Oh yes. I remember I actually first got into STAR WARS through the novelizations, and one thing I just fell in love with immediately was Anakin and Padme's relationship. It just hit a lot of my buttons: friendship turning to love, doomed romance, forbidden romance, etc., and it helped that the two of them were just made of adorable. And the films made it all the better! :D I know one thing I loved when I got back from the TPM 3D screening was Anakin and Padme's relationship in there -- the really cute moments like those little smiles they exchange when they're on the eopie, comforting one another on the way to Coruscant, etc. In AOTC, the reunion scene, the packing scene, the scene where they're discussing the matter of attachment and whatnot, the meadow picnic scene (seriously, so adorable and cute and funny. <3), the dinner scene...gah, just so many great moments to choose from. AOTC really was about them falling in love after so many years. And ROTS...oh gods. ;.; I think it was made worse for me that I'd fallen in love with these characters and didn't want anything bad to happen to them, but ROTS just broke my heart.

So yes, I absolutely adore this pairing. I love the story, the dynamic, the tragedy...everything about it is just perfect. :)