#Queen Apailana

[ddesole]

Star Wars Prequel Trilogy - QUEENS OF NABOO

[gffa]

STAR WARS: TIMELINES GRAPH FOR ALL YOUR NABOO WORLDBUILDING NEEDS. Especially of interest is the line of Queens' reigns: 44-40 BBY - Queen Ekay, appearing in Dooku: Jedi Lost

40-36 BBY - Queen Ameé, appearing in Master and Apprentice

36-34 BBY - Queen Réillata, appearing in Queen's Shadow

34-32 BBY - Queen Sanandrassa, appearing in Queen's Peril

32-28 BBY - Queen Amidala, appearing in The Phantom Menace

28-26 BBY - Queen Réillata, appearing in Queen's Shadow (second term)

26-22 BBY - Queen Jamillia, appearing in Attack of the Clones

22-20 BBY - Queen Neeyutnee, appearing The Clone Wars

20-18 BBY - Queen Apailana, appearing in Revenge of the Sith

3 BBY - Queen Dalné, appearing in Leia: Princess of Alderaan/Leia: Ordeal of the Princess

4 ABY - Queen Soruna, appearing in Shattered Empire

[engagemythrusters]

omg please talk more about Naboo when you have time!! I love reading people’s headcanons and I never thought about how so many of them cover their hair it’s so cool!!

OH okay !! Thank you for asking!! But also hold your horses bc this is about to get LONG. And rambly.

So it is my full belief that Naboo queens cover their hair. Like this initially came about because... I believe it was @star-burned who once made a post about hijabi queens. And then I was like yeah that's a whole vibe I like that. But then when I started making my own queen OC (Roona!) I started looking into it and I was like. 100% sold on the hair-covering idea. It's not a hijab, as ears aren't necessarily covered, so I have diverged from the original idea. BUT. Still along the same lines.

Sooo here's all the costumes worn by Queen Amidala (both on Padme and Sabe).

Now, here's the meta analysis:

What has ALWAYS been notable to me (even as someone young) is that like. They're wigs. Clearly they are wigs. She does not have enough hair for some of those. Yes, Padme had some decently long hair! But it was damn well not that thick. Not to mention, if you zoom in on some of the hairstyles (maybe not using these photos, bc they're taken a bit far away), they just... don't look like hair.

If you look at the hair of the retaking-Theed outfit (middle right), you can see that the hair on that is absolutely fake. The sheen of the hair is inconsistent between what wraps the headpiece and what sticks out the back. Not to mention... Where the goddamn hell is that hair even coming from. Literally not attached to her head. And if you look at what's coming out of the back is just... it's so... hard. It's all blocked together. Like maybe it's a shitton of hairproduct. That's possible for the actual actress. But it honest to god just looks like an acryllic wig. The shine and how none of it breaks like normal hair... Yeah no. My bet is Not Real. And if it is, sorry dear Ms Knightley. The hairproduct makes it look fake.

As for the top two left outfits and the center outfit... Well, for the first left and the middle, it has that same issue with those. It has no breakage or frizz. Yes, could be a lot of product! But if you look at any style Padme has in later films, she still has baby hairs and frizz and flyaways... because that's how normal hair acts. That's just how hair is. So yeah I'm not sold on the first one being real hair.

Now the mid-top does have some breakage and frizz near the base AND it is a proven possible hairstyle (that is a Mongolian traditional hairstyle! Like... near exact ripoff of it.) BUT what's in the headpiece is not the only hair. There's also a back part that has... a lot of hair. And that just... doesn't seem consistent with what Natalie Portman has for hair. YES it is likely that it has some sort of hair rat in it. But I'm looking at the pattern of the hair that's up top on the headpiece. I don't think that's real? Maybe I'm wrong but it doesn't make sense the way it comes out. Who knows tho. Maybe that's the real hair and the other is fake.

The bottom two are real hair. At least what's attached to the head is real. I can tell you that much.

But that's the META. ANd also conjecture on the meta.

What's in-canon is:

The Queen's hairstyles, which were said to take several hours to perfect, were headpieces with wigs that matched Padmé's natural hair color. Her real hair was tightly-braided, pinned down, and gelled; the gel held the headpieces in place and prevented them from itching. While the Queen's hairstyles were being created, her handmaiden Rabé would provide counsel. (source)

So. Yeah. They're all wigs.

THIS does line up with Padme's Tatooine hairstyle!

While it's not the style that would be under her wigs, it still holds all the braids.

AND So we know it's not just QUEEN AMIDALA that does this:

Jamillia's in a wig (meta and canon) and Apailana's hair is fully covered.

AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF

THE HANDMAIDENS ARE LIKE 90% OF THE TIME COVERED TOO. That spans across films. There's like one time we see hair--during the takeover of Naboo. That's literally it. The rest of the time, their hair is covered.

And honourable mentions: A lot of Padme's senator hairstyles... Wigs. Literally she popped her fuckin hair off in TCW. That shit was a wig half the time.

