Padm is adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Her secret husband, Anakin Skywalker, excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, Padm is horrified by the casualties on the war-torn front lines.

Meanwhile, Padm 's handmaiden Sab steps into the role of Senator Amidala. Sab is equally horrified by the machinations that happen there. She comes face-to-face with a gut-wrenching decision as she realizes she cannot fight a war this way, not even for Padm . Chancellor Palpatine hovers over it all, manipulating everyone to his own ends...

The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy.

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