Post by Talatheen Phoenix on Nov 15, 2007 22:41:54 GMT -5
Transformation to Vader
It was during this time when the deadly Separatist droid leader General Grievous made an attack on Coruscant and successfully captured Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Before the Separatist armada was able to flee Coruscant, the Battle of Coruscant erupted, with Anakin and Obi-Wan racing back from the Outer Rim Territories in an attempt to rescue the "captive" Chancellor. Arriving in the midst of the battle, they stormed the Confederacy's flagship, the Invisible Hand, in their Eta-2 Actis interceptors. The two Jedi fought their way through the ship until they reached the General's Quarters atop a tower, where Palpatine was being held hostage. His arms were strapped to the General's chair, and the two Jedi came to free him. Count Dooku, a.k.a. Darth Tyranus, then entered the room, escorted by two super battle droids, to confront the heroes. Palpatine claimed that they were no match for Dooku because he was a Sith Lord. Obi-Wan casually brushed aside Palpatine's words of fear boldly proclaiming, "Sith Lords are our specialty".
Unlike their first encounter with Tyranus, Obi-Wan and Anakin fought together against Dooku in a coordinated duel, until the Sith Lord used the Force to choke Kenobi while he simultaneously back-kicked Anakin and threw Obi-Wan across the room, rendering him unconscious and pinning him with a piece of a walkway dislodged by the Force. Anakin fought on with Dooku, eventually letting his emotions get the better of him as Dooku taunted, unleashing all his fear, anger and hatred, and eventually slicing off Dooku's hands, rendering the Sith Lord helpless. It was an act of vengeance from their previous duel, in which Anakin lost his right hand in that duel.
Pleased with this outcome, Palpatine urged Anakin to kill Dooku. After Anakin's hesitation to give in to the Chancellor's wishes, with two lightsabers (including Dooku's own curved, red-bladed lightsaber) crossing at the Dooku's neck, he beheaded the shocked Count, killing him instantly. Anakin did not yet have the knowledge that Palpatine was also Darth Sidious, and he did not know that he was being used to betray Dooku so that Palpatine could train the young Jedi the ways of the dark side. Anakin immediately regretted this action, citing that it is not the way of the Jedi to kill a foe that had already surrendered. Palpatine, however, eased Anakin's conscience by claiming that such an action of violence was "only natural" in such a situation.
Anakin freed Palpatine from his bonds and escaped the Quarters, carrying an unconscious Obi-Wan on his back, ignoring Palpatine's words to leave him behind. However their escape was short lived as they were soon captured and brought before General Grievous on the bridge. R2-D2 created a distraction, which allowed Anakin and Obi-Wan to escape from their bonds and attack the general's bodyguards and droids. Unfortunately, Grievous was able to escape the Jedi as his flagship began to break apart. Anakin managed to pilot what was left of the ship to a rather hard landing on a platform in an abandoned industrial area on Coruscant.
Upon his return to Coruscant, Anakin was reunited with his wife and she informed him of her pregnancy. He was later troubled by visions of Padmé dying in childbirth. Dark times followed when Palpatine made Anakin his representative on the Jedi Council. The other Jedi reluctantly accepted Anakin's placement on the Council, but denied him the rank of Jedi Master. Further, the Jedi Council urged Anakin to keep tabs on Palpatine. This led Anakin to lose his trust in the members of that governing body. He revealed to his beloved wife that he was plagued with uncertainty.
As he continued to meet with Palpatine, the Chancellor slowly began to plant the seeds of the dark side in Anakin. Playing to his fears of Padmé dying, he told Anakin the story of a Sith Lord, Darth Plagueis, who was so powerful he could stop people from dying. Eventually Palpatine revealed his true self, and offered Anakin the chance to learn the ways of the dark side and use its power to save Padmé. Anakin realized that Palpatine was Darth Sidious and promptly reported this to Mace Windu. Windu and three other Jedi went to arrest the Chancellor. Palpatine dueled with the Jedi, slaying three of them almost immediately. Windu and Palpatine continued to fight until Windu came out on top, pointing his weapon at the throat of the cowering Sith (Although Palpatine appears to have lost, this may have been staged for the purpose of gaining sympathy from Anakin, his hopeful protégé).
