Attempted Assassination of Padmé Amidala

This attempt to assassinate Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo was executed by bounty hunter Aurra Sing on Alderaan around 21 BBY during the Clone Wars. Sing was hired by Ziro Desilijic Tiure to kill the senator for the Hutt's capture after plotting with Count Dooku to kidnap Rotta, the son of Jabba Desilijic Tiure, so the Hutts would allow the Confederacy of Independent Systems to use their hyperspace lanes. Amidala traveled to the city of Aldera to hold a conference on refugees from the galaxy-wide war. Ahsoka Tano accompanied the senator as extra security after having visions of a future assassination attempt on Amidala. Padmé, even though warned about the predicted attempt, still made the journey to Alderaan where she was greeted by Senators Bail Prestor Organa and Mon Mothma along with several Alderaanians. During Amidala's speech during the conference, Sing made her way into the building, killing several Senate Commandos before setting up her sniper rifle and taking a shoot at Amidala. The shoot missed the main target and only wounded her shoulder, which fortunately was not fatal. They continued the conference later with the wounded senator using a comlink to deliver her speech from her quarters while a cloaked BD-3000 luxury droid took her place as a decoy. Despite this, Sing managed to use the vents to get to the senator, but was thwarted by Tano and Padmé's pistol.