Anakin Skywalker/Relationships

The relationships of Anakin Skywalker from the Star Wars universe.


 * See also: Darth Vader/Relationships

Padmé Amidala
Anakin first met Padmé on Tatooine, she was so beautiful he asked her if she was an angel (they were five years apart in age). However, later when he found out that she was the Queen of Naboo, he became embarrassed, but at the same time disappointed that she had lied to him about who she really was. Despite this, he ultimately forgave her. After he became a member of the Jedi Order, Anakin and Padmé did not see each other for ten years, however, he never forgot about her as he thought about her every day since they separated.

Years later, as an adult, Anakin's crush on Padmé turned into love, when he was assigned to protect her from an unknown bounty Hunter (Jango Fett) on Naboo. When he confessed his romantic feelings for her, Padmé seemingly turned him down, even going as far to point out, because he was a Jedi, it would be impossible for them to be together, however, in truth, Padmé also had romantic feelings for Anakin, as she fell in love with him during the time they spent together on Naboo, as she did not want him to give up his position as a Jedi for her.

However, when they were captured on Geonosis, believing they going to die, Padmé confessed her romantic feelings for Anakin; after this they could not deny their romantic feelings for each other, so they secretly got married on Naboo. They had a very good romantic relationship. However, Anakin and Padmé's relationship was sometimes strained do to him being away from long periods as he was a general within the ranks of the Grand Army of the Republic, fighting in the Clone Wars.

In Revenge of the Sith, after Anakin returned from a battle in a mission to rescue Palpatine from general Grievous, Padmé informed him that she was pregnant. He became happy that they were both going to be parents, but when he saw a vision of Padmé dying in childbirth, he became concerned for both his wife and unborn child (unaware that he had, in fact, fathered twins), desperate to find a way to prevent both Padmé and his child from dying. This fear was ultimately one of the main reasons that led him to fall to the Dark side of the Force.

Shmi Skywalker
Anakin was very close to his mother, Shmi. After being told by Qui-Gon that he was no longer a slave, he was very reluctant to leave his mother on Tatooine while he went to Coruscant to chase his dreams of becoming a Jedi.

Years later, as an adult, Anakin started to sense there something wrong with Shmi; at first, he brushed it off, but after having a vision of his mother, he could no longer ignore this. Unfortunately, it was too late, as Anakin only arrived in time to see his mother alive one last time before she succumbed to the injuries inflicted on her by the Sand People. Anakin was so devastated and enraged by her death that he wiped out the entire tribe of the Sand People who had tortured his mother to death. This was what caused Anakin to develop a fear losing the ones he cares about, and his desperation to find a way to stop them from dying. This led to him becoming Darth Vader three years later.

Luke Skywalker
In Revenge of the Sith, after Anakin returned from a battle, Padmé informed him that she was pregnant. He became happy that he was going to be a father, but when he saw a vision of his child apparently dying in childbirth, he became concerned for both his wife and unborn child (unaware that he had fathered twins at the time), desperate to find a way to prevent both Padmé and his child from dying. This fear was ultimately one of the main reasons that led him to fall to the Dark side of the Force.

Anakin would not meet Luke until nineteen years later as Darth Vader.

Leia Organa
In Revenge of the Sith, after Anakin returned from a battle, Padmé informed him that she was pregnant. He became happy that he was going to be a father, but when he saw a vision of his child apparently dying in childbirth, he became concerned for both his wife and unborn child (unaware that he had fathered twins at the time), desperate to find a way to prevent both Padmé and his child from dying. This fear was ultimately one of the main reasons that led him to fall to the Dark side of the Force.

Anakin would not meet Leia until nineteen years later as Darth Vader.

Qui-Gon Jinn
"The Force is unusually strong with him. That much is clear."

- Qui-Gon to Shmi

Anakin first met Qui-Gon on Tatooine, he believed him to be an outlander, however, when he saw Qui-Gon's lightsaber, he realized that he was a Jedi, however, he believed his rank was Jedi Knight in the Jedi Order, although Anakin was later correct by Qui-Gon that his rank was actually Jedi Master.

Anakin help Qui-Gon and his friends get the money they needed repair there starship, despite the fact that he barely knew Qui-Gon at the time, the two quickly became close friends.