Anakin arrived just in time to see Windu preparing to kill Palpatine. Palpatine then attacked Windu with Force lightning while pleading to Anakin for help. Trying desperately to block Palpatine's lightning, Windu screamed at Anakin not to listen. During this battle, Palpatine went through a physical transformation as he struggled to intensify his dark side powers, his face becoming hideously deformed and his eyes turning yellow. Windu prevailed and expressed a desire to kill Palpatine and end the Sith; however, Anakin confronted him, stating that Palpatine must stand trial — to execute him is not the way of the Jedi. This was out of his regret for killing Dooku before and out of his fear for losing the chance to save his wife from death. Windu ignored Anakin and prepared to kill Palpatine, but in a flash, Anakin drew his lightsaber, severing Windu's arm. Before Windu could respond, Palpatine used Force lightning to send Windu plummeting to his death. After this, Anakin questioned his actions, but Palpatine stated that he was fulfilling his destiny. He further encouraged Anakin to embrace the dark side. Anakin said he would do anything Palpatine desired; all he wanted was to save Padmé's life. Anakin then pledged himself to the Sith Order, and Sidious endowed him with a new name: Darth Vader.
Showdown on Mustafar and aftermath
In order to increase Vader's power with the dark side, Palpatine ordered him to lead the 501st Legion of clone troopers to the Jedi Temple and kill every Jedi and Padawan inside. Vader did this without question, killing venerable Jedi and Younglings alike. Palpatine then commanded Vader to travel to the planet Mustafar, where he killed the Council of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, including the Trade Federation Viceroy, Nute Gunray, Sidious' former ally who had invaded and occupied Naboo before being defeated by Anakin during the Battle of Naboo, thirteen years before.
Padmé went to Mustafar to try to reason with Anakin, afraid for him and wanting to leave public life to live together and raise their child. Unbeknownst to her, Obi-Wan stowed away on his ship to find Anakin. Upon seeing Obi-Wan, Anakin thought that Padmé had betrayed him and brought Obi-Wan along to kill him. Overwhelmed by his anger and rage, he used the Force to choke Padmé until she lost consciousness. Obi-Wan tried to reason with his former pupil, but he was truly with the dark side of the Force. Anakin and Obi-Wan fought an intense battle throughout the mining complex and down the river of lava outside. The battle ended on the banks of the lava river, where Anakin, in his overconfidence, leaped to strike his former master, only to become severely maimed and immobilized by Obi-Wan's blade.
Anakin tried to claw his way up the bank, using only his remaining prosthetic limb. As he did this, Obi-Wan and Anakin exchanged their parting words.
Obi-Wan: "You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! It was you who would bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!" Anakin: "I hate you!"
Obi-Wan: "You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you."
Shortly after the conversation, Anakin's body caught on fire and he was nearly immolated. As this occurred, Obi-Wan bent down to retrieved Anakin's lightsaber from the ash-covered beaches of the lava river, and left. Keeping himself alive with the Force just as he and Obi-Wan had protected themselves from the lava during their fight, Anakin struggled with near-fatal third-degree burns and severe lung damage, not to mention emotional pain. Darth Sidious arrived and found Anakin barely alive beside the lava river. He took him back to Coruscant and repaired the damage to his body through intensive cybernetic enhancement at the Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center. He ordered the medical droids to keep him awake during the process so the pain would make him stronger. Upon his revival as a cyborg, Vader questioned his master about Padmé. Sidious told him that he had killed his wife in his anger.
Overwhelmed by his despair in the belief he had killed his wife and unborn child, Vader broke his bindings on the operating table and struggled to walk under the sheer weight of his new mechanical legs. His subsequent rage destroyed med droids and severely damaged the facility. Palpatine smiled as he realized that Vader's hatred would serve him well. The only thing that remained in Anakin's life was his service to the new Emperor. The personalities of Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader were further separated by his extremely painful physical and emotional wounds which resulted in a great change in his appearance and character.
Though much of his potential power had now been lost, Darth Vader became the brutal second-in-command of the Galactic Empire, being granted the rank of Executor. He had the blood of many millions, including almost the entire Jedi Order, on his hands. During his 23 years of service to the Emperor, Vader carried out many horrible deeds, including torturing Leia Organa (whom he did not realize was his own daughter). He also nearly killed his son Luke Skywalker several times.
