Anakin Solo

Born in 10 ABY on the world of Nespis VIII, Anakin Solo came into the world as the son of Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo. His arrival occurred approximately a year and a half after the birth of his twin siblings, Jacen and Jaina. Prophecies foretold his birth as far back as 1000 BBY by a Jedi Master. Initially, the plan was to name him Han Solo Jr., after his father, but Leia opted to honor her own father, Anakin Skywalker. This decision stemmed from her desire to redeem her father's legacy and confront her fears about Darth Vader by seeing the potential good in her father reflected in her son.

Anakin's birth coincided with a period of significant instability. The New Republic was struggling against the resurgence of Imperial factions under the command of the resurrected Dark Lord of the Sith and Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious. On one occasion, the Emperor made contact with Anakin while he was still in his mother's womb. In another attempt, he sought to possess the unborn child's body to preserve his spirit in a more formidable form. However, Anakin's father, Han, intervened and killed the Emperor before he could complete his plan. Despite this, the Emperor's dark essence was directed toward Anakin, but the Jedi Knight Empatojayos Brand intervened, sacrificing his own life to protect the infant.

For the first year of his life, Anakin resided on Anoth, a secluded planet fortified by his uncle, Luke Skywalker, and the New Republic admiral Gial Ackbar to safeguard the Solo children. There, nanny droids and Winter, Leia's close friend, cared for him. His parents were able to visit him every few months. Initially, his siblings, Jacen and Jaina, lived with him on Anoth, but at the age of two, they moved to Coruscant to live with Leia and Han.

In 11 ABY, an Imperial strike team, led by Furgan, the ambassador from his home planet Carida, invaded Anoth in an attempt to abduct Anakin. Winter successfully eliminated most of the invaders by activating the base's defenses and engaging the Imperials in combat. Eventually, Leia and Ackbar, alerted to Furgan's plan, arrived and rescued Anakin from the Ambassador's clutches. Following the abduction attempt, Anakin relocated to Coruscant to live with his parents and siblings.

Due to Leia's demanding schedule, balancing her maternal responsibilities with her political duties, she sought assistance from the protocol droid C-3PO in caring for the twins and Anakin. The droid downloaded information on child-rearing into his memory banks and approached the task with initial enthusiasm, but the results were mixed. After Chewbacca returned from Kessel with Han, he also contributed to raising the Solo children.

During the Empire Reborn movement in 14 ABY, Anakin and his siblings were kidnapped by Lord Hethrir, the Imperial Procurator of Justice, who sought to exploit their Force powers. During his captivity, Anakin developed a bond with Tigris, his nursemaid and Hethrir's son. Lord Hethrir attempted to sacrifice the Force-strong Anakin to a creature named Waru in exchange for Waru's assistance. However, Anakin's parents, along with his uncle Luke Skywalker, successfully rescued the children, and Hethrir was destroyed by Waru.

As a child, Anakin experienced recurring dreams about his grandfather, Darth Vader. Unable to confide in Leia, Anakin turned to Han for guidance. He inquired about what happened to Luke's hand. To alleviate Anakin's nightmares and explain the story of Luke's mechanical hand, Han recounted their adventures during the Galactic Civil War. However, instead of including Luke in the story, he focused on Luke's hand. Upon hearing the story, Anakin declared his intention to become Luke's hand one day and then went to sleep, comparing his hands to his feet.

In 18 ABY, Anakin accompanied his family on a vacation to the Corellian system. Upon their arrival, Leia hired Ebrihim, a Drall, to tutor the children and serve as a guide for the entire family. During their first excursion, the family visited Corellia's primary archaeological site. While there, Anakin and his siblings became separated from the group when Anakin paused to investigate something he sensed through the Force. He followed this sensation with his siblings trailing behind him, ultimately arriving at what would later be identified as Corellia's planetary repulsor, one of which was situated on each of the five inhabited planets of the Corellian system. Later, the children shared their discovery in the tunnel with their parents.

After several days of touring Corellia's main continent, Anakin and his family relocated to Corona House to enable Leia to participate in the upcoming trade summit. On the first night of the summit, the three children overheard a conversation between their parents, Master Trader Mara Jade, and Governor-General Micamberlecto, learning about a starbuster plot that threatened the destruction of entire star systems.

Anakin, Jacen, and Jaina were confined to Corona House with Chewbacca, Ebrihim, and Ebrihim's astromech droid, Q9-X2, while Leia and Han departed to advise Micamberlecto on managing the escalating crisis. From their apartment, the Solo children witnessed enclaves within Coronet City being reduced to ashes and numerous lives being lost in the initial stages of what would later become known as the Corellian Insurrection. Soon, Corona House itself came under attack, forcing the children and their companions to flee to the Millennium Falcon.

With the Falcon's hyperdrive damaged by a Pocket Patrol Boat, the decision was made to visit Ebrihim's Aunt Marcha, the Duchess of Mastigophorous, on Drall. Once there, Anakin, Jacen, and Jaina recounted their experience at the archaeological dig, the mysterious installation they had discovered, and the starbuster plot they had overheard.

Marcha escorted the Solo children to the approximate location of Drall's planetary repulsor, and Anakin was able to locate the repulsor using the Force. Upon entering, he discovered hidden control panels and used them to operate parts of the repulsor. While everyone else was asleep, he secretly activated the repulsor. Although Anakin was safe within one of the tunnels, the others were in danger of being killed by the energy of the activation. However, they all eventually managed to reach safety inside the Falcon.

Anakin later encountered his father's cousin Thrackan Sal-Solo, who arrived upon learning that Drall's planetary repulsor had been activated. Thrackan, intending to use the repulsor for his own purposes, imprisoned Anakin, Jaina, Jacen, Chewbacca, Ebrihim, and Marcha. He then attempted to use the children to blackmail their mother into persuading the New Republic to recognize Corellian independence.

Anakin demonstrated to Jacen and Jaina how to navigate "in between" the force field using the Force, enabling the children to escape using this technique. However, Chewbacca and the Drall were unable to escape. The children, accompanied by Q9-X2, made their way to the Falcon and took off. Thrackan pursued them, but they managed to evade his ship due to Jacen's piloting skills, Jaina's gunnery skills, and Anakin's use of the deflector shield to protect the Falcon. The Solo children were then reunited with their parents aboard the Intruder, a New Republic Bakuran vessel that rescued them. However, Han and Leia soon had to depart as they had volunteered to assist the Bakuran fleet in its confrontation with the forces of the Sacorrian Triad at Centerpoint Station.

