Luke Skywalker ( The Star Wars ) Luke Skywalker was a Jedi General for the Aquilae , as well as one of the survivors of the Knights of the Sith ' s attack on the Jedi - Bendu . He was the mentor of Annikin Starkiller . Biography . According to Vantos Coll , Luke Skywalker was the one who led the Jedi Rebellion and he was also First Bodyguard to the Emperor . Following the defeat of the rebellion , Skywalker fled to Aquilae , where he became a general in its military . When the Aquilaean Council was debating whether they should go to war with the Empire , Skywalker , after sternly telling Count Sandage to sit down after the latter accused Skywalker and the other council members of being dreamers regarding mounting effective resistance against the Empire , told them that they need to reach a decision immediately due to the upcoming Imperial raid being far more than just a raid for resources , with him citing to Senator Nash that procrastination is a dangerous business while war is his business upon being told that war is a dangerous position . He also inquired whether Tarkin had approved the defensive measures he requested . King Kayos conceded Luke ' s suggestion , but decided not to take further action until they found out more about what the Empire ' s plans were just as his sons Biggs and Windy rushed in to inform their father that Leia was leaving . After the council meeting , Skywalker went to the Hidden Fortress , far beneath the Palace of Lite , where he wanted an update of any Imperial ships leaving Alderaan and he found out that a full battalion of Stardestroyer s left for the Anchorhead System or a nearby system . Skywalker was also worried that Captain Clieg Whitsun hadn ' t reported in and decided to put the base on alert . It was then that he was reunited with his friend , Kane Starkiller who asked Skywalker to take his son , Annikin Starkiller , as his Padawan learner and teach him how to be a Jedi . Skywalker was honored , but hesitant to take on Starkiller as his apprentice , as he thought Kane could finish Annikin ' s training himself . Kane revealed that he was getting too old and that he was dying , even going the extra step by showing his fellow Jedi that he was not the same Kane that Skywalker knew and that this Kane Starkiller was mostly artificial . Following this meeting , Skywalker later learned from his subordinate Montross , of a Space Fortress leaving the Anchorhead System and heading straight for Aquilae . Skywalker and Annikin joined King Kayos and Queen Breha for dinner to inform them of the Empire ' s movements and the disappearance of their best agent , Whitsun , had disappeared . Kayos promised the Jedi that he wasn ' t going to approve of the Alliance Treaty and supply him with the war code so he can act in Aquilae ' s defense . Though Skywalker had little patience for politics , Kayos reminded him that this had to be done legally . Skywalker is then summoned back to the war room after being informed that the Space Fortress had disappeared from sensors . He then caught Annikin flirting with a woman and briefly , but pre - emptively dueled him . He remarked that the young man was well trained but he required discipline . The General is then informed that Whitsun had just been admitted to the infirmary and he went to see his operative , who confirmed that the Imperial Starforce was on its way . Skywalker then ordered Annikin to go and retrieve Princess Leia and only the princess . He later commanded Devil Squadron from Aquilae to attack the Space Fortress . Unfortunately , as Kayos ' convoy was destroyed by orbital bombardment , the Senate chose to accept the Empire ' s peace treaty with Queen Breha ' s approval and ordered Skywalker to stand down . Skywalker had little choice , for he ' d be committing treason and no one would follow him were he to disobey . He then recalled the two remaining starfighters , only for them to be destroyed . Enraged , Skywalker demanded to the senators if they should accept the " peace " the Empire promised and ordered them to leave , promising that the war has only just begun . Skywalker later rendezvoused with Annikin and Leia at the Hidden Fortress , where he informed the Princess of her father ' s passing . They then take the discussion to the throne room , where Breha explains that the Senate had been corrupted . She had only ruled by marriage to King Kayos and now that he ' s dead , she lacks the political power to stop them , thereby making Leia the true queen . Skywalker then took on the task of escorting Leia and her twin brothers Windy and Biggs to the Ophuchi system , where the Chrome companies have offered to supply him with the troops and ships necessary to restore Leia to the throne . As they prepared to depart disguised as commoners , Skywalker took note of the two droids C - 3PO and R2 - D2 , whom Annikin and Leia recovered from the desert . He advised Annikin that the droids won ' t harm a living being but they would give accurate information to anyone who asks , so they ' ll be useful against the Space Fortress . Unfortunately , they are caught by Count Sandage , who was intent on bringing Leia to the Empire so they could control Aquilae . Skywalker refused to let it happen before bisecting the Count and making their escape . Once at a safe distance , they self - destructed their hidden fortress to throw the Empire off their trail . As the party made their way across the desert , their landspeeders ran low on power , so they stopped at a homestead for refueling . But just as Annikin and Whitsun came out with a fuel rod , they are ambushed by stormtroopers , who decided they were not worth the trouble to look after , forcing the Jedi to attack pre - emptively . Skywalker then moved and killed the pilot of a hover tank and set it to explode to distract a trio of jet stickers , enabling the party to make their escape . Personality and traits . Because of his being exposed to exotic elements , Skywalker possessed a weathered and cracked appearance , although it was set off by his piercing silver beard and dark , penetrating eyes . In addition , his overall physique gave him the appearance of someone within the age of sixty years , although he was in fact far older . Powers and abilities . Luke Skywalker was a powerful Jedi , second only to Kane Starkiller . In combat , Skywalker was able to move so fast that he would leave an After - image of himself behind in his wake . Behind the scenes . This incarnation of Luke Skywalker first appeared in the 1974 of " Star Wars " . In this story treatment , he was already an experienced Jedi ( known at that time as a Jedi Bendu ) and acted as the deuteragonist to the story . In the finished film , Luke Skywalker — the desert farmboy from Tatooine and Jedi in training — was modeled more after Annikin Starkiller , while this draft ' s version of Luke became the film ' s Obi - Wan Kenobi . In 2013 , Dark Horse Comics began publishing " The Star Wars " , a comic book adaptation of George Lucas ' rough draft . Although Luke ' s role overall remained true to the draft screenplay , his introduction and dialogue had been edited slightly to take into account the differences between comic book and film formats . In the original draft , the door opened revealing Luke Skywalker just as Sandage was undergoing the rant about dreamers , causing Sandage to meekly sit down immediately . In the comic , Skywalker appeared just as Sandage was ranting and sternly ordered the count to sit down before addressing the council . Jonathan W . Rinzler , writer of this comic , modeled Skywalker ' s design after Sterling Hayden and Alec Guinness ( the latter of whom played Kenobi in the original trilogy ) with a slightly more cropped beard .