#the whole thing kicks around the back corners of the spinternet (space internet)

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See I get that the prequels, in casting Keira Knightly and Natalie Portman together, essentially made an inescapable plot point around why Padme and Sabe look so similar. The books go with the whole body-double concept, but I think it would be much funnier the other way around. No, the handmaidens are not supposed to be interchangeable with the Queen. Yeah, actually, that's kind of a huge deal, having a second lady who can pass as the queen to everyone including their head of security and their parents. Yeah, of course there were questions, but then the blockade happened and everyone got busy and the whole thing just slid to the wayside. No one's really willing to admit they still don't know who's who and at this point they really don't care. "Was Amidala a Clone" remains a beloved Naboo conspiracy theory for years.