#umé

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you know what? I don't *transparent pngs your handmaidens*

[alexversenaberrie]

Umé served as one of the handmaidens of the planet Naboo's Royal House and at some point she was Amidala's handmaiden as well.

Umé attended the funeral of Naboo's senator, Padmé Amidala, shortly after the end of the Clone Wars. The handmaiden took part in Amidala's funeral procession through the city of Theed, walking alongside Queen Apailana of Naboo and another handmaiden.

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Umé Juice (梅ジュース)

[beautifulwillfulldead]

[ID: Three gifs of the Star Wars Prequels, showing Queen Amidala sitting on her throne and speaking seriously, Queen Jamillia on her throne and speaking, and Queen Apailana walking sadly at Padmé Amidala's funeral, her handmaiden Umé walking beside and behind her. End ID]

Star Wars Prequel Trilogy - QUEENS OF NABOO

[padmeanddorme]

Answering my asks p1 :)

Thanks for the ask friend!

I’m super excited to get to rant with fellow Star Wars fans, especially about some underrated, courageous and amazing characters!

I love all Padmé’s handmaidens and all their quirks. Dormé’s loyalty and love for Padmé that brings her to tears in Attack of the Clones is gorgeous, and I love how the Clone Wars delved into the fact that Teckla has children to love and nurture.

So. Off the top of my head the handmaidens I can think of include:

The original five that served Padmé as Queen of Naboo:

- Sabé

- Saché

- Yané

- Eirtaé

- Rabé

Padmé’s senatorial handmaidens from Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith:

- Dormé

- Moteé

- Versé

- Cordé

- Ellé

- Hollé

And then there were handmaidens introduced not in live action, but in books like Ek Johnston’s Padmé trilogy and the Clone Wars :

- Teckla

- Duja

- Tepoh (technically Tepoh is Saché’s aid but any friend of a handmaiden is Padmé’s friend)

I researched it and apparently I forgot some rarely mentioned handmaidens like Karté, Fé, Dané, Umé and Miré.

For more information on the handmaidens and who they are, you can use resources like this one:

So, why do I love the handmaidens?

Well, the fact that these characters are made out to be simple aides to Padmé, who are responsible for her hair, clothing decisions and makeup support, but are really her trusted ‘decoys, bodyguards and confidantes,’ is so fascinating to me (quoting Star Wars.com’s Guide to the Royal Handmaidens of Naboo article). They are symbolic of that moral of not judging a book by its cover, as they are more trained, skilled and close to Padmé than most assume.

Also, I love how the handmaidens are so selfless. They sacrifice so many opportunities to enjoy their life and pursue their interests to protect a dear friend who cares for them but cannot be entirely truthful with them (Anakin boy, we love you, and we know it is not your fault, but you kind of make your wife so secretive towards her friends).

And, on a lesser note, I love how the handmaidens follow Padmé’s impeccable fashion style and wear some gorgeous cloaks and outfits. Whether they be grey velvet cloaks or the flame-coloured robes, the handmaidens pull off every simple style so effortlessly.

Talking about the lesser known handmaidens

For the lesser known handmaidens like Duja, Teckla, Tepoh and Moteé, I consider them equally as interesting as those we know more about. They each have their own unique traits that I hope can be explored in future Star Wars content, whether it be prequel era books, comics, series etc.

Duja is first mentioned in the book I really adore, Thrawn Alliances. I love how we get it inferred that Duja was passionate, courageous and willing to face any danger if it allowed her to aid the greater good. It was also a neat little touch in the book where the author mentioned how both Duja and Padmé had once discussed their longing for children of their own. Unfortunately, this character we learnt so little amount perished in the line of duty during the Clone Wars while she was investigating a Separatist factory.

Teckla seems like a sweet-natured character and I adore her. I find it funny that many believe her only appearance is in the Clone Wars, when it has been confirmed that she was the handmaiden in that Attack of the Clones scene serving dinner to Anakin and Padmé before that chat about aggressive negotiations. In the Clone Wars episode ‘Pusuit of Peace’, I love how she helps Padmé with her hair (which is revealed to be a wig) and acts as an optimistic spark of hope when Padmé is fatigued and frustrated.

I loved the introduction of Tepoh in the book Queen’s Hope. The fact that Tepoh is the first character I know of in Star Wars who goes by zhe/zhem pronouns made zhem even more fascinating to me, as I adore characters who feel confident enough to express their true personality and values. Tepoh was likeable for me as zhe were open about their inability to fit into the bleak binary of the male and female categories. I also found it cool of zhem to be willing to aid Saché in their fight for the greater good, even if it meant she had to sit and notetake a lot of information from meetings.

Although I do not know that much about Moteé, the one comic I own that features her makes me adore her. Not only do I love the scene where she walks in on Anidala kissing and she just goes straight to business, but I also love how she is inquisitive about the forbidden affair between Anakin and Padmé. Also, I admire how Moteé takes on the advice of Dormé to let Padmé be happy with Anakin, as it proves that she will be forthright with her opinions but will be open-minded when it is needed.

Enjoy the very few gifs I could find that feature the handmaidens….

And May the Force be with you all ✨

[grabsomeironmeat]

UMÉ Studio

[mahayanapilgrim]

The Two Accumulations

Known as the *Two Accumulations, namely

*Merit and Wisdom. These two fundamentals have been depicted riding two generously bushed accumulative swirls.

