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* BadassGrandpa: Likely so, with him being the last Jedi and all.
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* BadassGrandpa: Likely so, with him being the last Jedi and all. (He's around 53-years-old by TFA)
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* TheDreaded: Though Luke is not fully trained as a Jedi and is most of the time outclassed by Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine fears that he will become this to the Sith and for good reason. WordOfGod states that Luke Skywalker's Force potential is the same as [[TheChosenOne his father]] ''if he had not been horribly injured on Mustafar''. Of course such fear is quickly replaced by opportunity when both Sith Lords realize [[InTheBlood the implication]].
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* TheDreaded: Though Luke is not fully trained as a Jedi and is most of the time outclassed by Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine fears that he will become this to the Sith and for good reason. WordOfGod states that Luke Skywalker's Force potential is the same as [[TheChosenOne his father]] ''if he had not been horribly injured on Mustafar''. Of course course, such fear is quickly replaced by opportunity when both Sith Lords realize [[InTheBlood the implication]].
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* TheDreaded: Though Luke is not fully trained as a Jedi and is most of the time outclassed by Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine fears that he will become this to the Sith and for good reason. WordOfGod states that Luke Skywalker's Force potential is the same as [[TheChosenOne his father father]] ''if he had not been horribly injured on Mustafar''. Of course such fear is quickly replaced by opportunity when both Sith Lords realize [[InTheBlood the implication.implication]].
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**LastOfHisKind: He is the said to be the last Jedi Knight to be alive from Yoda's death to the foundation of a new Jedi Order.
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-->'''Darth Vader:''' If he [[FaceHeel [[FaceHeelTurn could be turned]], he could become a powerful ally.
-->'''DarthSidious:''' Yes...yes... [[VillainTakesInterest Sidious:''' ...[[OpportunisticBastard Yes]]]... [[VillainTakesAnInterest He could become a powerful asset.]] Can it be done?
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-->'''Darth Sidious:''' He could destroy us.
-->'''Darth Vader:''' He's just a boy. Obi-Wan could no longer help him.
-->'''Darth Sidious:''' The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
-->'''Darth Vader:''' If he [[FaceHeel could be turned]], he could become a powerful ally.
-->'''Darth Sidious:''' Yes...yes... [[VillainTakesInterest He could become a powerful asset.]] Can it be done?
-->'''Darth Vader:''' He will join us or die, master.
-->'''Darth Sidious:''' He could destroy us.
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-->'''Darth Sidious:''' The Force is strong with him. The son of Skywalker must not become a Jedi.
-->'''Darth Vader:''' If he [[FaceHeel could be turned]], he could become a powerful ally.
-->'''Darth Sidious:''' Yes...yes... [[VillainTakesInterest He could become a powerful asset.]] Can it be done?
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** He asks Obi Wan about his father, Anakin. Obi Wan tells him... [[FromACertainPointOfView some of the truth]], but famously leaves out some [[LukeIAmYourFather key details]].
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** He asks Obi Wan about his father, Anakin. Obi Wan tells him... [[FromACertainPointOfView [[MetaphoricallyTrue some of the truth]], but famously leaves out some [[LukeIAmYourFather key details]].
* TheHermit: Even before becoming an exile, Luke spent much of his later years in life away from war in order to try and rebuild the Jedi Order. After his students were killed, he retreated into complete isolation.
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* TheHermit: Even before becoming an exile, Luke spent much of his later years in life away from war in order to try and rebuild the Jedi Order. After his students were killed, he retreated into complete isolation.
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** In ''Return of the Jedi'', Luke tries to fight Vader calmly and peacefully. Until Vader threatens to corrupt [[BerserkButton Leia]].Leia. Luke promptly bellows, charges, beats Vader down and lops off his hand.
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* FailureHero: In ''The Empire Strikes Back''. Absolutely nothing goes his way throughout the film, and his attempt to save his friends at Cloud City ends with them saving ''him''.
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* FailureHero: In ''The Empire Strikes Back''. Absolutely nothing goes his way throughout the film, film. He gets mauled by a wampa and narrowly escapes, gets shot down during the Battle of Hoth (though he does at least take down a HumongousMecha afterward), disappoints Yoda during his Jedi training with his negative attitude and defeatism, gets pummeled in a duel with Darth Vader and loses his hand, and his attempt to save his friends at Cloud City ironically ends with them saving having to save ''him''.
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* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Kylo Ren. [[spoiler:He's also Luke's nephew.]]
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* BigGood: What the Resistance is riding on him becoming, and what the First Order fears he already is. Although he doesn't actively participate in the events of the ''The Force Awakens'', his presence holds significant gravity over the story arcs of many of the characters, and much of what happens are a result of his actions in prior years, making him something of a {{Greater Scope|Villain}} ''[[InvertedTrope Hero]]'' GreaterScopeParagon for the time period.
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* BigGood: What the Resistance is riding on him becoming, and what the First Order fears he already is. Although he doesn't actively participate in the events of the ''The Force Awakens'', his presence holds significant gravity over the story arcs of many of the characters, and much of what happens are a result of his actions in prior years, making him something of a {{Greater Scope|Villain}} ''[[InvertedTrope Hero]]'' for the time period.
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* TheDulcineaEffect: For Leia, especially in ''A New Hope''.
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* TheDulcineaEffect: For Leia, especially in ''A New Hope''. Though the fact that he's force-capable may mean that he subconsciously sensed his relationship with her.
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** Luke has one of the highest kill count in the entire series when you factor in his single-handed destruction of the Death Star.
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Thirty years after the destruction of the second Death Star, Luke shied away from his life as a soldier to lead a new generation of Jedi. However, when Kylo Ren destroyed what Luke had built, he went into exile, searching for from the first Jedi temple in order to find answers. In order to combat the growing power of the First Order, Leia has made locating Luke the primary goal of the Resistance.
