Cinema: A Galactic Guide

Like most epic sagas, Star Wars features a complex cast of interrelated characters and colorful creatures. That galaxy far, far away just got a lot more crowded

Anakin's World

ANAKIN SKYWALKER Episode I --Young slave who dreamed of becoming a Jedi. The Force is strong within him, but so is an ominous anger

SHIMI SKYWALKER Episode I --Anakin's mother, sold into slavery when he was three years old. She gives up her son so he can follow the Jedi

QUEEN AMIDALA Episode I --Elected queen of the Naboo people, thrust into war with the Trade Federation; later marries Anakin

LUKE SKYWALKER Episodes IV-VI --Tatooine farm boy and son of Anakin and Amidala; achieves his dream of becoming a Jedi; secures family's destiny, saves the galaxy

PRINCESS LEIA ORGANA...

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