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.
Why? Why do you have to be so rigid that you can’t accept something that isn’t “official.” Especially if it makes more sense and/or you like it better?