Luke Skywalker/Relationships

The relationships of Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars universe.
==Family==
===Anakin Skywalker===
Luke did not meet his father, Anakin until nineteen years after he was born, when his father's old mentor told him how great a Jedi Anakin was, Luke developed a lot of respect for his father. Obi-Wan told Luke that the person who killed his father was Vader and thus; Luke developed a deep hatred toward Vader, unaware at the time that Anakin and Vader were one-and-the same.
In Star Wars: The Empire Strikes, Luke, now twenty-three years old, directly meets Vader and when the latter reveals that he is his father, at first, Luke did not believe him, until he told Luke to use the Force to confirm his claim, Luke obeyed and was horrified by the truth.
By the events of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Luke had accepted that Vader is his father, and his hatred toward his father had completely disappeared, transformed into love and hope, like his late mother, Padmé Amidala, Luke believed there was still good left in Anakin and that he could be redeemed.
Luke could not conceive killing his father, Anakin, despite knowing all the terrible, unspeakable things he had done, in Luke's final encounter with Vader on the second Death Star, Anakin read his son's mind and discovered he has a second child, and that this child is Leia, Vader used this to bait Luke with the suggestion; "if you will not turn to the dark side perhaps she will", Luke became enraged by this and attacked his father in anger, losing control for a moment in protectiveness for his sister. When Luke realized what he had done to his father, he immediately felt guilty and remorseful.
When Palpatine was torturing Luke to death (by using Force lightning) Luke cried out to his father, Anakin for help, to which he responded by killing his master to save his son, getting mortally wounded in the process, in his father's final moments, he wanted to see his son with his own eyes, realizing that Anakin was dying, Luke granted his father this last request, Luke and Anakin make peace before he died and became one with the Force. Luke was deeply saddened when his father died, and out of great respect for Anakin, Luke gave him a Jedi funeral.
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, while embittered by Ren's betrayal, Luke seems to blame Ben's inner growing darkness and his eventual fall to the dark side on his similarities with Vader. He bitterly tells Rey that Vader's turn to the dark side was caused by a Jedi Master, which proves that the Jedi's legacy is one of failure. However, later Rey confronts Luke, pointing out that Ben fell to the dark side due to the Jedi Master's actions, and not because of the legacy of the Jedi and Vader.
===Padmé Amidala===
After Luke is born, the only direct interaction he had with Padmé, was one when she touched him on his belly, a sign of her love and affection for her son. Shortly after giving birth to his twin sister Leia, she dies. Padmé believed that Luke, along with Leia, could save their father, Anakin and redeem him. Luke is sorrowful as to having never known his mother, but is binded to her by honoring her belief and sharing her hope.
===Owen Lars===
After Luke's father, Anakin Skywalker, turned to the dark side and embraced his new identity as Darth Vader, Luke was taken to Tatooine by Obi-Wan Kenobi (his father's former mentor) to be raised by his step-uncle Owen and his wife, Beru. Growing up on Tatooine, Luke maintained a strained relationship with Owen, despite his love for his for him, owing to the fact that his uncle persistently seemed intent on holding him back and coming up with excuses to keep Luke from leaving Tatooine.
Unknown to Luke at the time, was Owen's deep residing fear that his step-nephew may follow in his father's footsteps and end up dead. Owen believed he was protecting his step-nephew, however, he failed to realize that he was running out of excuses to keep Luke from leaving, the inevitability drew closer of Luke finding out about his Jedi heritage.
When Luke learned from Obi-Wan about his father, Anakin's legacy; having been told that his father was never a navigator on a spice freighter, but a Jedi Knight who battled in the Clone Wars - Luke became infuriated that his step-uncle had lied to him all his life about who his father really was, however, this did not alter the care he held for Owen, as evinced by his efforts to rescue him from the stormtroopers, when he discovered that the stormtroopers had traced the sale of C-3PO and R2-D2, the latter droid who held the Death Star plans, but unfortunately, Luke was too late to save his step-uncle and was devastated by his death. He later left Tatooine, becoming what Owen failed to prevent; a Jedi Knight, like his father, Anakin.
===Beru Whitesun Lars===
Beru was the wife of Owen Lars and she, together with her husband, raised Luke during his childhood on Tatooine, she and Luke had a very close relationship, Beru would often defend Luke's interests against Owen, who was overprotective out of fear that Luke might someday follow in Anakin's footsteps. Beru did not share these fears and even encouraged Luke to follow his dreams.