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Thirty years after the destruction of the second Death Star, Luke shied away from his life as a soldier to lead a new generation of Jedi. However, when the student who would become Kylo Ren destroyed what Luke had built, he went into exile, searching for from the first Jedi temple in order to find answers. In order to combat the growing power of the First Order, Leia has made locating Luke the primary goal of the Resistance.
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* TheExile: The double blow of [[spoiler:losing Ben to the Dark Side (which according to Han, Luke feels he's responsible for)]] and his ultimate failure in the attempt to restore a new Jedi Order cause him to become a hermit for six years, disappearing almost completely from everything. [[spoiler:However, he trusts the secret of his location with R2-D2 and Lor San Tekka, as he does want to be found.]]
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* TheExile: The double blow of [[spoiler:losing Ben to the Dark Side (which according to Han, Luke feels he's responsible for)]] and his ultimate failure in the attempt to restore a new Jedi Order cause him to become a hermit for six years, disappearing almost completely from everything. [[spoiler:However, However, he trusts the secret of his location with R2-D2 and Lor San Tekka, as he does want to be found.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: He undergoes this in backstory of ''The Force Awakens'' when one of his apprentices (Kylo Ren) turns to TheDarkSide and exterminates the fellow Jedi-in-training, leaving Luke as LastOfHisKind again and forcing him into hiding. To twist the knife further, Kylo Ren was [[spoiler:his ''nephew'', being Leia's and Han's son]].
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* HeroicBSOD: He undergoes this in backstory of ''The Force Awakens'' when one of his apprentices (Kylo Ren) turns to TheDarkSide and exterminates the fellow Jedi-in-training, leaving Luke as LastOfHisKind again '''again''' and forcing him into hiding. To twist the knife further, Kylo Ren was [[spoiler:his ''nephew'', being Leia's and Han's son]].
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* TheQuest: He has spent several years of his life looking for the First Jedi Temple--something that continues even after his self-imposed exile, and is ultimately successful in doing once he finds Ahch-To.
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* TreasureMap: For whatever reason, Luke ''wanted'' to be found eventually, which is why he placed his coordinates on a holograph that more or less gave context to where he went. Making sure that it was the right person who found him would be why he stored the remainder of the data on his most trusted droid ally, R2-D2.
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* BeardOfSorrow: He has this beard after [[spoiler: having endured the betrayal of his apprentice and the destruction of his New Jedi Order, leading him to go into exile for many years. Han Solo's death might have been yet another blow he felt through the Force.]]
* BigGood: What the Resistance is riding on him becoming, and what the First Order fears he already is. Although he doesn't actively participate in the events of the ''The Force Awakens'', his presence holds significant gravity over the story arcs of many of the characters, and much of what happens are a result of his actions in prior years.
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* BeardOfSorrow: He has this beard after [[spoiler: having [[spoiler:having endured the betrayal of his apprentice and the destruction of his New Jedi Order, leading him to go into exile for many years. Han Solo's death might have been yet another blow he felt through the Force.]]
Force]]. (Although it's not clear if he started growing it before any of the aforementioned tragedies happened.)
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* BeardOfSorrow: He has this beard after [[spoiler: having endured the betrayal of his apprentice and the destruction of his New Jedi Order, leading him to go into exile for many years]].
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* CallingTheOldManOut: In ''Return of the Jedi'', Luke calls Obi-Wan out for lying that Vader killed his father, but Obi-Wan calmly rationalizes that what he told Luke was true, [[FromACertainPointOfView from a certain point of view]].
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* TheVoiceless: Is silent in his appearance at the end of ''The Force Awakens''.
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* TheChessmaster: Combined with GuileHero during the the beginning of ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* GuileHero: Shown in his multi-layered plan to rescue Han during the beginning of ''Return Of The Jedi''.
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->'''Voiced in Latin-American Spanish by''': Creator/JesusBarrero (1997-2015), Hector Emmanuel Gomez (''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront2015'')
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!!Commander Luke Skywalker
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-->''"I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you!"''
A farm boy from the backwater world of Tatooine who famously destroys the Death Star and becomes the [[LaResistance Rebel Alliance's]] greatest hero. Under the guidance of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, Luke learns the ways of the Force and becomes the last of the Jedi.
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* AcePilot: Luke has a Death Star to his credit.
* {{Adorkable}}: He's endearingly naive in the first film and his ''awful'' [[SeventiesHair 1970s hairstyle]] really helps.
* {{Ambadassador}}: At the beginning of ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* AnArmAndALeg: Vader takes Luke's right hand and much of the forearm in the lightsaber duel on Cloud City. He gets a cybernetic prosthesis replacement from the Rebels' medical corps, which later becomes a [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim plot point]] when he faces Vader again.
* AncestralWeapon: His father's lightsaber. After losing it in his duel with Vader on Bespin, he builds his own and makes a point of telling this to Vader to show that he won't let his heritage define who he is.
* {{Archetype}}: Luke is a textbook hero, designed right out of the book [[TheHerosJourney The Hero With A Thousand Faces]]. So much so, that his picture is featured in actual textbooks.
* ArtificialLimbs: Replaces the hand he lost fighting Vader with an artificial one in ''The Empire Strikes Back''.
* AudienceSurrogate: Mostly in ''A New Hope''.
* AuthorAvatar: To ''Franchise/StarWars'' creator Creator/GeorgeLucas (Luke S. = Lucas).
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Luke's original surname was "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Starkiller]]", but after a reworking of the character it was changed to Skywalker, which is still pretty cool and more fitting.
** The name "Starkiller" would eventually be reused as the weaponized planet known as "Starkiller Base" in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.
* BadassAdorable: A sweet tempered and kind-hearted boy who ''sincerely'' cares about everyone in a dark and uncaring universe, and is an unstoppable sentinel of justice against the forces of cruelty and darkness.
