How does Anakin respond to his mother dying in the Tuskan Raider camp?

Anakin responds to his mother’s death by murdering the Tusken Raiders at their camp. In *Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones*, he finds Shmi Skywalker barely alive after she has been held and tortured for weeks. She dies in his arms, and Anakin gives in to rage, killing the Tusken camp—including women and children.

This moment is a major turning point in Anakin’s fall toward the dark side. His grief is understandable, but the scale of his retaliation crosses from personal revenge into massacre. Later, he confesses what he did to Padmé, saying he killed them all; she comforts him rather than condemning him, a response that remains one of the film’s most debated scenes.

A common mix-up is confusing this event with Anakin burying Shmi afterward. He does help return her body to the Lars homestead, but the defining immediate response asked about here is his slaughter of the Tusken Raiders. The scene also foreshadows Anakin’s later anger and violence as Darth Vader.