Anakin Skywalker

"*Padawan to Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker became a Jedi Knight during the Clone Wars. Secretly married to Padmé Amidala, he was the biological father of Leia and Luke.*"
— In-game Description
**Anakin Skywalker** is a Galactic Republic Hero in DICE's *Star Wars Battlefront II*. He arrived on February 27, 2019, as part of The Chosen One Update.

## Overview

As the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker is a powerhouse. A largely offensive hero, Anakin channels his emotions and inner conflict into his Force powers and abilities, and despite still being on the light side, Anakin can momentarily tap into the dark side.

Anakin's Passionate Strike ability deals high damage to the enemy hit by it. The Passionate Strike also breaks an enemy's guard, allowing Anakin to deal damage to lightsaber heroes blocking him.

Anakin brings enemies to him with his Pull Dominance, where enemies fall at his feet and take damage, allowing Anakin to finish them off with his melee attacks.

Anakin unleashes a massive burst of power all around him in a circular radius with his Heroic Might ability. Anakin can increase the range of Heroic Might with the more enemy players damage him (though Anakin also takes less damage while charging up Heroic Might), allowing Anakin to maximize its range affect more enemies.

Finally, Anakin taps slightly into the dark side with his unique, fourth ability: Retribution. When he and nearby allies take damage, Anakin's Retribution charges up. When Retribution is used, Anakin uses the Force to grasp and choke all enemies around him, dealing a high amount of damage to those caught in his punishing grip.

## Health and Movement

 **Regen Delay** | 4.5 sec

 **Dodge Length** | 5.5 meters

## Weapon

 **Damage** | 130170 (Rear)

 **Stamina Regen Speed (from empty)** | 1.65 seconds

## Abilities

* Pull Dominance
* Heroic Might
* Passionate Strike
* Retribution

 **Damage** | 120 (Non-heroes)80 (Heroes)

 **Area of Effect** | 18 meters

 **Ability Cooldown** | 15 seconds

 **Damage** | 120 (Non-Heroes)90 (Heroes)

 **Area of Effect** | Minimum: 10 metersMaximum: 20 meters

 **Ability Cooldown** | 18 seconds

 **Damage** | Non-heroes: 125 (First strike), 250 (Second strike)Heroes: 40 (First strike), 130 (Second strike)

 **Ability Cooldown** | 13 seconds

 **Ability Cooldown** | Ability charges when Anakin or his allies near him are damaged

## In-game Hints

> Anakin Skywalker's ultimate ability RETRIBUTION charges up when friendly characters near him are defeated or damaged, as well as when he is injured.
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> First hint

> Anakin Skywalker's PULL DOMINANCE can easily be combined with area of effect abilities from friendly characters.
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> Second hint

> Anakin Skywalker's HEROIC MIGHT can be held down to highly reduce damage and increase its final effect.
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> Third hint

## Emotes and Quotes

* Emotes
* In-game
* Banter

> This is where the fun begins.
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> First emote

> You call this a diplomatic solution?
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> Second emote

> Obi-Wan's gonna kill me.
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> Third emote

> A very wise Jedi once said, 'Nothing happens by accident.'
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> Fourth emote

> I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating...and it gets everywhere.
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> Upon spawning on a desert planet

> Not so smart, are you?
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> Using Pull Dominance

> I would like to have a word.
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> Using Pull Dominance

> Here, take a load off!
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> Using Heroic Might

> You don't get up on my account!
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> Using Heroic Might

> One lightsaber and they all start to scatter?
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> Outnumbering a group of enemies

> We've got superior forces and a Jedi. What do you have?
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> Outnumbering a group of enemies

> More trash for the compactor.
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> Spotting enemies

> It's time to wipe the floor with these feebos!
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> Spotting enemies. Notice that Anakin speaks some Huttese

> My powers have doubled since the last time we met, Count!
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> Banter with Count Dooku

> So you've finally decided to crawl out from whichever bounty hunter you were hiding behind.
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> Banter with Dooku

> General Grievous. You're shorter than I expected.
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> Banter with General Grievous

> Hello, General. So I've heard you're looking for a Jedi.
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> Banter with General Grievous

> There's something...wrong about you. I...I know you somehow.
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> Banter with Darth Vader

> I will not give in to you. Ever!
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> Banter with Darth Vader

> This has to be some kind of Sith trick. It has to be!
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> Banter with Darth Vader

> **Anakin**: A reason not to wander off. Think of it as... reconnaissance.
> **Obi-Wan**: [sigh] Why do I even try...
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> Banter with Obi-Wan Kenobi

> **Anakin**: I've got a very bad feeling about this
> **Obi-Wan**: Yes, you and everyone else.
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> Banter with Obi-Wan

> Care to chip in, old master?
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> Banter with Obi-Wan

## Trivia

* Anakin Skywalker is voiced by Matt Lanter, who previously voiced him in the *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* animated TV series.
* The Dark Side persona of Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader, is already playable in the game as a separate hero for the Galactic Empire despite being the same person.
	+ It was at once believed by some that Vader's presence in the game meant that Anakin could not be in the game due to contradicting canon, but this theory was shot down by a developer.
* Anakin Skywalker's attack animations were datamined from the game's files after the Battle of Geonosis Update and leaked by dataminers.
	+ After the Darth Tyranus Update, more of Anakin's animations were also datamined, including updated attack animations and his front-end menu pose animations.
* Anakin's emotes and their respective animations were also datamind prior to their official announcement. They were found to be called: "Fun Begins," "Diplomatic Solution," "ObiWanKill," and "A Wise Jedi."
* Anakin's ability names were also datamined prior to their official announcement. They were found to be called: "Retribution," "Pull Dominance," and "Heroic Impact."
* Anakin has the same walking and jumping animation as Darth Vader.
* Anakin is one of the first heroes to have four abilities instead of just three.
* He originally cost 35,000 credits to unlock but this cost was removed in the Capital Supremacy Update.
* He was the first hero with temporary prices, his cost was 8,000/12,000 (dependent on era) Battle Points. However, this feature was removed in the Giants Above Kachirho Patch.

