who were anakin skywalker's parents?
Shmi Skywalker
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 Lucas had originally planned to include even more ties to the original trilogy , and wrote early drafts of the script in which a 10 @-@ year @-@ old Han Solo appeared on Kashyyyk , but the role was not cast or shot . He also wrote a scene in which Palpatine reveals to Anakin that he created him from midichlorians , and is thus his " father " , a clear parallel to Vader 's revelation to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back , but Lucas ejected this scene as well . 

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 In all versions , Angada is born from Tara 's marriage to Vali . 

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 The prequel trilogy begins 32 years before the original film , with the corrupt Trade Federation setting up a blockade of battleships around the planet Naboo . The Sith Lord Darth Sidious had secretly planned the blockade to give his alter ego , Senator Palpatine , a pretense to overthrow and replace the Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic . At the Chancellor 's request , the Jedi Knight Qui @-@ Gon Jinn and his apprentice , a younger Obi @-@ Wan Kenobi , are sent to Naboo to negotiate with the Federation . However , the two Jedi are forced to instead help the Queen of Naboo , Padmé Amidala , escape from the blockade and plead her planet 's crisis before the Republic Senate on Coruscant . When their starship is damaged during the escape , they land on Tatooine for repairs , where Qui @-@ Gon discovers a nine @-@ year @-@ old Anakin Skywalker . Qui @-@ Gon comes to believe that Anakin is the " Chosen One " foretold by Jedi prophecy to bring balance to the Force , and he helps liberate the boy from slavery . The Jedi Council , led by Yoda , reluctantly allows Obi @-@ Wan to train Anakin after Qui @-@ Gon is killed by Palpatine 's first apprentice , Darth Maul , during the Battle of Naboo . 

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 This new story point of Darth Vader being Luke 's father had drastic effects on the series . Michael Kaminski argues in his book that it is unlikely that the plot point had ever seriously been considered or even conceived of before 1978 , and that the first film was clearly operating under an alternate storyline where Vader was separate from Luke 's father ; there is not a single reference to this plot point before 1978 . After writing the second and third drafts of Empire Strikes Back in which the point was introduced , Lucas reviewed the new backstory he had created : Anakin Skywalker was Ben Kenobi 's brilliant student and had a child named Luke , but was swayed to the dark side by Emperor Palpatine ( who became a Sith and not simply a politician ) . Anakin battled Ben Kenobi on the site of a volcano and was wounded , but then resurrected as Darth Vader . Meanwhile , Kenobi hid Luke on Tatooine while the Republic became the Empire and Vader systematically hunted down and killed the Jedi . 

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 Pernilla August as Shmi Skywalker , Anakin 's mother who is concerned for her son 's future and allows him leave with the Jedi . August , a veteran of Swedish cinema , was chosen after auditioning with Liam Neeson . She was afraid of being rejected because of her accent . 
