He loved Padme but hated what he thought she just did. Being the low-wisdom guy that he was, he acted on his hatred immediately as Palapine encouraged him to do. He couldn't force-choke Obi-Wan (the one he really wanted to do it to), so he did it to Padme (the one he could do it to).
Anakin had practically overdosed in rage by the time he confronted Padme on Mustafar. He had pretty much completely lost his sense. And like a wounded, wild animal; he lashed out the moment he felt threatened. A mistake he would regret for the rest of his life.
She was already the youngest Queen of the planet of Naboo, and one of the youngest senators within the Republic senate, during the time of the Clone Wars. That is one of the reasons the mind trick theory can be proven as false. Padme falls in love with Anakin after spending much time with him during Naboo.
The film doesn't flinch away from how horrific that act is, especially as it begins the downward spiral of Padme's death. Nonetheless, as she dies, Padme tells Obi-Wan that there is still good in Anakin. Even something as heinous as that couldn't fully break her love for Anakin.
Yes, his entire character since then was a self loathing tragic monster who has little reason to care about anything. Betraying Mace Windu instantly made him regret his act of impulse, Padme's death and rejection of his actions later on made it stick. To Anakin, he tried to rationalize he had no choice.
It's clear that Darth Vader wishes that Padmé joined him so that they could have remained together. But there are moments in Marvel's other Darth Vader series that suggest that, while the Sith Lord is very much still obsessed with the idea of Padmé, her betrayal may have caused him to think ill of his late wife.
Padmé was well aware that Anakin had committed dark crimes that would've started his fall to the dark side. He even confessed to her that he had massacred an entire Tusken Raider village to avenge his mother, leaving no one alive.
However, when they next met in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Anakin and Padmé's feelings for one another grew into something resembling love, and their wedding at the end of the film solidified their relationship as one of the most important romances in Star Wars history.
Darth Vader was aware that Padmé Amidala died. That's because Palpatine told him what happened to Padmé after he saved Anakin on Mustafar. In fact, there was a big funeral held for Padmé on Naboo. But Vader didn't know that Padmé died of a broken heart as he thought she died by his hand.
The marriage, witnessed by the droids C-3PO and R2-D2, was kept secret due to Amidala's place as a prominent Senator in the Galactic Republic and because of Skywalker's membership in the Jedi Order; the Jedi Code prevented Jedi from falling in love and forming attachments such as marriage.
He knows it's Anakin, and the events in this week's episode of The Clone Wars, "A Distant Echo," prove it. And I think Padmé is savvy enough of a political operator to let people think that Clovis could have been the person who fathered the child, if only to avert suspicion from her relationship with Anakin.
Obi-Wan Kenobi's Padmé References Stemmed From Guilt, Not Romantic Love.
In 'The Phantom Menace' (set in 32 BBY) Anakin is aged 9 and Padmé is 14. He turns ten during the film. By the time of their (sexual) relationship in Attack of the Clones, (set ten years later, set in 22 BBY) he was 19 and she was 24. The name resonated in young Anakin's heart and soul.
Short answer: no. Her little run-through with Clovis was during her early Senatorial days, before Anakin came along and fell head-over-heels in love with her. Any feelings she exhibited for the former on Scipio were purely out of respect or for business (since he was a powerful member of the Banking Clan).
To hide the birth of her twins from both Darth Vader and more importantly Palpatine. The fact that Amidala had given birth to twins was a secret known only to a few after her death. The mortician Commodex Tahn used a hologram to make her still appear pregnant during her funeral.
The canonical comic Star Wars: Darth Vader #7 confirms the younglings' deaths caused Anakin grief, self-loathing, hatred and pain, fueling his descent even further into the dark side. Those negative emotions also power the dark side, meaning Anakin likely felt stronger as he killed the younglings.
After Padme died, Anakin had already fully committed to the dark side. Even if he still desired to do good, his anger had corrupted him to the point of no return.
Originally Answered: After Padme died why did Anakin choose to stay on the dark side? The only reason why Anakin joined the dark side in the first place was to save Padme from dying during her pregnancy. He had no choice after the events of Episode III. He had lost his wife and his friends/comrades in the Jedi Order.
Anakin's connection to Padme could have been what caused her death in the end, as he was draining her life energy unknowingly. That would also explain why Palpatine was so certain that Padme was dead – because he could no longer sense the Force Dyad Anakin had created. And there you have it.
If Anakin had never fell in love with Padmé, he would've never turned to the Dark Side because it was his fear for losing Padmé and his two unborn children which caused him to be easily seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. It was his fear which made it much easier for Palpatine to manipulate Anakin.
During the Clone Wars, Rush Clovis represented the interests of the Banking Clan and the planet Scipio in the Senate. Clovis had once been romantically involved with Padmé Amidala, who discovered the Banking Clan was helping bankroll the Separatist war effort.
Anakin Skywalker
He is the secret husband of Padmé Amidala, the father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, the father-in-law of Han Solo, and the maternal grandfather of Ben Solo.
However, when Palpatine destroyed the Republic, Panaka sided with him. Though he never acted against Padme, his support of Palpatine included the support of a stronger military presence, which was a betrayal of her ideals.
Anakin's awareness of (and inability to use) Force healing to save Padmé only fueled his desperation, which ultimately resulted in his conversion to Sith in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
Yes. In the book 'Tatooine Ghost', Leia learns of Anakin's life prior to his evolution into the Darth Vader personae. This revelation leads her to forgive him. She even named her third child in memory of her father.