Cliegg Lars/Legends

Cliegg Lars was a Human male who was the widower of Shmi Skywalker, the step-grandfather of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, the stepfather of Anakin Skywalker, and the father of Owen Lars. He was the son of Gredda and Lef Lars, and was the elder brother of Edern Lars.
==Biography==
Cliegg's father was a kind Human male moisture farmer on the planet Tatooine, but the young Cliegg rebelled against the elder Lars and left Tatooine for the Core World of Ator. He married a young woman named Aika, and they had a son, Owen.The New Essential Guide to Characters
Aika died during Owen's youth, and a devastated Cliegg returned to Tatooine with his son, made amends with his father, and took over the family farm. In 26 BBY,Star Wars: The Ultimate Visual Guide he purchased the slave Shmi Skywalker from Watto and subsequently freed and married her. Shmi often told her new family how much she missed her son, Anakin, who had been freed by a Jedi to join the Jedi Order years before.
Years later, he was visited on Tatooine by Anakin and Padmé Amidala, and told them that Shmi had been abducted by Tusken Raiders. Cliegg and 29 other settlers attempted to rescue her, but 26 of the settlers were killed and Cliegg lost his right leg from the midthigh down, due to a trap laid by the Tusken Raiders. This forced him to use a power chair in order to move around as he refused to use a mechno-limb.Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (novel)
Anakin set off to rescue her, and eventually brought Shmi's body back to the Lars homestead, where she was buried alongside Cliegg's brother and parents.Inside the Worlds of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Cliegg died shortly thereafter from his injury and a broken heart, leaving Owen and Beru to watch over the Lars homestead. He was 62 years old when he died.
==Behind the scenes==
Some sources use an alternate spelling of "Cliegg", one of which is "Cleag".
Cliegg Lars was played by Australian actor Jack Thompson.
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones novelization 
*Star Wars: Episode II — Attack of the Clones 3
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns 
*Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization 
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*Kenobi 
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*Empire 1 
*Empire 8 
*The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader
*A New Hope: The Life of Luke Skywalker 
*Tatooine Ghost 
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Category:Humans
Category:Individuals with he/him pronouns
Category:Individuals with lost limbs
Category:Males
Category:Moisture farmers
Category:Tatooinians