Luke Skywalker

**Luke Skywalker** was a Force-sensitive human male Jedi Master who, along with his twin sister, Princess Leia Organa, fought against the rule of the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. The son of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, Luke was born shortly after the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY. However, as a result of his mother's death and his father's fall to the dark side of the Force, Luke was sent to Anakin's homeworld, Tatooine, to live with his relatives, Owen and Beru Lars, for the first nineteen years of his life. After their deaths at the hand of the Empire, Skywalker became apprenticed to his father's former mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, in order to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like his father before him. Aided by the smuggler Han Solo, Skywalker rescued Organa but lost his master who died while confronting the Sith Lord Darth Vader. In the subsequent Battle of Yavin, Skywalker succeeded in destroying the Empire's planet-killing superweapon, the Death Star, and thereby saved the Alliance to Restore the Republic from destruction.

For the next three years, Skywalker continued to support the Alliance in its cause to defeat the Empire and restore the Galactic Republic. At the same time he endeavored to further his Jedi training and, through the guidance of Kenobi's spirit, eventually sought out Yoda—the last Grand Master of the Jedi Order. During his trials, however, Skywalker sensed that his allies were in danger and, against his master's warning, postponed his training in order to rescue them. In doing so, he was forced to confront Vader and although he stood his ground, the aspiring Jedi was defeated and injured by the Dark Lord of the Sith. Vader then revealed his true identity as Skywalker's father, intending to use that revelation to secure his son's loyalty, but Skywalker refused to turn and ultimately regrouped with the Alliance to continue the fight against the Empire.

He returned to Dagobah in 4 ABY, hoping to complete his training but the Grand Master succumbed to old age and became one with the Force after a 900-year lifespan. On his deathbed, Yoda told Skywalker that he had to confront his father before he could be considered a true Jedi. At the same time, he also learned of his familial connection with Organa. After returning to the Alliance, Skywalker was sent with a strike team to the forest moon of Endor in preparation for the Rebel fleet's attack on the second Death Star. In the course of the mission he allowed himself to be captured in order to face Vader, hoping that he would be able to redeem his father by restoring him to the light side of the Force. As the Battle of Endor commenced between Imperial and Alliance forces, Vader's Sith Master, the Galactic Emperor Darth Sidious, tried to turn Skywalker into his next apprentice by goading him to embrace the dark side. Although Skywalker defeated Vader, he refused to kill him and reaffirmed his commitment to the Jedi way, causing the Emperor to torture Skywalker by unleashing a torrent of Force lightning on him. Shaken by the sight of his son in agony, Vader destroyed the Emperor at the cost of his own life, resulting in the extinction of the Sith and the fulfillment of Anakin Skywalker's destiny as the Chosen One.

With the fall of the Empire and the New Republic's rise to power, Skywalker withdrew from public life and traveled across the galaxy searching for lost Jedi lore with the help of Lor San Tekka, a follower of the Church of the Force. He eventually began taking on students, beginning with his sister's son, Ben Solo, in an effort to rebuild the Jedi Order. Like his uncle, Solo inherited his potential from the Skywalker bloodline and therefore possessed raw strength in the Force. However, Skywalker also saw glimpses of darkness within his nephew and, in a moment of pure instinct, nearly killed Solo in his sleep. In retaliation Solo attacked Skywalker, destroyed his training temple, and killed half of his students while the rest sided with him. Plagued by feelings of shame and regret, Skywalker exiled himself to Ahch-To, the location of the first Jedi Temple, resolving to live out his remaining years as a hermit before dying as the last Jedi.

In 34 ABY Skywalker's isolation was interrupted by the arrival of Rey, a Jakku scavenger who joined the Resistance during its war with the First Order. After some time, Skywalker agreed to teach the ways of the Jedi to Rey, but only to convince her that it was time for the Jedi to end. Rey remained adamant in her view that the galaxy needed the return of the Jedi Order and the legend of Luke Skywalker to inspire hope in the people who resisted the First Order's rise to power. Having developed a Force connection with Ben Solo, now known as Kylo Ren, Rey left Skywalker in search of Solo, believing him to be the galaxy's last hope. The combination of Rey's urging and a spectral visit from the late Yoda caused Skywalker to overcome his reluctance and become a symbol of hope. As a result, he used his powers to project an avatar of himself on Crait, where the First Order war machine attempted to annihilate the last of Organa's insurgents. During the battle he confronted Ren, now the Supreme Leader of the First Order, and apologized for failing as his master. His actions bought Rey enough time to rescue the Resistance survivors, but the effort of projecting his image across the galaxy had fatal consequences, resulting in Skywalker's demise. Before becoming one with the Force, he declared that he would not be the last of the Jedi.

## History

### Early life

#### Birth

"*It's a boy.*"
"*Luke.*"
―Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala —
Skywalker and his sister are born.Luke Skywalker was born in 19 BBY on the asteroid of Polis Massa two days after the proclamation of the Galactic Empire. He and his twin sister Leia, who was born shortly after him, were the children of Galactic Republic Senator Padmé Amidala, who diedshortly after labor, and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, who had recently fallen to the dark side of the Force. To protect the children from the Empire and Anakin, the now-Sith Lord Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi personally sent the infant Luke to live with Anakin's stepbrother Owen Lars and his wife Beru on the planet Tatooine, while Senator Bail Organa agreed to adopt Leia together with his wife, the queen of Alderaan.

#### First years on the farm

"*And what of the boy.*"
"*To Tatooine. To his family, send him.*"
―Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda discuss Skywalker's future
Luke as an infant. Skywalker spent his youth on the Lars' moisture farm, where his uncle unsuccessfully tried to discourage his adventurous tendencies, telling him that his father had been "a navigator on a spice freighter" during the Clone Wars. His aunt, Beru, would read him storybooks; one day, when his uncle had business in Mos Eisley, she took Skywalker to Anchorhead to use the HoloNet connections there and show him images of forests, rivers, and oceans.

#### Taking on Jabba's thugs

Kenobi saves an 8-year-old Skywalker. At the age of eight, during the Great Drought in 11 BBY,  henchmen for the crime lord Jabba the Hutt collected a "water tax" on their master's behalf. Despite the damage it caused moisture farmers, Skywalker naïvely stood up to the thugs at night, trying to take back the water they had stolen from the farmers. Kenobi, who sensed the danger his protégé was in, blew their vehicle's lights with the Force to hide his identity, and proceeded to disable all of Jabba's henchmen. One of them became startled and pushed Skywalker to the ground, causing him to hit his head and pass out. Once Kenobi handled the thugs, he carried Skywalker to the Lars' homestead where he was found asleep, unaware of his savior's identity, by his aunt in the morning.

#### Saving Uncle Owen

Some time after grounding Luke from flying his skyhopper, Owen Lars attempted to rebuild his relationship with his nephew by looking to help him fix it. However, before he could, he was captured by the Wookiee bounty hunter Black Krrsantan and tortured. Meanwhile, Luke was running away from home for not the first time. However, he sensed something was wrong and rushed to his homestead. When he arrived, he found many droids destroyed and his aunt Beru rattled, telling him of the attack. She ordered her nephew to lock himself in the homestead's maintenance bay, where he found his disabled skyhopper. He proceeded to fix it and make his way to Krrsantan and Owen. As he flew there, the Wookiee was engaged by Obi-Wan Kenobi. During this battle, Owen was thrown off a cliff. Before he could hit the bottom, Luke, in his skyhopper, managed to catch him and escape. Meanwhile, Kenobi defeated Krrsantan. Afterwards, Skywalker was allowed to fly his skyhopper once again.

#### Other adventures

"*Tell me...is it the Chosen One?*"
"*He is.*"
"*He will avenge us.*"
―Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi's final conversation, referencing Luke Skywalker
Kenobi sees a young Luke on the horizon Eventually, Skywalker became an adventure-seeking youth who demonstrated his father's natural piloting skills, as well as a strong desire to leave Tatooine. As more of Skywalker's friends left the planet to follow their dreams, he became increasingly frustrated that his uncle would not allow him to do the same, claiming that he still needed help with the farm. In truth, Owen was trying to prevent Skywalker from following in his father's footsteps.

In 2 BBY, Skywalker was helping at his foster parent's moisture farm when Beru called him inside. As Skywalker ran back to the house, he was watched in the distance by Obi-Wan Kenobi, who was riding a dewback. Kenobi had just defeated and killed the former Sith apprentice Maul, who had a vendetta against Kenobi after being bisected at the torso during the Invasion of Naboo thirty years earlier. In his final moments, Maul asked Kenobi if he was guarding Skywalker. Kenobi affirmed that he believed Luke was the Chosen One before Maul passed away.

When not helping his uncle, Skywalker would occasionally go bulls-eye Womp rats, or go racing through the dangerous Beggar's Canyon in his T-16 Skyhopper by the age of thirteen. He would also spend time at Tosche Station with his friends, such as Biggs Darklighter, Laze "Fixer" Loneozner, Camie Marstrap, Windy, and Deak; some of them called him "Wormie".

### Galactic Civil War

"*There is a great disturbance in the Force.*"
"*I have felt it.*"
"*We have a new enemy: the young Rebel who destroyed the Death Star. I have no doubt this boy is the offspring of Anakin Skywalker.*"
"*How is that possible?*"
"*Search your feelings, Lord Vader. You will know it to be true. He could destroy us.*"
"*He's just a boy. Obi-Wan can no longer help him.*"
―Sheev Palpatine and Darth Vader confer about Luke Skywalker —
#### Leaving Tatooine

"*I want to come with you to Alderaan. There's nothing for me here now. I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father.*"
―Luke Skywalker to Obi-Wan Kenobi —
Luke Skywalker inherits his father's lightsaber from Obi-Wan Kenobi.
In 0 BBY, the purchase of two droids—R2-D2 and C-3PO—by Skywalker's step-uncle changed the youth's life forever. With the discovery of a desperate message to Obi-Wan Kenobi contained within the astromech droid R2-D2, Skywalker soon found himself in the company of Kenobi after being attacked by Sand People. Kenobi soon revealed to Skywalker that he had once been a Jedi Knight who served in the Clone Wars with Skywalker's father. He went on to inform Skywalker that his father was not a cargo pilot, but a Jedi Knight struck down by Darth Vader, and gave him his father's lightsaber.

On their way to Anchorhead, Skywalker and Kenobi came upon a group of slaughtered Jawas—the same ones who sold the droids to his uncle. Skywalker deduced from learning that Imperial stormtroopers were responsible that they might have looked into the sales records of the droids, and rushed home in the hopes of saving his step-aunt and step-uncle. Upon returning home, Skywalker discovered that he was too late: his step-aunt and step-uncle had been murdered by the Empire. With the people who raised him dead, he decided to accompany Kenobi to Alderaan to deliver the astromech, who was carrying the plans for the Death Star, to Bail Organa at the behest of Organa's daughter, Princess Leia Organa.

On their way to Mos Eisley, Kenobi began training him and gave Skywalker his first lesson, during which he learned the basics of Jedi meditation. They would later reach Chalmun's Cantina, where Skywalker nearly had a fatal run-in with the criminals Ponda Baba and Dr. Evazan, and where they obtained passage off the planet and met Han Solo and his first mate Chewbacca. Kenobi brokered a deal to pay Solo two thousand credits up front plus fifteen more when they arrived on Alderaan, with Skywalker selling his speeder to pay for the two thousand up front.

