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E.K. UJohnston wamva nje Idabi leenkwenkwezi inoveli, I-Queen's Shadow Ulandela uPadmé Amidala kunye nezicakakazi zakhe njengoko eshiya indima yakhe njengoKumkanikazi waseNaboo esiya kwisenethi yeRiphabhlikhi yaseGalactic. Sibona uPadmé engena kwisigaba sakhe esitsha njenge-senator kakuhle, kunye nomkhonzazana wakhe othembekileyo kunye nomhlobo uSabé kanye ecaleni kwakhe. USabé ubonakalisiwe kakhulu kwinoveli, eme ngaphandle kwakhe ngokumangalisayo phakathi kwabalinganiswa abathandekayo. Ukusuka ekusebenzeni njengomzimba kaPadmé kabini kwitheko elabanjwa lilungu le-senator ukuya ekubeni ngumhlobo osenyongweni uPadmé ajika kulo lonke ibali, uSabé unamaxesha amaninzi okuma kwinoveli emenza athandwe kakhulu ngabafundi kunye nexesha elide Imfazwe yeNkwenkwezi abalandeli, nam ndibandakanyiwe.
Ekuqaleni kwinoveli, sifumana uPadmé ecelwa ukuba asebenze njenge-senator ngukumkanikazi omtsha waseNaboo. Ekugqibeleni uthatha isigqibo sokuthatha lo msebenzi, ebeka isicwangciso sakhe sokuqala sokuya kwiTattooine ukubamba de uSabé enze isindululo sokuba angaba kwiindawo ezimbini ngaxeshanye. USabé ngokuzithandela uye eTattooine endaweni kaPadmé, emvumela ukuba aye ngokukhululekileyo kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu esazi ukuba kusenziwa amanyathelo asebenzayo ukunceda amakhoboka kwiplanethi eyintlango.
Esi yayisisalathiso esikhulu kule ncwadi ikhethekileyo yokuba uSabé wayezimisele kangakanani ukuya ePadmé kwangoko. Siyazi ukusuka Isisongelo seFantom ukuba uSabé uzimisele ukubeka ubomi bakhe emngciphekweni, kwaye oku kuyomeleza kuphela ukuba loluphi uhlobo lobude uSabé azimiseleyo ukuya kulo. UPadmé uyatsho ukuba kukho umahluko phakathi kokucela ukuba uhambe nam kwaye ndikuthumele wedwa ngokubhekisele kuSabé ekuthatheni lo msebenzi, kodwa uSabé uzimisele ngakumbi ukuya.
USabé, ngalo mzuzu, ubonakalisa ngokucacileyo ukuba ukulungele ukuqhubeka nendlela kaPadmé, naphina apho kunokuthatha khona. Ngelixa abanye abakhonzazana behamba ngeendlela zabo ezahlukeneyo, nangona behlala nabahlobo kulo lonke ibali, uSabé usesekhona. Isigqibo sakhe sokuya kwiTattooine sibonisa indlela olunzulu ngayo unxibelelwano ngabafazi babini. USabé ngewayenokwenza enye into, kodwa ngentliziyo yakhe yonke ukholelwa ePadmé nakwinto afuna ukuyenza.
Ngaphezudlwana kwekota kwincwadi, uSabé waphinda wenza njengomzimba kaPadmé kabini ngelixa wayesiya kwitheko awayemenyelwe kulo nguSenator Mon Mothma. Oku kusebenza njengomzuzu wokuma kukaSabé kwinto yokuba simjonga kwakhona kwakhona emi ePadmé. Le yayiyindlela yokuhamba ebonwa kuyo Isisongelo seFantom Kwaye kwaqhutywa kulo lonke ixesha likaPadmé njengoKumkanikazi, kodwa ukuyibona isebenza kuSenator Amidala kwakumnandi kakhulu!
USabé, ochithe ixesha elininzi phantsi kwesitayile sokuba yiAmidala, ngokulula ubuyela kwindima yakhe. Kwakunomdla ukubona kuba uninzi lwencwadi, simbona kuphela uSabé njengaye okanye ii-alias azamkelayo kwiTattooine. Ukwamkela ithoni ye-Amidala yokuba yena noPadmé bayigqibelele kunye, uSabé uxubana ngokulula namanye amasenethi, kwaye kuyacaca ukuba unobuchule kangakanani ekudlaleni indima.
