How Palpatine erased the third Skywalker child from the Force (and why it makes perfect sense in canon)
We know Palpatine could hide his presence in the Force. Could manipulate minds. Could alter memories.
After Padmé gave birth to Luke and Leia, a third child was born. A boy with white hair and red eyes. Palpatine saw his power — 65,000 midi-chlorians at peak — and decided to raise him as his ultimate weapon.
But he couldn't let anyone know.
So he reached into the minds of everyone who witnessed the birth — including Anakin and Padmé — and erased every memory of the third child. He destroyed medical records. He used the dark side to hide the boy's presence in the Force itself.
That's why no one came for Leroy. Because no one knew he existed.
Not even his parents.
The boy was taken to Dromund Kaas. Tortured for six years. Escaped at eleven. Lived in a cave with bats for seven years. Secretly protected his sister on Alderaan without her knowing.
At eighteen, he returned to Naboo, reunited with his family, and became the White Emperor — the kindest ruler the galaxy has ever seen.
And every night, he slept on the floor outside his mother's door.
This isn't a violation of canon. It's a gap Palpatine created — and filled with darkness.
May the Force be with you. And with Leroy Skywalker.
When I created Leroy Skywalker — the third child of Anakin and Padmé — I gave him only one thing to survive 11 years in a Sith dungeon: a torn poster of his mother.
They erased his memory. They poured acid on his face. They froze him in carbonite. They threw him into pits with starving rats.
He was five years old when they took him.
For eleven years, Leroy Skywalker — the son Anakin never knew, the brother Luke and Leia never met — lived in a dungeon on Dromund Kaas.
But he didn't break.
At seven, he found a torn poster in a garbage pile. A woman in a crown. A little girl. He didn't know it was his mother and sister. He kissed it anyway. Every night. For eleven years.
He sang to it. He prayed to it. He held it when the rats came. He held it when the acid burned.
That poster saved him.
Here's the truth Palpatine tried to erase:
When Padmé gave birth to Luke and Leia, a third child was born. A boy with white hair and red eyes. Palpatine used the dark side to wipe his existence from the memory of everyone who knew — including Anakin and Padmé themselves.
Leroy was hidden not just in a dungeon. He was hidden from the Force itself.
No one came for him. No one knew.
But he survived.
At eleven, he escaped. Killed an inquisitor with his bare hands. Lived in a cave with bats for seven years. Secretly guarded Leia on Alderaan — left her drawings, stopped assassins, made sure she slept peacefully.
She never knew she had a brother.
At eighteen, he returned to Naboo. He found his family. He became Emperor — not a tyrant, but a healer.
He abolished slavery. Abolished taxes. Cured ten billion beings of cancer. Restored Alderaan. Created infinite energy. Made peace between Jedi and Sith.
And every night, he slept on the floor outside his mother's door. So she would never wake up alone. Like he did for eleven years.
This is Leroy Skywalker. The White Emperor. The son no one knew.
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LEROY SKYWALKER — THE WHITE EMPEROR "He kissed a poster for 11 years"