After Luke's failed attempt to rescue her from the stormtroopers and heartbroken by her death - he left Tatooine - as there was nothing left to keep him there.
===Leia Organa===
Luke and Leia were separated after they were born, he did not meet his twin sister until nineteen years later. Luke's first impression of Leia as he saw her in an hologram was; "She's beautiful". Luke, along with Han Solo rescue her from the first Death Star.
By the events of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Luke's crush on Leia had completely disappeared, as he only considers her a friend, he became annoying when Leia kissed him in a failed attempt to prove that she doesn't have any romantic feelings for Han.
In Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Luke discovers that Leia is his younger twin sister, and before allowing himself to be captured by the Empire; he reveals this information to her, and that Vader was their father, she is not overly surprised as there was always a part of her that suspected the relationship between herself and Luke, Vader would use Luke's devotion to his sister as a catalyst toward his anger, threatening to turn Leia if Luke wouldn't. After the second Death Star, Luke joins the rebels in their ultimate victory against Empire. Luke and Leia lovingly embrace each other as brother and sister.
Around 30 years after the Empire's defeat, Luke seemingly abandoned his sister under his grief and guilt of failing her son, Ben. Despite this, Luke eventually apologized for everything that happened to Leia in result of himself not being present. Leia easily forgave him, being just glad that he was with her, proving her boundless love for him. Shortly after, Luke sacrificed himself for the Resistance. Leia mourned over his death, but Rey told her that Luke found purpose in his passing.
===Ben Solo/Kylo Ren===
When Ben started to struggled with his Force powers, he was sent to study under Luke's tutelage at the request of his mother, Leia, in the hope of preventing him from ending up like his maternal grandfather, Anakin. Luke taught Ben the ways of the light side of the Force and lightsaber combat, and they had a good relationship with Ben being known as Luke's most prized student and his favorite. Seeing his natural skills and great potential as a Force-user, Luke planned to make his nephew the heir of the Jedi legacy.
However, at some point during Ben's training, Luke started to sense glimpses of the dark side inside him. Unknown to Luke, this was result of both Snoke's and Palpatine's influence, as the two of them had been corrupting Ben's mind through the Force. Concerned, Luke decided to investigate this darkness while his nephew is asleep. Unfortunately, upon sensing how strong his connection to the dark side of the Force is and seeing glimpses of what Ben would become in the future, Luke made the mistake of contemplating and nearly considering killing his own nephew. This proved to be extremely disastrous, as Ben's former faith in his uncle was shattered, and he tries to defend himself from his uncle attempt murder by collapsing the hut there are in. Later, Luke wakes up to find his Jedi Temple destroyed.
The destruction of the Jedi Temple kills most of Luke's apprentices, although it was later on revealed that Ben did not actually massacre all his fellow apprentices, as they were killed by a lightning storm that burned the Temple. This act greatly delayed Luke's plan to restore the Jedi Order to its former glory. Meanwhile, his nephew went to meet Snoke as there was no one left of his family he trusted since he also felt abandoned by his parents. Ben in his anger, and bitterness towards Luke was seduced by Snoke to the dark side, assuming the Kylo Ren persona and starting to terrorize the galaxy as a leader of the First Order.
After surviving of the destruction, Luke becomes deeply grieved and wracked with guilt, blaming himself for his students' deaths, Ben's turn to the dark. He then embarked on a quest to seek out the Ahch-To Jedi Temple and in order to die as the last Jedi, he hid himself in exile. Ren, under the orders of Snoke, is instructed to find and kill Luke, as Snoke knows that as long as Luke is alive, a new generation of Jedi Knights can rise once again.
Luke came to lose faith in Ben for the death of his apprentices and believed his nephew is unable to ever come back to the light side, even as Rey points out to Luke that he failed Ben in thinking that his falling to the dark side was a premeditated choice. After Yoda gently scolds Luke, pointing out that failure is one of the greatest lessons the Jedi could learn from, Luke finally realized that his failure wasn't for training Ben in the ways of the Force, his failure was for not trusting his nephew and believing in his inner goodness. When they finally engaged in combat during the Battle of Crait, Luke remained focused and cold while handling his nephew as he swiftly evaded every single attack Ben attempted, but at the same time he expressed remorse and apologized for failing him.
