Anakin Solo (SGCW)

Anakin Solo was a Jedi Knight in the New Jedi Order and the third child of Han Solo and Leia organa Solo. He had two elder siblings: his sister, Jaina, and his brother, Jacen. Anakin had an unique attunement with Centerpoint Station.

Named for his maternal grandfather, Anakin Skywalker, as a child Anakin often feared succumbing to the allure of the dark side and becoming a Sith himself. He had an extraordinary connection to the Force, the depth of which very few could comprehend. Because of this, his parents allowed Anakin to start attending the Jedi Academy at the same time as his brother, despite their year-and-a-half age difference.

Childhood
Anakin was named for his maternal grandfather, Anakin Skywalker. Leia wanted to redeem her father's name, and thought she could overcome her fear of Darth Vader by seeing what her father could have been through her son.

"As I hoped. As I expected from the Skywalker line."

- Hethrir

When Anakin was about three, he returned to Coruscant to live with his parents and his older siblings. In 14 ABY, Anakin and his siblings were kidnapped by Lord Hethrir, the Imperial Procurator of Justice, who intended to take advantage of their Force sensitivity. During his captivity, he developed a relationship with Tigris, the son of Hethrir and Rillao, who was little more than a servant. Lord Hethrir attempted to sacrifice Anakin to Waru but his plan was thwarted when Han and Leia, along with Luke Skywalker, rescued the children. Hethrir was destroyed by Waru.

The Corellian Insurrection
"Anakin marched to the beat of a drum that no one at all was playing."

- Author on Anakin

In 18 ABY, the Solo family went to the Corellia system - where Han's homeworld was location - on vacation. After their arrival, Leia hired a tutor, Ebrihim, for the children. On their first outing, Ebrihim arranged to a visit to Corellia's first major archaeological site. Anakin - followed by his siblings - wandered away from the rest of the party and stumbled upon Corellia's planetary repulsor, one of which was located on each of the Five Brothers. After the discovery, the children told their parents, Chewbacca, and Ebrihim what they had found in the tunnel.

After several days of touring Corellia's main contintent, the Solos went to stay at Corona House. During the first night, the Solo children overheard Han, Leia, Mara Jade, and Governor-General Micamberlecto discussing a plot involving the destruction of entire star systems. The following day, the children were confined to Corona House under the supervision of Chewbacca, Ebrihim and his droid Q9-X2 while Han and Leia left with Micamberlecto to deal with the growing crisis. Anakin, Jaina, and Jacen watched from their apartment as enclaves within Coronet City burned to the ground and bodies piled up in the streets during the first stages of the Corellian Insurrection before Corona House itself came under fire, causing the children and their companions to flee to Drall - and to Ebrihim's Aunt Marcha's home - on the Millennium Falcon.

After Marcha learned about the mysterious installation found at Corellia's archaeological dig, she brought the Solo children to Drall's planetary repulsor and watched Anakin experiment with it. After a near-death experience when Anakin activated the repulsor, Jacen used his bond with Anakin to track him down. Frustrated, Anakin gave up on reactivating the repulsor. Jacen managed to gently coax Anakin from his hiding place and they returned to the repulsor's main chamber.

Han's cousin, Thrackan Sal-Solo, learned that Drall's planetary repulsor had been activated and captured his young cousins along with Chewbacca, Ebrihim, and Marcha. Thrackan attempted to use the children to blackmail Leia into getting the New Republic to recognize Corellian independence.

With the uncaptured Q9-X2's help, and Anakin's ability to walk "in between" the force field that held them captive, the Solo children made their way into the Millennium Falcon, evading Thrackan's ship due to Jacen's piloting and Jaina's gunnery skills. The children were reunited with their parents on the Bakuran vessel, the Intruder. The family was split up again when Han and Leia volunteered to help the Intruder in its confrontation with the forces of the Sacorrian Triad at Centerpoint Station and the Solo children returned to the planetary repulsor on Drall to see if he could find a way to use it to stop the ancient space station from continuing its destruction of whole solar systems. Anakin was a critical part of the plan to stop Centerpoint Station because the repulsor's systems would respond only to him. After Jacen coaxed a cranky Anakin back into the task at hand, Anakin ended up saving the lives of countless millions.

After the discovery of a partial copy of the Caamas Document in 19 ABY, and the scandal that followed, Anakin and his siblings were sent to Kashyyyk with Chewbacca and a group of Noghri. After the crisis passed, the three siblings attended the signing of the Pellaeon-Gavrisom Treaty with their parents aboard the Chimaera. A few months later, they also attended their uncle Luke's wedding to Mara Jade.

Jedi training
"I used to have dreams that the Emperor and Darth Vader had claimed me for the dark side. But now I know that my destiny is my choice."

- Anakin

In 22 ABY, when Anakin was eleven, he and his brother Jacen started training to be Jedi Knights at their uncle Luke's new Academy on Coruscant. Over time, Anakin started having recurring dreams of the Emperor and Darth Vader seizing him and forcing him to use the dark side of the Force. Jaina, who had declined to attend the Jedi Academy herself, noted the difference in Anakin's behavior during this period, and he confided in her. She suggested asking their uncle Luke about visiting the cave on Dagobah as a way to confront his fears. After making arrangements, Anakin went to Dagobah accompanied by Leia and Jaina.