Star Wars Forces of Destiny: “The Imposter Inside” gives us the Ahsoka and Padme team-up we deserve
By Buckie Wells
In Star Wars Forces of Destiny episode 6, Ahsoka and Padme prove to be better at stopping bounty hunters than Anakin or Obi-Wan ever were in “The Imposter Inside.”
Buckle in, because I’m going to say something that may offend a lot of people. Especially women. But here it is: Padme Amidala sucked in the saga films. Of course, it wasn’t her fault. But she was just a tool used to prop up Anakin’s story. That’s just how they wrote her.
For example, let’s recap some of her biggest plot points across the prequels:
- Never told the 9-year-old slave boy to get lost, therefore enabling a decade-long pining fantasy
- Continued to enable the aforementioned slave boy (sorry, he’s a person and his name is Anakin) to make very poor decisions, i.e. not telling the Jedi counsel when he slaughtered all the Tusken Raiders
- Does not discourage him from growing attached to her, despite the negative impact it would have on both their lives
- Gets pregnant, doesn’t seek any sort of medical care even though the father is clearly worried, then has the babies and completely gives up the will to live without designating what should happen to her children afterward
Again, those are just some of the highlights. But because she was the only woman the prequels really focused on, we tend to overlook some of these things. I mean, she had some incredible merits too, considering what a beloved Queen and uncompromising senator she was. But quite frankly, I don’t feel like she really became interesting until we saw her in the animated series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
And lucky for us, Forces of Destiny wants to give us more insight into just how competent and fearless she really was. After all, she happens to be the mother of the greatest General the Rebellion ever had and the General’s brother, Luke something-something. They must’ve gotten their heroic qualities from somewhere. Because they definitely didn’t get it from ol’ Vadad …
Check out Forces of Destiny episode 6, “The Imposter Inside”:
While “Imposter Inside” feels like a hodgepodge of things we’ve seen before, including bounty hunters and handmaidens that aren’t who they claim to be, I’m happy to see Padme knocking someone out with a vase that probably costs quite a lot of credits. Plus, I think it’s hilarious that she has a line about negotiations. It’s just way too on the nose.
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