Kuyo yonke inoveli, uPadmé, uSabé, kunye nabanye banika izimvo ngobu budlelwane banabo bobabini, kodwa uSabé mhlawumbi uyayichaza ngcono xa ethetha noTonra emva kokubuyela kuye kwakhona emva kwethutyana. Umxelela ukuba uyamthanda uPadmé kwaye banobudlelwane obunzima. Angandi-odela ukufa, ndizohamba. Kwaye uyazi. […] Ngokokubona kwam, uyakuhlala ekhetha uNaboo, kwaye ndiyakuhlala ndimkhetha.
USabé uphinde akhankanye ukuba uyisandla sasekunene sikaPadmé kwaye uya kuhlala emlandela, nokuba indlela kaPadmé iya kwenye indawo. Ukunyaniseka okunje nothando ngePadmé kungamandla amakhulu okuqhubela uSabé, kwaye icacisiwe gca kule ncoko anayo. Ngokwenene usisithunzi sokumkanikazi, elandela uPadmé ukusuka kwindlovukazi ukuya kwisenethi nangayiphi na indlela ayifunayo.
Elinye lamaxesha endiwathandayo yincoko uSabé anayo noPadmé ngexesha lotyelelo e-Alderaan. Ngumzuzu wabucala ngexesha lesidlo sakusasa kuphela kancinci ngaphambi kokuba bashiye iplanethi babuyele ekhaya eNaboo, kodwa inika ukujonga kufutshane kuSabé kwindawo engekho semthethweni kunokuba, xa, emi ePadmé okanye xa efihlile. Aba babini banendlela esesikweni kodwa elula yokunxibelelana, bekwazi ukuhlekisa ngapha nangapha kwaye babenencoko malunga nendima kaSabé bakuba bebuyele kwiNdlu yeeNgwevu. Ukukhululeka kukaSabé kunye noPadmé kubonakala kakhulu kule ntlanganiso, kumvumela ukuba aphumle, ukuba umzuzwana nje. Nangona uSabé noPadmé zihlala zinxibelelene kule ncwadi ngokunxibelelana kwabo, bona are abantu, kwaye le ntsasa izolileyo yenye yezona ndawo ziqaqambileyo kule ncwadi.
Kwaye ngaloo nto, siza kumzuzu wokugqibela kwincwadi, eyenzeka ngexesha le-epilogue. Umngcwabo kaPadmé wenzekile kwaye sifumana uSabé kwindlu yakhe. Wayekade efunda amaphepha esenethi kaPadmé awayeyincopho yeminyaka yokusebenza xa uTonra emphazamisa ngomnxeba we-comm. Imigca yokugqibela yencwadi ibonisa indlela uSabé aya kuqhubela phambili ngayo emva kokusweleka kukaPadmé, ethetha ngelizwi lika-Amidala ngomzamo wokunganiki nto.
Uthi, uSenator Organa, ngoku ayiloxesha lilungileyo. Ufunani? Singangazi ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba kwenzeka ntoni emva kwale nto okwangoku, kodwa esazi uSabé, uya kuba nenxaxheba kwimvukelo ngandlela thile. Ibheyile uOrgana ufikelele kuye ngenjongo, kwaye uSabé unomnqweno ovuthayo wokwazi ngqo ukuba kwenzeke ntoni ePadmé. Oyena mntu wayesondele kuye ngoku sele eswelekile, kwaye uzokufumanisa ukuba yintoni elandelayo ayenzayo, ubukhulu becala, eyedwa. Lo mzuzu wokugqibela kule ncwadi undibethile ndakugqiba ukufunda. USabé wayenxibelelene ngokusondeleyo ebomini bukaPadmé kunye nomsebenzi awenzayo kangangokuba uza kuqhubeka nawo nangayiphi na indlela akwaziyo ukuyenza ngoku ekubeni uPadmé engekho.
Ibali likaSabé ngaphakathi kwenqanaba elikhulu lePadmé yinto ekhethekileyo. Uyayixhasa indlovukazi eguqukileyo-senator ngeendlela ezininzi ngelixa ikwasivumela njengabafundi ukuba sikubone ukukhula kwayo kunye nohambo njengoko ii-arc ezibanzi zenzeka macala onke kuye. Ungumlinganiswa endikhule ndimthanda nangakumbi njengoko bendifunda inoveli, kwaye uzimele yedwa njengomlinganiswa obalulekileyo ngaphakathi Idabi leenkwenkwezi iphela.
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