User:Brandon Rhea/Anakin

"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."

- The Father's last words, to Anakin Skywalker

Anakin Skywalker was a male Human Jedi Knight-turned-Dark Lord of the Sith believed to be the Chosen One, a prophetic figure destined to bring balance to the Force. Skywalker was conceived without a father, possibly by the midi-chlorians through the will of the Force, and born to Shmi Skywalker. He grew up as a slave on Tatooine, where he encountered Qui-Gon Jinn. The Jedi Master helped Skywalker obtain his freedom after Skywalker agreed to race in the Boonta Eve Classic podrace, the winnings of which would help Jinn and his vessel, carrying Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo, obtain the parts they needed to make it to Coruscant. Skywalker said his goodbyes to his mother and left Tatooine, where he was tested for potential training in the Jedi Order. Although initially rejected, Skywalker's actions during the Battle of Naboo, where he destroyed the Trade Federation control ship to help liberate the planet, led the Jedi Council to reverse its decision. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jinn's apprentice, became Skywalker's master after Jinn was killed in battle against the Sith Lord Darth Maul.

Over the next decade, Skywalker trained as Kenobi's Padawan, becoming skilled in the ways of the Force and with a lightsaber. Shortly before the Clone Wars, he reunited with Amidala, who had become Senator of Naboo, and the two fell in love. After professing their love for one another, the two fought alongside Kenobi and a number of other Jedi during the Battle of Geonosis, which sparked the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems. After the battle, Skywalker and Amidala secretly married on Naboo, keeping their marriage a secret due to the Jedi Order's forbiddance of marriage.

Skywalker fought in the Clone Wars over the next several years, commanding clone troopers in the Grand Army of the Republic as a Jedi General. At the end of the war, Skywalker began having visions of Amidala, who was pregnant with his twins, dying in childbirth, leading him towards the dark side. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, was able to turn Skywalker to the dark side, and Skywalker became the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Vader began hunting down the Jedi Knights during the execution of Order 66, while Palpatine transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire. Vader was gravely wounded in a duel against Kenobi, requiring him to live in a cybernetic suit for the rest of his life. Amidala died in childbirth shortly thereafter, making Skywalker's visions a reality, but Vader was unaware his children had been born, as he believed he had killed his wife.