Because the systems of Drall's repulsor would only respond to Anakin, he and his siblings soon returned to the planetary repulsor. There, Anakin assisted the Bakuran technicians as they attempted to find a way to use the repulsor to prevent the ancient space station, Centerpoint, from destroying the star of Bovo Yagen. Ultimately, Anakin used the Force to aim the repulsor and deflect the energy beam emanating from Centerpoint, saving billions of lives.

Following the discovery of a partial copy of the Caamas Document in 19 ABY, and due to the ensuing scandal, Anakin and his siblings were sent to Kashyyyk with Chewbacca and a group of Noghri for their safety. After the crisis subsided, the three siblings attended the signing of the Pellaeon–Gavrisom Treaty with their parents aboard the Star Destroyer Chimaera. They were also present at the wedding of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade.

At the age of eleven, Anakin participated in the inaugural session for younger students at the Jedi Praxeum located within the Great Temple on Yavin 4. There, he encountered and befriended Tahiri Veila, an orphan hailing from Tatooine. Soon, he and Tahiri began experiencing the same dream and concluded that it was their destiny to fulfill the dream's vision. Motivated by this, they secretly left the Great Temple, taking his uncle's astromech droid, R2-D2, with them. Eventually, they arrived at the dilapidated Palace of the Woolamander, where they discovered the Golden Globe and the ancient Jedi Master Ikrit, who had guarded it for centuries. Ikrit informed the pair that the Golden Globe contained countless trapped Massassi souls that could only be freed by Force-sensitive children. He also cautioned them against informing Luke Skywalker about the Globe, warning that doing so would result in its loss. R2-D2 then guided the children and Ikrit safely back to the Great Temple, where the children told Luke that they had simply gotten lost during a walk in the jungle.

Later, Anakin and Tahiri accompanied the Melodie Lyric to her homeworld of Yavin 8, where she was to undergo an important form-changing ritual known as the Changing Ceremony. After safely escorting Lyric to the cove where she was to undergo the changing, Anakin and Tahiri assisted the young Melodies in fending off several native predators, including an avril, a reel, and several raiths. As a reward for helping guard the changelings, Anakin and Tahiri were granted the opportunity to speak with Aragon, the Keeper of Legends, and inquire about the ancient carvings they had discovered at the Palace of the Woolamander. Aragon directed the children to some similar carvings deep within a cave on Yavin 8. From these carvings, the duo learned that Golden Globe contained the souls of the children of the Massassi that had been imprisoned by the Dark Lord Exar Kun in 3997 BBY. They also learned that it was held together by Sith magic that could only be broken by Force-sensitive children, as Ikrit had already told them.

Tahiri, accompanied by Anakin and the academy historian, Tionne Solusar, returned to her home planet of Tatooine to honor a promise she had made before she left for the Jedi academy. When she arrived on Tatooine, Tahiri was told that if she immediately returned to the academy, the tribe would kill Sliven. However, if Tahiri survived a dangerous trek across the Dune Sea and the Jundland Wastes, the tribe would continue to follow Sliven and would tell Tahiri her history. Tahiri and Anakin chose to attempt the week-long survival trek together. Before they left, Sliven told Tahiri about her parents. Anakin and Tahiri were then left alone out in the desert without food or water. They made their way back to the tribe using their Force abilities to survive the harsh deserts of the Dune Sea, evade a sarlacc, befriend a Jawa clan, and defeat a Krayt dragon. However, both young Jedi were injured during the journey. Eventually, they were able to return to Yavin 4 where their wounds were treated.

Once their injuries from their trip to Tatooine had fully healed, Tahiri and Anakin returned to the Palace of the Woolamander to liberate the trapped souls within the Golden Globe. They used the Force to weaken the force field surrounding the Globe sufficiently for Anakin to enter it. Once inside, Anakin persuaded the Massassi children to join hands and break free from the Globe. After the Massassi souls had been released, the Globe shattered into thousands of pieces. The freed souls expressed their gratitude to the young Jedi and then vanished. Anakin and Tahiri returned to the Great Temple, where Luke was waiting for them, having been informed about the Golden Globe by Ikrit.

Anakin continued to be disturbed by visions of himself as a Dark Jedi, as well as by his lineage as the grandson of Anakin Skywalker, who had become the notorious Darth Vader. As a result, the young Jedi requested permission to visit the same Dark Side Cave on Dagobah that Luke had entered years before while training with Yoda.

Before arrangements for the trip could be finalized, Tahiri and Anakin discovered a youth named Uldir Lochett hidden aboard the Lightning Rod, a supply freighter. Although Uldir lacked obvious Force sensitivity, he was determined to become a Jedi, so Luke agreed to allow him to stay at the academy for a period.

Eventually, Anakin, Tahiri, and Ikrit journeyed to Dagobah on the Lightning Rod with R2-D2 and Peckhum piloting the ship. Upon arriving, the group discovered that Uldir had once again stowed away on the freighter. Leaving Peckhum with the ship, Anakin, Tahiri, Uldir, Ikrit, and R2-D2 set out for the cave. Along the way, they encountered several swamp creatures, including a knobby white spider. Upon entering the cave, Anakin witnessed two potential future versions of himself—one evil and one good. Ikrit later explained to Anakin and Tahiri that their choices would determine their future selves. R2-D2 then guided the group to Yoda's hut. Afterward, they returned to Yavin 4.

Later that year, the Jedi historian Tionne Solusar discovered that after Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber duel on the First Death Star in 0 BBY, during which Vader killed Kenobi, Vader had saved Kenobi's lightsaber and had kept it at Bast Castle on Vjun. Since an information broker had sold this information to Tionne, she feared that others may have learned of it before she did and, because of this, quickly informed Luke Skywalker at the Jedi Praxeum. Luke agreed that Tionne should go to Bast Castle to look for the lightsaber and allowed Anakin, Tahiri, Uldir, Ikrit, and R2-D2 to accompany her to Vjun on her personal transport, Lore Seeker.

Having arrived on Vjun, they discovered another vessel and feared another group had entered the castle first. To reach Bast Castle, the group had to climb a long length of stairs in rain and sleet. Upon entering the castle, the group encountered lasers being shot at them. Anakin arrived at the conclusion that the lasers were automatic and came up with a successful plan to turn them off. The group then began exploring the castle, eventually splitting up into groups. After evading more booby traps, the group discovered Kenobi's lightsaber. However, a man named Orloc, who claimed to be a mage who possessed great powers, stole the lightsaber, dropped Tionne and Ikrit down a trap door, and seemingly disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

The Jedi trainees, now on their own, decided to pursue Orloc. Uldir and R2-D2 went one way and Anakin and Tahiri went another. Anakin and Tahiri found Vader's bedchamber and discovered that he had kept a hologram of Luke, his son. Uldir was the first to find Orloc and talked with him for a while. Orloc claimed that he could train Uldir in all of the Force skills he desired and also told him that there was a holocron hidden in Vader's bedchamber. Eventually, the other Jedi arrived, rescued Uldir, escaped Bast Castle, and returned to the Jedi Praxeum, with Kenobi's lightsaber and Asli Krimsan's holocron.

