Luke Skywalker

"I am a Jedi, like my father before me."

- Luke Skywalker

Luke Skywalker, a human male, was the son of fallen Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala, the grandson of Shmi Skywalker Lars, the step-nephew to Owen and Beru Lars, and the twin brother of Leia Organa. Born on the asteroid Polis Massa, his mother died in labor, and the twins were thought to never have been born by his father, the recently christened Sith Lord Darth Vader. Skywalker was separated from his sister and taken by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to the planet Tatooine to be raised by the Lars family, hidden from the Galactic Empire.

Growing up unaware of his origins, the young Skywalker's life changed forever with a chance purchase of two droids—R2-D2 and C-3PO—carrying plans to the Imperial Death Star superweapon. After his aunt and uncle were killed by Imperial troops searching for the plans, Skywalker embarked on a journey to deliver the plans to the Rebel Alliance, receiving training in the ways of the Force from Kenobi, and meeting Han Solo and (unbeknownst to him) his sister, Princess Leia Organa, a member of the Rebellion. Though Kenobi was killed by Vader, Skywalker participated in the Battle of Yavin alongside the Rebels with guidance from Kenobi's spirit, and managed to destroy the Death Star.

As a member of the Rebel Alliance, Skywalker and the Rebels evaded Imperial forces led by Vader, who hunted Skywalker relentlessly over the next three years. As the Rebels were forced to abandon their base during a battle on the snow planet Hoth, Skywalker flew to the swamp planet of Dagobah at the advice of his late mentor, Kenobi, where he received Jedi training from the exiled Jedi Master Yoda. However, Skywalker was lured into a trap by Vader at Cloud City on Bespin, where he engaged the Sith Lord in a lightsaber duel, discovering Vader's identity as his father in the process.

One year later, Skywalker fought in the Battle of Endor before surrendering himself to Vader, realizing he had to confront his father and the Galactic Emperor, Sheev Palpatine. Though Sidious attempted to convert Skywalker to the dark side of the Force, Skywalker declared himself a Jedi and successfully appealed to the good in Vader, who redeemed himself as Anakin Skywalker by destroying Sidious at the cost of his own life. Thanks to Skywalker, the battle ended in a Rebel victory, and he joined his celebrating allies on Endor.

Pre-birth
"There is another Skywalker."

- Serenity

During the Clone Wars, Jedi Master Yoda set out on a journey to discover the secrets of immortality. His journey took him to Moraband, the ancient Sith homeworld, where he faced visions of the future. At the end of his journey, the Force Priestess, Serenity, who guided his journey told him that there was another Skywalker, and Yoda heard his voice from the future say so as well. These events alluded to the birth and destiny of Luke Skywalker, as well as his twin sister Leia.

Early life
"It's a boy.''" "''Luke."

- A medical droid and Padmé Amidala

Luke Skywalker was born on the asteroid of Polis Massa two days after the proclamation of the Galactic Empire. He and his twin sister Leia, who was born shortly after him, were the children of Galactic Republic Senator Padmé Amidala, who died in labor, and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, who had recently fallen to the dark side of the Force. To protect the children from the Empire and the now-Sith Lord Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi personally sent the infant Luke to live with Anakin's stepbrother Owen Lars and his wife Beru on the planet Tatooine, while Senator Bail Organa agreed to adopt Leia together with his wife, the queen of Alderaan.

Skywalker spent his youth on the Lars' moisture farm, where his uncle tried unsuccessfully to discourage all of his adventurous tendencies, telling him that his father had been "a navigator on a spice freighter" during the Clone Wars. Back when he was a child, during the Great Drought, when henchmen for the crime lord Jabba the Hutt collected a "water tax" on their master's behalf despite the damage it caused moisture farmers, Skywalker naïvely stood up to the the thugs at night, trying to take back the water they had stolen from the farmers. Kenobi, who sensed the danger his protegee was in, blew their vehicle's lights with the Force to hide his identity and proceeded to disable all of Jabba's henchmen. One of them became startled and pushed Skywalker to the ground, causing him to hit his head and pass out. Once Kenobi handled the thugs, he carried Skywalker to the Lars' homestead where he was found asleep, unaware of his savior's identity, by his aunt in the morning.

Eventually, Skywalker became an adventure-seeking youth who demonstrated his father's natural piloting skills, as well as a knack for mechanical repairs, and acquires a strong desire to leave Tatooine to join a flight academy. As more of Skywalker's friends left the planet to follow their dreams, he became increasingly frustrated that his uncle would not allow him to do the same, claiming that he still needed help with the farm. In truth, Owen was trying to prevent Skywalker from following in his father's footsteps.

When not helping his uncle, Skywalker would occasionally go bulls-eye Womp rats or go racing through the dangerous Beggar's Canyon in his T-16 Skyhopper. He would also spend time at Tosche Station with his friends where some of them called him "Wormie".

Leaving Tatooine
"I want to come with you to Alderaan. There's nothing for me here now. I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father."

