What if Padmé Amidala LIVED: Episode I - The Rebellion’s Spark

Part 2:

00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Story beginning
14:40 - End card outro

What if Padme Amidala survived? Let's explore the depths of it in this video.

Padme pulls her newborn children close, admiring their beautiful faces. Despite the injuries and exhaustion she’s suffering, she feels strength surging through her as she gazes into their innocent faces. It gives her new life, she feels it in her bones that she must live. She gives Obi-Wan a tired smile and tells him that she still sees good in Anakin.

The Jedi Master listened, but his face grew grim. He recounted what Anakin had done from the Jedi Purge to their battle on Mustafar.

Obi-Wan: I’m sorry, my friend. But the man you knew is gone, he now serves the emperor. The Dark Side called to him and he answered. I sensed it within him in Mustafar. Otherwise, why would he have attacked you like that?

As the news sinks in, Padme’s head begins to grow heavy. Had she been standing up, she would have collapsed, but instead, she lay on her pillow, insisting that Obi-Wan was wrong. She wanted to say more but struggled to keep her eyes open.

Obi-Wan hurries to check on her, but the medical droid insists she is alive, but needs to rest. Reluctantly, he leaves the room to allow Padme to recover.

As she sleeps, Padme dreams of the last few days. The stories Obi-Wan told her fills her head with nightmares as she sees Anakin storming the Jedi Temple, cutting down the younglings, murdering the CIS council, and attempting to do the same with his former master. In the end, she sees Palpatine declaring his new galactic empire.

For a moment, Padme considers giving in and allowing the darkness to consume her. She has done everything she could but now wishes to leave those responsibilities behind. While she thinks this, her condition begins to grow more erratic.

Then, Pamde remembers her children. She sees their faces and realizes she is all they have. Though she hoped Anakin could be saved, he was now Palpatine’s pawn. She is their only remaining parent and their hope of growing up in a galaxy not ruled by tyranny.

As she comes to this realization, her condition stabilizes. It takes several days, but Padme soon becomes healthy enough to travel. Obi-Wan’s first suggestion is to go into hiding. The Empire believes she’s dead and that she was killed by the Jedi to further demonize them.

Padme rejects this offer, though, and insists on returning to Naboo as there will be a funeral in her honor. This is the perfect opportunity to reach out to allies and make a plan. Obi-Wan disagrees and believes that it's better to hide with her children to keep them safe.

Padme remains insistent on it and threatens to go without Obi-Wan. The Jedi Master relents and agrees to accompany her, only if they bring the twins to hide on Tatooine.

After leaving Luke and Leia with Anakin’s stepbrother, Owen, and his wife, Beru. The pair journey to Naboo to attend her funeral. They arrive before the ceremony and sneak through the castle..

Obi-Wan first enters the private quarters of Queen Apailana as she prepares for the funeral. The queen is shocked and nearly calls for her guards, before being calmed by the Jedi. Despite that, she is hesitant to accommodate him now. The Jedi were held responsible for attempting to overthrow the Republic. While she doesn’t fully believe them, the Jedi are now fugitives and his presence is a major security risk for her planet.

He understands her fears but tells her that if Apailana doesn’t believe him, she might believe Padme. The former senator reveals herself and the queen falls to her knees, nearly hysterical as she embraces her friend and asks what happened.

Padme recounts what happened between Palpatine and Anakin and how they spearheaded this takeover. For Apailana, who never fully believed the claims of the Emperor, she agrees to help Padme.

She lays out her plans, providing a list of people to contact after the funeral. The procession is attended by thousands, including the people of Theed, the Gungans, and dozens of foreign dignitaries who served alongside Padme.

However, the casket is closed as they don’t have a body to show. But while others mourn, Apailana has her handmaidens discreetly summon several figures like Mon Montha, Bail Organa, and Boss Nass and take them to the queen's chambers. To their surprise, they are not greeted by the queen, but by Padme.

The leaders are all shocked, and even more surprised when they hear Padme’s story. She explains that she is living proof of the Empire’s lies about the Jedi and if that deception is exposed, it might cause unrest within the Empire.

While they are happy to see Padme alive, some leaders are reluctant to try anything drastic as they worry about the Empire retaliating. She assures them though that she has a plan.

Queen Apailana suggests contacting the Moff of the planet, Quarsh Panaka. Although he does serve the Empire, Panaka had fought

[Acoolnamme]

I hope this one gets a part 2, there's so much more to see in this story

[brayden]

There is a plot hole in your story it was Panaka who told Palpatine about Anakin's marriage to Padme and he was extremely loyal to Palpatine.

[danielharman]

I can hardly wait for parts two and three. Especially if they're as good as part one is. You've got to a real nack for writing high quality star wars content. Kind regards from Daniel Harman.

[CrimsonWarrior]

Nah, it can't end like that. we need a part 2

[animegamerjace]

PLEASE make a part 2 soon, this is awesome!

[kryptonianpowers]

I never did like Panaka. He showed hostility and distrust towards the Jedi to the point of treating them like a disease even before the birth of the Empire. And he was loyal to Palpatine like an apple-polisher based on them both being from Naboo.
I was expecting him to actually be more loyal to the Emperor like a good number of Imperials who were so to both Vader and Palpatine respectively.

