George Lucas, Rick McCallum, da kuma Casting darektan Robin Gurland auditioned kan 200 'yan mata ga bangare na Padmé Amidala. Sun zabi 16-shekara actress Natalie Portman yi wasa da rawa. A cewar The fatalwa barazana samarwa bayanin kula, "The rawa da ake bukata a matasa mace wanda zai iya zama m kamar yadda mai mulki na cewa duniya, amma a lokaci guda zama m da kuma bude". Portman ta performances a The Professional (1994) da kuma Beautiful Girls (1996) burge Lucas. Ya bayyana, "Ina neman wani wanda ya kasance matasa, da karfi, tare da Lines na Leia Wars. Natalie embodied dukan waɗanda halaye da kuma more sani". Portman ya na musamman zabi domin ta ba a saba da Star Wars. "My cousins ya kasance ko da yaushe sha'awar tare da Star Wars, duk da haka ban gani ba ta ko da kafin na samu ta part". Duk da haka, sun zabi 16-shekara actress Natalie Portman yi wasa da rawa a matsayin mai mulki na cewa duniya, amma a lokaci guda zama rauni da kuma bude. "A cikin shekaru uku da suka wuce, ina da tabbacin cewa, ina da
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