#### Death Star rescue

"*I'm Luke Skywalker. I'm here to rescue you.*"
"*You're who?*"
"*I'm here to rescue you. I've got your R2-Unit. I am here with Ben Kenobi.*"
"*Ben Kenobi? Where is he?*"
"*Come on!*"
―Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa
Skywalker fires on Imperial stormtroopers during the rescue of Leia Organa aboard the first Death Star.
After escaping stormtroopers on Solo's ship, the *Millennium Falcon*, Kenobi began Skywalker's instruction in the ways of the Force, much to the derision of Solo. The lesson, however, was soon interrupted by their arrival in the Alderaan system and their discovery of the planet's destruction. They then spotted a patrolling TIE fighter and, upon following it, found that it was approaching what appeared to be a small moon, which turned out to be the Death Star. Caught by the Death Star's tractor beam, they were brought aboard the massive space station.

Once on board, Luke and Han knocked two stormtroopers out and stole their armor, whereas Kenobi set out to deactivate the tractor beam. However, when R2-D2 discovered that Leia Organa was being held captive on the station, Skywalker insisted on rescuing her. With Solo and Chewbacca's help, the trio made it into the detention area escorting the Wookiee as a prisoner. They were able to rescue Organa, but had to jump into the garbage compactor in order to escape the pursuing Imperial forces. Though Skywalker and Organa were separated from Solo and Chewbacca, they were able to reunite with their companions, and the droids, in the hangar bay.

Eventually, the group escaped the Death Star, but only after Kenobi sacrificed himself in a duel with Darth Vader. Angry and confused, Organa offered some comfort for his grief. They traveled to the hidden rebel baseon Yavin 4, under the suspicion that the Death Star was tracking them.

#### Battle of Death Star

"*Great shot, kid; that was one in a million!*"
―Han Solo to Luke Skywalker after the destruction of the Death Star and killing Tarkin
Luke Skywalker boards his X-wing fighter prior to the Battle of Yavin.On their arrival, they met with Commander Willardand Organa introduce him to Skywalker so that he could join the Rebel Alliance as a pilot. Skywalker then separated and met Wedge Antilles, who oversaw his flight simulation test. Lasting no more than 30 seconds, the more experienced pilot advised Skywalker to listen to his explanations, and encouraged him not to give up. In his second try, Skywalker used what he had learned from Antilles, and managed to surpass the highest score, that of Antilles's, prompting Willard to accept him without objection.[9] He joined Red Group with the designation of Red Five.

After the briefing for their plan of attack against the incoming Death Star, Skywalker prepared himself for the attack, when he saw Solo loading his payment onto the *Falcon* for rescuing Organa and prepared to leave the group. Skywalker attempted to persuade him to stay and help them against the Empire, but Solo refused, deeply disappointing him. After bidding farewell to Organa as well, Skywalker was about to board his T-65B X-wing starfighter, when he encountered his old friend Biggs Darklighter, the two about to be flying as wingmen in the upcoming battle. In a brief conversation, Darklighter promised Luke that the two would catch up on each other's stories when they got back.

During the Battle of Yavin, Skywalker witnessed the death of many compatriots, including Darklighter. After the death of the two squadron leaders, he took it upon himself to lead the final assault. With the timely arrival of the *Millennium Falcon* and the guidance of Kenobi's spirit, Skywalker took a single shot and used the Force to direct his proton torpedoes to their target, destroying the station killing Evil Tarkin and his crews. For this action he, Chewbacca, and Han Solo were awarded the medal of Bravery for their bravery the morning after. Skywalker watches as Organa's shuttle departs Yavin. Just as the ceremony ended, Skywalker told Organa to allow herself some time to grieve for the loss of her family and homeworld. Afterwards, General Jan Dodonna sent him and Antilles, the only other survivor of Red Group, in their X-wings to retrieve the wayward princess and bring her to the Great Temple. Her shuttle's pilot, Evaan Verlaine, however, managed to outsmart them and make the jump to hyperspace with course to Naboo, with R2-D2 accompanying the two women. They would later reunite after she had successfully accomplished her mission.[24] Soon after, Skywalker became an officer in the Alliance and was given the rank of Lieutenant and was regularly assigned numerous independent missions.

#### The *Desert Jewel*

"*Ever since the Battle of Yavin, I feel sometimes that people expect me to top it and wonder why I haven't yet.*"
―Luke Skywalker
Skywalker defending Drusil Bephorin on Denon.
In an errand for Admiral Ackbar, Skywalker was dispatched to the planet Rodia in order to open a secret weapon supply line for the Alliance. He was accompanied by Artoo and a pilot named Nakari Kelen, and they flew her ship, the *Desert Jewel*. During their mission together, they helped a Kupohanship—which, unknown to them at the time, carried vital intelligence on a Givincryptographer named Drusil Bephorin—near Llanic. They then continued their journey to Rodia. Skywalker was greeted by Laneet Chekkoo, who guided him to Toopil. During business with Taneetch Soonta, the Rodian told Skywalker about the Jedi, including a story about Anakin during the Clone Wars. From her, Skywalker received her uncle's lightsaber. Skywalker and Nakari on Fex.
After killing a ghest and getting some treatment for his wounds, Skywalker focused on analyzing Huulik's lightsaber and trying to learn telekinesis, but a planetwide alert for the *Desert Jewel* forced him to leave Rodia immediately and meet up with Ackbar and Organa on the *Promise*. The two assigned him to a mission to rescue Bephorin on Denon, but the need for upgrades for the *Jewel* prompted him to go on another mission to Fex with Kelen before that. Warned by Organa not to blindly trust Kelen, Skywalker set off for Pasher with Kelen and Artoo to receive intel from her father about their destination and the necessary equipment to survive its atmosphere. The two then headed towards Fex. Once they successfully retrieved the *Harvester* and were rewarded for it, Skywalker and Kelen traveled to Rodia to fix the *Desert Jewel*.

Following the ship's modifications, the two Rebels returned to the *Promise* to receive more intel on the Denon mission from Organa and Ackbar, only to depart for the planet as soon as possible, meet with their contact Sakhet, and prepare Bephorin's liberation. Once in motion, their plan allowed them to escape from Imperial Security Bureau agents, and Denon altogether, with the Givin cryptographer onboard the *Jewel*. Despite several hiccups along the way, including an extended stop on Kupoh, they reached Omereth. There, however, the *Jewel* was intercepted by bounty hunters and a confrontation ensued between the Rebels and their pursuers. Despite the formers' victory, Kelen was killed by one of the bounty hunters—saddening Skywalker, who had come to develop feelings for her. After allowing himself some time to grieve for those he had lost during the war, Skywalker completed his mission by reuniting Bephorin with her family and meeting with Major Bren Derlin. Afterwards, Skywalker returned Kelen's body to her father, after reflecting on the fact that he had learned how to move objects with the Force thanks to her support.[25]

#### Devaron

"*Hyperspace scout. Historian. Farm boy. And yet here you are with a Jedi laser sword in your hand, like you mean to use it.*"
―Sarco Plank
After numerous missions alongside Antilles and earning each other's complete trust, Skywalker assisted on a mission for Red Squadron above Giju: he helped protect a transport carrying underground rebel leaders being evacuated from the planet, along with Antilles and Commander Narra. Once the package was clear, they followed the scatter protocol, and Skywalker and R2-D2 set course to Devaron when he had a vision about future events on that same planet. He soon met with Antilles and Narra, who sent him, C-3PO and R2-D2 on a mission for Chancellor Mon Mothma.[22]
[1]Luke Skywalker trains at the site of the former Jedi Temple of Eedit on Devaron.
After refueling the ship, the trio departed for Whiforla II and jumped out of hyperspace in the Tertiary Usaita system, but an Imperial attack forced them to return to Devaron and repair the Y 4, this time letting the Force guide him into the Temple of Eedit. Landing in Tikaroo, Skywalker left the ship for repairs with Kivasand his daughter, Farnay, using the alias "Korl Marcus", and went onto the depot where he was told the Temple was off-limits; after resting and a vision of the past, he left the depot and met with Farnay, to whom he revealed his true identity. Ultimately, Sarco Plank accepted to be his guide and brought Skywalker and the two droids close to Eedit, where Skywalker found a secret entrance to the Temple and entered alone with the droids.[22]

During his stay on the Temple, Skywalker heard Kenobi's voice, from whom he received further instructions. He managed to enter a secret chamber where he and the droids found three training remotes. Using what Kenobi had taught him on the *Falcon*, Skywalker gradually managed to pass the exercises after a few days, only to find himself surrounded by Imperials with orders to apprehend him and his fugitive starfighter, using Farnay as a hostage. However, Plank unexpectedly appeared and helped Skywalker fight the stormtroopers with his electrostaff, and observed that Skywalker was merely a Padawan.[22]
[2]Skywalker and Sarco Plank engage Imperial forces in the Temple of Eedit.
Planning to ransack the Temple to pay his debts, Plank then challenged him to a duel, during which he used a grenade to blind him, seeing that Skywalker would not be defeated so easily. Prepared to administer the coup de grace, Farnay interrupted him, for which Plank put binders on her; however, it gave Skywalker time to stand up and slash Plank's control box, casting him and his electrostaff into a pit leading to the temple's underlevels. Skywalker then passed out and Farnay tended his wounds, to whom he swore he would become a Jedi and rebuild the Order, and return to Eedit one day. With the droids, they left the Temple as Imperial reinforcements arrived afterwards.[22]

Back in Tikaroo, Skywalker reclaimed his now-repaired starfighter from Kivas, and before departing Devaron, he dropped several bombs at the base of the spire to cut off the paths into the jungle, meaning to stop the pikhron hunt.

Years later, after defeating the Emperor, Skywalker kept his promise to Farnay and returned to Devaron. He was accompanied by C-3PO for the trip.

#### Cymoon 1

"*You, boy, are*no*Jedi. Who are you?*"
"*You killed my father!*"
"*I've killed very many fathers. You'll have to be more specific.*"
"*I hope they'll remember you.*"
―Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker during a brief duel in Cymoon 1
Alongside Organa, Solo, Chewbacca, R2-D2, and C-3PO, Skywalker took part of a mission to infiltrate Cymoon 1. To do so, the rebel team hijacked the ship of an emissary sent by Jabba the Hutt to negotiate a weapons deal at Weapons Factory Alpha, with Solo as its replacement and Organa and Skywalker disguised as his bodyguards.[12]
[3]Luke Skywalker frees a group of captive Imperial slaves held on the grounds of Weapons Factory Alpha on Cymoon 1.
Once inside the facility, they revealed themselves as rebels to OverseerAggadeen, took their escorts down and made their way to the central power station. While Organa, Solo, and R2-D2 rigged the place to destroy it, Skywalker watched for additional Imperial troops, using what little he knew of the Force to reach out and sense any nearby presence. However, he was drawn to caged slaves, whom he proceeded to free, and guided them to a rendezvous with Solo and Organa, when they were alerted of Vader's arrival by Chewbacca.[12]

Determined to fight Vader for killing his father and Kenobi, he heard his mentor's voice speak to him from beyond, telling him to run, just as he faced the Dark Lord.[12] However, he was no match for Vader, who quickly seized Skywalker's lightsaber and was about to kill him, until he realized that Skywalker's lightsaber had been once his own. Solo then intervened with an AT-AT, crashing the walker through the factory's walls, giving Skywalker and the slaves an opening to escape from the facility.[26]
[4]Luke Skywalker is dispatched by Darth Vader following a brief confrontation on Cymoon 1.
Seeing so many of the freed slaves die by Imperial fire, Skywalker regretted his decision, but continued fighting after stealing a speeder bike. After the Rebels' walker opened fire against Vader,[26] Skywalker picked his lightsaber up from the rubble, rushed to assist his team—whose walker had fallen down due to Vader—, and provided some cover fire. Determined to destroy the factory, Skywalker disobeyed Organa's orders and used his stolen speeder bike to destroy the power core despite Vader's threat. Afterwards, he managed to board the *Millennium Falcon*, reunite with his team and escape Cymoon 1, yet with his morale at rock bottom.