The redemption of Anakin Skywalker
At the time of Battle of Endor on 4 ABY, Luke Skywalker risked everything, including turning himself over to Imperial forces, in order to assure the victory of the Rebel Alliance and the redemption of his father. Luke was brought to Emperor Palpatine on the Death Star by Vader. The Emperor kept trying to lure Luke to the dark side by tormenting him with thoughts of the defeat of the Rebel Alliance and the death of his friends, though Luke kept on trying to restrain himself from fighting his father. Vader, sensing Luke's thoughts, finally discovered he also had a daughter, Leia Organa, Luke's twin sister. Vader then threatened to corrupt Leia, but Luke ignited his lightsaber again and attacked Vader with anger and hatred, slowly converting to the dark side. Then finally, Luke sliced off Vader's mechanical right hand, defeating the Dark Lord. Palpatine cackled with triumph, urging Luke to "fulfill your destiny, and take your father's place at my side". Vader realized that he had been betrayed, just as Count Dooku had been betrayed decades previous.
Just then Luke saw his father's right severed arm, and seeing that it was mechanical, just like his, he realized that he was becoming Vader's successor. Luke tossed his lightsaber away, refusing the Emperor's offer to join him as his new apprentice. Palpatine had finally had enough. He unleashed his powerful Force lightning on Luke. Defiant in the face of evil, Luke suffered the wrath of Palpatine, and Vader could do no more than watch as Luke Skywalker lay dying.
But Anakin Skywalker would not stand by and let his son fall. Anakin never forgot the pain Count Dooku had once inflicted upon him with the lethal power of Force lightning, and could not bear to see his son in such agony. He had been unable to save his mother, he had let Mace Windu die under his Master's power many years before and he had killed his own wife and had ensured his own downfall, but he could save his son. In a final heroic effort of self-sacrifice, rectifying his mistake by not helping Windu kill Palpatine before, Anakin struggled to his feet to rescue his son from the Emperor. He overthrew his dark Master (literally) , casting the Emperor down the Death Star's reactor shaft to his death. However, it was at the cost of his own life. Anakin was badly wounded in the process, and his breathing apparatus short-circuited, but this single act served to redeem his past actions.
Nearing death, Anakin asked Luke to help him remove his mask, so that he could see his son with his own eyes. Luke helped disconnect the mask. Underneath, Anakin was bald, with white skin from not being exposed to natural light for over twenty years. After seeing his son directly, he told Luke that he was right about him—that there was good still in him—and to tell his sister, Leia, the same. With these last words, Anakin Skywalker died and became one with the Force.
Luke escaped the crumbling Death Star in a shuttle with his father's body, and his armor was cremated in the manner of a Jedi (since Anakin's body had apparently vanished), and Luke saw what appeared to be a vision of a forgiven Anakin (whole and without the artificial body of Vader), Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda smiling down upon him. With the deaths of the last two Sith Lords, Anakin had finally brought balance to the Force. His destiny fulfilled, Anakin Skywalker had passed on into the embrace of the light side of the Force.
Aftermath
Anakin Skywalker's specter would continue to appear throughout the years. Shortly after the Battle of Endor, Anakin appeared before Leia Organa in Salis D'aar, the capital of Bakura. There, he begged his daughter for forgiveness for his past crimes. However, Leia had only recently learned of her parentage and was unable to ignore that he had committed gross crimes including the destruction of Alderaan while serving Emperor Palpatine. After that, Anakin Skywalker never reappeared before Leia again. However, in 8 ABY, upon discovering her grandmother's diary Leia realized that her father wasn't the evil monster that she thought he was and learned to forgive him. In 10 ABY, Leia Organa Solo named her youngest child Anakin Solo in remembrance of her father's redemption.
In 30 ABY during the Yuuzhan Vong War, Anakin Skywalker would speak to his grandson Jacen Solo, telling him to "Stand firm!" before Jacen eventually defeated Onimi, the true ruler of the Yuuzhan Vong.
During the events of 35 ABY, while Luke Skywalker was fixing R2-D2, the Jedi Master encountered a hologram of Anakin and Padmé Skywalker in which Anakin says to his wife he had a dream that Padmé died from childbirth.
A year later, Luke also viewed a hologram of Anakin slaughtering Jedi in the Jedi Temple, yet another hologram recorded by the astromech droid.
