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.
Palpatine had targeted Anakin Skywalker for dark side corruption since the Trade Federation’s invasion of Naboo had been thwarted. Throughout Skywalker’s Jedi education, Palpatine stoked the fires of his ego and dissatisfaction with the Jedi Order’s philosophies. While Palpatine hadn’t planned everything out, such as the tragic death of Anakin’s mother and his eventual marriage to Padmé, they played perfectly into his plans and he made adjustments to them as needed. Palpatine’s Sith apprentice, Count Dooku, hired bounty hunters to kill Padmé on behalf of Nute Gunray, who sought vengeance for her repelling his occupation of Naboo in exchange for joining the Separatists. As shown in Attack of the Clones, Gunray ultimately joined Dooku’s Separatist movement despite Padmé’s survival of all assassination attempts.
Related: How Count Dooku Turned The Galaxy Against The Republic
As shown in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Padmé was key to Anakin’s fall to the dark side, with his desperation to prevent her death being
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