#### Return to Tatooine

"*"There's nothing here for me now." That's what I said when I left this place. Let's hope I was*wrong*.*"
―Luke Skywalker
Once they returned to the Alliance Fleet, Skywalker continued working on his lightsaber techniques until Organa came to see him. Skywalker told her that he lacked interest in undertaking any more missions, as he did not consider himself a Jedi but a danger, and that until he could figure out who he was, he could not be around the Alliance; he asked Organa to let him go. Much to her and Solo's dismay, Skywalker (along with R2-D2) took off in an X-wing and set off on a course for Tatooine. Hoping to find some guidance in Kenobi's hut, Skywalker and R2 made their way across the desert to the abandoned residence, where they found it being pillaged by Tusken raiders, who fled in fear upon seeing his activated lightsaber.[28] Skywalker duels Boba Fett after being ambushed in Obi-Wan Kenobi's former home on Tatooine.
Inside the hut, Skywalker had R2 scan the ransacked place for anything of value, and the small android came across a box addressed to Skywalker. However, before they could find out its contents, one of Boba Fett's flash grenades incapacitated R2-D2 and blinded Skywalker.[21] Fett proceeded to aim a rifle to his head, but Skywalker fought back with his lightsaber despite his temporary blindness. Despite his disadvantage and multiple wounds done by Fett, Skywalker managed to deflect the bounty hunter's shot at point-blank and Fett tackled him in anger.[29]

Close to death by his own lightsaber as he struggled against Fett, R2-D2 saved him by hurling Kenobi's box and knocking the hunter out. Still blinded and carrying the box, Skywalker had R2-D2 lead him to his X-Wing.[29] On his way to an unknown location, he read some of Kenobi's passages on his journals, including one set during the Great Drought involving him.[17]

#### Showdown on Nar Shaddaa

"*You want to finally be a Jedi Knight, kid? Here's your chance. Go die like one.*"
―Kreel to Luke Skywalker
Though Kenobi's journals contained a number of stories, Skywalker became frustrated as he continued to read them as he did not understand what lessons were to be learned about using a lightsaber or wielding the Force. Though Artoo suggested returning to the fleet, Skywalker had no intention of returning until he found the answers he was seeking. Artoo's suggestion did, however, give the young Jedi an idea: to venture into the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, the former home of the Jedi Order. Before he could travel to Coruscant, however, Skywalker set a course to Nar Shaddaa, a world of pirates and outlaws known as the "Smuggler's Moon." Upon landing, Skywalker set off looking for someone who could help him get to the Jedi Temple. He entered a cantina, where he was immediately attacked by criminals looking to rob and kill him. Skywalker brandished his lightsaber and demanded that they cease their attack, while the bartender asked where he acquired a Jedi's lightsaber. He did not answer, instead saying that he was simply on Nar Shaddaa to conduct business and had already stated his purpose for entering the establishment. The bartender guessed that Skywalker was seeking entry into the Jedi Temple, meaning he would need to hire someone who could sneak him onto the capital world of the Empire. The bartender told him that he could do that for the boy, but the price would be the lightsaber—a price that Skywalker rejected, so the bartender resorted to his previous plan of killing and robbing the boy.[30] Skywalker and the thief fall towards the streets of Hutta Town, as the young Jedi reaches for his weapon.
Before the others could kill him, however, a thief stole the lightsaber and fled the bar. Skywalker gave chase,[30]pursuing the thief through the streets and over rooftops. The thief jumped onto a ship that was passing by and hung onto the bottom of it, and Skywalker used the Force to make the now-even longer jump towards them and grab the thief's leg. The thief lost his holding and both men fell towards the streets of Hutta Town below, where Skywalker retrieved his lightsaber once both he and the thief landed. The young Jedi was then confronted by Grakkus the Hutt, a Nar Shaddaa crime lord who employed the thief that stole the lightsaber. Skywalker fought the Hutt's MagnaGuard, while at the same time overhearing the thief telling Grakkus that Skywalker said his father was a Jedi and that he was seeking access to the Jedi Temple. Having his own plans for the boy, Grakkus knocked Skywalker out with a punch to the face.[31]

Skywalker later awoke to find himself in Grakkus' palace, which contained untold numbers of relics from the Jedi Order. Grakkus held out a Jedi holocron, though Skywalker did not know what it was. Grakkus, who explained that he was a collector of Jedi artifacts in addition to being a crime lord, told him that the item was a holocron and that only an individual who was strong with the Force could open it. Though Skywalker had no experience with holocrons, the Hutt gave him five seconds to open the holocron or be killed. Under threat of death, the boy reached out with the Force and was able to open the holocron, as well as the many others that were in the collection. They revealed themselves as containing historical records about the Jedi and the Sith, including the revelation that there was a Jedi Temple on Vrogas Vas. With Skywalker having proved himself, Grakkus believed he would make a fine addition to his collection as the last living Jedi.[31] Grakkus planned to put Skywalker into an arena fight that he would bill as the death of the last Jedi, so the Hutt ordered him taken to the arena's gamemaster to be prepared. Artoo, knowing that Skywalker had been captured, send a distress call to the Alliance Fleet, where it was intercepted by the High Command. Though Chancellor Mothma was unwilling to send a team of Rebels on a suicide mission despite Skywalker's importance to the Rebellion, Chewbacca and Threepio—who remained with the fleet while Solo and Organa were on their own mission—volunteered to rescue their captured friend.[31] Grakkus the Hutt's "Gamemaster" Kreel bests Skywalker in a training duel on Nar Shaddaa.
The gamemaster—secretly an Imperial stormtrooper named Sergeant Kreel[32]—introduced himself to Skywalker once the Jedi was led to the arena, and he stated that it was his job to make sure Skywalker was prepared to put on a good show before ultimately dying in the arena. Though Skywalker initially refused to fight, Kreel knew he would ultimately do so because he wanted to learn to hone his skills as a Jedi. The Kreel also told him that the Jedi Temple no longer existed, as it had been converted into the Imperial Palace—so whatever Skywalker was hoping to find was gone, as were the other Jedi temples in the galaxy. He then threw the lightsaber to Skywalker and removed the binds that the boy's hands were in. While surrounded by MagnaGuards, the Kreel used a lightsaber of his own and engaged in a duel to begin preparing him for the arena match. Though the Kreel was not a Jedi, he was a more-skilled swordsman and quickly bested Skywalker. Skywalker then engaged multiple MagnaGuards in combat.

The big event soon arrived, and crime lords and other criminal types flocked to watch the death of the last Jedi. Skywalker spoke to Grakkus, who reminded him that no one wanted to watch him win and that everyone had paid to see him die, though the young Jedi believed he could succeed nonetheless. Grakkus also revealed that scavengers had found Skywalker's X-wing and the Journal of Ben Kenobi, which Grakkus intended to add to his collection. The event began once Grakkus left, and Skywalker entered into the arena and was introduced as the last of the Jedi. The announcer claimed that he was a veteran of battles across the galaxy and that he had fought Hutts and bounty hunters alike, hyping up the untrained Jedi hopeful. The announcer then introduced the Jedi's opponent: Kongo the Disemboweler, a large and fearsome creature from the dolovite mines of Mustafar. Skywalker ignited the green-bladed lightsaber that was given to him for the show and the fight began. The young Jedi slashed his blade at the creature, but the opponent's armor was resistant to a lightsaber blade and made it difficult for Skywalker to combat the creature. He remained confident, however, reminding himself that he blew up the Death Star, fought Boba Fett, and was trained by Obi-Wan Kenobi. He closed his eyes in an attempt to use the Force as his ally, but Kongo used the opportunity to throw Skywalker across the arena and knocking him onto the ground.[34]
[5]Skywalker battles Imperial soldiers in Grakkus' arena.
The beast grabbed Skywalker as the audience cheered for Kongo to make the kill, and Skywalker tried calling out to Kenobi to ask for miracle. Just as he did so, the beast's shock collar was activated by Kreel, who revealed himself to Grakkus as an Imperial and announced he was taking Skywalker into custody. Stormtroopers poured into the arena and surrounded Skywalker, arresting both him and the Hutt. Grakkus had one trick up his sleeve, though, and triggered an electromagnetic pulse that disabled the Imperials' blasters. Grakkus, skilled at combat in his own right, began fighting the weaponless stormtroopers, while other troops grabbed Skywalker. Just then, the young Jedi saw that Artoo, who had infiltrated the palace, recovered his lightsaber and threw it into the arena, so Skywalker grabbed it and cut the soldiers down. Kongo chased the spectators out of the arena, and Skywalker while Kreel confronted Skywalker, knocking him to the ground and revealing his true identity as a stormtrooper of the 501st Legion tasked with arresting him. Skywalker was saved by the timely arrival of Grakkus, who Kreel attacked as Skywalker got away.

Skywalker regrouped with Solo, Organa, Chewbacca, and the droids, all of whom ultimately traveled to Nar Shaddaa to rescue their captive friend. Solo, Organa, and Chewbacca each wielded lightsabers that Artoo stole from the palace so they were not defenseless in the wake of the EMP blast, leading Skywalker to quip that Solo looked good with a lightsaber. Artoo recovered Kenobi's journal and Skywalker wanted to go back to the palace to recover more artifacts, but the arena was flooded with blaster-wielding stormtroopers so Chewbacca grabbed the resistant Skywalker and brought him out of the arena. The Rebels returned to the *Millennium Falcon* and escaped from Nar Shaddaa.

