Skywalker family

"The Force is strong in my family. My father has it. I have it. And my sister has it."

- Luke Skywalker

The Skywalkers were a family of Force-sensitive humans. The family first rose to prominence upon the discovery of Anakin Skywalker, who the Jedi Order believed was the Chosen One foretold to bring balance to the Force. Skywalker fought throughout the Clone Wars before falling to the dark side of the Force and becoming the Sith Lord Darth Vader. Years later, his children, born to the late Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, became key members of the Alliance to Restore the Republic during the Galactic Civil War. Luke Skywalker redeemed his father, who sacrificed himself to kill Darth Sidious and, in doing so, bring balance to the Force. Luke's twin, Leia Organa, continued with military affairs in the New Republic and, eventually, the Resistance against the First Order. Serving the First Order was Kylo Ren, Organa's son with the smuggler Han Solo. Though initially trained by his maternal uncle in the Jedi arts, the former Ben Solo embraced the dark side like his grandfather before him, becoming the apprentice of Supreme Leader Snoke of the First Order, as well as a master of the Knights of Ren.

History
"You're insane.''" "No. I'm a Skywalker''."

- A lightsaber thief and Luke Skywalker

Nearly two decades before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Shmi Skywalker gave birth to a son, Anakin Skywalker. As a boy, Anakin was discovered by Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, who theorized that Anakin, who did not have a father, was conceived by the will of the Force itself and was the Chosen One prophesied to destroy the Sith and bring balance to the Force. After Jinn's death, Anakin was trained as a Jedi by Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Anakin's power grew stronger, but he also had difficulty with his darker emotions, particularly after the death of Shmi at the hands of Tusken Raiders&mdash;who Anakin slaughtered out of revenge for his mother’s death. Before her death, Shmi had married a moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars, who had a son named Owen.

The outbreak of the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems saw Anakin come to prominence within the Republic, serving as one of the Jedi Generals of the Grand Army of the Republic. He married Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, a union kept secret because the Jedi Code forbid emotional attachments like marriage. At the end of the war, Amidala became pregnant and Anakin saw visions of his wife dying in childbirth. Hoping to save her life, Anakin turned to the dark side of the Force and became the Sith Lord Darth Vader, apprenticing himself to the Dark Lord Darth Sidious&mdash;who, in actuality, was the Republic's Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. Having witnessed a lightsaber duel between the chancellor and Jedi Master Mace Windu, Vader believed that the Jedi Order betrayed the Republic. On Sidious' order, Vader attacked the Jedi Temple and began the extermination of the Jedi. Sidious declared himself ruler of the galaxy and transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire. Shortly thereafter, Anakin's visions came true when Amidala died after giving birth to twins, Luke and Leia. Luke was taken to Tatooine to live with Owen Lars and his wife, Beru, while Leia was adopted by Senator Bail Organa and Queen Breha Organa of Alderaan.

In the two decades that followed, Leia became a member of the Imperial Senate and a prominent member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic. Luke also joined up with the Rebel Alliance after his family was killed and he became caught up in Leia's mission to deliver the plans to the Imperial superweapon known as the Death Star to the Rebellion. Luke also began training as a Jedi with Kenobi, who was killed in a duel with Darth Vader aboard the Death Star. Luke became a hero of the Rebel Alliance after destroying the Death Star in the Battle of Yavin, and he and Leia fought in numerous battles throughout the Galactic Civil War. After cutting short his training with Jedi Master Yoda on Dagobah, Luke confronted Darth Vader and learned that the Dark Lord was his father. Believing that there was still light inside of his father, Luke confronted Vader yet again during the Battle of Endor. The Emperor attempted to kill Luke after the boy proclaimed himself a Jedi Knight and refused to turn to the dark side, but Vader killed his master, an act that sacrificed his own life.

After the war, Leia married the smuggler and Rebel General Han Solo and the two had a son, Ben Solo. Like his grandfather before him, Ben struggled with the dark side of the Force, so Leia sent Ben to be trained by Luke as part of Luke's new generation of Jedi. It was too late for Ben, however, as he was seduced to the dark side by Snoke, the Supreme Leader of the First Order. Ben turned against his uncle, joined the Knights of Ren, slaughtered the new generation of Jedi, and declared himself Kylo Ren. Luke blamed himself for what happened and went into exile, until he was discovered by a young Force-sensitive named Rey, who found him using a star map pieced together by Leia and the Resistance she led against the First Order.

