Anakin Skywalker is a character from the Star Wars franchise. He was discovered as a slave on Tatooine by Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi and had the potential to become one of the most powerful Jedi ever. Anakin was a hero of the Clone Wars, but his deep fear of loss proved to be his downfall. In the end, he was dismembered and left with terrible burns, cursing his old friend and becoming a being of pure hate. He was recovered on the banks of a lava river by the Emperor, encased in sinister black armor that kept him alive, and he truly became Darth Vader. Padmé, having lost the will to live, died after giving birth to twins -- Luke and Leia -- and Anakin was left heartbroken and more machine than man. As Darth Vader, Anakin spread fear throughout the galaxy and acted as the Emperor’s dark enforcer. However, after battling his son Luke Skywalker in the presence of the Emperor, the young Jedi’s compassion for his father awakened the long-dormant good in the Sith Lord. Vader saved Luke from the Emperor and killed his evil master, but he was mortally injured in the process. Anakin Skywalker, the courageous hero, was not truly dead, and he was able to look his son in the eye just once, not as the monster he had become, but as himself.