He had a great degree of respect for the Jedi Master, having a lot of concern for him when he barely escaped from Darth Maul during an ambush. He also was not willing to disobey Qui-Gon, at least in terms of the letter of the law; this was most evident when he, in response to R2-D2 asking whether he should return to Naboo, refused as Qui-Gon had earlier told him to "stay in the cockpit" (even though Qui-Gon actually meant to keep hidden). Qui-Gon's death had clearly devastated him; even years after his death, Anakin still missed his close friend.

Obi-Wan Kenobi
Anakin first met Obi-Wan on the Naboo Starship, he was the second Jedi that he had encountered, during his early years as Obi-Wan's apprentice, he stated that Obi-Wan was like a father to him, and claimed that Obi-Wan had the wisdom of Yoda and the power of Mace Windu. This praise, however, may have been just another expression of Anakin's overconfidence, as he amended that he himself was "beyond" Obi-Wan in many ways, and felt Obi-Wan was holding him back from his true potential, which was partly correct. His relationship with his mentor remained complicated and contradictory, partially due to Obi-Wan's doubts about whether he had the ability to train Anakin, something Anakin did not need, especially during that critical time in his life. Frustrated, Anakin would turn to another mentor for advice; Palpatine. Slowly, but surely, mentor and apprentice formed a special bond throughout Anakin's teenage years.

As an adult, despite their special bond, Anakin still had a strained relationship with Obi-Wan. Despite this, Anakin was willing to disobey the Jedi Council's orders, and go to Geonosis to rescue him, when he was Count Dooku's prisoner.

There relationship became much better, after Anakin was promoted to the rank of Jedi Knight, they had a joking relationship, like when Anakin said, "I'll deal with the droids you go and save your girlfriend" (Satine Kryze), much to Obi-Wan's annoyance, Anakin had great respect for Obi-Wan, and considered him an equal in wisdom only to Yoda, and an equal in power only to Mace. However, his impulsive and prideful attitude often clashed with Obi-Wan's more patient and peaceful ways. They would often disagree and engage in verbal jousts about the Jedi Order and the politics of Coruscant. They would argue, sometimes somewhat violently. Despite his love and respect for Obi-Wan, there was a few things Anakin disliked about him; he did not like the fact that Obi-Wan often criticized and lectured him, that Obi-Wan was a somewhat arrogant hypocrite, and that Obi-Wan never defended him against the Jedi Council, when he was in their presence, even when he was right about the Jedi Council treating him unfairly. However, unknown to Anakin, Obi-Wan did defend him, after he would leave the Jedi Council chamber.

Anakin did not blame Obi-Wan along with Plo Koon, for creating the conditions that led to his friend and former apprentice Ahsoka Tano leaving. However, he became even more angry with Obi-Wan when the latter refused to acknowledge that the Jedi Council were at least partly responsible for Ahsoka leaving the Jedi Order in the first place.

During the Clone Wars, Anakin's relationship with Obi-Wan became more and more strained due to the latter, constantly lying to him, deceiving his, and keeping secrets from him. Near the end of the Clone Wars when Obi-Wan asked Anakin to spy on Palpatine (on the orders of the Jedi Council, it is unknown if he was aware that his former mentor, was the only member of the Jedi Council that was against that decision), Anakin loses complete trust and respect for Obi-Wan after this. Although they did say goodbye to each other on good terms, before going to Utapau to kill Grievous; unknown to either of them, this would be the last time they would see each other as friends, after that, Anakin fell to the Dark side and became Darth Vader.

Ahsoka Tano
"You're reckless, little one. You never would have made it as Obi-Wan's Padawan. But you might make it as mine."

- Anakin commenting Ahsoka

Anakin initially had a rocky start with Ahsoka, due to the fact that he did not want an apprentice, as he told Rex that he had no intention to train her, he became annoyed when Ahsoka referred to him as "Skyguy", in retaliation he called her "Snips" and "youngling".

After the Christophisis incident, he finally accepted Ahsoka as his apprentice and two quickly became good friends, Anakin would not give up on saving Ahsoka after she got caught in an explosion of a droid foundry that she destroyed with a tank, having no other method. Greatly relieved that Ahsoka was still alive, he told her that he hadn't doubted her, after she told him that she knew he would save her.