* BadassInDistress: He is rescued by someone at least once in all three movies.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Luke has one of the highest kill count in the entire series when you factor in his single-handed destruction of the Death Star.
** In ''Return of the Jedi'', Luke tries to fight Vader calmly and peacefully. Until Vader threatens to corrupt [[BerserkButton Leia]]. Luke promptly bellows, charges, beats Vader down and lops off his hand.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's only the big brother by about six or seven minutes, tops, but Luke definitely qualifies. He's all [[AllLovingHero redeeming]] and peaceful and unflappable in the face of evil despite a million reasons not to be, but all bets are off when the BigBad makes an impotent, hinted threat towards [[BerserkButton his sister]]. Suffice to say, [[UnstoppableRage he doesn't react well.]]
* BigNo:
** When [[MentorOccupationalHazard Obi Wan]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sq51w34Hg9I is killed]] in ''A New Hope''.
** A classic one occurs in ''The Empire Strikes Back'', when Luke discovers that Darth Vader is his father.
** This is used in the style of a BigNever in ''Return Of The Jedi'', in the final duel when Vader suggests to turn Leia to the DarkSide.
* BreakTheBadass: When Vader reveals that he is his father.
* BrokenPedestal: Averted in regards to learning that his father became Darth Vader. While he's still not happy with the path his dad took and undergoes a HeroicBSOD, he comes to terms with it over time. In the end, Luke admires the person who Anakin used to be, and steadfastly believes that there is still good in his father in spite of everything he's done. He's proven right.
* BromanticFoil: With Han. Luke is an idealistic farm boy and Han is a cynical mercenary.
* BrotherSisterTeam: With Leia, his twin sister.
* CallingTheOldManOut: In ''Return of the Jedi'', Luke calls Obi-Wan out for lying that Vader killed his father, but Obi-Wan calmly rationalizes that what he told Luke was true, [[FromACertainPointOfView from a certain point of view]].
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Luke is obliged to become a Jedi when his home is burned down with his aunt and uncle left as charred remains outside. However, he wanted to help fight the Empire in the first place but his Uncle and Aunt wouldn't allow it. So it was more their refusal than his.
* CelibateHero: As of ''Return Of The Jedi'', thanks to the reveal that Leia was his sister.
* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from naive farmboy to experienced Jedi Knight throughout the original trilogy.
* TheChessmaster: Combined with GuileHero during the the beginning of ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Luke was orphaned twice. Luke probably wouldn't have joined Obi-Wan Kenobi in rescuing the princess if the Imperial Stormtroopers hadn't killed his uncle and aunt.
* CoolSpaceShip: The Incom T-65 X-wing starfighter.
* CoolSword: Luke's green lightsaber is unique within the original trilogy, signifying his development as a Jedi Knight.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Defied in his case. After resisting its pull for the entire movie, Luke comes dangerously close to falling to the Dark Side in ''Return of the Jedi'' when he flies into a rage and nearly kills Vader. He stops when he sees Vader's severed hand is prosthetic like his own and realizes he is [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim becoming just like his nemesis.]]
* CurbStompBattle: At Bespin in ''The Empire Strikes Back'', Vader ''wipes the floor with him'', physically and emotionally, resulting in losing his right hand. He does A LOT better than Han did though. But after he TookALevelInBadass, he delivers one to Vader in ''Return of the Jedi'' after he threatens his sister, chopping off Vader's (robotic) hand.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Luke's CharacterDevelopment in "Return Of The Jedi". Luke's entrance sees him Force-choking two guards to get them out of his way, just to emphasize how much he has changed since his first appearance in the saga.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Luke wears black throughout ''Return Of The Jedi'' (as opposed to brighter colors) to represent his turmoil and struggle over a possible FaceHeelTurn. When he overcomes the Emperor's temptations and causes the destruction of the Sith, his black coat falls open to reveal it had a white lining, meaning that he was ''always'' wearing white the whole time.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Luke vs. Vader. Not only is Vader [[EvilIsBigger taller and bigger]], he's also much more skilled and experienced with the Force. It's almost a ForegoneConclusion that Luke will lose the first duel.
* DeadpanSnarker: Luke has his witty and sarcastic moments.
* DeathFakedForYou: Alongside Leia, their births were kept secret after Padmé died in childbirth, also making Padmé's corpse appear as if she died before she gave birth.
* DecoyProtagonist: Luke can actually be seen as this trope of the saga as a whole: he's clearly set up as the hero of the Original Trilogy, but when viewed alongside the Prequel Trilogy, it becomes clear that the series is actually about his father Anakin's rise, fall, and eventual redemption.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: In ''A New Hope'', Luke wants to be off Tatooine, at first by going to the Imperial Academy, especially since all of his other friends have left Tatooine.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Considering the girl (Leia) is later revealed to be his sister, this [[JustifiedTrope is a good thing]].
* DontThinkFeel: A major part of his Jedi training.
* DorkKnight: Starts off like this. Over time - maybe because of TheReveal in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' - he becomes more composed and sober.
* TheDulcineaEffect: For Leia, especially in ''A New Hope''.
* EasyEvangelism: Luke accepts everything that Obi-Wan tells him about his father, the Jedi and the Force without question, even though he barely knows the guy, who had a reputation as a crazy hermit. This does help speed the story along. Downplayed in that Luke learns about the most esoteric subject, the Force, last, and only after he's already seen that a JediMindTrick is real. Luke's belief only starts stretching during Yoda's lessons.
* EmbarrassingNickname: As revealed in the novelization of ''A New Hope'', Luke's childhood nickname was "Wormie", acquired because he was the smallest in his group of friends.
