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Anakin: "Anakim" is one of the several names in the Old Testament for a race of giants, "the sons of the gods [who] lay with the daughters of men" [Genesis 6:4]; "Anakim" is plural. this may refer to Anakin's great height, if Vader's size was not installed with the armor. ( http://www-atdp.berkeley.edu/1623/students/kimberly/names.html )

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But I read (can't remember where) that George Lucas, made the name up for his character in the Star Wars novels....

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Hope this helps,

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