The Shmi Skywalker-Lars Generation
Shmi Skywalker is the mother of Anakin Skywalker, who would eventually grow to become Darth Vader. She and her son live in slavery on the planet of Tatooine, enslaved by a junk merchant named Watto. They are discovered there by Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, who senses a great gift in the young Skywalker.
In conversation with Shmi, she explains that she has no partner, and Anakin has no father. She simply found herself to be pregnant. Convinced by Qui-Gon Jinn that Anakin is a prophesied figure, destined for greatness within the Jedi, she agrees to allow him to be taken into training, promising him a better life. Shmi is unable to accompany him, however, and the two are parted.
While Anakin is training, Shmi is purchased from Watto by a farmer named Cliegg Lars. He then frees her from slavery and marries her – making her the stepmother of his son, Owen Lars. Shmi lives for many years as part of the Lars family, until the farm is attacked by Tusken Raiders and she is abducted and tortured. It is at this point that Shmi is briefly reunited with her son, Anakin, when he feels her pain remotely and comes to her aid. Shmi dies in his arms, prompting his first embrace of the Dark Side.