Padmé Amidala Subject Of New Star Wars YA Novel

Padmé Amidala , main heroine of theStar Warsprequel trilogy , will be the subject of a new canyon untested - grownup novel to be released next year . The character was first introduced inThe Phantom Menace , as the 14 - year previous Naboo world-beater lead her hoi polloi in a battle against the Trade Federation ’s intrusion . She was later revealed to be one of the most important figure in the traditional knowledge , as she was the mother to couple Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia , give birth to them after husband Anakin had fallen to the dark side .

Though Natalie Portman ’s performance as Amidala did n’t earn as much far-flung adoration as , say , Carrie Fisher or Daisy Ridley , Padmé still has her fans , and Lucasfilm has made sure to include her in some of the non - movie material that have come out . The character seem throughout theClone Warsanimated serial , which tote up linguistic context and much - needed depth to her human relationship with Anakin . Amidala has also factor in into theForces of Destinyline , which shines a glare on the franchise ’s female player . Now , more entropy about the king - turn - senator will be revealed in an coming book .

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Jedi Bibliotek(hat tipMaking Star Wars ) revealed the news , saying the YA novel is set to be publish onApril 24 , 2018 . Specific details , such as the source and a synopsis , have not yet come out , but such information should be unveil in the approximate future tense . After all , the book hits shelf in just a handful of months , so Lucasfilm has to have some idea of what it will entail . It ’ll be interesting to see what time period the book cover . The 10 years betweenPhantom MenaceandAttack of the Cloneshave largely been untouched by the young canyon , so there ’s possible there .

Some lector may balk at the whim of this novel being at the YA degree , but some of the bestStar Warspublications in the Disney era firmly fit in that category . Claudia Gray’sLost StarsandLeia : Princess of Alderaanwere widely clap and told compelling stories , so odds are the Padmé volume wo n’t just be an well-off read for teens . Hopefully , there are some fascinating divine revelation in its pageboy , as Lucasfilm has used the novels and comics to flesh out the galaxy in many ways . For instance , Leiagave fans their first penchant of Amilyn Holdo(played by Laura Dern inThe Last Jedi ) , and theAftermathtrilogy touch on onHan Solo ’s life sentence debt with Chewbacca . The Book are seldom ( if ever ) required reading , but they ’re ordinarily interesting for longtime buff .

With her destruction inRevenge of the Sith , Padmé ’s time in the films is over . There ’s always an outside chance Portman returns for a Clone Wars - era spinoff , but withRian Johnson developing an all - new narrativeseparate from the Skywalker saga , that seems unlikely . TheStar Warsmovies might be starting to move on from its legacy elements , but the studio apartment is n’t going to let those aspects go completely by the wayside until all of the storytelling possibilities are spent . Clearly , they feel there ’s at least one more tale involving Amidala , and it ’ll be fun to see what they come up with .

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