Anakin Skywalker (Smashb1996)

Anakin Skywalker (nicknamed Ani by his mother and wife) was the legendary of  prophecy&mdash;a  , Anakin served the Galactic Republic as a  during the Clone Wars, and as a  during the Second Great Galactic War. As a young man, Skywalker would become the secret husband of Padmé Naberrie of, and the father of and.

Although he would later become a important figure in the galaxy, Skywalker came from meager origins. He spent the first years of his life on Tatooine as a slave along with, his mother. Skywalker's life changed forever, when, in, he crossed paths with Jedi Master. This meeting eventually gave Skywalker the opportunity to participate in and win the, and, thus, since Jinn won his bet against Anakin's owner, the  , for Skywalker's freedom, Anakin's life as a slave came to an end; however, he was forced to leave his mother behind.

Skywalker later took part in the during the Invasion of Naboo, and played a pivotal role in the battle&mdash;he  the   that governed the functions of the 's droid army, in spite of his youth, and the fact that the experience was his first time in a, which allowed the Nubian forces to prevail. Afterwards, Skywalker became the of Jinn's apprentice, Jedi Knight, after Jinn was slain in a  with the.

In the years that followed, and despite an uneasy beginning to their relationship, Skywalker eventually came to see Kenobi as the father he'd never had.

In, eight years into his , Skywalker was reunited with Padmé Naberrie, the former  of Naboo, whom Skywalker had met during the Naboo crisis&mdash;a period of time in which she left a massive impact on him. Drawn together during a period when Naberrie, who had recently become the of the, as well as Naboo, was being targeted for assassination, the feelings between her and Skywalker grew in magnitude for each day they were together.

For an entire month, however, Skywalker had experienced visions of his mother in danger, and so, with Naberrie, he ventured back to Tatooine, where he discovered that Watto had sold her to a moisture farmer named. Meeting with Lars, Skywalker learned of the s' abduction of his mother, and, thus, set out to find her, which he did&mdash;he found her battered and bloodied body, which had sustained excruciating torture&mdash;and she died in his arms. Enveloped in a murderous rage, Skywalker killed every single Tusken in the camp; the women and children were slaughtered, as well&mdash;Anakin later became remorseful for his actions, and he began to carry a deep hatred of himself.

After his mother's burial, Skywalker and Naberrie learned that Kenobi had been captured on ; although he was initially unwilling to disobey a mandate of the, Naberrie convinced him to go with her to the Separatist capital. Their journey proved unfruitful, however, due to being captured, themselves, and they joined Kenobi to be executed&mdash;they were then saved twice; first by a team of Jedi, and then by the arrival of the newly discovered. Skywalker did not escape the planet unharmed, though&mdash;in a duel with Dooku, leader of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, Skywalker  his arm, and Dooku escaped; the Clone Wars had begun. Meanwhile, Anakin and Padmé had fallen in love, but were forced to in secret, since Jedi were sworn to celibacy.

Skywalker became the face of the Jedi Order during the Clone Wars, earning the title of Hero With No Fear, leading the Republic to many victories, often with fighting side by side with Kenobi.

The Clone Wars lasted for a total of five years, but, in, Skywalker and Kenobi confronted Dooku during a Separatist  on the Republic capital world of , in which  Palpatine had been kidnapped. The duel that followed resulted in Dooku's at Skywalker's hands, in no small part due to Palpatine goading Skywalker into killing the Sith Lord&mdash;Anakin became very disturbed by the events that took place onboard the ; he feared that he was allowing himself to be seduced by the  of.

Back on Coruscant, Skywalker was reunited with Naberrie Skywalker, and she gave him startling news; she was pregnant&mdash;with his child. This happiness, however, was short-lived, as Skywalker began to have of his wife's death in childbirth, driving him to an indescribable fear. Skywalker, however, was determined to prevent his vision from coming true, and, so, he began to seek out a way to stop his wife from dying.

After hearing a from Palpatine, Skywalker became interested with the  mentioned in the tale&mdash;he desired to learn it, but the desire became shock when Palpatine revealed the unthinkable&mdash;he was Darth Sidious, the  behind the war. Despite his inner conflict, Skywalker informed Master of the situation, who went with other Masters to arrest Palpatine, only to be killed in the process. Skywalker later went to the, along with Kenobi and , in order to apprehend the Chancellor.

