Luke Skywalker

## Relevant Pages

**Luke** **Skywalker,** born Luke Amidala-Skywalker, is the main protagonist of the original *Star Wars* trilogy and a character in the sequel trilogy.

## Biography

### Before the Galactic Empire

Still growing in his mother's womb, Anakin begins having nightmares about his wife, Padme, Luke, and Leia dying in childbirth. This leads him down the path of darkness, and falsely believes that his children died with Amidala.  (Revenge of the Sith)

### During the Galactic Empire

Luke is born on Polis Massa to Padme Amidala and Anakin Skywalker shortly before his sister, Leia. However, the twins' mother dies in childbirth. To keep the children safe from Palpatine and their father, Yoda, Bail, and Obi-Wan keep the twins' birth a secret. While Bail and Breha adopt Leia, Obi-Wan takes Luke to his aunt and uncle on Tatooine. Vader is then led to believe that his wife and child are both dead, unaware that his son and daughter are alive. (Revenge of the Sith)

Luke still refuses to fight Vader and hides behind a pillar and resists his father's request of abandoning the light side and joining the dark to save his family and friends. Through their force connection, Vader learns that Leia is daughter and threatens to turn her to the dark side. A very enraged Luke yells "never" and gains the upper hand in the duel with his father. During his fit of rage, he gains the upper hand and cuts off his father's mechanical hand while Palpatine urges Luke to kill Vader and take his father's place as an apprentice. However, Luke notices that he is becoming his father after looking back at both Vader's fake hand and his own. Luke throws away his lightsaber and tells the Emperor that he is a Jedi like Anakin before him. A very vengeful Palpatine attacks the young man with Force lightning, with the intent to kill him. Watching his son tortured and cries for help, Vader reverts back to Anakin and attacks Palpatine by lifting him up and throwing the fallen emperor down a shaft on the Death Star. Just as an exhausted Luke and an injured Anakin Skywalker make their escape, both father and son collapse. Anakin requests that Luke takes his mask off so he can see his son with his own eyes; Luke complies. Proud to have saved his children, Anakin tells Luke to flee and to tell his sister that Luke was right: their father could be redeemed.

A very grief-ridden Luke is able to steal a TIE fighter and escape the Death Star with Anakin's armor. Luke later gives Anakin a proper Jedi funeral. Later, Luke goes to the Ewok village, and reunites with his sister and their friends. Just as he looks away, Luke looks on happily to see the ghosts of Yoda, Obi-Wan and a redeemed Anakin Skywalker before he joins the festivities (The Return of the Jedi)

### Before the First Order

Like Yoda instructed, Luke began to train a new generation of Jedi. One of his apprentices was his nephew, Ben Solo. However, the New Jedi Order is destroyed when Ben becomes Kylo Ren and kills all the Jedi Padawans. Ashamed and blaming himself, Luke goes into self-exile into the planet, Ahch-To where the first Jedi temple was. (The Force Awakens)

At an unknown point, Luke's story passes onto legend.

### During the First Order

Many years later, a young woman approaches Luke Skywalker, who looks to turn at Rey, revealing to be living as a hermit. Rey holds out his old lightsaber as a sign of hope that the Galaxy was not lost forever. However, Luke turns away from Rey and throws the lightsaber over his shoulder and ignores Rey's protests.  *(The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi)*

## Powers and Abilities

* The Force - Ability to control.
	+ Force sense: .

## Trivia

### Etymology

* The name Luke comes from Latin origin, translating to "light-giving"
	+ His name also alludes to his desire to pull his father back into the light side of the force.

### Character notes

* Luke lost his left hand to his father while fighting him in Cloud City. It also mirrors all Star Wars protagonists losing a limb, such as Anakin losing his arm (and then legs and other arm).
* Was a candidate for being one of Rey's parents.
* Rey thought he was a myth.

## References

1. ↑ *Star Wars: A New Hope*
2. ↑ Star Wars: Attack of the Clones