Every so often I recall that Anakin Skywalker was fathered by the actual Force and it entertains me so greatly, and not just because the idea that Anakin was sired by Pure Concentrated Drama Itself sounds incredibly accurate.
Like…is this a thing that happens in the GFFA? Qui-Gon seems kind of surprised by it when Shmi tells him about this, sure, but it’s not like he’s like WAIT WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN “THERE WAS NO FATHER” LADY ARE YOU OK DO YOU HAVE HEATSTROKE RIGHT NOW DO YOU NEED TO LIE DOWN?
Am I to assume that Anakin went to classes at the Temple and learned about the Force and was like “oh, well, I know all about that, because the Force knocked up my unsuspecting mother and that is how I was spawned into existence”? Or did Shmi pretend that Anakin had had a regular, non-incorporeal-entity father that just like, died or left or whatever because she wasn’t quite ready to be like “so anyways I literally have zero idea where you came from or what impregnated me with you, so you might wanna just like…make a note of that like for medical records and whatnot”?
What the hell did Anakin’s CLASSMATES make of this? Did they think he was lying? Or was half the class like “oh yeah, same here”? Does the Force get around? Or was this truly a one-shot deal, triggered in part by whatever Force bullshit Plagueis was messing around with during his whole alleged “using the Force to create life” thing? Or did the Sith accidentally create like half the Force-sensitives in the galaxy by repeatedly causing unsuspecting people they didn’t know to get pregnant from a great distance away?
I have so many questions about this, Star Wars. So many. All of them ridiculous.
Considering what we’ve seen of Shmi, I think we can agree that Anakin takes after his “father.”
Although, honestly, it’s a shame that neither the movies or the EU actually did more with the “Chosen One” thing. Think how much world building that could have done for the Jedi to have them walking around acknowledging that they were basically in the presence of their version of Jesus.
And, man, does Jesus have great hair but GOD is he a pain in the ass.
Haha, my thoughts exactly. Maybe the Jedi didn’t push that whole Chosen One thing too much in part because, well…y’know. Then they’d have to publicly acknowledge the fact that it’s ANAKIN. Anakin’s brave and amazing and beautiful, and he’s a skilled and sharp warrior and all, but also I could understand if the Order wasn’t exactly jumping at the opportunity to be like “Yep, that’s the Messiah over there all right, according to our ancient prophecy! Yes, the one throwing a temper tantrum. Heh. No, he’s, uh, yeah he’s always like that. We sort of thought it was a phase when he first came to the Temple but now we’re pretty sure he’s just like that. Yeah, we’re a little concerned, too.”
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