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What If Padmé Died In Attack of the Clones? How Anakin's Story Changes
Bounty hunters hired by the Separatists attempted to assassinate Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and the Star Wars saga would have been quite different if they’d succeeded. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, a.k.a. the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, orchestrated the Separatist Crisis and the subsequent Clone Wars in secret, playing both sides so that he could turn the Galactic Republic into his autocratic regime, the Galactic Empire. Anakin Skywalker was key to his plans, with his turn to the dark side and rebirth as Darth Vader helping Palpatine destroy the Jedi, but this tragic fall from grace would have played out differently if Padmé died at the start of Attack of the Clones.