Anakin’s desire to keep his apprentice safe went beyond the battlefield into his teachings to her. Though she was skilled in the classic Shien, Anakin began teaching her Ataru and Djem So, two aggressive forms he was greatly skilled in, being mastered in the latter. Wanting Ahsoka to be prepared for any opponent, he also trained her to protect herself against enemies wielding a double-bladed lightsaber, such as Asajj Ventress, whom he'd faced before and barely defeated.

Ahsoka was as great as his attachment to his mother and his wife. When Obi-Wan told him it was Ahsoka who had saved the day, Ahsoka "felt a rush of pride" and boasted that she was his apprentice. That pride was evident in his trust in her to command in his stead, such as during the Battle of Ryloth. Though Anakin was usually reckless and impulsive, Ahsoka’s presence seemed to soften these tendencies. Despite the fact that when he was Obi-Wan's apprentice, he occasionally disobeyed him, he did not like it when Ahsoka disobeyed him.

Nearing the end of the Clone Wars, Anakin also held a great degree of trust in her, being one of the few people to correctly believe that Ahsoka had actually been framed and was just in the wrong place at the wrong time due to knowing her well enough to know she would never commit the murders she was being accused of. However, he also realized that he could not help her directly as it would have made her seem even more guilty than she was already believed to be by everyone else. He also managed to track down the actual guilty party, Barriss Offee, and expose her after defeating her in a lightsaber duel. Unfortunately his efforts were in vain as Ahsoka left the Jedi Order. Despite knowing that he also harbored an intent to leave the Jedi Order, Anakin was very sad to see his friend and former apprentice leave. Unknown to either of them, this would be the last time they would see each other as friends, before Anakin finally fell to the Dark side and became Darth Vader.

Ahsoka's departure was one of the reasons why Anakin lost faith in the Jedi Order, as he correctly blamed the Jedi Council for creating the conditions that led to his friend and former apprentice leaving.

Yoda
Anakin first met Yoda when he was brought to the Jedi Temple by Qui-Gon Jinn. Yoda was a firm believer in following the protocol of the Jedi Code and thus believed Anakin too old to begin training as an apprentice. When Anakin was brought before the Jedi Council, he was secretly afraid of Anakin, not because of what he was, but because of what he could become in the future.

Yoda's refusal to allow him to become a Jedi was overruled by the Jedi council; particularly by Mace Windu. By the time of the events of Attack of the Clones, Yoda had outgrown his fear of Anakin.

Throughout Anakin's years as a Jedi, Yoda, unlike Mace, correctly believed Anakin was the Chosen One from the prophecy. Also unlike Mace, he never judged him by age, but by his skills, experience and maturity. In fact, he was the very Jedi who promoted Anakin to the rank of Jedi Knight.

Yoda was one of the few members of the Jedi Council that Anakin had genuine respect for; throughout the Clone Wars, Anakin and Yoda were civil towards each other and were friends.

Anakin's trust and respect for Yoda became strained, when at Ahsoka Tano's trial, Yoda, along with the rest of the Jedi Council, stripped her of her status as a Jedi and turned her over to the Republic military for crimes she did not commit. Anakin was outraged to learn that the meeting was nothing more than a formality to disguise how the Council was casting Ahsoka out to suit the political interests of the Republic. Although he successfully proved his apprentice's innocence, she still left the Jedi Order due to the fact that most members of the Order had refused to believe in her. Heartbroken by Ahsoka's departure, Anakin blamed Yoda, along with most members of the Jedi Council, for creating the conditions that led to his friend and former apprentice leaving.

When Supreme Chancellor Palpatine appointed Anakin to the Jedi Council as his personal representative, like all members of the Council, Yoda reluctantly agreed, but hoped to use him as a means to spy on Palpatine. Yoda, along with rest of the Jedi Council did not grant Anakin the rank of Jedi Master. Angered by the perceived insult, Anakin criticized Yoda, along with all members of the Jedi council, on the absurdity of occupying a seat on the Council devoid of the rank of Jedi Master - although Anakin apologized for his behavior, he was not sorry for what he said to Yoda and the other members of the Council.

When Obi-Wan asked Anakin to spy on Palpatine (on the orders of Yoda and the Jedi Council), he became even more angry and quickly came to the belief that Yoda was trying to use him as a pawn and that the orders to spy on the Supreme Chancellor were treason (which was partly true). He lost complete trust and respect for Yoda after this.

