Originally posted by: CO
I am a guy, but after seeing how Lucas ruined Padmes character arc in ROTS I have to say, "You can tell a man wrote that plot point." Originally posted by: Darth Sheba
LOL! Too right! GL seems to have a great deal of trouble with female characters as a whole. He starts off strong, then they fade into the background as they go along.

I agree completely! I think Leia is less well served by ROTJ than the other movies of the OOT, but the character of Padme never becomes an independent character. This is part of the more general aspect of the PT that its focus is much more narrow than the OOT. It's Lil' Orphan Annie's story and everyone else is there just for their relationship to him. They're all background to his story. Padme is just there to be a love interest for Annie. She never really becomes anything more than that. At least Leia, in ANH and ESB, gives you the impression that she is an independent person of great importance to the Rebellion. She is an equal presence to Luke and Han. I love the way ESB, IMHO the best scripted of all the SW films, gives equal time to all three main characters and none of them are there just to fill a need in the story of one of them.