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[Star Wars] Why was Queen Amidalia, young leader of a seemingly unimportant planet, at risk of everything from invasion to assassination?

I'm sure there's some back story to explain it, but other than Palpatine needing to garner sympathy to help with his rise to chancellor and manipulating the Trade Federation to invade (and what was the end game if the occupation wasn't lifted by the unexpected Skywalker stunt that destroyed the lone control droid ship?). Then for some reason the Queen's always needing to use decoys then Jedi guardians to keep from getting killed. Was she *that* much of a threat or just a victim of a grudge match?
gpt
I got the impression that Naboo was the Archduke Ferdinand of the galaxy. Few actually cared about it, but all the great powers were itching to go to war and just needed an excuse. The Sith kept them itchy, then turned Naboo into the excuse.

I guess that would make Padmé the equivalent of the Archduke's head.