Despite having escaped Orloc, Uldir was obsessed with what Orloc told him and still believed that the mage would be able to awaken the Force powers within him, which nobody at the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 had been able to do as of yet. Because of this, Uldir stole Ikrit's ship, Sunrider, Kenobi's lightsaber, and the holocron to travel to an abandoned space station called Exis Station where he believed Orloc was staying.

Uldir's capture by Orloc occurred as soon as he got to Exis Station. To learn about the Force from Orloc, Uldir proposed a trade of two Jedi artifacts. Orloc, lacking any actual Force abilities, accepted the deal. To trick Uldir, he began using advanced technology to simulate "Force powers".

Anakin, along with Tahiri, Tionne, and Ikrit, embarked on a mission aboard the Lore Seeker to locate Uldir, eventually reaching Exis Station. After narrowly escaping death at the hands of Orloc's droids and Ranat mercenaries, the Jedi located Uldir and Orloc, attempting to expose Orloc as a fraud to Uldir. The mage then initiated an assault on the four Jedi using his high-tech gadgets, prompting the Jedi to retaliate with the Force.

During the conflict, Tionne sustained an injury, requiring Anakin and Tahiri to defend her by neutralizing the assassin droids dispatched by Orloc. Witnessing Orloc's deception, Uldir joined forces with Anakin and Tahiri, only to be wounded himself. Ikrit, who had vowed not to use a lightsaber until he found worthy students, engaged Orloc in a duel, with Orloc wielding Kenobi's lightsaber. Suddenly, the stolen lightsaber flew across the room into Anakin's hand, who then advanced towards Orloc. Upon reaching Orloc, Anakin employed the lightsaber to disable Orloc's technological controls. With the mage defeated, the Jedi returned to the Jedi Praxeum, where they recuperated from their injuries, and Uldir decided to pursue a career as a pilot rather than a Jedi.

Anakin later went back to Coruscant to study with C-3PO's help. In 23 ABY, Anakin aided his siblings, who were visiting Coruscant, in their search for their orphaned friend Zekk. Zekk had vanished after feeling humiliated at a Solo family banquet. Jacen and his fellow Jedi trainee Tenel Ka eventually discovered Zekk delivering a speech to a group of teenagers from the Lost Ones street gang in Coruscant's lower levels. Tamith Kai, an assistant from the Second Imperium's Shadow Academy, which trained Dark Jedi, arrived with Garowyn and Vilas to recruit individuals for the Academy. Jacen and Jaina learned that Zekk was Force-sensitive and had chosen to train as a Dark Jedi at the Shadow Academy, but they were subsequently stunned by Vilas.

Leia, Anakin, and C-3PO were able to locate Jacen and Tenel Ka thanks to a comlink Jacen was carrying. They all went back to the upper levels of Coruscant, and the Jedi eventually succeeded in stopping the Second Imperium.

Anakin later went back to the Jedi Praxeum to help rebuild it after the Second Imperium attacked. During 24 ABY, he went with his father to Ord Mantell and helped defeat the Black Sun. Later that year, he was promoted to an apprentice Jedi Knight along with several other trainees, including his older siblings, during a ceremony at the Jedi Praxeum. He and Jacen then became Luke's apprentices.

His most difficult trial was to come during the Yuuzhan Vong War in 25 ABY, a devastating conflict. The Yuuzhan Vong, from outside the galaxy, invaded with the goal of taking it over. Unlike many sentient species, these fearsome invaders were not connected to the Force. This confused the Jedi who first encountered the Yuuzhan Vong because almost all life forms had a Force energy signature of some kind.

During this dark period, Anakin traveled to Sernpidal alongside his father and Chewbacca to retrieve a shipment for Lando Calrissian. They discovered that the moon was on a collision course with the planet, endangering countless lives. Unbeknownst to them, this was a Yuuzhan Vong tactic, Yo'gand's Core. While trying to evacuate locals, Anakin was knocked down by strong winds into the distance, causing Chewie to run after him. Chewie managed to bring Anakin to the safety of the Falcon, but another blast of wind knocked him out of reach. Anakin piloted the Falcon, while his father stood on the entrance ramp hoping to lift Chewie up, but they were forced to flee from Sernpidal when Anakin realized it was too late to save Chewie. The Wookiee stood in the moon's trajectory, howling defiantly, and was crushed to death. This event hurt relations between Anakin and his father, who blamed him. It would be months before father and son reconciled.

Anakin began creating Jedi strategies to use against the Yuuzhan Vong. At Dubrillion, he rediscovered a lost Force skill, Battle meditation, and initiated a technique known as Force meld between his siblings. This technique was used to coordinate Jedi in battle, namely in spaceflight throughout the war. He also designed the prototype for the Yuuzhan Vong Hunter Droids (YVH) manufactured by Lando Calrissian, as well as a computer program that kept track of usage of data in the library to facilitate missions for the Jedi.

Early in the war, Finn Galfridian, the prince of Artorias, became a new student at the Jedi Academy. During one of Finn's training sessions, Anakin, Jaina, Jacen, and Lowbacca approached the new student, who was looking at a large chunk of land. Jacen inquired whether Finn's rock was underneath, and Anakin added that Luke did it to everyone—except for Lowbacca. Anakin later interrupted a talk that Finn had with his sister by saying that he heard a large noise coming from a nearby cave. After investigating the place, a large tuk'ata ran out of the cave towards the new student, Anakin and his siblings stood infront of a frozen Finn, igniting their lightsabers to protect him. Jacen then told Anakin to wait as he realized the animal was wounded and, after it was treated from his injury, the Tuk'ata went back into the cave.

Anakin would later join most of his family and Finn on a mission to find a smuggler after his father let them borrow the Millennium Falcon. Arriving on Nar Shaddaa, Anakin and his siblings traveled the upper levels along with Lowbacca. When they returned to the Falcon Anakin found that his mother had talked with his father Han, who was still unwilling to face him after the death of Chewbacca, but Leia let him know that time would heal his wounds. After Galfridian's droid pointed out the smuggler, a Vratix named Spraug, the Solo siblings confronted him and forced him to turn over a holocron that he had.

