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Originally posted by: Hurin
(according to the book) All her physical ailments are "repaired", but she has lost the will to live.
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He's putting up a poker-face with the Emperor in ESB during their conversation (because he was hoping to find him and turn him to the Dark Side *before* the Emperor was aware).
What's so freakin' screwy about that?
Entirely too much. Regarding Padme's will to live, there is no way that anybody who wants their kids would just lose the will to live once they're born. This was written by a man who has adopted his children, as Lucas has, and does not have biological children of his own. Unless Padme just didn't want these kids (which, in no way, comes across in this film), the sheer nature of having children would give somebody a reason to live, not to die. If she was mortally wounded, it could have believed it that she simply survived long enough for her children to live.
Regarding the "phone call" scene in ESB, are we to believe the Emperor doesn't have the intelligence (i.e. strategic information) that Vader does about the guy who blew up the Death Star? And are we to assume the Emperor isn't the least bit curious why Vader's taken the Imperial fleet off on a mission scouring the galaxy for some unnamed somebody or something? And if Vader has no problem dropping the Skywalker name to his officers, are we to assume he doesn't expect the Emperor will know pretty quickly what he's up to? These three added lines in ESB make no sense, even now that Ep III has played out. They are, quite simply, in the wrong place.
Move them somewhere else in the OT ... someplace benign, where they won't screw up our enjoyment of the films further, and it works quite well. Trust me.