- Luke Skywalker to Obi-Wan Kenobi

The purchase of two droids by Skywalker's uncle changed the youth's life forever. With the discovery of a desperate message to Obi-Wan Kenobi contained within the astromech droid R2-D2, Skywalker soon found himself in the company of Kenobi after being attacked by Sand People. Kenobi then revealed to Skywalker that he had once been a Jedi Knight who served in the Clone Wars with Skywalker's father. He went on to inform Skywalker that his father was no cargo pilot, but a Jedi Knight struck down by Darth Vader.

Soon after, Skywalker and Kenobi came upon a group of slaughtered Jawas&mdash;the same ones who sold the droids to Owen Lars. Skywalker deduced from learning that Imperial stormtroopers were responsible that they might have looked into the sales records of the droids, and rushed home in the hopes of saving his aunt and uncle. Upon quickly returning home, Skywalker discovered that he was too late: his aunt and uncle had been murdered by Imperial stormtroopers looking for R2-D2 and C-3PO. With his family dead, he agreed to accompany Kenobi to Alderaan to deliver the astromech, who was carrying the plans for the Death Star, to Bail Organa at the behest of Organa's daughter, Princess Leia Organa. The two traveled to Mos Eisley where in the Mos Eisley Cantina where they obtained passage off the planet and met Han Solo and his first mate Chewbacca. During their visit to the Cantina, Skywalker nearly had a fatal run-in with the alien criminal Ponda Baba. Kenobi brokered a deal to pay Solo two thousand credits up front plus fifteen more when they arrived on Alderaan. Skywalker sold his speeder to pay for the two thousand up front.

Death Star rescue
"Luke, we're gonna have company!"

- Han Solo to Luke Skywalker

After escaping stormtroopers and blasting off the planet in Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon, Kenobi began Skywalker's instruction in the ways of the Force, much to the derision of Solo. This teaching, however, was soon interrupted by their arrival in the Alderaan system and their discovery of the planet's destruction. They then spotted a patrolling TIE/LN starfighter and, upon following it, found that it was approaching what appeared to be a small moon, which turned out to be the Death Star. Caught by the Death Star's tractor beam, they were brought aboard the massive space station.

Once on board, Luke and Han knock out two stormtroopers and steal their armor. Kenobi separated from Skywalker, Solo, Chewbacca, and the droids to deactivate the tractor beam. However, when R2-D2 discovered that Leia Organa was being held captive, Skywalker insisted on rescuing her. With Solo and Chewbacca's help, the trio made it into the detention area in the guise of Imperial stormtroopers escorting a Wookiee prisoner. They were able to rescue Organa, but had to jump into the garbage compactor in order to escape the pursuing Imperial forces. Later, Skywalker and Organa were separated from Solo and Chewbacca, but after swinging across a deep shaft, they were able to meet back up with their companions in the hangar bay.

Eventually, the group escaped the Death Star, but only after Kenobi sacrificed himself in a duel with Darth Vader. They traveled to the hidden rebel base on Yavin 4, even though the Death Star was tracking them. It was then that Solo received his reward for rescuing Organa and prepared to leave the group. Skywalker attempted to persuade him to stay and help them against the Empire, but Solo refused, deeply disappointing him.

Hero of the Rebellion
"There is a great disturbance in the Force.''" "I have felt it." "We have a new enemy: the young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker." "How is that possible?" "Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true. He could destroy us." "''He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him."

- Sheev Palpatine and Darth Vader confer about Luke Skywalker

Yavin
"Great shot, kid; that was one in a million!"

- Han Solo to Luke Skywalker after the destruction of the Death Star

It was at the Yavin Base that Skywalker first became a member of the Rebel Alliance, joining Red Group with the designation of Red Five. Shortly before boarding his T-65B X-wing starfighter, Skywalker encountered his old friend Biggs Darklighter. The two would be flying as wingmen just like old times in the upcoming battle. In a brief conversation, Darklighter promised Luke that the two would catch up on each other's stories when they got back.

Skywalker took part in the Battle of Yavin, witnessing the death of many compatriots, including Darklighter. After the death of the two squadron leaders, he took it upon himself to lead the final assault. With the timely arrival of the Millennium Falcon and the guidance of Kenobi's spirit, Skywalker took a single shot and used the Force to direct his proton torpedoes to their target, destroying the station. For this action he, Chewbacca, and Han Solo were awarded the medal of valor for their bravery.

Just as the ceremony ended, Skywalker told Organa to allow herself some time to grieve for the loss of her family and homeworld. Afterwards, General Jan Dodonna sent him and Wedge Antilles, the only other survivor of Red Group, in their X-wings to retrieve the wayward princess and bring her to the Great Temple of Massassi. Her shuttle's pilot, Evaan Verlaine, however, managed to outsmart them and make the jump to hyperspace with course to Naboo, with R2-D2 accompanying the two women.

Soon after, Skywalker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and was regularly assigned numerous independent missions.