After that, Anakin went with Mara Jade Skywalker to Dantooine, where Mara hoped to stop the Coomb spore disease that was killing her on the planet's unspoiled grasslands. They were soon joined by refugees from Dubrillion, evacuated by Lando Calrissian. While there, Mara gave Anakin important lessons on not using the Force to do the most mundane of tasks, such as lifting boxes. Later, Anakin was approached by a Dantooine native. Anakin was worried that the native would attack, but when Mara gave him a button from her jacket, the native replied by bringing Anakin special roots from a Blba tree. Anakin agreed to give back the roots if the native brought him firewood. The native, misunderstanding, brought Anakin a log. It was later revealed that the root was a powerful medicine, so Anakin gave some to Mara, and it helped her growing disease slightly. Soon afterward, the Yuuzhan Vong followed them and a great massacre began. During the battle, the Yuuzhan Vong unleashed legions of reptoid Chazrach slave soldiers and beetle-like Thrall herders from their galaxy. Anakin and his older brother Jacen would discover that these Chazrach were entirely mindless and were merely the Yuuzhan Vong's equivalent to battle droids. They slaughtered dozens of Chazrach and Luke Skywalker also destroyed a thrall herder, causing much of the enemy force to scatter and allowing the refugees to escape Dantooine.

When Luke found out that Jedi Knight Daeshara'cor was looking for superweapons, Anakin went with his aunt, uncle, and a man named Chalco on his search for her. They first went to Vortex, the homeworld of the Vors. While there, Anakin was told to stay on the ship with Chalco, while Luke and Mara went to meet Qwi Xux. Xux sent them to the planet Garos IV. While there, Luke again told Anakin to stay at the ship, but he and Chalco disobeyed. Anakin found Daeshara'cor, but she knocked him out and took him to her apartment, where she tied him up. It was then that Chalco, who Anakin had grown close to, broke in, wearing an ysalamir skin. Daeshara'cor easily deflected the man's stun blast, but Anakin Force-threw the blaster into her head.

Later, Anakin was part of a task force of Jedi at the Battle of Ithor. Shortly before the battle, Anakin said goodbye to Chalco, who went with Mirax Terrik Horn to take Ithorian refugees to safety. Before the battle, the Jedi were required by the Ithorians to give up a negative trait. Anakin chose to give up self-assuredness, which surprised his brother.

During the battle, he was teamed up with Daeshara'cor. While fighting a warrior, Daeshara'cor was wounded by an amphistaff's poisonous bite. Wielding both his own violet lightsaber and her crimson lightsaber, he defended her from further injury. Although he had managed to get Daeshara'cor back to the medical bay with the help from his aunt and uncle, she died—reassuring Anakin that she wouldn't have changed anything. Despite her words, Anakin blamed himself for not being able to save her and live up to Chewbacca's sacrifice.

Despite the growing Anti-Jediism during the war, Anakin's heroic acts led many New Republic citizens to regard him as a galactic hero and the freshest face of the New Jedi Order—much like his grandfather was during the Clone Wars. There were many whispers that Anakin would one day take his uncle's place as the most powerful Jedi. Mara Jade noted that when he walked by, many females turned their heads to watch him.

Anakin was later asked to repair Centerpoint Station. He accepted, and he and Jacen went to the station. Only after it was fully repaired was it clear that the Yuuzhan Vong had never intended to attack Corellia, but instead had planned a sneak attack on Fondor.

During the battle, Anakin could have wiped out the assembled Yuuzhan Vong fleet at Fondor through the use of Centerpoint Station had it not been for his older brother Jacen. Jacen dissuaded his brother from using the station as a weapon, on the basis that it was against the Jedi beliefs. Unfortunately, an old enemy in the form of their cousin, the infamous Thrackan Sal-Solo fired the weapon, destroying the Yuuzhan Vong fleet. Though the casualties among the Yuuzhan Vong were great, much of the Hapan fleet was destroyed in the wake of the blast. This incident furthered the rift between the two brothers, Anakin knowing he could have destroyed the Yuuzhan Vong fleet without the collateral damage if he had taken the shot, instead of listening to Jacen.

Two months after the Centerpoint incident, Anakin was meeting with a group of Jedi that consisted of his uncle and aunt, Kenth Hamner, Cilghal, and Cilghal's apprentice, Tekli. When Tekli revealed that there was a possible Yuuzhan Vong spy at the restaurant Leafy Green, Anakin and Mara went to investigate. They tracked the spy—a female Yuuzhan Vong—across Coruscant and into an alley, where Anakin hit her with a short-range variant of the Stokhli spray stick, after fighting off a swarm of Razor bugs. Unfortunately, the spy managed to kill herself by slashing her own throat before scientists could properly study her.

Anakin traveled with Mara and Luke to Duro after Tresina Lobi's apprentice, Thrynni Vae, went missing. While there, the trio were disguised as Kubaz. Anakin and Luke were standing to the side when Jacen explained to CorDuro's Vice-director, Durgard Brarun, that he was trying not to use the Force. Anakin was unsettled by this, but still participated when his family, now including his older sister Jaina, went to rescue Jacen. It was later revealed that Thrynni Vae had been killed.

During the rescue attempt, Anakin caused a distraction by jumping on a stage and challenging his uncle to a duel. While the audience was distracted by the swordplay, Jaina sneaked up to Jacen's room and convinced him to leave. Anakin and Luke were then forced to abandon their distraction when armed guards opened fire on the duo. Along with Mara, they held off the guards long enough for Jaina and Jacen to escape, and then followed closely.

Later, Anakin played an important role during the defense of Duro when he defended the orbital city of Orr-Om by shooting down a serpentine Ychna which was attacking it, shooting a proton torpedo into the creature's mouth. When Mara Jade landed the Jade Shadow in one of the cities to talk with admiral Darez Wuht, Anakin remained in his X-wing, patrolling the area. When Mara took off, and large portions of the docking bay remained attached to the Shadow, Anakin attempted to shoot them off, but was unsuccessful. Unfortunately, the small force was unable to defend Duro alone, and the Yuuzhan Vong finally overtook the planet, forcing Anakin and his family to retreat.

During a meeting on Coruscant, in which Kyp Durron voiced his disapproval of Luke Skywalker's methods, Anakin and his sister, Jaina, tried to persuade Durron not to leave Coruscant. Durron tried to get them to come with him, but they both refused.

