Anakin's reaction and joy upon hearing Padme's pregnancy is beautiful and heartwarming. He and Padme truly loved their children and would've been great parents if not for Palpatine's manipulations.
Anakin Skywalker never knew Padmé was pregnant with twins, and he believed his child had died with his wife. He had no idea Padmé had given birth before she died, still less that the Jedi had spirited the children away and hidden them.
Rush Clovis is really the only possible answer. The timeline matches up pretty well, and their prior relationship was common knowledge. Who would have blamed Padmé for reigniting that old flame while dealing with the crisis with the banks?
Padme tells Anakin she’s pregnant - Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Why did Darth Vader not sense Leia was his daughter?
Leia's Force abilities and her lack of awareness of her true identity also contributed to Vader's inability to sense their familial connection. Vader's denial of Anakin Skywalker's legacy and his fear of getting hurt again prevented him from realizing the truth about his children until later in the original trilogy.
Vader discovers Leia is his daughter because of Luke.
It's not until Return of the Jedi, when Luke confronts Vader and the Emperor in the third act of the film, that the Sith Lord realizes his son is there to protect his twin sister.
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.
At some point after his transformation into the armored Darth Vader, Amidala's husband, the fallen Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker came to visit the mausoleum, stricken by grief and remorse for his part in her death.
Honestly, I just couldn't figure out who she was or why she was even in the funeral procession. This also means that for the longest time I forgot I could just look up the credits of the film. Long story short, she is Padmé's niece, Pooja Naberrie, and was portrayed by Hayley Mooy.
The subtitles and script show some of Padme's final words to Obi Wan as “There is still good in him.” Every time I watch this I swear she says “Obi Wan... there's quite a name.” I have always thought of it as her recognizing him for everything he has done over the trilogy.
Anakin's reaction and joy upon hearing Padme's pregnancy is beautiful and heartwarming. He and Padme truly loved their children and would've been great parents if not for Palpatine's manipulations.
Did Vader know Padme gave birth? No. Not until he learned the name of the pilot who shot down the Death Star, after the Battle of Yavin. And he didn't learn about Leia until three years after that, a few minutes before his own death.
Yes. In the book 'Tatooine Ghost', Leia learns of Anakin's life prior to his evolution into the Darth Vader personae. This revelation leads her to forgive him. She even named her third child in memory of her father.
Luke and Leia never sensed that they were twins until Return of the Jedi despite both being sensitive to the Force. Anakin Skywalker's twin children are the original Star Wars trilogy's driving force, having been separated after Padme's death.
Did Leia ever find out Darth Vader was her father?
Alderaan's princess knew she had been adopted by Bail and Breha Organa after the Clone Wars, but she had no idea who her parents were. That was until Luke Skywalker told her the truth - that he was the son of Darth Vader, and that she was his sister.
In canon, Vader found out because Luke told Boba Fett that he was “Luke Skywalker.” This was explained in the canon comic Star Wars (2015) 5. Vader only sensed Leia was Luke's sister because Luke was thinking about her on the Death Star II. When Vader tortu…
Does the third sister know Leia is Anakin's daughter?
She does not. Reva explicitly states that the reason she targeted Leia is because she knew Bail Organa and Obi Wan were friends during the Clone Wars, and correctly wagered that circumstances this extreme would prod Organa to contact Kenobi.
However, the animated series and comics are now revealing that the Sith Lord showed what Padmé meant to him even after his transformation. Considering his position as a servant of Emperor Palpatine, it can be assumed that Vader eventually moved past his feelings.
Anakin's vision did come true, as Padmé, heartbroken by her husband's downfall, loses her will to live and succumbs while giving birth to twins. Before her death, Padmé still believed there was still good left in Anakin and that one day he could be saved with the help of their children.
She knew he was volatile and even murderous after he slaughtered the Tusken Raiders. As such, the only reasonable explanation for her marrying Anakin is that she was truly in love with him.