It was during this time when the deadly Separatist droid leader General Grievous made an attack on Coruscant and successfully captured Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Before the Separatist armada was able to flee Coruscant, the Battle of Coruscant erupted, with Anakin and Obi-Wan racing back from the Outer Rim Territories in an attempt to rescue the "captive" Chancellor. Arriving in the midst of the battle, they stormed the Confederacy's flagship, the Invisible Hand, in their Eta-2 Actis interceptors. The two Jedi fought their way through the ship until they reached the General's Quarters atop a tower, where Palpatine was being held hostage. His arms were strapped to the General's chair, and the two Jedi came to free him. Count Dooku, a.k.a. Darth Tyranus, then entered the room, escorted by two super battle droids, to confront the heroes. Palpatine claimed that they were no match for Dooku because he was a Sith Lord. Obi-Wan casually brushed aside Palpatine's words of fear boldly proclaiming, "Sith Lords are our specialty".
Unlike their first encounter with Tyranus, Obi-Wan and Anakin fought together against Dooku in a coordinated duel, until the Sith Lord used the Force to choke Kenobi while he simultaneously back-kicked Anakin and threw Obi-Wan across the room, rendering him unconscious and pinning him with a piece of a walkway dislodged by the Force. Anakin fought on with Dooku, eventually letting his emotions get the better of him as Dooku taunted, unleashing all his fear, anger and hatred, and eventually slicing off Dooku's hands, rendering the Sith Lord helpless. It was an act of vengeance from their previous duel, in which Anakin lost his right hand in that duel.
Pleased with this outcome, Palpatine urged Anakin to kill Dooku. After Anakin's hesitation to give in to the Chancellor's wishes, with two lightsabers (including Dooku's own curved, red-bladed lightsaber) crossing at the Dooku's neck, he beheaded the shocked Count, killing him instantly. Anakin did not yet have the knowledge that Palpatine was also Darth Sidious, and he did not know that he was being used to betray Dooku so that Palpatine could train the young Jedi the ways of the dark side. Anakin immediately regretted this action, citing that it is not the way of the Jedi to kill a foe that had already surrendered. Palpatine, however, eased Anakin's conscience by claiming that such an action of violence was "only natural" in such a situation.
Anakin freed Palpatine from his bonds and escaped the Quarters, carrying an unconscious Obi-Wan on his back, ignoring Palpatine's words to leave him behind. However their escape was short lived as they were soon captured and brought before General Grievous on the bridge. R2-D2 created a distraction, which allowed Anakin and Obi-Wan to escape from their bonds and attack the general's bodyguards and droids. Unfortunately, Grievous was able to escape the Jedi as his flagship began to break apart. Anakin managed to pilot what was left of the ship to a rather hard landing on a platform in an abandoned industrial area on Coruscant.
Upon his return to Coruscant, Anakin was reunited with his wife and she informed him of her pregnancy. He was later troubled by visions of Padmé dying in childbirth. Dark times followed when Palpatine made Anakin his representative on the Jedi Council. The other Jedi reluctantly accepted Anakin's placement on the Council, but denied him the rank of Jedi Master. Further, the Jedi Council urged Anakin to keep tabs on Palpatine. This led Anakin to lose his trust in the members of that governing body. He revealed to his beloved wife that he was plagued with uncertainty.
As he continued to meet with Palpatine, the Chancellor slowly began to plant the seeds of the dark side in Anakin. Playing to his fears of Padmé dying, he told Anakin the story of a Sith Lord, Darth Plagueis, who was so powerful he could stop people from dying. Eventually Palpatine revealed his true self, and offered Anakin the chance to learn the ways of the dark side and use its power to save Padmé. Anakin realized that Palpatine was Darth Sidious and promptly reported this to Mace Windu. Windu and three other Jedi went to arrest the Chancellor. Palpatine dueled with the Jedi, slaying three of them almost immediately. Windu and Palpatine continued to fight until Windu came out on top, pointing his weapon at the throat of the cowering Sith (Although Palpatine appears to have lost, this may have been staged for the purpose of gaining sympathy from Anakin, his hopeful protégé).
