On May 10, 8:31 pm, "First Fallen" <n...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "Jerri" wrote:
>
> >> The real queen was in disguise as the handmaid for security reasons -
> >> the one in the royal robes was really the handmaid. She made a
> >> striking target for any wanna-be assassins, allowing the real queen
to
> >> move about and act without trouble - until she actually needed to be
> >> dressed in the royal robes and *be* the queen. (obviously she picked
> >> handmaids that closely resembled her)
>
> > ... but ... but ... I understood all *that* .... I just never figured
> > out if Padme was actually the queen and if she was the queen, why did
> > she let the queen-imposter boss her around and make her clean up
> > R2D2? why didn't the queen-imposter tell one of the *other* handmaids
> > to clean up the filthy little android? Not that it matters, but I've
> > always wondered about that. I would understand if there was only the
> > one queen and the one imposter, but she's got a whole bunch o'
> > handmaids that don't seem to be overburdened with work.
> > Jerri
>
> Let me see if I can clear this up.
>
> She was born Padme Naberrie. Upon becoming Queen, she took the moniker
HRH
> Queen Amidala of Naboo as her official title and regnal name. At the
> insistence of Captain Pa****a, a decoy, in the person of one of her
> handmaidens (named Sabe - and played by Keira Knightly) posed as the
queen
> during potentially dangerous situations, while the real queen, disguised
as
> handmaiden Padme, could move about in relative safety, and still be
close
> enough to guide her look-a-like.
>
> Amidala always appeared as the queen during official functions.
>
> She likely set up the whole "clean up the droid" thing in order to be
able
> to speak with and interact more informally with Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Jar
> Jar, and also to help set her up as her envoy when they all went into
Mos
> Espa.
>
> Upon ending her tenure as Queen, and becoming a Senator, she took the
name
> Padme Amidala.
>
> That help at all?
Well, sure ... but where did you get all this information? It
certainly wasn't provided as a handout at the theater (a la Dune) or
in a running commentary at the bottom of the screen or even in notes
inside the special de luxe VHS tape I bought way back when ...
including a short segment of actual tape ... A person shouldn't have
to go spelunking years later to find the truth. That's what I think. I
know they didn't have time/resources to put the whole back story in
the film, but then they should also not have made it quite so baffling
for one such as I, who am smarter than the average bear.
Jerri
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