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star wars - Was Padmé made to still appear pregnant for her funeral?


During Padmé's funeral in Episode III she still appears to be very pregnant as her casket is drawn through the street, even though she had already given birth to twins before she died. You could perhaps make the argument that it is remaining baby weight, but judging from how thin she was before giving birth (to twins, no less) there wouldn't seem to be enough baby weight to make her still appear just as pregnant as before.


So that lead me to think that she was purposely made to still appear pregnant for her funeral, so that the Emperor (and/or Vader) wouldn't suspect that there were any little Skywalkers running around. There's no overt mention of this sort of ruse in the movie. Is there any other source that makes reference to Padmé being made to still appear pregnant for her funeral?



Answer



Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith novelization covers this:




"To Naboo, send her body..." Yoda stretched his head high, as though tasting a current in the Force. "Pregnant, she must still appear. Hidden, safe, the children must be kept. Foundation of the new Jedi Order, they will be."



With regard to the canonicity, the page lists this statement from author Matthew Stover:



Though I did not personally watch him do it, I received from LFL a Word document of Revenge of the Sith with Mr Lucas' edits, which was distinct from the edits I'd already gotten from Sue Rostoni and Howard Roffman and the rest of the LFL crew, and this document was edited in such a detailed fashion that even individual words had been struck off and his preferred replacements inserted, as well as some passages wholly excised and some dialogue replaced with the dialogue from the screenplay. If that's not line-editing, I don't know what is.


What's in that book is there because Mr. Lucas wanted it to be there. What's not in that book is not there because Mr. Lucas wanted it gone.


Period.



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