Anakin Skywalker was a Force-sensitive Human male who served the Galactic Republic as a Jedi Knight and later served the Galactic Empire as the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Born to the slave Shmi Skywalker in 41.9 BBY, Anakin was c

Date of Birth: 41 BBY,[2] Tatooine[3]
Species: Human[1]
Alignment: A chaotic neutral ,chaotic good (Anakin) to lawful evil
Gender: Male[1]
Eyes: Blue,[11] later yellow (dark side)[12]
Hair: Blond,[8] light[9] and dark[10]
Skin Tone/Pigmentation: Light,[11] later pale[5]
Height: 1.88meters,[1]later2.03meters(6 ft, 8 in) in armor
Weight: 120 kilograms in armor[7]

Appearance

Mentality

Personal history

A Lurmen village
Maridun was a subject world of the Infinite Empire, though any and all traces of that long-forgotten government had disappeared by the time explorers first came upon the planet during the millennium surrounding the blazing of the Hydian Way. Those who first visited the planet quickly found the native Amanin to be frightening and vicious, and no known colonies were established during the time before the Ruusan Reformation of the Galactic Republic. While not directly involved in any early conflicts with the Republic, Maridun was located in space controlled by the Mandalorians during the Mandalorian Wars and later the Sith Empire during the Jedi Civil War.[1]
During the Clone Wars, a conflict between the Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Republic, a colony of Lurmen was established on the planet.[3] As the Lurmen were pacifists, Maridun's neutrality and independence offered them a haven from the war,[3][9] which had quickly spread[1] to their species' homeworld of Mygeeto,[10] a Republic target because of its affiliation with the InterGalactic Banking Clan.[11] Led by village elder Tee Watt Kaa, the Lurmen erected a strongly pacifist society; nevertheless, the war was brought to them when a Republic cruiser carrying members of the Jedi Order crash-landed on the planet after a hyperdrive malfunction. In hopes of aiding an injured Jedi Knight named Anakin Skywalker, Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Jedi Knight Aayla Secura sought out the Lurmen settlement.[3] As the Jedi began the recovery process, Confederate General Lok Durd landed on the planet and claimed to represent a peaceful government interested in saving the Lurmen from the Jedi Order and the Republic. Maridun was, in fact, a prime location to test fire the Defoliator weapon the Confederacy had just constructed. Kaa nearly accepted the Lurmen "destiny" to be destroyed by this weapon, but the recovered Jedi went against his orders to leave the planet and set up a shield defense around the village. During the ensuing battle, the Jedi disabled the Defoliator and captured Durd.[9]

A tribe of Amanin on Maridun
Years after the war, using old data files on the planet, the Empire officially annexed the world in 11 BBY and established a mining operation on the planet. While the Imperial occupation went unperturbed for its first decade, the tribal Amanin rose up in defiance of the Imperial invaders and attacked the colony. As the casualties mounted, Imperial officer Janek Sunber, who had taken the command of the Imperial forces following the death of General Ziering, discovered the Amanin concept of takital and that they were an intelligent species capable of negotiating. Following a bloody battle, the Imperials made a deal with an Amanin lorekeeper in which his tribe would help slave traders capture Amanin from other tribes as slaves.[5]
Following the Imperial victory on Maridun, the battle became something of a legend amongst Imperial infantry, the Imperial propaganda machine having made the battle into a heroic struggle for survival—and of course, a success—from the display of officer ineptitude it had in fact been. After the Empire moved its attention towards other systems, smaller private interests, especially those associated with criminals like the Hutts, began to take control of the slave trade. After only a few years of Imperial and private slave trading, Amanin were spread through much of the galaxy. Some of these Amanin returned to Maridun with blasters and other advanced technology, taking control of local tribes. As cities began forming around old Imperial spaceports, the planet quickly became a hideout for those hoping to avoid local law enforcement in neighboring star systems.[2]
Following the fall of the Empire, Maridun was located in space controlled by Zsinj's Empire.[1] When the Yuuzhan Vong invaded the galaxy, Maridun was cut off from the rest of civilization and controlled by the Yuuzhan Vong empire from 27 to 29 ABY until the Yuuzhan Vong were defeated and driven from the worlds they had conquered.[8]

The Galactic Republic made contact with Maridun long before the rise of the Galactic Empire, though it was under the Empire that colonies were first officially established on the world. Before that, however, in 22 BBY, a colony of Lurmen attempted to establish themselves on Maridun. They were met with hostility from the Amanin, who attacked their ship and ruined its engines. The Amanin seemed to both hate and venerate the vessel, and the Lurmen leader, Tee Watt Kaa, decided to give it to them, by ejecting an escape pod containing all his people.[5]

Amani attack on Imperial troops during the Battle of Maridun
Around 10 BBY, the Empire began mining operations on Maridun. The Imperials, corporate slave traders, and criminal interests began taking Amani slaves offworld. During the Galactic Civil War, Maridun was occupied by Galactic Empire forces.[3] When Imperial forces commanded by General Ziering unwittingly crossed a border to sacred Amani battlegrounds, the local Amani tribe declared them to be participants in a takital, a conflict that is known as the Battle of Maridun. A young officer called Lieutenant Janek Sunber distinguished himself during the conflict and eventually brokered an accord with the tribal lorekeeper.[6]
In the deal, all captives taken from other tribes during takitals would be given to the Empire as slaves, and in return, Imperial forces would keep off the tribal lands. Similar agreements were subsequently struck with other tribal leaders, and as a result many Amani slaves were forced to work in the mines on Maridun or scattered throughout the galaxy as laborers for the Imperial machine.[3]

Employment

Region
Outer Rim Territories; Borderland Regions[1]
Sector
Rolion sector[1]
System
Maridun system[1]

Intellectual Characteristics

Native species
Amanin[2]
Immigrated species
Hutt
Lurmen[3]

Known Languages

Language
Amanese[1]

Primary language(s)
Amanese[2]

Personality

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