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| - Anakin Skywalker was a Force-sensitive Human male who served the Galactic Republic as a Jedi Knight and later served the Galactic Empire as the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Born to the slave Shmi Skywalker in 42 BBY, Anakin was conceived by midi-chlorians, the symbiotic organisms that allowed individuals to touch the Force, and he and his mother were brought to the desert planet of Tatooine to be the slaves of Gardulla the Hutt. They soon ended up as the property of the Toydarian Watto, and Skywalker exhibited exceptional piloting skills and a reputation for being able to build and repair anything even at a young age. In 32 BBY, Skywalker encountered the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn and Padmé Amidala, and he helped them secure the parts they needed for their starship by winning the Boonta Eve Classic podra
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| - Anakin Skywalker was a Force-sensitive Human male who served the Galactic Republic as a Jedi Knight and later served the Galactic Empire as the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Born to the slave Shmi Skywalker in 42 BBY, Anakin was conceived by midi-chlorians, the symbiotic organisms that allowed individuals to touch the Force, and he and his mother were brought to the desert planet of Tatooine to be the slaves of Gardulla the Hutt. They soon ended up as the property of the Toydarian Watto, and Skywalker exhibited exceptional piloting skills and a reputation for being able to build and repair anything even at a young age. In 32 BBY, Skywalker encountered the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn and Padmé Amidala, and he helped them secure the parts they needed for their starship by winning the Boonta Eve Classic podracing event—only to learn that he had also won his freedom in doing so. Reluctantly leaving his mother behind, Skywalker accompanied Jinn and his group to the Republic's capital of Coruscant and participated in the Battle of Naboo, helping to free Amidala's homeworld from the armies of the Trade Federation. While Jinn was killed during the battle, Jinn's student Obi-Wan Kenobi followed Jinn's wishes and took on Skywalker as his Padawan, and much of the Jedi Council believed that Skywalker was the Chosen One of Jedi prophecy: one who would bring balance to the Force by destroying the Sith Order. Skywalker and Kenobi had a number of adventures during the Padawan's decade of training to become a Jedi, but as the Separatist Crisis threatened to tear the Republic apart in 22 BBY, Skywalker was reunited with Amidala when he was assigned to protect her from assassins. The two grew close during the course of the assignment, though they were caught up in the Battle of Geonosis and the beginning of the Clone Wars between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Losing an arm during the fighting, Skywalker received a cybernetic replacement, and he and Amidala were secretly married in the days after the battle despite the Jedi Code's restrictions on attachments. During the Clone Wars, which raged for the next three years, Skywalker was granted the rank of Jedi Knight and became known to the public as the "Hero with No Fear." Taking on the Togruta Ahsoka Tano as his apprentice, Skywalker fought alongside Kenobi and his fellow Jedi in scores of battles, and his friendship with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine deepened despite the Jedi Order's wariness of Palpatine's rapid acquisition of further powers during the Clone Wars. During the last weeks of the Clone War, Anakin began to have visions of his wife Padmé Amidala dying while giving birth to her child. At first Anakin was desperate to save her and was almost willing to go to any lengths to save her. Adding to his already high stress levels was the fact that both Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi Council were trying to use him as a political pawn, a fact that Anakin quickly came to realize when he was secretly asked to spy on the Chancellor for the Council. Anakin became aware that he was being used by both the Jedi Council and the Chancellor and tried to distance himself from them. Unknown to Skywalker at the time however was that he was playing right into the Sith Lord's hands who had a backup plan in the event that the Chosen One would not turn. The night the Jedi Order was destroyed, Anakin sensed the death's of the Jedi Council members who had gone to face Palpatine. Going against Master Windu's orders, Skywalker made his way to the Chancellor's office but was attacked from behind by an at the time unknown assailant and left for dead. He would awaken almost a week later and learn that he was rescued by Clone Captain Rex who had not followed Order 66. It was at this time that Anakin would learn that the now dead Clone 'Fives' had left a warning for Rex several months earlier about the control chips that had been implanted in the heads of all Clones. While Anakin recovered he learned from Rex that he had been cloned and that the Clone was calling itself Darth Vader. He also learned that the Clone was responsible for the destruction of the Jedi Order and that somehow he had been greatly wounded and was now in some kind of life support suit. The worst news came however when Anakin and Rex saw a holo-news cast stating that Senator Padmé Amidala had died and Anakin instantly knew that the Sith had been responsible for it. About a month after the Empire was formed, Rex was killed while helping Anakin escape Coruscant leaving the Chosen One completly alone and in a deep state of depression as he had now lost everyone and everything that he'd ever cared about.
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