[He nods. And he does understand the feeling, and certainly doesn't begrudge her the desire for friends.

After all, all he had to look forward to was nineteen years in the desert and a final heroic sacrifice. And even that was more than Padme had left.]

"Perhaps it's just as well. I never met her myself, but from all I know of her, she likely resented the confinement far more than Luke or even Anakin would."