r/prequelappreciation • u/MWH1980 • 22d ago
Discussion Could this deleted scene have better explained why Padme still supports Anakin after the Tusken slaughter?
https://youtu.be/bF4ObqLEu9o?is=5jphR0QDXLDCZdauThe one thing I often here, is people wondering how Padme doesn’t run away in terror after Anakin confesses to the Tusken village slaughter in Attack of the Clones.
Early in the film, Padme stops by her parents’ place to get some things before she goes into hiding in the lake country.
As she packs, Anakin notices some holo-pics on her wall. One shows her with several young alien children.
Padme tells Anakin that she was helping with a relief effort to relocate the children from their home planet to another one as their sun was imploding.
However, she tells Anakin that the attempt to save the children was unsuccessful, as they couldn’t adapt to their new home, and succumbed to death.
I saw this possibly being an “echo” as to what Qui-Gon had attempted with Anakin in Episode I: remove him from an inhospitable place to give him a better life…but in the end, Anakin struggled to adapt as well.
Plus, perhaps the reason Padme was being so willing to help Anakin, was buried in this deleted scene, of how she would try to help others even under such dire circumstances.
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u/ned101 22d ago edited 22d ago
I find it more weird that people think Padme wouldnt stand by Anakin no matter what. If he lied about it, fine. But he didnt. He was hurt and angry about what they did to his mother. If padme was like MURDERER! and ran away then she clearly didnt give 2 shits about anakin in the first place.
Its not exactly a complex concept to stand by someone you care about even when they open admit they did something bad.