... Palpatine did not create Anakin … That Lucas quote suggests that IF it was the Sith, it was "a super-Sith" - namely, Plagueis, NOT Palpatine. Did Darth Plagueis (or Palpatine) create Anakin Skywalker? Then in ROTS, Palpatine tells Anakin about Plagueis' ability to create life by manipulating the midichlorians. It also explains Palpatine's glowing pride, having interfered with his master's plan and taken Anakin away from him. He seduced Anakin Skywalker to the dark side by telling him the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise, his own mentor in the ways of the Sith. Plagueis did not creat Anakin. If the Rule of 2 stands, he must have been dead before Darth Maul was trained, and Darth Maul was being trained before Anakin's birth. Text-only Version: Click HERE to see this thread with all of the graphics, features, and links. He did learn the secrets of his master. He had such a knowledge of the dark side, he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. Palpatine muredered his master and willed the dark side of the force to creat Anakin Skywalker using the skills taught to him by Plagueis. 2 years ago. Palpatine did. That idea is strangely hinted at in two places, the non-canon Darth Plagueis book and apparently in the new Vader comic. In early ROTS scripts Palpatine reveals that he created Anakin. There is a recently published book, Star Wars: Darth Plagueis, that supposedly answer this question.From the Anakin Skywalker Wookieepedia article. But Palpatine was deceived, he did not fully kill Plagueis. "Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise, he could use the Force to influence the midi-chlorians to create life. According to Palpatine, Plagueis wasn't just any dark Lord of the Sith, but "so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life. The final issue of Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith raised some serious questions about Emperor Palpatine and Anakin Skywalker. This provided Palpatine with the motivation to kill Darth Plagueis, believing he would eventually be betrayed and replaced by Darth Vader.