Onboard the Desert Jewel
"Ever since the Battle of Yavin, I feel sometimes that people expect me to top it and wonder why I haven't yet."

- Luke Skywalker

Running an errand for Admiral Ackbar, Skywalker was dispatched to Rodia in an effort to open a secret weapon supply line to the Alliance. Piloting Nakari Kelen's Desert Jewel and accompanied by R2-D2, Skywalker helped a Kupohan ship—which, unbeknownst to him, carried vital intel on Drusil Bephorin—near Llanic, but continued his journey to Rodia where he was greeted by Laneet Chekkoo, who guided him to Toopil. During business with Taneetch Soonta, the Rodian spoke to him about the Jedi. From her, Skywalker received her uncle's lightsaber.

After killing a ghest and getting some treatment for his wounds, Skywalker focused on analyzing Huulik's lightsaber and trying to learn telekinesis, but a planetwide alert for the Desert Jewel forced him to leave Rodia immediately and meet up with Ackbar and Organa on the Promise. The two, then, assigned him to a mission in Denon, but the need for upgrades for the Jewel prompted him to go on another mission to Fex with Kelen before that. Warned by Organa not to trust blindly on Kelen, Skywalker set off for Pasher with Kelen and R2-D2 to receive intel from her father about their destination and the necessary equipment to survive its atmosphere and then, headed towards Fex. Once they successfully retrieved the Harvester and were rewarded for it, Skywalker and Kelen traveled to Rodia to fit the Desert Jewel.

Following the ship's modifications, the two rebels returned to the Promise to receive more intel on the Denon mission from Organa and Ackbar, only to depart for the planet as soon as possibly, meet with their contact Sakhet, and prepare Bephorin's liberation. Once in motion, their plan allowed them to escape from ISB Agents and Denon altogether with the Givin cryptographer onboard the Jewel. Despite several hiccups along the way―including a extended stop on Kupoh―, they reached Omereth. There, however, the Jewel was intercepted by bounty hunters and a confrontation ensued between the rebels and their pursuers. Despite the formers' victory, Kelen was killed by one of the bounty hunters―saddening Skywalker, who had come to develop feelings for her. After allowing himself some time to grieve for those he had lost during the war, Skywalker completed his mission by reuniting Bephorin with her family and meeting with Major Bren Derlin. Afterwards, Skywalker would return Kelen's body to her father, after reflecting on the fact that he had learned how to move objects with the Force thanks to her support.

Assault on Cymoon 1
"You boy, are no Jedi. Who are you?"

- Darth Vader to Skywalker, during a brief duel in Cymoon 1

Alongside Organa, Solo, Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO, Skywalker took part of a mission to infiltrate Cymoon 1. To do so, the rebel team hijacked the ship of an emissary sent by Jabba the Hutt to negotiate a weapons' deal at Weapons Factory Alpha, with Solo as its replacement and Organa and Skywalker disguised as his bodyguards.

Once inside the facility, they revealed themselves as rebels to Overseer Aggadeen, took their escorts down and made their way to the central power station. While Organa, Solo and R2-D2 rigged the place to destroy it, Skywalker watched for additional Imperial troops, using what little he knew of the Force to reach out and sense any nearby presence. However, he was drawn to caged slaves, whom he proceeded to free, and guided them to a rendezvous with Solo and Organa, when they were alerted of Vader's arrival by Chewbacca.

Determined to fight Vader for killing his father and Kenobi, he heard his mentor's voice speak to him from beyond, telling him to run, just as he faced the Dark Lord. However, he was no match for Vader, who quickly seized Skywalker's lightsaber and was about to kill him, until Solo intervened with an AT-AT, crashing the walker through the factory's walls, giving Skywalker and the slaves an opening to escape from the facility.

Seeing so many of the freed slaves die by Imperial hands, Skywalker regretted his decision, but continued fighting after stealing a speeder bike. After the Rebels' walker opened fire against Vader, Skywalker picked his lightsaber up from the rubble, rushing to assist his team—whose walker had fallen down due to Vader—, and provided some cover fire. Determined to destroy the factory, Skywalker disobeyed Organa's orders and used his stolen speeder bike to destroy the power core despite Vader's threat. Later, he managed to board the Millennium Falcon, reunite with his team and escape Cymoon 1 with his morale at rock bottom.

Return to Tatooine
""There's nothing here for me now." That's what I said when I left this place. Let's hope I was wrong."

- Luke Skywalker

Once they returned to the rebel fleet, Skywalker continued working on his lightsaber techniques until Organa came to see him. Skywalker told her that he lacked interest in undertaking any more missions, as he didn't consider himself a Jedi but in fact a danger, and that until he could figure out who he was, he shouldn't be around the Alliance and asked Organa to let him go. Much her and Solo's dismay, Skywalker (along with R2) took off in an X-wing and set a course for Tatooine.

