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star wars - Why did Padme use her real name?


Near the end of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Queen Amidala reveals that she's also Padme, one of the Queen's handmaidens. She would travel freely as Padme, and have Sabe, one of her handmaidens, be a decoy Queen.


The Queen of Naboo is an elected office. In either Ep 2 or 3, then-Senator Amidala explains to Anakin that she's one of the youngest people to be elected Queen. This presumably means she campaigned for office.


After ceasing to be Queen, she kept using the name Padme, and Wookieepedia indicates it's her real name. Isn't it pointless to use her real name when she's pretending to be the Queen's handmaiden? Anyone from Naboo who followed her election would recognize her from her name. Wouldn't it make more sense to take on the name of Sabe?



Answer




The queen took the regal name Amidala when she gained fame in her rise to power as a young teen. The public only knew her as Amidala.



It appeared that her birth name was not public knowledge. In a lengthy communiqué assembled by Supreme Chancellor Valorum's aide in 32 BBY, the Republic diplomats and Intelligence officers who contributed listed Padmé as one of the Queen's handmaidens, and only referred to the Queen as "Amidala."



Source Wookiepedia.


This allowed her to have an alter ego Padme who, until she became a hero in that name as well, was able to interact freely as a commoner.


In Darth Plageius there are several places where there is talk of the young Amidala gaining popularity among the people, and finally rising into leadership of Naboo. So her birth name was only known to those closest to her.


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