Luke Skywalker ' s best friend Luke Skywalker ' s best friend was a Force - sensitive childhood friend of Luke Skywalker and lieutenant in the Rebel Alliance who participated in the battles of Yavin , Hoth and Endor . He tended to share many of the same character traits as Luke , especially his adventurous spirit . He was Force - sensitive , though was not as strong in the Force as Luke Skywalker was . Behind the scenes . " Luke Skywalker ' s best friend " is the protagonist of the " Choose Your Own Star Wars Adventure " trilogy by Christopher Golden . Because these novels are written in the second - person point of view similar to the series , the reader assumes the role of the protagonist . Within the context of the story , the reader is first identified by the phrase " You are Luke Skywalker ' s Best Friend " and is identified subsequently by various epithets in order to maintain ambiguity . The process of making choices preserves the illusion that the reader is actively taking part in and influencing the events within each novel . Because Luke Skywalker ' s best friend is " you " ( i . e . the reader of the book ) , the book remains ambiguous about the physical traits ( and to extent the personality ) of Luke Skywalker ' s best friend , so that the reader can feel that he or she is truly part of the events . Furthermore , the fate of the galaxy is largely determined by the choices of the reader , making them feel as if they are directly influencing the story . In order to keep continuity simple , each novel assumes that the reader ' s choices in the previous novels led to each movie ' s canon ical ending , albeit with Luke Skywalker ' s Best Friend involved . For example , although several possible endings for " A New Hope " result in the Death Star not being destroyed , " The Empire Strikes Back " begins assuming that it was destroyed . While no gender , race , age , or appearance is given , the illustrations in the novels portray Luke Skywalker ' s Best Friend as a human male about Luke ' s age with shoulder length hair . Alternate biographies . Depending on the choices of the reader , the character experiences many different events , all variations on the plot of the original films . 0 ABY / BBY . Luke Skywalker ' s best friend grew up with Luke on Tatooine . One day , Luke purchases R2 - D2 and C - 3PO only to have R2 - D2 escape in search of Ben Kenobi . From here , the reader ' s choices affect what happens . Among the possibilities are remaining on Tatooine , aiding in the rescue of Princess Leia , foiling the Empire and helping Princess Leia save Alderaan from destruction , not helping out in the attack on the Death Star resulting in the Empire building three more , destroying the Death Star , and joining the Empire . 3 ABY . The novel begins assuming that the events portrayed in A New Hope were fulfilled as they were in the movie resulting in the Rebel Alliance relocating to Hoth . Luke Skywalker ' s Best Friend is a lieutenant in the Rebel Alliance and a member of Rogue Squadron . Among the possibilities are leaving Luke to die at the hands of the wampa , becoming Rogue Leader , being trained by Yoda on Dagobah with Luke , foiling Boba Fett ' s plan to take Han to Jabba Desilijic Tiure and rescuing Han , working with Luke to kill Darth Vader in a lightsaber duel , and joining the Empire to become a Dark Jedi . 4 ABY . Again , the novel begins assuming that everything prior to the start of the novel happened as they did in the movie . Luke Skywalker ' s Best Friend has been infiltrating Jabba ' s palace as a guard along with Lando Calrissian . The possibilities include betraying your friends to Jabba , killing Jabba , pretending to work with Boba Fett to recapture Han , helping to destroy the shield generator on Endor , helping to destroy the second Death Star , and joining Luke in his battle against Vader and the Emperor .