Did Obi-Wan Have Romantic Feelings For Padmé?
Warning: Spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 3!
Several moments in Obi-Wan Kenobi suggest the titular Jedi had romantic feelings for Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) but was that really the case in the Star Wars universe? After portraying the Jedi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, actor Ewan McGregor returned to the role for the Disney+ series centered on his character. The show takes place a decade after the events of Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith, which saw Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) fall to the dark side and his wife, Padmé, die of a broken heart.
Anakin met Padmé, the Queen of Naboo, on Tatooine when she was under the protection of Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. A decade later, Padmé reunited with Anakin, now the apprentice of Obi-Wan, and the two secretly fell in love and got married. The Queen turned senator revealed her pregnancy a few years later, but the truth about her romance with Anakin was kept under wraps as Jedi weren't supposed to have attachments. Despite exploring the dark side as a way to potentially save the love of his life, Anakin let his anger take control. After becoming Darth Vader, Padmé followed her husband to Mustafar in a last-ditch effort to stop his transformation.
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Anakin seemed to believe that something romantic could have happened when Obi-Wan revealed himself on Padmé's ship to Mustafar. This fell in line with various fan theories and non-canon novelizations that suggested Obi-Wan and Padmé had an affair sometime during the Clone Wars. In the Star Wars prequel movies, Obi-Wan often has a duty to protect Padmé, but there was never any sense of romantic
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