* EtTuBrute: His reaction when he learns that Darth Vader is his father and had fallen to TheDarkSide.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Throughout the last stage of the Battle Of Endor, Luke goes out of the way to say that he'll die along with everyone else on the Death Star II, and has calmly accepted the fact. He ends up dropping the "dignity" part of this when he refuses to kill his father and is subsequently tortured by the Emperor, as he begs for Darth Vader to save his life. It works, and it allows ''Anakin'' to FaceDeathWithDignity. In the end, Luke lives after all.
* FailureHero: In ''The Empire Strikes Back''. Absolutely nothing goes his way throughout the film, and his attempt to save his friends at Cloud City ends with them saving ''him''.
* FantasticRecruitmentDrive: Luke presumably spends the time [[TimeSkip between the Original Trilogy and the Sequel Trilogy]] looking for new Jedi to train.
* FarmBoy: Luke was raised as a "moisture farmer" by his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru before answering the CallToAdventure.
* GenerationXerox:
** To Anakin, his father. A young boy is whisked away from his home on Tatooine by a Jedi Master. He then saves the day by flying a starfighter into battle and improbably blowing up the enemy space station, befriending R2-D2 in the process. He then receives training in the Force against Yoda's protests, leading him to overconfidently attack Palpatine's [[TheDragon Dragon]], losing an appendage for his troubles. Now, are we talking about Luke or Anakin?
** However, while in looks and career choice, Leia and Luke resemble the same sex parent, in personality and temperament, Leia is much more like Anakin and Luke like Padmé. Indeed, Luke and Padmé have almost identical lines at times (usually about Anakin/Vader).
* GeniusBruiser: Luke is very intelligent and quick on his feet. Great example is the Death Star scene in ''A New Hope'', Luke CARRIES the group through that scene.
* GoodCounterpart: To [[EvilCounterpart Darth Vader]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: Especially in ''Return Of The Jedi''. For a film that showed the heroes as more IncorruptiblePurePureness, some viewers were surprised to see Luke using powers generally associated with the Sith like the Force Choke. In this instance, it was used to demonstrate he was sliding towards TheDarkSide.
* GrewASpine: When he leaves Yoda's training to rescue Han and Leia on Bespin.
* HandicappedBadass: Played with in ''A New Hope'', when he trains with a blindfold and then refuses to use his targeting computer when shooting the Death Star. Played straight in ''Return Of The Jedi'', after he's lost his hand and gained a cybernetic one in ''The Empire Strikes Back''.
* TheHeart: Luke is the centerpiece that holds everyone together in the Original Trilogy.
* TheHero:
** George Lucas patterned him on "The Hero's Journey". Luke fits this trope so well that many psychology textbooks show a picture of him in reference to the archetype of a hero.
** The fact that Luke is the hero archetype was deliberate because Creator/GeorgeLucas is said to have been heavily influenced by Joseph Campbell's [[TheHerosJourney ''The Hero With a Thousand Faces'']]. He does subvert TheHero trope in one major way though - he DidNotGetTheGirl and TheChick (Leia) ends up with TheLancer (Han) instead for [[BrotherSisterIncest one reason or another.]]
* HeroesPreferSwords: Luke receives a sword when he is about to leave his life on Tatooine to become a hero.
* HeroicBSOD:
** After Luke escapes from Vader and is rescued by Lando and the others in the Falcon, Luke has a major one. In the Falcon's cockpit as the heroes try to escape from Bespin, he's clearly filled with despair, whispering, "Ben, why didn't you tell me?" It doesn't help that [[AnArmAndALeg he's just lost his hand]], and Vader was using the Force to more or less "torture" Luke with the previous reveal of Vader being Luke's father.
** In the [[Comicbook/StarWars canonical comic book]], he goes into one after ''just barely'' surviving his first duel against Vader. He comes to think of himself as a liability to the Rebellion, and temporarily abandons his friends in order to find a way to continue his Jedi training so that he'll be more useful in the future.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's blond, and a very NiceGuy.
* HeroicLineage: Luke's father, [[TheChosenOne Anakin]], was a Jedi before him. Luke later followed in his father's footsteps and became a Jedi himself.
* HeroicWillpower: Fighting the Empire, Sith, and more and emerging alive should require more willpower than any single person could have.
* HiddenBackupPrince: Alongside Leia. Unlike Leia, he was not raised in royalty.
* HonorBeforeReason: Luke's unconditional love and faith in the humanity of Darth Vader, his father, is seen as at best stupid and at worst suicidal by the rest of the galaxy (such as joining [[LaResistance the Rebel]] attack on the Death Star despite its low chance of success), was what saved his father and the ''Star Wars'' Galaxy.
* HumbleHero: In ''Literature/TheWeaponOfAJedi'', he dislikes the special treatment he receives due to destroying the first Death Star. Within the films, he also never brags about his accomplishments.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: ''A New Hope'' begins with Luke saying that he wants to leave home so that he can apply to the Imperial Academy and become a pilot. He never becomes an Imperial cadet, but he does become both a Jedi ''and'' an AcePilot.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: His last fight with Vader in ''Return Of The Jedi''. Vader actually told him that it was too late for him and did take him to the Emperor, but in the end it worked.
* IcyBlueEyes: Combined with InnocentBlueEyes. Luke has blue eyes that can swing from innocent to icy at fancy's whim.
* TheIdealist: Has an idealistic view of the galaxy, and of his father.
* IdealHero: Especially in contrast to [[AntiHero Han Solo]] and [[FallenHero his father]]. Considering that upon discovering his father is a Sith Lord and one of the galaxy's most ruthless dictators, he decides — against the advice of everyone — that his dad can be saved from the Dark Side. He turns out to be right.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: In ''Return Of The Jedi'', Luke refuses to kill Vader, because he realizes that doing so would make him no better than Vader is.
* InASingleBound: In ''The Empire Strikes Back'', as Luke's Jedi training progresses, he learns to use new powers like the Force jump, which comes in handy during his fight with Vader.
