In 22 BBY, Anakin Skywalker, then a Jedi Padawan, had left for Tatooine after he received nightmares of his mother, Shmi Skywalker, dying. After tracking his mother down to a Tusken Raider village when he learned that Shmi, then taking the name of Shmi Skywalker Lars after marrying Cliegg Lars, had been abducted by the Tuskens after they mistook her for a witch, he attempted to rescue her. When she died in his arms, Skywalker took vengeance on the village and wiped out all but one of its inhabitants. The sole survivor would hunt Vader down for some time.