Anakin’s Scar Appears in the Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith, symbolizing
that Anakin has grown from the little boy on Tatooine, to a battle hardened Jedi general.
So how did Anakin Skywalker get his scar?
I’m going to break down exactly how Anakin got his scar, and how it almost turned him
to the Dark Side.
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So the story begins when Anakin tries to meet with Padme.
Instead of being greeted by Padme at their meeting place, Anakin is found by one of her
many handmaidens, Motee.
Motee hands Anakin a hologram puck, which she says contains a message from Padme about
her urgent political meeting, and why she couldn’t meet with him.
Following this, Anakin is slightly worried, but brushes it off, rushing in his speeder
to the Industrial sector of Coruscant.
Once he arrives, Anakin parks his speeder in a nearby dockyard and begins to play the
message from Padme.
The message begins playing and says: “Ani.
I’m so sorry to leave you this message and not speak with you in person.
There’s an urgent meeting and I don’t know when I’ll be back.”
The message then further continues “I miss you so much.
I know we both have our duties and, now what you’re a knight, less time for ourselves.
I do love you, Ani.”
Just as the message finishes, a shadowy bald figure appears out of the darkness of the
dockyard.
Anakin screams in anger, as Assajj Ventress pulls the hologram puck out his hand with
the force, and begins to make comments about the message.
Ventress begins taunting Anakin about Padme, questioning whether or not the other Jedi
know about their hidden relationship.
Ventress goes on to say that she came to Coruscant, in hopes of finding the fallen Jedi Quinlan
Vos, but that he and Kenobi are not available.
Ventress instead chose to play Anakin a visit, with the intention of inflicting harsh pain
on him.
And let me know in the comment down below if you prefer this version of Ventress, which
is closer to the 2003 Clone Wars style with rounder features, or the more angular version
of her from the 2008 Clone Wars series.
After a long string of insults directed at Anakin, Ventress shattered the hologram message
from Padme with the force, which deeply angered him.
That was a personal message for Anakin, something he held very dearly, despite it not meaning
much.
This action by Ventress sent Anakin into a deep rage, causing him to ignite his deep
blue blade, threatening to kill her.
The two then enter a fierce fight, trading blocks and jabs with their crimson and blue
blades.
Ventress then uses the force to flip into the air, over Anakin’s head, while at the
same time managing to call him pitiful.
While still in the air above Anakin, Ventress pulls the trigger which there was no coming
back from.
She tells Anakin that she is wasting her time with him, and should instead be hunting down
his beloved Senator, Padme.
Anakin demands that Ventress stay away from Padme and delves deeper into the dark side
than he had ever been before.
Anakin’s anger consumed him, leading him to make very careless swings with his blade.
As the anger was building inside of him, the thought rushed through his head that “this
is why the Order does not sanction continuing relationships”, a lesson that the Jedi council
were teaching Quinlan Vos, while the fight was going on.
In a very rapid leap forward, Ventress managed to slash Anakin Across the Face, leaving a
harsh scar on his jaw.
This one obviously must have healed a lot better than the other one, since we don’t
see it in Revenge of the Sith.
The two elite fighters continued their fight across a thin durasteel beam, dodging and
weaving each other's strikes, while maintaining their balance.
Eventually, their contest reached a climax, when Ventress lunged forward with a furious
strike, gashing Anakin across the eye, leaving the famous scar that we see in Revenge of
the Sith.
Anakin is now in pain, but Ventress continues to brag that she could have taken his head
off there, but chose not to so that he would feel the pain and anger of the dark side.
She continued to taunt Anakin, telling him that he would feel the full force of the dark
side one last time before he died.
Whether he knew it or not, Ventress’ lesson in the dark side was working, and Anakin was
continuing to brew anger inside of him.
Anakin channeled his rage further, unleashing a flurry of destructive blows, and pushed
Ventress all the way to the very edge of the building that they were fighting on as they
continued their fight.
Eventually, Ventress lost her balance, leaving an opportunity for Anakin to force push her
off of the ledge, into mid air, but not before he also used the force to suspend her with
power cables.
The grip of his hand tightened so hard with the strength of the Dark Side, that it actually
resembled something similar to a force choke that Darth Vader would later go on to do.
Anakin continues to tighten his grip on the cables, as electricity begins to flow through
them, badly shocking Ventress.
Ventress asks if he is ready to kill her yet, and says that it is not the Jedi way to do
so.
Anakin disregards Ventress’ ramblings, and releases his force grip, plunging her off
the side of the building.
Anakin watched her fall, as the Dark Side began to leave him.
After the events in the Coruscant industrial sector, Anakin rushes to Chancellor Palpatine’s
office for comfort and guidance.
Palpatine continues his long game of manipulation, complimenting Anakin on his great victory
on the battlefield, and telling him to remember that he will always be a true friend.
Chilling stuff right there.
So that is exactly how Anakin got his scar, near his right eye.
This comic has been moved to legends continuity, but at the moment, Canon does confirm that
Asajj Ventress did give him the scar, making this battle still potentially true in Canon.
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