Star Wars

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[Poll #501324]

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[yubsie]

I wish she would have died of physical complications. Dying of a broken heart just isn't her style. Especially not when she has the babies to live for.

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Word. I have no problem with her death per se, but the way she died...bleh.

[living-force.livejournal.com]

I didn't have a problem with how it was presented. But I also didn't take away from it that she simply "died of a broken heart" or gave up.

[leelastarsky.livejournal.com]

Having her die of a broken heart was complete bollocks. Pathetic, not romantic.

[vader-incarnate.livejournal.com]

It seemed ... not a very Padme thing, for me. Because I've always loved her strength of character, and just giving up didn't seem to be her style.

[leeflower.livejournal.com]

If she knows there's still good in him, I really don't see her just 'giving up.' She tells Obi-Wan she thinks there's a chance to save him; she's going to stick around and try. Padme isn't a quitter. She's too strong to just bail that way.

[jadeywoman.livejournal.com]

I agree with the masses here. Aside from the gaping plot hole it left (did George forget about RotJ?) Padme's death wasn't the issue. It was how it happened. Padme isn't the kind of woman who's going to roll over and die of a broken heart.

[elerrina-amanya.livejournal.com]

[lothi.livejournal.com]

I'm with Jadey (and pretty much everybody else). Padme's death isn't the issue - it's the way she died. What the hell happened to the warrior queen?

As an aside, I'm glad GL didn't leave that particular end loose. I'd hate to have some of the EU authors be responsible for portraying her death. :p

[ravenclaw-devi.livejournal.com]

I'm of a divided mind as to what to think of it. On one hand, as I said in someone else's journal - "I just thought of her as someone who loves her husband so much that she can't go on after losing him to the Dark Side. And I can understand what it's like to love someone like that."

On the other hand, I'm not entirely convinced that Padmé would react like that (yes, I know, she's Lucas' character and it's for him to decide what's in character for her, but still...). The Padmé we know from TPM and AOTC is a strong and determined woman; I find it kinda hard to believe that she could find nothing to live for without her husband. Especially when she has kids - that would be something to live for right there, as others have pointed out.

Many (or at least some) of the fanfics about Padmé had her live to become a co-founder of the Rebellion along with Bail Organa and Mon Mothma, work to save the last Jedi that were still scattered across the galaxy, etc. That's pretty much what I thought Padmé would be doing - stay alive not only for her children, but to try and make a difference in the galaxy. Because that's what had always been important to her, right?

I find it kinda hard to believe that the Padmé who cared so much about the good of the galaxy could become the "I don't know what to do; Anakin, hold me!" Padmé we see in ROTS. I know pregnancy hormones can do a lot to a woman's mood, but I doubt they can change a determined woman who cares about the common good to a woman who only cares about her babydaddy and finds herself unable to live without him, even though she has a family that loves her (I mean, she didn't just have kids, she also had parents and a sister and nieces). I would've expected her to go, "My family needs me, and the galaxy needs me. My personal grief about Anakin is not as important as that." (Not saying any of this to diss Padmé as a character or bash ROTS - I'm still as pro-PT as ever.)

See, this is why Leia will remain my favourite Star Wars woman. I mean, Leia loved Han and needed Han and went to great risky lengths for Han, but I don't think she would've ever been like, "I have nothing to live for without him!"

On the other other hand - well, Anakin has always been Padmé's weakness, in a way. Kinda like her good sense left her when he was involved. Think of how her reaction to the Tusken Slaughter was giving him a hug instead of saying, "Dude, I love you, but you need some serious therapy now!" Or heck, her marrying him even though she well knew that it was against the Jedi Code and could get them in trouble and all. It's like she was a mature-beyond-her-years, levelheaded woman except when it came to her love for Anakin. And hey, who can fault her? ;) Love makes people do stupid things.