#### Vrogas Vas

"*...right now I'm just a Rebel pilot who needs to help his friends. Learning to be a Jedi will have to wait.*"
―Skywalker, to R2-D2[src]
Though he was unable to acquire the relics in Grakkus' palace, the holocrons he activated gave Skywalker one important piece of information: the existence of a Jedi Temple on Vrogas Vas. Skywalker returned to the Alliance but still sought answers, so he traveled to Vrogas Vas and was stationed in orbit with Red Squadron, along with Blue Squadron and Yellow Squadron. While in orbit and preparing for training exercises, Darth Vader[35]—who had learned of Skywalker's location from one of his associates, a rogue archaeologist named Aphra[36]—dropped out of hyperspace in his TIE Advanced x1 starfighter. Vader made quick work of Blue Squadron and Yellow Squadron, destroying them both as Red Squadron looked on. Skywalker sensed that Vader was the pilot of the enemy starfighter, made a run towards him, and crashed his X-wing fighter into the Sith Lord's TIE Advanced. The collision damaged both vessels and send them hurtling towards the surface of Vrogas Vas.[35]
[6]Skywalker senses the presences of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker in the temple ruins.
Skywalker and Vader both survived the crashes of their starfighters, though they impacted on the surface in different places. The young Jedi crashed outside of the ruins of the Jedi Temple, from which he witnessed the destruction of Gray Squadron forces sent to attack Vader—part of a major Rebel operation to capture the lone Sith Lord. He put off his search for answers and began to make his way towards the Rebel forces, determined to help his friends.[35] As he passed through the ruins of the Jedi Temple, he could see yet another Rebel pilot being killed by the Dark Lord. Unknown to Skywalker was that, at the same time, he was being tracked by Vader's companions—Aphra and the assassin droids BT-1 and 0-0-0. While the Sith Lord's followers prepared a plan to capture the boy, Skywalker found writings in the ruins that were written with a lightsaber, letting him deduce that the ruins were from the Jedi. A cold feeling passed over him and he could sense the presence of what he thought was Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. He tried to concentrate, but he was interrupted by what he thought was Threepio's arrival. In reality, it was Triple-Zero, painted in gold by Aphra, who placed his metal hand on Skywalker and sent an electrical charge through the boy's body, knocking him unconscious.[37]

Aphra and Triple-Zero prepared to take Skywalker hostage when Artoo stepped in to help. Bee Tee then brought his arsenal to bear on the rebel's astromech and chased him off. Aphra and Triple-Zero then seized Skywalker but were stopped by the smuggler Han Solo, who had a sniper rifle aimed at them. Chewbacca then came in and attacked the protocal droid, ripping his arm off. Skywalker then regained consciousness, dispatched Bee Tee, and sliced off Triple-Zero's other arm with his lightsaber. Skywalker and his allies then retreated when Bee Tee fired his weapons blindly.[38]

Skywalker, Solo, Chewbacca, and Artoo made their way back to the Millennium Falcon. They then lifted off in order to aid princess Leia. They were forced to the ground when their ship was crashed into by the Wookiee bounty hunter Black Krrsantan. While Solo and Chewbacca dealt with the mercenary, Skywalker left to head back to the Jedi ruins.[39]

Luke arrived back at the the Jedi temple looking for Leia. It was then that he heard the voice of Obi-wan Kenobi, who told him that he should not have come to this place and that he wasn't ready for what is coming. Luke was then intercepted by a company of stormtroopers who opened fire on him. He retreated behind cover but was hit in the head and knocked unconscious.[40]

Luke was taken prisoner by the forces of Commander Karbin. However Darth Vader, who had a rivalry with Karbin, used the force to crash the shuttle Skywalker was kept in. Now free, he then caught up with Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2. They made their way back to the Millennium Falcon, however Dr. Aphra had laid out a minefield to stop them. When she was distracted she was knocked out from behind by Princess Leia. Believing her to be of use, Organa decided to take the archaeologist with them. As they departed Vrogas Vas, Skywalker felt remorse that he wouldn't be able to go back to the temple and see what was hidden there.[41]

#### Learning the ways of the smugglerEdit

"*How else are we gonna replace the money we just lost?*"
"*Heh, don't worry, kid. I know just the thing. It's a big galaxy. And believe me, there's always something somewhere in need of smuggling.*"
―Skywalker and Solo[src]
[7]Skywalker and Solo deliver nerfs on Ibaar.
Upon returning to the Rebel fleet with their new prisoner, Doctor Aphra, Skywalker and his friends went their separate ways; Organa, Artoo, and Threepio went to detain Aphra at an Alliance-controlled space station, Sunspot Prison, with the assistance of Sana Starros, whom Organa hired to transport them to the prison.[42] Meanwhile, Solo and Skywalker were dispatched to buy supplies for the rebellion. Solo attempted to double the money he was given for supplies by betting on Sabacc. However, he was caught cheating, and had to escape with Skywalker on the Millennium Falcon.[42]

Skywalker and Solo traveled to Nar Shaddaa where Luke was tasked with finding a customer in need of a ship. He made a deal to haul nerfs to Ibaar for 5,000 credits, which was just enough to replace the credits lost by Solo. Skywalker and Solo were soon intercepted by TIE fighters who suspected the Falcon of smuggling illegal livestock.[43] Luke was able to shoot the fighters and he and Solo made it to Ibaar with the nerfs. While on Ibaar, Skywalker blackmailed Solo into allowing him to fly the Falcon for a few parsecs by threatening to tell Leia about losing the credits in a Sabacc game.[44]

After buying the supplies, Skywalker and Solo received a distress call from Sana and arrived at Sunspot Prison. They were immediately knocked out and taken captive by the masked assailant who was attacking the prison. Neither came to until after the battle had already ended and the attacker had been captured.[45]

#### Hijacking the *Harbinger*Edit

"*Chances are...This is the last voyage of the*Harbinger*. So Let's make it a memorable one*"
―Skywalker to Organa and Solo[src]
Sometime after the assault on Sunspot prison, Skywalker, along with the efforts of Red Squadron, along with Solo, Organa, and Chewbacca in the *Millennium Falcon* participated in a hijacking of the *Harbinger*, an *Imperial*-class Star Destroyer. He was crucial to securing the ship after the crew abandoned the mighty warship, barely able to eject the main reactor. Over the next week, he helped repair the ship.[46] When the time came to break the Siege on Tureen VII, Skywalker dueled Sergeant Kreel again, whose SCAR Squadron had snuck aboard. Using a Force push, Skywalker subdued the trooper, and was able to join the fight in his X-wing. Skywalker elected not to dogfight Vader's TIE fighter, and escaped into hyperspace with the rest of the Rebels.[47]

#### The Screaming CitadelEdit

Sometime later, as the Alliance was setting up a temporary base, Skywalker went to a local cantina. There he was met by Dr. Aphra, who convinced him to visit the Screaming Citadel together. There Aphra introduced him to the Queen of Ktath'atn as a Jedi. The Queen soon betrayed them, and Aphra turned him over to her as part of a deal to unlock the Rur crystal. The Queen implanted Skywalker with an Abersyn symbiote. Due to his power of the Force, he was able to overpower the Queen's own symbiote, causing chaos among the hive. Along with his Rebel friends, who had come to rescue him, they were able to escape, but not before Organa threatened to demote him back to moisture farming. Angered by Aphra's betrayal, Skywalker ordered her not to contact them again.[48]

#### Among the starsEdit

During a mission, he piloted a Taylander shuttle with Organa. He piloted into a nebula, which disabled it, forcing them to crash on an ocean planet for three weeks. Skywalker's experience with machinery such as moisture vaporators helped keep them alive. Realizing that there was a native species, so Skywalker and Organa set a trap for the Imperial forces that were pursuing them. After disabling the AT-AT, they were able to repair the shuttle and return to the Rebel Fleet.[49]

Shortly afterward, Skywalker and his team intercepted a message from R2-D2, who had gone off alone on a rescue mission. They saved R2's X-wing from Darth Vader and left in hyperspace.[50]

By then, Task Force 99 had destroyed the Horox III rebel outpost. The team arrived there, discovering the devastation. Fearing further danger, they left without burying the rebel troopers, but Skywalker insisted that they honor the dead. Together they built a cremation pile before leaving.[51]

#### Temporary outpostEdit

"*I just go word that the cargo vessel just arrived. Looks like the mission was canceled. Hope you didn't go through too much trouble.*"
―Luke Skywalker to R2-D2[src]
Sometime after the hijacking of the *Harbinger*, the Alliance established a temporary outpost on the Outer Rim planet Reamma. Leia Organa gave Luke a mission to find a missing Alliance cargo vessel. Skywalker, and his droid R2-D2, prepared to make the flight to look for them. Before they could do that, however, Organa informed Skywalker that the vessel reported in, cancelling the mission.[52]

#### Er'KitEdit

"*Rebel intelligence heard some strange things about the Malachor Company, and as soon as I got here to investigate I felt an... echo in the Force. I don't quite know how to explain it, but there's more going on here on Er'Kit than meets the eye.*"
―Luke Skywalker, during the operations on Er'Kit[src]
At some point after becoming a commander of his own, Skywalker was sent to the desert world of Er'Kit, where the locals were being oppressed by a group of mercenaries known as the Malachor Company. Upon arriving to Er'Kit to investigate, Skywalker felt mysterious echoes in the Force, which made him think there was more going on there than met the eye. Thus, he requested the help of an agent who had a reputation for desert warfare. Together, the two defeated the outposts and bases of the mercenaries. In order to ensure faster progress, Skywalker and the agent discovered from the Imperial operatives present in the sector that Imperial supplies had been ferried to Er'Kit via Nar Shaddaa, which meant a big operation. Eventually, Skywalker and the agent arrested the mercenary leader. Skywalker then successfully tracked the last members of the Malachor Company, who had holed themselves in an empty village.[53]

Among the mercenaries' possessions, Skywalker and the agent discovered a document which proved that Malachor Company was preparing to ship supplies somewhere, and its coordinates led Skywalker and the agent to an Imperial base on the planet. They subsequently attacked several of its Imperial bases until they found intelligence pertaining to the Empire's operation on Er'Kit.[53]

Having located the base from which the Imperials deployed most of their troops on E'rKit, Skywalker assaulted it with the assistance of Organa. The Rebel forces razed the base, which dealt a huge blow to the Imperial operations on the planet. Although still lacking on information of the Empire's secret experiments on the planet, Skywalker gradually discovered various logs showing that the Malachor Company had been hired by the Imperial Security Bureau. The mercenaries had been forcibly relocating natives to make room for Project Hidden Eye, which aimed at creating sleeper operatives who would spread throughout the galaxy. The project was nearly ready to send its first wave of spies.[53]

In great haste, Skywalker and the agent took their troops to the base Project Hidden Eye was being run from, defeating its staging area and taking out the installations, ending the Imperial project for good. Skywalker then thanked the agent for their services, but he himself remained on Er'Kit for a time, executing other missions for Rebel Command.[53]

#### HothEdit

"*You will go to the Dagobah system.*"
"*Dagobah system?*"
"*There, you will learn from Yoda, the Jedi Master who instructed me.*"
―Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker[src]
Three years[2] after the Death Star's destruction, Skywalker was transferred to Echo Base alongside Rogue Squadron to Hoth, where he participated in regular patrols of the frozen perimeter. Once while reconnoitering the surroundings of Echo Base, Skywalker was attacked by a wampa, only to regain consciousness in its cave. He severed its arm with his lightsaber, and escaped; after a long walk in the icy wind, he collapsed from exhaustion. Near death, he had a vision of Kenobi, who told him to seek the teachings of Yoda in the Dagobah system.[11]
[8]Luke salvaging equipment from his crashed snowspeeder on Hoth.
Rescued by Solo, Skywalker recovered from his wounds in a bacta tank. However, Vader had located Echo Base with one of his probe droids and prepared an imminent attack on the recently-opened Alliance base,[11] thus prompting the Alliance to evacuate the base at once. After bidding farewell to his friends,[54] for the impending battle, Skywalker led the Rogue Squadron in an airspeeder. Though he was shot down, and his gunner Dak Ralter was killed, he got out of his damaged speeder and single-handedly destroyed a walker with his lightsaber. As Imperial forces breached the Rebels' defenses, the last Rebel transport departed, and Skywalker fled the planet aboard his X-wing with R2-D2.[11]

