The galaxy had changed while Padmé Amidala slept. Rather than dying at the end of Revenge of the Sith, Padmé was put into a sort of stasis using an experimental technology kept from the Senate's knowledge. Bail Organa was involved, with Alderaan providing the funding to keep her safely hidden, with the plan being to wake her when it was safe.
Option #2:
Four months ago, the universe changed and Padmé Amidala lost everything she loved. Her husband, her children, her home. Friends, family. Hope. Every last shred of what she held most dear was torn from her soul and she was left clinging to life with a broken heart as if hanging on by bare fingertips. Hidden away in a remote village on an even more remote planet in the Outer Rim, she couldn't be farther from Naboo and Coruscant, from anything that reminded her of what she'd lost...
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