The audience first meets Anakin Skywalker on the desert planet of Tatooine. Anakin was born there and lived as a slave with his mother, Shmi Skywalker. In "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace," which takes place 32 years before "A New Hope," Anakin appears as a nine-year-old slave living on Tatooine. Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn meets Anakin after making an emergency landing on Tatooine with Queen of Naboo Padmé Amidala.