STAR WARS EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI
LUKE: Leia... do you remember your mother? Your real mother?
LEIA: Just a little bit. She died when I was very young.
LUKE: What do you remember?
LEIA: Just...images, really. Feelings.
LUKE: Tell me.
LEIA: She was very beautiful. Kind, but...sad. Why are you asking me all this?
OK so here's the deal. In A New Hope Leia and Luke are 18. Episode III is 19 years before A New Hope . So this means two things; Episode III spans more than one year, and Padme has to die at least 18-16 years before A New Hope (unless George Lucas plans to contradict himself). Unless Episode III spans about 3 or 4 years, then she cannot die in the movie. If she does, I couldn't give two $#its...