In a clash between light and darkness, Skywalker resisted the Sith Lord's temptations of power, remaining true to the Jedi, and forced Palpatine to retreat. Afterwards, Skywalker and Kenobi spearheaded a mission that captured the members of the and ended the Clone Wars. For withstanding of the dark side's corruption, Skywalker earned the rank of Jedi Master and a permanent seat on the Jedi High Council.

Pre-Existence (Prior to )
"[&hellip;] Who was his father?" "There was no father. I carried him, I gave birth, I raised him&hellip; I can't explain what happened."

- Qui-Gon Jinn and Shmi Skywalker

Millennia before his birth, Anakin Skywalker appeared in a vision to Jedi Master Q'Anilia, along with his son, and his descendant,, as well as. All four of these Force-users would later come into contact with the Muur Talisman. The vision also showed, hundreds of Rakghouls, and a city engulfed in flame.

Nearly a decade before his death, the Sith Lord,, and his apprentice, Darth Sidious, committed an act that utterly disregarded the nature of the Force. To advance their plan for galactic domination, the two Sith attempted to will a being of their own design into existence, pouring their vile impulsion into waves through the Force to the countless amount of midi-chlorians that were spread throughout the galaxy. The Sith plan failed, however, and the midi-chlorians, unwilling to obey, not only frustrated Plagueis' attempts, but countered in reprisal, conceiving a child within the slave Shmi Skywalker. Skywalker's mother claimed that her son was conceived without a father, but could not explain how that had happened. It was the theory of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn that the will of the Force was the cause of Skywalker's birth.

Early Years ( &mdash; )
"You must be very proud of your son. He gives without any thought of reward."

- Qui-Gon Jinn, to Shmi Skywalker

Anakin Skywalker was born on 7:4:12 BGS. While many believed that the planet of his birth was, Skywalker implied that he was raised on the desert planet from around the age of three.

Just a few years after his birth, Skywalker and his mother became slaves to. Eventually, however, Gardulla lost the boy and his mother in a podracing bet to a Toydarian junk dealer named.

Even when he was very young, Skywalker had a reputation for being able to build or repair anything, evidenced by his creation of a protocol droid named, as well as his very own podracer. Both were created from salvaged parts and nearly completed by the time he was nine years old.

A child prodigy, Skywalker was extremely skilled at mathematics and engineering, and, yet, he was also daring and adventurous. He would often risk his own well being to help others, with little consideration for the consequences&mdash;good or back&mdash;of his actions.

At a mere age of five years, Skywalker scaled an massive sand dune to chase a herd of banthas away from hunters who would have slaughtered them, despite the several times he almost fell into unconsciousness from heat exhaustion.

Sometime later, while bartering with Jawas, Skywalker came across a wounded Tusken Raider, and took care of it until the Tusken was taken away by his own people. Little did he know that, years later, he would come to hate the Tusken Raiders.

Shortly before the podrace, Skywalker, his friend, and several other youths narrowly avoided a run-in with Gardulla. After discovering of the existence of children who had been captured and imprisoned by Sebulba, who had hoped to sell them to Gardulla, Skywalker and his friends disguised themselves as Jawas and sneaked into Gardulla's estate to free the children.

At age eight, Skywalker had his first experience of the. While rummaging through Watto's junk heap, he came across an ancient war droid. Hoping to recover a holoprojector for Watto, Skywalker accidentally activated a disturbing hologram, drowned in cries and screams and the strange mention of the word "Sith." Puzzled, Skywalker rushed to the stranded Republic Fighter Corps member who had told him earlier of the angels who lived on the moons of. The spacer, in shock, told him of the 4,000-year-old wrath of the Sith and how they eventually turned inward and fought each other, bringing about their own. He spoke of the belief that  had survived and extended the order's existence to this day. Little did Skywalker know that such rumors would play a large role in his life, especially when he became an adult.

The Discovery of the Chosen One
"You refer to prophecy of the one who will bring balance to the Force&mdash;you believe it's this boy?"

-, to Qui-Gon Jinn