20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Whilst most definitely delivering a subtly commanding performance during her time acting as the Queen of Naboo (in-between joining the Jedi for a Tatooine detour, of course), you may not have realised that Natalie Portman's turn as Padmé Amidala in The Phantom Menace was actually aided by some digital vocal adjustments.

As another way of differentiating between the Queen and one of her handmaidens (along with deciding on a classical tone for her former persona that took inspiration from the likes Katherine Hepburn and Lauren Bacall), Portman's voice was actually lowered somewhat in post-production.

This again was an attempt to add a little more gravitas to Portman's Queen persona, an effect that was surprisingly missing during the film's initial trailers. So, perhaps Lucas only made this vocal call fairly late in the day upon taking in said first round of teasers.