Origin Of Anakins Name

Does Anakin mean something literal like an - a - kin (Without a father???)
If so that would mean that GL had worked out his divine conception back when ESB came out.

 

I read it means Without Family. Ana=Without and Kin=famly.

 

You guys are on the right track, but a little off...

"Creator George Lucas took the name "Anakin" from his friend and fellow film director, Ken Annakin."- wikipedia

 

But the original name was Annikin. Annikin Starkiller. Annikin is a Finnish name, I believe.



He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader
/LM

 

The Bible's book of Genesis??

 

The origin is Ken Annakin, the film director, as was already pointed out. Anything beyond that is a coincidence.

 

Coincidence???? coincidence????

In my experience there are no coincidences.

So why was this guy honored by naming the most powerful jedi in the universe after him?
Is there a yarn to tell about it?

 

I think Lucas just liked the name. Anakin. It sounds neat.

 

It's not coincedence. It's just a perfect display of the amount of thinking GL went into when making the Prequels. He already had the names and the symbolism of what the story was. Then he had to go back and write the story to fit it.

 

What is it symbolizing then? What does it mean then? I hate to break it to you but not everything in the films have a double-meaning, and not everything in the films was planned on since the 70's. Anakin is just a name Lucas likes. He used it in the rough drafts--for a completely seperate character--and recycled it in the prequels, just like he also recycled the names Mace, Volorum and Utapu. There is no further meaning in any of those either. Wake up guys!

 

I'm Finnish, and Anakin certainly isn't. Nor is Annikin. However, there is a name, Annikki, that may sound a bit similar to anyone unfamiliar with the language. However, it's an exclusively female name.

There is a Buddhist mantra that goes "Om Mani Padme Hum", meaning "The jewel is in the lotus or praise to the jewel in the lotus"... Switching letters around a bit, it's possible GL got Ani from there. It certainly looks like Padmé (meaning lotus) came from the mantra.

 

My bad



They don't trust you, Anakin
/LM

 

I read, a long time ago, in a Star Wars magazine (perhaps it was Insider - I'm not sure) that Anakin is a race of giants in some old tale or myth. It also states that the name Skywalker is one of the Norse god Loki's names, and that much is true. (It's quite fun in Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Kindly Ones when said god screams: "I'm Loki Skywalker". It sounds rather familiar... ) but I don't know about the giant race thing.

 

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You refer to the Book of Genesis. I mentioned that above.

 

Im wondering how he doesnt have a father someone had to poke shmi

 

I stand firm in the belief that it was derived from Clay "Aiken"'s family tree.

 

Eh? Not according to AOTC. Anakin was conceived without a man's intervention, but that doesn't make it a virgin birth. I don't know enough about Shmi's background to say...

 

Shmi and anakin can be found in (shakyamuni) letters jumbled, is it intentional or planned, I don't know, but it could be.

 

I've always thought that Anakin was a very unique and cool sounding name. If Anakin did not = Darth Vader...let's say Anakin was a hero throughout the Saga, I would just bet you would have many, many Star Wars fans naming their male children Anakin.

 

Where is this reference in Genesis?

I still think the name translates to "without a father" the same way "Darth Vader" at least conjures "Dark Father"

 

I'm not sure of the origins, but I know it now has an entry on babynames.com. There it says it is American and it means "Warrior"

 

From the beginning Lucas used various portions of mythology from various sources for his ideas. This is well documented. As to the origin of Anakin's name, it is interesting that in the Old Testament you'll find passages relating to a race of giants called the Nephilim. Although this subject is argued vigorusly by Biblical scholars (and there is no universal agreement on this by any means), none the less, a straight-forward renedering of the beginning of Genesis 6 indicates fallen angels married human women and produced un-natural offspring (the aforementioned Nephilim). Elsewhere in scripture there are references to Anak and his sons, sometimes referred to as Anakim (apparently they were Nephilim). What I do find interesting is the idea Anakin had no natural father, but a human mother, as do the Nephilim. Whether or not this is where Lucas got the idea from, I have no idea, but the parallels are interesting.

 

No offence to Mr. Lucas, but I have a really hard time imagining him sitting down and reading Genesis. I'm not sure why.

 

While this concept originated in Genesis, legends of half-human/ half-supernatural origin are in most of the world's cultures throughout history. The best known are probably the Greek "Titans". Hercules, for example, is supposed to have been of these. As discussed, Lucas is a fan of mythology and therefore could have got this idea from a number of sources.

 

:::From the beginning Lucas used various portions of mythology from various sources for his ideas. This is well documented. As to the origin of Anakin's name, it is interesting that in the Old Testament you'll find passages relating to a race of giants called the Nephilim. Although this subject is argued vigorusly by Biblical scholars (and there is no universal agreement on this by any means), none the less, a straight-forward renedering of the beginning of Genesis 6 indicates fallen angels married human women and produced un-natural offspring (the aforementioned Nephilim). Elsewhere in scripture there are references to Anak and his sons, sometimes referred to as Anakim (apparently they were Nephilim). What I do find interesting is the idea Anakin had no natural father, but a human mother, as do the Nephilim. Whether or not this is where Lucas got the idea from, I have no idea, but the parallels are interesting.

LOL

Yeeeears ago, I heard some uber-pompous guest on '"Coast to Coast AM", with Art Bell (but it might have been hosted my that Nimrod, George Noory at the time,), cut off a caller, who said: "In the Bible, there were the Anakim..." with:

"No! "Anakin" is a character in Star Wars. We're talking about the *"Nephilim"* here."

So, I chuckled a bit, and turned the radio *off*.

What a maroon. lol