10 Star Wars Fates Worse Than Death

10. Destroying Everything You Care About Based On A Lie

Anakin's long fall to the Dark Side of the Force came with manipulation and an already in-built anger, borne from his years as a slave on Tatooine. He manages to return to his home, only to find his mother in her last moments - leading to his very first slaughter (not counting the people killed on the Droid Control Ship) of Sand People. In that moment, the first shreds of his humanity are lost.

Through his troubled years, Padmé Amidala grew closer to him, coming to love him, and he her. However, his descent was already well on its way, fuelled by further manipulation by the Emperor. Though he secretly marries Padmé, their happiness would be short lived.

In all of his anger and fear, his one constant was his love for her. Some of the crimes he commits, he does so to protect her. So, when he rises after his duel with Obi-Wan, his body mangled and ruined now, he is told by the Emperor that in his own rage, he has killed Padmé, the last vestiges of his sanity are gone.

From child slave to monster, Anakin Skywalker lost his family, his friends, his religion and his grasp on reality - all at the hands of a man who would replace him in a heartbeat. The death of Padmé would spell doom for him, and many other people throughout the Galaxy.

Anakin Skywalker dies in that moment, replaced until his final moments by Darth Vader.