Anakin determined that the Vong and their Peace Brigade allies would Attack the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4, having had a vision of Tahiri in danger. However, when he told his uncle, Luke told him that he could not go. Knowing Tahiri could die if he did not go, Anakin forged permission to leave Coruscant and set out with his droid, Fiver.

The Peace Brigade did attack the Praxeum, and Anakin was caught in a firefight in Yavin space. Upon landing, he was greeted by Kam Solusar and later Tahiri. He informed them of the Peace Brigade's imminent attack, and Solusar agreed to let Anakin and Ikrit stay behind to hold of the Brigade.

Unfortunately, Anakin did not count on Tahiri, Valin Horn, and Sannah sneaking away from the Solusars to assist him. Anakin and Tahiri were forced to steal a Peace Brigade ship belonging to Remis Vehn.

During their flight from the Temple, however, Ikrit stayed behind to hold off the Peace Brigade and was killed. Tahiri, in an attempt to recover her master's body, leapt from the ship, only to be captured. Anakin, Vehn, Valin, and Sannah were forced to leave Tahiri behind. While Anakin was in the process of repairing the ship and building a speeder to take him back to the Praxeum, Qorl, a former TIE pilot who had befriended his older siblings, showed up, allowing Anakin to leave him in charge of the repairs. While returning to the Praxeum, Anakin encountered many warriors. He was able to defeat most, but was almost killed before Vua Rapuung, a Shamed outcast Yuuzhan Vong, came to assist him, asking for help.

Vua Rapuung helped Anakin reach the Yuuzhan Vong encampment. Anakin's lightsaber was damaged in the process, forcing him to rebuild it with a Yuuzhan Vong lambent that he stole while pretending to be a slave. He attuned his lightsaber to himself and discovered a way to sense the Vong through the Force, channeled through the lambent. Anakin was the first Jedi since Vergere to sense the Yuuzhan Vong, and thus called it "Vongsense," a name which Jacen later adopted.

The Yuuzhan Vong had performed numerous experiments on Tahiri during her captivity, but Anakin and Raapung fought through hordes of warriors and helped her recover from the ordeal. Anakin told Tahiri that he loved her, and she snapped out of the Mezhan Kwaad's shaping. Unfortunately, during their escape, Raapung was killed, although Kwaad admitted that it was she who had shamed him. After their escape, rumors of their exploits on Yavin 4 ran rampant through the labor class Workers and the outcast Shamed Ones of the Yuuzhan Vong, who soon began to see the Jedi as their salvation, as Anakin's exploits had helped remove Vua's shamed status.

Following that ordeal, Anakin, Tahiri, and Corran Horn traveled to Eriadu. While there, Tahiri and Anakin sensed a Jedi in trouble. Running to the location of the Jedi, they found a dying Rodian Jedi named Kelbis Nu being attacked by a group of Peace Brigaders. After defeating the Brigaders, Anakin ran to Nu's side while Tahiri called for assistance. Nu told Anakin that Yag'Dhul—the homeworld of the mathematical Givin—would be the next target of the Yuuzhan Vong because it was located right where the Corellian Trade Spine and the Rimma Trade Route met.

Unfortunately, before they could act on this information, they were arrested by the Eriaduan judicials under a Human male named Lieutenant Themion. Tahiri broke free and rescued Anakin—uttering a Yuuzhan Vong war cry—and the two made their escape. In the lobby, they found two judicials dueling with their lightsabers. They Force pulled them away when one judicial made a sloppy slash, making it look like the judicial had knocked both lightsabers away. After reclaiming their lightsabers and hijacking a police speeder, though the two Jedi eventually reached the spaceport and escaped off-world with Corran Horn on their transport Lucre. They came out of hyperspace in the midst of a Vong fleet and landed on what was assumed to be was an asteroid, but was actually a Yuuzhan Vong Yorik-stronha (spy ship-analogue) which was christened Stalking Moon.

Having arrived, they managed to warn the Givin Dodecian of the impeding invasion of their planet. When the Vong arrived, Anakin Solo dueled a team leader named Shok Choka. He managed to kill Choka before the Givin decompressed the space station to kill the Yuuzhan Vong. Tahiri and Anakin were forced to stay in a storage locker while Horn went to find vac suits. Feeling the end was near, Anakin admitted his love for her and the two shared a kiss. They were later rescued by Corran while the combined Givin/New Republic fleet drove back the extragalactic invaders.

Upon his arrival at Exis Station, Orloc took Uldir prisoner. Subsequently, Uldir proposed to Orloc an exchange of two Jedi relics for instruction in the ways of the Force. Orloc, devoid of any genuine Force aptitude, consented to the arrangement and started employing sophisticated technological devices to simulate exhibitions of his supposed "Force abilities" in order to mislead Uldir.

Anakin, accompanied by Tahiri, Tionne, and Ikrit, embarked on a quest to locate Uldir aboard the Lore Seeker, eventually arriving at Exis Station. After narrowly avoiding demise at the hands of Orloc's combat droids and Ranat mercenaries, the Jedi discovered Uldir and Orloc, attempting to reveal to Uldir that Orloc was a charlatan. The mage then initiated an offensive against the four Jedi, utilizing his high-tech contraptions, prompting the Jedi to counterattack using the Force.

During this confrontation, Tionne sustained an injury, necessitating Anakin and Tahiri to shield her by neutralizing the assassin droids dispatched by Orloc to eliminate them. Uldir, realizing Orloc's deception, allied himself with Anakin and Tahiri, only to be wounded in the process. Ikrit, who had pledged not to wield a lightsaber until he encountered worthy pupils, engaged Orloc in a duel, with Orloc wielding Kenobi's stolen lightsaber. Abruptly, the stolen lightsaber propelled across the room into Anakin's grasp, who then advanced towards Orloc. Upon reaching Orloc, Anakin utilized the lightsaber to dismantle Orloc's command systems for all of his technology. Having vanquished the mage, the Jedi returned to the Jedi Praxeum, where they recuperated from their wounds, and Uldir resolved to pursue a career as a pilot rather than a Jedi.

Anakin later made his way back to Coruscant, where he studied under the tutelage of C-3PO. In 23 ABY, Anakin lent a hand to his siblings, who had come back to Coruscant for a visit, in their endeavor to find their orphaned companion, Zekk. Zekk had vanished after experiencing embarrassment during a formal dinner with the Solo family. Eventually, Jacen and his fellow Jedi trainee, Tenel Ka, located Zekk delivering a speech to a gathering of adolescents from the Lost Ones street gang in the lower echelons of Coruscant. Tamith Kai, an aide at the Second Imperium's Shadow Academy, an institution dedicated to training Dark Jedi, arrived accompanied by Garowyn and Vilas, with the intention of recruiting individuals to undergo training at the Academy. Jacen and Jaina discovered that Zekk possessed Force sensitivity and had made the decision to train as a Dark Jedi at the Shadow Academy, but they were subsequently incapacitated by Vilas.