## Updates

*Where are those Droidekas Update*

* Changed heal values upon defeating enemy heroes for Anakin Skywalker's "Reprisal" Star Card values from 30-60-90-120 to 40-60-80-100.
* Anakin is released from the Pull Dominance ability animation sooner.
* Fixed an issue where the Passionate Strike ability would not inflict lightsaber marks on objects.

*June 11th Patch*

* Reduced the duration of the choking during Anakin's Retribution ability from 4 to 2 seconds.
* Anakin's Retribution does not charge up based on damage received during Heroic Might.
* Heroic Might no longer deals increased damage as Anakin takes damage. The ability’s radius still increases as Anakin takes damage.
* Increased base damage of Heroic Might from 70 to 90 against heroes.
* Reduced base damage of Heroic Might from 130 to 120 against troopers.

*Siege of Kamino Update*

* Fixed an issue where Anakin Skywalker would express his distaste for sand when playing inside the Capital Ships on Capital Supremacy - Geonosis.

*Giants Above Kachirho Patch*

* Increased the recharge time of Heroic Might from 14 to 18 seconds
* Reduced the friendly damage charge-up speed of Retribution from 2% per 100 damage to 1,33% per 100 damage
* Reduced the Health Increased stats of the TENACIOUS Star Card from 50-100-150-200 to 25-50-75-100
* Reduced Anakin's lightsaber damage from 140 to 130 points
* Reduced Anakin's MASSIVE STRIKES Star Card bonus damage from 10-15-20-25 to 5-10-15-20
* Delayed the effect of Retribution by 5 frames
* Fixed an issue where damage from sources other than enemy players caused Anakin’s Retribution ability to charge up.
* Anakin’s Retribution ability now has a maximum value increase per damage event.

*Giants Above Kachirho Update*

* Reduced Anakin's Pull Dominance base range from 20 to 18 meters.
* Reduced Anakin's Retribution range from 20 to 15 meters.
* Removed the push effect from Anakin's Passionate Strike
* Fixed an issue where Anakin's Retribution ability could be re-triggered too quickly, leading to unwanted cancelling.
* Fixed an issue where Anakin's Lightsaber would occasionally turn off during Passionate Strike.
* Anakin's deflect stamina has been reduced from 14 to 10 melee attacks.
* Fixed an issue that could cause Anakin Skywalker to get stuck during the Heroic Might ability animation, due to a bad connection with the server.
* Fixed an issue where Anakin would not blink when performing an emote.
* Fixed an issue where Anakin's eyelashes would stretch when performing the Grumpy Master emote.

*Capital Supremacy Hotfix*

* Balanced damage and cooldown values for Anakin's abilities:
	+ Reduced Retribution choke damage (86->75 points per second)
	+ Reduced Retribution push damage (80->75 points per second)
	+ Reduced Passionate Strike first damage (50->40)
	+ Reduced Passionate Strike last damage (150->130)
	+ Increased Passionate Strike cooldown (12->13)
	+ Reduced Heroic Might base damage (100->70)

*Capital Supremacy Update*

* Removed 35,000 Credit unlock cost
* Improved the timing of Anakin's abilities, to allow for more timely attacks after an ability is performed.
* Adjusted the button placement for Anakin's abilities to allow for more intuitive controls.
	+ Left trigger - Pull Dominance
	+ Middle trigger - Heroic Impact
	+ Right trigger - Passionate strike
* Fixed an issue where Anakin would be unable to attack or cast abilities if he was stunned by an ability while "Retribution" was active.
* Edited the description text of Anakin's Heroic Impact ability for clarity.
* Edited the description text of Anakin's Pressure Star Card for clarity.
* Fixed various clipping issues with Anakin's Victory Poses.

*The Chosen One Hotfix*

* Balanced Anakin Skywalker’s “Heroic Might” ability. The max radius of the ability is now locked to 20 meters and max base damage to 450 points.

*The Chosen One Update*

* Added.

## Gallery

Anakin Skywalker WIP.gifA work-in-progress of Anakin's basic attack animations.Anakin Skywalker Geonosis promo.jpgA promotional image of Anakin Skywalker on Geonosis.SWBFII Capital Supremacy Promo Anakin .jpgAnakin-Battlefront-900x600.jpgBattlefront 2 DICE Anakin Skywalker.jpgA promotional image of Anakin Skywalker's default appearance, Jedi Knight.SWBFII Anakin Skywalker Icon.pngIn-game icon for Anakin.
## References

1. ↑ THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF STAR WARS™ BATTLEFRONT™ II: New Clone Wars era content is coming starting this fall, including Geonosis, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and General Grievous.
2. ↑ OUR UPDATED *STAR WARS™*BATTLEFRONT™ II ROADMAP DETAILS WHAT’S AHEAD
3. ↑ February Community Calendar
4. ↑ ANIMATING ANAKIN SKYWALKER IN STAR WARS™ BATTLEFRONT™ II on the *Star Wars Battlefront II* website

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