Como foi organizada a tentativa de assassinato de Amidala?

O enredo (e como foi planejado e executado) foi abordado no Arquivo Oficial do Star Wars # 101 . Em resumo, o acerto foi pago por Dooku e subcontratado a Zam por Jango Fett. Ela usou suas habilidades de mudança de forma para determinar a agenda do Senador e (presumivelmente) para obter uma pequena bomba na plataforma que ela então detonou visualmente .

CONTRACT KILLER

Jango Fett was asked to take on a particular contract by the man who had given him the job with the Kaminoans - a man Jango knew as Tyranus. The job was to arrange the death of a high-profile politician who had crossed one of Tyranus' business contacts. The fee was considerable, and Jango was happy to farm the job out to Zam Wesell. It seemed a simple enough contract.

The target was a member of the Senate - an individual who spent much of her time in the public eye. This made her extremely vulnerable to a clever assassin. However, the target was a former Queen of Naboo, a friend to the Jedi and a close associate of the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic.

_{^{The Official Star Wars Fact File #101 - Zam Wesell}}

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TO KILL A SENATOR

Zam picked her moment carefully. The target was due to return to Coruscant for a critical vote, and her landing would be fairly predictable. Zam used her shape-shifting abilities to discover where and when the target be returning. Senator Padme Amidala of Naboo would die.

Through her usual guile and cunning Wesell was able to plant a bomb in the landing platform or which her target would land. Observing from a high building almost a kilometre away, Zam picked her moment perfectly. The silvery ship bearing Amidala touched down flanked by several fighter craft. The Senator came down the landing ramp and, as her feet touched the platform, Wesell detonated her device. There were few survivors, and the news networks were flooded with stories and pictures of Zam's success.

_{^{The Official Star Wars Fact File #101 - Zam Wesell}}

De acordo com o antigo banco de dados Star Wars Zam aprendeu a programação do Senador com Theomet Danlé, um dos guardas que acabou morrendo no navio. Seu envolvimento (inconsciente) na conspiração de assassinato e apoio vocal para a disputa do Mineiro das Especiarias parece ter sido o que levou às acusações contra os Mineiros de Especiarias de Naboobian.

Unable to make a living with their trade [as Spice Miners], the Danlé family relied on Theomet's income, but it was not enough. Borderline poverty contributed to the death of Theomet's grandfather, which devastated the Danlés, and shook Theomet's loyalty and resolve. He questioned the policies of his monarch, and of the Senator who backed the Queen. One particularly bitter evening, Theomet turned to drink, and his venomous alcohol-fueled complaints in a crowded bar attracted the attention of Zam Wesell.

Disguised as a local journalist, Zam explained to Theomet that she planned to expose Padmé Amidala's hypocrisy to the public, but she needed access to the Royal Naboo Cruiser in order to plant a listening device. In a fit of bad judgment -- and perhaps beguiled by Zam's adopted form -- Theomet agreed. Little did he know he would be facilitating the planting an explosive charge that would destroy the cruiser and kill him in a fiery blast.

_{^{Star Wars Databank: Theomet Danlé}}

Algo disto é discutido em R.A. Novela Salvatore, onde aprendemos que Zam Wessel (o assassino Obi-Wan e Anakin fogem do apartamento de Padmé e que é morto pelos dardos Kaminoan) na plataforma de aterragem:

Zam could hardly believe that the explosive charge she had managed to hide on the landing platform had not done the job, but she had taken that lesson to heart, had come to understand that the weaknesses of Senator Amidala were not easily discerned and exploited.

^{Attack of the Clones - Official Novelization Chapter VIII}

Não nos dizem exatamente como ela consegue fazer isso, mas, como ela é uma Clawdite que muda de forma, podemos fazer um palpite.

Da mesma forma, não há indicação de que cadeia de evidências levou os Jedi a suspeitar de mineradores de especiaria, além do motivo óbvio; os detalhes de sua investigação nunca são discutidos.