Padmé (Natalie Portman)’s Timeline and Summary

Padmé (Natalie Portman)’s Timeline and Summary

  • Padmé calls Viceroy Gunray to gloat that the blockade has come to an end thanks to the Chancellor's ambassadors. Gunray says he has no idea what she's talking about.
  • Unseen in the film, during the invasion, Padmé pulls a Princess and Pauper and switches clothes with her bodyguard Sabé, pretending to be a handmaiden.
  • Padmé and her court are captured by Gunray. On their way to Camp 4, they're rescued by Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
  • The group boards a Naboo cruiser and escapes the planet.
  • On Tatooine, Padmé joins Qui-Gon because she is curious about the planet.
  • Padmé vocally objects to Qui-Gon's podracing plan, but pretending to be a mere handmaiden, she can't command him to do otherwise.
  • On the way to Coruscant, Anakin gives Padmé a charm so she'll remember him.
  • On Coruscant, Padmé switches back into queen mode. Senator Palpatine advises her to motion a vote of no confidence in Supreme Chancellor Valorum so a new, more powerful chancellor may be elected.
  • Padmé goes before the Galactic Senate to plead for intervention of the Trade Federation invasion. Fearing the process will be too slow, she moves for a vote of no confidence in Valorum.
  • Realizing politics will not save her people, Padmé returns to Naboo.
  • There, she rallies her people and brokers peace with the Gungans.
  • Padmé forms a battle plan and personally leads the assault on the palace. She and her forces capture Viceroy Gunray.
  • Padmé brings peace to her planet and people and returns to her duties as queen.