but it is not.
It’s called “headcanon.”
As far as I’m concerned, Padme Amidala does not die during the events of Revenge of the Sith. And I have two different cuts of that film and a quote from Leia in ROTJ to back it up.
George’s “official” explanation can stick it.
um, I’ve watched that film mulple times. Including when it first came out in the theaters. I am sorry to say that she did die. I agree it would have made more sense if she hadn’t. But she did. They even held a funeral for her, where her dead body is visible. I don’t know how you get around that.