I saw headlines like darth vaders father confirmed and marvels darth vader finale reveals the identity of anakins father show up all over. Marvels darth vader finale does not confirm the identity of. On one hand, anakins high forcepotential, birth into slavery, and late jedi training made him a good candidate for sith manipulation, suggesting that darth plagueis did create him for that purpose. Anakin skywalkers father finally revealed screen rant. Everything links back to darth vader, hence showing his mask in both movies. Star wars creator george lucas has collectively referred to the first six episodic films of the franchise as the tragedy of darth vader originally a slave on tatooine, anakin skywalker is a. Star wars fans have, and theyve long thought that it may hint at darth sidious, a. Star wars story group member debunks palpatine and anakin. Well, shmi skywalker mightnt have been able to explain anakin skywalkers conception, but marvel comics star wars. Did darth plagueis will the midichlorians to create anakin skywalker. Ok, so this is pretty obvious but i am going to say it. According to sheev palpatine, his sith master darth plagueis had figured out how to manipulate the force into creating life i used to subscribe to the idea that darth plagueis was anakin skywalkers father.
Anakin skywalker vs darth plagueis battles comic vine. Revenge of the sith, palpatine attempted to lure anakin to the dark side with the story of darth plagueis and the idea he could save padme from her grim fate. The mystery of anakin skywalkers birth has finally been solved, confirming who was really responsible for his mothers pregnancy changing the star wars mythology forever the revelation has arrived in the pages of the canon darth vader comic book, proving one longheld fan theory mostly true in its claims that anakin skywalker was designed, or engineered not conceived naturally but. The theory of count dooku being anakins father is not new, but has died away because of the popularity of fans pushing for the return of plagueis. Anakin was holding back rage and hatred for dooku, who cut off his right arm, nearly killed obiwan his surrogate brother and captured palpatine his father figure. Several years before hego damask iis birth, his father, a forcesensitive muun named caar damask, who worked as a middleranking banking clan agent, met renowned starship designer rugess nome by chance on high port space center. Darth plagueis and darth sidious became aware of an extremely powerful forcesensitive boy on the world of tatooine. And for those who might wonder how anakin would actually be able to learn such an earthshattering truth, without suspicion of it being further. Dec 21, 2018 in the latest and last vader comic by charles soule it is revealed once darth vader walks into the world of echoes as i call it, that he sees the past and who the mastermind was behind his birth. According to anakins mother shmi, there was no father she simply woke up pregnant one day. Some 9 years before the events of episode 1 the phantom menace,plagueis and palpatine performed int.
Star wars fans have often questioned who is the father of anakin skywalker, leading to theorizing palpatine created him through immaculate conception with shmi skywalker. Now, however, we have a piece of information that might shed some new light on the true identity of darth vader s deadbeat dad. On another nickelodeon cartoon, jimmy neutron, darth vader s infamous line, i am your father, was interpolated in the miniepisode new dog, old tricks. Why darth plagueis is anakins real father star wars explained. There was no father, shmi skywalker confesses to quigon jinn in. New star wars comic might reveal darth vaders true father.
Nome, in his capacity as reigning dark lord of the sith darth tenebrous, had been searching for the right. If plagueis caused anakins birth, why shmi skywalker. Obsessed with eternal life, he experimented with ways to cheat death and create new life from the midichlorians. All of anakins rage and hatred was bottled up inside, lying dormant. In the latest and last vader comic by charles soule it is revealed once darth vader walks into the world of echoes as i call it, that he sees the past and who the mastermind was behind his birth. Several years before hego damask ii s birth, his father, a forcesensitive muun named caar damask, who worked as a middleranking banking clan agent, met renowned starship designer rugess nome by chance on high port space center. In addition, although darth plagueis did attempt to influence the midichlorians to create the ultimate sith weapon alongside darth sidious, the experiment was ultimately a failure, and the midichlorians, sensing the siths inherent malevolent. The father of anakin skywalker has been revealed and the fans. This revelation had landed in the darth vader comic book and had proven a longheld fan theory true. The plot concerns itself with the life and times of the titular character, darth plagueis, and his dual efforts to conquer the galaxy and achieve immortality through manipulation of the midichlorians that. I believe that this explanation has been intentionally vague because it will be revealed that anakin was the creation of darth plagueis, also known as supreme leader snoke. The rots junior novel has the same underlying theme.