The two connecting swirls of this artwork; represent the inseparable karmic accumulation of merit and wisdom, considered essential twofold components of spiritual development, which without, enlightenment cannot be easily accomplished.

*Merit: and Wisdom

- Tibetan calligraphy in a 14th century umé script.

[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.

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[wyllzel]

umé surprise boba!! 🐶

[alexversenaberrie]

Where is Umé in E3?

[handmaidensofnaboo]

Dressing a Galaxy: スター・ウォーズ 銀河を彩るコスチュームの世界

[halnicoo]

漬ける。

macérer.

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Getting a bit more headcannon-y re: the outfits, it would make sense for them to belong to the crown rather than the handmaidens personally (see Leia being lent the parade dress by Dalné and Padmé being able to take more dresses with her because she’s staying in the employ of the government rather than just “retiring”), so there would likely be more than five sets of each. Evidence: Umé is wearing the same cloak as definitely the post-senate outfit (and probably the pre-senate outfit) - the one between the yellow one and Rabé in the chart. We also know Neeyutnee was a couple inches taller than Padmé, and Réillata was “older,” so there would likely be sets that weren’t made for teenagers (juniors vs ladies sizes of the same outfit basically). (I also hc Jamillia to be like two years younger than Padmé but she’s shorter so that’s whatever rn)

So that puts us back to the funeral. I’d say Apailana talked to either Saché (would likely have the easiest access to/closest relationship with) or Dormé (is technically the head handmaiden at this point) and was like “hey you guys can use whatever robes you want for the funeral just lmk and we’ll pull them for you” so they’re not the same exact ones they wore in TPM but they’re basically the same ones.

Side note: are Neeyutnee’s handmaidens ever even shown? There’s no mention of them on wookieepedia as far as I could tell, but there’s no way that she didn’t have any what with there being a war on before she was even elected. I hc that she has more (like 10) because of the war and a couple of them are doubles (primary/secondary/third). And there’s no way Apailana has only two, the others are just?? somewhere else?? for some reason?? Padmé and Réillata both have five (ignoring Fé and the other standmaidens) and Jamillia has at least four.

Hmm possible Watsonian reason for Fé and them: Saché was resting/recovering from the whole torture thing and Yané was with her, but they needed there to be five(? or however many are in that scene) handmaidens for whatever reason so they just grabbed a couple girls from the guards/palace staff to make up the numbers and they just did the name thing for consistency in case they needed to call them. Because isn’t one of them literally Nick Guilliard the fight choreographer lmao ???

Anyway I think that’s all my thoughts (for now at least)

Yo I think I half cracked the Miré case:

(Idk why it cropped like that anyway)

The dress looks the most similar and we never see their faces. I’m like 99% sure Hollé and Umé are digitally layered against themselves because we only ever see one face of each pair (and also the walks are weirdly out of sync but that might just be me being a band kid on main). We also never see the faces of the two in front of Apailana (who seem to be wearing the same outfit as Sabé and Eirtaé did during the “Anakin can’t count” scene in TPM).

The color is kinda off but the hood style looks the same as the one photo of Miré that exists. The color doesn’t bother me much because I fully thought that Padmé’s Mustafar pants were light blue for a long time.

With all that said, in light of the Queen’s Shadow epilogue I will be ignoring that and interpreting them as such:

Hollé and Miré as the vaguely defined handmaidens who “did what people think handmaidens do anyway” ie only helping with wardrobe and etc (Queen’s Hope) in front of the funeral sled

1 & 2: Sabé and Dormé - obvious reasons for being the front row

3 & 4: Rabé and Eirtaé

5 & 6: Saché and Yané - it was known that Saché had been a handmaiden so it would make sense for her to be slightly more identifiable. And whether Yané was also known to have been one or not she matched with Saché for both vibes and making the numbers nice

That leaves out Ellé and Moteé, but ya know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ maybe they’re somewhere farther back behind Sio Bibble or something

Anyway that was my 2 AM wild hair, do with it what you will 🫡

admittedly it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out what's going on in that first pic but once I did it all clicked into place so genuinely THANK YOU for this tbh i wasn't looking at the zoomed-out funeral scenes which might explain why I missed the reuse of multiple TPM handmaiden robes, and looking at a slightly higher res pic with the brightness turned up more it makes me think they just used pre-existing still pictures of most of the dresses and digitally laid them over the scene, except for Miré (whose dress is slightly different than the Qui-Gon funeral dress) who I think they took a new picture of

and just for further context some handmaidens dress pictures

I think the colors don't match up because much of this scene is just a digital assets mess, and my theory is that on set there were max 4 handmaidens (Miré, Hollé, Umé, another?) and the rest are just pictures they moved around and clever work with the camera to make it seem like there were actually more

but that was out of universe and trying to go beyond the green screen and all that shit. in-universe I love your analysis and I'm just going to say there was a mess with the wardrobe and somehow their clothes from 13 years ago fit them perfectly so they showed up like that<3

[hoardingrecipes]

Umé Juice

[closetsoftheredkeep]

A lavender gown for Umé from the Georges Hobeika Fall Winter 2016/17 collection.