I truly… deeply… love them.
Yes, the script is clunky.
The intense, agonizing yearning Anakin and Padme have for each other is romance 101.

Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman in ‘Attack of the Clones’.Lisa Tomasetti/Lucasfilm Ltd.
And now that I’m with you again…
I’m in agony."
That is some clinch cover, romance hero shiz right there.

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Padme gets her own scorching confessions too, like “I’m not afraid to die.
I’ve been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life.”
If it’s good enough forGeorge Clooney, it’s good enough for Panakin.

Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) and Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) prepare for battle in ‘Star Wars: Attack of the Clones’.Lucasfilm
Is the romance, particularly that frolicking, kinda silly at points?
But so is falling in love, y’all!
Anakin’s shirtless nightmare sequences walked so Reylo could run.
These are clothes designed to make someone fall in love with you.
Not that Padme needs any help in that department when it comes to Anakin.
As a couple, they’re an opposites attract dream-team an orphaned Jedi and a career diplomat.