I watched the movie on HBO. They were definately there on the ship. The threads on her outfit stopped just north and west on the left and just north and east on the right one so they acted more like cross-hairs than obstructions.
Its’ on again tonight on HBO2. As there is nothing else on TV tonight and as I have no have no life I’ll keep a nip tally and report back.
I’ve heard that when filming the original Star Wars (or Episode Four: A New Hope for any hopeless geeks) Lucas insisted on taping down Carrie Fisher’s wonderful, bouncy breasts.
No, I remember in the theater thinking, “wow, that’s clever. The seams on her shirt end right where her nipples would be. So they give her the illusion of having nipples without actually having her nipples show.”
Faulty memory, and an oversexed action figure, lead people to believe otherwise, but it was always this way. They made it look like her nipples poking through, as part of the costume. Now that you have the DVD and can lean in closer to the screen, you know the sad truth.
Half an hour in and still flacid.
I just realized that I wasted my lucky 1200th post talking about Natalie Portman’s nipples. Not that I have anything against her, but my college roommate knew her in high school, and he hated her. He’s the only person I know who has a personal grudge against Luke Skywalker’s mom.
An hour and a half in. Here we go:
-They are definately there at the lake scene (“You’re everything soft and smooth.”)
-Anakin seems a bit cold during his nightmare.
-Padme’s PJs in the scene after the nightmare. It might just be the fabric though.
-They make an appearance through her clothes in the scene before Anakin goes out to find his mother.
The rest of the movie is her in the jumpsuit. I have to disagree with you, Daniel. I think that she just has relatively short nipples, but there is definately a point not created by the fabric. Though I was wrong. The seems come from the south, not the north.
Now to the real problem, the lack of ass shots. Perhaps Lucas will watch Charlie’s Angels 2 and get inspired.
Hooray down reducing a beautiful woman like Ms. Portman down to two points!
I saw ATOC on IMAX…twice. I definitely remember the nips. Like the OP, it was the only thing worth watching for after a while. They looked extra nice on that big giant screen.
In fact, my eyes damn near exploded out of my head. I couldn’t believe that in a George Lucas movie they’d have nips showing! It’s was as stunning as the moment I watched ST IV: The Giant Turd With One Testicle Comes to Earth, and when the cetelogist (or however you spell the title of the whale woman who later went on to star with the V’Ger dude in 7th Heaven) is trying to find Kirk in Golden Gate Park and her nips are standing tall.
Dammit Tuckerfan. Now I’ll have to dig out my copy of Star Trek IV. 
Or that scene in Blade runner where Harrison Ford’s character is in the dressing room with that replicant snake dancer woman! Man, her nipples were really… oh wait… she was topless… yeah, that’s what it was.
actually, I was rather annoyed at Gillian for that sweater and no bra shot, I mean she was going to work as a tour guide, right? She was expecting to lead around middle school kids and she decided to go all nipply? I mean, yeay for us, but not the most realistic of garment choices IRL, right?
btw, Kim Cattrall sure looked nice on Conan tonight. They should’ve had her turn around a few more times for that luscious ass she was showing off in her semi shear dress. Yummy!
It’s relevant! She was in a Trek movie!
Well, Nimoy was the director of that one, so if it helps you any, just remember that ol’ Spock was prolly getting a “stiffie” while they were doing the shooting.
When I saw it in the theater, I noticed the nipples, too… Or at least, thought I did. But then I realized that it was just the jumpsuit. Very convincing, even after you realize, but not nipples. And if you look at the way the jumpsuit was sewn, you’ll see that most of the seams would have been three thicknesses of fabric, but at those corners, there were four (or maybe five, depending on whether they folded or cut). Which is why it looks like there’s an extra bump there in addition to the seam thickness.
All of you guys who couldn’t tell the difference obviously weren’t staring closely enough at Miss Portman’s breasts.
Don’t want you thinking we’re all a bunch of prudes. So, yeah, I saw 'em. And those are definitely her nips. 
Remember, Conan repeats on Comedy Central at 7 PM.
Maybe she said “Padme” … and they did.
So…many…jokes!
Must…remember…to…breathe…
BONK