Anakin arrived just in time to see Windu preparing to kill Palpatine. Palpatine then attacked Windu with Force lightning while pleading to Anakin for help. Trying desperately to block Palpatine's lightning, Windu screamed at Anakin not to listen. During this battle, Palpatine went through a physical transformation as he struggled to intensify his dark side powers, his face becoming hideously deformed and his eyes turning yellow. Windu prevailed and expressed a desire to kill Palpatine and end the Sith; however, Anakin confronted him, stating that Palpatine must stand trial — to execute him is not the way of the Jedi. This was out of his regret for killing Dooku before and out of his fear for losing the chance to save his wife from death. Windu ignored Anakin and prepared to kill Palpatine, but in a flash, Anakin drew his lightsaber, severing Windu's arm. Before Windu could respond, Palpatine used Force lightning to send Windu plummeting to his death. After this, Anakin questioned his actions, but Palpatine stated that he was fulfilling his destiny. He further encouraged Anakin to embrace the dark side. Anakin said he would do anything Palpatine desired; all he wanted was to save Padmé's life. Anakin then pledged himself to the Sith Order, and Sidious endowed him with a new name: Darth Vader.
Showdown on Mustafar and aftermath
In order to increase Vader's power with the dark side, Palpatine ordered him to lead the 501st Legion of clone troopers to the Jedi Temple and kill every Jedi and Padawan inside. Vader did this without question, killing venerable Jedi and Younglings alike. Palpatine then commanded Vader to travel to the planet Mustafar, where he killed the Council of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, including the Trade Federation Viceroy, Nute Gunray, Sidious' former ally who had invaded and occupied Naboo before being defeated by Anakin during the Battle of Naboo, thirteen years before.
Padmé went to Mustafar to try to reason with Anakin, afraid for him and wanting to leave public life to live together and raise their child. Unbeknownst to her, Obi-Wan stowed away on his ship to find Anakin. Upon seeing Obi-Wan, Anakin thought that Padmé had betrayed him and brought Obi-Wan along to kill him. Overwhelmed by his anger and rage, he used the Force to choke Padmé until she lost consciousness. Obi-Wan tried to reason with his former pupil, but he was truly with the dark side of the Force. Anakin and Obi-Wan fought an intense battle throughout the mining complex and down the river of lava outside. The battle ended on the banks of the lava river, where Anakin, in his overconfidence, leaped to strike his former master, only to become severely maimed and immobilized by Obi-Wan's blade.
Anakin tried to claw his way up the bank, using only his remaining prosthetic limb. As he did this, Obi-Wan and Anakin exchanged their parting words.
Obi-Wan: "You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! It was you who would bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!" Anakin: "I hate you!"
Obi-Wan: "You were my brother, Anakin. I loved you."
Shortly after the conversation, Anakin's body caught on fire and he was nearly immolated. As this occurred, Obi-Wan bent down to retrieved Anakin's lightsaber from the ash-covered beaches of the lava river, and left. Keeping himself alive with the Force just as he and Obi-Wan had protected themselves from the lava during their fight, Anakin struggled with near-fatal third-degree burns and severe lung damage, not to mention emotional pain. Darth Sidious arrived and found Anakin barely alive beside the lava river. He took him back to Coruscant and repaired the damage to his body through intensive cybernetic enhancement at the Emperor Palpatine Surgical Reconstruction Center. He ordered the medical droids to keep him awake during the process so the pain would make him stronger. Upon his revival as a cyborg, Vader questioned his master about Padmé. Sidious told him that he had killed his wife in his anger.
Overwhelmed by his despair in the belief he had killed his wife and unborn child, Vader broke his bindings on the operating table and struggled to walk under the sheer weight of his new mechanical legs. His subsequent rage destroyed med droids and severely damaged the facility. Palpatine smiled as he realized that Vader's hatred would serve him well. The only thing that remained in Anakin's life was his service to the new Emperor. The personalities of Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader were further separated by his extremely painful physical and emotional wounds which resulted in a great change in his appearance and character.
Though much of his potential power had now been lost, Darth Vader became the brutal second-in-command of the Galactic Empire, being granted the rank of Executor. He had the blood of many millions, including almost the entire Jedi Order, on his hands. During his 23 years of service to the Emperor, Vader carried out many horrible deeds, including torturing Leia Organa (whom he did not realize was his own daughter). He also nearly killed his son Luke Skywalker several times.
