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Star Warsmay have at long last explained why Leia was able to think back Padmé despite her female parent dying moments after her birth . InReturn of the Jedi , Luke let the cat out of the bag to his sister Leia about their female parent . According to the adopted princess , her mother died when she was young , and all she can remember are images and spirit . " She was very beautiful , " Leia evidence Luke . " Kind , but sad . "
The dialogue made perfect good sense in the context ofReturn of the Jedi . In the 1983 motion-picture show ’s novelisation , James Kahn expand upon this to hint that Anakin did n’t bang his lover was pregnant when he became Darth Vader ; after their birth , the last of the Jedi decided it was too severe keeping the Twin Falls together and so Luke was taken to Tatooine by Obi - Wan , while Leia went to Alderaan with their mother . George Lucas ditched this approach inStar Wars Episode III : retaliation of the Sith , revealing that Padmé died during childbirth . How could Leia possibly remember Padmé ? If it was some unearthly Force - ability , why did n’t Luke have similar computer storage ?
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After all these class , the latestStar Warsbook - Queen ’s Shadowby E.K. Johnston - may have provided an solvent . The Scripture explores the family relationship between Padmé and her handmaid , include Sabé - the decoy queen ofStar Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menacewho wasplayed by Keira Knightley . After Padmé ’s expiry , Sabé and her lover Tonra settle that they were n’t willing to simply observe from the by-line as the Republic became the Empire . They were still grieving when they were contacted bySenator Bail Organa , who at this full point in the timeline was meet people he could bank in social club to begin the Rebellion .
This idea is actually lifted from the oldStar WarsExpanded Universe . According toStar Wars : The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide , after Padmé ’s destruction Sabé dedicated herself to oppose the Empire . She joined forces with Bail Organa , and became one of his key envoys , travel the galaxy and establishing electric resistance cells . What ’s more , she also helped bring up the new Princess Leia , tutoring her in matters of court of justice etiquette and statecraft .
Assuming that something interchangeable happened in the newStar Warscanon , it ’s potential this is the source of the confusion ; Leia was n’t remembering Padmé at all , but Sabé . They evidently expect enough alike that Sabé could imitate the Queen in multiple gamy - stakes situations , and as unaired friend , she could pose Padmé effortlessly . And , give that Bail cognise how faithful Padmé and Sabé were ( and that the former Handmaiden had long since turn up she could keep a arcanum ) , it ’s entirely fair to assume that she would be numbered among the trusted few who knew the accuracy about Leia . It ’s quite a beautiful thought that Padmé still had a presence in Leia ’s fostering .
patronize this theory is the fact that Sabé does n’t look elsewhere in Lucasfilm ’s newStar Warscanon . She ’s most notably wanting inLeia , Princess of Alderaan , a novel by Claudia Gray that explored Leia ’s former days in the Senate and unveil how she first became knotty with the Rebellion ; Leia discovered some of her father ’s closest ally - and Sabé was n’t among them . break opposing the Empire was a dangerous byplay , it looks as though Sabé did n’t survive into Leia ’s adolescent years . Just as Leia half - remembered , she died when the Princess was unseasoned .
UPDATE : James Kahn , generator of theReturn of the Jedinovelization , reached out to allow added clarity to the backstory provided in his leger :
" The full stop raise here about Anakin - in Return of the Jedi - not do it Padme was pregnant when he became Darth Vader , so the twins were later on fall apart for their safety and taken to different planets and surrogate parent - that ’s the last remnant of a backstory for Leia that I write in the first draft of ROTJ . In writing the novelization I ’d feel Leia was getting short shrift somewhat , so I manufacture a whole elaborate backstory about the fortune of her birth , and subsequent upbringing on Alderaan . It was the one thing I publish that got swerve , or I was told to lose when writing the second selective service - because , unbeknown to me , of course , George Lucas had his own ideas about her pedigree story . The boldness ! I dutifully thin out the part - but the reference cited here is apparently one leftover from that narrative that somehow got through . think I missed it , and so did the Lucasfilm citizenry . And there you have it . "
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