* InTheBlood:
** Luke's final temptation to join TheDarkSide hinges on him being his father's son and heir to his evil. Luckily, he inherited a few traits from his mom too.
** It was also implied, in ''A New Hope'', as being [[MuggleFosterParents his aunt and uncle's]] reason for [[LockedOutOfTheLoop never]] [[TellMeAboutMyFather discussing]] [[DisappearedDad his]] [[ParentalAbandonment father]] [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou with]] [[LukeIAmYourFather him]]... or at the very least telling BlatantLies. (Spice freighter navigator my ass!) They feared that Luke would [[ForegoneConclusion become a Jedi]], [[CallForward like his father before him]], and go [[SecretLegacy gallivanting across the galaxy]] [[TurnOutLikeHisFather to turn evil]]. That, or just get killed - it's never stated just how much Obi-Wan told them about Anakin. The two always told Luke he'd died off world.
* InTheHood: This is how he makes his entrance to Jabba's palace in ''Return Of The Jedi''. [[spoiler:Also in ''The Force Awakens'', when Rey meets him at his hiding place.]]
* IncestSubtext: With Leia in ''A New Hope''. Of course, at the time that the movie released, their status as siblings was not established.
* IncompletelyTrained: His Jedi training is by necessity rushed and kind of spotty, since his first mentor dies, and he doesn't meet his second until three years later. To a great extent, he's self-taught.
* InstantExpert: His Jedi skills improve dramatically after only a short time under Yoda's instruction. (Granted, Yoda is a excellent teacher and he has a lot of raw potential to begin with.) Notably, his lightsaber skills improve to the point where he can duel Vader and hold his own for a while.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: All his issues are focused on Vader. Palpatine is practically an after thought for him.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He wanted to get off Tatooine as soon as he could, even if it wasn't it the way he expected.
* KungFuJesus: Since he's a MessianicArchetype who's also a Jedi.
* LastOfHisKind:
** He is the said to be the last Jedi Knight to be alive from Yoda's death to the foundation of a new Jedi Order.
--->'''Yoda:''' Luke, when gone am I... the last of the Jedi will you be. Pass on what you have learned.
** By the time of ''The Force Awakens'', Kylo Ren believes that he is the last living Jedi in the entire Galaxy.
* TheLeader: Luke is a combo of Type II and Type IV.
* LeeroyJenkins: In ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and to a lesser extent in ''A New Hope''.
* LightIsGood: Often wears white or lighter colored clothing.
* LimbSensationFascination: Luke gets a new hand at the end of ''The Empire Strikes Back''. After being pricked with a needle to check pain sensation, he flexes his fingers a bit and clenches a fist while examining his bionic hand.
* LineageComesFromTheFather: Played straight, with the ever-present concern that Luke would end up [[InTheBlood like his father before him]]. But looking at the Prequel Trilogy, it becomes clear that in terms of personality, he's more like his mother, Padmé. He has that same apparently unfounded belief in the goodness of Vader, and though he can certainly get dangerous when there's call for that, he tries diplomacy first. He handles things his own way, and that's almost never Anakin's way. By ''Return Of The Jedi'', he's become passive and reactionary instead of proactive. How much of this can be attributed to genetics versus his upbringing is debatable, but he's more like his mother than he initially seems.
* LittleNo: Luke says this before it turns into a BigNo after Vader reveals that he is his father.
* LivingLegend: The guy blew up the Death Star on his first official day of joining the Rebellion. Top '''that'''.
* TheLoad: In ''The Empire Strikes Back'', although it actually makes him more likable. Over the course of the film, Luke is actually the cause of the invasion of [[SingleBiomePlanet Hoth]] (Vader sensed him and immediately determined it was a [[LaResistance Rebel]] stronghold); the ambush on Cloud City and subsequent torture of Han; and the crew of the ''Millennium Falcon'' had to go back to rescue Luke. As well, Han Solo had to risk his own life to rescue Luke from a blizzard on Hoth after Luke went to investigate the Imperial Probe Droid (and was nearly eaten by a Wampa for his trouble).
* LongLostSibling: To Leia. Luke is her twin brother.
* LukeNounverber: The TropeCodifier and the trope name inspiration. His surname is apparently a reference to piloting skill, which he appropriately displays, along with his father Anakin Skywalker. Luke's last name was originally going to be ''[[StellarName Starkiller]]''.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: In ''Return Of The Jedi'', she on some level had ''always'' known that she and Luke were siblings. Luke telling her validated that lingering notion.
* MadDictatorsHandsomeSon: Luke never turns to the Dark Side like his father.
* ManInWhite: Shown wearing an entirely white outfit in ''A New Hope'', and many of his other garments have white on them.
* AMasterMakesTheirOwnTools: Vader deems him a fully trained Jedi when he sees that Luke has built his own lightsaber to replace the one he lost, which indeed is a rite of passage for Jedi (each is expected to make their own weapon as part of their training).
* MasterSwordsman: He is definitely one in ''Return Of The Jedi'' and afterwards.
* TheMcCoy: Luke is more the [[WideEyedIdealist naïve farm boy]] (TheMcCoy) and Han the more sensible, pragmatic one (TheKirk, since he says Kirk-like things such as "NeverTellMeTheOdds") but there isn't really a TheSpock-equivalent. Obi-Wan is less cynical than Han, and Leia abandons the entire Rebel Alliance just to save Han in ''Return Of The Jedi''.
** Luke does eventually become TheKirk, but only in ''Return Of The Jedi''. Because he has controlled emotions. For example, Obi-Wan told him that he has to kill his father in order to bring peace, but Luke a logical suggestion that maybe he can be saved because Vader didn't kill, and if was truly evil he would have killed him. His [[TheLeader leadership]] skills have also improved over the last two movies.
