Originally posted by: Scruffy
...there's already a perfectly serviceable word for the characters being described, that is, "children."...

To that point, in AOTC Anakin says, recounting his slaughter of the Tuskens: "...the women and children too!" Why not "younglings" here? Not that I want more of the Y-word, but at least there would be consistency.

I'm already cringing at the upcoming SE "repair":

"The Emperor knew, as I did, that if Anakin were to have any younglings, they would be a threat to him."