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I think that Grand Moff is taken from Grand Mufti,
"Padme" comes off like some cool name that required a lot of thought, but if you say "handmaiden" and leave off the last syllable, it sounds like "hand-may," or "handme." I'm sure the queen's attendants have special names. I was just suggesting they ALL had their names reduced of the last syllable. And I'd expect the same for the red guard.
Anyway. for example: Padmaiden is padme. we also have "handme (handmaiden,") "moonme (moonmaiden,") "chamberme (chambermaid,") "formme (this one's puzzling, I'll admit: Maidenform,") "ironme (Iron Maiden,") and "chiname (maid in china.")
ok, so it wasn't very funny. I got the idea from thinking that Padme is a decoy to take Anikan away from the action while the real queen, er senator, is working with Sidious and Dooku. (Now that would be clever.)
Lucas is pushing Darth around because he's the only one who can. Let's everyone know who's in charge.