Thanks to a comlink that Jacen was carrying, Leia, Anakin, and C-3PO were able to locate Jacen and Tenel Ka. They all made their way back to the upper levels of Coruscant, and in the end, the Jedi were successful in thwarting the Second Imperium.

Anakin later made a return to the Jedi Praxeum to assist in its reconstruction following an attack by the Second Imperium. During 24 ABY, he accompanied his father to Ord Mantell and played a role in dismantling the Black Sun criminal organization. Later in that year, he received a promotion to the rank of apprentice Jedi Knight alongside several other trainees, including his older siblings, during a formal ceremony held at the Jedi Praxeum. Subsequently, he and Jacen became Luke's apprentices.

His most significant challenge would present itself during the Yuuzhan Vong War in 25 ABY, a conflict of immense devastation. The Yuuzhan Vong, hailing from beyond the confines of the galaxy, launched an invasion with the explicit objective of subjugating it for their own purposes. In stark contrast to numerous other sentient species, these formidable invaders possessed no connection to the Force. This predicament confounded the Jedi who initially encountered the Yuuzhan Vong, as virtually all life forms exhibited a Force energy signature to some extent.

During this era of darkness, Anakin journeyed to Sernpidal alongside his father and Chewbacca to procure a consignment for Lando Calrissian. They discovered that the moon was on a collision course with the planet, endangering countless lives. Unbeknownst to them, this event constituted a Yuuzhan Vong tactic, Yo'gand's Core. While endeavoring to evacuate local inhabitants, Anakin was dislodged by powerful winds and propelled into the distance, prompting Chewie to pursue him. Chewie successfully brought Anakin to the safety of the Falcon, but another gust of wind swept him out of reach. Anakin assumed control of the Falcon, while his father positioned himself on the entrance ramp, hoping to lift Chewie to safety, but they were compelled to flee from Sernpidal when Anakin recognized that it was too late to rescue Chewie. The Wookiee stood defiantly in the moon's trajectory, emitting a mournful howl, before being crushed to his death. This incident strained the relationship between Anakin and his father, who held him accountable. Months would pass before father and son reconciled.

Anakin embarked on the development of Jedi tactics specifically tailored to combat the Yuuzhan Vong. At Dubrillion, he rediscovered a long-lost Force ability, Battle meditation, and initiated a technique referred to as Force meld among his siblings. This technique served to coordinate Jedi forces in battle, particularly in spaceflight operations throughout the war. Furthermore, he conceived the prototype for the Yuuzhan Vong Hunter Droids (YVH), which were subsequently manufactured by Lando Calrissian, as well as a computer program designed to monitor data usage within the library to facilitate missions for the Jedi.

Early in the war, a fresh student commenced his attendance at the Jedi Academy, namely Finn Galfridian, the prince of Artorias. During one of Finn's training exercises, Anakin, Jaina, Jacen, and Lowbacca approached the new student, who was gazing at a substantial landmass. Jacen inquired whether Finn's rock was situated beneath, and Anakin added that Luke subjected everyone to this experience, with the exception of Lowbacca. Anakin later interrupted a conversation between Finn and his sister, announcing that he had detected a loud noise emanating from a nearby cave. Upon investigating the location, a sizable tuk'ata emerged from the cave, advancing towards the new student. Anakin and his siblings positioned themselves in front of a frozen Finn, igniting their lightsabers to provide protection. Jacen then instructed Anakin to hold back, as he recognized that the animal was wounded. After receiving treatment for its injury, the Tuk'ata retreated back into the cave.

Anakin would subsequently accompany the majority of his family and Finn on a mission to track down a smuggler after his father granted them the use of the Millennium Falcon. Upon arriving on Nar Shaddaa, Anakin and his siblings traversed the upper levels alongside Lowbacca. Upon returning

In the year 27 ABY, the alien invaders known as the Yuuzhan Vong engineered a new bio-weapon: the Voxyn. These creatures were specifically designed to hunt and eliminate Jedi Knights. A group of young Jedi, including Anakin, Tahiri, Raynar Thul, Lowbacca, Jacen, Jaina, and Tenel Ka, were devastated to learn that their friend Lusa, a fellow student from the Jedi Praxeum, had fallen victim to a Voxyn attack. Anakin bravely volunteered to lead a dangerous mission to destroy the Voxyn queen, the source of these deadly creatures. Despite initial reservations from his father, Luke Skywalker, the mission was authorized, and Anakin assembled a specialized Jedi team for the task.

The operation commenced with Lando Calrissian, feigning allegiance to the enemy, "offering" Anakin and his team as prisoners to a Yuuzhan Vong commander. During this staged capture, Ulaha Kore, a member of Anakin's team, suffered severe injuries from a Coufee wielded by a Yuuzhan Vong warrior. While aboard the Baanu Rass, a Koros-Strohna vessel orbiting the planet Myrkr, Yaght took Ganner Rhysode, the acting team leader, to the bridge while simultaneously torturing Kore. Jacen Solo, utilizing his Force abilities, established a mental link between the members of the strike team. As Kore reached her breaking point under the torture, Yaght forced Jaina to choose between Anakin and Jacen as the next victim. Through the Force, Anakin urged Jaina to select him, and with great reluctance, she complied. Anakin then whispered instructions to Kore, leading her to attempt a suicidal attack, impaling her hand on the poisonous spines of a Voxyn.

Unexpectedly, Lando's YVH droids, designated YVH 2-1S and 2-4S, arrived to provide assistance. Jacen questioned Anakin about his conversation with Ulaha, suspecting that he had ordered her to make the fatal attack on the Voxyn. Anakin denied this, revealing that he had instead instructed her to reveal the location of Eclipse Station to Yaght. The team successfully rescued Ganner from the bridge, during which Tesar Sebatyne fatally shot Yaght. The team reached Myrkr, but the Yuuzhan Vong tried to prevent their landing. Ulaha stayed behind to distract the Vong, while Anakin and the others landed on the worldship. Upon landing, Kore and the droid 2-1S were destroyed. The group found a prison filled with Ysalamiri, where they discovered two Dark Jedi, Lomi Plo and Welk. Anakin allowed them to join the team, but only gave them blasters. Soon after, 2-4S was destroyed.

