In the Star Wars prequel trilogy, it is clear that Anakin Skywalker, who later becomes Darth Vader, had a strong emotional attachment to Padmé Amidala. Anakin and Padmé fall in love during the events of "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith", and their relationship is a central theme of the films.
It's clear that Darth Vader wishes that Padmé joined him so that they could have remained together. But there are moments in Marvel's other Darth Vader series that suggest that, while the Sith Lord is very much still obsessed with the idea of Padmé, her betrayal may have caused him to think ill of his late wife.
Padme's death is the moment that solidifies Darth Vader's fall to the Dark Side, and expanded Star Wars media has often shown him mourning her when not serving The Empire.
Staying within the boundaries of the Star Wars canon, Vader believed that he himself was the one that killed Padme, which is why he didn't kill his master. There are many reasons why Vader didn't join the Light Side with Luke after Padme's death.
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Did Anakin regret killing Padme?
Anakin does not have even the slightest bit of remorse. By the end, he feels nothing but anger. Although he feels regret for killing Padme, he still helps the evil Emperor. The film ends with Anakins standing side by side with the man on whose behalf he has committed all his crimes.
What he did not see, at the time at least, was that Padmé used her last breaths to tell Obi-Wan that she was certain that in regards to her husband, "there's still good in him." Now, those words are set to be revealed to someone other than Darth Vader himself.
Being the low-wisdom guy that he was, he acted on his hatred immediately as Palapine encouraged him to do. He couldn't force-choke Obi-Wan (the one he really wanted to do it to), so he did it to Padme (the one he could do it to). Anakin believed Padme brought Obi Wan to kill him, and reacted instinctively.
Paul Duncan: It's implied that she lost heart. George Lucas: Yes. Her soul has been crushed. The thing that breaks Padme's heart in the end is that Anakin says to her: "Come and join me.
If Anakin had never fell in love with Padmé, he would've never turned to the Dark Side because it was his fear for losing Padmé and his two unborn children which caused him to be easily seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. It was his fear which made it much easier for Palpatine to manipulate Anakin.
The story is Anakin was manipulated to the dark side by Palpatine based on fears of losing Padme and appeals to his desire power and agency, over his life and the galaxy as a whole.
Padmé was born in 46 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin) and Anakin's miraculous Force-created birth came in 41 BBY, so Padmé is five years older than him. They do not meet until Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, which takes place in 32 BBY.
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Before Padmé's death, she still believed there was still good left in Anakin, and that one day he could be redeemed. During Anakin's time as the Emperor's enforcer, he continued to suffer from grief over Padmé's death, and guilt over his supposed hand in it.
Anakin's obsession towards Padme can be seen as a reason for him to use the Jedi mind trick on her, but he remains loyal to his heart and does what anyone would do for someone they love; he dedicates time to her, he fights for her, and he worries for her.
The two do whilst being transported to their seeming execution on Geonosis, however, with Padme believing they're almost certainly dead, and thus have no need to protect themselves. When they survive, Padme decides that she can't hide her love for Anakin, and the two marry despite the risks.
Before he could enter, however, Vader was stopped by Sabé, Eirtaé, Rabé, Saché, and Dormé, former handmaidens of Amidala, who refused to let him enter into the grave so he would not desecrate it. However, Vader would not be denied. As he entered the tomb, he became flooded with memories of Amidala.
Lying in Obi-Wan's arms amid the desolate, moonlit terrain of Tatooine, Maul's final words in Star Wars canon were a desire they both be avenged by Luke Skywalker, not just by the Jedi. This may seem like a strange sentiment, given how many years Maul spent consumed by the dark side of the Force.
One of Amidala's other handmaidens, Versé, and five Naboo guards were also killed in the blast. Cordé died apologizing to Amidala, disheartened in thinking she had failed her duty to her mistress. On the contrary, the Senator was heartbroken by Cordé's sacrifice, regrettably accepting that she had performed her duty.
This fell in line with various fan theories and non-canon novelizations that suggested Obi-Wan and Padmé had an affair sometime during the Clone Wars. In the Star Wars prequel movies, Obi-Wan often has a duty to protect Padmé, but there was never any sense of romantic feelings.
There's a scene on Naboo where Anakin and Padme discuss their feelings for each other and Padme refuses to "live a lie" with Anakin and secretly have an affair despite the rules of the jedi.
In this episode, we learn about Padmé's previous relationship with Clovis, a former Republic Senator hailing from the Scipio system. Clovis is an old flame of Padmé's, and Anakin was shocked to learn that Padmé and Clovis had been in a relationship together before their marriage.
