Natalie Portman says she's by no means been requested to return to the 'Star Wars' franchise: 'I'm open to it'

• Natalie Portman is up for returning to the “Star Wars” franchise.
• Nicely, if anybody requested her to, that’s.
• “Nobody’s ever requested me to return, however I am open to it,” she instructed GQ.

Natalie Portman would think about going again to a galaxy far, far-off — if she had been ever requested to take action.

In a video with GQ during which the star interacted with followers, Portman was requested if her character from the “Star Wars” prequels, Padmé Amidala, would ever return to the franchise.

“I’ve no info on this,” she responded (on the 4:09 mark). “Nobody’s ever requested me to return, however I am open to it.”

In 1999’s “Episode I: The Phantom Menace,” 2002’s “Episode II: Assault of the Clones,” and 2005’s “Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,” Portman’s Padmé character was the love curiosity of Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen). She dies giving start to their twins, Luke and Leia. Her dying leads Skywalker to totally cross over to the darkish facet and turn into Darth Vader.

Christensen returned to play Vader within the 2022 Disney+ sequence “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” It would not be a shock if the studio discovered a method to carry Padmé again if Portman had been into it.

Most lately, Portman returned to the Marvel universe with 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder.” That was 9 years after she was final seen within the “Thor” franchise with 2013’s “Thor: The Darkish World” (Portman additionally had a short cameo in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame” due to an outtake from “Darkish World”).

Again in 2020, Portman stated she has by no means proven her youngsters the “Star Wars” motion pictures she starred in.

“I feel it is so bizarre for them to think about me as something apart from their mother,” she stated on the time to Fatherly.

Again in 2016, Portman instructed Insider the order during which she would present her youngsters the saga as soon as she obtained round to letting them see it.

“I really feel it’s a must to begin with ‘IV’ as a result of then all the revelation — like Darth Vader’s the daddy — are surprises,” she stated, referring to beginning with “Episode IV: A New Hope,” over “Episode I: The Phantom Menace.” “I feel for the story it’s a must to begin with ‘IV.'”