In an issue of Star Wars: Age of Republic by Marvel Comics, it is revealed that Anakin Skywalker doomed his marriage before he killed Padmé Amidala. This comic reveals that the trust that a wife and husband should share was already at risk. Why? As a result of some of Anakin's own decisions and habits.

Star Wars: Age of Republic - Padmé Amidala #1 shows Padmé going on a self-appointed diplomatic mission to Clabron. This planet has remained neutral during the Clone Wars conflict and she hopes to sway it to the side of the Republic. Padmé, formerly the Queen of Naboo, frequently works to build alliances with planets and seeks diplomatic solutions to problems. She often tries to work within the system she is in, believing it to usually be the best means of getting things done fairly. Anakin, on the other hand, has always been more heavy-handed in his negotiations and often goes against the system he is in. This is especially true of his marriage to Padmé, which is forbidden by the Jedi and therefore is kept secret.

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A secret marriage by itself causes all kinds of problems, but this issue, written by Jody Houser with art by Cory Smith and Wilton Santos, shows some of the problems that can compound onto any marriage. Before Padmé leaves, she says goodbye to Anakin, but she doesn't tell him exactly where she is going. She tells him she is going somewhere else—leading him off of her true intentions. By being married in secret, it would stand to reason that the two of them have to have trust in one another. The truth, however, is that Padmé can no longer trust Anakin completely. Her first reason seems perfectly normal: he worries. So she doesn't want him to worry. That's a positive. Contrarily, her other main reason is that he is too close to the Chancellor.

Already, before tensions even get high within the Senate and with Anakin going on his youngling murder spree, Padmé knows that Anakin is not fully trustworthy. Though she doesn't suspect any foul play or know anything more than anybody else about the potential threats Anakin is facing, she clearly has a problem with Anakin's new closeness to Palpatine. In this context, Padmé does not want the Chancellor to know what she is doing because the Republic has chosen to ignore neutral worlds. Her diplomatic mission is not approved by the Republic, but she deems it important so she goes anyway. However, she doesn't want anyone to know she is doing this. Though this is not necessarily bad or revealing about any of Anakin's dark side, it does show that Anakin has done things that could have caused him further trouble in his marriage.

Padmé is concerned that if she tells Anakin where she is going, he will not only worry, but also tell Palpatine about it. She doesn't trust her own husband to not share information with a political leader in the Republic. Anakin would most likely also try to see if she could have an escort and guard, which would include himself if possible. Despite this, Padmé could have insisted that it needed to be kept secret due to the Republic's stance, had she thought it would actually work. Ultimately, Padmé isn't wrong to not trust Anakin, since he does talk to the Chancellor a lot more than he should. Not to mention that he ends up being the reason she loses her life in the end. Secret keeping—and believing the only safe route is to lie—doesn't allow for a strong, healthy marriage, particularly in the Star Wars universe.

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