Queen's Handmaidens

Queen's Trilogy fan blog. Also an archive of Amidala, her Royal Naboo Handmaidens, and more.

[womenofstarwars]

Sabe was a handmaiden of Queen Padme Amidala of Naboo. Shortly after Amidala was elected, her head of security hired Sabe to act not only as a handmaiden but also as a decoy for the queen. She and the other handmaidens trained constantly so as to provide the best defense possible for their queen. Sabe continued to serve Amidala even after her term as queen ended. Following the suspicious circumstances of Amidala’s death, Sabe joined forces with Bail Organa, a friend of Amidala. She took up service in the House of Organa, eventually teaching Princess Leia and her friend Winter skills that would prove invaluable when the two girls served as agents for the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

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𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐎

Theed, nature and wild life, Otoh Gunga

“Naboo is a unique world,” Padmé admitted.

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“You overthrew the chancellor," Sabe said. “I wish you had seen it." Padme sounded sad. “So many people from all over the galaxy, and all they could do was squabble. I told them that our people were suffering, and they would have made us wait until some committee flew out to the Chommell sector and checked. They were more concerned with voting along the lines of their alliance than they were with listening to problems and trying to find solutions. It was a mess, and Chancellor Valorum did nothing. Nothing.” —Queen's Peril (E.K. Johnston)

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Queen's Peril

Alone for one last precious moment, Padme drifted over to the window in the corridor. The guards gave her space to think. Face solemn, she looked out over the city, committing the architecture to memory even as the droid army marred it, and making silent promises she wasn't entirely sure she could keep.

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[handmaidensofnaboo]

“It’s about Padmé and Sabé and identity and politics and change and concrete, and contains the best pun of my career to date.“ -E.K. Johnston on her upcoming STAR WARS novel, QUEEN’S SHADOW

[royalhandmaidensociety-blog]

Gorgeous graphics for this eagerly awaited book.  :)

[swprequels]

We cannot let a thousand years of democracy disappear without a fight. What are you suggesting? 

[renskywalker-old]

You cannot deny the truth that is your family.

[handmaiclen]

After the Clone Wars, Sabé continues her service to the Naboo government as an aid to its representative to the Imperial Senate. Angered by what little she knew of her friend Padmé Amidala’s death, Sabé identifties and cultivates contacts in the Senate and on sympathetic worlds who secretly opposed Palpatine’s tyrannical rule and the Empire’s oppressive policies. While walking the corridors of the bureaucracy, she quietly aids the resistance, relaying messages between agents, gathering, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence, guarding against Imperial treachery, and counseling those who are seeking to channel aid to the freedom fighters around the galaxy.

As a diplomatic emissary, Sabé has official access to transporation, not only between Naboo and Corscant but to any worlds that have business, negotiations, or ties with her homeworld. She smuggles equipment to nascent insurgent cells, conveys intelligence about Imperial operations, and trains freedom fighters in combat and espionage.

During this time, she brefriends Senator Bail Organa and becomes one of his principal agents carrying out operations behind the scenes. She makes many trips to Alderaan to check in on Amidala’s daughter, now Organa’s adopted daughter, Leia. He encourages Sabé to tutor her in a variety of subjects, from etiquette and bureaucracy to the more esoteric arts.

—Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide

[brittany]

Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace (1999), dir. George Lucas

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“We’ll all wear the makeup at some point, I think,” Tsabin said. “Even if it’s only for practice.”

— Queen's Peril

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“We’ll look at your dresses as well.” Eirtama examined the green gown Padmé wore with a critical eye. Suyan nodded. “That at least looks like it was made with modern materials, but we’ll see if we can’t make some modifications for comfort and functionality.”

— Queen's Peril

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“Eirtaé,” Eirtama said. “Communications.” Everyone would be used to seeing her with a variety of tech in her hands. They wouldn’t think about what she was doing with it.

— Queen's Peril

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“Together—young and seemingly carefree—they were a force that was often underestimated. No matter how many times they were proven able, people who looked at them were blinded by their youth and by their clothing, and dismissed them yet again. That was exactly how they preferred it.”

— Queen's Shadow