As Fans are curious to know about how their favorite Star Wars character, Anakin Get Scar on his face, we thought of coming up with all the facts that you need to know. Keep reading and know if he really got that scar by falling into a tub?
To all the readers who don’t really have much knowledge about Anakin, here you go!
Anakin Skywalker is a forceful human male who initially served the Galactic Republic as Jedi Knight and later served the Galactic Empire as the Sith Lord. He was born to a slave known as Slave Shmi Skywalker in 41.9 BBY. Anakin was later conceived by Midi-Chlorians (These are the Symbiotic organisms that allow individuals to touch the force).
Anakin and his mother were bought to the desert planet to be slaves of Gardulla the Hutt. Later they ended as the property of Toydarian Watto. Further, Anakin had exceptional skills of repairing and building anything at a very young age.
Later, Anakin skywalker encountered the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn and Padmé Amidala. He then helped them to get the parts they needed for their starship by winning the Boonta Eve (It is a Classic podracing event).
After that, Anakin accompanied Jinn and his group to participate in Battle of Naboo while leaving his mother behind. Jinn died while battling but Anakin and Jedi remained together for so many other adventures.
How Anakin Get Scar On His Face
From his journey of young Jedi to future Sith the facial scar of Anakin has accompanied him till last. But we don’t get any valid reason about where this scar exactly came from. Anakin is known as the biggest character of Star Wars. For the fans, Star Wars is not worthy to watch without him.
Fans have come up with the stance, that the scar came somewhere in between Attack of The Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Being more specific, Anakin got the scar at some point during the Clone Wars.
The creator of Scar Wars was once asked about the scar. He responded in the following words
“I never really thought about the specific instance of how Anakin got it. As it was merely meant to be symbolic of Anakin’s growth in a Jedi Knight. He further added a joke saying “Anakin got his scar by slipping in the tub”.
When Did Anakin Get The Scar
There is no any specific information about how and from where did Anakin Get Scar. But according to a comic book explanation the scar was seen for the very first time in the movie “The Clone Wars” released in 2008.
The fans are left with not a single clue because the creator George Lucas has never discussed the reason behind this scar. The creative executive at Lucasfilm, Pablo Hidalgo once heard the conversation between Lucas and John Knoll (the visual effects supervisor). Lucas told John to find the answer about Anakin’s scar from Howard Roffman who was the President of Lucas Licensing.
Further, Lucas said that “That’s one of those things that happens in the novels between the movies”. From this we can conclude that we are not going to know the exact reason behind how and from where Anakin Get Scar.
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Bottom Line
To my opinion George Lucas has given this scar to Anakin just to depict the growth from the young and innocent man you watched in Attack of the Clones to the mature and brave Jedi knight who has been on the battlefield for so many years.
Hope we have provided you with all the available information regarding how and from where did Anakin Get Scar.