Shmi tells that she did not had intercourse to have anakin,but that does not contradict the fact that anakin was created by force manipulation, by darth plagueis or darth sidious. George lucas reveals the original backstory for darth vader not luke s. The plot concerns itself with the life and times of the. Dec 21, 2018 anakin s birth was ensured by darth sidious image. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith, so powerful and so wise he could. The question is not who are reys parents, but who was anakins father. Star wars comic finally reveals anakin skywalkers father. In addition, although darth plagueis did attempt to influence the midichlorians to create the ultimate sith weapon alongside darth sidious, the experiment was ultimately a failure, and the midichlorians, sensing the sith s inherent malevolent intention, not only refused to do so, but in retaliation, conceived anakin. Darth plagueis, that supposedly answer this question. The mystery surrounding anakin skywalkers birth has now been solved, and this as confirmed who had been responsible for the characters mothers pregnancy, and this has also changed the star wars mythology.
When we learned of darth plagueis, also known as the wise, in revenge of the sith, his apprentice palpatine darth sidious told anakin that his mentor could manipulate the midichlorians the. We can go back even deeper into the intentions of george lucas and look at scenes cut from the original scripts to see what else he. According to anakin s mother shmi, there was no father she simply woke up pregnant one day according to sheev palpatine, his sith master darth plagueis had figured out how to manipulate the force into creatin. The father of anakin skywalker has been revealed and the. Marvel reveals the identity of darth vaders father in. In his public guise as magister hego damask ii of the.
Darth destructis is a fanfiction author that has written 79 stories for one piece, naruto, family guy, batman, dc superheroes, batman, teen titans, dragon ball z, xovers, american dad, cleveland show, star wars, star wars. Ever since chancellor palpatine informed anakin about the tale of darth plagueis the wise, and his mastery over life and death, fans have theorized and. Trained by darth tenebrous, plagueis mastered the art and science of midichlorian manipulation. Jan 28, 2019 on one hand, anakin s high forcepotential, birth into slavery, and late jedi training made him a good candidate for sith manipulation, suggesting that darth plagueis did create him for that purpose. Now, what little we know about anakin s parentage is that he was conceived of the force by the midichlorians. Each of them guided anakin as their apprentice, and ultimately. In that movie, quigon controversially said that he. Very interesting because, i remember reading that plagueis was created by george lucas some time before episode iii.
Since anakin was around ten years old, plagueis became worried. Galactic emperor sheev palpatine, being the true father of anakin skywalker, later the dark lord of the. Darth plagueis was the expert in such matters, not palpatine. Anakins father finally revealed in canon star wars theory. The phrase is positioned on the page so that its suspended between images of palpatine and obiwan, anakins two father figures.
Now, what little we know about anakins parentage is that he was conceived of the force by the midichlorians. A star wars book, darth plagueis, told the story of the characters backstory but it is no longer considered star wars canon. The identity of anakin skywalker s father has been a point of contention ever since it was first brought up in the phantom menace. He says every action has an equal and opposite reaction. The identity of anakin skywalkers father has been a point of contention ever since it was first brought up in the phantom menace. I saw headlines like darth vaders father confirmed and marvels darth vader finale reveals the identity of anakins father show up all over the place recently, and i felt compelled to respond to what i think is a flawed analysis of the story. That said, the newer novel tarkin, written by the same author.
The mystery of anakins father has finally been revealed. Once he let go of all those emotions, he stomped dooku. Heres why the snoke darth plagueis theories are probably wrong. Seems thats as close to a vaderdad as were gonna get. From the anakin skywalker wookieepedia article in addition, although darth plagueis did attempt to influence the midichlorians to create the ultimate sith weapon alongside darth sidious, the experiment was ultimately. Anakin skywalker was born under very mysterious circumstances, the jedi. The character was created by george lucas as early as the first draft of revenge of the sith dated april 2003 and possibly earlier than that. Anakin s performance of that power would portend that he could shut. In the plagueis novel its stated that sidious plagueis both try to attempt to create a being to tip the balance to the dark side. What do you thinki hope to learn more about this mysterybut things are adding upi wouldnt be far off to say what we just sawis official. Marvel meanwhile, another recent official star wars comic has revealed that quigon jinn would have saved anakin in episode iii.
According to sheev palpatine, his sith master darth plagueis had figured out how to manipulate the force into creating life. Dec 22, 2018 the final issue of marvel s current darth vader run, however, finally sheds light on who exactly is anakin s father, and it s a very familiar face. Looper the truth about who darth vaders father really is. Jun 11, 2019 the phrase is positioned on the page so that it s suspended between images of palpatine and obiwan, anakin s two father figures. Palpatine thought himself strong enough in the force to prevent the prophecy from coming true. Dec 24, 2018 darth sidious orchestrated anakins existence so that anakin could one day wipe out the jedi and tip the balance toward the dark side. Darth plagueis, that jossed the darth plagueis is anakins father fan theories. The phantom menace, shmi skywalker pernilla august as luke and leias grandmother told quigon jinn liam neeson that there was no father, suggesting anakin was the product of a virgin birth that just came out of the force. The father of anakin skywalker has long been debated among star wars fans. After turning to the dark side of the force, he became known as darth vader, a dark lord of the sith and apprentice to emperor darth sidious. Twentythree years later, during the battle of endor, sidious came to be killed by a redeemed anakin skywalker, who turned back to the light side of the force and threw sidious down a reactor shaft to save his son luke.
