Two characters, separated by over forty years.  Both of them are characters who died tragically – perhaps before their time.  Both died for the same reason. Both of them leave their audiences asking the same question.

“Wait – what did they die of again?”

I’m talking, of course, of the King of Siam and Padme Amidala.

Think about it now.  Why do they die?  Both of them die because they lost the will to live.  Amidala loses the will to live because her husband crossed over to the dark side and force choked her.  The King of Siam lost the will to live because the woman he secretly loved convinced him to show compassion.

The horror.

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