There have been many complaints of Padme Amidala’s role in the sixth installment of the STAR WARS saga – “STAR WARS: EPISODE THREE - REVENGE OF THE SITH”. The main contention for many fan seemed to be her death. Many felt that Lucas had weakened her character oleh allowing her to die of a broken heart. Others accused her of abandoning her newly born children through death. And others have excused the circumstances of her death, claiming that she was “sacrificing herself” so that her twins could be separated and hidden from Emperor Palpatine.
I am not going to try to explain the "sacrifice", simply because I do not buy it. I do not believe that Padme had sacrificed herself in death, for her children’s safety. I believe that she had genuinely died of a broken heart.
My selanjutnya pertanyaan is . . . why is it that Padme was not allowed to give into despair oleh many "STAR WARS" fans? Why? Because she is supposed to be a strong woman? Since when are strong personalities incapable of giving in to despair atau depression? Do any of anda understand that nearly everyone possesses both strengths and weaknesses? What is this lack of tolerance over the possibility that Padme may also have her weaknesses? I get the feeling that many feel she should have been this one-dimensional portrayal of a strong character with no weaknesses. What did these fan expect her to do? After giving birth to Luke and Leia, sit up and start singing, "I Am Woman"?
Padme had just witnessed the ascension of the Empire . . . and the death of the Republic she had served with great devotion. Even worse, her dreams of a private life with her husband were dashed oleh news that he had participated in the deaths of hundreds of Jedi – adults and children, alike. She tried to confront Anakin about the situation and was brutally attacked oleh him (strangulation). His attack eventually perpetrated the difficult birth of the twins – Luke and Leia. oleh the time she had even considered that Anakin might still have some good in him, it was TOO LATE for her. At least physically. Both Anakin (who finally gave in to desapir after learning of Padme's death) and Obi-Wan (who spent the selanjutnya 19 years wallowing in despair, regret and guilt) were lucky that they were not in their third trimester of a pregnancy and on the verge of giving birth.
Years ago, female characters had been in danger of being stuck in nurturing roles atau simply the hero's cinta interest. Now, it seems that female characters "have to be" some kind of Xena the Warrior Princess atau a female "Action Jackson" in order to prevent being labeled as WEAK. Apparently, female characters are still not allowed to be all of the above.
Someone on a STAR WARS forum had claimed that females roles are either of the “Xena the Warrior Princess” archetype atau the “Dora Spenlow” (or weak female) archetype. This person criticized Lucas of turning Padme from a female warrior into a weakling. My pertanyaan is . . . why not allow a woman – atau anyone, for that matter – to be both strong and weak? It would seem like a very human thing to be.