The group came across a dormant AT-AT. It was a trap, and small bugs bit and wounded Lowbacca and Jovan Drark. They soon found a slave city, where Eryl Besa and Drark were killed, and Anakin was wounded with an amphistaff.

Shortly after, Bela Hara met her end, and Tesar Sebatyne claimed her lightsaber with a white blade. Krasov Hara, Bela's hatchmate and the team's third Barabel member, was also killed by voxyn acid. The team discovered an escape vessel, the Tachyon Flier. Lomi Plo and Welk, sensing the mission's failure and deeming Anakin suicidal, stole the ship with the wounded Raynar Thul aboard, erasing most of the team's memories of them. Anakin stayed behind in a Grashal to fight off as many Yuuzhan Vong as he could. Tahiri, crying, refused his goodbye kiss, saying he'd have to return for it.

Anakin was unable to return, as he was overwhelmed by Vong warriors. In a final act of defiance, he unleashed pure white energy from his hands, disintegrating his enemies. The immense Force energy overwhelmed his already damaged body. Mortally wounded while protecting his sister, Anakin perished in a blaze of light surrounded by Yuuzhan Vong.

The surviving team members received aid from Vergere, who gave Jacen Anakin's lightsaber, while Jaina, Tahiri, and others retrieved Anakin's body. Jacen, Tesar, and the remaining members confronted the voxyn queen in her cavern. Jacen killed the queen by using the Force to make her tail go into a void created by a dovin basal. Jaina and the others stole Nom Anor's ship, the Ksstarr, but Jacen was captured.

Anakin's death propelled Jacen into a position of leadership, pushed Jaina to the brink of the dark side, and plunged Tahiri into despair. His sister and the other survivors transported his body to Hapes for a funeral.

The funeral for Anakin was held on Hapes, attended by the survivors of Myrkr (excluding Jacen), friends, and family. Anakin was honored as a hero, with speeches by Tahiri, Han, Kyp Durron, and young Tarc. After the memorial, Luke Skywalker cremated Anakin's body.

While imprisoned on Coruscant, Jacen was deceived by Vergere, who used Anakin's voice to prevent him from killing the Dhuryam. Jacen also saw Anakin's image while fleeing the Jedi Temple, but it was a trick by a Yuuzhan Vong Cavern beast. Jacen may have encountered Anakin's Force ghost on Yuuzhan'tar in the Solo's former apartment. The apparition encouraged him to embrace Vergere's view of the Force. However, it's possible that the spirit was a hallucination or a trick by Vergere, and later by Lumiya to lure Jacen to the dark side.

Anakin's lightsaber was crucial in the fight against the Yuuzhan Vong. Jacen used it in his final battle with the voxyn queen. Vergere gave the weapon to the Vong, and Nom Anor gave it to Jacen in exchange for his conversion. Jacen deceived them, and lied about his conversion. Ganner Rhysode rescued Jacen, and Jacen showed his trust in Ganner by giving him his brother's lightsaber. Ganner became one with the Force, and used the lightsaber to kill countless Yuuzhan Vong while Jacen sabotaged Yuuzhan'tar's World Brain. Rhysode died when he brought down the ceiling of the Well of the World Brain, formerly the Senate Rotunda.

Finally, Supreme Overlord Shimrra used the lightsaber in his duel against Luke during the Recapture of Coruscant. Luke pulled Anakin's lightsaber to him with the Force, then decapitated Shimrra with both lightsabers.

With Shimrra dead, the Yuuzhan Vong surrendered and left for the Unknown Regions with Zonama Sekot. As the galaxy celebrated peace, Han Solo placed Anakin's lightsaber in front of a carving of Chewbacca on Kashyyyk, saying farewell to both of them.

Before 40 ABY, Thrackan Sal-Solo built a droid, Anakin Sal-Solo, with Anakin's personality and biometric data to operate Centerpoint Station. The droid believed he was a resurrected Anakin until Ben Skywalker convinced him otherwise. He used magnetics to duplicate the Force, and joked about being Anakin Sal-Solo. After realizing the truth, the droid sacrificed itself to stop Thrackan's plans by wiping his memory circuits and scrambling the station's routines.

Years after Anakin Solo's death, his memory was used as a symbol for the Galactic Alliance during the Second Galactic Civil War. In 40 ABY, the Alliance's secret police force, the Galactic Alliance Guard, was created, headed by Colonel Jacen Solo. He sought to honor his brother by naming an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer after Anakin, despite his family's objections. The Anakin Solo became the flagship for the Guard.

As Jacen embraced the dark side, he used the Guard and the Anakin Solo ruthlessly. He used the Star Destroyer to destroy the Millennium Falcon and sacrifice his parents to pass his final test as a Sith. Although Jacen turned to darkness to save the Galaxy by enforcing order, Anakin's death changed his personality. This shift made him susceptible to the dark side. Upon meeting Sith Lord Lumiya, Jacen believed that the Galaxy needed him to embrace his destiny as a Sith.

Upon becoming Darth Caedus, Jacen took advantage of his brother's memory. As the Dark Lord of the Sith, Caedus needed an apprentice according to the Rule of Two. He chose Tahiri Veila. Anakin's sacrifice affected Tahiri, and she never recovered from the loss of her friend. Caedus used her feelings and her emotional attachment to bring her to the dark side. Through a Force technique, Caedus enabled Veila to flow-walk into the past to relive her final moments with Anakin. At Caedus' encouragement, Veila pushed her younger self into Anakin, giving him the kiss she had denied him.

Even though Caedus wanted Veila to stop clinging to the memory of Anakin, he used her dependency on him for flow-walking to see Anakin to facilitate her conversion to the Sith. In exchange for these glimpses at Anakin, Veila acted as the Sith Lord's spy emissary, and assassin, eventually becoming Caedus' apprentice as a Sith. But to further ensure Veila's loyalty, Caedus neglected to reveal that the flow-walk ability only allowed users to "witness" the past without actually altering events. He knew that Veila wanted to eventually use the technique to prevent Anakin's death, but he also hoped that she would stop caring about Anakin after fully embracing the dark side.

By that time Caedus grew to despise the memory of his dead brother, whom he dismissed as a brat, and even resented the fact that he named his Star Destroyer after Anakin. Caedus' use of his brother's legacy came to an end with his death during the Battle of Shedu Maad, followed by the dissolution of the Galactic Alliance Guard, the capture of the Anakin Solo and the conclusion of the Second Galactic Civil War. Veila turned her back on Caedus and the Sith shortly after discovering that the flow-walk ability was incapable of altering the past.

