Wedding of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala

Twenty-two years before the Battle of Yavin, and shortly after the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala were married in a secret wedding on Naboo. The marriage, witnessed by the droids C-3PO and R2-D2, was kept secret due to Amidala's place as a prominent Senator in the Galactic Republic and because of Skywalker's membership in the Jedi Order; the Jedi Code prevented Jedi from falling in love and forming attachments such as marriage.

Skywalker's marriage to Amidala helped lead to his fall to the dark side of the Force, as Darth Sidious—the Dark Lord of the Sith—was able to seduce him to the dark side with the promise of finding the power to save Amidala from death. Amidala eventually died giving birth to the couple's children Luke and Leia Skywalker.

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