Episode I Journal: Anakin Skywalker, also known as Star Wars Journal: Anakin Skywalker, is a middle-grade Legends book penned by Todd Strasser. As a component of the Star Wars Journal collection, it was released as a paperback by Scholastic on May 3 of 1999. The book takes the form of an in-universe diary supposedly authored by Anakin Skywalker, narrating the happenings of the movie Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
On the desert world of Tatooine, I exist as a nine-year-old slave, owned by Watto. Freedom seems impossible.
But then, a Jedi arrives, suggesting I could also become one. I am told that I must first demonstrate my worth.
Above all, I must endure.
I am Anakin Skywalker. This is the tale of my life.
- ISBN 9780590520935 ; US paperback; Scholastic Inc. ; May 3 , 1999 [1]