Erikstormtrooper said:
I just had a weird thought (a tad off topic) while thinking about the parallels between Episode I and SW (Ep IV).
Amidala is the MacGuffin of Episode I. She is the Death Star plans.
Now I have these hilariously bizarre images of Natalie Portman being forcibly stuffed into Artoo and her flattened body being projected onto a screen in my head.