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Yanksfan
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11/6/05 3:36pm
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Did Padme know she was carrying twins?
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I'm sorry if this has been brought up a bazillion times before, but I'm a classic trilogy forum rat, so I've totally missed the discussion if it did.
Anyways, I was wondering if Padme actually knew she was carrying twins before they were born. On the one hand, she doesn't seemed phased by the second baby at all, and even has a name all picked out for her: "Leia."
On the other, she obviously didn't tell anyone if she did know. Most significantly, she didn't tell Anakin. Now perhaps she meant it as a "happy surprise" for the expectant father, or perhaps it was for a darker reason. Maybe she subconsciously sensed the shift in her husband, and felt it would be better to keep this secret close to her chest. And also, in more than one scene she refers to her pregnancy as "the baby", which leads me to believe she honestly was expecting only one.
I dunno. What do you think?
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jvberggren
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i don't think she knew.
about having a second name ready...
is that really so surprising considering they don't seem to know the sex of the baby?
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Aiden_Sanic
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Its hard to tell by her expressions, if she knew she had twins, she hid it well.
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Yanksfan
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11/6/05 3:43pm
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That's a good point about the names. But still. She doesn't seem at all surprised in the delivery room when a second baby pops out. I think I would be.
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More than likely she was told she was carrying twins just before the delivery. They probably told her before they told Obi-Wan. As far as names go, she probably had a male and female name chosen. More than likely, she wasn't sure of the gender.
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Bacon164
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In the novel, she wanted to keep it a surprise as of the sex of the baby, and they both assumed that they were only carrying one... so I'd say no.
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More than likely she was told she was carrying twins just before the delivery. They probably told her before they told Obi-Wan. As far as names go, she probably had a male and female name chosen. More than likely, she wasn't sure of the gender.
Yep. The reason she wasnt surprised was she really didnt care much at that point.
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Force-Keeper
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11/6/05 4:45pm
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She found out around the same time Obi-Wan, Bail, Yoda, 3PO, and R2 did. She could've had both a boy's and a girl's name picked out beforehand just incase it was one or the other. In the film, she didn't know if it was a boy or girl.
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DUGGY
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when Anakin say's " Our baby is a blessing", i found it odd she never said otherwise. that it was Babies. so i'm not sure if she knew or not. she may have had a Boy and a Girl name already picked.
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GGrievous
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I didnt think Anakin was going to say "Our BABIES are a blessing." They didn't know they were going to have Luke & Leia.
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DUGGY
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I didnt think was going to say "Our BABIES are a blessing." They didn't know they were going to have Luke & Leia.
wha?, you want to translate that for me?
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ImperialMarchFace
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She didn't know she was having twins, and the babies' names are easily explained by having a boy name and a girl name already picked out. She got to use them both.
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GGrievous
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11/6/05 4:57pm
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When Padme had the babies during the last sceens of ROTS. She quickly named each baby. and she thought she was going to have one baby.
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Candycane8828
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She Didn't know because when Anakin told her about his dream he said "you die in child birth" and she said "and the baby" she wasn't pural.
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DUGGY
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good point!^^^^. that about wraps it up. lock it. 
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Force-Keeper
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11/6/05 5:10pm
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I’m pretty sure George said in the audio commentary that Padmè didn’t know she was carrying twins. Take that with a grain of salt though, I'm not sure.
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