Padme Amidala

Padmé Naberrie, better known as Padmé Amidala, is a fictional character in George Lucas's space opera saga Star Wars. She first appeared on film in Category: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - (1999) as the young queen of the planet Naboo. In subsequent prequel trilogy films, Padmé represents Naboo in the Galactic Senate. She is featured in the animated miniseries Category: Star Wars - : Clone Wars (TV series)|Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003?2005) and in Star Wars literature. Padmé is the secret wife of Anakin Skywalker and mother of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia Organa.

Born in a mountain village on Naboo 46 years before the events of Category: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope - (1977), Padmé Naberrie is known successively by her Name of State as Queen Amidala and Senator Amidala. She is a key politician in the Galactic Republic who holds on to the principles of democracy and rule of law.

Initial drafts of Star Wars written by Lucas in the 1970s do not explain the role which the mother of Luke and Leia plays in the saga. Vague references are made to her in Category: Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - (1983), but the character was not fully realized until the prequel trilogy of films that debuted between 1999 and 2005. Padmé Amidala was portrayed by actress Natalie Portman in the trilogy, and an elaborate wardrobe was tailored for the character by costume designer Trisha Biggar.