Natalie Portman as Padmé Amidala in 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.' Padmé Amidala is mother! Whether she's in full Royal House of Naboo drag or just working that crop top in the Geonosis ...

In honour of Empire's new Star Wars prequels issue ... The Battle Of Naboo piles on gaggles of goofy Gungans and blue-ball energy weapons on a sunny Windows XP landscape; its skybound skirmish ...

just in case you want to go back and see The Trade Federation deciding to blockade Naboo… As for the calendar, everything in the Star Wars galaxy is dated relative to the Battle of Yavin ...