Anakin Skywalker

* Anakin
* Vader

**Anakin Skywalker** is a main protagonist in the Star Wars franchise and its expanded universe.Anakin was secretly married to Senator Padmé Amidala and father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, and the maternal grandfather of Kylo Ren, and former Master of Ahsoka Tano.
In the Legends, Anakin was the father-in-law of Han Solo and Mara Jade Skywalker and grandfather of Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin Solo through Leia and of Ben Skywalker through Luke.

He is one of the main protagonists of the Skywalker Saga (along with Luke and Rey Skywalker). Anakin is the deuteragonist of The Phantom Menace and the main protagonist of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. He is the main protagonist of the first six seasons of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the tritagonist of the seventh season.

After falling to the Dark Side, Anakin became **Darth** Vader, apprenticed to Darth Sidious. Afterwards, Vader was the main antagonist of season 2 of the 2014-2018 animated  television series, *Star Wars: Rebels*, and a major antagonist in the 2016 stand-alone film*Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*. He is also the main antagonist and final boss of the 2019 video game *Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order*.

## Background

### *The Phantom Menace*

In this film, Anakin Skywalker who meets Qui-Gon Jinn, Padme Amidala, and Jar Jar Binks who wander into his master, Watto. He offers to help them with their ship parts by entering his own podracer in the competition. During their time on Tatooine, Qui-Gon becomes close with Anakin, up to the point he is convinced Anakin is the Chosen one. Anakin wins his freedom in a podrace, tearfully parts with his mother. On Anakin and Qui-Gon's way back to the ship, they are suddenly attacked by a dark and mysterious figure suspiciously talented in the ways of the Sith. Anakin is initially terrified of the warrior until Qui-Gon yells for him to reach the ship. Making it to the ship, he warns everyone on board of Qui-Gon's fight with Maul. The crew saves Qui-Gon, who introduces Anakin to his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

When they reach Coruscant, Anakin is left in the Queen's group of companions, unknowingly encountering Darth Sidious (known as Sheev Palpatine to the public). Qui-Gon takes Anakin to the Jedi Council, who forbid training on the grounds because the boy's future is clouded by the fear he exhibits. Instead, Anakin accompanies Padme, Jar Jar, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan to Naboo, where Padme wins the love of the Gungans. During the Invasion of Naboo, Anakin was told by Qui-Gon to remain in one of the starships, as he and Obi-Wan faced Darth Maul. Using his pilotting skills, Anakin destroys the Trade Federation's command ship. However, after the battle, he learned Qui-Gon was killed in a three-way duel between him, Obi-Wan and Darth Maul.During Qui-Gon's funeral, Obi-Wan informs Anakin he will now look after the boy as his padawan and promises he will become a Jedi.

Afterwards, the Republic's Supreme Chancellor, befriends the boy, telling him that "we will watch your career with great interest".

### *Attack of the Clones*

Ten years afterwards, Anakin and Obi-Wan are told by Palpatine to investigate an assassination attempt made on Padmé, who is now a senator following her term as Queen of Naboo expiring. Anakin and Obi-Wan locate the assassin, but before they can board a ship, Obi-Wan hurls himself out the window and onto a droid. Fortunately, Anakin "borrows" an airspeeder and he is able to rescue him. With that, the two are able to chase down the assassin, but fail to learn her identity when she is shot by her own employer with a toxic dart that poisons and kills her in seconds. Being assigned to protect Padme, Anakin travels with her to Naboo, where they fall in love. In the mix, Anakin has a vision of his mother in pain, and goes to Tatooine, where he learns that Shmi had been kidnapped by Tusken Raiders weeks ago. He goes to the Tusken camp, where he discovers his mother has been tortured beyond saving by the tribe; she dies in his arms. Heartbroken, Anakin flies into a violent rage and slaughters every single Tusken Raider; men, women, and even children.

He returns with his mother's body, and tearfully confesses his deed to Padmé, who comforts him and forgives him for acting upon his emotions. Soon after, Anakin and Padmé travel to Geonosis, hoping to rescue Obi-Wan from Jedi-turned-Sith Lord Count Dooku and his army of battle droids and Geonosians; instead, they end up in a droid factory and are captured and sentenced to death. Anakin and Padmé profess their love for each other before being transported into the arena. After fighting the Reek turned loose on him, Anakin and his friends are rescued by an army of clone troopers and Jedi. After fighting in a fierce battle, Anakin and Obi-Wan follow Dooku to a hangar and confront the Sith Lord, only to be electrocuted by Force Lightning. When he recovers, Anakin loses his right forearm in a lightsaber duel with him; it is later replaced with a prosthetic. Anakin and Padmé then marry in a secret ceremony.

### *Revenge of the Sith*

Three years later, Anakin is now a Jedi Knight and hero of the Clone Wars. He and Obi-Wan lead an attempt to rescue Palpatine, who has been captured by Count Dooku and Separatist commander General Grievous and taken to the Separatist flagship, Invisible Hand. During the rescue, Anakin defeats Dooku in a lightsaber duel and executes him in cold blood at Palpatine's urging. When he returns to Coruscant, he meets with Padmé, who tells him she is pregnant with his child. That night, he has a vision of Padmé dying in childbirth; he fears it will come true, as it is similar to the visions he had of his mother before her death.

