Anakin Skywalker — Return of the Jedi Character Profile

About Anakin Skywalker

Chosen One who becomes Darth Vader, central to the Skywalker saga

Anakin Skywalker — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Force mastery, Lightsaber dueling, Mechanical engineering, Piloting

• Strength: 9/10
• Intelligence: 8/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Morality: 5/10
• Influence: 9/10

Affiliations

• Jedi
• Star Wars universe

Quick Facts about Anakin Skywalker

Occupation

Jedi

Anakin Skywalker's Known Relations

• Padmé Amidala — Spouse
• Shmi Skywalker — Mother
• Luke Skywalker — Child
• Princess Leia — Child
• Han Solo — Relative
• Owen Lars — Relative
• Cliegg Lars — Relative
• Kylo Ren — Relative
• Ahsoka Tano — Student
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — Student of
• Ki-Adi-Mundi — Student of
• Jedi — Member of
• Count Dooku — Enemy
• General Grievous — Enemy

Anakin Skywalker appears in 8 titles

• Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) — character page
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) — character page
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) — character page
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) — character page
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) — character page
• Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (2022) — character page
• Ahsoka (2023) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Sebastian Shaw

Appears in

Return of the Jedi (1983)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Anakin Skywalker — Family Father — Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)

  Anakin's identity links Luke's family history to the central conflict.

  Yoda confirms that Darth Vader was the former Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Luke's father.

• Anakin Skywalker — Family Father — Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)

  Anakin is established as Leia's father through her shared parentage with Luke.

  Obi-Wan's Force spirit tells Luke that Leia is his twin sister, while Luke identifies Vader as their father.

• Anakin Skywalker — Narrative Former Servant And Betrayer — The Emperor (Ian McDiarmid)

  Anakin's final act breaks the Emperor's control and ends his rule.

  Vader, whose former identity is Anakin Skywalker, kills the Emperor's attack on Luke by throwing him down a shaft.

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• Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)
• Han Solo (Harrison Ford)
• Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)
• C-3PO (Anthony Daniels)
• Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew)
• Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams)
• Darth Vader (David Prowse)
• The Emperor (Ian McDiarmid)
• Darth Vader (voice) (James Earl Jones)
• Yoda (voice) (Frank Oz)
• R2-D2 / Paploo (Kenny Baker)
• Ben 'Obi-Wan' Kenobi (Alec Guinness)