Medically, she is completely healthy. For reasons we can't explain, we are losing her.

She's dying?

We don't know why. She has lost the will to live. We need to operate quickly if we are to save the babies.


WARNING: Spoilers for Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows


For quite a while now, many fans on this site and off-site have been disussing this scene and these events since Revenge of the Sith first played before our eyes... the death of Padme, and why and what were the exact circumstances surrounding her death and the reasoning behind the "lost the will to live" speech given to Yoda, Obi-Wan and Bail Organa on Polis Massa by the medical droid there. "She just.... lost the will to live?" many have cried. "She just gave up? She just had two beautiful twin babies!"... "She had so much to live for!".... "Why didn't she want to go on and try to save Anakin or defeat Palpatine?"... "She just... GAVE UP?!"

Lost the will to live?

No... she didn't lose the will to live. The medical droid gave those who were present bad information, I believe. Because in the newest (just released last month) second novel of the Coruscant Nights series, which I haven't read by the way (I may quite possibly pick it up soon), Padme's death is mentioned and as sourced to by Wookieepedia (page for Padme - scroll down to "Death" and read) an explanation is given as to why Padme died.

Anakin Skywalker's Force choke killed her.

No, Padme didn't give up. She didn't lose the will to live. She died from a broken hyoid bone in her neck that was fractured by Anakin's Force choke, but didn't die right away. The medical droids diagnosis was wrong, and as was reminded to me by jkthunder, why in the heck would a medical droid come up with that diagnosis, anyway? Are they programmed to give an explanation of "Lost the will to live" by default if they can't find a medically sound reason if they're losing someone?! What?!

So... does this information once and for all squash that old debate? From what I've noticed and seen and gathered, it does. In my opinion, the case is basically closed.

Hyoid bone. Very interesting.

And of course, these are just my thoughts and opinions based on what I've come across and gleaned from this information I noticed on Wookieepedia, a source I really trust. I mean, if this info is coming from an official, licensed and canon novel then it definitely solves a big mystery.

But what are your thoughts... is this a big deal that changes everything, or is it a case of Yeah, that's what I figured all along, no big deal!

For me, it makes me see Padme in a different, more respected light. Not that I didn't respect her before, I just always had a hard time accepting that a character with such strong resolve and passion in her life for so many things would just give up like that.

She may have died with a broken heart, but not from one.

I've searched my feelings... and I know it to be true.