Mace Windu
Anakin first met Mace when he was brought to the Jedi Temple by Qui-Gon Jinn. Mace was a firm believer in following the protocol of the Jedi Code and thus believed Anakin too old to begin training as an apprentice. When Anakin was brought before the Jedi Council, like Yoda, he was secretly afraid of Anakin, not because of what he was, but because of what he could become in the future; by the time of the events of Attack of the Clones, Mace had outgrown his fear of Anakin.

Qui-Gon requested that Anakin be tested - but Anakin failed the Jedi Council's test, due to the fact that he was distracted by his concern for his mother. Despite Anakin's unusually strong connection to the Force and the fact that he had the potential to become the most powerful Force user in the history of the galaxy - Mace stated that he would not be trained.

Mace reluctantly agreed to allow Anakin to be trained by Obi-Wan Kenobi, mainly because Obi-Wan had made it clear that he intended to train Anakin with or without the approval of the Jedi Council, as it was Qui-Gon's dying wish, but also because the Sith Order had come out of hiding and Anakin's potential made him someone who could one day defeat them. Throughout Anakin's years as a Jedi, Mace remained skeptical of whether Anakin was truly the Chosen One from the prophecy and repeatedly judged him because of his age; instead of by his skills, experience and maturity. However, he did show faith in the boy's skills and encouraged Obi-Wan to have faith that he would choose the right path.

Throughout the Clone Wars, Anakin and Mace were civil towards each other due to mutual respecting each other; but were not friends. This civility and mutual respect came to an end after Ahsoka was accused of being a traitor and a murderer. Anakin saw right away that Ahsoka was being framed and was just in the wrong place at the wrong time due to him knowing her well enough to know she would never commit the crimes she was being accused of, but Mace refused to even see this due to his emotional attachment to the Republic and, after Wilhuff Tarkin demanded that Ahsoka be expelled from the Jedi Order to stand trial as a Republic citizen, urged the Jedi Council to do so. During the Judgement meeting, Anakin was disgusted when Mace repeatedly accused Ahsoka of lying and saw right away that the meeting was just a formality to conceal the fact that the Jedi Council was throwing Ahsoka out of the Jedi Order for the sake of self-interest. After Ahsoka left, Anakin secretly developed an intense dislike for Mace, and blamed him, along with the most members of the Jedi Council, for creating the conditions that led to his friend and former apprentice leaving.

After this, the two secretly no longer trusted and no longer openly respect each other for different reasons; Mace distrusted Anakin simply because he was sometimes unpredictable and would not serve the political interests of the Republic. Anakin on the other hand, disliked and did not trust Mace because he was now openly arrogant, rude and disrespectful towards him, and constantly lying and deceiving him, and kept on keeping secrets from him, as well as the fact he served the political interests of the Republic, instead of serving and following the Jedi Order's ancient ways and traditions. Unknown to Mace, Anakin was aware that the latter did not trust him.

When Supreme Chancellor Palpatine appointed Anakin to the Jedi Council as his personal representative, like all members of the Council, Mace reluctantly agreed, but hoped to use him as a means to spy on Palpatine. Mace, along with the Jedi Council did not grant Anakin the rank of Jedi Master. Angered by the perceived insult, Anakin criticized Mace, along with all members of the Council, on the absurdity of occupying a seat on the Council devoid of the rank of Jedi Master - to which Mace coldly and disrespectfully instructed Anakin to sit down. Although Anakin apologized for his behavior, he was not sorry for what he said to Mace or the other members of the Jedi Council, and this incident served as yet another in support of his growing disdain for Mace.

When Obi-Wan asked Anakin to spy on Palpatine (on the orders of Mace and the Jedi Council), he became even more angry and came to the belief that Mace was trying to use him as a pawn and that the orders to spy on the Supreme Chancellor were treason (which was partly true). When Grievous was located on Utapau, Anakin stated that Palpatine wanted him to lead the campaign to kill Grievous. However, Mace undermined the former, instead sending Obi-Wan to do so.

When Anakin discovered that Palpatine was in fact Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith, he informed Mace of this discovery. Though Mace did not immediately believe Anakin, he quickly accepted the truth, but refused to allow Anakin to accompany him in confronting Palpatine.

