PT How did Anakin's mom die at exactly the moment he arrived?

In Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, I always found Shmi Skywalkers sudden death moments after Anakin found her captured to be weird. I mean she had been surviving torture and the like for weeks on end. When Anakin arrives she seems ok to talk for a bit - no laboured breathing, just weak and tired. Then she can't even get out the sentence "I love you" just "I love.... I love... *croak*". Did that scene come across as a just a bit strange for anyone else? I had always wondered if Palpatine had orchestrated her capture and death to push Anakin further to the dark side. Was he force choking her across the galaxy? etc. Just so sudden. Is there any evidence for this in the films, or was this just badly acted and rushed for this particular scene? It should also be noted that George had deliberate echos between movies in both triologies. Han and Leia were being tortured in Empire, such that Luke rushed to their aide. This strongly suggests that Shmi was likewise being tortured for that express purpose. Did Palpatine ever journey to Tatooine? Was Plageius still alive in some spirit form still pulling the strings? Was it ever confirmed that Anakin was NOT conceived artificially by his sith science experiments? Snoke? Is there any story potential here for future Star Wars stories to be told?

Finally she also said very calmly "now I am complete". I always wondered if there was more to that phrase that would have been revealed. Maybe she had a hidden past and destiny she kept closely guarded. I was even expecting her to turn into a Sith witch and start cackling at Anakin It was just so odd.

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No, it was actually pretty emotional scene and well acted.

Shmi was tortured for a good while and she was only holding on because she wanted to see her son again. Once she got the chance to see him one last time, she was finally able to let go.

 

Anakin made a promise to her that he will come back to her someday. So yeah, I would imagine that she did have expectation or at least wished to see her only son one last time.

 

I think Shmi's death was to push Anakin closer to the Dark side. But I don't believe it was due to any sort of plot.

 

I just chalked it up as the whole "stay alive long enough to say goodbye" thing. That kind of thing happens a lot-an elderly person dying mere months or even weeks after their longtime spouse dies. My grandmother in law was having health issues a few years ago, while at the same time my uncle in law (her son) had terminal cancer. He died in March that year, and then she died in May.

I know minutes is cutting it pretty close, but still-not such an alien concept in my mind...

 

Maybe we can just say the force was keeping her alive whilst urging Anakin to hurry his butt up and get on over to see ol ma

 

I second that. I've seen a similar thing very first hand. My father had been very ill for some weeks and when I came to see my mother (I live quite far away) she called him from home and told that I had arrived. At that time he was conscient and appeared a lot better than he's been in days, but next morning the hospital called and told us he'd died early in the morning. We had a distinct feeling that he felt he could let go when he knew I was with my mother.

 

A little off topic, but I read a fanfiction on Fanfiction.net where that was exactly the case. In the story, Palpatine had done something (hired someone to do it and there was a "paper" trail) to stir up the Tusken Raider's bad feelings about the settlers like the Lars family and others. And that's why they captured her. I can't recall the name of the story at the moment though.

 

She dies at the precise moment of Anakin's belated arrival after days, weeks of foreseeing her pain and torment. Yes it's a bit convenient. But no matter. If Anakin makes the obvious decision not to procrastinate ever again when his gift of foresight shows him similar torment and pain for others then maybe everything will work out.

 

She was at peace knowing he was a Jedi....he fulfilled his dream
Little did she know....her death would begin his journey to the dark side

 

Like this:

 

Well played my young padawan. I guess I should have asked "how did it happen so suddenly"

 

The will of the Force.

 

Maybe Anakin was unwittingly keeping her alive through the Force somehow? He obviously thought a lot about his mother during his years in training. That coupled with how much more naturally gifted with the Force he was, perhaps he had, on the subconscious level, empowered her or protected her to some extent. Then when he finds her, his emotions could've disrupted this process in some way, and she passed away. Has it ever been considered that Shmi herself might have latent abilities in the Force? Granted if she did, it would be weak compared to a trained individual. But it might've been enough for her to somehow "know" someone very important to her would be with her soon and that gave her enough "oomph" to hang on for just a bit longer.

 

She didn't die immediately(mere moments after) but had been tortured by the tuskens for months.

So she was living on borrowed time anyway.

 

The film never explained how she was captured though. It is probably one of AOTC's better scenes not involving Obi-Wan(Ewan did a good job nearly unanimously across the fandom), given, for all its flaws, attempted to show Anakin make an early flirtation with turning dark.

 

Maybe she had a broken neck and moving her was enough to finish her off?

 

My memory is a little fuzzy (and not like a nerfherder) on this. Was he actually having precognitive flashes of her torment or having flashes of her actual torment at that time? Because if he was actually feeling her concurrent distress and pain, then I would suggest that in some manner, Shmi could feel him and his anxiousness over the matter. That she knew (in a way) that he was coming to find her and wanted to hang on long enough to see him.

 

Very simple. She was waiting for him to show up though she didn't know it consciously.

Anakin said they would meet again and so they did. He was right which is why he felt that he was also right in ROTS.

It all works out perfectly in Star Wars operatic storytelling form.

 

She was holding out hope for rescue by someone. Although her injuries were to heavy to actually live through so she just gave up on trying after she saw Anakin one last time.

 

Strong positive emotions can induce stress just as much as negative emotions. The stress was too much of a strain on her weakened state.

 

She told him not to come back.. so your thoughts don't bear to the facts.
But she was clearly close to death here anyway and the shock of seeing her son again probably was enough to let her give in and succumb to her now inevitable death.
Problem is, her son has gained a very dangerous temperament compared to cute boy she knew 10 years prior...

 

She was waiting for Anakin to come to her.

Also, in the beginning of the novelization is a scene either cut out or not filmed for the movie where Schmi is telling Owen of what a hero jedi her son Annie now is, and how he will come see her one day. If she told Anakin not to return(I'm assuming in episode 1?) It would be in reference to him being freed from bondage, and how he is now free from that life. It's been 10 years, and she is now freed from bondage as well, and misses her wunderkind.

 

I think Shmi was force sensitive.