#### DagobahEdit

"*Will he finish what he begins?*"
"*I won't fail you. I'm not afraid.*"
"*Oh, you will be. You will be.*"
―Yoda and Luke Skywalker — [9]Listen (file info)[src]
[10]Master Yoda trains Luke Skywalker in the ways of the Force on Dagobah.
Skywalker then traveled to Dagobah, where he encountered the former Grand Master of the fallen Jedi Order, Yoda. In their initial meeting, Skywalker was frustrated and impatient and was rather short-tempered with the diminutive Yoda, who did not initially identify himself and purposefully tested Skywalker's patience, telling him a story about three brothers.[54] However, Skywalker gained a new appreciation for the small creature upon learning his identity, and Yoda agreed to train Skywalker only at the insistence of Kenobi's spirit. Skywalker's training proved to be difficult, as his adventurous past had shaped his mind toward action and emotional instinct.[11]

When Yoda asked him to enter a cave in which he was supposed to find only what he took with him, he was challenged by a vision of himself wearing Vader's armor.[11] Master and apprentice then had an encounter with a raging elephoth, which Skywalker managed to calm by leading her to her child.[54] Shortly after, he had a vision of Han Solo and Leia Organa suffering at Cloud City on Bespin. Despite Yoda and Kenobi's warnings and disapproval, Skywalker rashly departed from Dagobah to rescue them but not before making a promise to return to Dagobah to complete his training.[11]

#### Vader's trapEdit

"*Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.*"
"*He told me enough! He told me you killed him!*"
"*No.*I*am your father.*"
―Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker — [11]Listen (file info)[src]
[12]Luke Skywalker duels Darth Vader in Cloud City on Bespin.
Upon his arrival at Cloud City's East Platform, Skywalker felt Vader's presence,[54] and went into the nearest building, where he was shot at by Boba Fett, and tried to pursue a group of stormtroopers and Imperial officers who held Organa, Chewbacca, and C-3PO captive. The princess attempted to warn Skywalker that he was walking into a trap, but his path was diverted to the carbon-freezing chamber where Darth Vader awaited him, with the intention to freeze him in carboniteto present him to the Emperor. Skywalker engaged the Dark Lord in a fierce duel.[11]
[13]Skywalker learns the terrible truth about his father.
After severing Skywalker's hand from his body, Vader attempted to seduce the weakened Jedi to the dark side of the Force, offering Skywalker the chance to destroy the Emperor and "bring order to the galaxy." In his efforts to sway Skywalker from his defiant refusals, Vader then revealed his identity as Skywalker's father.[11] Faced with this shocking and horrifying claim, which he was sure was a lie at the time,[55] and the temptation to join Vader, Skywalker chose likely death instead by throwing himself down the long shaft surrounding them.

He was sucked through an opening portal at the bottom of the chamber, which brought him outside the floating city. Skywalker grabbed onto a weather vane, preventing a fall to his death. Weak and helpless, Skywalker at first called out for Kenobi, unsuccessfully, but then reached out to Organa through the Force. Soon, the *Millennium Falcon*, with Lando Calrissian, Organa, Chewbacca, and the droids onboard, arrived to rescue him. As they escaped from Bespin, and the *Falcon* was faced with the Imperial fleet, Vader reached out to Skywalker through the Force, calling him "son."[11] Skywalker fought tears back, after hearing the word he had always longed to hear,[54] just as the *Falcon* made the jump into hyperspace thanks to R2-D2. Back at the Rebel fleet, Skywalker received a prosthetic hand onboard the Nebulon-B frigate *Redemption*, while Calrissian and Chewbacca set out to find Solo.[11]

#### ZastigaEdit

"*Weapons and war don't make you a Jedi. I know that now.*"
―Luke Skywalker[src]
After the command of Red Squadron was transferred to Antilles following his promotion to squadron leader, which pleased Skywalker,[55] he declined to rejoin the squadron and chose to be stationed onboard the *Redemption*.[56]When he went to Zastiga, he and R2-D2 were the ones to greet Organa on her arrival to the planet after she and C-3PO left the *Mellcrawler*, piloted by its owner Nien Nunb and Lieutenant Caluan Ematt. When the time came for Organa to attend the top clearance meeting with the Rebel leadership, Skywalker and Nunb met with Antilles for a discussion of "reconnaissance tactics" about Antilles' refusal to pay the Sullustan a drink. He would later return to escort Organa to her quarters before going to his, and two days later, he saw her off, before catching his own shuttle back to the *Redemption*.[56]

Soon afterwards, he would go to Kothlis, where he would learn of Solo's location—still frozen in carbonite and kept in Jabba the Hutt's palace—, and where he would keep himself up-to-date with the status of the Alliance Fleet's assembly. He had already devised a plan to rescue Solo when Organa contacted him following the successful Operation Yellow Moon, and showed eagerness to join him on his attempts to rescue the Corelliansmuggler.[56]

#### Solo's rescueEdit

"*I am taking Captain Solo and his friends. You can either profit by this or be destroyed. It's your choice, but I warn you not to underestimate my powers.*"
―Luke to Jabba the Hutt — [14]Listen (file info)[src]
In 4 ABY,[2] Skywalker set in motion the plan to rescue Solo from Jabba the Hutt.[13] Once again, Skywalker returned to Tatooine, and to Kenobi's hut, wherein he found the missing parts he needed for the construction of his own lightsaber, the pieces left to him by Kenobi. While his friends bustled about preparing for the rescue, Skywalker retreated into the solitude of a desert cave they had chosen as their rendezvous point. Using the Force to assemble the weapon, he brought the kyber crystal inside to life, making the weapon his own, almost an extension of himself.[55]

Afterwards, Skywalker waited to see if Organa's impersonation of Boushh and liberation of Solo was successful without his intervention, but she was only half-successful. She then sent a message to Skywalker and Calrissian that she had been captured as well, prompting Skywalker to act and go to Jabba's Palace.[55] Skillful use of the Force allowed Skywalker to get past Jabba's Gamorrean guards and his majordomo, Bib Fortuna, but the Hutt was not so easily swayed and attempted to feed Skywalker to his rancor.[13]
[15]Luke Skywalker battles the forces of Jabba the Hutt during the rescue of Han Solo on Tatooine.
Skywalker killed the monster, but Jabba was furious and sentenced all the captured Alliance heroes–including an unfrozen Solo–to death in the Great Pit of Carkoon. However, right before he was put into the pit, Skywalker escaped when R2-D2 shot his lightsaber to him and freed the other prisoners on the skiff. A skirmish ensued in which Skywalker protected his friends, ended the life of several of Jabba's thugs including Klaatu,[55] and helped Organa escape the *Khetanna* after she had killed the Hutt. After destroying the sail barge, Skywalker and his entire team escaped unscathed through a dangerous sandstorm, after which he boarded his X-Wing with R2-D2 and parted ways with the others.[13]

#### Keeping the promiseEdit

"*Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force. He ceased to be Anakin Skywalker and became Darth Vader. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view.*"
―Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker[src]
Skywalker then returned to Dagobah to complete his training,[13] but the elderly and dying Yoda, who had used the Force to prolong his life beyond what was natural, could only leave a few pieces of wisdom to Skywalker.[55]Yoda told him that his training was complete, but in order to be a true Jedi, he would have to confront Darth Vader again.[13] Having grown less and less sure since the revelation, Skywalker feared that it was the truth,[55] he inquired if Vader was truly his father. Skywalker received such confirmation from Yoda,[13] which angered him that they had lied to him for so long.[55] After warning him not to underestimate the Emperor's powers and that as "the last of the Jedi" he had to pass on what he had learned, Yoda made one final revelation to Skywalker before he became one with the Force—that there was "another Skywalker."[13]

Sensing his turmoil,[55] the spirit of Kenobi appeared before Skywalker, who confronted him for lying about his father. Claiming that Anakin Skywalker had disappeared upon his fall to the dark side, Kenobi told him he needed to face Vader. Skywalker found the notion of killing his own father painful to accept, and claimed he could not do it. He also asked about who Yoda was referring to earlier, and Kenobi told him it was his twin sister. Skywalker instantly recognized it was Organa, but his old master warned him that she would be in peril if their father discovered her identity.[13] Skywalker almost immediately inquired about their mother's identity and fate, but Kenobi asked him to let that truth stay with him for a while longer, as he knew Skywalker carried too many burdens already.[55]

#### Endor's test

"*Now, go, my son. Leave me.*"
"*No. You're coming with me. I'll not leave you here. I've got to save you!*"
"*You already have, Luke. You were right. You were right about me. Tell your sister… you were right.*"
―Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker — [16]Listen (file info)[src]
[17]Skywalker on Endor.Skywalker nevertheless accompanied his friends on the mission to the forested moon of Endor to destroy the shield generator that protected the Death Star II in orbit, volunteering immediately upon arrival at the Rebel briefing above Sullust. As they approached the moon on the *Tydirium*, Skywalker sensed Vader's presence on the nearby Super Star Destroyer *Executor* and realized his presence was endangering the mission; yet, it was his presence that prompted Vader to allow their landing. Upon doing so, the Rebel force was discovered by Imperial scout troopers, and Skywalker and Organa pursued them on speeder bikes. Though they successfully stopped the scouts, Organa became separated from Skywalker.[13]

Upon learning of her disappearance, Solo, Skywalker, Chewbacca, and the droids went looking for her, only to be captured by a tribe of Ewoks. Using the Force to prove C-3PO’s deific "magic", Skywalker convinced the Ewoks to release them and, after C-3PO's tale of their adventures, the whole group was accepted as a part of the village.[13] However, Skywalker felt as Vader reached out to him through the Force and landed on the moon,[55] and knew that he had to confront Vader; he decided to leave his friends, only after revealing to Organa her true familial heritage. Not long after, Skywalker surrendered to Vader in an attempt to bring the Dark Lord back to the light side,[13] and although he managed to make Vader question the dark truths that had long ruled him,[55] Skywalker ultimately became a prisoner of the Emperor as he was escorted to his throne room.[13]
[18]Luke Skywalker duels Darth Vader before Emperor Palpatine aboard Death Star II at the Battle of Endor.
As the Battle of Endor unfolded before their eyes, and Rebel casualties began to mount, Emperor Palpatine attempted to corrupt Skywalker with promises of saving his friends and the Rebel fleet, should Luke agree to join the dark side. Giving in to the temptation to strike Sidious down, Skywalker seized his lightsaber and lashed out against the Emperor. Luke's would-be killing blow was intercepted by Darth Vader and the final battle between father and son began. Unlike their previous encounter on Bespin (where Vader was largely able to dominate the proceedings, throughout), this time the pair would fight as equals. After successfully parrying a flurry of blows, Luke sent Vader tumbling down a stairwell before regaining his composure and appealing to the good in his father. Vader, for his part, would have none of it and attacked. Again, Luke was able to fend-off his attacker and, citing a conflict Skywalker had sensed in his father's intentions, stated his refusal to continue with the fight. Eventually, Vader would send Luke scurrying into a corner of the throne room, where Skywalker would bide his time hiding in darkness. While searching for Luke's whereabouts, Vader began to use the Force to probe his son's mind, eventually uncovering the existence of Luke's twin sister. Grasping his opening, Vader announced that if Luke continued to refuse to be turned to the dark side, then perhaps his sister would make for a more suitable candidate. Finally overcome with anger, an indignant Luke Skywalker dropped any pretense of holding back, emerging from the darkness and unleashing a ferocious, hate-fueled attack against his tormentor. Skywalker pummeled Vader, bringing one heavy blow after another down upon his father's blade and eventually driving the Sith Lord to his knees. With one final, devastating strike of his lightsaber, Skywalker sliced Vader's hand off at the wrist, sending it—and the weapon it still gripped—cascading down into the depths below. A cackling Sidious, pleased with Skywalker's unprecedented assault, encouraged Luke to kill his father and take Vader's place at the Emperor's side.[13]

Realizing that he was becoming what he sought to destroy, Luke threw his lightsaber away and declared himself a Jedi, just as Anakin Skywalker had been before him. Enraged, Sidious unleashed Force lightning against Skywalker, intent on torturing and killing him.[13] Unable to stand idly by as his son writhed in pain, Vader cast the Emperor,Luke push his lightsaber back and strike the Emperor down and falls the reactor shaft to his death. In doing so, however, Vader turned Sidious's lethal Force lightning on himself, irreparably damaging his life-supporting armor. Anakin Skywalker in his final moments with his son. On the rapidly-deteriorating Death Star after Calrissian and Antilles destroyed its core, Skywalker carried Anakin to the Imperial shuttle *ST 321*, where he was asked to remove his father's mask. Skywalker looked upon his father's face for the first and only time. Though Skywalker was insistent on saving Anakin, his father assured him that he already had, and told him to tell Leia he was right about him before passing away.