Hoping to find some guidance in Kenobi's hut, Skywalker and R2 made their way across the desert to the abandoned residence, where they found it being pillaged and raided by Tusken raiders. Upon switching on his lightsaber, the raiders fled in fear and Skywalker was able to enter Kenobi's home. Skywalker had R2 scan the ransacked place for anything of value, and the small android came across a box that was addressed to Skywalker. However, before they could find out what was in it, one of Boba Fett's flash grenades incapacitated R2 and blinded Skywalker. Fett proceeded to aim a rifle to his head, but Skywalker fought back with his lightsaber despite his temporary blindness. Despite his disadvantage and multiple wounds done by Fett, Skywalker managed to deflect the bounty hunter's shot at point-black and Fett tackled him in anger.

Close to death, R2 saved him by hurling Kenobi's box and knocking the hunter out. Still blinded and carrying the box, Skywalker had R2 lead him to his X-Wing. On his way to an unknown location, he read some of Kenobi's passages on his journals, including one set during the Great Drought involving him.

Hoth
"You will go to the Dagobah system." "Dagobah system?" "There, you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi Master who instructed me."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker

Three years after the Death Star's destruction, Skywalker was transferred to Echo Base alongside Rogue Squadron on the icy world of Hoth, where he participated in regular patrols of the frozen perimeter. While reconnoitering the surroundings of Echo Base, Skywalker was attacked by a wampa. He regained consciousness in the creature's cave, severed its arm with his lightsaber, and escaped to find that he was far from Echo Base. After a long walk in the icy wind, he collapsed from exhaustion. Near death, he had a vision of Kenobi, who told him to seek the teachings of Yoda in the Dagobah system. He was then rescued by Han Solo.

Skywalker recovered from his wounds in a bacta tank, but did not have much time to recover as one of Vader's thousands of probe droids, launched across the galaxy in search of the Jedi and the new Alliance base, had reached Hoth and sent proof of Rebel activity to the Galactic Empire. In the ensuing battle, Skywalker led Rogue Group in an effort to counter the attack and buy time for the evacuation of Echo Base. Under his leadership, the speeders proved more effective in attacking the massive Imperial walkers than the Empire realized was possible. Furthermore, even after he was shot down, Skywalker demonstrated his formidable potential as a Jedi when he got out of his damaged speeder and proceeded to single-handedly destroy a walker with spectacular effectiveness. As Imperial forces breached the defenses, the last Rebel transport departed and Skywalker fled the planet aboard his X-wing.

Jedi training
"Will he finish what he begins?''" "I won't fail you. I'm not afraid." "''Oh, you will be. You will be."

- Yoda and Luke Skywalker

Skywalker then traveled to Dagobah, where he encountered Yoda. In their initial meeting, Skywalker was frustrated and confused about his surroundings and was thus rather short tempered with the diminutive Yoda, who did not initially identify himself. Skywalker gained a new appreciation for the small creature upon learning his identity, though Yoda agreed to train Skywalker only at the insistence of Kenobi's spirit. Skywalker's training proved to be difficult, as his adventurous past had shaped his mind toward action and emotional instinct.

When Yoda asked him to enter a cave in which he was supposed to find only what he took with him, he was challenged by a vision of himself wearing Darth Vader's armor. Shortly after, he had a vision of Han Solo and Leia Organa suffering at Cloud City on Bespin. Despite Yoda and Kenobi's warnings and disapproval, Skywalker rashly departed from Dagobah to rescue them but not before making a promise to return to Dagobah to complete his training.

Vader's trap
"Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.''" "He told me enough! He told me you killed him!" "No. I'' am your father."

- Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker

Skywalker arrived at Cloud City and, with blaster drawn, moved in to rescue his friends. He was shot at by Boba Fett and ambushed by a group of stormtroopers and Imperial officers. He briefly spotted Organa being used as a human shield by a Imperial officer. As she was dragged away, Leia attempted to warn him that he was walking into a trap. While attempting to pursue them, Skywalker's path was diverted to the carbon-freeze chamber where Darth Vader awaited him.

Skywalker engaged the Dark Lord in a fierce duel. After severing Skywalker's hand from his body, Vader attempted to seduce the weakened Jedi to the dark side of the Force, offering Skywalker the chance to destroy the Emperor and "bring order to the galaxy." In his efforts to sway Skywalker from his defiant refusals, Vader then revealed his identity as Skywalker's father.

Faced with this shocking and horrifying claim, and the even more fearsome temptation to join Vader, Skywalker found the moral courage to choose death instead by throwing himself down a long shaft. He was sucked through an opening portal at the bottom of the chamber, then through another one which led out of the floating city. Skywalker grabbed onto a weather vane, preventing a fall to his death. Weak and helpless, Skywalker at first called out for Kenobi, but failed to contact him. He then reached out to Organa with the Force, and soon the Millennium Falcon, with Lando Calrissian, Organa, Chewbacca, and the droids onboard, arrived to rescue him. After reuniting with the Rebel fleet, Skywalker received a cybernetic hand on board a Nebulon-B frigate.