Appearances
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 * Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
 * Star Wars: Galactic Defense
 * Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin
 * Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones
 * {{TCW|Cat and Mouse}}
 * {{TCW|The Hidden Enemy}}
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * {{TCW|Clone Cadets}} {{Flash}}
 * {{TCW|Supply Lines}} {{Mo}}
 * {{TCW|Ambush}} {{Flash}}
 * {{TCW|Rising Malevolence|Rising Malevolence}}
 * {{TCW|Shadow of Malevolence|Shadow of Malevolence}}
 * {{TCW|Destroy Malevolence|Destroy Malevolence}}
 * {{TCW|Rookies}}
 * {{TCW|Downfall of a Droid}}
 * {{TCW|Duel of the Droids}}
 * {{TCW|Bombad Jedi}}
 * {{TCW|Cloak of Darkness}} {{Hologram}}
 * {{TCW|Dooku Captured}}
 * {{TCW|The Gungan General}}
 * {{TCW|Jedi Crash}}
 * {{TCW|Defenders of Peace}}
 * {{TCW|Trespass}}
 * {{TCW|Blue Shadow Virus (episode)|Blue Shadow Virus}}
 * {{TCW|Mystery of a Thousand Moons}}
 * {{TCW|Storm Over Ryloth}}
 * {{TCW|Innocents of Ryloth}} {{Flash}}
 * {{TCW|Liberty on Ryloth}}
 * {{TCW|Holocron Heist}}
 * {{TCW|Cargo of Doom}}
 * {{TCW|Children of the Force}}
 * {{TCW|Bounty Hunters (episode)|Bounty Hunters}}
 * {{TCW|The Zillo Beast}}
 * {{TCW|The Zillo Beast Strikes Back}}
 * {{TCW|Senate Spy}}
 * {{TCW|Landing at Point Rain}}
 * {{TCW|Weapons Factory}}
 * {{TCW|Legacy of Terror}}
 * {{TCW|Brain Invaders}}
 * {{TCW|Grievous Intrigue}}
 * {{TCW|The Deserter}} {{Flash}}
 * {{TCW|Lightsaber Lost}}
 * {{TCW|The Mandalore Plot}}
 * {{TCW|Voyage of Temptation}}
 * {{TCW|Duchess of Mandalore}}
 * {{TCW|Death Trap}}
 * {{TCW|R2 Come Home}}
 * {{TCW|Lethal Trackdown}}
 * {{TCW|Corruption}}
 * {{TCW|The Academy}}
 * {{TCW|Assassin (episode)|Assassin}}
 * {{TCW|ARC Troopers}}
 * {{TCW|Sphere of Influence}}
 * {{TCW|Evil Plans}}
 * {{TCW|Hostage Crisis}}
 * {{TCW|Hunt for Ziro}} {{Flash}}
 * {{TCW|Heroes on Both Sides}}
 * {{TCW|Pursuit of Peace}}
 * {{TCW|Senate Murders}}
 * {{TCW|Nightsisters (episode)|Nightsisters}}
 * {{TCW|Witches of the Mist}}
 * {{TCW|Overlords}}
 * {{TCW|Altar of Mortis (episode)|Altar of Mortis}}
 * {{TCW|Ghosts of Mortis}}
 * {{TCW|The Citadel}}
 * {{TCW|Counterattack}}
 * {{TCW|Citadel Rescue}}
 * {{TCW|Padawan Lost}}
 * {{TCW|Wookiee Hunt}}
 * {{TCW|Water War}}
 * {{TCW|Gungan Attack}}
 * {{TCW|Prisoners}}
 * {{TCW|Shadow Warrior}}
 * {{TCW|Mercy Mission}} {{Hologram}}
 * {{TCW|Nomad Droids}} {{Hologram}}
 * {{TCW|Darkness on Umbara}}
 * {{TCW|The General}} {{Flash}}
 * {{TCW|Carnage of Krell}} {{Flash}}
 * {{TCW|Kidnapped}}
 * {{TCW|Slaves of the Republic}}
 * {{TCW|Escape from Kadavo}}
 * {{TCW|A Friend in Need}}
 * {{TCW|Deception}}
 * {{TCW|Friends and Enemies}}
 * {{TCW|The Box}}
 * {{TCW|Crisis on Naboo}}
 * {{TCW|Brothers}}
 * {{TCW|A War on Two Fronts}}
 * {{TCW|Front Runners}}
 * {{TCW|The Soft War}}
 * {{TCW|Tipping Points}}
 * {{TCW|The Gathering (episode)|The Gathering}} {{Flash}}
 * {{TCW|Secret Weapons}}
 * {{TCW|Point of No Return}}
 * {{TCW|Revival (episode)|Revival}}
 * {{TCW|The Lawless}} {{Mo}}
 * {{TCW|Sabotage (episode)|Sabotage}}
 * {{TCW|The Jedi Who Knew Too Much}}
 * {{TCW|To Catch a Jedi}}
 * {{TCW|The Wrong Jedi}}
 * {{TCW|The Unknown}}
 * {{TCW|Conspiracy}} {{Flash}}
 * {{TCW|Orders}}
 * {{TCW|An Old Friend}}
 * {{TCW|The Rise of Clovis}}
 * {{TCW|Crisis at the Heart}}
 * {{TCW|The Disappeared, Part I}}
 * {{TCW|The Lost One}}
 * {{TCW|Voices}}
 * {{TCW|Destiny (episode)|Destiny}} {{Vision|Yoda}}
 * {{TCW|Sacrifice}} {{Vision|Yoda}}
 * {{TCW|A Death on Utapau}}
 * {{TCW|In Search of the Crystal}}
 * {{TCW|Crystal Crisis}}
 * {{TCW|The Big Bang}}
 * {{TCW|The Bad Batch}}
 * {{TCW|A Distant Echo}}
 * {{TCW|On the Wings of Keeradaks}}
 * {{TCW|Unfinished Business}}
 * Dark Disciple
 * Kanan 7: First Blood, Part I: The Corridors of Coruscant
 * Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir, Part Three {{Imo}}
 * Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
 * Kanan 2: The Last Padawan, Part II: Flight {{Imo}}
 * {{InsiderCite|157|Orientation}}
 * Lords of the Sith
 * Tarkin
