Luke Skywalker
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Luke Skywalker was the son of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, and the twin brother of Leia Organa. He became a member of the Alliance to Restore the Republic, and his greatest feat was destroying the first Death Star. He was also responsible for influencing Darth Vader, the Sith Lord once his father, to kill Galactic Emperor Palpatine, paving the way for the fall of the Galactic Empire and the formation of the New Republic. He was later promoted to General, though left the military to become an influential member of the New Republic and a prominent Jedi Master.
Trained in the ways of the Force by Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, Luke eventually closed the chapter in his life as a soldier and established the Jedi Praxeum to create the New Jedi Order that would serve as guardians and peacekeepers in the New Republic, becoming as his master Obi-Wan said, "the first of the new Jedi." He married fellow Jedi Mara Jade, with whom he had a son, Ben Skywalker. In 36 ABY, Luke officially claimed the rank of Grand Master of the New Jedi Order. He also helped forge the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances after the Yuuzhan Vong War. Skywalker served during the Dark Nest Crisis, Swarm War, and the Confederation-Galactic Alliance War as well.
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Biography
Early life
Luke Skywalker was born on the asteroid colony of Polis Massa shortly after the start of the Great Jedi Purge and the foundation of the Galactic Empire. Seconds after the birth of Luke's twin sister, Leia, Padmé Amidala died, effectively orphaning both children.
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda knew that the children, both having a natural affinity for the Force, needed to be protected from Palpatine and their father. Deciding it would be best if they were separated, the two Jedi Masters agreed to send the infant boy to live with his father's stepbrother, Owen Lars, and his wife,Beru, on Tatooine. Leia was sent to live under the protection of her newly-adopted parents, Bail and Breha Organa.
Kenobi himself took the infant to Tatooine, making the first leg of the journey in the Soulless One via Nar Shaddaa, then sold the starfighter to buy passage to the homeworld of the Lars family. Intending to watch over Skywalker as he grew, Kenobi chose to go into hiding on Tatooine and live near the boy.
During the first days of his exile, Obi-Wan visited the Lars homestead every day, always trying to stay clear of Owen and Beru so that they would not see him, in order to watch Luke from afar. Later Obi-Wan's intervention in the family business of the Lars would mark him an unwelcome man in Owen's eyes, and as a result Obi-Wan would eventually stop watching Luke every single day. According to Luke, his first use of the Force was when he was roughly six and, through the Force, located a lost screwdriver that was under the couch. He was severely scolded by his uncle, with the argument that he could only have known it's location because he placed it there, and afterwards learned not to duplicate the stunt.
When Luke was ten years old he ran away when Owen refused to tell him information concerning his father. Unfortunately, Luke became lost in a sandstorm. In the desert, he had a vision of a tall dark figure, and shortly afterwards he met a young boy named "Annie". The two boys realized that they had much in common;neither knew much about their father, they were both great pilots, they both wanted to leave Tatooine some day, and that they could sense things before they happened. They soon discovered a Sand Person buried in the sand, and took his gaffi stick. They then sought shelter in a nearby cave but a pack of womp rats drove them back out into the storm, where they stumbled upon a red and white astromech droid. Annie rigged up the astromech's motivator to explode, causing a flare. Unfortunately, the flare attracted the attention of a krayt dragon that attacked the two boys. Luke lost sight of Annie, but on instinct, Luke killed the dragon by throwing the gaffi stick at its throat. Exhausted, Luke fell unconscious but fortunately, Owen and a rescue party found him. Once they did, there was no sign of the krayt dragon or Annie. Luke, however, was certain it was more than just a dream, and Owen knew that there was something special about his nephew.
Skywalker spent the first nineteen years of his life on the Lars' moisture farm, where his uncle tried unsuccessfully to discourage all of his adventurous tendencies. This created friction between the two as Luke's adventurous nature conflicted with Owen's sense of strong moral values. As a teenager, Skywalker dreamed of adventures beyond Tatooine and clashed with his uncle over his desires to fly among the stars to distant worlds. When prompted with inquiries about his father's involvement in the Clone Wars, Lars told him that his father had been "a navigator on a spice freighter." Despite this deception, Skywalker became an adventure-seeking youth, piloting his Incom T-16 Skyhopper through Beggar's Canyon and racing his landspeeder with little regard for his own safety. In addition to sharing his father's natural piloting skills, Skywalker developed a knack for mechanical repairs while looking after droids and fixing the moisture vaporators.
He cultivated a group of like-minded friends on Tatooine, amongst whom he earned the nickname "Wormie." The group included Deacon, Windy, Camie Loneozner and Laze Loneozner, whose horizons did not extend much past Tatooine itself; and Janek Sunber("Tank") and Biggs Darklighter, who shared Skywalker's dreams of joining the Imperial Academy and becoming pilots. Biggs Darklighter was perhaps Skywalker's closest friend, whom he looked up to as a brother. Biggs left for the Academy in 1 BBY, much to Skywalker's pride, jealousy and dismay. 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 leave, claiming that he still needed help with the farm. In truth, Owen was trying to prevent Luke from following in his father's footsteps.
Leaving Tatooine
The purchase of two droids by Skywalker's 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 Ben Kenobi after being attacked by Sand People. Kenobi then 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 no cargo pilot, but a Jedi Knight struck down by Darth Vader.
Upon returning home, Skywalker discovered that his aunt and uncle had been murdered by Imperial stormtroopers looking for R2-D2 and C-3PO. With his family dead, he agreed 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. The two traveled to Mos Eisley to obtain passage off Tatooine and met Han Solo and his first mate, Chewbacca.
Rescue on the Death Star
After escaping stormtroopers and blasting off the planet in Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon, Kenobi began Skywalker's instruction in the ways of the Force, much to the mocking of Solo. This teaching, 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. To their horror, however, it 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, Kenobi separated from Skywalker, Solo, Chewbacca, and the droids to deactivate the tractor beam. But when R2-D2 discovered that Leia Organa was being held captive, Skywalker insisted on rescuing her. With Solo and Chewbacca's help, the trio made it into the detention area in the guise of Imperial stormtroopers escorting a Wookiee prisoner. They were able to rescue Leia but had to jump into the garbage chute in order to escape the pursuing Imperial forces. Luke and Leia were separated from Han and Chewbacca, but after a good luck kiss from Leia and swinging across a deep shaft, they were able to meet back up with the smuggler duo in the hangar bay.
Eventually, the group escaped the Death Star, but only after Kenobi sacrificed himself in a duel with Darth Vader. They traveled to the hidden Rebellion base on Yavin IV, even though the Death Star was tracking them. It was then that Solo received his reward for rescuing Leia and was preparing to leave the group. Luke tried to persuade him to stay and help them against the Empire but Solo refused, which deeply disappointed him.
Hero of the Rebellion
Skywalker took part in the Battle of Yavin as Red Five. He witnessed the death of many compatriots, including Biggs Darklighter, and 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 Power Concentration to direct his proton torpedoes to their target, destroying the station. For this action he and Han Solo were awarded the Medal of Bravery.