Rescuing a friend
"I am taking Captain Solo and his friends. You can either profit by this or be destroyed. It's your choice, but I warn you not to underestimate my powers."

- Luke to Jabba the Hutt

Over time, Skywalker grew more powerful in the Force and constructed himself a new lightsaber. Nine months after the Battle of Hoth, Skywalker set in motion a plan to rescue his friend Han Solo from the Hutt crime lord Jabba. When Organa and half the rescue party were held captive by Jabba, Skywalker went to free them and Solo. Skillful use of the Force allowed Skywalker to get past Jabba's Gamorrean guards and his majordomo, Bib Fortuna, but the Hutt was not so easily swayed and attempted to feed Skywalker to his rancor.

Skywalker killed the fearsome monster, but Jabba was furious and sentenced all the captured Alliance heroes–including an unfrozen Solo–to death in the Great Pit of Carkoon. However, right before he was put into the pit, Skywalker escaped when R2-D2 shot his lightsaber to him and freed the other prisoners on the skiff. A skirmish ensued in which the aspiring Jedi massacred Jabba's guards, though he sustained a minor wound to his cybernetic hand. Skywalker, Solo, Organa, Chewbacca, Calrissian and the droids escaped through a menacing sand storm after destroying both Jabba's barge and the gangster himself.

Keeping the promise
"Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker

Not long after, Skywalker returned to Dagobah to complete his training and received confirmation from Yoda and the spirit of Kenobi that Vader was indeed his father, Anakin Skywalker, a former Jedi Knight who turned to the dark side of the Force. The elderly and dying Yoda told Luke that his training was complete, but in order to be a Jedi, he would have to confront Darth Vader again, a notion that Skywalker found painful to accept. Furthermore, Skywalker realized that Organa was his sister and would be in peril if their father discovered her identity.

Endor's test
"Now, go, my son. Leave me.''" "No. You're coming with me. I'll not leave you here. I've got to save you!" "''You already have, Luke. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister&hellip; you were right."

- Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker

Skywalker nevertheless accompanied his friends on the mission to the forest moon of Endor to knock out the shield generator that protected the Death Star II in orbit, immediately upon arrival at the Rebel briefing. Upon approaching Endor, Skywalker sensed Vader's presence on the nearby Super Star Destroyer Executor, and realized his presence was endangering the mission. His companions dismissed his concerns, and proceeded on. However, thanks to Skywalker merely accompanying the mission, Vader was able to detect the presence of the Rebels in the shuttle in which they infiltrated the forest moon, but allowed them to land so he could deal with them himself. Upon arriving on the moon, the Rebel force was discovered by Imperial scout troopers, Skywalker and Organa pursued them on speeder bikes through the dense foliage and successfully prevented them from reporting the Rebels' presence. Skywalker showed off his skill in the Jedi ways by leaping from one speeder to another while traveling at high speed and deflecting the laser fire of another, which he destroyed with a stroke of his new lightsaber. However, during the high speed chase, Organa became separated from Skywalker.

Upon learning of her disappearance, Solo, Skywalker, Chewbacca, and the droids went looking for her, but were captured by a tribe of Ewoks. Skywalker prevented a conflict with the small forest-dwellers and ingeniously rescued the party after the Ewoks, who thought C-3PO was a god, planned to sacrifice the Rebel heroes. He used the Force to levitate the protocol droid, convincing the Ewoks to release and aid the Rebels. However, Skywalker knew that he had to confront Vader. In the Ewok village, Skywalker revealed to Organa her true familial heritage and resolved to face Vader. Not long after, Skywalker surrendered to Vader in an attempt to bring the Dark Lord back to the light side, but he ultimately became a prisoner of the Emperor.

Once on board the Death Star, Galactic Emperor Sheev Palpatine and Vader attempted to corrupt Skywalker with promises to save his friends from their trap if he joined the dark side. As a backup idea, Sidious goaded Skywalker to strike him down to save the Rebel fleet, which was being decimated in the Battle of Endor. Skywalker, in a moment of weakness, lashed out, but Vader stopped his strike.

Despite the clash, Skywalker managed to keep emotional control and refused to continue the fight, much to the frustration of his enemies. However, that control was lost when Vader telepathically sensed the existence of Skywalker's sister and threatened to corrupt her instead. Furious at the threat, Skywalker viciously attacked and eventually cut off the Sith Lord's right hand, nearly killing Vader. Sidious then demanded he finish Vader and take his place at his side. Luke, however, threw his lightsaber away, realizing that he was becoming what he sought to destroy. He declared himself a Jedi, just as Anakin Skywalker had been before him. Enraged, Sidious unleashed Force lightning against Skywalker to torture and eventually kill the young Jedi.