Skywalker took his father's body on board the shuttle and escaped just before the Death Star's destruction,[13] when he was almost intercepted by Green Squadron's Shara Bey, who proceeded to cover him from TIE/IN interceptors after he identified himself.[57] Back on Endor, Skywalker cremated his father's armor in the manner of a Jedi's funeral, and then joined his friends and sister in the celebration. It was during this moment of celebration that Skywalker saw the onlooking Force spirits of Kenobi, Yoda, and his father, looking at him in approval and with a sense of peace.[55][13]

In the battle's aftermath, Skywalker reported to the Rebel Alliance that the Emperor and Darth Vader were dead. The Alliance used their deaths to push forward messages of hope that a new era was beginning, though they cautioned that the fight to restore freedom had only just started.[58] In the days ahead, the Rebel Alliance began the formation of the New Republic, a successor state to the Galactic Republic. The Empire, meanwhile, reeled from its defeat and its leadership was in chaos, and the Imperial government claimed that the reports of the Emperor's demise were treasonous propaganda.

#### Stopping a Gorax

"*Go help them. I'll be your distraction*"
―Luke Skywalker to Leia Organa
Following the Battle of Endor, Skywalker and Organa helped the Ewoks Kneesaa and Wicket W. Warrick reset their traps to stop a Gorax. Sensing that Ewoks and Organa needed time to complete the task, Skywalker used his lightsaber to slice through a log that the Gorax had thrown at him before he threw his lightsaber to Organa to use to cut a log.

Leaves Endor

During his left the endor Luke meets Ahsoka Tano his father's Former Apprentice.Tano told about to restore the Jedi Order and republic and end the war.then she want to find one lost Jedi Ezra Bridger .After know about plans Luke and R2-D2 take off x-wing and find a map about it.

#### Pillio

"*If the Empire is here, then what I sensed is true. There must be something special about this place.*"
―Luke Skywalker to R2-D2
Luke, with the help of Del Meeko, found the Emperor's observatory. Not long after the Battle of Endor, Skywalker felt a calling from Pillio in the Jinata system. Chasing the call, Luke along with R2 took his X-wing and set course for the remote aquatic planet. When they arrived, the two came across an Imperial Shuttle making its descent, confirming Skywalker's suspicions that the planet held something of importance. He left his faithful Astromech Droid with his ship, and it wasn't long before the young Jedi encountered Stormtroopers on guard, who attacked him on sight. Skywalker made his way through several dozens of troopers and officers, remarking that the Empire must have been searching the planet. Sensing something unnatural from within a nearby cave, the Jedi found that native wildlife, Scritters, were attacking the invading imperials. Hearing cries for help, Skywalker made his way further into the depths of the planet to find Del Meeko, a member of Imperial Special Forces Unit Inferno Squad, with his arm stuck in the amber of the Scritters. Despite their different allegiances, Skywalker used his lightsaber to cut through the amber and free the soldier. When Meeko asked why the Jedi helped him, Skywalker simply responded, 'Because you asked'.

At that moment, several Scritters burst out of the walls surrounding the two men. Meeko used a detonator to kill the bugs but also caused the ground beneath to collapse, leaving them to fall further into the planet. They landed in a small shallow stream of water, and Skywalker used the Force to protect Meeko from falling rocks. After being helped to his feet, Meeko remarked that stories of the Jedi always scared him as a young boy. Skywalker responded that if they want to get out, they'll need to work together. Making their way through the caves, Luke shared that the Force has brought them to together and apologizes for killing the rest of his men; he was reluctant to do so, but they left him no choice, while Meeko did. As the two made their way out of the cave, Del revealed that the Emperor had an observatory on the planet and that Meeko was tasked with destroying it. Skywalker and Meeko eventually escaped the cave and gained access to the observatory by destroying its defense system.

Skywalker discovered that the key to opening the vault door is to use the Force, prompting Meeko to wonder why the observatory could only be opened by the Force and if the man who hunted down the Jedi was secretly one of them. Luke suggested that Del had learned to fear the wrong thing. The two investigated the vault, apparently full of junk, and Skywalker took a compass a map to the Ezra Bridger. When Meeko asked why he should be allowed to keep it, Skywalker responded, 'Because I asked'. As the two left, Skywalker remarked that the Empire had done enough damage to innocent worlds and that Meeko could choose not between the Empire or the Rebellion, but to be a better person. He wished the Force with Meeko before leaving.

#### Kamino

After take a compass Skywalker share a plan in compass to Tano and Wren. that the plan lead them to the kamino to find Ezra Bridger

#### Vetine

"*And*why*exactly are we doing this?*"
"*Because in the*lab*at the heart of that base is something the Emperor*stole*a long time ago. We're taking it*back*.*"
―Shara Bey and Luke Skywalker[src]
[19]Luke Skywalker and Shara Bey recover the last fragments of a Great Tree from an Imperial research base on Vetine.
In 5 ABY,[62] three months after the Battle of Endor, Skywalker planned a mission to an Imperial research base on the planet Vetine in order to retrieve the last remaining fragment of a Force-sensitive tree. The tree, which once dwelled in the heart of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, was stolen by the Emperor after he came to power and converted the Jedi Temple into the Imperial Palace. Skywalker recruited Shara Bey to fly as his co-pilot on the mission, and, along with Artoo, they flew a stolen Imperial shuttle, *Antarra*, to Vetine. While en route, Skywalker told Bey about the plan, including how she would pose as ISB Agent Alecia Beck, using codes obtained by Solo and the Pathfinders during a raid on an ISB base at the Wretch of Tayron. Upon their arrival, Bey claimed she was Agent Beck and that she had arrived to perform an unannounced inspection. The base's commander, Commandant Hurron, showed them into the facility and led them to the research lab containing the tree, at which point he revealed that he knew that Bey was not Beck. Hurron questioned why two Rebels would break into the facility, and Skywalker explained the importance of the tree—which he found had two remaining fragments. Skywalker and Bey fought their way out of the base, making their way through numerous stormtroopers who attempted to stop their escape. Once back at *Antarra*, Hurron ordered his forces to throw thermal detonators at the escaping Rebels, but Skywalker used the Force to deflect them back, killing Hurron and several of his stormtroopers in an explosion.[63]

The Rebel trio made their way back towards the Alliance Fleet. During the trip back, Skywalker and Bey discussed the latter's future plans for service in the Rebellion, as Skywalker knew that Bey was considering leaving the Alliance to reunite with her husband, Pathfinder Sergeant Kes Dameron, and their son Poe. Bey was unsure as to whether she wanted to leave the Rebels behind, but Skywalker's guidance helped Bey decide to leave the Alliance. The Jedi Knight gifted one of the tree fragments to her, as he had only expected to find one, believing that the important relic would be kept safe with Bey and her family. She and Dameron planted it outside of their new home on Yavin 4.

### Restoring the Jedi Order

"*He was training a new generation of Jedi. There was no one else left to do it, so he took the burden on himself. Everything was going good, until one boy, an apprentice, turned against him and destroyed it all. Everything Luke had worked toward: gone. Luke felt responsible. He walked away from everything.*"
―Han Solo[src]
The Galactic Civil War came to a close with the signing of the Galactic Concordance, a peace treaty between the Republic and the Empire that forced the Empire to remain within pre-established borders, though the remnants of the once-powerful military force disappeared into the Unknown Regions.[64] Following the signing of the treaty, Han and Leia gave birth to their son and Luke's nephew, Ben Solo. There were rumors that Luke visited his sister and Han before disappearing on an untold mission. Others claimed that his absence was conspicuous.[65]

Following the Empire's defeat, Skywalker continued to seek out Jedi lore, hoping to find information that the Empire had erased, Gatalenta being one of the first destinations in his search.[14] He was aided by Lor San Tekka, an explorer and member of the Church of the Force.[66] San Tekka was old enough to remember the Jedi Knights before the Clone Wars, and he did not believe the Emperor's lies about how the Jedi betrayed the Old Republic.[64] San Tekka, who believed that the return of the Jedi Order was essential to bring balance to the Force,[10] became a valuable ally for both Skywalker and Organa.[64] During this time, Luke began to teach Leia the ways of the Force as his first apprentice. Leia learned some basics but ultimately decided her destiny lied in the political arena in the fledgling New Republic.[15]

Fulfilling the dying wish of Jedi Master Yoda,[13] Skywalker set out to begin training a new generation of Jedi, passing on everything that he had learned in his own training. He based his new Jedi Order at a secret Jedi Temple of which only those in his order and his loyal droid R2-D2 knew the location.

