What title does Padmé Amidala have?

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No Star Wars prequels, Amidala is referred to by a few different titles which confused me a bit.

In The Phantom Menace, she is called "Queen Amidala" by many characters.

In The Attack of the Clones, she is "demoted" (it would seem) to "Senator Amidala" and she meets the current Naboo Queen, Jamailla (I think)

I've seen this issue mentioned before:

Issue mentioned in YouTube movie-sins channel

and, like the narrator in that, I was confused as well.

Does anyone know what the powers are in Naboo? Is there any canon evidence for this? It does say in the opening crawl from Attack of the Clones:

Senator Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo

which would suggest that she abdicated as that is the only way (aside death) that a monarch can stop being the monarch.

por caird coinheringaahing 24.04.2017 / 00:28

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Naboo doesn't have a kingship like we are used to, where kings/queens are bloodline royalty for life (or exile, natch). A preteen/teen is elected "Queen" (or King), and gives up the throne after some years. Two terms max, constitutionally limited.

She then was appointed Senator, a completely mutually exclusive event.

Naboo's system works more like modern day US presidential system. The title of "Queen" simply confuses things for us/the audience.

24.04.2017 / 00:59