Star Wars: 10 Exact Moments We Knew These Characters Were Doomed

And keeping with the fallen Jedi who helped kickstart a seismic shift in both the galaxy and the balance of the Force, the moment that pretty much ignited Anakin Skywalker's steady fall into darkness in the first place could be spotted coming a mile away from the second this defiant Jedi padawan opted to go looking for his mother on Tatooine.

Clearly still possessing a strong bond with his single parent, even experiencing dreams of her suffering from afar, those first few premonitions of Shmi's pain acted as the unnerving earliest hint at the grim fate that was always destined to grip the future Darth Vader's loving mother.

A wild goose chase on the desert planet ensued in Attack of the Clones, only to present the deeply tormented Jedi with a scenario involving his momma being abducted by Tusken Raiders a month before he landed.

At that point seen as a hugely hostile group, to expect Shmi to survive that long being held captive by the Raiders was sadly unrealistic. And her dying breaths to her little Ani were always necessary in nudging this troubled lad down the dark path we all knew he was heading down sooner or later.