Star Wars: Galactic Racer Continues The Hilarious Running Gag That Anakin Is The Boogeyman

Anakin Skywalker's purpose in the more recent Star Wars video games has continuously been hilarious to me. For years, Anakin, who eventually became series antagonist Darth Vader, was characterized as something of a superhero who fell to darkness and became a supervillain. He was stronger than the typical guy, but we didn't see many examples of how that strength might be perceived outside of the scope of above-average combat prowess and reflexes. When it was released in 2016, Rogue One was a big departure to that, with its infamous ending scene that gives us a sense of what facing Darth Vader looks like to the average soldier. Turns out, it's terrifying. Anakin is basically an unstoppable demon, and the games since Rogue One have continued to refer back to this notion of him being a living legend. Whether it's adult Anakin fighting like a demigod, Vader rampaging like an unkillable myth, or little Anakin haunting the mind of an elderly superstar racer, I enjoy this continued pattern of almost every Star Wars video game since Rogue One including one small scene, sequence, or conversation that reminds you that the rest of the galaxy thinks Anakin is the straight-up boogeyman. And the…