Meanwhile, Palpatine names Anakin his personal representative on the Jedi Council. The Council, suspicious of Palpatine's near-dictatorial power in the Senate, denies Anakin the rank of Jedi Master, and orders him to spy on Palpatine, whom Anakin considers a friend and mentor. Confused and angered by the perceived snub and the instructions to commit what he believes to be treason, Anakin continues to lose faith in the Jedi.

Eventually, Obi-Wan engages General Grievous on the planet Utapau, and Anakin is sent to inspect the Chancellor's reaction. During their chat, Palpatine reveals to Anakin that he is Darth Sidious, the Sith mastermind behind the war, and that the dark side of the Force holds the power to save Padmé's life. Anakin Skywalker, who found out that Darth Sidious is in fact Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, approaches and finds Mace Windu about to kill Sidious. Hesitating, Anakin is shocked when he suddenly betrays Mace Windu before Sidious throws him out the window. Sidious promises to save his pregnant wife from dying in exchange for becoming his apprentice. Tempted, Anakin falls and is rechristened as Darth Vader by Sidious and made into his new apprentice. As Vader, he leads the 501st Legion and slaughters Jedi, including the Younglings and Padawans. Vader killed all the members of the Separatist High Council on Mustafar, where he was was confronted by Padmé and Obi-Wan, whom he enters in a lightsaber duel with. He is left to burn after Obi-Wan bests him in mortal combat and flees the planet with an unconscious Padme.

Vader is found by Clone Troopers and Sidious, who has Vader brought back to Coruscant and being given his iconic suit. Afterwards, Vader asks for Padme's whereabouts, but Sidious reveals that Padme died in his anger, causing Vader to scream in agony at losing his wife and children. What little remained of Anakin was finally gone and Vader's transition towards the dark side is complete.

He later oversees the construction of the Death Star with Governor Tarkin and Sidious.

### *Star Wars Rebels*

In Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion, Vader appears in a cameo at the beginning of the television movie, telling the Grand Inquisitor to hunt down the remaining Jedi, as his Master's command due to an unforeseen threat growing.

After the death of the Grand Inquisitor, Vader appears on Lothal to personally deal with the rebels on Lothal led by Kanan Jarrus, Ezra Bridger and Hera Syndulla. However, unbeknownst to him, Ahsoka has also come out of hiding and returned.

In The Siege of Lothal, Vader and Alexsandr Kallus plot to undermine the rebels and turn the Lothalites against them by staging an assassination attempt on Lothal's Minister, Tua. Later, the rebels try to escape the planet until Vader confronts Jedi Knight Kanan Jarrus and his padawan, Ezra Bridger. He wounds Sabine Wren and engages the Jedi in a brief duel before their friends come to the rescue. He allows them to smuggle themselves out of a TIE but has it tracked to the rebel fleet. During the battle, he senses the presence of Ahsoka among the rebels. Before he can capture the Ghost, the ship makes it into hyperspace and the tractor beam of his Star Destroyer, catches Vader's ship instead. In the aftermath, Vader reveals to Sidious that Anakin Skywalker's apprentice lives and that she could lead them to other Jedi survivors, including Obi-Wan. However, the Emperor tells Vader to be patient to serach for his former Master. He sends the Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister to handle the rebels.

Anakin appears on a hologram being watched by Ahsoka, who reveals to Ezra Bridger he was her master. Ezra recalls Kanan told him that Anakin was one of the most greatest Jedi of his time. Ahsoka confirmed it was so and told Ezra that she remembered how much he cared for his friends. On hers and Ezra's mission to the Lotahl Jedi Temple, Ahsoka had a vision of Anakin scolding her for leaving and blaming her for what he became. Soon, he turned into a vision of Darth Vader, which immediately terrified her and she refuses to accept it. During the Seventh Sister and Fifth Brother's hunt, they eventually come across a Jedi temple on Lothal, something which pleases Vader and believes, it will have the same effect on the Emperor.

Following the discovery of the Jedi Temple on Lothal, Vader later arrived at the Sith Temple discovered on Malachor after the death of the Inquisitors. Encountering Ezra, he noticed that Ezra had acquired the Sith Holocron on the planet with Maul. He questioned the boy as to how he opened the path to the Malachor Sith Temple; Ezra told him to find out himself and engaged Vader in battle, but the Sith Lord was too strong and easily destroyed Ezra's lightsaber. But before he could finish the boy off, Ahsoka arrived and engaged Vader. He eventually managed to knock Ahsoka out of the Temple and attempted to stop Ezra and a blinded Kanan from escaping. A recovered Ahsoka charged up behind Vader and slashed part of his mask off, knocking him down to the floor and exposing a considerable amount of his disfigured face, including his yellow right eye.on Malachor, Ahsoka accepted that Vader and Anakin were the same person. She stashes his helmet, seeing Anakin's face and hears Anakin call out to her. SFor a few moments, Ahsoka's compassion appeared to have reached Vader, but he then shrugged it off; coldly declaring that she would die, he then ignited his lightsaber and moved to attack her again. As the pair resumed their battle, the temple collapsed and exploded around them, with Kanan and Ezra barely managing to escape. Vader survived the temple's collapse, but was badly wounded and limped away from the ruins.

In Steps Into Shadow, Vader has moved on to more important manners after having dealt with the Jedi leadership on Malachor. Instead, Grand Admiral Thrawn is called to deal with the rebels.

## Star Wars Legends

In the Legends, Anakin is the grandfather of Leia's children Jaina, Jacen, and Anakin and Luke's son, Ben.

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