The braid may be gone, but Padme and Anakin’s romance lives on forever.

“He had that little braid hanging down.”

“Then I lost it,” she explained.

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“So that’s not very helpful.”

Portman, presumably, kept the braid as a way to rememberPadme and Anakin’s romancethroughout the sequel.

“This one is pretty incredible,” she said.

“It’s got such, kind of, Japanese elements.”