Darth Vader May Have to 'Kill Padmé' A Second Time
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Darth Vader #20!
The Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Vader, isn't just regarded as Star Wars' best villain; he's one of the greatest villains in fiction. In Marvel's Darth Vader#20, by Greg Pak & Raffaele Ienco, someone resembling Padmé Amidalaplans to use and kill him in the period between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Because Vader and the Empire are intact at the beginning of Episode VI, it could mean the end for her.
Although Padmé dies of a broken heart at the end of Revenge of the Sith, the corrupted Anakin Skywalker was directly responsible for Force choking his wife on Mustafar. Thankfully, Obi-Wan Kenobi is there to defeat Anakin and return Padmé to safety. Even though Padmé survives well past her arrival at Polis Massa, fans widely regard that the fallen Chosen One is entirely to blame, especially when the Emperor says, «it seems in your anger, you killed her.» This divulgence evidently torments Vader's entire life in Marvel's current Star Wars comics.
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When Pak and Ienco began the new Darth Vader run in 2020, Vader encountered the same woman resembling his wife in the first two issues. When she shoots at Darth Vader on the planet Vendaxa, he deflects the blaster bolt and Force chokes her. As the imposter floats in the air, grasping her throat, Vader remembers when he did the same thing to Padmé on Mustafar. Vader eventually deduces that she is, in fact, Sabé—Queen Amidala's decoy from The Phantom Menace. As he remembers his wife's unconscious body laying on Mustafar, he can't bear to lose her again, so Vader releases her. He then joins forces with Sabé and returns to some significant prequel trilogy locations
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