* MeaningfulName: {{Lampshaded}} in the novelization of ''A New Hope'': With a name like [[AwesomeMcCoolName Skywalker]], it was inevitable that he would be a skilled pilot.
* MentorsNewHope: In ''A New Hope'', Luke is being taught by Obi-Wan, who also taught [[TheDarkLord Darth Vader]] before Vader went to TheDarkSide.
* MessianicArchetype: Although his father, Anakin is TheChosenOne, Luke is this trope. Luke is the one whom Obi-Wan and Yoda train to become a Jedi. He gains a group of devoted followers (the Rebel Alliance, though mostly Han, Leia, Chewie, C-3P0 and R2-D2), and gallivants about spreading good and performing miracles like blowing up the Death Star. At the end of the sixth movie, he refuses to fight or resist his fate, then is zapped by the Emperor's lightning (his "death" scene). He manages to redeem evil while he's at it. Ironically, other Jedi expected both of them to bring balance to the Force. Perhaps they did, but it took a ProphecyTwist (Anakin having children and turning evil) or two to get them there.
* MilitaryMage: ''Commander'' Skywalker's nascent Force reflexes make him a natural AcePilot and are directly responsible for the destruction of the first Death Star in the Battle of Yavin. The power of having a Force-user on the field is demonstrated again in the Battle of Hoth, where he is able to take down a powerful AT-AT walker ''on foot'' using only a lightsaber and a thermal detonator.
* MissingMom: Luke's mother, Padmé, died during childbirth.
* MoralityPet: Invoked. After the revelation that Darth Vader is his father, he becomes this for him in an effort to turn him back from TheDarkSide, and ultimately, Darth Vader's redemption ([[RedemptionEqualsDeath and death as a result]]) comes from choosing him over continuing to follow Palpatine.
* TheMusketeer: It's not as obvious as other examples of this trope but Luke [[SwordAndGun carries his blaster and lightsaber into battle together]] (mostly evident in the climax of ''The Empire Strikes Back'' where he goes from shooting Stormtroopers to dueling with Vader). It's the only movie in which he does this as well as the only time in the entire film franchise we see a Jedi or Sith doing it.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Luke just happens to wound Vader in the same way Vader wounded him, thus making Luke realize [[WhatHaveIBecome what he had almost become]]. The Emperor really wasn't helping his own cause, either.
* {{Nephewism}}: Luke was raised by his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru Lars before they were killed by the Empire. Of course, when Darth Vader is your father, maybe it's for the better.
* NiceGuy: The nicest in the entire ''Star Wars'' saga. It allows him to have faith in Anakin Skywalker, even when Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi have long since given up hope on "Darth Vader".
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The "nice" to Han's "mean" and Leia's "in-between".
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Noble to Han's Roguish.
* NotSoDifferent: Him and Vader. Luke gets his NotSoDifferent moment when he cuts off his father's artificial hand. Luke sees that he has just repaid Vader's violence in kind, but also sees his own prosthetic hand as symbolizing the possibility that he's becoming like his father. This was [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] earlier in ''The Empire Strikes Back'', when Yoda sends Luke into a cave where he is attacked by an apparition of Darth Vader. Luke quickly defeats the apparition, decapitating it. The illusory Vader's mask comes off, and its face is exactly like Luke's. Yoda pointed out before Luke went in that the cave only contains what you take into it (i.e. it shows you yourself, and your weaknesses) in fact telling Luke he wouldn't need his weapons. Luke completely ignored him, leading to that sequence.
* OrphansOrdeal: In both ''A New Hope'' and ''The Empire Strikes Back''. This is a dual orphan plot in that Luke is raised by "relatives", and tries to avenge the man who "killed his father" as well as seek his own identity. He wishes he wasn't an orphan but after he finds out that Big Bad is his father in the Luke, I Am Your Father scene then he wishes he WERE an orphan.
* ParentalAbandonment: Not that he could help it - his mom died in childbirth, and his dad had no idea he was even alive.
* PeopleJars: His healing in ''The Empire Strikes Back''.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Luke is only 5'7", yet is the most powerful person in the galaxy and a walking weapon of mass destruction.
* PolarOppositeTwins: With Leia. Luke is a blond, blue-eyed, calm, mild-mannered, naïve, mystical, religious Jedi Knight. Leia is a brunette, brown-eyed, quick-tempered, sharp-tongued, worldly-wise, shrewd, and a practical politician.
* PrettyBoy: Much like his father, Anakin.
* PsychicPowers: Luke has mastered them by the start of ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* RageBreakingPoint: Luke had already been through enough by the time the climactic battle in ''Return Of The Jedi'' rolls around. But he knew that getting furious now would lead to TheDarkSide. Vader and the Emperor taunt him, but he stays calm. But then Vader [[RelativeButton is about to threaten to do something terrible to the last family he has]], Luke lets out a BigNever, cutting off Vader's sentence, and wails on him, coming very close to killing him.
* RankUp: He's one of the two surviving members of Red Squadron at the Battle of Yavin. Between films, he's promoted to Commander and becomes the leader of Rogue Squadron.
* RecklessGunUsage: Watch very closely as Luke Skywalker [[http://irregularwebcomic.net/373.html first ignites his lightsaber]] in ''A New Hope'' — he doesn't know how long the beam is and yet is pointing it at Obi-Wan.
* RefusalOfTheCall: In ''A New Hope'', Luke expresses a wish to get off Tatooine but refuses the call due to his current situation ("Alderaan? I'm not going to Alderaan. I've got to go home. It's late, I'm in for it as it is!"). He's later forced into it when his uncle and aunt are killed, because "There's nothing here for me now."
* ReluctantWarrior: By ''Return of the Jedi'', Luke becomes this, resorting to diplomacy and reasoning with both Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader before resorting to violence, and even then, while fighting Vader, he takes steps to try and end the fight without violence.
