New Star Wars Book Confirms Anakin Ignored Qui-Gon’s Force Ghost During One Crucial Moment

There
are
few
movies
that
have
caused
as
many
heated
discussions
over
the
years
as



Star
Wars
movies
have.
With
the
way
certain
scenes
were
filmed,
arguments
have
happened
about
just
what
happened
during
those
scenes.
And
for
the
most
part,
many
of
those “did
he
or
didn’t
he?”
moments
remain
unanswered.

But
now,
a
new

Star
Wars
novel
coming
out
next
year
will
answer
one
of
those
questions.
The
story
will
shed
light
on
one
of
the
burning
questions
regarding
a
specific
scene
in



Star
Wars:
Episode
II
–
Attack
of
the
Clones,
and,
in
doing
so,
provides
confirmation
about
exactly
when
Anakin
Skywalker’s
fall
to
the
Dark
Side
of
the
Force
began.
It
is
fitting
that
this
story
is
being
told
now
considering
Hayden
Christiensen’s
imminent
return
as
Anakin
Skywalker
in
the
upcoming

Ahsoka
series
as
well
as
his
appearances
as
Darth
Vader
in
the
forthcoming

Obi-Wan
Kenobi
series.

The
specific
scene
referred
to
in
the
novel
occurs
after

Anakin
Skywalker
has
a
dream
regarding
his
mother
back
on
Tatooine
where
he
dreams
of
her
in
pain.
He
travels
to
Tatooine
to
seek
his
mother
out
and
learns
that
the
slaver
Watto
had
sold
her
to
a
moisture
farmer,
Cliegg
Lars.
When
he
travels
to
the
Lars
ranch,
he
learns
that
she
had
been
taken
by
Tusken
Raiders
during
one
of
their
recent
attacks.

Impetuously,
he
takes
it
upon
himself
to
conduct
a
one
Jedi
rescue
of
his
mother,
sneaking
into
the
Tusken
Raider
camp
and
slaughtering
all
of
them
after
his
mother
dies
in
his
arms
from
injuries
sustained
from
the
Raiders.

When
the
film
cuts
away
from
the
massacre
and
back
to
the
Jedi
Temple
to
focus
on
Master
Yoda,
we
hear
Qui-Gon
Jinn’s
voice
saying “Anakin!
Anakin!
No!”
But
it
has
never
been
clear
if
Anakan
had
heard
him
during
that
scene
or
if
it
had
only
been
Master
Yoda
to
hear
the
fallen

Qui-Gon’s
admonishment.

The
upcoming
Star
Wars
novel

Queen’s
Hope
by
E.K.
Johnston
provides
clarity.
A
new
excerpt
from
the
novel,
which
is
the
third
in
a
trilogy
focused
on
Padmé
Amidala,
released
on

StarWars.com
finds
Padmé
and
Anakin
on
their
wedding
day.
Before
getting
married,
Anakin
pays
his
respects
to
Qui-Gon
at
the
shrine
built
on
the
planet
honoring
Qui-Gon’s
sacrifice,
having
died
at

Darth
Maul’s
hands
there
years
earlier.
At
that
moment,
Anakin
recalls
hearing
Qui-Gon’s
voice
on
Tatooine
and
ignoring
it:

“He’d
heard
Qui-Gon’s
voice
in
the
desert,
begging
him
to
listen
to
his
better
nature,
not
to
give
in
to
his
hatred.
He
hadn’t
listened.
At
the
time,
he’d
told
himself
he
was
imagining
it,
but
he
knew
he
was
lying.
If
Qui-Gon
was
out
there,
somehow,
Anakin
owed
him
an
apology.
And
he
would
always
appreciate
the
Master’s
advice.”

“But
he
found
nothing.
Anakin
looked
deeper.
There
was
so
much
fighting
in
his
future,
but
it
was
all
for
the
good
of
the
Republic,
for
order.
Maybe
that
was
what
Qui-Gon
wanted
him
to
see.
There
was
always
a
way
for
him
to
make
it
right.”

This
excerpt
provides
clarity
to
a
scene
that
was
very
vague
and
helps
to
define
just
how
deep
Anakin’s
fall
was.
It
takes
a
great
deal
of
mental
gymnastics
to
justify
his
actions
in
order
to
find
a
way
to
please
his
Master.

Star
Wars:
Queen’s
Hope
goes
on
sale
on
April
5th.