 * Thrawn
 * Lost Stars
 * A New Dawn {{Mo}}
 * Star Wars 7: From the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi: "The Last of His Breed"
 * Star Wars 15: From the Journals of Old Ben Kenobi
 * Darth Vader Annual 1
 * Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion {{Hologram}} {{C|Prologue version}}
 * {{Rebels|Gathering Forces}} {{Imo}}
 * {{Rebels|Fire Across the Galaxy}}
 * Battle to the End
 * Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal
 * Star Wars Rebels: Team Tactics
 * {{Rebels|The Lost Commanders}} {{Imo}}
 * {{Rebels|Relics of the Old Republic}} {{Mo}}
 * {{Rebels|Always Two There Are}} {{Mo}}
 * {{Rebels|The Future of the Force}} {{Mo}}
 * {{Rebels|A Princess on Lothal}}
 * {{Rebels|Shroud of Darkness}}
 * {{Rebels|Twilight of the Apprentice}}
 * {{Rebels|Twin Suns (episode)|Twin Suns}}
 * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
 * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story novel
 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope {{1st}}
 * Episode IV: A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD
 * A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy
 * Escape from Darth Vader
 * Star Wars: The Original Trilogy: A Graphic Novel
 * The Adventures of Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight
 * Star Wars: Heroes Path
 * The Power of the Dark Side
 * Star Wars: Battle Pod
 * Star Wars: Princess Leia
 * Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure
 * Heir to the Jedi
 * The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure
 * The Weapon of a Jedi
 * Star Wars
 * Star Wars: Darth Vader
 * Star Wars: Vader Down
 * Darth Vader Annual 1
 * Star Wars: Commander
 * Battlefront: Twilight Company
 * Lando, Part V {{Mo}}
 * Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
 * Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Read-Along Storybook and CD
 * The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
 * AT-AT Attack!
 * Use the Force!
 * Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure
 * Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
 * Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Read-Along Storybook and CD
 * Return of the Jedi: Beware the Power of the Dark Side!
 * {{InsiderCite|issue1=149|issue2=150|Blade Squadron (short story)|Blade Squadron}} {{Mo}}
 * Rescue from Jabba's Palace
 * Star Wars: Uprising {{Hologram}}
 * Star Wars: Shattered Empire
 * Star Wars Battlefront
 * Aftermath {{Hologram}}
 * Aftermath: Life Debt
 * Bloodline
 * "All Creatures Great and Small" {{Imo}}
 * "The Crimson Corsair and the Lost Treasure of Count Dooku" {{Mo}}
 * Poe Dameron 1: Black Squadron, Part I {{Flash}}
 * Before the Awakening
 * Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens novel
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens: A Junior Novel
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens comic
 * The Force Awakens: Rey's Story
 * The Force Awakens storybook
 * The Force Awakens Golden Book
 * Finn & the First Order
 * Han & Chewie Return!
 * Lightsaber Rescue
 * Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
 * Star Wars: Episode IX

Non-canon appearances
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 * Disney Infinity 3.0
 * Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes
 * Star Tours: The Adventures Continue
 * Angry Birds Star Wars II
 * William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
 * William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh: Star Wars Part the Second
 * William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge: Star Wars Part the Third
 * Angry Birds Star Wars
 * William Shakespeare's Star Wars
 * William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back
 * William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return
 * Epic Yarns: A New Hope
 * Epic Yarns: The Empire Strikes Back
 * Epic Yarns: Return of the Jedi
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures
 * LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
 * LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises