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as far as meeting Padme, that could have been worked in as meeting her after he meets Palpatine. He would meet palpatine as a Sith Lord, after joining him but before the rest of the jedi figure this all out. Palpatine would inform him of his real identity and they would have interaction outside of their Sith dealings. It would be at this point, say Anakin is meeting up with Palpatine in the Jedi/Politician situation. Some political meeting would just be ending and he would get his first glimps of Padme. He then becomes obsessed with her and ends up talking to her and the whole relationship develops...the turmoil of his now 3 lives (Sith, Jedi, Relationship with Padme) would end up being what causes him to slip up some and allow the Jedi to figure out he is responsible for the Murders. This would be where Obi-wan confronts him and the battle ensues
I like this idea. I also think though that the story didn't need a strong focus on the mother/Padme. Anakin coulud have just as easily been dating Padme during the clone wars before he met Obi-Wan and then he got married to her. Or he could have met her afterwards and it could have been like what the prequels say about Jedi not having attachments...
I guess I just never gave much thought to whether or not Jedi were allowed to marry growing up. In fact, before the Black fleet series of books, I hadn't really given much thought to Luke and Leia's mother at all. Now I think there is a story that could be told about their mother, but I liked the books' idea that she was in some way connected to the force.
I don't know how many of you have seen the Rise of the Empire trailer made with legos, but I think that the story, albeit brief, is nice marriage between what I always thought the prequels would be like and what Lucas gave us. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.