What do you imagine happening? Would she stick with her husband and live miserably with Vader, while disagreeing with him, living like a prisoner? Would she live with him and agree with all he does? (I definitely have a hard time seeing that one) Going into hiding and become bitter and hate her husband? Live in the outer-rim changing her name and doesn't care about the galaxy anymore? Go into hiding and move on with her life? Become like Black Swan? Live in hiding before coming out years later bitter, with a vengeance against Vader and Palpatine blaming them for all that has happened to her? There is quiet a bit more possibilities..that are way better than losing the will to live
Considering how she felt there was still good in Vader, I think she would have stayed and tried to turn him back to the Light Side of the Force. Of course that would confuse Vader even more and her presence would have forced Palpatine to take action against her.
Just to clarify so people don't misunderstand my first post, I am NOT staying Padme going dark is better than losing the will to live, nor would I want all of those things I listed to happen. I just listed them as possibilities. I think Lucas could have done many things to Padme that would have been more interesting than what we got in ROTS. I actually would find it interesting if she lived in hiding raising Luke and becoming somewhat bitter. I wouldn't want her to stay that way, but I would find a story where she becomes cynical and mistrusting of people, but regains her compassion before the end.
I think right at the point where Obi-Wan intervened, Padme was ready to turn away from Anakin before joining him in his actions. She asked him one final time "come away with me" and he refused. I think that was it for her. She certainly may have tried to reason with him from then on, but I don't think there was any chance Padme would have sat around as the Lady of the Empire.
I think she would have ran away and went into hiding. Vader would have stalked her to the ends of the galaxy. Seeing the resources at his disposal, eventually he would have caught up with her. Eventually, she would die, probably at Vader's hands, or at the hands of her pursuers, or in some accident trying to escape. One way or another, along the way I think Padme would have left the kids somewhere she thought they were safe. Perhaps Vader would have tracked them down, too.
She would've likely had to leave the kids for their own protection and either go into hiding or be the head of the Rebellion. It actually was how I imagined what had happened to Padme. She was the former head of the Rebellion before she was killed, then Leia took over.
She should have... her death should have been left a mystery. (Or an EU novel if absolutely necessary) Not everything needs explained.
If Padme lived, Vader would have either joined her eventually, or not as seen in ROTS. My question would be in how the Emperor got Anakin to see the Jedi as evil from a certain point of view. I understand it to some extent but I am confused. Anakin wanted to save his wife from childbirth death. If she didn't die, then his attempt to save her would have felt pointless or very bad. He could go on to blame the Emperor and ultimately himself to some extent & he would have turned back to the light side and would have sought revenge against the Emperor. He would have eventually leave the Sith and go off with his wife..... but maybe they would get a divorce or a restraining order and she would probably never forgive him to some extent for permanently or temporarily going to the dark side of the force.... and for turning against the Jedi..... If she lived and if Vader sought reconciliation instead of divorce, they might have found a way to go into hiding from the Emperor or find a way to kill the Emperor.... but only if Padme found a way to forgive him for killing jedi younglings.... and for the thing with Mace Windu going out the window..... But Padme would have probably divorced Anakin or something..... which would probably lead him back to join the Emperor.... and they would probably find her and kill her or use her as a slave.... It seems that he just wanted to be with her. That is what he would say. they talked about how things could change after the war. Somehow, the Emperor persuaded him to do whatever necessary to save her and then the Emperor got him to see the Jedi as evil. I am sorry for talking about all of this. I know this thread is not about Anakin and his turn to the dark side and the Emperor and the Jedi Purge and those other things. So, to get back on topic, I would say that if Padme survived, she would have ran away (go into hiding) but if the Emperor knew then he would have still said that Vader killed her or something like what he said to Vader in ROTS. So, in conclusion, if she didn't die, then she would probably eventually die... unless if Ben and Yoda and others found ways to help protect her like they protected Leia in ANH. I prefer that Padme stay in the Rebellion and then she could be in the Rebels cartoons. Dear Disney, find a way to undo her death and get Padme into the Rebels cartoons.
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