What she should do and how she should dress. It was contradictory, something else she’d never been, but she was growing up, and that was bound to change her.įor so long, her life had revolved around other people’s perception of her. Even though she ached for her friends and missed her parents and sister, she loved the solitude of this moment, of knowing her decision was hers alone. Only she did, alone and at the center of her own life. Now her truths were split, divided amongst those she cared about, and none of them had the whole picture. And there were always some who knew the whole story. Yes, she kept secrets, but they were for the sake of her planet, her people. What troubled her was that she had always thought of herself as a straightforward and honest person. If anything, her conversation with Yané the night before and the meditative hours spent sewing had made her more certain. It wasn’t that she felt muddled or unsure of what she was doing.

Before the heat of the day warmed the waters, swimming was an abrupt wake-up. The lake was fed by mountain streams, and the Naboo took care not to pollute it with agricultural runoff. The water was clear and cold, like always. It was her favorite time to go swimming, that moment when there was enough light to see by before the day had truly begun. The sun had risen but not yet cleared the mountains when Padmé dove into the lake. Johnston’s trilogy-ending Padmé novel Star Wars: Queen’s Hope as Padmé prepares for a momentous day with an early morning swim. Ahead of its release on 5th April 2022 – which will be with us before we know it – bring us the first excerpt from E.K.

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