<P> In Attack of the Clones, Anakin (Hayden Christensen), now a young adult Jedi apprentice, senses through the Force that she is in pain . He travels to Tatooine to find her, and, upon arriving, learns that she had been freed by and married to moisture farmer Cliegg Lars (Jack Thompson), but had recently been abducted by Tusken Raiders . He finds her inside one of their encampments, but it's too late--beaten and tortured beyond help, she dies in his arms . Heartbroken and enraged, Anakin slaughters every single Tusken in the camp, including the women and children . His mother's death ignites a strong anger in Anakin, and sets him on the path to becoming Darth Vader . </P> <P> Anakin Skywalker is the son of Shmi Skywalker and no father, due to being conceived through the force . Anakin is discovered on Tatooine by Jedi Master Qui - Gon Jinn who is sure that the boy is the "Chosen One" of Jedi Prophecy, who will bring balance to the Force . After the death of Qui - Gon, he becomes the Padawan of Obi - Wan Kenobi . He also forms a close bond with Padmé Amidala, the young senator of Naboo . The newly elected Chancellor of the Galactic Republic, Palpatine, also befriends Anakin, promising to watch the boy's progress "with great interest" and advise him . Torn between his loyalty to the Jedi and his drive for power, Anakin succumbs to temptation and becomes Darth Vader . </P> <P> The secret wife of Anakin Skywalker, and mother of Luke and Leia and maternal grandmother of Kylo Ren . She served as Queen of Naboo, and later as a Senator for her planet . Her closest friend in the Senate was Senator Bail Organa . She reconnected and fell in love with Anakin Skywalker after he was assigned to protect her from an assassination attempt, and secretly married him shortly after the Battle of Geonosis, and died while giving birth to her children shortly after the first Empire Day . Obi - Wan and Yoda decided to separate the children in order to keep them hidden from Darth Vader . </P> <P> Luke Skywalker is the son of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Senator of Naboo, Padmé Amidala . He is taken in by his uncle and aunt, Owen and Beru Lars, after the death of Padmé and Anakin's fall to the dark side . He is force sensitive and skilled with a lightsaber . In Return of the Jedi, a dying Yoda confirms to Luke, that Darth Vader (previously Anakin Skywalker) is actually his father, despite Luke's belief that Vader's claim to fatherhood in The Empire Strikes Back was a ruse to pull Luke to the dark side . He also finds out from Obi - Wan's force ghost that Princess Leia Organa is his sister . In The Force Awakens, as the last known Jedi, Luke is in hiding after failing to prevent his nephew Ben (now Kylo Ren) from turning to the dark side to join Supreme Leader Snoke . </P>

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