Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Many in the English-speaking world know her best as Shmi Skywalker, the mother of Anakin Skywalker, [8] from Lucas's Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), [9] and its sequel Attack of the Clones (2002). [10] She shared the role as Virgin Mary in Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999) with Melinda Kinnaman. [11]
Luke Skywalker (portrayed by Mark Hamill) is the older twin brother of Leia Organa, the brother-in-law of Han Solo, the uncle of Ben Solo, the son of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, and the grandson of Shmi Skywalker. 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.
As Padmé ends her reign as queen and becomes a senator, she helps liberate a number of slaves on Tatooine, but is unable to free Anakin's mother, Shmi Skywalker. [27] The novel also explores relationships Padmé has with Rush Clovis, Captain Typho , Captain Panaka , Bail Organa and Chancellor Palpatine.
[a] In "Chapter 22", Anakin appears with the facial scar he has in Revenge of the Sith, [10] and it is implied that Anakin and Padmé may have conceived the Skywalker twins on Naboo. [ 11 ] The series is notable for introducing one of Revenge of the Sith ‘s villains, General Grievous [ 2 ] (in "Chapter 20"), although some of his personality ...
The Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn meets Anakin after making an emergency landing on the planet, and helps him win his freedom. In Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), an older Anakin returns to Tatooine to search for his mother, Shmi, who has been kidnapped by Tusken Raiders. The prequels depict a vast expanse of desert with jagged rock formations.
The franchise-originating film was released in 1977, under the title Star Wars.The subtitle Episode IV – A New Hope was retroactively added to the opening crawl for the theatrical re-release on April 10, 1981, [13] [37] to align with the titling of the sequel, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
Tusken Raiders briefly appear in Episode I: The Phantom Menace, taking shots at the Boonta Eve Classic podracer pilots, and again in Episode II: Attack of the Clones, set 22 years before Star Wars; in this film, they kidnap Anakin Skywalker's mother, Shmi Skywalker, and torture her for a month. Anakin eventually finds her, but she is mortally ...
The now-adult Anakin returns to Tatooine to find his mother. Searching Mos Espa, he finds Watto sitting outside the shop at a small stall. They reunite on somewhat amicable terms and Watto tells Anakin that he sold Shmi some years ago to a moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars , who freed and married her.