Character Analysis Of Anakin In Star Wars

Almost everyone is familiar with the Star Wars franchise, throughout these movies viewers see continuous character development. Starting with the first three movies viewers see the rise and eventual fall of a character named Anakin Skywalker. Anakin is an interesting character because he was believed to be the chosen one who would defeat the Sith and bring balance to the Force however, he is transformed by the lure of the dark side into a ruthless character called Darth Vader. Anakin grew up a slave on the planet of Tatooine and was discovered at the age of 9 by the Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn who believed him to be the chosen one. After seeing his potential, Anakin was brought before the Jedi council to determine if he would be trained in the …show more content…
The pair went to Naboo to hide, while there Anakin professed his love for Amidala and even though she felt the same, Anakin was a Jedi and forbidden form forming attachments. During his time on Naboo Anakin experienced dreams of his mother suffering and returned to Tatooine to rescue her. He was able to track her to a camp of Tusken raiders however shortly after finding her she died in his arms. Overcome with rage and grief Anakin slaughtered the entire camp of Tusken raiders, this would mark a pivotal turning point in his transformation into Darth …show more content…
He then returned to the Jedi temple and killed many of the Jedi which included younglings and Jedi masters alike. Anakin met once more with Amidala and told her that he was going to the planet Mustafar, home of the Separatist Council to end the ongoing war. While on Mustafar he killed the leaders of the Separatist Council and sent shutdown signals which ended the ongoing Clone Wars however, unknown to Anakin, Amidala followed him to Mustafar with Obi-Wan hidden away on her ship. She had now realized that Anakin had fallen to the dark side and pleaded with him to stop but Anakin noticed Obi-Wan and became enraged believing that Amidala had betrayed