Crazy idea for the morning:

One of the things that always annoyed me about the OT was Leia being Luke's sister. In itself it is not a problem, but when you have the Obi/Yoda talk in VI ("He is our only hope." " No, there is another.") and then see Leia not DO ANYTHING with the force, it just becomes a lame revelation of convenience to push Luke's buttons. (wow, that sentence got away from me there.)

So what if we take this opportunity to do something useful with NotPadme that was not offered to Leia.

What if NotPadme is "force sensitive," but not stong enough to be called for training? Her being "force sensitive" is what (even unknowingly) draws Anakin to her. We get to III and she is pregnant and the LIFE inside her gives her the force bump to save Obiwan at some point. After the slaughter of the other Jedi, this would make Obiwan fear for NotPadme and her unborn child (as he stated in VI).

I've always thought that the most difficult thing about a NPT is the birth of the children. Creating a situation where one is born and hidden away, while the other is temporarily ignored, is really a difficult concept for me still. Any help would be appreciated there.