Anakin

Image: Lucasfilm The mumbo-jumbo of prophecies in the galaxy of Star Wars has caused stir and confusion for years among fans, and the debate about the Chosen One is alive again. Over the course of 45 years, nine mainline films, and countless spin-offs, the Force and the idea of a Chosen One have both become increasingly muddled. The prequel trilogy was the first Star Wars media to give credence to the Chosen One, with Qui-Gon Jinn believing a young Anakin Skywalker would “bring balance to the force” by defeating…

via Lucasfilm Star Wars fans are expressing their love for animated Anakin Skywalker from The Clone Wars over live-action Anakin Skywalker from the movies. Star Wars: The Clone Wars ran for seven seasons on three different networks, and presented a post-sand/pre-Sith Anakin, which seems to be the sweet spot of the character’s development—at least according to posters in the Star Wars subreddit. Nahim33 began the love-fest by writing, “I know they are the same character, but am I the only one who prefers Clone…

Image via Disney/Lucasfilm Before turning evil and almost immediately slaughtering half the Jedi Temple, Anakin Skywalker was a hero of the Republic through his contribution to the war effort against the Separatists. Not only that, his close friends and family, including Padme and Ahsoka or even Obi-Wan, would describe him as a kind and generous person, which begs the question: What would Clone Wars Anakin think about what he would eventually become? That’s apparently also the question Star Wars fans have been…

One day we’ll find out how these characters met.Screenshot: Disney+Arguably the most important meeting in Star Wars history has taken place, we just haven’t seen it. After The Book of Boba Fett, we now know that Ahsoka Tano and Luke Skywalker were acquaintances in the time between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. But how that meeting of the forever-linked Force wielders happened, no one knows. Well, Star Wars mega producer Dave Filoni does, but he’s not telling.In the original trilogy, Luke isclueless. From…

The mission, that is Folks are being charmed all over again by both LEGO and Star Wars collectively, as many have collectively been taken in by a combination of nostalgia and LEGO formula mechanical evolutions in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. The High Ground Skywalker Saga mission has been patched, among a few other bugs that folks have been encountering recently. In all, three missions have been fixed, all of which were either game-breaking or progress-halting bugs (two locked story completion, and one messed…

For 20 years, Darth Vader’s origins were the stuff of mystery to Star Wars fans, before Anakin Skywalker’s story was told across the prequel trilogy. Given the pressure George Lucas and his team were under to get it right, then, it’s no surprise that the films ended up being hugely controversial at the time, especially Hayden Christensen’s portrayal of the future Sith Lord. When you realize just how difficult a task Christensen was set in bringing the young Darth Vader to life, however, even the most ardent…