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| Real name | Anakin Skywalker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alias | Ani Skyguy The Hero With No Fear Darth Vader Lord Vader | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 9 (The Phantom Menace) 19 (Attack of the Clones) 19-22 (The Clone Wars and FusionFall) 22 (Revenge of the Sith) 27 (Jedi Fallen Order) Late 30s (Rebels) 41 (Rogue One and A New Hope) 44 (The Empire Strikes Back) 45 (Return of the Jedi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | Human | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Series | Star Wars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Central City: G.U.N. Base | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voiced by | Matt Lanter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| “ | You are the Chosen One. You have brought balance to this world. Stay on this path and you will do it again… for the galaxy. But beware… your heart… | ” |
–The Father's last words, to Anakin Skywalker | ||
Anakin Skywalker is a general in the Clone Wars, and the Chosen One of the Force, in Star Wars, and the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series. He appears in the FusionFall Adventure "Star Wars The Clone Wars - Clone Infusion." After the events of both FusionFall and The Clone Wars, Anakin turned to the dark side and became the sith lord Darth Vader.
Pre-FusionFall[]
The Phantom Menace[]
| “ | Now this is podracing! | ” |
–Anakin, escaping the droid control ship | ||
Anakin as a child
Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan bring Anakin to the Jedi Council
Along with his mother Shmi, Anakin Skywalker was a slave on Tatooine, owned by junk dealer Watto. When Jedi Knight Qui-Gon Jinn, a Gungan named Jar Jar Binks, and Naboo handmaiden Padmé came to Watto’s shop looking for parts to repair their starship, Anakin befriended them. Unable to afford the parts they needed, Anakin devised a plan to help his new friends: he would enter the Boonta Eve Classic Podrace and give the winnings to Qui-Gon. While risky, Qui-Gon agreed, betting with Watto and adding higher stakes -- Anakin’s freedom. Qui-Gon realized that Anakin was Force-sensitive, and believed him to be the prophesized Chosen One, who is said to one day bring balance to the Force. upon Anakin's victory in the race, Qui-Gon informed him he was free and could train to become a Jedi. The boy was overjoyed, but afraid to leave his mother behind; indeed, Yoda sensed this when Anakin was brought before the Jedi Council, and it was this fear that led to Anakin being denied entry into the Order. Qui-Gon was shocked at the decision, but told Anakin to watch him and stay close in lieu of actual training. Eventually, Qui-Gon, his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé (now revealed to be Queen Amidala), Jar Jar, and Anakin went to Naboo, hoping to stop an invasion by the Trade Federation. There, Anakin unwittingly found himself in a Naboo starfighter, dogfighting with battle droids and destroying the Droid Control Ship. Qui-Gon fell in battle to the Sith Lord Darth Maul, and with his dying wish, asked Obi-Wan to train the boy. The Jedi Council agreed, and Anakin was accepted into the Order as Obi-Wan’s apprentice. He also began a friendship with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who was quite impressed by the boy’s Force abilities.
Attack of the Clones[]
Anakin as a padawan
Ten years after the Battle of Naboo, the Jedi Council and Supreme Chancellor assigned Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to protect Senator Padmé Amidala after an assassination attempt on her life. Anakin was deeply attracted to her, and a love developed between the two. It was a dangerous path, as the Jedi Code forbade attachments and romantic relationships. At the same time, Anakin began to suffer from nightmares and visions that his mother was in pain, dying; despite Obi-Wan’s orders to stay on Naboo with Padmé, he left for Tatooine to rescue Shmi, Padmé in tow. Upon arrival, he found that Shmi had been kidnapped by Sand People. Anakin eventually located their camp and found his mother, where she died in his arms; enraged, the Jedi unleashed an inner fury never before seen, and slaughtered every Tusken he found. He buried Shmi at her husband’s homestead, and then left for Geonosis to rescue Obi-Wan, who was being held by Separatists. There, he and Padmé were captured and sentenced to die, along with his Master. The three staved off the execution, rescued by Jedi and the Republic’s new clone army, and pursued the Separatist leader, Count Dooku. Anakin and Obi-Wan dueled the former Jedi in a hangar, but were no match; Dooku defeated both and severed Anakin’s arm. Yoda arrived just in time to prevent Dooku from delivering a final strike, but the Sith Lord eventually escaped. After recovering from his injuries, including the replacement of his severed arm with a mechanical one, Anakin retreated to Naboo with Padmé where they were secretly married.
The Clone Wars[]
Now that the Clone Wars had begun, Jedi became generals and commanders in the war against the Separatists. Aware of Anakin’s shortcomings and his tendency to forge strong emotional attachments, Yoda assigned Anakin a Padawan learner: Ahsoka Tano. Yoda hoped that Skywalker would learn how to let go of his student as she grew, which was key for Anakin. While Anakin bristled at first to this appointment, a strong bond grew between teacher and student.
