In Revenge of the Sith, how was it that Anakin Skywalker killed the Younglings so easily? What's Anakin Skywalker's favorite beer? It is unbelievable that Anakin Skywalker would kill those children... And that's exactly why he "had" to do it. That is how, from the asker's perspective, the younglings could have been converted by Anakin - not Sith troopers like he said, but simply Dark Jedi. To get to the other side. Why was the Sith Lord so anxious to see Anakin? Like most Younglings, Ahsoka was brought to the Temple at a young age to be trained. To the best of my recollection, Palpatine never lies…he deceives, but never lies. Why did Anakin kill all the younglings? They had great potential for using the Force in the ways of the Jedi, and Anakin had turned to the dark side and became Darth Vader, and the Jedi were enemies of the Sith. asked Nov 14 '14 at 15:12. Why did they kill the younglings? But Ben’s betrayal wasn’t an organized massacre like Order 66. I am not excusing what he did but it's not what the film portrayed about him if you are accusing him of or assigning him the action of premeditation. Or, was Plagueis threatened by the young boy's presence? Honestly, Palpatine didn't even need Vader. Even as they begin to fight on Mustafar, he still tries to coax his student back to the light. It was also said that virtually every Jedi in the Temple were slaughtered, leaving little room for Anakin to spare a bunch of younglings. Anakin walks into a room where a group of younglings are hiding, one of them asks him "what are we going to do? The scene cuts as soon as Anakin lights his saber, and it's just assumed that he killed all the children. Null ♦ 64.1k 21 21 gold badges 263 263 silver badges 343 343 bronze badges. I could see Anakin quickly being convinced to murder older Jedi, but it's still hard for me to believe that he would go straight from hesitating to kill Windu to marching straight to the temple and murdering all of the children. He told Anakin that he did not know how to bring someone back to life, but with him, they could discover this power. Asked by Wiki User. Nobody ever does a thorough investigation. There are plenty of Inquisitors and such in the Empire, and Palpatine has experimented with turning babies before, so younglings aren't implausible. He goes so far as to blame himself for failing to train Anakin properly. When a young Anakin Skywalker landed on Coruscant in the Phantom Menace, there was one person desperate to mee the young boy. Soon after, this would be briefly witnessed by Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. When you realize Qui-Gon knew Anakin would kill all those younglings because that’s how the force got balanced. younglings: Kylo Ren When he sees his grandfather kill the younglings. Anakin likely felt remorse for what the Emperor ordered him to do, and he probably saw himself in those Younglings, which made it impossible for him to kill them. By Michael Messinger, January 5, 2018 at 6:03 am A long time ago in a galaxy very far away some terrible things happened. Yes he does kill them, but the movie does not actually show the act. Anakin did attack the Jedi temple, but he, however, refused to kill the younglings after he found them hiding, which is how Grogu survived. Besides, it's far more visually interesting anyway. 2011-06-11 14:54:46. Nonetheless, Darth Sidious has personally taken out his fair share of Jedi, namely the team that was sent to arrest him, led by Mace Windu that consisted of Knights Kit Fisto, Saesee Tin, and Agen Kolar. Obi-Wan and Yoda watch video of Anakin fighting/killing adult Jedi, but the only evidence of the children being dead is that Padme and Obi-Wan say something about it. He was believed by many to be the Chosen One due to his affinity with the Force. Palpatine didn't need Jedi younglings. Join me and the SW fans as we dive beneath the surface of the "obvious" reason Anakin killed younglings. We know he did it and I'd rather witness him wiping out actual competition. But there's no proof of that. But how did Yoda know in advance that Anakin killed those younglings? But what if Anakin couldn't bring himself to kill all of them? The only ones we saw him kill were the in the hologram that Yoda & Obi-Wan saw, and it was at a very oblique angle and quick, maybe 2 or 3. No emotion, no remorse or regret. Origin. What if Anakin Skywalker didn't kill the Younglings after all? Simple answer: Anakin did not intend to kill Padme. The Jedi Temple was captured and burned. Their minds were weak and could have easily been persuaded to the darkside. He forced-choked Padme because of his anger at what he perceived to be a collusion between her and Obi-wan to assassinate him. We presume he killed all the Jedi Padawan younglings in the council chambers, maybe ten. Vader then confronted Cin Drallig, the Temple's battlemaster and one of the most powerful Masters in the Temple.After murdering two of Drallig's trainees, Bene and Whie Malreaux, the Sith entered a duel with Drallig, but Vader killed him by slashing his shoulder.