Från skriptet:
PADMÉ: (amused): Have you been here long?
ANAKIN: Since I was very little, three, I think. My Mom and I were sold to Gardulla the Hutt, but she lost us, betting on the Podraces, to Watto, who's a lot better master than Gardulla, I think.
PADMÉ: You're...a slave?
ANAKIN looks at PADMÉ defiantly.
ANAKIN I am a person! My name is Anakin.
Så Skywalkers var slavar. Det är inte klart hur de kom till slavar i första hand eller om detta utvidgades till människor som en art.
Icke-kanoniska källor säger
At the age of six, Shmi and her family embarked on a space voyage to the Outer Rim Territories, where they were captured by pirates and sold into slavery.
(Shmi är Anakins mor.)
Detta föreslår att slaveri inte utvidgades till alla människor.