The tragedy of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala is well known to Star Wars fans, but their son Luke Skywalker found a way that they could have lives together happily. The two lovers were torn asunder by Anakin’s very attempts to save them, which resulted in Padmé dying in childbirth. Yet, it did not have to be that way.
There are a lot of hints given throughout the Star Wars franchise that Padmé Amidala was in fact Force sensitive. It is clear that the young queen and later senator from Naboo was not strong in the Force or trained in the ways of the Jedi, but she very likely still had some low-level sensitivity. In the prequel movies this is best suggested in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, where Anakin is staring out the window on the city of Coruscant, haunted by Palaptine’s warning about saving his wife. At the same time Padmé is staring toward him across the city, as if sensing his feelings and conflict. In that same movie she tells Anakin that she “senses” that he is not telling her things, a verb which is typically reserved for use with Jedi characters. These bits of evidence may seem circumstantial, but there is proof in deleted scenes and cut dialogue that George Lucas had many different plans for Padmé, including her possibly being Force sensitive. Yet, even without the cut material there is enough to suggest that the mother of Luke and Leia was at least latently attuned to the Force.
In Star Wars #20, by Charles Soule and Marco Castiello, Luke finds himself journeying to a Force vergence called the Living Sea of Gaizen. Vergences are places where the Force is strong, and Gaizen is no different. It is a living planet that takes a complete imprint of any Jedi or Force sensitive person who visits. From this memory the planet can then recreate that person in full, which means that if Anakin had visited the planet with his wife, the two could have existed happily together for eternity. Yet, the real heartbreaking part is that if Qui-Gon Jinn had survived to be Anakin’s master, that very well could have been a possibility.
Qui-Gon Could Have Saved Anakin and Padmé
It turns out that a memory Qui-Gon actually exists in the Living Sea of Gaizen, which means the revered Jedi had visited the planet in the past. A lot can be said about the possibilities for the course of Anakin’s life if Obi-Wan Kenboi’s master had lived to train the Chosen One as opposed to Obi-Wan himself. But the one thing fans now know for certain is that Qui-Gon was aware of Gaizen and its possibilities. That means, even if all the events of Anakin’s life played out the same under Qui-Gon as they did under Obi-Wan, the former still could have given the young Skywalker and his secret bride this option and allowed at least a version of them to live happily ever after.
In the newest Star Wars series, Luke Skywalker discovers a vergence that keeps the memory of any Force-sensitive person who visited it. At the time he saw it as an invaluable tool to learn more and preserve the Jedi of the past. However, the Living Sea of Gaizen could have also served as a way to preserve the happiness of Luke Skywalker's own family, and if it wasn’t for a twist of fate the lives of both Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala might have been spared in the Star Wars saga.