Luke's wisdom and intelligence won his conflict with Ren, and saved the Resistance even though it cost him his life. Luke successfully preyed on Ren's rage at him to distract his nephew with a one-on-one duel between them, all the while he proved himself to be far more than a match for the Dark Jedi by his effortless reaction of all of Kylo's attacks. Considering he had been the one who trained Ben in lightsaber combat, Luke easily surpassed his former apprentice.
Tailoring the illusion to have maximum effect, Luke easily tricked Ben into fighting him while Rey saved the Resistance. Luke said goodbye to him before dying and, despite his death, he secured a victory over the First Order by preventing his nephew from destroying the Resistance and the last Jedi.
==Friends and Allies==
===Obi-Wan Kenobi===
After Luke was born, Obi-Wan took him to Tatooine, to be raised by his father's step-brother, Owen Lars, and his wife, Beru Whitesun, in order to protect him from Palpatine. Obi-Wan watched over him for nineteen years. Before discovering Obi Wan's true identity, Luke believing him to be a strange hermit, under the name of Ben Kenobi.
Upon the arrival of R2-D2 and C-3PO, Luke learned of Obi-Wan's identity and life as a Jedi. After this knowledge, he gained great respect and admiration for the Jedi Master. During their journey to Alderaan, the two quickly became good friends. On the first Death Star, Obi-Wan was killed by Darth Vader while attempting to escape. Luke was devastated by the death of his mentor, but continued to fight in the Galactic Civil War, so that Obi-Wan's death would not be in vain.
When Luke discovered that Vader was his father, he became angry that Obi-Wan had deceived and lied to him, but eventually forgave him. However, after he became embittered over Ben's fall to the dark side, Luke appeared to have regained his bitterness at Obi-Wan for failing to safe his father, as seen by how he told Rey that he believed that Obi-Wan's failure as a mentor was one of the proof of the Jedi Order's hypocrisy. Despite this, after he made peace with his failures, hearing Obi-Wan's voice allowed him to become one with the Force while also retaining his identity, proving he still considered his mentor as a dear friend.
===Han Solo===
Luke initially had a rocky relationship with Han - due to Han being a greedy and selfish smuggler at the time, during their rescue of Leia and escape from the first Death Star, he became extremely annoyed by Han's recklessness, as he placed them at risk and almost got them captured several times. However, during the Battle of Yavin, Vader almost succeeds in killing Luke and Han saves him - after this Luke's opinion of Han changes - and they become close friends.
Sometime after the Battle of Endor, Han married Leia Skywalker, becoming Luke's brother-in-law.
Around 30 years after the Empire's defeat, Luke seemingly abandoned his old friend and brother-in-law, under his grief and guilt of failing his son. Despite this, Luke still cares about Han. Upon learning from Chewbacca that he had recently been killed by Ben Solo, he was genuinely devastated by Han's death, as he mourned and grieved over the death of his friend. But he did not sense Han's death before then because he had cut off his connection to the Force.
Luke would later join Han in death, as he willingly sacrificed himself for the Jedi and Resistance to survive.
===Chewbacca===
Luke first met Chewbacca in Mos Eisley Cantina, when Obi-Wan Kenobi hires him and Han Solo to smuggle him, Obi-Wan, C-3PO, and R2-D2 to Alderaan, although they do not have much interaction with each other. However, throughout the Galactic Civil War the two become close friends.
In Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, after he and Lando Calrissian destroy the second Death Star; defeating the Empire once and for all, Chewbacca celebrates his comrades' victory and reuniting with Luke, happy that his friend survived the Battle of Endor.
===Yoda===
Luke first met Yoda on Dagobah, as he was instructed to go there by the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke's first impression of Yoda was that of a strange, yet harmless hermit. However, after spending many hours on Dagobah, he realizes that the green alien was in fact a Force-user like himself and the last surviving Jedi Master in the galaxy. He discovers this when Yoda begins to talk to Obi-Wan through the Force. At first, Luke wonders who he is talking to, until he hears Obi-Wan's voice.
Despite the fact that there were very few Jedi left in the galaxy, Yoda initially refuses to train Luke as a Jedi, partly due to his age and mainly because he believed that Luke was too much like his father, Anakin Skywalker. Yoda was eventually persuaded by Obi-Wan to accept Luke as a trainee. Yoda then begins to train Luke in the ways of the light side of the Force and lightsaber combat, but also warns him about the dangers and lure of the dark side of the Force. Luke stays on Dagobah for at least a year and came to greatly respect the elderly Jedi Master, having the same level of respect for Yoda that his father once had.
