Why is Anakin too old to be Jedi?

Anakin wasn't "too old" because children were more adept at learning the Force — he was too old because he already had attachments to the physical world. Thus, Anakin couldn't properly be indoctrinated like other Padawans because he had knowledge they didn't.
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How old is Anakin when he becomes a Jedi?

No doubt Anakin Skywalker was something special. He was the Chosen One, destined to bring balance to the Force, and his midi-chlorian count was higher than even Master Yoda's. As a result, although Anakin only joined the Jedi Order when he was nine years old, he became a Jedi Knight just ten years later.
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What is Padme and Anakin's age gap?

Padmé was born in 46 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin) and Anakin's miraculous Force-created birth came in 41 BBY, so Padmé is five years older than him.
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Why did the Jedi Council not want to train Anakin?

The Jedi Master presented Anakin to the Jedi Council, but they deemed the boy too old to begin training and dangerously full of fear and anger. They refused to allow Qui-Gon to train Anakin, but rescinded their decision to fulfill Qui-Gon's dying wish.
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Why Was Anakin born without a father?

Anakin's father is The Emperor. Palpatine manipulated the Midi-chlorians inside of Shmi's womb to create Anakin.
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Who was the chosen one if not Anakin?

Anakin Skywalker was prophesized to bring the balance to the Force, but one Star Wars theory suggests that Count Dooku believed he was the true Chosen One, not Anakin. The prophecy of the Chosen One is central to the Star Wars prequel trilogy, but it has always had an underlying level of uncertainty.
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Why did Leia name her son Anakin?

after his father, but his mother, Leia decided to name the boy after his maternal grandfather, Anakin Skywalker. She wanted to redeem her father's name, and she also thought she could overcome her fear of Darth Vader by seeing, through her son, what her father could have been.
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Why did Yoda let Obi-Wan train Anakin?

Yoda allowed Obi-wan Kenobi to train Anakin Skywalker because Obi-wan was clearly bound and determined to follow his late Master's dying wish. Obi-wan was going to do it either way, and at least this way Yoda and the other Masters would be able to counsel the headstrong young Knight if he got into trouble.
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What was Anakin's weakness?

Star Wars has revealed Obi-Wan Kenobi shared Anakin Skywalker's greatest weakness: attachment. Every Jedi must strive for balance, and a key part of this lies in their rejection of attachment. As Star Wars author Charles Soule explained so memorably, there is a difference between love and attachment.
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What was Anakin so mad about?

The choice to leave his mother at a young age continues to haunt Anakin throughout his life. He is plagued by nightmares of her and visions of her fate. When he eventually saves her from a group of Tuskens on Tatooine, his blind anger at her dying state consumes him.
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How old is Anakin's padawan?

Ahsoka Tano was introduced in the 2008 Clone Wars animated film (serving as a pilot for the television series of the same name) as a 14-year-old Padawan apprentice, assigned by Yoda to Anakin Skywalker to teach him responsibility.
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How old is Anakin when he dies?

anakin was 22 year old when he became darth vader and darth vader died when he was 45 years old.
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Who is the youngest Padawan ever?

She eventually became the Padawan of a human male Jedi Master, Stellan Gios. Vernestra was enough of a prodigy that she eventually attained the rank of Jedi Knight at the age of only fifteen, making her the youngest Knight in a generation.
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How does Kylo Ren have Darth Vader's helmet?

How did Kylo Ren obtain Darth Vader's mask in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"? It's believed it was obtained by Luke Skywalker when he was collecting Force artifacts throughout the galaxy and kept at his Jedi Academy. When Kylo Ren burned it down, he took the mask, beliving it was his by right of lineage.
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Who turned Anakin into Darth Vader?

Originally a slave on Tatooine, Anakin Skywalker is a Jedi prophesied to bring balance to the Force. He is lured to the dark side of the Force by Chancellor Palpatine (Darth Sidious) and becomes a Sith Lord, assuming the name of Darth Vader.
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What is Darth Vader afraid of?

Star Wars: Darth Vader's Greatest Fear Has Always Been Sand.
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What is Vader's biggest fear?

What is Darth Vader's greatest fear? Even after his brutal scorching in the fires of Mustafar, sand remained the only natural phenomenon that Vader feared. To him, sand was a reminder that he'd failed to save his mother or Padme from death.
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Who is Darth Vader's weakness?

His armor could be hacked and controlled by a device. In a turn of events, Darth Vader's right limb holding his dangerous scarlet lightsaber was moving of its own accord toward his neck. This was a dangerous weakness indeed.
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Why did Obi-Wan tell Anakin not to try it?

And so, Obi-Wan tells Anakin not to try it, because "he, just like Anakin now, had once been in a position where success requires a massive vertical leap over your opponent and he knew the risk that move entailed," as the Reddit user says.
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Did Yoda respect Anakin?

Over the years, Anakin came to highly respect Yoda, while Yoda gradually outgrew his fear of Anakin and came to have faith in him and correctly came to believe that Anakin was the Chosen One from the Jedi prophecy.
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Why did Anakin's eyes keep changing?

While George Lucas has never officially commented on it, it's agreed upon that when someone's eyes turn yellow, it means they are fully immersed in the dark side of the Force. They've lost control of emotions such as hatred, letting the dark side take over momentarily.
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Why couldn't Vader tell Leia was his daughter?

The short answer is that creator George Lucas had no idea Leia would end up becoming Darth Vader's daughter. But Star Wars books and comics have tried to address the decades-old plot hole.
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What was Anakin's solo Midichlorian count?

The other outliers in the Sith consist of Anakin Skywalker (27000 midi-chlorians), The Chosen one with the highest midi-chlorian count ever seen who was believed to be concieved through midi-chlorians, and Darth Vitaite (25000 midi-chlorians), a Sith Emperor that killed his step-father with a thought and defeated his ...
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Is Ben Solo named after Kenobi?

For Leia to name her son Ben Solo is the greatest honor, with Obi-Wan's memory able to live on in someone she loves. It is a sweet and moving gesture, and it retroactively addresses the questions that lingered around the Ben Solo name. After all, why name your child after someone who was important to someone else?
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