This C-3PO Deleted Scene Would've Made Padme So Much More Important To The Star Wars Saga

Summary Padme giving C-3PO his silver plating would have added depth to her legacy in the Skywalker saga.

This deleted scene would have connected Padmé and C-3PO more closely, enhancing their relationship.

Removing the scene lessened the connection between Padmé and C-3PO and diminished her legacy in the saga.

A Star Wars deleted scene from Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones might have given C-3PO and Padmé a lot more depth and connection with the rest of the Star Wars movies and TV shows. During the events of Attack of the Clones, Anakin and Padmé attempt to visit Anakin's mother, Shmi Skywalker, on Tatooine, after he has visions concerning her. This process leads them to the Lars homestead, where the duo reunites with C-3PO.

C-3PO was built by Anakin himself over 10 years earlier, and would later be passed on to the Organa family before eventually winding up back on that farm with Anakin and Padmé's son, Luke Skywalker. Padmé and C-3PO, however, originally had much more of a connection in one specific deleted scene from Attack of the Clones. This deleted scene would have added a lot more legacy for Padmé with her children, and in the Skywalker saga as a whole.

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Padmé Originally Gave C-3PO His Silver Plating In Attack of The Clones

The Deleted Scene Reveals The Transformation

During Anakin and Padmé's time in the Lars homestead, there was originally a scene where C-3PO received his silver outer plating from Padmé herself. She would have stumbled upon the protocol droid in the inner workshop area of the homestead and questioned his happiness in that situation. C-3PO would then express his distaste for being "naked," and Padmé would scrounge up some protocol droid plating to cover up all of C-3PO's wires and bits that were showing in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.

That means in the original script for Attack of the Clones, Padmé herself was the one to give C-3PO his original silver outer plating. The scene also showed Padmé's kindness and compassion, while also giving both Padmé and Anakin a role in creating C-3PO, from a certain point of view. It also meant, however, that some other scenes that took place chronologically earlier needed to be redone.

Phantom Menace C-3PO Would Have Appeared Again

The Naked Droid Did Not Return In Episode II

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Along with the creative decision of Padmé giving C-3PO his silver plating comes a little bit of a ripple effect in the story of the movie. Attack of the Clones reintroduces audiences to C-3PO with his silver plating on, but had the deleted scene been included, viewers would have met him in the same form as he was in The Phantom Menace, a droid without a shell. This might not have made sense considering the time gap and C-3PO's supposed discomfort with his mechanical parts showing.

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Deleting This Scene Lessened The Connection Between Padmé & C-3PO And Diminished Her Legacy

Padmé Is Less Connected To Luke And Leia

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The biggest impact of removing this scene is lessening Padmé's connection to Luke and Leia, and the rest of the Skywalker saga. As stated earlier, C-3PO was built by Anakin Skywalker, and therefore it's really special that Luke and Leia have such close interactions with a droid hand made by their father. With Padmé's addition of the outer plating, though, C-3PO would have served as an outward reminder of both parents instead of just one.

Padmé's legacy in the Skywalker saga is a big issue in general, with her role across the prequels diminishing more and more as the movies went on. She is certainly one of the most important characters in the entire Star Wars timeline, and it's a shame so many of her prominent scenes were deleted in not only Attack of the Clones, but especially Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Overall, this deleted scene reveals a little bit of Padmé's heart, which unfortunately wasn't featured in the telling of one of Star Wars' most important series of events.