As far as continuity goes, I’ll take Padme living over C3PO keeping his memories forgetting to mention that he’s back on his home planet where everyone is probably named Skywalker so don’t worry about it. 😃 (I think the actual reason was to remove the Tantive. But that’s a bit of fan service I don’t really mind).
Haha! I agree with all both of you said. Either way I’m fine with your choice and I can’t really go down this rabbit hole discussion without having seen it.