Queen Jamillia

SW Character


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name=Jamillia
position=Queen of Naboo
species=Human
gender=Female
hair=Brown
eyes= Brown
planet=Naboo
height=~1.5 meters
affiliation=Galactic Republic, Royal Nabooportrayer=Ayesha Dharkar

In the fictional Star Wars galaxy, Her Royal Highness Queen Jamillia of Naboo is the successor of Queen Amidala. She is played by Ayesha Dharkar. Like her predecessor, she is regal and dignified, though she is not as young as Padmé was during her reign.

Reign

After the events of the prequel movie "", Queen Amidala completed her two constitutionally permitted terms as Naboo's elected monarch. In the succeeding elections, Queen Jamillia was chosen to become the new Queen. Queen Jamillia asked Padmé to continue serving the people of Naboo. Even though she had every right to retire and to seek a new career in the private sector, Padmé agreed and became Naboo's representative in the Galactic Senate.

In "", two assassination attempts on Padmé's life were made; Jamillia became personally concerned for Padmé's safety during the Separatist crisis, and helped conceal her presence on Naboo when the young Senator was hiding from would-be assassins with her soon-to-be lover Anakin Skywalker.

During the Separatist crisis, millions of loyal citizens were displaced as worlds seceded from the Republic. When Coruscant began restricting immigration to better deal with port crowding and security concerns, the worlds of the Mid Rim opened up their borders. Jamillia, a compassionate ruler, loosened Naboo's immigration policies to accept the influx of refugees.

Jamillia wears many of the same symbols of office as Amidala did. Her white face paint is also decorated with the symmetrical beauty marks and the lip-dividing "scar of remembrance." Queen Jamillia's regal accent of enunciated consonants points to her roots in Naboo's southeastern regions.

Abdication and exile

As the Clone Wars dragged on, Jamillia increasingly became convinced that Count Dooku's criticisms of the Old Republic's incompetence and corruption were correct. Jamillia had stated that she no longer had faith in the Republic.

As her unpopular sentiments became public, the people and government pressured her into abdicating in favor of a new and more effective monarch. Jamillia acquiesced but stayed in office until the elections had resulted in the victory of the Apailana, Princess of Theed, whom Jamilla had supported the whole way through. In turn, Apailana helped the former Queen to leave Naboo peacefully. It was rumored Jamillia left, because she was frightened of what the Naboo would do to her outside the Palace.

References

*"The Visual Dictionary of Star Wars, Episode II - Attack of the Clones", 2002. David West Reynolds, ISBN 0-7894-8588-5

External links

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