Luke later has a vision of his friends in pain and leaves to rescue them, much to Yoda's disapproval. Luke abandons his training despite Yoda stating that the vision Luke had may not come true. Three months later, Luke returns to Dagobah (after rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt) to complete his Jedi training, but he is devastated to discover that Yoda is dying. The loss is deep as he had not completed his Jedi training and more so due to how close he had become to the Jedi Master. Yoda reassures Luke that there is no need for more training and that he had learned all he needed to know.
He asks Yoda if he is now a Jedi Knight and Yoda states that he must first face Darth Vader and only then would he become a Jedi Knight, to which Luke states that he already had. Luke asks if Vader is really his father and Yoda confirms this truth. Luke became angry that Yoda had known the whole time who his father was but had refrained from telling him yet forgave him at the moment of his death. Yoda tries to tell Luke about the existence of his twin sister (Leia Organa), but only states that there is another, and dies before he has the chance to finish his statement. Luke grieves over the death of his mentor.
Many years later, Luke attempts to carry out Yoda's wish to revive the Jedi, but Ben's turn to the dark side completely destroys his plans, making Luke lose all hope as he blames himself for his mistake that pushed his nephew towards the dark side. In his grief and bitterness, Luke loses any desire to revive the Jedi, deems its legacy as a failure, and exiles himself on Ahch-To's Temple island to die.
After Luke's new apprentice, Rey, left the island to meet his nephew, Luke decides to destroy the tree library containing the sacred Jedi texts, and Yoda appears to Luke as a Force spirit. Yoda destroys the tree before his hesitant apprentice does, dismissing the value of the books and also knowing that Rey had taken possession of them without Luke noticing. Thus, despite the years that Luke spent attempting to abandon Yoda's last desire, the late grandmaster seems to have not been offended and apparently understood why Luke did it. Luke still retained his respect for him, and Yoda advises his apprentice to learn from the mistakes with Ben Solo to not repeat the same with Rey. Yoda states that failure is part of the process of learning and that Luke should accept his past errors to become a better teacher and pass on the experience to his students. Because of this conversation, Luke is able to forgive himself for his mistake with Ben, and is encouraged to face his nephew and the First Order during the Battle of Crait.
===Ahsoka Tano===
By 9 ABY, Ahsoka knew her master's son and was in contact with him. She visited him on the planet where he was establishing his Jedi Temple and training Grogu as his first student. During their brief conversation, Ahsoka remarked that Luke was "so much like his father". As she departed, Luke asked if they would see each other again; Ahsoka simply replied "perhaps" and left on good terms.
===Rey===
Before they officially met, Rey had heard a lot about the Jedi Master and developed great respect for him, although she believed him to only be a myth and legend. Eventually, Rey goes to Ahch-To, where she meets Luke and presents him with his father's lightsaber, showing the elderly Jedi Master that the galaxy needs him once more, as he remains silent. But then Luke surprises her, throwing the lightsaber over his shoulder.
Luke at first refused to train Rey in the ways of the Force for her to become a Jedi, believing that the Jedi should end with him, which disappoints Rey. However, after hearing the old recording of Leia, Luke chose to give Rey some lessons about the Force, which were also a way to convince her why he believed the Jedi should end. During the first lesson, Luke tells Rey how the Jedi were arrogant upon thinking that the Force belonged to them, showing how the Force is actually a part of all living creatures. But Luke soon came to fear her power and her affinity with the dark side while Rey is meditating, which reminded him of the Force powers of his nephew, Ben Solo.
During the second lesson, Luke states that the legacy of the Jedi is failure. He tells Rey how his father, Anakin, was trained by a Jedi (Obi-Wan) but was eventually seduced by the dark side and wiped out the Jedi, showing that the Jedi Order was always doomed to fail. However, Rey argues that it was also a Jedi (Luke) who saw the good in Vader and the reason he came back to the light. Luke then reveals to Rey his own version of how his nephew fell to the dark side as Anakin once did, and how guilty he feels for Ben's turn. Luke states that regrets acting as a Jedi Master and the legend who the galaxy believed him to be. Rey replies to him that she does not need a legend, but someone to guide and show her path, as she feels lost because of her parents absence and not knowing who she is, in addition to her newfound Force powers.
