I wonder, if Shmi survived Attack of the Clones would Anakin still have turned to the Dark Side? After all, Anakin was completely broken after seeing his mother tortured and killed, so much so that he slaughtered the men, women and children of the Tuskens (the ones that had killed his mother). But what if he had been able to protect her and save her? Would Sheev Palpatine the Great Senator still be able to groom him to the Dark Side? Would Lord Fener be born or would Shmi prevent that? What if, instead of Padme, his own mother showed up at Mustafar and begged him to let go of the Dark Side?