Anakin during the first year of The Clone Wars
FusionFall[]
| “ | ...Let's finish this. | ” |
–Anakin Skywalker | ||
Mother Talzin, the leader of the Nightsister clan of witches on the planet Dathomir, who had disappeared after being defeated by Jedi Master Mace Windu, reappeared and an all-out battle between the clones and droids raged there. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka, as well as A few other Jedi, and even Delta Squad, participated in the Battle of Dathomir.
However, Mother Talzin's magic teleportation blast sent every single member of the Clone army into the FusionFall universe. Now, many clones reside all over the world, and serve as the bulk of the forces fighting Fuse.
Anakin during the later half of The Clone Wars
Anakin's Nano Mission[]
Anakin and Ahsoka Tano
In Anakin's Nano mission "The Darker It Gets," Anakin asks the player to go to Mace Windu, as the player is Force-sensitive. Players train with Windu for a bit in Murky Woods and become his Jedi "Padawan" (student). Players then become able to sense a Fusion behind themselves. After this, players fight Fusion Anakin and a few Fusion Deltas. After this, players get the Anakin Nano and Ahsoka's dual lightsabers.
Post-FusionFall[]
Anakin and Obi-Wan Kenobi
After Fuse's defeat, Anakin, the other Jedi, and the clone army, with help from the Justice League, Avengers, and DexLabs, found a way to return to their universe. As the Clone Wars went on, Anakin and Ahsoka had many adventures together, and as Ahsoka matured, so did Anakin. But Ahsoka eventually became disillusioned and left the Jedi Order, an act which Anakin regretted.
Toward the end of the Clone Wars, Anakin was reunited with his former Padawan when Ahsoka Tano came to ask for the Republic's help in the siege of Mandalore. As usual, Anakin supported Ahsoka and her decision to help Bo-Katan defeat Maul. Limited in the help he could provide as Coruscant came under attack and Chancellor Palpatine was endangered, Anakin returned Ahsoka's lightsabers and sent Captain Rex along with several other clones from the 501st Legion to assist her.
Revenge of the Sith[]
| “ | You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness! | ” |
–Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Vader | ||
The Clone Wars continued, and Anakin became a hero and grew vastly in power. Upon returning to Coruscant from a daring rescue of the Supreme Chancellor, the Jedi Knight found that Senator Padmé Amidala, his secret wife, was pregnant. Shortly thereafter, he began suffering visions that she would die in childbirth. Anakin was determined to prevent his dreams from coming true as they had with his mother; at the same time, the Jedi Council and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine had become distrustful of each other, with Anakin caught in the middle. As Anakin’s confusion and anxiety grew, Palpatine told him a Sith legend that spoke of the ability to stop people from dying. Entranced, Anakin was desperate to learn this power. Palpatine revealed himself to be a Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, and promised to train him in the ways of the dark side.
Anakin eventually succumbed to this temptation, maiming former ally Mace Windu to save Sidious. The dark side Master claimed the mantle of Emperor, and Anakin led the Empire’s eradication of the Jedi Order as Darth Vader, Sith Lord. Against his wishes, Padmé followed him to the lava planet Mustafar, where he had just ended the Clone War by destroying the Separatist leaders. She confronted Anakin about all he had done; the new Sith claimed that all his acts, no matter how terrible, were done so he would be strong enough with the dark side to save her. But having tasted this power, he now had greater ambitions: to overthrow the newly-minted Emperor and rule the galaxy with his wife. Padmé was repulsed, and with the appearance of Obi-Wan (who had stowed away on her ship), Anakin assumed his wife had betrayed him, and he Force choked her. Padmé was left unconscious, and Anakin and his former Master dueled. In the end, Anakin was dismembered and left with terrible burns, cursing his old friend and becoming a being of pure hate. Recovered on the banks of a lava river by the Emperor, Anakin was encased in sinister black armor that kept him alive, and he truly became Darth Vader. Padmé, having lost the will to live, died after giving birth to twins -- Luke and Leia -- and Anakin was left heartbroken and more machine than man.
Darth Vader
Relics of the Clone Wars[]
Sometime later, Vader traveled to a snowy moon that had the crash site of a Venator-class Star Destroyer on it. Investigating the wreckage with snowtroopers, Vader discovered a memorial to the clone troopers that perished in the crash, as well as a lightsaber that once belonged to his former apprentice, Ahsoka Tano. Looking up into the sky, Vader saw a strange bird soaring through the air. After looking at the bird for a moment, Vader turned around and left, saber in hand, believing his Padawan to be dead.
Trivia[]
- Anakin was voiced by Matt Lanter, who also voiced Venom (Harry Osborn).