Explaining a Movie on Instagram: "The Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005) tells the story of how Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader. Across The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith, we watch him grow from a hopeful boy on Tatooine to a powerful Jedi whose fear of loss leads him to the dark side. His choices echo the fall of the Republic itself, as Chancellor Palpatine quietly turns democracy into an empire. Natalie Portman was just sixteen when she was cast as Padmé A