Patso Skywalker

Patso Skywalker was a Human male merchant and Republic Judicial Forces interceptor pirate from the Corusca sector; he was the divorced father of Shmi Skywalker and maternal grandfather of famed Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker.

History
Patso was born in around 120 BBY and was the son of a metal merchant. He grew up working aboard his father's transport, but upon reaching adulthood decided to leave the family business to fly an interceptor under the Republic Judicial Forces. As a starfighter pilot, Patso participated in several anti-piracy operations over a five-year long service. During one such operation, Patso's interceptor was shot down and he broke bones in both of his arms; he was honorably discharged with multiple civilian honors. While on his journey home after weeks spent in a civilian hospital, Patso learned that his father committed suicide a few months earlier (his mother had already succumbed to a fatal infection while he was still an infant). Depressed, he turned to alcoholism for a few years before getting back in shape and recovered his father's ship, deciding to restart the family's merchant business. He met his future wife while trading in the Corporate Sector, who joined him aboard his freighter and gave birth to Shmi in around 80 BBY. The two divorced a year after Shmi's birth; his ex-wife returned to her homeworld while Patso kept his daughter and continued his merchant profession.

While on a cargo run to the Ojoster sector, Patso's freighter was attacked by pirates and both Patso and Shmi were captured. Patso escaped uninjured only hours later but was separated from his daughter, learning several years after his retirement that she was sold by the pirates to slavers on Tatooine. He contacted as many Republic law enforcement agencies as possible to liberate his daughter, but none were able to help as the incident occurred years earlier and they suspected that Shmi, if even still alive, was likely enslaved in an area outside the Republic's legal jurisdiction.

Patso settled on Coruscant and remarried, but did not bear anymore children. He briefly ran an unsuccessful speeder repair shop and in around 30 BBY, he died of a heart attack in his nineties, having never reunited with his daughter or even learned of his grandson's existence.

Legacy
During the Imperial era, Anakin - now Darth Vader - discovered his grandfather's identity while researching databases for people with the surname Skywalker. He made a very brief visit to his grandfather's coffin in the Imperial Gravehouse of Coruscant (formerly known as the Coruscanti Public Gravehouse).