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PATHS OF DESTINY

THE HOUSE OF SKYWALKER

The Force Runs Strong in Their Family
There is a restlessness in the Skywalker line, a latent impulse
that drives one member after another to great heights or to
terrible depths. Traits repeatedly resurface, even when children are
separated and raised by adoptive families. Leia Organa becomes
a powerful political leader in the mold of her mother, Padmé; Luke Anakin Skywalker
Skywalker dreams of living a life of adventure like his father, Anakin;
It’s a bitter irony that the pure love that Shmi Skywalker had
and Ben Solo lacks discipline and generosity, choosing self over for her son was to be the trigger for his undoing. Anakin’s
duty—much like his grandfather, who became Darth Vader. Through feelings for his mother were simply too strong for him to
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the choices they made, the tragic flaws and noble deeds of the forget as he trained to be a Jedi, and the young Padawan
was unable to master his rage in the face of Shmi’s murder
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Skywalker family shaped the history of the galaxy far, far away. .
a and death. Such emotion combined with his strength in the
F Force was a dangerously unruly combination.
Anakin’s profound attachment to his mother was
mirrored in his relationship with Padmé Amidala. Again
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Shmi A
Anakin chose to break the Order’s traditions and marry
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Skywalker Padmé in secret. Distanced from the Jedi amid the chaos
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and pressures of galactic turmoil, the former slave became
Shmi Skywalker faced the
e easy prey for sophisticated manipulation by the Emperor.
trials of a slave’s life with the
same calm resolution that she
showed in the face of torture
and death at the hands of the
Sandpeople. Her strength of
spirit was a key wellspring of
the extraordinary nature of
the Skywalker clan.

Aika

Luke Skywalker
Growing up among moisture farmers with
Cliegg & Owen & no real knowledge of his parents, Luke
Skywalker felt different to those around
Aika Lars Beru Lars him, forever aspiring to a more exciting life
Separated from Owen inherited his that seemed eternally beyond his reach.
his fi rst wife, Aika, father’s stubbornness Longing for something more throughout
Cliegg Lars and his and practicality. As the his early years, he developed a certainty
son Owen settled somewhat reluctant of identity that remained steadfast, even
on the outer-rim guardian of Luke when his inner strength and clarity of
world of Tatooine. Skywalker, Owen feared judgement were sorely tested later.
Cliegg later freed the forces that corrupted Facing Darth Vader and the
and married Shmi Anakin would resurface in devastating truth about his parentage,
Skywalker. the boy. Beru, on the other Luke held fi rm against all temptation,
hand, recognized and mastering his Skywalker heritage instead of
accepted the differences letting it master him. A largely self-taught
that set Luke apart from individual, Luke Skywalker’s achievement
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