It ’s one of the great tragedies ofDarth Vader ’s sprightliness that he scantily have intercourse his childrenLuke Skywalkerand Leia Organa beyond terrorize them , and theStar Warsvillain ’s life-time is even darker once you know how much he daydream of having a son . However , while Padmé Amidala named their small fry Luke and Leia , Vader had a unlike name planned for his son - one that speaks to the promise and good that lay dormant within the Sith ’s someone .

Star Warsfans see Vader ’s secret desire inDarth Vader and the Lost Command , from W. Haden Blackman , Rick Leonardi , Dan Green , Wes Dzioba and Michael Heisler . In the comic , Vader travels to the Ghost Nebula for retrieve the son of Grand Moff Tarkin . There , Vader come across the religious leader Lady Saro , who impart his inter phantasy to the surface , unwrap the idealistic life he bid he andPadmé could have lived .

In Vader ’s fantasy , Padmé leads the Galactic Senate while he and his boy fight to free the galaxy of its remaining Sith . Anakin ’s doubtfulness about the Jedi Order are still part of his ideal world , but in his consummate earth , the Order is steadily show obsolete by an age of peace bestow about by his married woman , not cut down at his own hands .

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Luke Skywalker ’s mocking childhood cognomen offer up the sodding word to twist into a Sith title akin to his father ' Darth Vader . '

Darth Vader Wanted to Name His Son After Qui-Gon Jinn

Anakin Still Missed and Respected the Jedi Who Changed His Life

In Vader ’s fantasy , he and Padmé have a Word he refers to as"Jinn"- a clear reference to Anakin Skywalker ’s original master key , Qui - Gon Jinn . Jinn seems to be Anakin ’s Padawan , with the two hunting Sith together on Trandosha . It ’s highly unlikely the Jedi Order would have set aside Anakin to train his own son - indeed , he ’d probably have been expelled for having one - but in Vader ’s sodding world , his love for Padmé is finally accepted .

It makes mother wit that Anakin would have wanted to name his son after Qui - Gon Jinn . Jinn was Anakin ’s biggest help , free him from slavery on Tatooine and fighting to train him as a Jedi despite the Jedi Council ’s reluctance . Indeed , it ’s been argued that Qui - Gon Jinn ’s death at Darth Maul ’s hands was the moment that Anakin ’s fate was seal , as he lost the one somebody who might have keep him from falling to the Dark Side . Qui - Gon Jinn often get himself at odds with the Jedi Council , and might have been able-bodied to chart a third path for Anakin that was n’t hard-and-fast adherence to Jedi doctrine or calamitous rebellion alongside Palpatine .

Darth Vader and the Lost Commandis a Legends - geological era comic and so not current canyon , but the account designate that deep down , the human part of Darth Vader still hanker for a world where he could have remain with the Jedi while also raise a fellowship with Padmé . Despite his hate of the Jedi , cryptical downAnakin still esteem Qui - Gon Jinn , and would have honored theStar Warshero with his boy ’s name - thankfully , even without this protection , Darth Vader ’s love forLuke Skywalkerwas still enough to save the galaxy .

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