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.
Because I have two different fanedits that splice in a scene after the Blockade Runner lands on Alderaan, where Natalie Portman is seen crying and cradling a newborn baby. Then, in Return of the Jedi, Luke asks Leia “Do you remember your mother? Your real mother?” and she responds “She was… very beautiful. Kind…but, sad.”
As much as I would like pretend that fanedit cannon is the official cannon, I can’t.
I do not accept the lame excuse that her Force abilities allowed her to gain this imagery from within the womb or from a few seconds of eye contact.
I agree it is lame. Of course how would Luke and Leia know that the woman Leia thought of as her Mother was actually her mother? Neither Obiwan or Yoda tell Luke anything about his amd Leia’s real mother or for that matter the woman that Leia thought of as her mother. Remember Leia didn’t know Bail Organa wasn’t her actual father until Luke told her in ROTJ. It is possible she thought that Bail Organa’s wife was actually her real mother and that is who she was referring to when Luke asked her to describe her real mother. Neither one of them would have any idea who their real mother was or what happened to her or if either ever had any interaction with her.