hey guys how are you today so one question that I get asked a lot or see a
lot online at least is why did Padme fall in love with Anakin I mean their
age difference was pretty big she was 14 and he was nine and then when they meet
again in Episode two he's still much younger than her the same age difference
she could have gone for someone more like her or closer to her age at least
or even though older why would she go for this little boy well we have a few
sources here that can actually answer this question and one of them is gonna
be from the official novelization which goes through this in depth as most
novels do so first of all she found him physically attractive there are many
points here that it's revealed in the book as to why she likes him and the
first one is that she thought he was attractive and here's the excerpt she
looked over at Anakin who was sleeping somewhat restlessly she could see him
now not as a Jedi Padawan and her protector but just as a young man a
handsome young man and one whose actions repeatedly professed his love to her a
dangerous young man to be sure a Jedi who is thinking about things he should
not a man who was inevitably following the call of his heart above that of
pragmatism and propriety and all for her Padma couldn't deny the attractiveness
of that she and Anakin were on similar roads of public service she as a senator
he as a Jedi Padawan but he was showing rebellion against the present course
another thing she really likes about him is that he's so open and not closed off
he's emotionally able to convey his feelings about her
here's another excerpt and you guys might remember this from the actual
movie which is why George put it in there because it shows how open Anakin
is with his emotions this is when there by the fireplace you're in my very soul
tormenting me Anakin went on not a bit of falseness in his tone this was no
ploy to garner any physical favors this was honest and straightforward
refreshingly so to the woman who had spent most of her life being attended by
handmaidens whose job was to please in entertaining dignitaries whose agendas
were never quite what they seemed so in padme's world of politics where
everyone's kind of just crooked and two-faced she loved that Anakin was just
straight to the point and didn't beat around the bush and another point is
that he had a great sense of humor Padme had to clutch at her belly she was
laughing so hard caught up in the whirlwind of the moments Anakin sprang
to his feet and ran off to the side another reason is that she really loved
the fact that he followed his heart and he was just very true to his feelings
and the things that he wanted even it went above his mandate to protect her
like when Anakin said he wants to go to Tatooine to find his mother and Padme
said I'm gonna go to whether you're going or not they had a very similar
moral code and then in The Revenge of the Sith novelization yet a lot more in
Chapter 9 Padme goes over what her life was like
before Anakin and then with him and explains in depth what she sees in
skywalker and this is probably the most important part of this video her life
before Anakin belonged to someone else some lesser being to be pitied some poor
impoverished spirit who could never suspect how profoundly life should be
lived her real life began the first time she looked into Anakin Skywalker's eyes
and found in there not the uncritical warship of little Annie from Tatooine
but the direct unashamed smoldering passion of a powerful Jedi a young man
to be sure but every centimeter a man a man whose legend was already growing
within the Jedi Order and Beyond a man who knew exactly what he wanted and was
honest enough to simply ask for it a man strong enough to unroll his deepest
feelings before her without fear and without shame a man who had loved her
for a decade with faithful and patient heart while he waited for the act of
Destiny he was sure he would someday open her own heart to the fire in his
but though she loves her husband without reservation love does not blind her to
his faults she is older than he and wise enough to understand him better than he
does himself he is not a perfect man he is prideful and moody and quick to anger
but these faults only make her love him more for his every flaw is more than
balanced by the greatness within him his capacity for joy and cleansing laughter
his extraordinary generosity of spirit his passionate devotion not only to her
but also in the service of every living being he is a wild creature who has come
gently to her hand a vine tiger purring against her cheek every softness of his
touch every kind glance or loving word is a
small miracle in itself how can she not be grateful for such gifts this is why
she will not allow their marriage to become public knowledge
her husband needs to be a Jedi saving people is what he was born for to take
that away from him would cripple every good thing in his troubled heart now the
funny part about this is that it doesn't really go into much detail or at least
remember on Batman's part the fact that Anakin slaughtered all of the sandpeople
you know not just the men but the women and the children too and I feel like
that would kind of freak any woman out but she understood that they took his
mother and it was through this blind rage that he killed all of them for her
and I think in that even though it was so sadistic she kind of took solace in
it and maybe a bit of romance in the fact that he did it for love for the
love of his mother and she could see that maybe he would do the same for her
which inevitably he did which she didn't like well hope you guys enjoyed this
little bit of insight from the books into Padme his mind regarding why she
really went for Anakin after all I know so many people are like why would she do
this you get she had so many other opportunities she could have gone for
obi-wan or someone else but she went for Anakin and well it's this reason now a
lot of people are now saying there's a force diet between the tube I don't
believe that at all I think this was just how it was some people have
connections and you don't choose the people you fall in love with it just
happens so have an awesome rest every day and hit like on this video if you
enjoyed it and I'll see you in the next one until then remember the force will
be with you always