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    Shmi Skywalker Lars

    The mother of Anakin Skywalker was also a brave and resilient woman who survived life as a slave to become a Tatooine moisture farmer. Shmi surrendered her son to the Jedi Order, putting him on a path to become one of the greatest Jedi. Her death at the hands of Tusken Raiders became a critical step on Anakin's journey to the dark side.

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Appearances
  • Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (Episode II)
  • Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Episode I)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Locations
  • Tatooine
  • Lars Farm
Gender
  • Female
Dimensions
  • Height: 1.63m

History

Qui-Gon Jinn and Shmi Skywalker

A slave on Tatooine, Shmi Skywalker raised her son Anakin in Mos Espa. The Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn discovered that Anakin was strong with the Force and helped the boy win his freedom, then took him to Coruscant to be trained as a Jedi.

Anakin Skywalker carries his mother

Shmi remained on Tatooine, where a moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars bought her from Watto, freed her and made her his wife. But Tusken Raiders captured Shmi and tortured her. Anakin arrived too late to save his mother, and vowed he would grow so powerful that he could prevent those he loved from dying.

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  • Shmi Skywalker: One Love
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    Shmi Skywalker: One Love

    Episode I's "One" campaign included this commercial featuring Shmi Skywalker, and first aired on May 3, 1999.

  • Jedi Reflexes
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    Jedi Reflexes

    Inside the humble home of young Anakin Skywalker and his mother Shmi, Qui-Gon and Anakin discuss Podracing and Jedi Knights. Qui-Gon shows off his "Jedi reflexes" by catching Jar Jar's tongue as it lunges for food.

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    • In the final years of the Republic, Shmi Skywalker was a slave on Tatooine. Originally the proper...
    • Anakin vowed to help the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn when he was trapped on Tatooine. Qui-Gon discov...
    • Qui-Gon suspected that Anakin was the Chosen One foretold by ancient Jedi prophecy, and decided t...
    • Honoring the terms of his bet with Qui-Gon, Watto freed Anakin from slavery, but refused to give ...
    • Over the next decade Anakin grew in strength as a Padawan in the Jedi Order, but he was haunted b...
    • Anakin discovered that a moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars had bought Shmi from Watto, freed her,...
    • Anakin buried Shmi in the sand at the Lars farm, and swore that he would grow so powerful with th...
    • While on the mysterious planet Mortis, Anakin experienced a vision of his mother. Time had done n...
  • In the final years of the Republic, Shmi Skywalker was a slave on Tatooine. Originally the property of Gardulla the Hutt, she and her son Anakin belonged to the Toydarian junk merchant Watto. Shmi taught Anakin to be kind to others, though she worried about his love of the fast, dangerous sport of podracing.

  • Anakin vowed to help the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn when he was trapped on Tatooine. Qui-Gon discovered Anakin’s incredible strength with the Force, and Shmi revealed the strange truth about her son’s parentage: There had been no father.

  • Qui-Gon suspected that Anakin was the Chosen One foretold by ancient Jedi prophecy, and decided the Force had meant him to find Anakin and bring him to Coruscant for training in the Jedi Order. But first Anakin had to win his freedom. As Shmi watched anxiously, her son prevailed in the dangerous podrace known as the Boonta Eve Classic.

  • Honoring the terms of his bet with Qui-Gon, Watto freed Anakin from slavery, but refused to give Shmi her freedom. Wanting a better life for her son, Shmi urged him to go with Qui-Gon and not look back.

  • Over the next decade Anakin grew in strength as a Padawan in the Jedi Order, but he was haunted by being parted from his mother and worried about her fate. He was plagued by nightmares of Shmi in peril, and traveled to Tatooine with Padmé Amidala to find out what had happened to her.

  • Anakin discovered that a moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars had bought Shmi from Watto, freed her, and married her. But when he visited the Lars farm, he learned Tusken Raiders had kidnapped his mother. Anakin found Shmi, but she died in his arms. Giving in to his rage, he slaughtered the Tuskens who had taken her.

  • Anakin buried Shmi in the sand at the Lars farm, and swore that he would grow so powerful with the Force that he would be able to stop the people he loved from dying. His unwise vow would leave him even more vulnerable to seduction by the dark side of the Force, with dark consequences for the Jedi Order and the galaxy.

  • While on the mysterious planet Mortis, Anakin experienced a vision of his mother. Time had done nothing to ease Anakin’s pain, and his memories of losing Shmi would make him doubly determined to prevent the death of his wife Padmé Amidala – a fear the Sith Lord Darth Sidious would exploit.

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    Discovered as a slave on Tatooine by Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker had the potential to become one of the most powerful Jedi ever. Some even believed he was the prophesied Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force. Always pushing the limits of his Jedi training, seeking to excel and live up to his reputation, Skywalker's passion often brought him into conflict with his mentor, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. A hero of the Clone Wars, Anakin was caring and compassionate, but suffered from a deep fear of loss that would prove to be his downfall.

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