Vader found himself in a similar position as he had twenty-three years earlier, when he made the decision to save Sidious from Mace Windu, allowing the Sith Lord to torture and kill his would-be executor with Force lightning. Sidious declared his intention to kill Luke, and Vader made the decision to act: he picked his master from the ground, and cast him down the reactor shaft to his death. In doing so, however, he turned Sidious's lethal Force lightning against himself, irreparably damaging his life-supporting suit of armor. In an act of self-sacrifice and love for his son, Anakin Skywalker re-emerged to destroy the Emperor.

On the deteriorating Death Star at the foot of an Lambda-class T-4a shuttle, Skywalker removed the former Vader's mask and looked upon his father's face for the first and only time before Anakin became one with the Force. Skywalker took his father's body on board the shuttle and escaped just before the Death Star's destruction. Back on Endor, Skywalker cremated his father's armor in the manner of a Jedi's funeral. He then joined in the celebration of the apparent defeat of the Empire, during which he saw the spirits of Kenobi, Yoda, and Anakin Skywalker appear. Thus, Skywalker came full circle both as a Jedi and as a person.

Post-Endor
"The Force is strong in my family. My father has it... I have it... My sister has it... You have that power, too."

- Luke Skywalker

Skywalker was known to be alive approximately thirty years after the Battle of Endor.

Personality and traits
"This one a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away...	to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph. Adventure. Heh! Excitement. Heh! A Jedi craves not these things. You are reckless!"

- Yoda

In his youth, Skywalker was often impatient, looking ahead to the future with little regard for his present surroundings. Like his father, he was impulsive, reckless, and often had little regard for his own personal safety. Some time after the Battle of Yavin, he would confer with Nakari Kelen that he regretted his behaviour before then, acknowledging he complained "about everything" as much as he wanted to escape from Tatooine, and had little talent at lying.

However, as his skills in the Force progressed and after losing a hand to Darth Vader, Skywalker became more patient and seasoned, and was often seen as having wisdom beyond his years. However, he still retained his idealistic viewpoint, willing to think the best of anyone, and believing that Vader was redeemable. He was also unable to ignore those who needed help, sometimes to the point of endangering missions for the sake of saving someone else's life. Even as a child, he had a strong sense of morality and a need to help others despite likely danger.

Padmé Amidala
"I have no memory of my mother. I never knew her."

- Luke Skywalker on his mother, Padmé

When Padmé Amidala died after giving birth to him and his sister, Leia, Skywalker was never able to form any memories of her or get to know her.

After learning that Leia Organa was his twin sister, Skywalker asked her if she remembered her real mother. Organa told Skywalker that she only had a little bit of memories of her because she had died when Organa was very young. Organa told him that she just remembered images and feelings, she described her mother as being "very beautiful. Kind, but sad".

Anakin Skywalker
Before learning that Darth Vader was his father, he only thought he was one of the most evil beings in the galaxy. He hated him for killing his friend and mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi. Upon learning of his parentage, he was in denial for some time. After having the truth confirmed to him by both Yoda and Kenobi, he dedicated his time to redeeming his father. It became clear that he had some love for his father and wanted to turn him away from the Dark Side of the Force. During their duel on the second Death Star, he showed his dedication to his father's redemption by refusing his attempts to turn him. In the end, it was Vader's realization of the love he had for his son that turned him away from the Dark Side and he became Anakin Skywalker once more.

Biggs Darklighter
"Hey, Biggs, I told you I'd make it someday." "It'll be like old times, Luke. They'll never stop us."

- Luke Skywalker and Biggs Darklighter

Biggs Darklighter was a close boyhood friend of Luke's. The two both became pilots, and often flew through Beggar's Canyon. When they were young, Darklighter and Skywalker both dreamed of leaving their homeworld behind and attending the Imperial Academy. Darklighter eventually left Tatooine for the Academy, but Skywalker was left behind. Upon his graduation from the Imperial Academy, Darklighter returned to Tatooine to visit Skywalker and his friends at Tosche Station. When Skywalker arrived at Tosche Station, he claimed to have witnessed a battle in the skies over Tatooine. Darklighter was skeptical, however, and believed that it was just simply two ships sitting in orbit.

Skywalker also told Darklighter of his latest exploits racing skyhoppers through Beggar's Canyon. Darklighter listened to his friend's tales but warned Skywalker to be careful not to crash into a canyon wall. Darklighter eventually confided in Skywalker that he was planning to defect from the Empire and join the Rebel Alliance. The two parted ways, with Darklighter promising to keep an eye out for Luke..

The two eventually reunited on Yavin 4 but their reunion was cut short when Garven Dreis, the leader of Red Squadron, questioned whether Skywalker would be able to handle a X-wing starfighter, But Darklighter stuck up for his friend, assuring Dries that Skywalker was the best bush pilot in the Outer Rim Territories.

During the chaotic space battle, Darklighter continued to worry about his friend as they had to avoid turbolasers. During the final run on the Death Star, Darklighter guarded Skywalker's flank as they raced down towards the Death Star's thermal exhaust port. Darklighter raised some concerns that Skywalker wouldn't be able to pull out in time, but Skywalker reassured him that it would be just like Beggar's Canyon back home. Just before reaching the shaft, however, the trio of X-wings was fired upon by Darth Vader, who struck Darklighter's fighter and killed him.

