17th March 2003, 10:44 PM
She'll die. I'm sure that's going to be what pushes Anakin over the edge. First the death of his mother and then his wife. You can't really blame the poor guy (although what could happen is that Anakin thinks that Padme dies and then goes over the edge, and he never finds out the truth or something like that). But Lucas does have to establish some sort of connection between Padme and Leia otherwise that part in RotJ with Leia remembering her mother will be completely useless. She doesn't have to be old to remember her since she's Force-sensitive and everything, but I hope it's explained somehow. A lot of the prequel/sequel connections will most likely be in the archive trilogy, which is why Lucas plans on adding new scenes to the OT. It's vital to the story.