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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Star Wars: The Clone Wars has sometimes introduced the darkest and most tragic storylines in all of Star Wars. Over the course of The Clone Wars’ seven seasons, there were multiple brutal, multiple-episode arcs that sometimes made viewers question whether the show was really designed for children or not.
The Slavery Arc in The Clone Wars Was Dark—But Had an Even Darker Message The Clone Wars Dug Into Anakin’s Past Close When Anakin Skywalker was introduced in Star Wars Episode I —The Phantom Menace, Anakin and his mother Shmi were slaves on Tatooine. The movie didn't spend much time exploring Anakin and Shmi's lives as slaves, but it was clear that it had left its scars on Anakin's soul.
Obi-Wan and Rex were sent to a work camp, where every time they tried to stand up to the slavers, the Togurta people were punished instead of them. This led to Rex and Obi-Wan becoming submissive in just a short while. At the same time, Anakin was assigned to be the personal slave and bodyguard of the Zygerrian queen. Anakin understood that if he fought back in any way, the Queen would harm his friends and the other enslaved people.
The Zygerrian Queen died in Anakin's arms as they made their escape. After telling Anakin how to find Obi-Wan, she told him that there is “No escape for any of us…You were right Skywalker, I am a slave, just as you are.” Her final words cement her earlier point that everyone — including Anakin — is trapped and enslaved by the systems around them. Unfortunately, the Queen was right.
When Anakin fell to the dark side in Star Wars Episode III — Revenge of the Sith, he switched from having the Jedi Council as a master, to becoming a slave for Palpatine. As Darth Vader, he did everything Palpatine asked, no matter how dark and horrible. Additionally, because Vader lost Padmé Amidala, he was in constant anguish, becoming a slave to his anger. Palpatine was able to use this anger to further entrench Vader as his personal slave.
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