SHMI SKYWALKER

'Shmi Skywalker' is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' universe, portayed by Pernilla August. She appears in '' and ''Attack of the Clones''.
She is the mother of Anakin Skywalker and paternal grandmother to Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa. Her first name is derived from "Lakshmi," a Hindu goddess. Also, "shmi" is a Hebrew word meaning "my name."

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Films

In ''The Phantom Menace'', she and her son were introduced as slaves of junk merchant Watto on the desert world Tatooine. Shmi and Anakin's planet of origin is not mentioned in the first film, only that they came to Tatooine when Anakin was three. ^[1] Shmi is portrayed as a loving and devoted mother who does not question the necessity of her son leaving after Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn won his freedom in a game of chance. Shmi and her son (who was conceived entirely by midi-chlorians -- he had no father, similar to virgin birth). It is possible that Darth Plagueis influenced the midichlorians to make Anakin. After Anakin won his freedom, Shmi would not see her son for 10 years.
In ''Attack of the Clones'', her son, now a Jedi apprentice, senses through the Force that she was in pain. Anakin travels to Tatooine to find her, and upon arriving learns that she had been freed by and married to moisture farmer Cliegg Lars but had recently been abducted by Tusken Raiders. Young Skywalker uses his Jedi powers to find her inside one of their encampments just in time for her to die in his arms. Enraged, Anakin slaughters every single Tusken in the camp, including the women and children. His mother's death ignites in Anakin a strong phobia of loss, and sets him on the path to becoming Darth Vader.

Expanded Universe

In the Expanded Universe book ''Tatooine Ghost'', Shmi's granddaughter, Leia, is given Shmi's old journal, which describes Anakin's childhood. Leia learns, through Shmi's love for Anakin, to forgive her father for his role in the destruction of Alderaan and for torturing her aboard the Death Star, as depicted in ''.

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1. Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace, script.

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