ANAKIN SKYWALKER

Discovered as a slave on Tatooine by Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan

Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker had the potential to become one of the
most powerful Jedi ever, and was believed by some to be the
prophesied Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force. A
hero of the Clone Wars, Anakin was caring and compassionate, but
also had a fear of loss that would prove to be his downfall.
FALL OF THE REPUBLIC

Along with his mother Shmi, Anakin Skywalker was a slave on Tatooine,
owned by junk dealer Watto. When Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn, a Gungan
named Jar Jar Binks, and Naboo handmaiden Padm came to Wattos shop
looking for parts to repair their starship, Anakin befriended them. Unable to
afford the parts they needed, Anakin devised a plan to help his new friends:
he would enter the Boonta Eve Classic Podrace and give the winnings to
Qui-Gon. While risky, Qui-Gon agreed, betting with Watto and adding higher
stakes -- Anakins freedom. Qui-Gon realized that Anakin was Forcesensitive, and upon his victory in the race, informed Anakin he was free and
could train to become a Jedi. The boy was overjoyed, but afraid to leave his
mother behind; indeed, Yoda sensed this when Anakin was brought before
the Jedi Council, and it was this fear that led to Anakin being denied entry
into the Order. Qui-Gon was shocked at the decision, but told Anakin to
watch him and stay close in lieu of actual training. Eventually, Qui-Gon, his
apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padm (now revealed to be Queen Amidala), Jar
Jar, and Anakin went to Naboo, hoping to stop an invasion by the Trade
Federation. There, Anakin unwittingly found himself in a Naboo starfighter,
dogfighting with battle droids and destroying the Droid Control Ship. Qui-

Gon fell in battle to the Sith Lord Darth Maul, and with his dying wish, asked
Obi-Wan to train the boy. The Jedi Council agreed, and Anakin was accepted
into the Order as Obi-Wans apprentice. He also began a friendship with
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who was quite impressed by the boys Force
abilities.

Ten years after the Battle of Naboo, the Jedi Council and Supreme Chancellor
assigned Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to protect Senator Padm
Amidala after an assassination attempt on her life. Anakin was deeply
attracted to her, and a love developed between the two. It was a dangerous
path, as the Jedi Code forbade attachments and romantic relationships. At
the same time, Anakin began to suffer from nightmares and visions that his
mother was in pain, dying; despite Obi-Wans orders to stay on Naboo with
Padm, he left for Tatooine to rescue Shmi, Padm in tow. Upon arrival, he
found that Shmi had been kidnapped by Sand People. Anakin eventually
located their camp and found his mother, where she died in his arms;
enraged, the Jedi unleashed an inner fury never before seen, and
slaughtered every Tusken he found. He buried Shmi at her husbands
homestead, and then left for Geonosis to rescue Obi-Wan, who was being
held by Separatists. There, he and Padm were captured and sentenced to
die, along with his Master. The three staved off the execution, rescued by
Jedi and the Republics new clone army, and pursued the Separatist leader,
Count Dooku. Anakin and Obi-Wan dueled the former Jedi in a hangar, but
were no match; Dooku defeated both and severed Anakins arm. Yoda
arrived just in time to prevent Dooku from delivering a final strike, but the
Sith Lord eventually escaped. After recovering from his injuries, including
the replacement of his severed arm with a mechanical one, Anakin retreated
to Naboo with Padm where they were secretly married.

Now that the Clone Wars had begun, Jedi became generals and commanders
in the war against the Separatists. Aware of Anakins shortcomings and his
tendency to forge strong emotional attachments, Yoda assigned Anakin a
Padawan learner: Ahsoka Tano. Yoda hoped that Skywalker would learn how
to let go of his student as she grew, which was key for Anakin. While Anakin
bristled at first to this appointment, a strong bond grew between teacher
and student. They had many adventures together, and as Ahsoka matured,
so did Anakin. But Ahsoka eventually became disillusioned and left the Jedi
Order, an act which Anakin regretted.

The Clone Wars continued, and Anakin became a hero and grew vastly in
power. Upon returning to Coruscant from a daring rescue of the Supreme

Chancellor, the Jedi Knight found that Senator Padm Amidala, his secret
wife, was pregnant. Shortly thereafter, he began suffering visions that she
would die in childbirth. Anakin was determined to prevent his dreams from
coming true as they had with his mother; at the same time, the Jedi Council
and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine had become distrustful of each other,
with Anakin caught in the middle. As Anakins confusion and anxiety grew,
Palpatine told him a Sith legend that spoke of the ability to stop people from
dying. Entranced, Anakin was desperate to learn this power. Palpatine
revealed himself to be a Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, and promised to train him
in the ways of the dark side.

Anakin eventually succumbed to this temptation, maiming former ally Mace

Windu to save Sidious. The dark side Master claimed the mantle of Emperor,
and Anakin led the Empires eradication of the Jedi Order as Darth Vader,
Sith Lord. Against his wishes, Padm followed him to the lava planet
Mustafar, where he had just ended the Clone War by destroying the
Separatist leaders. She confronted Anakin about all he had done; the new
Sith claimed that all his acts, no matter how terrible, were done so he would
be strong enough with the dark side to save her. But having tasted this
power, he now had greater ambitions: to overthrow the newly-minted
Emperor and rule the galaxy with his wife. Padm was repulsed, and with
the appearance of Obi-Wan (who had stowed away on her ship), Anakin
assumed his wife had betrayed him, and he Force choked her. Padm was
left unconscious, and Anakin and his former Master dueled. In the end,
Anakin was dismembered and left with terrible burns, cursing his old friend
and becoming a being of pure hate. Recovered on the banks of a lava river
by the Emperor, Anakin was encased in sinister black armor that kept him
alive, and he truly became Darth Vader. Padm, having lost the will to live,
died after giving birth to twins -- Luke and Leia -- and Anakin was left
heartbroken and more machine than man.

GALACTIC CIVIL WAR

As Darth Vader, Anakin spread fear throughout the galaxy and acted as the
Emperors dark enforcer. But Anakin Skywalker, the courageous hero, was
not truly dead. After battling his son Luke Skywalker in the presence of the
Emperor, the young Jedis compassion for his father awakened the longdormant good in the Sith Lord. Vader saved Luke from the Emperor and
killed his evil Master, once again becoming Anakin Skywalker. But he
suffered mortal wounds from the Emperors Force lightning, and knew that
his end was near. He shared a vital final moment with his son, removing his
mask so he could see Luke with his own eyes, and slipped peacefully away
into the Force. Back on Endor, Anakin reunited with old friends Yoda and ObiWan, watching over Luke and his friends as they celebrated the galaxys
new freedom. Died
4 ABY (39:3)[3] Death Star II over Endor