* RookieRedRanger: Luke doesn't join the Rebellion until the final battle in ''A New Hope''.
* SeparatedAtBirth: Luke was separated from his twin sister Leia at birth in order to be protected from their father.
* SiblingTeam: With Leia, his twin sister. Also see BrotherSisterTeam.
* SiblingYinYang: With Leia. While Luke is more calm, cool and collected, Leia is more passionate, stubborn and hot headed. See PolarOppositeTwins.
* SneakyDeparture: After the Battle Of Hoth, Luke forsakes going to the rendezvous point in order to look for Yoda on Dagobah.
* TheStoic: In ''Return Of The Jedi'', he acts this way in front of his enemies. A major NotSoStoic moment happens when Darth Vader announces that he plans on turning Leia into his student.
* SupportingProtagonist: Although he is TheHero of the Original Trilogy, Anakin remains TheChosenOne. Luke's role was to lead his father down the path of redemption in order to complete his destiny.
* SwordAndGun: He uses both his blaster and lightsaber in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' before only using his lightsaber in ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Towards Vader in ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* TakeAThirdOption: In ''Return Of The Jedi'', Luke has the option of joining either the Emperor or Vader and killing the third wheel--either of which will mean a fall to the Dark Side and the extinction of the Rebellion. What does he do? He chooses to FaceDeathWithDignity, and in the process inspires his father into RedemptionEqualsDeath--which also saves his own life.
* TellMeAboutMyFather:
** He asks Obi Wan about his father, Anakin. Obi Wan tells him... [[FromACertainPointOfView some of the truth]], but famously leaves out some [[LukeIAmYourFather key details]].
** Later, Luke asks Leia about their mother, but Leia only remembers a few very vague warm feelings from her Force-sensitivity. The Prequel Trilogy reveals she actually gets a brief look at her mother before she dies while Luke does not.
* TookALevelInBadass: Notably during ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and at the beginning of ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* TraumaCongaLine: Over the course of ''Empire Strikes Back'' Luke is mauled and captured by savage Wampas to be eaten, only to almost die in the cold after escaping. When he finally finds peace training with Yoda, he senses his friends' pain, only to be ambushed by Darth Vader when he goes to rescue them. Vader proceeds to cut his hand off, and reveal to Luke that he, a mass murdering Sith Lord is is father. When he escapes from that situation, he is left clinging for life on a metal structure above the toxic atmosphere of a gas giant, only to be telepathically tortured by Vader after being rescued by Leia, together with the news that his friend has been tortured, frozen and shipped to a crime lord on Tatooine.
* TrainingFromHell: With Yoda.
* TrueCompanions: With Han and Leia throughout the Original Trilogy.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather:
** The efforts to keep Luke from being like his father (who, [[ItWasHisSled as we all know]], went evil) occupy three separate characters: Owen[[note]]Note that when Owen first read his famous lines, Luke's father was "simply" a hotshot war hero who got himself killed[[/note]], Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda.
** In ''Return Of The Jedi'', Luke realizes that he's dangerously close to invoking this trope after he cuts off Vader's cybernetic right hand and looks down at his own cybernetic right hand. This prompts him to deactivate and discard his lightsaber so that he won't be tempted any further.
* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Luke has to choose between staying on Dagobah and completing his training with Yoda, or going to rescue his friends on Cloud City.
* TheUnchosenOne: Basically yes. He had to work hard to get what he had. There is also the fact that he went up against his father Anakin Skywalker, also known as Darth Vader and TheChosenOne. Anakin was lauded as TheChosenOne ever since he was a child, and experienced first-hand both the positives and negatives of the Jedi Order. Darth Sidious (Palpatine) targeted Anakin for exactly this reason, amplifying the negatives and downplaying the positives until the Jedi's own Chosen One became the Sith's greatest weapon. Luke, on the other hand, experienced the exact opposite and became a hero because of it. Seeing Luke tortured led Vader to HeelFaceTurn and kill the Emperor, helping bring peace to the galaxy. Thus, fulfilling the prophecy of the "one who will bring balance to the Force", all thanks to Luke.
* UnstoppableRage: During his final duel in ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: With Leia in ''Revenge Of The Sith''.
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: [[FarmBoy Luke]] goes from cleaning up droids to destroying the Death Star. While it helps that [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne The Force was strong with him]], his Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen gave him the kind of stable family life that helped him resist TheDarkSide.
* VocalEvolution: In ''Return of the Jedi'', his manner of speaking is far more formal and refined in comparison to the previous two films, tying nicely into his Character Development and taking a level in badass.
* WeaponOfChoice: His father's blue lightsaber until he loses it against Vader. He makes himself a green one afterwards, which is based on his mentor Obi-Wan's.
* WhatTheHellHero: After the first of Han's LeeroyJenkins moments on the Death Star, Luke calls him out on his recklessness.
* WideEyedIdealist: In contrast to Han's cynicism.
* YouAreInCommandNow: During the Battle of Yavin, Red Leader Garven Dreis prepares to start a run and orders Luke to wait up for his own chance, placing him in command of Biggs and Wedge. After failing to hit the exhaust vent, and with Vader hot on his tail, Dreis orders Luke to ignore him and set up his attack run. After seeing him go down, there's a huge musical cue indicating that Luke now commands the mission (or rather, what's left of it).
* YouKilledMyFather: Believed that Vader killed his father. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that Vader '''''is''''' his father.
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!!Master Luke Skywalker
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Thirty years after the destruction of the second Death Star, Luke shied away from his life as a soldier to lead a new generation of Jedi. However, when Kylo Ren destroyed what Luke had built, he went into exile, searching for from the first Jedi temple in order to find answers. In order to combat the growing power of the First Order, Leia has made locating Luke the primary goal of the Resistance.
