#Tsabin

[skywalkr-nberrie]

Anakin laughed ruefully, and for the first time, Sabé saw shadows in his face of the little boy he had been. He was quite good-looking, now that he was grown-up. “I know we’ll never be friends, exactly,” he continued. “But we both care about her a lot. You risked your life for her more than once, and you’d do it again. You protect her differently than I would, and in ways that I can’t. Could we at least declare a truce?” And he was charming, too. There was an odd sincerity to him that Sabé knew right away was the real reason Padmé had fallen for him. Whatever else you could say about Anakin Skywalker, he might just be the most genuine man in the whole galaxy. “Truce,” she said. “And thank you for protecting her when I can’t.” “It’s what I signed up for,” Anakin said.

Chapter 22, Queen’s Hope by E.K Johnston.

🌈☔️⛅️: Friendly reminder that contrary to the popular fandom belief, Sabé doesn’t actually hate Anakin and she understands why Padmé fell so in love with him.

[phoenixyfriend]

Accountant of Theed

Read on AO3

After all is said and done, someone needs to balance these books, and nobody actually told the accounting department how they paid for this new hyperdrive. Mimi really hopes it's not a loan from the Hutts.

Disclaimer: I am not an accountant, but I work in an adjacent field (and have been considering getting a certification, but that's neither here nor there). While I did take some courses on it, I asked an Accounting Person to look over the excel sheet before I went forward with the rest of the fic to make sure it's internally consistent. Thank you to @gnomer-denois for confirming my balance on these works!

The reconciliation sheet does NOT follow contemporary guidelines in terms of format etc, but that is because it is:

In space! Standard practice differs from Modern United States or what have you.

Not the primary balance sheet, just the simplified version made to show to Queen Amidala.

If you'd prefer to view the Excel sheet in a more easily navigable form, there is a google drive link available. This is also your best option if using a screen reader.

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Theed is safe. They are rebuilding. There is even financial support, aid, from the Republic.

It comes with strings attached. Oversight. Auditors.

Wouldn’t want Naboo to misuse funding after that nasty mistake with the Trade Federation, right? Sure, Naboo wasn’t the one at fault, but one can never be too careful...

Mimi, as an accountant for the government of Naboo, does not in fact want to commit fraud, or enable corruption, but the rolling audits do feel a little like the Republic is punishing them for getting invaded.

“Hey, boss?”

That tone. Mimi does not like that tone. “Please tell me it’s not another unauthorized purchase with a missing receipt. Which account did they pull from this time?”

“Um... we don’t know?”

Mimi gives them a moment. No elaboration is given.

“You don’t know?”

“We don’t know,” the younger employee repeats.

“What do you mean?” Mimi asks. “People charge things to accounts or cards. They forget to submit receipts. We hunt them down for receipts, and make sure nobody is skimming off the top. That’s how it goes. Unless this is a purchase on a personal and we need to reimburse—”

“Um, maybe?”

“In which—what? That’s just... okay. There’s a process for reimbursements. You aren’t following it, which means... what? What do you mean, you don’t know? Did they use cash, or pull from an account?”

The younger employee looks down at their datapad. Looks back up at her. Looks baffled and a little scared. “Um, it’s... we still don’t have a receipt, but we also don’t know where the money for it came from? But nobody’s put in a reimbursement request and I can’t imagine anyone on the mission had those funds on them, not even the Queen herself.”

“The money for what?”

“Um. It sort of just... showed up?”

“So, it’s some kind of gift?” Mimi presses.

“Too big,” the younger mumbles, refusing to meet her eyes. “It would have to be disclosed.”

“I am giving you five seconds—”

“It’s a hyperdrive!” they yelp.

“...Explain.”

“One of the mechanics was looking over the Royal Cruiser, and found that there was unrecorded repair work to the hyperdrive. The ship took enough damage during the escape that he wasn’t surprised, but then he noticed that it was from an earlier run of the part, and when he checked, the serial number was completely wrong. The hyperdrive was completely replaced.”

Mimi closes her eyes and takes a breath. “The mechanic doesn’t know?”

“He said there’s nothing in the records that matches it at all, and it’s a big enough part that there’s no way it would just slip through the cracks, not when it’s that expensive and going on the Royal Cruiser.”

“So,” Mimi says, “we have a part worth almost as much as the rest of the cruiser combined, that just... came out of nowhere, and nobody claiming for reimbursement.”

“Yes, ma’am. That’s what it looks like.”

Mimi has no interest in fraud.

“Find out who was piloting when Queen Amidala escaped, and see if they have any answers,” Mimi tells them. “If we can keep it to just the hangar staff without drawing in the Royal Retinue, it’ll be easier on all of us.”

“Here’s hoping, ma’am.”

(Continue on AO3)

[wlwanakin]

SEPARATION CAN BE A TERRIFYING THING.

sabédala + dead ringers

queen’s peril by ek johnston / cronenberg on cronenberg by david cronenberg and chris rodley / the phantom menace (1999) dir. george lucas / dead ringers (1988) dir. david cronenberg / queen’s shadow by ek johnston / dead ringers screenplay by norman snider and david cronenberg / queen’s hope by ek johnston

[cupidrock]

queen's peril (2020) - e.k. johnston // star wars: episode i: the phantom menace (1999) dir. george lucas // queen's hope (2022) - e.k. johnston // she walks on me - hole (1994) // star wars manga: the phantom menace #1 (1999) - george lucas & kia asamiya // queen's shadow (2019) - e.k. johnston // good sister - bad sister - hole (1991) // decode - paramore (2008)

[the-sera]

If Sabé played by Keira Knightley joined the regular cast of Andor. Give me that gay heartbroken vengeful lady. Give me that "He" and we all know who she is talking about. Give me that "Her" and we all know who she is talking about. I would be so hype. I pray for it, I cast my wish upon a fucking star, it would be so good.

