'Star Wars' Comic Confirms Major Fan Theory About Anakin Skywalker's True Parentage
By Kwadar Ray
The mystery of who is Anakin Skywalker’s “true father” has been ongoing for 20 years, but we finally have an answer.
In 1999’s Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, we learned that Anakin, who would later become Darth Vader, did not have a true father. His mother Shmi Skywalker told Qui-Gon Jinn that Anakin has no father and she birthed him on her own. It was a very confusing scenario, but in Revenge of the Sith, we learn from Chancellor Palpatine you can create life by manipulating The Force.
The scene from the 2005 film made led fans to believe there was no immaculate inception, and instead Palpatine simply manipulated The Force to create Anakin.
And turns out, that’s exactly what happened, according to new comic “Darth Vader #25.” In the comic, Vader tries to stop a hole between the realm of The Force and real life from opening, and in the process, re-lives some of significant moments in his life’s past.
One moment shows Vader watching his mother during her pregnancy, with Darth Sidious' arms surrounding her, forming the energy inside of her that would eventually emerge as Anakin.
Of course, there’s some dispute over whether or not the comic is canon, but it is a satisfying confirmation for those who’ve theorized this happening for over a decade.
This article also appears on Mental Floss.