TL;DR? The queens are wearing wigs the times "their hair" is shown. Thus. Queens required to hide their hair--either out of social obligation or out of wish to portray themselves with ornate hairstyles to show their social standing. Either way, no "real hair" shown. All hidden.

[duchessofthemoonartworks]

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[antianakin]

Watch me come up with a Queen Apailana Faked Her Death And Became a Naboo Rebel Leader AU.

I'll let her kill Anakin. It's poetic justice.

[britney-rosberg06]

I Need To Speak With Her

i NEED to speak with her

I have an inherent desire to speak with her over coffee and a sketch book

[firealder2005]

Senator of Naboo Luke Skywalker!

@spell-cleaver you are the source of where this came from with The Protégé!

i absolutely hate drawing hands and eyes. not my strong suit, but I managed.

everything on luke is done in watercolor brush pens - except his skin, because i didn’t have ANYTHING for skin tone in my brush pen arsenal. so i made do with a colored pencil.

and obviously he was raised by his aunt Sola and Co. on Naboo, so he uses their name and (of course) keeps his birth name underwraps.

Luke’s red face paint is obviously a nod to Padmé, and I chose the blue-green face paint as a nod to Queen Apailana, who was assassinated for harboring Jedi survivors from Order 66. I feel like Luke would choose to mimic her face paint as silent rebellion lol.

The flowers on his cape are millaflowers btw. shiny, silver millaflowers.

And lastly, the Royal Symbol of Naboo? I put that on him because 1) I wanted to. and 2) it’s my headcanon Senator Luke served as a body double/valet at some point in his life so he gets to wear it. as a treat.

[spruceneedles]

Apailana

She was always my favorite

[katlimeart]

Made in 2016, 2017 + 2018

If you’ve seen this anywhere else, I posted it back on my deviantArt when it was made.

Mario girls cosplaying as characters from the Star Wars franchise

1 - 4. Sabine Wren - requested by yoshihorse

5. Queen Amidala - requested by ladytrisha08

6. Queen Apailana - requested by ladytrisha08

7 + 8. Padme Amidala - requested by ladytrisha08 & sabor78

9. Bana Breemu - requested by ladytrisha08

10. Breha Organa - requested by ladytrisha08

[darth-caillic]

Throwing this concept out there: Mar unknowingly being born on Naboo and a relative of Queen Apailana (like a sister maybe?)

[beautifulwillfulldead]

[ID: Three gifs of Star Wars. The first gif shows Queen Amidala sitting on the throne in the Theed Royal Palace in The Phantom Menace. Pink cursive text on the gif reads 'amidala', overlaid on the symbol of the Royal House of Naboo.

The second gif shows Queen Jamillia sitting on the throne in the Theed Royal Palace in Attack of the Clones. White cursive text on the gif reads 'jamillia', overlaid on the symbol of the Royal House of Naboo.

The third gif shows Queen Apailana walking in Padmé Amidala's funeral procession in Revenge of the Sith, her handmaiden Umé walking beside and behind her. Purple cursive text on the gif reads 'apailana', overlaid on the symbol of the Royal House of Naboo. End ID]

The Monarch of Naboo was the elected king or queen of the Royal House of Naboo, the monarchy that governed the human residents of the planet. The Naboo often elected young women, believing they possessed a form of pure, childlike wisdom that the adults lacked. The monarch was aided by the Naboo Royal Advisory Council, which was led by the planetary governor and included ministers for architecture, music, the sciences, and education.

[alexversenaberrie]

inspired by the post from @royalhandmaidens

Queen Amidala | Queen Jamilia | Queen Neeyutnee | Queen Apailana | Sosha Soruna | Queen Réillata | Queen Mairayni | Queen Sanandrassa | Queen Kylantha | Sabé - The Decoy Queen | Queen Yram | Queen Dalné | The Gungan-Naboo War Queen of Naboo | Queen of Naboo from the New Republic | King Jafan I Star Tours Queen of Naboo | King Veruna | The First Queen of Naboo | King Tapalo | Queen Ameé | Queen Ekay | King Jafan III | The Queen of beaded emblems | King Narmlé | Queen of Naboo from High Republic | Queen Elsinoré den Tasia

[duchessofthemoonartworks]

Queens Of Naboo [ 2023 ] From left to right. Queen Amidala, Queen Neeyutnee, Queen Jamillia & Queen Apailana. More places to follow my art 🌙

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[antianakin]

I cannot believe brought back KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES, who played the best Queen of Naboo - Queen Apailana HERSELF, and they put her on THIS SINKING TITANIC OF A SHOW???

THE FUCKING INDIGNITY

Give me my Queen Apailana and the Amidalans: Naboo Rebellion show that Keisha Castle-Hughes, Keira Knightley, Rose Byrne, and I all deserve.

[karttaylir-darasuum]

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