And they forgave Anakin. The ideas of the smiling heavenly force ghost of Anakin next to Obi Wan watching over Luke or Kylo being portrayed as a finally good person before his death obviously did not bother the writers.
Yes, when Darth Vader turned back to Anakin Skywalker and sacrifice himself to save his son, he dies and Obi-Wan uses the force to connect with Anakin's spirit. In that time Anakin apologizes to Obi-Wan, desperately asking him to forgive him for everything he has done to him and everybody over the years.
George Lucas changed Anakin's Force Ghost from Sebastian Shaw to Hayden Christensen in Return of the Jedi. Lucas attributed Christensen's young Force Ghost to Anakin having metaphorically died as Darth Vader. Obi-Wan Kenobi used James Earl Jones' voice with Christensen's acting to portray young Vader.
Yes. In Truce at Bakura, Anakin's ghost appeared to Leia, begging for her forgiveness. She rejected him. Only by Tatooine Ghost did she start to come around to the father underneath the suit, just in time for her to finally have kids in the Thrawn Trilogy.
Everything Anakin did as a Force Ghost [Canon and Legends]
Did Luke ever talk to Anakin's Force ghost?
According to official tie-ins, Anakin's Force Ghost would visit Luke many times over the next decade, offering him guidance and counsel as he reestablished the Jedi Order.
Throughout the fight, Obi-Wan knew that killing Anakin would "burn his heart to ash." He also expressed regret at the thought of the man Anakin could have become.
However, as shown in Marvel's Star Wars: Darth Vader #5 (by Greg Pak, Raffaele Ienco, Neeraj Menon and Joe Caramanga) it wasn't envy of power that drove Anakin over the edge, but rather something far more personal: Skywalker believed that Padme and Obi-Wan might have had an affair.
However, when it comes to who Darth Vader hates more than anyone in the Star Wars galaxy, himself and Obi-Wan Kenobi don't hold a candle to the true point of Darth Vader's hatred, Emperor Palpatine. Star Wars: Darth Vader #39 by Marvel Comics is available now. Please verify your email address.
The canonical comic Star Wars: Darth Vader #7 confirms the younglings' deaths caused Anakin grief, self-loathing, hatred, and pain, fueling his descent even further into the Dark Side.
An older Dark Horse Comics story provides the best explanation for Anakin getting his scar from Asajj Ventress. George Lucas stated the scar symbolizes Anakin's growth as a Jedi Knight and first steps towards the dark side.
Darth Vader learned of this ability through Darth Sidious, and upon his death, the spirits of Kenobi and Yoda completed his training by granting him the last step in becoming a spirit. Anakin's spirit appeared as that of his younger self, prior to his fall to the dark side.
Princess Leia Organa : I don't know what you're talking about. I am a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan... Darth Vader : You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor! Take her away!
Sebastian Shaw portraying Anakin Skywalker as a Force ghost alongside Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi during the original final scene of Return of the Jedi. Shaw's scene in Return of the Jedi was filmed in only one day at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England.
Darth Vader did not 'forget' he was Anakin. He believed he was not Anakin Skywalker; a completely different person whom he killed. You will read in EU materials, that he referred to his memories as Anakin, as 'The Jedi'. He suppressed most of Anakin Skywalker's memories - his memories while he was Anakin.
He had killed his master, Qui-Gon Jinn, for which Obi-Wan got his revenge by slicing the Sith in half. But after Maul took yet another person away from him, Obi-Wan absolutely hated Maul. The Jedi Master almost let his rage and anger get the best of him, growing close to the dark side before he rejected it.
Did Anakin ever regret his actions? Anakin absolutely did regret many of his bad choices. After becoming Darth Vader, he pushed the regret down for awhile by dissociating himself from Anakin before the suit.
And all the way up until the third sister told him otherwise, Obi-Wan truly and completely believed that Anakin was dead. He believed that he died on the banks of Mustafar. And even if they knew for a fact the Anakin had survived, it comes back to the split personality.
Though it's possible that he simply never had the knowledge to become a Force ghost – Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Obi-Wan Kenobi proved that retaining one's identity and consciousness after death was no easy task – it's equally possible that Kylo Ren could still return as a Force ghost, or as something else entirely, ...
In Star Wars Legends Leia was visited by the force ghost of her father Anakin Skywalker, the man who used to be Darth Vader. It wasn't a pleasant meeting as Leia was unable to forgive him for the things he'd done no matter how hard he begged, and it was the only time she saw him.
In Star Wars, younglings were traditionally recruited into the Jedi Order from an early age — so young that 9-year-old Anakin Skywalker faced opposition as being too old to train. However, during the original trilogy, Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi resolved to train a 19-year-old Luke Skywalker.
