Padmé parece se apaixonar muito rapidamente por Anakin e nos filmes nunca parecemos realmente ter uma razão concreta por trás disso.
Será que deveria imitar o AT (em que Padmé vê a lealdade de Anakin a ela e seu amor por seus amigos Ao longo do filme) ou devemos simplesmente assumir que eles estão tendo toneladas de conversas importantes fora da tela?
Neste "featurette de amor", a atriz representando Padmé, Natalie Portman fala das razões pelas quais sua personagem foi atraída por Anakin;
O novelização oficial também responde a isso muito bem
Ele é jovem, bonito e ela o acha fisicamente atraente
Ele é perigoso (poderoso e teimoso)
Ela sente sua profunda conexão com a Força
Ela respeita que ele dedicou sua vida a ajudar os outros.
O relacionamento dela com ele representa uma forma de rebelião que ela nunca encontrou antes (amor proibido)
She looked over at Anakin, who was sleeping somewhat restlessly. She could see him now, not as a Jedi Padawan and her protector, but just as a young man. A handsome young man, and one whose actions repeatedly professed his love for her. A dangerous young man, to be sure, a Jedi who was thinking about things he should not. A man who was inevitably following the call of his heart above that of pragmatism and propriety. And all for her. Padmé couldn’t deny the attractiveness of that. She and Anakin were on similar roads of public service, she as a Senator, he as a Jedi Padawan, but he was showing rebellion against the present course...
Ela também está impressionada com sua abertura e falta de dolo sobre seus sentimentos:
“You are in my very soul, tormenting me,” Anakin went on, not a bit of falseness in his tone. This was no ploy to garner any physical favors; this was honest and straightforward, refreshingly so to the woman who had spent most of her life being attended by handmaidens whose job it was to please and entertaining dignitaries whose agendas were never quite what they seemed.
E, claro, você nunca pode subestimar o poder de um homem que pode fazer uma mulher rir :-)
Padmé had to clutch at her belly, she was laughing so hard. Caught up in the whirlwind of the moment, Anakin sprang to his feet and ran off to the side, cutting in front of a shaak and frightening it with his sheer jubilance.
Nos filmes, fica claro que ele seguiu seu coração, e ela era muito parecida.
(fortemente parafraseada)
Anakin: "I want to go to my mother and help her, but I can't, I'm a jedi and I've been ordered to stay here with you on Naboo."
Padme: "I'm going to Tatooine. You're supposed to protect me, but I'm going whether you go or not."
Sim, ele também era bonito, poderoso e passeava com pessoas poderosas. Ele também era flexível e, quando os limites se irritavam, ele encontrou outras saídas para resolver conflitos que tinha. Ambos tiveram situações muito semelhantes nas quais são encaixotados e delimitados por várias forças externas, e ambos foram criativos ao encontrar maneiras de resolver conflitos internos e externos, mantendo seus padrões ou, pelo menos, parecendo mantê-los. Ambos eram idealistas flexíveis - ambos querendo paz e felicidade para o universo, ambos trabalhando para esse fim com toda a sua capacidade em suas diferentes esferas.
E, finalmente, ele absolutamente, abertamente e descaradamente a adorava. Foi ele quem primeiro sugeriu que ambos deixassem a vida e ficassem juntos enquanto ela resistia; depois, quando ele ficou mais ligado no caminho, ela tentou convencê-lo a fazer o mesmo. Até que ele fosse pego na armadilha de Palpatine, ele teria deixado tudo para ela. Na verdade, esse era o cerne da armadilha - vinculando seu destino à crença de que Palpatine e o lado sombrio poderiam salvá-la, Palpatine sabia que Anakin era dele.
Isso, além do contato constante e próximo entre os dois, fora do alcance e da influência dos outros, deu-lhe tempo para cortejá-la e ajudá-la a desenvolver sentimentos por ele.
A resposta de Valorum parece bastante completa, mas eu só queria acrescentar que o Vingança dos Sith A novelização oferece algumas dicas adicionais no capítulo 9:
Her life before Anakin belonged to someone else, some lesser being to be pitied, some poor impoverished spirit who could never suspect how profoundly life should be lived.
Her real life began the first time she looked into Anakin Skywalker's eyes and found in there not the uncritical worship of little Annie from Tatooine, but the direct, unashamed, smoldering passion of a powerful Jedi: a young man, to be sure, but every centimeter a man—a man whose legend was already growing within the Jedi Order and beyond. A man who knew exactly what he wanted and was honest enough to simply ask for it; a man strong enough to unroll his deepest feelings before her without fear and without shame. A man who had loved her for a decade, with faithful and patient heart, while he waited for the act of destiny he was sure would someday open her own heart to the fire in his.
But though she loves her husband without reservation, love does not blind her to his faults. She is older than he, and wise enough to understand him better than he does himself. He is not a perfect man: he is prideful, and moody, and quick to anger—but these faults only make her love him the more, for his every flaw is more than balanced by the greatness within him, his capacity for joy and cleansing laughter, his extraordinary generosity of spirit, his passionate devotion not only to her but also in the service of every living being.
He is a wild creature who has come gently to her hand, a vine tiger purring against her cheek. Every softness of his touch, every kind glance or loving word is a small miracle in itself. How can she not be grateful for such gifts?
This is why she will not allow their marriage to become public knowledge. Her husband needs to be a Jedi. Saving people is what he was born for; to take that away from him would cripple every good thing in his troubled heart.
Porque ele era extremamente quente, poderoso e quente, uma pessoa boa, mas um menino mau ao mesmo tempo, com uma alma torturada e muito apaixonada por ela e, é claro, quente. Quente e bonito e sexy. Eu também me apaixonaria por ele.