She was not a Jedi, she was not a rebel princess with an attitude, and she was not the renegade pilot that loves the smell of trouble and joins a cause for chaos, but Padmé Amidala didn’t need to be any of those things. For all intents and purposes, Padmé was one of the two most important people in the galaxy at the time of her death, for more reasons than the children that she had just birthed.
Padmé had already made her mark on the galaxy before Luke and Leia were born. She had already started the Rebel movement by defying the old ways of the Galactic Trade Federation, breaking down barriers of fear between alien races, and making a lasting mark on the most dangerous monster in the galaxy; the final mark that saved the last spark of Anakin Skywalker’s humanity until he met their children and found redemption in them.
So next time you’re thinking about a useless supporting character, don’t think of Her Excellency, Senator Padmé Amidala (-Skywalker) of Naboo. She certainly wouldn’t think of anyone that way.