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Padmé takes her turn in the spotlight

in the latest Star Wars book releases.

On sale
from March 5
2019

From

Sovereign

to Senator

Get to know the venerable

leader in Star Wars:
Queen’s Shadow

Padmé Amidala is undeniably one
of the most important characters in
the Star Wars saga. Introduced as
Queen Amidala, teenaged ruler of
Naboo, she quickly frees her world
from the grip of the Trade Federation
before pivoting to the galactic stage
as a member of the Republic Senate.
And did we mention she’s also the
mother of twins Luke Skywalker and
Leia Organa? With those kinds of
credentials, it was only a matter of
time before she starred in her very
own novel.
In Queen’s Shadow, a young-adult
story by E.K. Johnston (Star Wars:
Ahsoka) set between The Phantom
Menace and Attack of the Clones, brilliance and her political acumen Those friends include Sabé, Dormé
readers get to follow Padmé’s play out. From the perspective of and Cordé, and other Secret Service-
journey from regional monarch to inside her head, you get to see how like members of Amidala’s royal
galactic fi rebrand. smart and compassionate she is. In a handmaiden corps, who play a big
“A lot of what Padmé does in the dress that weighs 80 billion pounds part in this tale. Join them, as they
movies goes on inside her head,” or in a suit for sneaking around, she navigate choppy political waters with
Johnson told StarWars.com. “So you has it covered because she knows Padmé in Queen’s Shadow, coming
don’t necessarily see all of her herself and her friends so well.” March 5 from Disney Lucasfi lm Press.

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