He found a dozen Force-sensitives who became his Padawans, including his nephew, Ben. Ben's parents could tell that he felt the pull of the dark side of the Force and feared he was much like his grandfather, so they sent him to be trained by Skywalker in the hopes that it would help him. Luke briefly succumbs to fear and anger, igniting his lightsaber, momentarily considering ending his nephew's life.
During this time, a being known as Snoke began influencing Ben from afar, clouding him with the dark side. Luke sensed this and, one night, began to probe Ben's mind as he lay asleep. Seeing the dark designs of his apprentice's mind, Luke briefly succumbed to fear and anger and ignited his lightsaber, only to realize the mistake he was making. Too late, Ben awoke and seeing this, pulled his lightsaber in self-defense and attacked Luke, using the Force to pull down the hut on top of him. When Luke came around, he emerged from the rubble of the hut to find his temple destroyed, with his apprentices either killed or gone to follow Ben. A broken Luke blamed himself and lost his faith in the Force and that time his own son arrived by his ship reunion for last time asking what happen he warning that jedi is gone he ask his son to return to corona asking the senate to prepare for a great war his son seeing his disappearing into exile and leaving R2 behind taking off in his X-Wing. No one knew for sure where he went, but those closest to him and his son believed he went off in search of the first Jedi Temple and death in there. The Jedi Master eventually discovered the location of the Temple on an aquatic planet named Ahch-To, where he made his exile and shut himself off from the Force. With his nascent Jedi Order in ruins, Luke Skywalker prepares to enter into a self-imposed exile.To those who knew what Skywalker was seeking, there remained a way to find him: after destroying the Jedi, the Empire had begun to seek out the thousands of Jedi temples scattered across the galaxy, with the aim to prevent anyone from discovering the lost secrets of the Order. As such, Imperial authorities discovered the locations of some of the first Jedi Temples, including the one on Ahch-To. The information remained within the archives of the Empire, the access to which was severely restricted after the Galactic Civil War. The First Order was able to acquire most of the map, save for a fraction which was apparently stolen by Lor San Tekka. As he had downloaded most of the information possessed by the Empire during his time on the Death Star, R2-D2, Skywalker's faithful astromech, was also able to recover the contents of the map, but only by going into low power mode, which allowed him to sort through the wealth of information present in the Empire's archives.[67]

### Exile on Ahch-To

"*...Luke Skywalker may be the only hope we have left.*"
―General Leia Organa
Luke during his exile on Ahch-To.
Absent though he may have been from galactic affairs, Skywalker's story was nonetheless a thing of myth and legend in certain corners of the galaxy. His exploits in the Galactic Civil War were known to the Resistance, a band of freedom fighters led by now-General Organa to combat the rise of the First Order. Resistance fighter pilot Jessika Pava learned that C-3PO, who also served in the Resistance, knew Skywalker and asked the droid to tell her a story about his former master. Threepio regaled her with the tale of Skywalker's encounter with Sarco Plank on Devaron, and how Skywalker kept his promise to Farnay and indeed returned to Devaron.[22] Members of the First Order, however, had a less-than-ideal view of the Jedi Master; the First Order taught their followers, including stormtroopers like FN-2187, that Skywalker was an enemy who helped destroy the Empire. Despite the knowledge about Skywalker, the mystical elements of his life, as well as the Jedi in general, were seen as mythic rather than historic.[68]

In 34 ABY, thirty years after the Battle of Endor, Organa sent Resistance fighter Poe Dameron,[10] the son of Shara Bey and Kes Dameron,[64] to Jakku to find San Tekka and recover the map to Skywalker's alleged location, as she hoped her brother would return and help in the fight against the dark side. The First Order also learned of the map and sought it so they could destroy the one remaining Jedi. San Tekka gave the map to Dameron, who in turn gave it to his astromech droid BB-8, before Kylo Ren and the First Order arrived. Ren killed San Tekka and took Dameron into custody in the hopes of finding the map, while BB-8 came into the possession of a Jakku scavenger named Rey. Rey believed that Skywalker was only a myth, but she too possessed a latent Force ability that she had not yet discovered. Rey teamed with FN-2187, who took the name Finn after defecting from the First Order, and, with the help of Han Solo and Chewbacca, sought to return the map fragment to the Resistance. Rey presents Luke with his father's lightsaber.
After Rey discovered the lightsaber that once belonged to both Anakin and Luke in the pirate castle belonging to Maz Kanata, a thousand year-old being who had knowledge of the Force, she began to unlock her own Force abilities. BB-8's map fragment was soon combined with R2-D2's, and together they provided a complete map to Ahch-To. Rey took the lightsaber with her and found the old Jedi Master on an island.

When Rey arrived on the island, Luke was standing up top the saddle, summoning the will to try to torch the tree library again having just failed to do so. After making her way to Luke, Rey presented him with his father's old weapon as a symbol of the only hope that the galaxy had left.

### A reluctant teacher and enlightenment

Luke Skywalker agreed to train Rey after R2-D2 replayed Leia's message.
After taking his father's lightsaber and looking it over, Luke tossed it behind him and left the plateau, with Rey following close behind him. Despite her repeated attempts, Luke declined to help her or the Resistance. Eventually, Rey and Chewbacca broke into Luke's hut and revealed that Han was dead, stunning Luke. When Rey discovered several original texts of Jedi teachings hidden within a sacred tree on the island, Luke learned that she had the Force within her and sought assistance to understand it and her place in the galaxy. Luke revealed that he had come to the place where the Jedi started in order to die as the last of the Jedi. The next night, the former Jedi Master slipped into the *Millennium Falcon* and recalled the adventures he had experienced. While aboard, Luke reunited with R2 who, after he insisted that he could not be convinced to help, replayed Leia's holographic message to Obi-Wan. This inspired Luke to agree to give Rey some basic initiation training as a Jedi, explaining the basic foundations of the Force. During the first lesson, Rey sensed the presence of the dark side cavern underneath the island, causing the ground to shake around them as Rey felt the pull of the dark side. It was at this moment that Luke realized Rey's level of power was identical to that of his nephew Ben, causing him to worry whether he should train another with such power and to promptly abandon the lesson. He later found Rey practicing with her quarterstaff and then with the returned lightsaber. He silently watched from afar and his concern and dismay only increased when he witnessed her speed and ferocity with the weapon allowing her to slice through several rock formations apart with ease.

Eventually after the second lesson, Luke revealed that his nephew Ben had the same tremendous power in the Force she had and was warped by Snoke's teachings to the dark side, becoming Kylo Ren. He then destroyed the Jedi temple Luke had started, taking some of his other apprentices with him and killing the rest. Luke went to the cliffside outcrop and managed to regain his Force abillities, which were supressed for years after he shut himself off the Force allowing him to sense his sister from across the galaxy.[6] After restoring his connection to the Force, Luke came to realize that Rey had been right about her, the Resistance and Leia needing him. He went to find Rey in order to tell her that he was going back to the Resistance with her[69] but instead he found Rey talking with Kylo Ren through the Force due to a Force-bond that he previously was unable to detect. Witnesses them touching hands, Luke blew the roof off of the hut Rey was in before ordering her to leave the planet. An enraged Rey proceeded to battle Luke with her staff, only to be swiftly disarmed, leading to Rey threatening him with his father's lightsaber. She revealed that, according to Kylo, Luke had tried to murder him while he was asleep and defenseless, sparking a duel between mentor and student. Luke clarified that when he had arrived at the hut, he sensed the power and darkness within his nephew and, for a brief instant, did desire to kill him and activated his lightsaber on instinct. However the moment passed and left him filled with shame, for the look on his nephew's face was not one of darkness, but of a scared child, only for the boy to collapse the hut around them in self-defense.[6]

Rey told Luke that like when he confronted his father about the light side still within him, she sensed the goodness still within Kylo Ren. Luke disagreed, saying that it is no longer there. Unable to convince him otherwise, Rey secretly stole the texts to teach herself later and left the planet without him to confront Kylo. As Rey boarded the *Millennium Falcon*, Luke saw R2 for the last time and told him to send his best to Threepio and that he would need to stay with Rey to make sure she got back to safety. Luke listens as Yoda explains that 'failure is the greatest teacher.'
The following night, Luke returned to the tree containing the Jedi texts with the intention of burning it to the ground. As he approached the tree, he was greeted by the spirit of Yoda,  whom he had not seen in decades since he last saw him on Dagobah and Endor. Luke affirmed his desire to burn the tree with the texts inside but then began to hesitate when he attempted to do so. Yoda instead proceeded to summon a bolt of lightning, setting the tree alight and while laughing, repelled Luke with the flames when he changed his mind and tried to save the texts. As the tree burned, the two masters sat next to each other and Yoda reminded Luke that he needed to heed his final instructions to him before Yoda's physical death on Dagobah, namely passing down what he had learned. Luke lamented over the loss of the texts, but Yoda slyly stated that although the texts held wisdom, 'page turners, they were not', and they didn't contain anything Rey did not already have with her. Luke tried to explain that by failing Ben he felt that he a had failed the Jedi, but Yoda explained that 'failure is the greatest teacher' and that failure was an essential part of what he had implored Luke to pass on so many years before.

### Finding peace and purpose

"*Strike me down in anger, and I'll always be with you. Just like your father. [...] See you around, kid.*"
―Luke Skywalker's last words to Kylo Ren
Luke confronts his former apprentice and nephew on Crait.
Luke later appeared at the Resistance base on Crait and greeted his sister for the first time in years. Reconciling his failure to stop Kylo and for not being there to prevent Han's death, Luke resolved to finally confront Kylo to buy the Resistance time to escape. Before Luke went to confront his nephew, he wordlessly greeted his old friend C-3PO.

Stepping outside, Luke was spotted and targeted by a barrage of cannon fire from multiple AT-M6walkers, but when the fusillade came to a stop, Luke strolled out of the smoke completely unharmed. Kylo Ren, having witnessed the impossible feat, approached Luke on foot. Kylo taunted Luke, and mockingingly asked him if he had come to save his former apprentice's soul. But Luke knew that Kylo was already lost, and acknowledged that he was not there to redeem him.

Engaging his former master in combat, Kylo charged at Skywalker but Skywalker simply danced around Kylo without engaging in any form of counter attack. After evading Kylo for a time, Luke stopped and apologized to Kylo, stating that he had failed him. He also informed his former student that victory was not so certain as he believed; that the war was only beginning, and that the Jedi would continue. He then deactivated his lightsaber and offered to let Kylo strike him down, but warned him that doing so in anger would only cause him pain, just as killing Han had, and stated that in death, he would always be with his nephew.

Kylo ignored all these warnings and slashed Skywalker across the torso. Believing himself to have been victorious, he was instead astonished to find that his attack had had no effect on Luke. He walked over to his former master and tentatively ran him through, and discovered that Luke was not physically present; he was in fact projecting an illusion of himself through the Force. The illusion was tailored to have the maximum effect on Kylo, as Luke portrayed himself as he had last appeared to his nephew before they came to blows. Likewise, he portrayed himself as wielding Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber, knowing that it would have more effect on Kylo than if he had used his green blade. Luke beholds Ahch-To's binary sunset moments before he becomes one with the Force.
Luke taunted Kylo one last time, and his image faded into nothingness. Light

years away, Luke collapsed from the mental toil necessary to sustain such a lifelike illusion, which Kylo realized meant that Luke would become one with the Force. As he sat down on the cliff where he first trained Rey, Luke beheld the twin suns of Ahch-To in their final descent towards the horizon. Hearing a familiar voice saying 'Let go, Luke', though uncertain if it was real or if it was just from his memory, Luke did so and silhouetted by the binary sunset, Luke Skywalker passed away, joining his father,mother,other friends and former masters as one with the Force, finally Rest in Peace.

### Legacy

"*Today we lost all something and then we lost him he Sacrificed* *himself to save the rest of the Resistance I guess My Hero did kind of end up being my dad after all, and it was you, Luke. I had a pretty cool dad That I ever had.*"
―James Skywalker
#### Post Mortem

One of the most influential people in the entire galaxy, Luke Skywalker's accomplishments would be remembered for decades. Within the annals of the Resistance, basic training would see all pilots in its Starfighter Corpslearning the Skywalker Swoop, which was based on Luke's piloting abilities during the Galactic Civil War. Many remembered him for destroying the Death Star and killing the Emperor,[14] and as such viewed him as a hero of mythic proportions. Some questioned whether or not Luke could have used his powers for evil, while others simply viewed him as a myth.