[zackcross]

What if Jedi had arranged marriages with other Jedi?

[marcusisgod]

What if anakin was piloting before attack of the clones and sensed ventress fall to the darkside as her master died and took his ship to the planet to investigate. Perhaps starting a romance as they are very similar in their stories.
Also what if ahsoka taught ben skywalker as she saw him as history repeating itself.
What if anakin was a jedi watchmen or wayfinder.
What if anakin went with kenobi to face maul and savage instead of adi gallia.
What if anakin fell in love with luminara or your own version of aayla secura romance.

What if oppo rancis trained anakin.
What if anakin met and fell in love with ventress just before the clone wars just after her masters death.
What if anakin became a jedi sentinel like a watchmen or one of those who find younglings.
What if evan piel became a mentor or second master to anakin.
Or anakin became a healer either before or after his mother death could be related to his friendship with offee or alternatively what if he was trained by tra sa who taught windu and actually did not forbid attachment as shown by her relationship with tholme, they could become like a pseudo parents to anakin and train him away from the temple in azati martial arts and from trasa the living force as she is a plant lady so imagine anakin controlling plant life.

[theodrand]

I'm so glad to have found your channel; your videos are amazing. Keep up the good work!
Also, I'm really hoping for a part 2 as this has so much potential

[NormalChannel]

The intro scared me because of the theme Bantha Stew uses, that music just makes me feel uneasy

[te.arbitor]

What if anakin was trained by T'ra Saa, Mace windu’s teacher.

[reckszkingzactivitiesrkat.]

Each time I check this channel out it gets better & better keep it up 🔥

[thegrimreaper]

Wait a minute. In the Darth Vader comics Vader doesn’t get his new red saber until months after he lost to Obi Wan, and to do that he had to go to kashyyyk to kill a Jedi for his crystal. So with that cannon how did he get a saber to fight Obi Wan and Ashoka?

[alexander.tahtadjian]

This was amazing. I’ve been a fan of your videos for a while and it’s always fun to see your interesting SW what if’s. It was also fun to see Padme surviving returning getting shown some love. She’s also just an amazing, lovely and badass character…she’s also one of my favourite characters from all of Star Wars. Great job as always and I can’t wait to see what you do next. I hope this gets a part 2. Also Happy ‘belated’ Star Wars Day and May The 4th Be With You.

I do have a few ideas for some possible what if’s:

1) What if Rey was a Mandalorian…essentially what if Din Djarin found Rey and took her in as a Foundling.

2) What if Ezra was a Mandalorian…something like how both his parents were Mandalorians who left Mandalore and went to start their own lives (you could still keep most of Ezra’s backstory) and potentially make Ezra and Sabine a couple (since Disney won’t, we have too…#ezrabine4ever.

3) What if Jango Fett and/or Boba Fett Joined the Republic…I think something interesting could happen with this.

4) What if Rey, Finn and Poe went back in time to the Clone Wars…this would make the World Between Worlds even more of an important focal point and I could also see them get along well with Anakin, Ashoka, Rex and the rest of the 501st (it would be fun to see Rey, Finn and Poe join the 501st)

I hope these are some amazing ideas for some potential What if’s

[euwewqi]

What I never understood is why he didn’t turn on the emperor after finding out Luke was alive because that would mean Padme died in childbirth like in the dreams he had so it would only make sense the emperor had something to with it

[danielgoodrich]

What if when Anakin went to ILUM to get his first kyber crystal he found a RED crystal.

What if JarJar had a kultz attack and knocked over the vase revealing Palpatine's hidden lightsaber.

What if due to childhood trauma Palpatine developed a split personality thus Palpatine DIDN'T KNOW he was Sidious.

[someonlinedouche]

Need to add a part 1 to the title since this isn't finished but good start

[marcusisgod]

As we know darth vader was a natural engineer and could use technoguru or whatever so what if he used skill to create nanobots to repair his lungs and burns while also making limbs that could conduct the force to make lightning. This could relate to inquisitor baris as she used nanobots in the bomb and he may remember nanobots and their uses. He could could also conduct experiments diguised as torture to fool sidious, learning to heal wounds, make force sensitive droids/limbs and using nano bots to manipulate mididclorians to strip or enhance the force in individuals.
What I was thinking was that he used nanobots to remove scar tissue especially around the lungs and he would be dipped in bacta or bacta would be applied this would allow him breath which means he can meditate more deeply. And for the limbs, it is possible to make material force sensitive and I was thinking he make limbs skeletal looking like in attack of the clones but would then cover the we either grafed flesh from his body or flesh made from his blood and other ingredients like perhaps kyber crystal this would make the force flow from him easier and perhaps with the sith alchemy in the limbs making his force lightning more powerful. Basically an uber vader who is perhaps stronger than full potential anakin.

[jimmytaylor]

Question here, Why didn't they use the force life on her and bring her back, and that would have brought Anakin back to the light to be with her?
Think about that!

[CocaCola_barbie]

I think he would still mur mur padme. He eas so wired and hype on dark forces and death sticks jumping into conclusions