After the Battle of Yavin, Skywalker continued to think of his late friend and his sacrifice. Skywalker consoled himself knowing that Darklighter was a strong believer in the cause that he died for, and hoped that each new mission would destroy the Empire and honor Darklighter's sacrifice.

Nakari Kelen
Luke met Nakari while on a special mission. After spending some time together they began to develop feelings for one another. During their mission, she was killed, leaving Luke devastated over her loss and a romance ended too soon.

Obi-Wan Kenobi
"Luke, I don't want to lose you to The Emperor, the way I lost Vader.''" "''You won't."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker.

Kenobi was present in the birthing room on the asteroid colony of Polis Massa when Skywalker's mother, Padmé Amidala, gave birth to him and his twin sister, Leia, and held Luke beside Amidala so she could see her son. After Amidala's death, and fearing the Sith would detect Skywalker and his sister, Kenobi, along with Senator Bail Organa of Alderaan and Yoda, decided to split up the twins. Kenobi would take Skywalker to live with Skywalker's aunt and uncle on Tatooine but also decided to keep an eye on the boy himself.

When Skywalker was about to face Darth Vader in the weapons factory alpha on Cymoon 1, Kenobi communicated to Skywalker from beyond and told him to run.

Following the climatic Battle of Endor, Kenobi appeared to Skywalker one last time, standing next to the spirits of Anakin Skywalker and Yoda as they watched Luke and the other rebels celebrate their momentous victory, although Skywalker was the only one able to see them.

Leia Organa
"Who is she? She's beautiful."

- Luke on Leia after seeing her for the first time

Luke's first impression of Leia as he saw her in a hologram was "She's beautiful". During the escape from the Death Star Luke received a kiss from Leia "for luck". After the event, Han Solo made Luke jealous by asking him if he thought the princess was his type. Just before the Battle of Hoth, Leia kissed a convalescent Luke again, this time to make Solo jealous. During his second visit to Dagobah, Luke discovered that she was his sister.

Han Solo
Luke met Han prior to the Battle of Yavin and at first they seemed to butt heads a lot. He found Han to be selfish, caring only for himself and the reward he would get for helping rescue the princess. Luke was surprised when he came back to help in the Death Star assault. They soon earned the trust of one another

This trust would carry on, as several years later Han would not give up the search for his friend when he went missing on Hoth. Han used Luke's lightsaber to cut open a tauntaun and placing his friend inside, risking his own safety to save his friend. After Luke awoke in the med center at Echo Base, Han joked, "That's two you owe me."

The favor would be repaid a year later when Luke risked his life to rescue Han from Jabba the Hutt. A plan that needed all their allies to complete. While leaving the planet, Han sincerely told Luke, "I owe you one." Luke's loyalty to Han extended to Endor as he volunteered to join Han's strike team.

Yoda
"Do, or do not. There is no try."

- Yoda to Luke Skywalker

Yoda was present on the asteroid colony of Polis Massa when Skywalker's mother, Padmé Amidala, gave birth to him and his twin sister, Leia.

When Skywalker met Yoda on the planet Dagobah, some twenty-two years later, Yoda decided to test Skywalker by not revealing his true identity and instead promised to lead him to Yoda; Skywalker's subsequent frustration and his age made the Jedi doubtful as to whether it was a good idea to train the boy, but Kenobi's spirit managed to convince him to do so.

Yoda proceeded to tutor Skywalker with a variety of exercises, including the telekinetic manipulation of objects in the area. As part of his training, he also sent Skywalker into a nearby cave, which was powerful with the dark side, in order to demonstrate to Skywalker the dangers of falling to the dark side of the Force.

During his tenure with Yoda, Skywalker sensed that his friends were in danger in Cloud City on the gas giant Bespin, and headed there to confront Darth Vader in spite of Yoda's and Kenobi's persuasion to the contrary. Before leaving, Skywalker even promised Yoda that he would come back and finish his training. Although Kenobi was distraught by Skywalker's rushed departure, Yoda reminded him that there was still another offspring of Anakin Skywalker—Leia Organa.

When Skywalker returned to Dagobah, a year later to complete his Jedi training, he found that Yoda had become old and weak and was on the verge of dying. Before Yoda died, he told Skywalker that he didn't need any more training and that he knew everything he needed. Skywalker claimed himself to be a Jedi, but Yoda told him that he had to confront Darth Vader again for Skywalker to claim himself to be a Jedi.

When Skywalker asked Yoda if Darth Vader really was his father, Yoda confirmed Skywalker's suspicions. Before breathing his final breath, Yoda reminded Skywalker that a Jedi's strength flowed from the force and that he should be wary of feeling anger, fear and aggression, and that once he started down that path forever would it dominate Skywalker's destiny. Yoda also warned Skywalker to not underestimate the power of the Emperor or he would suffer the same fate as his father.

