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Shmi Skywalker: Mother of a monster
On this Mother's Day, we delve into Shmi Skywalker, mother of the infamous Darth Vader. Did she unwittingly sow the seeds of ...
Andor doesn't waste its time with major Easter eggs, but its finale does honor Revenge of the Sith in a big way.
A core issue with the Star Wars prequel trilogy is that the characters’ motivations are often obscured by unexplained world-building or erratic choices. But Stover’s adaptation offers deeper ...
Anakin: I don't want things to change. Shmi Skywalker: But you can't stop the change any more than you can... stop the suns from setting. Qui-Gon Jinn: The Force is unusually strong with him. That ...
Still from the movie (Image via Youtube/Star Wars) These wise lines are spoken by Shmi Skywalker to her son, Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Phantom Menace. These lines occur at a time when Anakin ...
As the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker was believed to be created by the Force as feedback when Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious were trying to influence the midi-chlorians to create life. As such, Shmi ...
Anakin Skywalker created C-3PO to serve as the protocol droid that would assist his mother. However, after Shmi Skywalker’s death, 3PO became Padme’s personal protocol droid. As such, he witnessed ...
He didn't lose her. He killed her. Anakin Skywalker’s fall in Star Wars wasn’t a twist of fate—it was a slow unraveling. Every moment—the separation from his mother, the death of Shmi, the Council’s ...