ext_68550 ([identity profile] sandystarr88.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2010-04-28 02:26 pm

Slave by Penknife (Teen)

Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: Gen; Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn
Length: 1,085
Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Author Website: Stories at Archive of Our Own
Why this must be read:

Because it's a slightly horrifying depiction of something that too many writers often times forget; for the first nine years of his life Anakin Skywalker was a slave, and the mental scars of that fact never really go away.

The Jedi bought Anakin when he was ten. He was a little surprised; slaves got sent to the market all the time, but he was special. People had wanted to buy him before, but Watto had always said no before now.

Slave