35 Facts About Shmi Skywalker

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Darth Vader, in his previous identity as Anakin Skywalker, is a lead character in the prequel film trilogy and so is his wife and the twins' mother Padme Amidala; while his mother Shmi is a minor character in the first and second films respectively.

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Shmi Skywalker informs Qui-Gon that Anakin has no father, leading Qui-Gon to suggest that Anakin is a product of midi-chlorians.

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Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones reveals that, in Anakin's absence, Shmi Skywalker has married Cliegg Lars, becoming the stepmother of Owen.

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4.

Shmi Skywalker later dies after being kidnapped and tortured by Tusken Raiders.

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5.

Shmi Skywalker is the mother of Anakin Skywalker, the mother-in-law of Padme Amidala, the paternal grandmother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, the grandmother-in-law of Han Solo, and the maternal great-grandmother of Ben Solo.

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6.

Shmi Skywalker appears in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.

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7.

Shmi Skywalker was captured by pirates as a child alongside her parents, and was sold to the Hutts.

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8.

Shmi Skywalker welcomes Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn into their home, and tells him that Anakin has no father; she simply became pregnant with him.

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9.

In spite of her poverty, Shmi Skywalker tries to give Anakin a good home in the slave quarter of Mos Espa.

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10.

Shmi Skywalker allows Anakin to leave with Qui-Gon, assuring her heartbroken son that they will meet again.

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11.

Shmi Skywalker finds her inside one of their encampments, but he arrives too late—beaten and tortured beyond help, she dies in his arms.

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12.

Anakin Skywalker is the son of Shmi Skywalker, born without a father through the Force.

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13.

Shmi Skywalker is the secret husband of Padme Amidala, the father of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, the father-in-law of Han Solo, and the maternal grandfather of Ben Solo.

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14.

Shmi Skywalker served as Queen of Naboo, and later as a Senator for her planet.

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15.

Shmi Skywalker 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.

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16.

Shmi Skywalker realizes that Anakin has started to have nightmares of her dying in childbirth and assures him that it was just a dream and that it won't happen.

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17.

Shmi Skywalker is taken in by his uncle and aunt, Owen and Beru Lars, after the death of Padme and Anakin's fall to the dark side.

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18.

Shmi Skywalker finds out from Obi-Wan's Force Ghost that Princess Leia Organa is his sister.

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19.

Shmi Skywalker married Han Solo and had a son named Ben Solo, later Kylo Ren, whose turning to the dark side separated the couple before the events of The Force Awakens.

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20.

Shmi Skywalker dies spending her energy trying to reach Ben, which helps him come back to the light side.

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21.

Shmi Skywalker is killed by Ben, who has become Kylo Ren, after failing to convince his son to turn from the dark side.

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22.

Shmi Skywalker joins his restored Jedi Order, and they have a son, Ben Skywalker, in the middle of the New Jedi Order series.

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23.

Shmi Skywalker has appeared in various novels and the Champions of the Force set for the Star Wars Miniatures game.

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24.

Shmi Skywalker briefly becomes the apprentice of fallen Jedi Kyp Durron.

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25.

Shmi Skywalker is present at the conclusion of the war with the Yuuzhan Vong.

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26.

Shmi Skywalker is a major character in several Star Wars novels, particularly as the protagonist of The New Jedi Order series and later as the antagonist of the Legacy of the Force series, in which he becomes known as Darth Caedus.

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27.

Anakin is named after his maternal grandfather, Anakin Shmi Skywalker, and, like his namesake, is a talented pilot who is prodigiously gifted both in the Force and mechanical engineering.

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28.

Shmi Skywalker would have dreams of Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader trying to persuade him to fall to the dark side of the Force; Anakin overcomes this fear in Anakin's Quest, in which he confronts himself.

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29.

Shmi Skywalker is born during the New Jedi Order series.

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30.

Shmi Skywalker proves himself as both a fighter and as an investigator to carry on his father's name.

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31.

Shmi Skywalker is born during the Dark Nest trilogy of novels.

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32.

Shmi Skywalker's death is faked and she is adopted by her grandparents under the false identity of "Amelia", a supposed war orphan.

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33.

Shmi Skywalker took the name Bantha Rawk upon leaving the Jedi and works as a mechanic.

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34.

Shmi Skywalker is a junkyard trader who is embroiled in the continuing conflict between the new Sith and the Republic-Imperial alliance.

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35.

Shmi Skywalker is a protagonist of the Star Wars: Legacy comic book series from Dark Horse, which takes place 125 years after Return of the Jedi.

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