Yes. You heard that right, Star Wars fans. One of the oldest and most popular questions in the fandom has finally been answered. Is Emperor Palpatine really Anakin Skywalker's father? Was Anakin's birth a product of Darth Sidious' dark practice of The Force? Well, a member of the Lucasfilm Story Group, Matt Martin has stepped in and tweeted the following:
But I can tell you definitively, as someone who worked on the comic, that is 100% not the intended implication. I’m not saying there isn’t a logical misinterpretation that they’re coming to. I’m just telling you definitively that it’s not correct.
The Twitter thread is attached below, where you can read for yourself what exactly is going on. If you are not aware of this issue, a comic book released a while ago featured Sidious manipulating Schmi Skywalker's (Anakin's Mom) womb. Fans thought this was a clear indication that Sidious did in fact "create" Anakin Skywalker and thus began his plan. Like stated above, Matt Martin and now writer Charles Soule cleared up this thought.
Martin says that "the scene is all in Anakin's head" and Soule states that "The dark side is not a reliable narrator." As this issue stands right now, fans are in both sides. Some believe Martin and Soule and some don't. What do you think? If Sidious did not create Anakin, how do you think he was born if he did not have a father? Let us know in the comments below!
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