How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Quote #4
ANAKIN: What about Mom? Is she free too?
QUI-GON: I tried to free your mother, Ani, but Watto wouldn't have it.
ANAKIN: You're coming with us, aren't you, Mom?
SHMI: Son, my place is here. My future is here. It is time for you to let go.
ANAKIN: I don't want things to change.
All of the coming of age characters experience loss. It's the weak part of growing up. But Anakin struggles most with it. His coming of age journey begins in The Phantom Menace and continues through the next two films, and his fear of loss and change drive him toward his fate.
Quote #5
PADMÉ: I will not defer. I've come before you to resolve this attack on our sovereignty now. I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee. If this body is not capable of action, I suggest new leadership is needed. I move for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum's leadership.
[Calls to vote now.]PALPATINE: Now they will elect a new chancellor, a strong chancellor, one who will not let our tragedy continue.
Padmé is growing wiser and more worldly, but she hasn't grown enough to see through Palpatine's trickery. Using Padmé's naïveté to his advantage, Palpatine convinces her to remove the one roadblock to his becoming head of state, Chancellor Valorum. Seriously, that last line could have only been more obviously bad guy if it came with a mustache twirl
Quote #6
PADMÉ: The Trade Federation has destroyed all that we have worked so hard to build. If we do not act quickly, all will be lost forever. I ask you to help us. [Genuflects.] No, I beg you to help us. We are your humble servants. Our fate is in your hands.
Padmé does come of age, growing into a more effective leader throughout the film. Here, she brokers peace with the Gungans and comes into her queenly role, strategizing the counterassault to take back her planet.