Shmi Skywalker

Shmi Skywalker is a slave on the desert planet Tatooine and the mother of Anakin Skywalker. She raised her son alone, and her selfless love sets the prequel trilogy's events in motion when a Jedi named Qui-Gon Jinn discovers the boy's extraordinary Force potential.

Shmi Skywalker made her comics debut in 1999's Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace #2 from Dark Horse, stepping onto the page at the dawn of the Modern Age alongside some of the galaxy's most iconic figures — Anakin, Obi-Wan, Padmé, R2-D2, and a certain golden protocol droid. Her story threads through titles like Star Wars: Episode I Anakin Skywalker and Attack of the Clones, and with a key issue among her modest eleven appearances, she carries more weight in the collector's world than raw numbers might suggest. For fans who know that the greatest sagas turn on quiet, pivotal figures, Shmi is absolutely worth seeking out.