwards , Supreme Chancellor Palpatine requested the Jedi Council to place Senator Amidala under the protection of Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi . Kenobi and his Padawan Anakin Skywalker were assigned for the task . Kenobi and Skywalker ' s protection prevented a second assassination attempt from succeeding . The second attempt . Following the first failed attempt , Wesell was sent by Fett to terminate the life of Amidala a second time . Fett , saying that a more subtle attempt would be more desirable , gave Wesell two kouhuns , a type of venomous arthropod capable of easily killing adult Humans . He then warned her that they could not afford to make any mistakes this time , as Fett ' s client was getting impatient . Wesell placed the kouhuns in her ASN - 121 courier droid and sent it to place the kouhuns in Amidala ' s bedroom . Although the Kouhuns initially made enough noise to put R2 - D2 out of standby mode , they quickly blended in with the bed frame and eluded the astromech droid ' s scanning the perimeter until it shut itself off . Obi - Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker , from outside the bedroom while in a heated discussion , sensed the danger , however , and Skywalker burst into the room and killed the kouhuns . Kenobi then grabbed onto the ASN - 121 . Wesell , seeing this , was forced to shoot her own droid down , knowing full well that if she tried to shoot Kenobi directly , the autopsy would find the bullet in his body and thus trace it back to her , and that the Jedi Knight ' s fall would seem less suspicious . However , Anakin , via an airspeeder that he had " borrowed " from a senator , rescued Kenobi at the last minute . The two Jedi then pursued Wesell by airspeeder through the Coruscant skylanes to the CoCo District . During the pursuit , Anakin hovered some distance above Zam Wesell ' s craft , let his body drop the intervening distance through the air , then latched a firm hand - grip to its rear canopy handle . He ultimately was forced to let go when she shot at him , although not before getting a good look at her , wherein he deduced that Zam was not only a female , but also a changeling ( he ' d briefly glimpsed Wesell ' s true form when she looked up ) . Skywalker reported this to Kenobi when they had reconvened . After the Jedi duo caught up with the bounty hunter at last — following a foot chase when she was forced to crash land — and had literally disarmed her , Fett was forced to fatally shoot Wesell with a toxic saberdart just as she was about to reveal her employer ' s identity to the Jedi . Aftermath . The saberdart proved to be Jango Fett ' s undoing ; Kenobi brought the dart to his friend Dexter Jettster , whose knowledge of the dart ' s origins led the Jedi to the mysterious planet Kamino . On Kamino , Obi - Wan uncovered Fett ' s existence , and , pursuing him to the planet Geonosis , his ominous role . There , Kenobi discovered that the Confederacy of Independent Systems was constructing a droid army . Fett was later killed on Geonosis by Mace Windu , minutes before the explosive start of the Clone Wars . According to a HoloNet News poll , 55 % of its readers believed the Separatists were behind this renewed attempt on Amidala ' s life , while 11 % voted for pro - military loyalists , 6 % for disgruntled space miners , and the remaining 28 % voted " Others " .