Sola Naberrie: Why haven’t you told us about him?
Padmé Amidala: What’s there to talk about he’s just a boy.
Sola Naberrie: A boy? Have you seen the way he looks at you?
Padmé Amidala: Sola, stop it!
Sola Naberrie: It’s obvious he has feelings for you.
Padmé Amidala: Anakin and I are friends. Our relationship is strictly professional.
Where does this quote come from? (Source)
This quote is from Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002), also known as Episode II. Produced by Lucasfilm, the film is a part of the Star Wars universe.
- Movie: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002) – Deleted scene
- Movie Number: Episode II
- Production: Lucasfilm
Why we collected this quote
Sola Naberrie has approximately four minutes of screen time and spends most of it being a better judge of character than anyone in the Jedi Order. This exchange is one of our favourites precisely because an outsider – with zero Force sensitivity – spots what trained Jedi masters apparently can’t. “Have you seen the way he looks at you?” deserves its own entry in the archives.
What does this quote mean? (Meaning & Context)
Over dinner, Sola presses Padmé on why she hasn’t mentioned Anakin before. Padmé dismisses him as “just a boy.” Sola’s response is delivered with the cheerful certainty of someone who has watched her sister’s face across the table for the last five minutes. Padmé’s increasingly flustered deflections – “strictly professional” – land less convincingly each time.