#### Funeral

After his death. His passing was felt by James,Josh,Jane,Rey and Leia Organa who noted that he was content and at peace.The Corona royal Bureau Household give him a funeral by the force warriors,Corona's Royal Family and people at corona on sanctuary in Corona Atmosphere ring orbit, ground of palace and the sea naval the funeral is run as Jedi Funeral from Clone war during the funeral Proceeding it about as The King send called the rest of the Outer rim allies and resistance who came to join and gave a Final Farewell to Skywalker.

## Personality

Much like his father, Anakin Skywalker, Luke is intelligent, wise, selfless, brave, prideful, impulsive, and loyal. He has a sense of justice, honor and good morals; of course, like his father, he is sometimes overconfident, short-tempered, hot-headed, aggressive, unpredictable, impatient, difficult, and emotionally insecure.

He is known to be rebellious, headstrong, reckless, impulsive, kind and caring, traits he developed from both his parents. He has the ability to see the good in others, and he is not a very good liar.

After losing his right hand to Darth Vader, Luke becomes far more calm, level-headed and patient. Despite the fact that he now has better control over his emotions and temper, then his father was in his youth, Luke still has his moments of losing his patience and temper.

Over the course of his life Luke went from being a well mannered and kind yet occasionally moody and uptight teenager to a calm, level headed and wise man who saw the best in people even if they couldn't, mainly his father and succeeded in bringing him back to the side of good. However later in life after starting the new Jedi academy Luke became embittered and grief stricken when most of his apprentices were slaughtered by his own nephew Ben Solo (Kylo Ren), and went into exile out of his despair.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **The Force:** As the son of the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker, Luke is immensely powerful, and has an amazingly strong connection to the Force, stronger than any Force user currently alive. Luke's Force potential is equal to that of even his father. By the time of the events of *The Force Awakens*, Luke's Force potential has greatly increased to the point were he is a threat to Snoke, the Knights of Ren and the First Order.
	+ **Telekinesis:** Luke utilizes Telekinesis either as offensive or defensive purposes.
		- **Force Push:** Luke utilizes Force Push to send his opponents flying through the air, causing them serious injury or temporarily incapacitating them/knocked them unconscious.
		- **Force Pull:** Luke utilizes Force Pull to pull objects towards him.
		- **Force Grip:** Luke utilized Force Grip to lift his opponents off the ground and into the air to immobilize them.
		- **Force Choke:** Luke utilizes Force Choke to either weaken, kill or intimidate his opponents.
		- **Force Crush:** Luke utilizes Force Crush to crush objects, including droids.
	+ **Mind Trick:** Luke utilizes Mind Trick to control the minds of other sentient beings, however, it does not work on individuals who have very strong wills.
	+ **Telepathy:** Luke utilizes Telepathy to mentally communicate over small or vast distances with other individuals; his telepathy is so powerful, that he was able to contact literally all the Jedi across the galaxy to Ossus to make the announcement of him taking on the role as Grand Master of the New Jedi Order and to issue his views about the role of the New Order to his Jedi.
	+ **Force Sense:** Luke utilizes Force sense, to sense another sentient being's emotions, the future, ripples in the Force caused by momentous or traumatic events, or impending danger and the presence of the Dark Side.
	+ **Force Vision:** Luke utilizes Force Vision, to have visions of the past, the present and the future; however, like all force users, his visions were not always clear or sometimes had visions even when he was not utilizing this power at will.
	+ **Force healing:** Luke utilizes Force Healing, to heal himself or other sentient beings.
	+ **Force speed:** Luke utilizes Force Speed, to move at amazing speed.
	+ **Force Jump:** Luke utilizes Force Jump, to jump or leap at great distances.
	+ **Force Rage:** Luke utilizes Force Rage to channel his anger to increase his speed, strength and ferocity. However, doing so runs the risk of being corrupted by the Dark Side.
	+ **Tutaminis:** Luke utilizes Tutaminis to dissipate concentrated energy such as blasterbolts or lightsaber blades.
	+ **Ionize:** Luke utilizes Ionize to overload and damage electronic systems, such as droids.
	+ **Battle Meditation:** Luke utilizes Battle Meditation to boosted the morale, stamina, and battle prowess of his allies while simultaneously reducing his opponents' combat-effectiveness by eroding their will to fight.
	+ **Blood Trail:** Luke utilizes Blood Trail, to use his own blood to mark his target(s) and track them through the blood mark using the Force in case they escaped.
	+ **Force Stealth:** Luke utilizes Force Stealth to mask his force alignment or even his entire presence from other force users.
	+ **Force Cloak:** Luke utilizes Force Cloak to manipulate light and sound waves around himself, rendering him invisible to visual and audio, as well as from living individuals, droids, and other non-living individuals.
	+ **Shatterpoint:** Luke utilizes Shatterpoint to perceive faults through the force.
	+ **Electric Judgment:** Luke utilizes Electric Judgment to kill or knock his opponents unconscious.
	+ **Pyrokinesis:** Luke utilizes Pyrokinesis to manipulate and generate fire and heat by rubbing air molecules together.
	+ **Fold Space:** Luke utilizes Force Space, to bend space to instantly transport an object or himself between places. His power over space allowed him to telekinetically sustain a black hole for a time.
	+ **Ayna-seff:** Luke utilizes Ayna-seff to suffused his body with a low level of electromagnetic radiation, and makes his brain activity undetectable.
	+ **Force Light:** Luke utilizes Force Light to weaken a Dark Side user's connection to the Force/the Dark side of the Force.
	+ **Mnemotherapy:** Luke utilizes Mnemotherapy to visualize the target's memories and eradicate them.
	+ **Oneness:** Luke utilizes Oneness to achieve a state of partial transcendency into the Force to temporarily strengthen his power in the Force. This notably allowed him to to generate a maelstrom of luminous Force energy around himself and unleash a blast of Force energy that manifested as a yellow torrent of flame.

### Abilities

* **Lightsaber Skills:** Despite his minimal level of training, Luke is highly skilled in lightsaber combat and he is an extremely gifted duelist. After only one brief session with Obi-Wan Kenobi, he was able to hold his own against Darth Vader, a far more experienced and powerful combatant all together, on three different occasions. In the first, though relatively short confrontation, his skill proved inadequate and he was defeated with ease. However, in the second fight, which took place roughly three years later, Luke had greatly improved his technique and he was able to hold his own for much of the duel, even managing to lightly wound Vader's right shoulder. Ultimately, however, Vader once again proved superior and Luke lost the fight, as well as his lightsaber and right hand. In their final duel on the second Death Star, Luke was finally able to overwhelm and defeat Vader, though with extreme effort. With Yoda, Luke also uses his Force powers to not only to increase his physical speed and agility, but also to increase the speed of his attacks, to make his lightsaber combat skills more lethal in combat; this makes him a formidable opponent in single combat. Before he received much training, he relied on his Force sense and his reflexes to use the blade.
	+ **Form I:** Luke is highly skilled in Shii Cho.
	+ **Form III:** Luke is highly skilled in Soresu.
	+ **Form IV:** Luke is highly skilled in Ataru.
	+ **Form V:** Luke is highly skilled in Shien/Djem So.
	+ **Jar'Kai:** Luke is highly skilled in Jar'Kai.
	+ **Strong style:** Luke is very skilled in Strong style.
	+ **Cho mai:** Luke is highly skilled in Cho mai.
	+ **Dun Möch:** Luke is highly skilled in utilizing the very opposite of Dun Möch.
* **Expert Hand-To-Hand Combatant:** Luke is highly skilled in unarmed combat.
* **Expert Marksman:** Luke is highly skilled in utilizing blaster pistols.
* **Master Pilot:** Luke is highly skilled in piloting various speeders and every type of flying craft. His piloting skills are equal to his father's, Anakin Skywalker's piloting skills; he is best star-pilot in the the galaxy currently alive.
* **Master Engineer:** Much like his father, Anakin, Luke is amazingly skilled in engineering. He was able to successfully construct his own green bladed lightsaber in his first try, despite his limited knowledge of the ways of the Jedi at the time.
* **Genius-Level Intellect/Master Tactician/Leader:** Much like his father, Anakin, Luke is amazingly intelligent, his intelligence and wisdom rivals that of even Yoda. As the leader of the New Jedi Order, Luke is a highly skilled tactician and a very capable leader.
* **Multilingual:** Luke is capable of fluently speaking English, Huttese, Jawa Trade language, Shyriiwook, and Yuzz. He also claims to know twelve other common languages.

* **Master Leader**: Like his sister Luke is on high command during 4 ABY and he is declared the Battle of Endor and Destruction of Galactic Empire. during battle of endor he and other strike team is eliminate the imperial troopers after battle of endor he created his own strike team to help rebel fleet destroy remain the Empire.

## **Relationships**

Family

* Shmi Skywalker Lars † - Grandmother
* Anakin Skywalker † - Father
* Padmé Amidala † - Mother
* Leia Organa - Twin sister
* Han Solo † - brother in law

Allies

* Ezra Bridger - Teammate
* Sabine Wren - Teammate

* Ahsoka Tano - Wife Figure,Teammate and love interest
* James Skywalker - Creation and Son

* Jane Amidala - Daughter in law
* Josh Organa
* Cade Bridger
* Arianna Wren
* Resistance
	+ Finn
	+ Rey - Apprentice
	+ Poe Dameron
	+ Chewbacca
	+ R2-D2 - Close Friend and Rescuee
	+ C-3PO - Close Friend,former minion and Rescuee
	+ BB8
	+ C1-10P
	+ Porg Stowaway
	+ Hera Syndulla - pilot friend
	+ Jacen Syndulla
	+ Zay Meeko
* Cantina Thugs
	+ Constantine
	+ Mark
	+ Darrel
	+ Vladamir
	+ Tony
	+ Erick
	+ Xavier
	+ Izabella
	+ Lumikenya
	+ Maria
	+ Leonard
	+ Ross
	+ Django
	+ Jenny
	+ Lilly
	+ Arialla
	+ Vivian
* Alderaanian and Naberrie familly of Corona - Recruitment
	+ King Henry Naberrie 38th
	+ Queen Alejandra Organa - Rescuee
	+ Royal Guards
	+ Coronian Clone Troopers

Enemies

* Darth Vader - Attempted Victim and Attempted Killer
* Darth Sidious - Attempted Killer and Victim
* Wilhuff Tarkin - Victim
* Jabba the Hutt - Victim
* Imperial Troopers
	+ Stormtroopers - Victims
	+ Tie fighter pilots - Victims
	+ Scout troopers - Victims
	+ Deathtroopers - Victims
	+ Imperial Commados - Victims
	+ Imperial officers - Victims
* Boba Fett - Attempted Victim and Attempted Killer
* Supreme leader Snoke - Attempted Killer

* Ben Solo/Kylo Ren - Nephew,Former Apprentice turn enemy and Attempted Killer
* General Hux
* Captain Phasma
* Variant Killsmonger † - Former Apprentice
* Axel Executor - Former Apprentice
* Craint Berserker - Former Apprentice
* Band Malgust - Former Apprentice
* Maxkency Ren - Former Apprentice
* Obsidian Ren - Former Apprentice
* Gall Trayvis - Attempted Victim