10 Awesome Star Wars Ideas That Nearly Happened
5. Padme Wanted To Assassinate Anakin
Very few thespians came out of the Prequel series smelling like roses - through no fault of their own, your writer might add!
All of the acting chops in the world couldn't save some of the most talented actors in the galaxy from dialogue and exchanges designed by an otherwise genius creator who couldn't seem to grasp how actual humans conversed. But in the case of Padmé Amidala performer Natalie Portman, the actor was very nearly gifted a development that would've at least resembled a compelling and realistic act.
According to artist Iain McCaig's concept art for Revenge of the Sith, Padmé would've been driven to pulling a knife on her beloved when confronting him on Mustafar, sensing just how much of a monster her lover had become. Despite this, Padmé still wouldn't have been able to do the necessary deed, with McCaig noting, "she loves him too much to stop him, even when he’s become the monster.”
What could've been a much-needed emotionally complex layer to Revenge of the Sith's last act was instead swapped out in favour of the former Queen of Naboo begging Anakin to come back to the Light Side before losing her will to live post-childbirth.