The sith knew about the prophecy, and the fact that the chosen one would destroy them, but before that, he would make them infinitely stronger. Oct 11, 2017 but, as palpatine later explained to anakin in star wars. Darth plagueis by james luceno, is part of the star wars expanded universe. Darth vader is a fictional character in the star wars franchise. According to anakin s mother shmi, there was no father she simply woke up pregnant one day. Some 9 years before the events of episode 1 the phantom menace, plagueis and palpatine performed int. In the plagueis novel its stated that sidiousplagueis both try to attempt to create a being to tip the balance to the dark side.
Marvel reveals the identity of darth vaders father in comic. Darth plagueis was a male dark lord of the sith who, at some point prior to the invasion of naboo, chose sheev palpatine, a human from naboo, as his apprentice. Darth sidious orchestrated anakins existence so that anakin could one day wipe out the jedi and tip the balance toward the dark side. Anakin skywalker, a forcesensitive human male, was a jedi knight of the galactic republic and the chosen one of the force. Makes me also remember gary kurtz said once that he left star wars because, he had disagreements with george on. Born anakin skywalker, the character is a primary antagonist in the original trilogy and a primary protagonist in the prequel trilogy. As master and disciple, plagueis and palpatinewho took the sith moniker darth sidiousworked together for years, trying to unlock the secrets of immortality as plagueis. Star wars anakin skywalkers father is sheev palpatine. The final issue of marvels current darth vader run, however, finally sheds light on who exactly is anakins father, and its a very familiar face. Marvel meanwhile, another recent official star wars comic has revealed that quigon jinn would have saved anakin in. Marvels darth vader finale reveals the identity of anakin. During the clone wars, his accomplishments as a battlefield commander earned him the hero with no fear moniker.
The line was also alluded to in toy story 2, which also introduces emperor zurg a parody of vader to the disney media franchise. Looper the truth about who darth vaders father really. Darth plagueis is a star wars legends novel by james luceno set during the final decades of the old republic beginning approximately 67 years before the battle of yavin in a new hope. In addition, although darth plagueis did attempt to influence the midichlorians to create the ultimate sith weapon alongside darth sidious, the experiment was ultimately a failure, and the midichlorians, sensing the siths inherent malevolent intention, not only refused to do so, but in retaliation, conceived anakin. George lucas reveals the original backstory for darth vader not lukes.
With the death of plagueis, sidious not only gained the status of. Palpatine said that his mentor had become so powerful, so wise, that he could manipulate the midichlorians. Anakins father finally revealed in canon star wars. Anakin skywalker learned about the late darth plagueis as recounted by sheev palpatine. Owing to darth plagueis teachings, darth sidious returned after his first death. Darth plagueis was a dark lord of the sith so powerful and so wise, he could use the force to influence the midichlorians to create life. And for those who might wonder how anakin would actually be able to learn such an earthshattering. In legends, anakin was believed but not confirmed to be the result of the force itself lashing back against the machinations. On the other hand, becoming a sith put anakin in the right position to fulfill the prophecy of the chosen one from the jedi perspective and. The mystery of anakin skywalkers birth has finally been solved, confirming who was really responsible for his mothers pregnancy changing the star wars mythology forever. Marvels darth vader finale reveals the identity of anakins. Revenge of the sith, darth plagueis the wise could manipulate midichloriansto make life. Released in 2012 it now falls outside the official canon cut off point in 2014 but is filled with. The history of darth plagueis from the star wars franchise.
Jan 26, 2015 the theory of count dooku being anakin s father is not new, but has died away because of the popularity of fans pushing for the return of plagueis. Anakins performance of that power would portend that he could shut. Darth sidious was the apprentice and murderer of plagueis. When palpatine tells anakin about darth plagueis the wise, this was the point where fans began to believe that palpatine may be anakins father. Donate to help improve frequency and quality of content. But, as palpatine later explained to anakin in star wars. Darth plagueis, that jossed the darth plagueis is anakin s father fan theories. Marvels darth vader finale does not confirm the identity.
Heres why the snoke darth plagueis theories are probably. The fact is, there has never been true confirmation that plagueis existed or that anakin was born of the force. Dec 20, 2018 the mystery of anakin skywalkers father has finally been solved, with star wars officially confirming a major fan theory. There was some hint in that film palpatine may have been responsible for anakins conception by manipulating midichlorians. Darth plagueis, remembered as darth plagueis the wise, was a male muun dark lord of the sith and heir to the lineage of darth bane. According to sheev palpatine, his sith master darth plagueis had figured out.
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