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Padmé Amidala gives birth to twins, Luke and Leia
- "Ani, I'm pregnant."
- ―Padmé Amidala, to Anakin Skywalker
Reproduction was the biological process in which a new life form could be created from "parent" lifeforms. For humans, that process was the result of a sexual union between a male and a female, resulting in the female becoming pregnant and giving birth to children. Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo became pregnant during the Clone Wars, with Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker as the father. Her pregnancy resulted in the birth of twins, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa.[1] By the time of the Clone Wars, it was believed that the human women of Coruscant no longer carried or delivered their own progeny and chose to hire others to do it for them. However, during his imprisonment and subsequent questioning on Vallt, Galen Erso disputed this, suggesting it may either be a myth or simply an exclusive practice of the Coruscanti elite.[2]
Some species, like the Tibidees of Stygeon Prime, would call out to the opposite sex in order to find a partner. That process was referred to as a "mating call."[3]
Reproduction could also be replicated via cloning, a process in which the DNA of one life form could be copied to produce genetically identical individuals. Prior to the Invasion of Naboo, the Kaminoans cloned bounty hunter Jango Fett, resulting in the eventual creation of the Grand Army of the Republic.[4]
Appearances
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- Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (First appearance) (Appears as cloning)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Hunt for Ziro" (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Fugitive" (Appears as cloning)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Orders" (Appears in flashback(s)) (Appears as cloning)
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 2: The Chosen One, Part II (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith 3: The Chosen One, Part III (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- Kanan 3: The Last Padawan, Part III: Pivot (Mentioned only; in the opening crawl)
- Most Wanted
- Star Wars Rebels – "Rise of the Old Masters" (Indirect mention only)
- Leia, Princess of Alderaan (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars Rebels – "Ghosts of Geonosis" (Mentioned only)
- Battlefront II: Inferno Squad (Mentioned only)
- Heir to the Jedi
- Star Wars 4: Skywalker Strikes, Part IV (Mentioned only)
- Darth Vader 4: Vader, Part IV
- Darth Vader 6: Vader, Part VI (Mentioned only; in flashback)
- Star Wars 9: Showdown on the Smuggler's Moon, Part II (Mentioned only)
- Darth Vader 10: Shadows and Secrets, Part IV (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars 34: The Thirteen Crates (Mentioned only)
- Aftermath: Empire's End
- Phasma (Mentioned only)
- Join the Resistance (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (Mentioned only)
