How did Anakin's mom get pregnant?

In The Phantom Menace, when Qui-Gon Jinn meets tiny Anakin Skywalker and his mother, he goes on about how the Force is like, crazy strong with Anakin or whatever, and then asks his mother about Anakin's dad. Shmi Skywalker is pretty clear in her answer: There isn't a father. She was impregnated by the Force.

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How did Shmi conceive Anakin?

Anakin's father is The Emperor. Palpatine manipulated the Midi-chlorians inside of Shmi's womb to create Anakin.

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What did the sand people do to Anakin's mother?

Anakin discovered that a moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars had bought Shmi from Watto, freed her, and married her. But when he visited the Lars farm, he learned Tusken Raiders had kidnapped his mother. Anakin found Shmi, but she died in his arms. Giving in to his rage, he slaughtered the Tuskens who had taken her.

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Did Shmi give birth to Owen?

Shmi Skywalker Lars, as the oldest known Skywalker ancestor, was the Human mother of the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, as well as step-mother to Owen Lars and the paternal grandmother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa Solo.

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How did Vader not know Leia was his daughter?

The short answer is that creator George Lucas had no idea Leia would end up becoming Darth Vader's daughter. But Star Wars books and comics have tried to address the decades-old plot hole.

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Why Did Plagueis Choose Shmi to Be Anakin's Mother? Star Wars Explained

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Is Owen Anakin's half brother?

Owen Lars was a human male from the desert planet Tatooine who worked as a moisture farmer. He was the son of Aika and Cliegg Lars, and he became the stepbrother of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker when Cliegg married Anakin's mother, Shmi Skywalker.

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Did Yoda know Anakin killed the Tusken Raiders?

As far as knowing what Anakin did, Yoda certainly knows as it happens. He senses it, and we even hear Qui-Gon's voice telling Anakin to stop as part of Yoda's vision.

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How much older is Padme than Anakin?

Padmé was born in the year 46 BBY on Naboo, and Anakin was born five years later, in the year 41 BBY. That makes Padmé five years older than Anakin.

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How was Anakin conceived without a father?

In The Phantom Menace, when Qui-Gon Jinn meets tiny Anakin Skywalker and his mother, he goes on about how the Force is like, crazy strong with Anakin or whatever, and then asks his mother about Anakin's dad. Shmi Skywalker is pretty clear in her answer: There isn't a father. She was impregnated by the Force.

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Why was Shmi tied up?

Simple answer, Tusken Raiders like to attack and kidnap moisture farmers. in 22 BBY, Shmi was simply in the wrong place and the wrong time. She was picking mushrooms off some far out moisturizers, they got a hold of her and decided to torture and enslave her.

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How was Anakin Skywalker born without a father?

In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Shmi Skywalker (Pernilla August as Luke and Leia's grandmother) told Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) that “there was no father,” suggesting Anakin was the product of a virgin birth that just came out of the Force.

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Who is Rey's dad?

In a new excerpt, it's revealed that the names of Rey's parents are Dathan and Miramir. Dathan is the dad and Miramir the mother, if you were wondering; it's not always clear with these names from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

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Who has highest Midichlorian count?

The highest known midi-chlorian count—over 20,000 per cell—belonged to the Jedi Anakin Skywalker, who was believed to have been conceived by the midi-chlorians.

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Is Palpatine Rey's grandfather?

Rey (portrayed by Daisy Ridley) is the granddaughter of Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious through Dathan. Born on the planet Hyperkarn in 15 ABY, as a child in 21 ABY, Rey was abandoned by her parents on the planet Jakku to protect her from Sidious.

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How old is Anakin when he dies?

Anakin Skywalker lived an adventurous life in his early years and then became more menacing in his middle age, ultimately dying in his mid-40s.

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Did Anakin visit Padmé's grave?

At some point after his transformation into the armored Darth Vader, Amidala's husband, the fallen Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker came to visit the mausoleum, stricken by grief and remorse for his part in her death.

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What does Padmé say before she dies?

But amazingly, right before she passes away, Padme tells Obi-Wan, "There is good in him.

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Which Jedi became a Tusken Raider?

The Tusken Raider Jedi

Sharad Hett was a famous Jedi Master who exiled himself on Tatooine. He became disillusioned with his life as a Jedi after the loss of his family. Sharad Hett embraced the culture of the Tusken Raiders.

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Why did the Tusken Raiders accept Boba Fett?

After escaping the infamous Sarlacc pit, Boba Fett is enslaved by the Tusken Raiders. He quickly earns their respect, and they make him a part of their tribe. Boba is both following in his father's footsteps and allowing yet another parallel to the Native experience.

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Who trained Qui-Gon Jinn?

Identified as a Force-sensitive, he was taken for training by the Jedi Order and was assigned to the Heliost Clan where he learned lightsaber combat from Jedi Master Tera Sinube. When Jinn was twelve years old, he was assigned as a Padawan to Jedi Master Dooku, from whom he learned the ways of the Force.

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Is Owen Obi-Wan son?

Owen was the perceived brother of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi seen through a vision from the Force. In reality, Kenobi was actually seeing Owen Lars, Anakin Skywalker's stepbrother.

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Who is Obi-Wan's brother?

In the Star Wars film franchise, Obi-Wan does not have a known brother. However, he almost did. In the original Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi screenplay, Obi-Wan did have a brother, and it was none other than Owen Lars (Joel Edgerton)—Luke Skywalker's step-uncle and Anakin's step-brother.

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Did Owen ever meet Anakin?

Attack of the Clones

Owen meets his step-brother, Anakin Skywalker, and his girlfriend, Padme Amidala.

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Who is Rey Skywalker's son?

Affiliation(s) Zayne Skywalker was a force-sensitive Jedi Knight, and the son of Ben Solo and Rey Palpatine, a dyad in the force as the grandson of the Chosen One and the son of power force wielders, who became a legendary warrior and hero for the galaxy in the decades after the Battle of Exegol.

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