The second fan theory makes the most sense, however: the nabbing and murder of Shmi Skywalker-Lars was a cruel coming-of-age ritual for that specific tribe of Tusken Raider younglings. One user figured the ritual was essentially a test of how well the Tuskens could make an outsider suffer before they inevitably died.
Shmi may have been saved as a sacrifice to appease a god. Its clearly a part of their religion: otherwise, they wouldnt have been so quick to sacrifice for Vader.
It was presented as a key moment in Anakin's fall to the dark side, with the future Emperor encouraging the Jedi into murdering a defeated foe. In one early draft, Palpatine pushed Anakin to do the deed by revealing Dooku had paid the Tusken Raiders to kidnap and kill Shmi.
Relationships were strictly forbidden in the Jedi Order, and all of them had to forgo their own parents. So with Anakin being a Padawan up to Attack of the Clones, there was never a chance for him to sneak off and go find Shmi, at least without Obi-Wan knowing.
Their most important contribution is also their darkest: the abduction and murder of Anakin's mother, Shmi, during Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. She died in captivity, and Anakin responded by slaughtering the entire tribe, beginning his path to the dark side of the Force in earnest.
The Tusken Raiders abducted Shmi Skywalker because they could. It probably wasn't planned, but as her husband explained, she was out one day picking mushrooms off the moisture vaporators and they saw her and took her. Perhaps a ransom demand was made, perhaps not.
In the Star Wars film trilogies, Tusken Raiders are cartoon native villains. They're identified as one of the native sentient species of Tatooine who first appear in A New Hope, where they attack Luke Skywalker for no reason until Obi-Wan scares them away with dragon noises.
After learning of his mother's kidnapping, Anakin set out to find her, but Shmi died in his arms when he arrived too late. Filled with rage, Anakin infamously slaughtered the men "but the women and the children too." The moment proved to be a pivotal turning point in his fall to the Dark side.
In Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), Padme dies giving birth to twins, Luke and Leia. Luke is raised by Beru and Owen Lars on Tatooine. Leia is raised by Senator Bail Organa and Queen Breha Organa on Alderaan. Anakin, who has since become the Sith Lord Darth Vader, is unaware of his children's birth.
After Skywalker voiced his fear that he would bring great suffering in the future, the Father used his Force powers to erase Anakin's recent memory and to drive the dark side from him.
Palpatine began abusing Anakin right from the word “go”, and from the moment he clapped eyes on the kid in The Phantom Menace. What he did at first was known as “grooming”. Now, some people don't fully understand what grooming entails, and the process of how Palpatine groomed Anakin.
Enraged by Shmi's death, Skywalker ignited his lightsaber and slaughtered the guards standing outside the hut. He proceeded to murder every Tusken in the camp, including the women and children.
While waiting for the two to finish their assignments, Darth Vader goes to another Tusken Raider village and apparently slaughters them all once again. Darth Vader's hatred for the Tusken Raiders stemmed from the torture Shmi endured as their captive, which fuels his connection to the Dark side of the force.
Padme regarded Anakin's actions against the Tuskens as "justice". She regarded the Tuskens' actions against Shmi, and Anakin's actions against the Jedi as "monstrous". She saw nothing wrong with Anakin enacting revenge against the Tuskens. She never considered the idea that revenge is not justice.
Anakin tells Padme that he hates sand because it is "coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere."
Terrio describes Rey's journey to Tatooine as a pilgrimage honoring the Skywalker family heritage, saying: “Rey brings the sabers there to honor the Skywalker twins by laying them to rest—together, finally—where it all began.
However, Leia's strong-mindedness during Vader's probe denied him the opportunity to discover she was his daughter. That serves to justify Vader's lack of awareness of his connection to Leia, although, perhaps, not as satisfyingly as if Lucas had planned for the relationship from the beginning.
Reva knows that Anakin Skywalker is Darth Vader because she was one of his targets—a child—during the Order 66 killings that took place during the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Darth Vader didn't learn he had a daughter until Return of the Jedi, when he stood before Emperor Palpatine. The Emperor's power probed Luke's mind, attempting to goad him to fall to the dark side, and he discovered Leia's existence.
Did Padme ever cheat on Anakin? No. As explained above, Padme did not cheat on Anakin with either Obi-Wan Kenobi or Rush Clovis.
Why was Anakin afraid of losing Padme? Letting her go just might have saved her life and the Jedi Order. So, clearly, Anakin never actually loved Padmé. He was simply afraid of being alone and losing the one that loved him, and that is only greed, attachment and selfishness, not love.
However, when they next met in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Anakin and Padmé's feelings for one another grew into something resembling love, and their wedding at the end of the film solidified their relationship as one of the most important romances in Star Wars history.
Before there was Boba Fett, there was Sharad Hett, a human who was Force-sensitive as an infant and whose family willingly surrendered him to the Jedi Council for training. He was trained by Master Eeth Koth at the Academy on Coruscant.
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.
All Sand People wore mouth grilles and eye coverings to retain moisture and keep sand out. However, their need to protect their bodies from Tatooine's weather grew into a taboo against exposing any part of their bodies in public. Because of this, Tuskens almost never unmasked themselves, even in front of one another.