In the third lesson, Luke lies in order to see how the girl would react, and tells Rey that a tribe from the neighboring island is raiding and plundering the caretakers village. Rey immediately runs to help the village and is surprised to discover that she was tricked by the Jedi Master as the caretakers are actually having a party. When a very frustrated Rey comes to talk to him, Luke explains that the Resistance needs someone like Rey who will immediately act to protect the others, and not someone who failed for being attached to old believes that prevented one to act on their own feelings unless balance could be maintained. But Rey replies that she is truly disappointed that Luke is not doing anything to save their friends who are dying in the war, and that she once genuinely believed in the legend of Luke Skywalker, but now she thinks she was wrong about him.
Unknown to Luke, while Rey was not getting the guidance she wanted from the Jedi Master, she was interacting with his nephew through a Force-bond. Rey and Kylo became closer because of this bond, and she eventually found the console she wanted in sharing her pain and loneliness with him instead of the lessons of the Jedi Master. Upon learning Rey and Ren had been communicating behind his back, Luke becomes furious with her, blowing the hut they are into pieces. In turn, Rey attacks him out of disgust upon discovering Luke's attempt to murder Ben when he was his apprentice. Rey states that Luke's mistake was to think that Ben had already chosen his path when he sensed the darkness within him, and that she sensed how conflicted he still is. Luke admits what he did but refuses to consider Ren could be redeemed. Rey offers the Skywalker lightsaber to Luke again so he would help fighting beside the Resistance, but he still refuses. Rey then decides to bet the chance of victory in the war on Ben instead of Luke, as she leaves the Jedi Master while stating that Ben Solo is the last hope.
Ultimately, after being scolded by Yoda's Force spirit about learning from his past mistakes to become a better teacher, Luke comes to respect and value Rey. During his final moments, he acknowledges her as the "last Jedi" before dying peacefully, having ignited the revival of the Jedi Order via Rey. When Rey senses Luke's death through the Force, she becomes sad, but at the same time, she knows that Luke found peace before his passing.
When Rey discovers she is related to Emperor Palpatine, Rey decides to live out in exile on Ahch-To like Luke, scared of her own actions after gravely hurting Ben during her moment of rage and out of shame for being related to a complete monster. However, Luke as a Force spirit appears to stop her from making the same mistake he made during his final years. She reveals to him about her visions of the Throne of the Sith and the incident on the ruins of second the Death Star, confessing that she is scared of herself. Rey tells Luke that after almost killing Ben, she was willing to give all her life force and die if it was needed to heal him and save his life. Luke consoles her, telling her that despite almost killing his nephew, her kindness and compassion saved Ben's life right after. He then reveals to Rey that he and Leia had always known of her lineage, surprising her. Luke convinces her that the bloodline did not define the type of person she is, and that he and his sister trained her as a Jedi because of her spirit and heart. He encourages Rey to face her grandfather, and gives her his sister's lightsaber and old X-wing for her to go confront Palpatine as the two of them exchanged smiles.
After the defeat of the First Order and the death of Palpatine, Rey is proudly watched by Luke and Leia as she adopts the "Skywalker" name in order to continue their family legacy.
==Enemies==
===Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious===
Unlike his father, Anakin Skywalker at first, Luke hated Palpatine from an early age; Luke initially had no direct interaction with Palpatine. However, he resented the latter because he was the tyrannical leader of Galactic Empire who oppressed the people of the galaxy.
In Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Luke learns from Yoda and Obi-Wan; that Palpatine was responsible for his father becoming Darth Vader and Luke's hatred for Palpatine grew even more. Palpatine tried to bring Luke over to his side the same way he brought Anakin to it, but Luke saw through it and refused. Angered, Palpatine tried to kill him, but Vader became Anakin again and killed him.
===Jabba the Hutt===
Jabba had been Luke's enemy ever since Boba Fett delivered Han Solo to the former's home.
===Snoke===
At some point Luke met Snoke, and Snoke came to respect him due to his knowledge regarding the Force. This happened before Luke was aware of Snoke's corruption over Ben Solo, and when he found that Snoke had been influencing his nephew, Luke viewed Snoke forevermore as his enemy.
Although Snoke hated Luke because of his status as the last Jedi Master, at the same time he was also terrified of him due to his immense power in the Force. Snoke even tells Ben Solo that if he had Luke by his side instead of him, he would be able to take over the galaxy. Thus, Snoke saw him as threat, as he feared that Luke's return would bring back the Jedi Order. He sought to find where Luke was hiding to eliminate him and end the Jedi for good.
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