The redemption of Anakin Skywalker
At the time of Battle of Endor on 4 ABY, Luke Skywalker risked everything, including turning himself over to Imperial forces, in order to assure the victory of the Rebel Alliance and the redemption of his father. Luke was brought to Emperor Palpatine on the Death Star by Vader. The Emperor kept trying to lure Luke to the dark side by tormenting him with thoughts of the defeat of the Rebel Alliance and the death of his friends, though Luke kept on trying to restrain himself from fighting his father. Vader, sensing Luke's thoughts, finally discovered he also had a daughter, Leia Organa, Luke's twin sister. Vader then threatened to corrupt Leia, but Luke ignited his lightsaber again and attacked Vader with anger and hatred, slowly converting to the dark side. Then finally, Luke sliced off Vader's mechanical right hand, defeating the Dark Lord. Palpatine cackled with triumph, urging Luke to "fulfill your destiny, and take your father's place at my side". Vader realized that he had been betrayed, just as Count Dooku had been betrayed decades previous.
Just then Luke saw his father's right severed arm, and seeing that it was mechanical, just like his, he realized that he was becoming Vader's successor. Luke tossed his lightsaber away, refusing the Emperor's offer to join him as his new apprentice. Palpatine had finally had enough. He unleashed his powerful Force lightning on Luke. Defiant in the face of evil, Luke suffered the wrath of Palpatine, and Vader could do no more than watch as Luke Skywalker lay dying.
But Anakin Skywalker would not stand by and let his son fall. Anakin never forgot the pain Count Dooku had once inflicted upon him with the lethal power of Force lightning, and could not bear to see his son in such agony. He had been unable to save his mother, he had let Mace Windu die under his Master's power many years before and he had killed his own wife and had ensured his own downfall, but he could save his son. In a final heroic effort of self-sacrifice, rectifying his mistake by not helping Windu kill Palpatine before, Anakin struggled to his feet to rescue his son from the Emperor. He overthrew his dark Master (literally) , casting the Emperor down the Death Star's reactor shaft to his death. However, it was at the cost of his own life. Anakin was badly wounded in the process, and his breathing apparatus short-circuited, but this single act served to redeem his past actions.
Nearing death, Anakin asked Luke to help him remove his mask, so that he could see his son with his own eyes. Luke helped disconnect the mask. Underneath, Anakin was bald, with white skin from not being exposed to natural light for over twenty years. After seeing his son directly, he told Luke that he was right about him—that there was good still in him—and to tell his sister, Leia, the same. With these last words, Anakin Skywalker died and became one with the Force.
Luke escaped the crumbling Death Star in a shuttle with his father's body, and his armor was cremated in the manner of a Jedi (since Anakin's body had apparently vanished), and Luke saw what appeared to be a vision of a forgiven Anakin (whole and without the artificial body of Vader), Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda smiling down upon him. With the deaths of the last two Sith Lords, Anakin had finally brought balance to the Force. His destiny fulfilled, Anakin Skywalker had passed on into the embrace of the light side of the Force.
Aftermath
Anakin Skywalker's specter would continue to appear throughout the years. Shortly after the Battle of Endor, Anakin appeared before Leia Organa in Salis D'aar, the capital of Bakura. There, he begged his daughter for forgiveness for his past crimes. However, Leia had only recently learned of her parentage and was unable to ignore that he had committed gross crimes including the destruction of Alderaan while serving Emperor Palpatine. After that, Anakin Skywalker never reappeared before Leia again. However, in 8 ABY, upon discovering her grandmother's diary Leia realized that her father wasn't the evil monster that she thought he was and learned to forgive him. In 10 ABY, Leia Organa Solo named her youngest child Anakin Solo in remembrance of her father's redemption.
In 30 ABY during the Yuuzhan Vong War, Anakin Skywalker would speak to his grandson Jacen Solo, telling him to "Stand firm!" before Jacen eventually defeated Onimi, the true ruler of the Yuuzhan Vong.
During the events of 35 ABY, while Luke Skywalker was fixing R2-D2, the Jedi Master encountered a hologram of Anakin and Padmé Skywalker in which Anakin says to his wife he had a dream that Padmé died from childbirth.
A year later, Luke also viewed a hologram of Anakin slaughtering Jedi in the Jedi Temple, yet another hologram recorded by the astromech droid.