[thetorturedlover]

Sabé

[alexversenaberrie]

Sabé ~ Amidala's shadow, found sister and secret agent

Sabé served as Amidala's the first and main handmaiden, decoy, and loyal bodyguard throughout her two terms as queen and as senator. She was also involved in the work of freeing slaves with the White Suns on Tatooine. Sabé was a capable markswoman, taking off the head of a battle droid at one point with a single shot. She belonged to family of hallikset players.

Having fallen in love with Padmé, Sabé's love and loyalty towards her friend led her to place Amidala's needs above those of any other beings, including her own, although she knew Padmé could not reciprocate. Following Amidala's death, she founded a resistance group - The Amidalans.

Years later - She uncovered enough clues to piece together the true identity of Vader, throwing her into the dangerous path of the former Jedi Knight.

#star wars paintings  |  SW Paintings | #star wars handmaidens

Handmaidens: Yané I Sabé | Eirtaé | Motté

[darth-jess]

Chapter 26 goes live tomorrow! – probably slightly earlier in the day than usual because I'll be at galaxy con 🥰 (yes, I've brought it up a lot, I'm just wayyyy too excited)

Links and summary below ⬇️

SUMMARY

Set at first in the immediate aftermath then five years after the events of Revenge of the Sith: Padmé Amidala came very close to death but managed to survive. With the help of Bail Organa and Obi-wan, she fakes her death and goes into hiding to raise her children. When Inquisitors come looking for the Force-sensitive twins, Padmé realizes she has to fight back against the Empire to protect them. The Emperor's Executioner, Lord Vader himself, stands in her way.

[ultrainstinctslasher]

Do you guys think Sabè listens to ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ By Chappell Roan and thinks of Padmè

[handmaidenofamidala]

When exactly, did Tsabin realise that her murderous cyborg co-worker was in fact little Ani?

[jjoelswatch]

"Ah, yes. You've never known such strength...but that means you've never been so vulnerable. You once said that all you saw was fear and dead men. But now, with all this power, for the first time, you truly feel their fear. You know every one of those dead men now, don't you? All their dread and hope. All their joy and agony. Everything they ever were or could be...snuffed out forever...because of you."

Darth Vader (2020) #50

[skywalkr-nberrie]

Sabé actually likes and cares for Anakin canonically, but nobody’s ready for that conversation. It’ll break their fantastical fan headcanon that she hates his guts and would encourage Padmé to break up with him.

[phoenixyfriend]

Does anyone have any recs for a fic where, in a wild and half-planned decision, the handmaidens try to scam the Empire into thinking Padme's still alive

Like, the funeral was a secret, the twins have been hidden, the Naberries are pretending to not be in mourning, and Sabe...

Sabe is acting as the Senator of Naboo and lying to Sidious and Vader's faces about how she is totally, definitely Padme Amidala.

(I was thinking about the comic where she tells Vader that she's Padme's ghost.)

I mean, it's gotta exist already, right?

[stellanslashgeode]

I will forever be haunted by the image of former Naboo Handmaiden Sabé rushing from Tatooine to Theed, hasn’t slept or showered in days, frantically scouring all of Padmé’s residences for clues. She skipped out on the funeral to do this. Just permanently evolved to her final form in “I miss my wife, Tails” mode. This will eventually lead to the most codependent situationship in the galaxy with Darth Vader

[snipsnipsnippy]

Everyday, I think too hard about the Luke and Leia’s exchange where she remembers her birth mother.

“Leia, do you remember your mother? Your real mother?”

“Just a little bit. She died when I was very young.”

“What do you remember?”

“Just images, really. Feelings.”

“She was very beautiful, kind...but sad.”

And how canon just…. forgot about it.

I propose mom Sabè.

Hear me out, Leia is born, Bail takes new baby home, Breha cuddles her new daughter, but he had said something to Obi-Wan about forging the adoption papers. And like, I’m not gonna speak on Alderaanian adoption procedures because I don’t know. We don’t know, okay. But generally, adoption takes time. Hella time. And we get this impression from Alderaanian culture or maybe just Breha that, despite being the literal queen, she doesn’t like to put the royal family ahead of the rest of the citizens. Like Leia goes to special royal events and training and whatnot, but she also has normal ass school and meets normal ass people. So sure, they can forge adoption papers because this is a very special circumstance, but it needs to look as normal as possible. They can’t just pull a baby out of nowhere and show up with a newborn they surprise adopted.

So? They need a stand-in mom who will be sympathetic to their case, not ask questions and not make a deal of it. Preferably someone who would do literally anything for Padmè. Had they mentioned it to her, she would have been there, and she’s been acting and keeping secret strategies her whole life. Sabè loved this woman with her whole heart. Hated Anakin, ofc, but she would have loved that little girl who looked just like her best friend.

And of course, she would be sad. Her other half is gone. All that’s left is her daughter who looks so much like her. And she knows she only gets to know this baby for a limited time. Maybe it was weeks, or months, or even years. We do know Leia was with the Organas by the time she was 2-3.

So that’s the mom I think Leia remembered. And maybe she did feel glimpses of Padmè and the two became one in her mind. They did used to swap places so that no one could tell them apart. So maybe all of her memory of her mom was just a vision.

But I like to think her closest Auntè got to know her and love her even for a little bit.

[bleerre]

are you afraid i'm afraid of being

to fall in the only one

love? who falls