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The Death of Padme Amidala

One of my personal peculiarities is that I take things at face value.  The first time I saw Revenge of the Sith, I didn’t question Padmé dying of a broken heart. It seemed understandable. But of course, as I mentioned in one of my first articles for this site, college made me question everything.

The critics never liked Padmé’s death because she’s supposed to be a strong female character and yet she was weak enough to fall for Anakin in the first place and weaker still to just pine away and die because he joined the Dark Side. And yet, in the face of knowing that my opinion was still unpopular, Padmé’s death made sense to me for her character. In spite of her numerous other strengths, she had selfishly chosen to love the wrong person, and there was nothing left for her after she found out what kind of a person he was.

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