Padme to be placed under the protection of the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan The attempt failsīut to keep Padme safe, Chancellor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) asks for Portman), who is now a senator for the planet Naboo. The movie opens with an assassination attempt on Padme Amidala (Natalie
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is set 10 years after Episode I: The Phantom Menace.