Luke Skywalker Luke Skywalker is a minifigure introduced in 1999 as part of the Classic Star Wars line . He is the main protagonist of the Original Trilogy and one of its major characters . Luke is also the son of Anakin Skywalker , the main protagonist of the Prequel Trilogy . He is first ever licensed minifigure and has had 29 versions made since 1999 . Background . Luke Skywalker was the son of Queen / Senator Padme Amidala of Naboo and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker ( later Sith Lord Darth Vader ) of Tatooine , and twin brother of Leia Organa . When his Mother died ( of injuries caused by Anakin ) after giving birth to him and Leia , He was taken to Tatooine where he lived and grew up on his Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen ' s Moisture Farm on Tatooine for the next 19 years of his life . He owned a Landspeeder , and is known to have raced T - 16 Skyhoppers with his best friend Biggs Darklighter . He and his uncle later purchased two droids which were R2 - D2 , and C - 3PO . After Owen and Beru were killed by the Empire ' s Stormtrooper s , he went with former Jedi Master Obi - Wan Kenobi , who told him his father was a Jedi Knight , and gave him his father ' s lightsaber . After Obi - Wan ' s death at the hands of Luke ' s father Darth Vader , Luke helped destroy the Death Star , with the help of Han Solo , Chewbacca , Princess Leia , R2 - D2 , C - 3PO , and all of the Rebel Alliance in the Battle of Yavin and became a known leader in the Rebel Alliance . He then helped in the Battle of Hoth but the Empire forces outmatched the Rebels and the Rebels scattered across the galaxy , eager to escape the Empire ' s attack . He flew to Dagobah and was trained by Jedi Master Yoda . His training was interrupted when Luke sets off to Bespin to save his friends , and Han Solo was frozen in carbonite . When dueling with Darth Vader , the Sith Lord cut off Luke ' s right hand , and he lost his lightsaber along with it . It was then that Darth Vader revealed to Luke that he was his father . Luke escaped , and after going to other adventures , he created his own green lightsaber . He went back to Tatooine to save Han Solo from the hands of Jabba the Hutt . Eventually , Luke visited Yoda on Dagobah again but while there , Yoda died of old age . Soon Luke dueled his father again on the second Death Star above the forest moon of Endor , and though he defeated him , he refused to finish him off , knowing it would turn him to the dark side . The furious Emperor Palpatine unleashed his force lightning upon Luke . Because of this , his father came back to the light side and threw Palpatine into the core of the Death Star , killing him and saving Luke . However , Anakin ' s suit was badly damaged by the force lightning of the Dark Lord and he soon died in Luke ' s hands . Luke burned his father ' s remains in a fire in a Jedi tradition , but later saw Obi - Wan , Yoda , and his redeemed father Anakin Skywalker as Force spirits . He later trained Ben Solo , Han and Leia ' s son but went into hiding after he turned to the dark side . Later he was located by the Resistance and visited by Rey who returned his father ' s lightsaber , original thought lost at Cloud City but later obtained by Maz Kanata .