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n Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), Natalie Portman is seen portraying a woman who dies giving birth to twins in a galactic civilization with advanced technology. This is because George Lucas is American, where safe child birth is so alien it's not even in Science Fiction.

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The scene shows that they had a metal skirt holding her legs close together during the birthing process. Frankly, it's a miracle that only she died.

Republic medicine seemed a bit... backwards.