52 Facts About Anakin Skywalker

1. Anakin Skywalker would rescue and protect Amidala from numerous dangers such as General Grievous,[39] the Zillo Beast,[58] and the Blue Shadow Virus.

2. Anakin Skywalker had first met Amidala when she posed as a handmaiden and commoner at Watto's shop in Mos Espa.

3. Anakin Skywalker struggled to keep his emotions in check—especially his anger.

4. Anakin Skywalker refused to believe the truth, but Vader continued to tempt his weakened son, offering Skywalker the chance to destroy the Emperor and "bring order to the galaxy.

5. Anakin Skywalker refused, insisting that their baby was blessing, not a curse.

6. Anakin Skywalker eventually succeeded in crash-landing the Invisible Hand on a deserted landing strip, returning the once-captive Chancellor to Coruscant unharmed.

7. Anakin Skywalker unleashed his fury on the Sith Lord, brutally overwhelming him and slicing off both of his hands.

8. At some point near the end of the war, Anakin Skywalker was contacted by his former apprentice Ahsoka Tano, who had discovered the whereabouts of Darth Maul.

9. Anakin Skywalker had the Banshee fired on, forcing the renegades to land on the planet below.

10. Anakin Skywalker was dispatched alongside Windu to defend the Republic shipyards on Anaxes.

11. Anakin Skywalker watched as they gunned Fives down, dying in Rex's arms.

12. Anakin Skywalker refused to believe that the Chancellor was involved in this conspiracy about the inhibitor chips, but their conversation was cut short by the arrival of the Coruscant Guard.

13. Anakin Skywalker was told by Senator Amidala that one of her former handmaidens, Duja, had found something near Batuu that she and Skywalker should investigate.

14. Anakin Skywalker countered "I will not leave her fate up to others.

15. Anakin Skywalker had his men search around the outpost, to no avail several times over.

16. Anakin Skywalker arrived as his Padawan disabled the ship and went to rescue Kenobi, while the Son went to steal the Dagger.

17. Anakin Skywalker begged the Father to save Tano, and the dying Daughter used Skywalker as a conduit to channel the last of her life force into Tano, resurrecting her.

18. Anakin Skywalker fought her, soon to be joined by Kenobi, only to be interrupted by the Father's arrival.

19. Anakin Skywalker allowed Tano to go with Amidala in order for her to learn more about politics.

20. Anakin Skywalker fought Synata until he held at the end of his lightsaber.

21. Anakin Skywalker retorted that the bill seemed more important than their love, but Amidala countered that it wasn't, just that they both lived to serve the Republic.

22. Anakin Skywalker tried to ease her mind, telling her that the party would work out and that she should relax, when they saw C-3PO being fuzzy about the arrangements.

23. Anakin Skywalker rushed to her encounter, where he consoled Tano on her doubts about sparing her friend's life.

24. Anakin Skywalker accompanied her to the Jedi Council, where the Masters encouraged her to find out about his possible treachery.

25. Anakin Skywalker admitted to the Council that they were unable to find out who was behind the kidnappings, to which Yoda advised caution on the path ahead.

26. Anakin Skywalker was troubled by dreams of his mother suffering, which prompted him to return to Tatooine and rescue her, to which Amidala agreed to accompany him.

27. Anakin Skywalker rushed to a row of speeders parked near Padme's apartment.

28. Anakin Skywalker was taken to one of the Open's fortresses, where he witnessed as Pran used the processors he had repaired to activate some battle droids.

29. Anakin Skywalker fought in the Battle of Naboo in a vicious Starfighter battle above the planet.

30. Anakin Skywalker was the member of the group which, led by Amidala, grabbed the chance to recapture the Theed Royal Palace.

31. Anakin Skywalker managed to resolve his engine difficulties and quickly regained his ground, passing up several other Podracers before gaining a tail on Gasgano.

32. Anakin Skywalker continued to hold the lead until they ran into a series of archways.

33. Anakin Skywalker used a power pack that Jinn had lifted from Watto's shop to start the podracer, and the group was heartened to witness the engines activating and running perfectly.

34. Anakin Skywalker was born in the year 41 BBY on the Outer Rim planet Tatooine during the Age of the Republic.

35. Anakin Skywalker eventually succumbed to this temptation, maiming former ally Mace Windu to save Sidious.

36. Anakin Skywalker was determined to prevent his dreams from coming true as they had with his mother; at the same time, the Jedi Council and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine had become distrustful of each other, with Anakin caught in the middle.

37. Anakin Skywalker was deeply attracted to her, and a love developed between the two.

38. Anakin Skywalker served the Galactic Republic as a Jedi Knight, he lost his way and fell to the dark side of the Force becoming Darth Vader.

39. Anakin Skywalker was meant to bring that balance, as the chosen one.

40. Anakin Skywalker is a major character in Dark Horse's Star Wars: Republic series.

41. Anakin Skywalker becomes a Jedi Knight and is quickly promoted to a General of the Republic's Clone Army, due in part to Palpatine's influence.

42. Anakin Skywalker is a lead character in all three seasons of the Clone Wars microseries, which takes place four months after the conclusion of Attack of the Clones.

43. Anakin Skywalker is a recurring character in the 2D animated web series Star Wars Forces of Destiny.

44. Anakin Skywalker is a lead character in all seasons of The Clone Wars.

45. Anakin Skywalker reports Palpatine's treachery to Jedi Master Mace Windu, who subdues him.

46. Anakin Skywalker travels with Padme to Geonosis to rescue Obi-Wan from Sith Lord Count Dooku, Qui-Gon's old master and leader of the Separatists, a conspiracy of star systems bent on seceding from the Galactic Republic.

47. Anakin Skywalker has a main and recurring role in games, comics, books and the non-canon Star Wars Legends material.

48. Anakin Skywalker was conceived without a father and he can foresee the future.

49. Anakin Skywalker battled Obi-Wan on the site of a volcano and was badly wounded, but was then reborn as Vader.

50. Anakin Skywalker appears in numerous iterations of the Star Wars Expanded Universe including television series, video games, novels, literature and comic books.

51. Anakin Skywalker is the father of Princess Leia Organa, the secret husband of Padme Amidala, and grandfather of Kylo Ren, the main villain of the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

52. Anakin Skywalker is a primary antagonist in the original trilogy, but, as Anakin Skywalker, is the main protagonist of the prequel trilogy.