Although he couldn't free Shmi, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones reveals that she was sold to Cliegg Lars sometime after The Phantom Menace and freed. What the film didn't reveal, however, was that Qui-Gon Jinn contributed to Shmi's freedom.
Though Pi-Lippa had planned to free Shmi, she'd died before she could, and Shmi instead became the property of one of Pi-Lippa's relatives, who did not want to free her. Shmi and Anakin arrive on Tatooine to serve Gardulla the Hutt.
After being freed, she could leave Tatooine with Anakin, or remain behind. Without the chains of slavery binding her, Shmi would definitely want to leave with her young son. Of course, Jedi training would prevent her from going everywhere with Anakin.
Qui-Gon Jinn, who is considered a maverick Jedi Master by his colleagues, might have been able to keep Anakin on the path of the Jedi, had he not been killed by Darth Maul. Star Wars' Qui-Gon Jinn would have been the ideal mentor for the young Anakin.
Qui-Gon found Anakin as a boy on Tatooine, freed him from slavery, and set him on the path to becoming a Jedi. It is unlikely that he is Anakin's father as it wouldn't particularly make sense in the movie, but that hasn't stopped fans from speculating about it for years.
What if Qui-Gon took Anakin and Shmi without Watto knowing? What COULD Have Happened
Who is canonically Anakin's father?
Summary. Anakin Skywalker's birth mystery is solved - his mother, Shmi Skywalker, reveals that there was no father and she can't explain what happened. Qui-Gon Jinn believed that the Force itself created Anakin in Shmi's womb, making him the Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force.
However, given that this confirmation was never made into the movie, nor was it ever revisited, the idea that Darth Plagueis created Anakin remains just a theory. The same applies to whether Palpatine created Anakin, which has never been confirmed by the Star Wars canon.
Darth Sidious, was in the earliest stages of his plan to take over the galaxy, and he was afraid a certain Jedi might get in his way. Interestingly, however, that Jedi wasn't Yoda or Master Windu, but instead Qui-Gon Jinn.
What would have happened to Anakin if Qui-Gon lived?
Had Qui-Gon lived, however, he would have become the father-figure Anakin so desperately needed. The bond between Qui-Gon and Anakin would have been far greater than simply master and apprentice; they'd practically have been father and son.
Master Qui-Gon Jinn's words echo in Vader's mind. There's no anger, nor hatred in this memory – Vader simply recalls one of the first lessons the Jedi Master slyly gave to young Anakin Skywalker.
After her husband Cliegg Lars died, he was buried next to her. Both of their headstones were later presumed to have been removed by her stepson, Owen Lars and stepdaughter Beru Lars supposedly to protect Shmi's grandson Luke from being discovered.
In The Phantom Menace, when Qui-Gon Jinn meets tiny Anakin Skywalker and his mother, he goes on about how the Force is like, crazy strong with Anakin or whatever, and then asks his mother about Anakin's dad. Shmi Skywalker is pretty clear in her answer: There isn't a father. She was impregnated by the Force.
A decade before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Watto's gambling habit left him to be essentially destitute, forcing the Toydarian to sell Shmi. The path to her freedom started when a moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars met and fell in love with her.
According to the junior novelization of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, the Tusken Raiders took Shmi deliberately in order to goad the colonists into pursuing them, so they could launch a series of deadly traps. It was only when they had accomplished that fearful goal that they began torturing Shmi.
The 2009 novel A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker written by Ryder Windham depicts Luke's early life. In the novel, Luke overhears his Aunt Beru mention Shmi, which leads to Beru explaining that Shmi is his grandmother, and that she's buried somewhere on Tatooine.
Dooku, AND Anakin, would be less likely to fall to the dark side if Qui-Gon was left alive and Maul's sympathetic past would never be revealed. For the former, Order 66 wouldn't be executed since Dooku wouldn't be the one planning to do that on the clones.
Summary. Qui-Gon saw potential in young Anakin Skywalker as the Chosen One, and could have prevented his dark fate. Marvel's new Phantom Menace Special issue further confirms Anakin needed Qui-Gon's guidance to control his emotions and remain on his Jedi path.
What happened to Qui-Gon's lightsaber after he died?
After Jinn was mortally wounded, Obi-Wan Kenobi used it to defeat Darth Maul. The weapon would become the temporary lightsaber of Kenobi until 28 BBY when he constructed a second lightsaber identical to his first one that had been lost in the duel with Maul.
When Qui-Gon was killed by Darth Maul, Dooku was so saddened that Qui-Gon's death lead to Dooku's transformation into the Sith Lord Darth Tyranus. He would later provoke the memory against Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jinn's apprentice.
Because Maul punched him with the hilt of his saber and then stabs him faster than Qui-Gon can pull back his blade. So Qui-Gon lost because Maul was physically stronger and quicker than him. Qui-Gon is skilled but not a prodigy. And he's quickly worn down by Maul in both their encounters.
Qui-Gon Jinn was far from a powerful Jedi Master when it came to fighting. He couldn't even defeat a single Sith Lord's apprentice. He was also the Jedi Master who put too much trust in Anakin Skywalker as his apprentice, which was a proven disaster.
Summary. Jar Jar Binks's clumsiness may not be genuine, but rather an act to disguise his true nature as a Sith Lord infiltrating the Republic. Palpatine carefully orchestrated events to manipulate the galaxy, and Jar Jar's involvement suggests he may have been the eyes and ears on Naboo.
Rumor had it that his mother was Palpatine's Umbaran aide Sly Moore, who had impregnated herself using DNA from an undisclosed source. Regardless of the veracity of that report, Triclops was regarded as the true son of Palpatine, both by himself and the few high-ranking officials who were aware of his existence.
Finally, Rey is Kylo Ren's aunt through Anakin Skywalker. This means that Kylo and Rey's romance is just as genetically awkward as Luke and Leia's kiss on Hoth was. Granted, neither pair knew they were related at the time, but that's no excuse.
