History Literature / StarWarsQueensShadow

* TheCameo: Jamillia is mentioned as having ran against Réillatta for queen in the election succeeding Padmé. Padmé and her handmaidens are supporters of her and it is expected that she'll win the next election.

* ArcWords: “We are brave, Your Highness”.

** In the TimeSkip to shortly after Padmé's funeral, Sabé is upset that Panaka has become an Imperial collaborator for Naboo. This will be followed up in ''Literature/LeiaPrincessOfAlderaan''.

* TheCameo: Jamillia is mentioned as having ran against Réilatta for queen in the election succeeding Padmé. Padmé and her handmaidens are supporters of her and it is expected that she'll win the next election.
* CastingGag: Creator/CatherineTaber, the voice of Padmé in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'', will be the audiobook narrator.

** When one of her former handmaidens cannot come to a dinner with friends because a set of twins under her care are sick, Padmé mentions it's all right, but says that "I can't imagine having twins".
* GivenNameReveal: Sabé's real first name is [[spoiler:Tsabin]].

* OneNameOnly: Why Padmé's handmaidens all follow the naming convention of having an é at the end of their only name is finally explained as them having changed their name as a part of taking up the job, as a symbolic gesture of dedication to Padmé. Their given names aren't revealed, except for Sabé's, who turns out to be named [[spoiler:Tsabin]].
* SequelHook: The book ends with [[spoiler:a TimeSkip to Sabé leaving [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Padmé's funeral]] and deciding to go into hiding with Tonra so that she can investigate the true circumstances of Padmé's suspicious death and fight against the Empire. She contacts Bail at the end.]]

* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Padmé has to choose between joining Bail and Mon Mothma's group or [[TheMentor Mina]]'s group. Bail and Mothma believe in the good of the Republic and that anything is possible if they try hard enough, while Mina believes that the Republic is too corrupt to get anything good done. When Padmé chooses to join Bail and Mothma, she ends up alienating Mina.
* YoungAndInCharge: Padmé was fourteen years old when she was the Queen of Naboo, and now she's to represent the planet in the Galactic Senate. She was in office for two two-year terms, which would make her around eighteen during the events of the novel.

* DramaticIrony: Padmé and Breha talk about marriage and having children. Padmé talks about [[IJustWantToBeNormal wanting a marriage like her parents' marriage]] and Breha says that in contrast, as queen of Alderaan, her children will have to go through the same things she had to as her successors, as well as that if she were to get pregnant, Bail would be too busy with his senatorial work as their ministers would otherwise cause a stirrup if he had to constantly return home to care for her. As we all know, Padmé gets anything but a normal marriage, her children will be separated at birth, and her daughter will be adopted by Bail and Breha, raised as the princess of Alderaan, and become much more than Padmé had ever imagined.

* JuxtaposedHalvesShot: The cover depicts Padmé this way, one half being her as queen and the other half being her as a senator.

Set after ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the novel will follow Padmé Naberrie as she steps down as the Queen of Naboo to become the Senator of her homeworld in the Galactic Senate.

* YoungAndInCharge: Padmé was fourteen years old when she was the Queen of Naboo, and now she's to represent the planet in the Galactic Senate. She was in office for two four-year terms, which would make her around twenty-two during the events of the novel.

* DramaticIrony: Padmé and Breha talk about marriage and having children. Padmé talks about [[IJustWantToBeNormal wanting a marriage like her parents' marriage]] and Breha says that in contrast, as queen of Alderaan, her children will have to go through the same things she had to as her successors, as well as that if she were to get pregnant, Bail would be too busy with his senatorial work as their ministers would otherwise cause a stirrup if he had to constantly return home to care for her. As we all know, Padmé gets anything but a normal marriage, her children will be separated at birth, and her daughter will be adopted by Bail and Breha, raised as the princess of Alderaan, and become much more.

* JuxtaposedHalvesShot: The cover depicts Padmé this way, one half being her as Queen and the other half being her as a Senator.

* DramaticIrony: Padmé and Breha talk about marriage and having children. Padm&eacute talks about [[IJustWantToBeNormal wanting a marriage like her parents' marriage]] and Breha says that in contrast, as queen of Alderaan, her children will have to go through the same things she had to as her successors, as well as that if she were to get pregnant, Bail would be too busy with his senatorial work as their ministers would otherwise cause a stirrup if he had to constantly return home to care for her. As we all know, Padmé gets anything but a normal marriage, her children will be separated at birth, and her daughter will be adopted by Bail and Breha, raised as the princess of Alderaan, and become much more.

* {{Interquel}}: Covers the events surrounding Padmé Amidala's transition from Queen, as she was in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', to Senator, the role we see her in during ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.

It is to be released on March 5[[superscript:th]], 2019.

* RoleReprisal: Meta example. Creator/CatherineTaber, the voice of Padmé in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'', will be the audiobook narrator.

* YoungAndInCharge: Padmé was fourteen years old when she was the Queen of Naboo, and now she's to represent the planet in the Galactic Senate. She was in office for two four-year terms, which would make her around nineteen during the events of the novel.

* YoungAndInCharge: Padmé was fourteen years old when she was the Queen of Naboo, and now she's to represent the planet in the Galactic Senate.

* YoungAndInCharge: Padmé was fourteen years old when she was the Queen of Naboo, and now she's set to become the Senator of her homeworld.

''Queen's Shadow'' is a ''Franchise/StarWars'' [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Expanded Universe]] young adult novel by E. K. Johnston (''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'', ''[[Literature/StarWarsAhsoka Ahsoka]]'').

When Padmé Naberrie, "Queen Amidala" of Naboo, steps down from her position, she is asked by the newly-elected queen to become Naboo's representative in the Galactic Senate. Padmé is unsure about taking on the new role, but cannot turn down the request to serve her people. Together with her most loyal handmaidens, Padmé must figure out how to navigate the treacherous waters of politics and forge a new identity beyond the queen's shadow.

* {{Prequel}}: Covers the events surrounding Padmé Amidala's transition from Queen to Senator, the role we see her in during ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.

* {{Prequel}}: It details how Han and Qi'ra grew up together on Corellia before the time of ''Film/{{Solo}}''.