Anakin Skywalker, a Force-sensitive male from the planet Tatooine. He was a Jedi Knight of the Galactic Republic, a hero of the Clone Wars, and the prophesized "Chosen One" of the Jedi Order. Anakin was married to Padmé Amidala, and they had two children, Luke and Leia.
During the reign of the Galactic Empire, Anakin was known as Darth Vader, a powerful Sith Lord and apprentice to the Emperor, Darth Sidious. Skywalker was born forty-one years before the Battle of Yavin, on the planet Tatooine in the Outer Rim Territories of the galaxy. Although he had a mother, Shmi Skywalker, there was no father involved in Skywalker's conception. This revelation led Qui-Gon Jinn—the Jedi Master who discovered Skywalker and liberated him from slavery—to suspect that Skywalker had been conceived by the midi-chlorians. The Jedi High Council initially rejected Jinn's request to train Skywalker, deeming him too emotional and too old to become a Jedi, but later reversed their decision following the Battle of Naboo where they discovered that the Sith had returned.
