The tragedy of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala is well known to Star Wars fans, but their son Luke Skywalker found a way that they could have lives together happily. The two lovers were torn asunder by Anakin’s very attempts to save them, which resulted in Padmé dying in childbirth. Yet, it did not have to be that way.

There are a lot of hints given throughout the Star Wars franchise that Padmé Amidala was in fact Force sensitive. It is clear that the young queen and later senator from Naboo was not strong in the Force or trained in the ways of the Jedi, but she very likely still had some low-level sensitivity. In the prequel movies this is best suggested in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, where Anakin is staring out the window on the city of Coruscant, haunted by Palaptine’s warning about saving his wife.