Mace's mistrust of Anakin and attempted murder on Palpatine, was one of the reasons that caused Anakin to turn against the Jedi Order. When Mace resolved to execute Palpatine, an unarmed opponent, Anakin stopped Mace by cutting off the hand wielding his lightsaber. This left Mace vulnerable and gave Palpatine the opportunity to use Force lightning to shove Mace out of a broken window, sending him falling to his death. Despite his dislike for Mace, Anakin was horrified at what he had done and showed at least some remorse over his part in Mace's demise. However, he realized that there was no going back, at this point, Anakin believed the Jedi would never forgive him for this crime against Mace.

Ki-Adi-Mundi
Anakin first met Ki-Adi when he was brought to the Jedi Temple by Qui-Gon Jinn. Ki-Adi was not completely a firm believer in following the protocol of the Jedi Code and thus he did not believed Anakin was too old to begin training as an apprentice. When Anakin was brought before the Jedi Council, like Yoda, he was secretly afraid of Anakin, not because of what he was, but because of what he could become in the future; by the time of the events of Attack of the Clones, Ki-Adi had outgrown his fear of Anakin.

Qui-Gon requested that Anakin be tested - but Anakin failed the Jedi Council's test, due to the fact that he was distracted by his concern for his mother.

Ki-Adi was the only member of the Jedi Council who believed Anakin should be trained, because like the latter, he came late in the Force, and had at least some sympathy for Anakin being separated from his mother at a such young age. However, there was nothing he could do about it, as he had been out-voted by the other members of the Jedi Council.

When Obi-Wan Kenobi had made it clear that he intended to train Anakin with or without the approval of the Jedi Council, as it was Qui-Gon's dying wish, the Jedi council reluctantly agreed to allow it, mainly because the Sith Order had come out of hiding and Anakin's potential made him someone who could one day defeat them, Ki-Adi was glad that Anakin was going to become a Jedi.

Throughout Anakin's years as a Jedi, Ki-Adi, unlike Mace Windu, correctly believed Anakin was the Chosen One from the prophecy. Also unlike Mace, he never judged him by age, but by his skills, experience and maturity. Although Anakin did not have much interaction with Ki-Adi, the latter greatly respected him.

During the second battle of Genosis, when Ki-Adi revealed to Anakin that he had destroyed sixty-five Battle droids, he gained a lot of respect for the former. Ki-Adi became one of the few members of the Jedi Council that Anakin had a genuine respect for.

Anakin's respect for Ki-Adi became strained, when at Ahsoka Tano's trial, Ki-Adi, along with the rest of the Jedi Council, stripped her of her status as a Jedi and turned her over to the Republic military for crimes she did not commit. Anakin was outraged to learn that the meeting was just a formality to disguise how the Jedi Council was casting Ahsoka out to suit the political interests of the Republic. Although he successfully proved his apprentice's innocence, she still left the Jedi Order due to the fact that most members of the Order had refused to believe in her. Heartbroken by Ahsoka's departure, Anakin blamed Ki-Adi, along with most members of the Jedi Council, for creating the conditions that led to his friend and former apprentice leaving.

When Supreme Chancellor Palpatine appointed Anakin to the Jedi Council as his personal representative, like all members of the Council, Ki-Adi reluctantly agreed, but hoped to use him as a means to spy on Palpatine. Ki-Adi, along with the Jedi council did not grant Anakin the rank of Jedi Master. Angered by the perceived insult, Anakin criticized Ki-Adi, along with all members of the Council, on the absurdity of occupying a seat on the Council devoid of the rank of Jedi Master - although Anakin apologized for his behavior, he was not sorry for what he said to Ki-Adi and the other members of the Jedi Council.

When Obi-Wan asked Anakin to spy on Palpatine (on the orders of Ki-Adi and the Jedi Council), he became even more angry and came to the belief that Ki-Adi was trying to use him as a pawn and that the orders to spy on the Supreme Chancellor were treason (which was partly true). He lost complete trust and respect for Ki-Adi after this.

Plo Koon
Anakin first met Plo when he was brought to the Jedi Temple by Qui-Gon Jinn. Plo was a firm believer in following the protocol of the Jedi Code and thus believed Anakin too old to begin training as an apprentice.

Qui-Gon requested that Anakin be tested - but Anakin failed the Jedi Council's test, due to the fact that he was distracted by his concern for his mother. Despite Anakin's unusually strong connection to the Force and the fact that he had the potential to become the most powerful Force user in the history of the galaxy - Plo believe Anakin should not be trained.