In 43.5 ABY Luke and Ben Skywalker traveled to the Maw to learn about Jacen's fall to the dark side. They discovered Sinkhole Station, a miniature version of Centerpoint Station. The inhabitants of this station were called the Mind Walkers. With their help, Luke and Ben entered a realm of the Force known as beyond shadows. While in the Lake of Apparitions, Anakin appeared to them.

Ben and Luke assured Anakin that no Jedi since his death had been as strong as him. Anakin told Ben not to let other Jedi grow dependent on him and that Jedi must have faith in themselves. He advised his uncle and cousin not to continue through the lake.

Like his namesake, Anakin possessed immense Force talent, piloting skills, and mechanical aptitude. He was considered a genius in his youth; Jaina once joked that she knew she had "one brother who was a genius."

From a young age, Anakin was interested in intellectual pursuits, particularly solving complex puzzles, which aided him in his adventures. He excelled in mathematics and engineering, able to fix any mechanical device regardless of his understanding of its purpose or components.

For Anakin, using the Force was natural. He viewed it as a tool to be used responsibly. Through Mara's instruction, he began to see it as more than a tool. During his rescue mission on Yavin 4, he realized that the Force was a manifestation of something greater: an overarching truth. Anakin was similar to his father: reckless, confident, fearless, witty, and used the Force like Han would have. Though introspective, he was also headstrong; his instincts were usually correct.

The Yuuzhan Vong War and Chewbacca's death made Anakin take his responsibilities seriously. As an adherent to the Living Force, he lived for the moment and was unwilling to sacrifice others. His belief in his inability to save others made him question his actions, but once he made a decision, he rarely changed it. Anakin's desire to live up to Chewbacca's sacrifice motivated him to put himself in the forefront of action.

His leadership stemmed from his intelligence and resourcefulness. Respected by both militant and conservative Jedi, Anakin was expected to succeed his uncle as the head of the New Jedi Order. But his life was cut short on Myrkr when he sacrificed himself for his friends, family, and the mission.

Anakin and Tahiri were best friends since they met at the Jedi Academy. Their bond strengthened with each adventure. Though initially annoyed by her, they complemented each other and communicated beyond words. During the Yuuzhan Vong War, they developed romantic feelings, kissing for the first time on the Yag'Dhul station. Anakin died before they could plan a future together. This love continued after his death. When his spirit appeared in the Maw to Luke and Ben Skywalker, he asked them to tell Tahiri he still loved her. Han and Leia later informed Tahiri of this before her trial.

Anakin Solo was born with a strong connection to the Force, inherited from his grandfather, Anakin Skywalker. Like others in the bloodline of the Chosen One, Anakin shared his grandfather's raw Force power. Even as a child, his potential was recognized by Jedi, Dark Jedi, and Sith, such as Luke Skywalker, Darth Sidious, Ikrit, and Hethrir.

Through his Force affinity, Solo used techniques like Battle meditation and Force meld, which he used effectively in the war against the Yuuzhan Vong. A skilled duelist, Solo fought with two blades in the Jar'Kai style. Solo was also the first Jedi since Vergere to sense the Yuuzhan Vong through the Force, calling it "Vongsense".

As a testament to his power before adulthood, Anakin Solo achieved Oneness with the Force at his death. Despite his youth and imminent death, Solo mastered calm and focus, amassing enough Force energy to become a pillar of pure light, striking his enemies with white lightning.

Anakin Solo was first mentioned as Leia Organa Solo's unborn baby in the fifth issue of the 1991–1992 comic series Star Wars: Dark Empire, written by Tom Veitch. The series is set in 10 ABY. Veitch developed Anakin as a child was inevitable if Han and Leia get married, so he became surprised when Timothy Zahn's novel The Last Command introduced Anakin's older twin siblings Jacen and Jaina. Veitch also came up with naming Anakin Solo after his grandfather so he would be the embodiment of both the light and dark aspects of the Skywalker bloodline and suffer great inner conflict in his life. These characteristics, however, were largely ignored in later Expanded Universe projects which handled Anakin's character arc.

Kevin J. Anderson was writing The Jedi Academy Trilogy of novels, set in 11 ABY, and he was told to build upon the events of Dark Empire. The name "Anakin Solo" first appeared in Star Wars canon in 1994's Jedi Search, the first book of Anderson's trilogy, and the character made his first appearance in the followup Dark Apprentice. Solo appeared in more novels before his birth was depicted in the sixth issue of Veitch's Star Wars: Dark Empire II, released in 1995.

During the planning of The New Jedi Order series, Anakin was to be the main hero who would succeed Luke as the leader of the Jedi Order. But George Lucas rejected this, feeling that Anakin's trajectory mirrored his namesake's plotline in the prequel trilogy, creating confusion. As a result, the roles of Anakin and Jacen were reversed, including Anakin's death in The New Jedi Order: Star by Star. Troy Denning, who wrote Anakin Solo's death in Star by Star, recalled in 2009 that it had taken him around seven drafts to pen the scene.

The extent of the Solo brothers' reversed character arcs is unknown. Michael A. Stackpole thought killing Anakin was "a waste of character" and his characterization of Anakin when writing the Dark Tide duology was partly due to the fact that he was "hoping, hoping, hoping that maybe somebody would decide that [Anakin]'d get a reprieve." In addition, the Knightfall Trilogy, starring Danni Quee, was cancelled (even after the first book, Jedi Storm, was finished) in favor of its replacement, the Edge of Victory duology, in which Anakin features prominently.

For Legacy of the Force: Invincible, [Troy] Denning proposed an ending that would have resurrected Anakin by having Jacen flow-walking back to the moment Anakin was killed to corrupt Tahiri into becoming his apprentice, only to make contact and switch places with Anakin, leading Jacen's body to be disguised as if it were Anakin's to not alter the past and Anakin's corpse to be brought back to the present and resurrected by Jaina. However, Denning's proposal was not explored despite being suggested in the outline.

There are several prophecies about Anakin that never took place because of his death. In Star Wars: Dark Empire II, Luke had a vision of Anakin and his siblings leading the Jedi Order. Likewise, in The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest, Ikrit told Anakin that there would be something great born in him and Tahiri. Tom Veitch stated that his original plan for Anakin's story arc was to follow him on his inner struggles to control the light and dark sides until the former eventually won, yet subsequent Legends writers opted to constantly focus on Anakin's light side and kill him off heroically. While Veitch had nothing against their decisions, he felt a certain amount of regret that many stories focusing on Anakin's inner conflict were never told.