Anakin ' s Fate Anakin ' s Fate is a children ' s storybook written by Marc Cerasini and illustrated by John Alvin . It is a Jedi Readers Step 4 ( Grades 3 - 4 ) young readers publication . It tells the story of an adventure Anakin Skywalker and C - 3PO have on Tatooine shortly before . Publisher ' s Summary . Anakin Skywalker believes that one day he will be more than just a slave . He has dreams . Maybe someday he will leave Tatooine and become a space pilot , or even a Jedi Knight ! But how can he become a pilot when he can ' t win — or even finish — a Podrace ? Will Anakin be stuck doing Watto ' s dirty work forever ? Or will he follow his dreams to a greater destiny ? Plot Summary . The story begins with Anakin Skywalker participating in a pod race . He rides to victory for the first time and is led to the winner ' s circle , where he meets a wise man and an angel . Suddenly Anakin hears his mother ' s voice and he wakes up — it had all been a dream . He has his breakfast with his mother and tells her of the dream . On his way to Watto ' s he also tells his friend Kitster , though Kitster doesn ' t believe it ; he thinks dreams are only for dreaming and they don ' t come true . Anakin is certain that his dreams will come true . Anakin arrives at Watto ' s and finds his master in a very excited mood . Watto tells Anakin that Jawas at Mochat Steep have found the thrusters from the pod of Regga the Hammerhead , a famous racer that was undefeated until Sebulba cut him off . Watto wants the thrusters , planning to have Anakin use them in the next pod race . He sends Anakin to trade with the Jawas . As Anakin is searching through junk to trade he finds a Vaporator Cylinder of a very old model . A funny feeling tells Anakin to take it and he packs it with the rest of the Junk . Before Anakin goes to the Jawas , he stops at home to pick up C - 3PO to use as an interpreter . C - 3PO is only half finished , as is the pod racer Anakin has hidden with the droid . This is so that they do not appear valuable if Watto finds them ; otherwise the Toydarian would steal them . Anakin and C - 3PO journey to Mochat Steep and try to barter , though the Jawas want money rather than junk parts . One Jawa points at Anakin ' s water Jerikans and says he wants them . Anakin realizes the Jawas want water and discovers that their water vaporator has broken . Quickly Anakin grabs the Vaparator Cylinder and offers to trade it and repair it for the remains of Regga ' s pod . The Jawas lead him inside their Sandcrawler and take him to the broken vaporator . After a moment Anakin has it fixed and the Jawas are overjoyed . As promised they give him the remains of Regga ' s pod , which includes an entire engine . Anakin is stunned and decides to keep the engine for himself to use for building his secret pod . That evening , Watto is astounded that Anakin acquired the thrusters with the vaporator cylinder . He orders Anakin to equip his pod with the thrusters the next day and tells him he will fly in the next race . Some time later , the day of the race has come . Anakin is ready to go in Watto ' s pod , though he is parked next to Sebulba , who recognizes Regga ' s old thrusters . He warns Anakin he has a " surprise " for him when they reach Bimmira Canyon . Anakin tries to ignore the Dug and reaches out with his mind as the timer counts down . When the light turns green the racers are off . Anakin reaches the canyon first , foiling Sebulba ' s trick . Anakin begins to wonder if this is the race from his dream , where he rides to victory and meets an angel . Suddenly Sebulba passes him , followed by Rimkar ' s bubble pod . When they reach Metta Canyon Anakin senses danger and jerks the controls . Sebulba activates his afterburners and destroys Rimkar ' s pod . Anakin avoids the blast , but loses control and crashes . Sebulba wins yet again and Anakin is severely discouraged , beginning to doubt his dreams . Watto is angered and makes Anakin work on the battered pod until dark . When night falls , Kitster and Seek take Anakin for a drink to cheer him up , though it does little good . They listen to the space pilots tell each other stories , and Anakin becomes sad , thinking that he will always be a slave and never see the stars . One of the pilots sees Anakin and recognizes him as a participant in the pod race . He commends Anakin on his ability to fly a pod , and tells him that he must trust his dreams , or else they would never come true . Later that night Anakin wondered if the pilot was the wise man from his dream . Taking the pilot ' s advice , he resolves to trust his dreams and not to give up hope . Behind the scenes . This story goes over the race that Watto refers to in Episode I where he says , " He smashed up my pod in the last race ! " It also contains a major continuity error . Anakin flies Watto ' s pod , which looks exactly like his own pod that he flies in Episode I despite the fact that his racer was unfinished and under construction at the time .