Plo reluctantly agreed to allow Anakin to be trained by Obi-Wan Kenobi, mainly because Obi-Wan had made it clear that he intended to train Anakin with or without the approval of the Jedi Council, as it was Qui-Gon's dying wish but also because the Sith Order had come out of hiding and Anakin's potential made him someone who could one day defeat them. Throughout Anakin's years as a Jedi, he did not have much interaction with Plo.

Throughout the Clone Wars, Anakin and Plo were civil towards each other, Anakin probably had respect for Plo, as he named one of his unique force powers that he created after the latter; Plo Koon's Round.

Anakin's respect for Plo became strained, when at Ahsoka Tano's trial, Plo, along with the rest of the Jedi Council, stripped her of her status as a Jedi and turned her over the Republic for crimes she did not commit. Anakin was outraged to learn that the meeting was just a formality to disguise how the Jedi Council was casting Ahsoka out to suit the political interests of the Republic. After he successfully proved his apprentice's innocence, she still left the Jedi Order due to the fact that most members of the Order had refused to believe in her. However, Plo did regain at least some of Anakin's respect by being the only member of the Jedi Council who actually apologized to Ahsoka and admitted he had been wrong to accuse her.

When Supreme Chancellor Palpatine appointed Anakin to the Jedi Council as his personal representative, like all members of the Council, Plo reluctantly agreed, but hoped to use him as a means to spy on Palpatine. Plo, along with the Council did not grant Anakin the rank of Jedi Master. Angered by the perceived insult, Anakin criticized Plo, along with all members of the Jedi Council, on the absurdity of occupying a seat on the Council devoid of the rank of Jedi Master - although Anakin apologized for his behavior, he was not sorry for what he said to Plo and the other members of the Jedi Council.

When Obi-Wan asked Anakin to spy on Palpatine (on the orders of Plo and the Jedi Council), he became even more angry and came to the belief that Plo was trying to use him as a pawn and that the orders to spy on the Supreme Chancellor were treason (which was partly true). He lost complete trust and respect for Plo after this.

Surpreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine
Anakin had a blind spot for Palpatine. From an early age, Anakin had heard how the Galactic Republic's government had grown corrupt and how Palpatine, like the Jedi Order, was one of the few who had not succumbed to that corruption and respected him for it.

This respect deepened when he listened in on him telling, unknown to him at the time, Padmé how the large majority of the Senate were greedy and conceited politicians who had long since turned their backs on the common good and saw with his own eyes afterwards that Palpatine was right.

Anakin's faith in Palpatine remained strong to the point where he refused to believe Fives when he told him and Rex about Palpatine's role in conspiracy involving the chips and chose to believe Palpatine's lies, and he continued to see the Chancellor as a friend even when the Jedi Council and the idealists in the Senate and even Padmé began to realize he was too good to be true, and even after he revealed that he was the Dark Lord of the Sith, Darth Sidious.

When Mace Windu tried to kill the Chancellor, Anakin chose to save his friend partly of his friendship with Palpatine, and mainly because he remembered that Palpatine told him that the Dark side of the Force has the power to stop a person from dying (which was probably the only thing he was telling him the truth about), he then turn to the Dark side and become Darth Vader; even if Anakin did not become Vader in the first place, he still would have supported Palpatine's declaration of becoming Emperor of the Galactic Empire.

Wilhuff Tarkin
Anakin and Tarkin developed a mutual respect for each other due to the fact both were hardliners. This became strained after Ahsoka was framed by Barriss Offee. Anakin saw right away that Ahsoka had been framed and had just been in the wrong place at the wrong time, but Tarkin refused to even see this and viciously and relentlessly prosecuted Ahsoka despite the fact that there was virtually no actual evidence of her so-called treason.

Count Dooku
From the moment they met, Anakin and Dooku became enemies, he holds a grudge against the ex-Jedi Master/Sith Lord for cutting off his right arm, Anakin's hatred for Dooku increases throughout the Clone Wars, due to the atrocities and unspeakable acts he had committed over the years throughout the war.

General Grievous
"You're shorter than I expected."

- Anakin and Grievous' first meeting

Throughout the Clone Wars, Anakin never directly meets Grievous, however, he knew him by his reputation, Anakin correctly considers Grievous to be nothing but a monster, due to the atrocities and unspeakable acts he had committed over the years throughout the war.

In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin finally directly meets Grievous, however, when he does, he was slightly disappointed, as Grievous was smaller than he expected.