Luke Skywalker/SWU-11

**Luke Starkiller**, also known by his title, **"The Skywalker"**, was a Human Jedi.

## Biography

Luke Starkiller lived on Utapau with his brothers, Biggs and Windy, his uncle Owen Lars and aunt Beru, and their daughter Leia. In 0 BBY, two droids, R2-D2 and C-3PO, find the Lars homestead in search of Luke. The droids find Luke practicing with a laser sword, and give the young Jedi the code word "Angel Blue". Luke stops practicing and identifies himself as "The Skywalker", his Jedi title, which was also used by his ancient ancestor.

R2-D2 projected a hologram from Luke's older brother Deak explaining that Luke must take the Kiber Crystal, which was under the care of Owen, to Ogana Major, where the Galactic Empire was attacking the world. The Starkiller, father of all four Starkiller brothers, was defending Ogana, but they needed the Crystal to protect against the Bogan and its minions. Owen believed that Deak would have been taken to the Imperial capital of Alderaan. Though Luke's training was incomplete, and his heart was set on becoming an archaeologist, he took up the mission. He visited his mother's grave site that evening, and explained to his younger brothers the history of the Jedi and the rise of the Empire.

With the Kiber Crystal, Luke and the droids took a landspeeder to Mos Eisley. As they made their way there, Luke scoped out a pursuer, an Imperial Gray Tusken, with his binoculars.

In Mos Eisley, Luke made contact with Han Solo, a young space pirate. Solo came to his aid when a fight broke out in the Mos Eisley Cantina, though Luke's laser sword was more effective than Solo's laser pistol. In exchange for a million credits on delivery, Solo would get Luke to Ogana Major.

Faking a reactor malfunction, Solo hijacked a TDF104 belonging to the pirate captain Oxus. Only three other crewmembers stayed with them: Montross Holdaack the science officer, a cyborg, and Chewbacca the Wookiee. The ship blasted off from Mos Eisley and headed into hyper-skip to Ogana Major.

But their destination was no more: Ogana Major had been destroyed by the Empire. How, was yet a mystery. Luke directed Han to pilot the ship to Alderaan, in hopes of rescuing Deak. The ship docked on the floating city, and Luke and Han stole stormtrooper armor as a disguise. Chewbacca would be their "prisoner." They found Deak, now dying from his torture, and carried him off, escaping both the garrison and strange Dai Noga creatures. As they blasted out of the Imperial capital, four TIE fighters followed them. Luke used the Kiber Crystal to keep Deak alive.

As they arrived at their destination, the moon Yavin 4, site of the secret rebel base, they found that an immense space station, the Death Star, had tracked and followed them. Ejecting from the pirate ship, the heroes landed on Yavin in lifepods. On Yavin is the Masassi outpost, where they were debriefed. General Dodana explained the dangers and weaknesses of the Death Star.

Miraculously, The Starkiller, Luke's father, survived the destruction of Ogana Major. With the Crystal, the ancient Jedi was revived. He explained that Luke would complete his training with him.

Luke joined the strike force assembled to attack the Death Star, but despite a payment of 8 million credits, Han declined to help. With Bail Antilles, R2-D2 and C-3PO, and the Crystal, Luke flew his fighter toward the space station. Other Rebel pilotss targeted the station's poles.

Darth Vader, however, sensed the Crystal, and pursued Luke with his personal starfighter. He was about to destroy Luke and his crew, but unexpectedly, Han, Montross and Chewbacca attacked him, saving the young Jedi. Vader piloted his ship into the pirates' craft, dying, but seriously damaging the larger vessel.

Luke was able to maneuver the Rebel ship into position, and Antilles and C-3PO fired the turrets into the exhaust port. The Death Star exploded as Luke's ship flew past a lifepod from the pirate ship; Han and his crewmates had survived. The Empire had suffered a serious defeat.

## Behind the scenes

This version of Luke Starkiller was found in the second draft of what would eventually become *Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope*. By the final draft, Luke Starkiller had been renamed Luke Skywalker. Sometime after writing the second draft, George Lucas considered changing Luke to a female, but ultimately decided not to after rewriting Leia Lars into Leia Organa.

## Appearances

* *Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode I: The Star Wars* (First appearance)

## References

1. ↑ *Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode I: The Star Wars* states that Luke is 18 years old. Since *Episode I* is set in 0 BBY, Luke must have been born in 19 or 18 BBY.
2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 *Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode I: The Star Wars*