Yoda also told Skywalker that when he died, Skywalker would be the last of the Jedi and that the force ran strong in his family and should pass on what he had learned. With his final breath, Yoda revealed to Skywalker that there was another member of the Skywalker family before dying and becoming one with the force. With Yoda dead, Skywalker believed that he could go not go on alone but was reassured by the force spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi that Yoda would always be with him.

Yoda, along with Kenobi and his redeemed father, Anakin Skywalker appeared to Skywalker as force spirits, during the rebel alliance's celebration of the destruction of the death star and the death of the Emperor.

Lightsaber abilities
"I see you have constructed a new lightsaber."

- Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker

Though he received little training, Luke Skywalker became an exceptionally skilled Jedi in combat. Luke's only initial training with the weapon of the Jedi was a brief session with Obi-Wan Kenobi and a training remote on the way to Alderaan. Though it proved inadequate during his first, but brief duel against Darth Vader on Cymoon 1, his combat skills had improved for their duel on Bespin, and culminated with him besting the Dark Lord in combat during the Battle of Endor.

Skywalker had some skill in Form V, able to intercept blaster fire. During his mission to Rodia, he tried his hand at Jar'Kai for the first time with his and Huulik's lightsaber. Although he killed a ghest, he admitted that it hadn't been a matter of skill, but of "panicked reflexes and really good weapons."

Force powers
"The Force is strong in this one."

- Darth Vader during the Battle of Yavin

Like his father, Skywalker possessed a strong connection to the Force. Indeed, Darth Sidious believed that Skywalker was strong enough in the Force to destroy the Sith. Surprisingly, most of what he learned was self-taught due to Kenobi's, and later Yoda's, few days of mentorship before their demise.

After learning the basics of the Force, he quickly learned how to sense through it, and took the habit of opening himself to the Force in hopes of learning more than Kenobi had told him, and becoming aware of his surroundings In time, he would also learn to sense the presence of his father. He was capable of seeing and hearing those who had become one with the Force. By using the Force during the Battle of Yavin, he managed to destroy the Death Star with a shot that many thought was impossible.

After obtaining Huulik's lightsaber and dismantling it to know his inner workings, Skywalker surmised on his own that the Force could be used to manipulate matter in the manner of telekinesis and managed to learn how to move small objects, such as a noodle or a fork. By the time of the Battle of Hoth, Skywalker had the ability to pull his lightsaber to his hands. Under Yoda's training, this ability was further developed, enabling him to levitate several objects at once. Skywalker eventually learned other uses, such as choking enemies and doing mind tricks, and performing Force-enhanced jumps. He also demonstrated the ability to have visions, at least once.

Other abilities
"Okay, that was some pretty good piloting. Maybe even legendary."

- Nakari Kelen

Skywalker was acknowledged to be an expert pilot, being the person who was responsible for destroying the first Death Star and managing to evade Darth Vader himself (albeit with help from Han Solo). He also managed to destroy an Interdictor cruiser on his own while piloting the Desert Jewel, although he acknowledge that R2-D2 saved him when the astromech droid made the ship jump into hyperspace in the nick of time.

Equipment
Luke Skywalker wielded at least two lightsabers during the Galactic Civil War. The first was his father's former weapon, that was retrieved and given to him by Obi-Wan Kenobi. He wielded this weapon for three years before losing it, and the hand holding it, in a duel against Darth Vader on the cloud city on Bespin. After losing his father's lightsaber, Skywalker built himself a new weapon, with a green blade, that he used to rescue his friends from Jabba the Hutt and during his final duel with Darth Vader.

Behind the scenes
Luke Skywalker was portrayed by actor Mark Hamill in the films Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi and will reprise his role in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens. He was portrayed as an infant by Aidan Barton in Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. In A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD he was voiced by Joshua Fardon, who also voiced the character in the radio dramatization of Return of the Jedi, which is now considered part of the continuity of Star Wars Legends and not canon, save for those portions which matched the material presented in the film.

Luke's childhood
A Korean web comic titled Star Wars: Story Before The Force Awakens features a short story of a young Luke Skywalker. According to the comic, when Skywalker was just 12 years old, he and his friend, Windy went off on their own through the Tatooine desert and wandered away from the moisture farms riding a dewback. The two encountered a sandstorm during their time outside and both lost consciousness. A krayt dragon was nearby when Skywalker woke up, but they were saved by the Jedi-in-exile, Obi-Wan Kenobi, meeting him for the first time after his adoption to Lars family. Skywalker asked him who he was, and Kenobi revealed that his name was Ben Kenobi and an old friend of his father. Soon after, Skywalker exhausted and with Windy, he returned safely to their homes, carried on a dewback.

Non-canon appearances

 * Epic Yarns: A New Hope
 * Epic Yarns: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Epic Yarns: Return of the Jedi
 * Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales