Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Grew Up… a poor slave on the desert planet Tatooine. Although he lived with his loving mother, Anakin’s slave-master, Watto, gave him very little freedom. Fortunately, Jedi knights discovered Anakin, and after a fateful wager was placed, Anakin won his freedom in a pod race. Sadly, his mother couldn’t come with him when he left Tatooine.
Living… at the center of great interest. Anakin Skywalker’s potential power in the Jedi ways of the Force is the greatest that anyone has ever seen. Anakin is the subject of much debate and intrigue among the Jedi council. They wish to ensure that he uses his powers for good and “brings balance to the Force,” rather than being seduced by the Dark Side. So Anakin is appointed to the tutelage of Obi-Wan Kenobi, a noble Jedi.
Profession… Padawan, a Jedi apprentice. Obi-Wan teaches him the old ways of the Jedi order. Anakin is trained to be loyal, selfless, honorable, and, above all, to use his great power for the benefit of life forms everywhere.
Interests… pod racing, repairing broken droids and space ships, and anything that involves fast reflexes. Even before his discovery by Jedis, young Anakin was putting his expert abilities to “good” use, winning races by the twitch of his controls, getting into more trouble than his mother could get him out of.
Relationship Status… involved with Padmé Amidala, the Queen of Naboo.
Challenge… resisting the Dark Side. Both sides of the Force are pulling Anakin toward them. The old Jedi order is at war with the Sith lords, who also desire the powerful young Anakin as a useful tool for their plans of domination. To avoid the Dark Side, Anakin must avoid fear. As Jedi master Yoda puts it, “Fear leads to hate; hate leads to anger; anger leads to suffering.”
Personality… playful, fun-loving, but respectful. Anakin understands the importance of the grave situations at hand, but always finds a way to have fun—even during battle, where he takes great risks for no reason other than to show off his skills. Anakin’s greatest flaw is his vengefulness. If he doesn’t learn to control it, the drive for vengeance could end up ruining him – and the rest of the galaxy.
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Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
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Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padm&?eacute; Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.
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Years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights lead a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker is seduced by the dark side of the Force to become the Emperor's new apprentice: Darth Vader. The Jedi are decimated, as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Jedi Master Yoda are forced into hiding. The only hope for the galaxy are Anakin's own offspring—the twin children born in secrecy who will grow up to become heroes.
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There is a great disturbance in the Force. . . . From the sleek ships of the glimmering Coruscant skyscape to the lush gardens of pastoral Naboo, dissent is roiling. The Republic is failing, even under the leadership of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, elected ten years earlier to save the crumbling government. Separatists threaten war, and the Senate is hopelessly divided, unable to determine whether to raise an army for battle or keep the fragile peace. It is a stalemate that once broken, could lead to galactic chaos.
Mischievous and resolved, courageous to the point of recklessness, Anakin Skywalker has come of age in a time of great upheaval. The nineteen-year-old apprentice to Obi-Wan Kenobi is an enigma to the Jedi Council, and a challenge to his Jedi Master. Time has not dulled Anakin’s ambition, nor has his Jedi training tamed his independent streak. When an attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala’s life brings them together for the first time in ten years, it is clear that time also has not dulled Anakin’s intense feelings for the beautiful diplomat.
The attack on Senator Amidala just before a crucial vote thrusts the Republic even closer to the edge of disaster. Masters Yoda and Mace Windu sense enormous unease. The dark side is growing, clouding the Jedi’s perception of the events. Unbeknownst to the Jedi, a slow rumble is building into the roar of thousands of soldiers readying for battle. But even as the Republic falters around them, Anakin and Padmé find a connection so intense that all else begins to fall away. Anakin will lose himself—and his way—in emotions a Jedi, sworn to hold allegiance only to the Order, is forbidden to have.
Based on the story by George Lucas and the screenplay by George Lucas and Jonathan Hales, this intense and revealing novel by bestselling author R. A. Salvatore sheds new light on the legend of Star Wars—and skillfully illuminates one of our most beloved sagas. -
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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, an evil legacy long believed dead is stirring. Now the dark side of the Force threatens to overwhelm the light, and only an ancient Jedi prophecy stands between hope and doom for the entire galaxy.
On the green, unspoiled world of Naboo, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, arrive to protect the realm’s young queen as she seeks a diplomatic solution to end the siege of her planet by Trade Federation warships. At the same time, on desert-swept Tatooine, a slave boy named Anakin Skywalker, who possesses a strange ability for understanding the “rightness” of things, toils by day and dreams by night—of becoming a Jedi Knight and finding a way to win freedom for himself and his beloved mother. It will be the unexpected meeting of Jedi, Queen, and a gifted boy that will mark the start of a drama that will become legend.
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