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Behind the scenes

 * During the planning stage of the New Jedi Order series, Anakin was supposed to be the hero and eventually take up Luke's role as the leader of the Jedi Order, but the proposal was rejected. As a result, Anakin and Jacen switched their roles completely. Specifically, Anakin's death replaced the scheduled death of Jacen in Star by Star. George Lucas, reading the draft outline of the New Jedi Order series, approved the team's decision to switch the brothers' storylines, due to the fact that he felt that Anakin's trajectory followed his namesake's character arc in the prequels too closely.
 * There are several prophecies about Anakin that never took place because of his death. In Dark Empire II, Luke had a vision of Anakin and his siblings leading the Jedi Order. Master Ikrit, too, told Anakin that there would be something great born in him and Tahiri. It remains a question whether the latter prophecy will come true in the future books.
 * After the conclusion of The New Jedi Order series, rumors abounded that Anakin Solo had somehow survived his meeting with the voxyn in Star by Star. This would be difficult to sustain, as his body was cremated in Dark Journey, and Jacen encountered his Force ghost in Traitor. Among other theories, fans have pointed out the fact that Anakin died in a cloning facility was evidence to support that he is still alive, and that Jacen was cut off from the Force and neared a psychological breakdown at the time he encountered Anakin's ghost. Such theories have yet to be confirmed.  Information concerning Anakin Solo in the Legacy of the Force series, however, has shed a light for fans who hope for his return.
 * Originally, Anakin was to be named Han Solo Jr., but Leia decided to name the boy after his grandfather&mdash;partly because she had wanted to redeem her father's name, but mostly due to the fact that she thought she could get rid of her fears of Darth Vader by seeing what her father could have been and once was through her son.

General references

 * Who's Who in the New Jedi Order
 * The Essential Guide to Characters
 * The New Essential Guide to Characters
 * The Essential Chronology
 * The New Essential Chronology