Senator Padme Amidala (Clone Wars)

This LEGO minifigure is unique to the LEGO Star Wars set 9515 Malevolence which was released in 2012.  This is the only unique minifigure to be found in this set if you discount the battle droid commander (which except for a couple of splodges of yellow is an ordinary battle droid).

This is the clone wars variant of Senator Padme Amidala which is attired as she appears in the Clone Wars episode “Destroy Malevolence” (Clone Wars Series 1 Episode 4).  This episode which aired in 2008, sees Amidala unwillingly caught up in the path of the damaged Malevolence as it is relentlessly pursued by Star Destroyers during the Battle of the Kaliida Nebula.  Her ship is caught by a tractor beam and pulled into the giant warship which prompts a daring rescue led by Obi Wan and Anakin.

Prior to 2012, Padme has been included in LEGO sets : '7131 Anakin’s Podracer'  (1999); '7171 Mos Espa Pod Race' (1999); 7961 Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator (2011).  In each release she has been attired in a peasant disguise as seen on the planet Tatooine in the film Episode 1: The Phantom Menace.   In 2012, we also see Padme in more regal attire as Queen Amidala in the '9499 Gungun Sub' set.  In 2013, the set '75021 Republic Gunship' includes a new variant of Padme in Geonosis attire.  

So after years in the wilderness we have seen a good run of new Padme variants over the last few years.

This is the first variant of Padme that we see in a senatorial outfit, to its credit this minifigure is an accurate rendition of what we see in the Clone Wars episode.

The minifigure is made up of four pieces and comes with a small black blaster pistol.

The face has a single print to the front with dark red ‘lipsticked’ lips, brown eyes and beauty spot below the right eye.  There is no printing on the back of the face.  The dark brown hair piece is unique with shoulder length hair tied in a ponytail.

The torso has printing to front and rear with a dark maroon red jacket with insignia over a dark tan top with brown belt and silver buckle.

The legs are dark tan in colour and have no printing to front or rear.

The following photograph shows the comparison to the 2011 variant of Padme In ‘Tatooine Peasant Disguise’ from 7961 Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator.

It is in this shot we really saw one of the principle flaws with this minifigure: The face print. Whether you question the size of the eyes, the distance between them, ultimately it comes across less then feminine. In the Clone Wars episode Padme can best be described as lithe (thin, supple, graceful?). By constrast the lego face print is somewhat fuller of face and could best be described as androgynous. A disappointment. The level of disappointment is heightened when you consider this is the only unique minifigure in the set.

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