Hey everybody and welcome to Leia’s Lair. In today’s video we will be
going over the characters who knew Anakin Skywalker was Darth Vader.
The first and most obvious is Sheev Palpatine.
He was after all the one who seduced Anakin to the darkside in the first place,
who found his charred body on Mustafar and who was responsible for completing his transformation. He
also seems to be the one that decided that Vader’s identity should remain a closely guarded secret.
The next most obvious to know are Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Obi-wan literally watches
Anakin invade the Jedi temple as Darth Vader and kill many including the younglings. It's
interesting to note that, while Obi-Wan Kenobi sent a warning message to the other Jedi telling
them to flee and to hide, he didn't tell them about Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side.
He probably believed Anakin's to be dead after their battle on Mustafar,
and was likely quite shocked when he heard he was alive.
It is possible that he told Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru some details,
they did resent him for Anakin’s death after all, however how much he told them is unknown.
Next are Luke, Leia, and Han. In episode 5, Darth Vader reveals to Luke that he was his father,
Anakin Skywalker. Yoda later confirms this right before his death in Episode 6.
It would not be until Episode 6 that Luke revealed the secret to Leia, who seemed less focused on the
fact that Vader was her father than she was that Luke was her brother. Leia would eventually reveal
the secret to Han Solo, as well as their son Ben Solo who has his grandfather’s helmet and
tries to claim his blue lightsaber. Han could have told Chewy, though there is no evidence of this.
Anakin’s former padawan Ahsoka Tano knew his secret. She began to suspect the truth about
Darth Vader in the second season of Rebels, and her worst fears were confirmed when she
confronted him in the finale. To her horror, she realized she would never be able to reach Anakin,
and so instead engaged him in what should have been a duel to the death. She also strongly
hints at the fact she knows the secret when she meets Din Djarin and Grogu in the Mandalorian.
Next is Maul. Season 7 of the Clone Wars strongly suggests that Maul figured out Anakin’s fate to
become Darth Vader. He figured out Sidious’ exact plan to seduce Anakin to the darkside
and therefore would have known exactly who Sidious’ new mysterious dark sided apprentice was.
Jocasta Nu, the chief librarian of the Jedi Archives and one of the few survivors of Order 66,
knew Anakin’s secret. She learned Anakin’s secret when a medical droid scanned him. She intended to
reveal this secret to cause a stir in the Imperial Forces, but was killed by Vader before she could.
Ferren Barr, an Iktotchi Jedi padawan who survived Order 66 was fascinated by how
swiftly the Sith decimated the Jedi Order, so he set out to uncover the truth. In time
he learned many things including the fact that Anakin Skywalker had fallen to the darkside.
He hacked into a Coruscant Security Force holocam and discovered footage of Skywalker
leading the Siege of the Jedi Temple. He wanted to avenge the Jedi order by overthrowing the Empire
so he recruited 6 more individuals to help him, whom he also told about Darth Vader.
There were a few others who also knew. They include Bail Organa who was present during
the climactic end of Revenge of the Sith, so there is no doubt he was aware of Vader's true identity.
It is confirmed in the novel Tarkin that Grand Moff Tarkin,
who had worked closely with Anakin during the Clone Wars, had deduced his identity as Vader.
Thrawn deduced quickly that Anakin was Darth Vader having encountered him during reconnaissance
missions during the Clone Wars; and lastly, R2D2 who was present during Revenge of the Sith
and never had his memory wiped would have known who Darth Vader truly was.
And there you have it! Thanks for watching everyone!
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