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* AchillesInHisTent: After Kylo Ren killed all his students, he traveled off to parts unknown, leaving Snoke and the First Order to their own devices.
* TheAloner: He has become a hermit on Ahch-To, the location of the first Jedi temple in the galaxy's history.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Kylo Ren. [[spoiler:He's also Luke's nephew.]]
* ArtificialLimbs: His cybernetic hand has lost all of its synthetic flesh, leaving the metal exposed.
* BadassBeard: Luke has a full-grown beard as a Jedi Master in ''The Force Awakens''.
* BadassGrandpa: Likely so, with him being the last Jedi and all.
* BeardOfSorrow: He has this beard after [[spoiler: having endured the betrayal of his apprentice and the destruction of his New Jedi Order, leading him to go into exile for many years]].
* BigGood: What the Resistance is riding on him becoming, and what the First Order fears he already is. Although he doesn't actively participate in the events of the ''The Force Awakens'', his presence holds significant gravity over the story arcs of many of the characters, and much of what happens are a result of his actions in prior years.
* ChekhovMIA: By the events of ''The Force Awakens'' Luke hasn't been seen by any of his old friends in six years. As such, many people are uncertain of who the man was--Rey, for instance, [[AndManGrewProud thought that his accomplishments with the Force were fabricated legends, and she was surprised to learn that they really happened]].
* TheDreaded: A heroic example. Luke is so revered that the First Order lives in fear of the potential of his return, especially Snoke who outright admits that Luke is powerful enough to defeat them. Snoke orders Kylo Ren and Hux to obtain the map if they can, but is fine with the map being destroyed if necessary if it can keep Luke lost forever.
* TheExile: The double blow of [[spoiler:losing Ben to the Dark Side (which according to Han, Luke feels he's responsible for)]] and his ultimate failure in the attempt to restore a new Jedi Order cause him to become a hermit for six years, disappearing almost completely from everything. [[spoiler:However, he trusts the secret of his location with R2-D2 and Lor San Tekka, as he does want to be found.]]
* HeldGaze: Shares one with [[spoiler:Rey when she finds him]] at the end of the movie. The two of them are completely silent and both look on the verge of tears.
* HeroicBSOD: He undergoes this in backstory of ''The Force Awakens'' when one of his apprentices (Kylo Ren) turns to TheDarkSide and exterminates the fellow Jedi-in-training, leaving Luke as LastOfHisKind again and forcing him into hiding. To twist the knife further, Kylo Ren was [[spoiler:his ''nephew'', being Leia's and Han's son]].
* TheHermit: Even before becoming an exile, Luke spent much of his later years in life away from war in order to try and rebuild the Jedi Order. After his students were killed, he retreated into complete isolation.
* LastOfHisKind: He is explicitly described as being the last Jedi. He tried to correct this by restarting the Jedi Order, but Kylo Ren killed all of his other students.
* LegendaryInTheSequel: He's become a mythical figure in the fringes of society, and a lost icon to more centrally civilized populaces.
* ManInWhite: He's wearing a predominantly white robe, similar to what he wore in ''A New Hope'', in his first appearance in the Sequel Trilogy.
* MyGreatestFailure: The betrayal of his apprentice, Kylo Ren--[[spoiler:then Ben Solo, Luke's own nephew]]--has driven Luke into isolation by the time of ''The Force Awakens'', much the same as Obi-Wan so many years before.
* OldMaster: Obi-Wan's last student is now the master.
* SecretSecretKeeper: The screenplay of ''The Force Awakens'' explicitly reveals that [[spoiler:he knows who Rey is the moment he sees her]]. He doesn't say anything about it, though.
* SilenceIsGolden: He doesn't say a word when he reveals himself in ''The Force Awakens''.
* TearsOfJoy: He has something resembling them when he sees [[spoiler:Rey]].
* TheVoiceless: Is silent in his appearance at the end of ''The Force Awakens''.
* WhiteSheep: By the time of ''The Force Awakens'', [[spoiler:he's the only trained Jedi in his family to remain a Jedi--Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader and Ben Solo became Kylo Ren]].
* WizardClassic: With his white robes and beard, he looks very much like his old master.
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!!Commander Luke Skywalker
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-->''"I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you!"''
A farm boy from the backwater world of Tatooine who famously destroys the Death Star and becomes the [[LaResistance Rebel Alliance's]] greatest hero. Under the guidance of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, Luke learns the ways of the Force and becomes the last of the Jedi.
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* AcePilot: Luke has a Death Star to his credit.
* {{Adorkable}}: He's endearingly naive in the first film and his ''awful'' [[SeventiesHair 1970s hairstyle]] really helps.
* {{Ambadassador}}: At the beginning of ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* AnArmAndALeg: Vader takes Luke's right hand and much of the forearm in the lightsaber duel on Cloud City. He gets a cybernetic prosthesis replacement from the Rebels' medical corps, which later becomes a [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim plot point]] when he faces Vader again.
* AncestralWeapon: His father's lightsaber. After losing it in his duel with Vader on Bespin, he builds his own and makes a point of telling this to Vader to show that he won't let his heritage define who he is.
* {{Archetype}}: Luke is a textbook hero, designed right out of the book [[TheHerosJourney The Hero With A Thousand Faces]]. So much so, that his picture is featured in actual textbooks.
* ArtificialLimbs: Replaces the hand he lost fighting Vader with an artificial one in ''The Empire Strikes Back''.
* AudienceSurrogate: Mostly in ''A New Hope''.
* AuthorAvatar: To ''Franchise/StarWars'' creator Creator/GeorgeLucas (Luke S. = Lucas).
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Luke's original surname was "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Starkiller]]", but after a reworking of the character it was changed to Skywalker, which is still pretty cool and more fitting.
** The name "Starkiller" would eventually be reused as the weaponized planet known as "Starkiller Base" in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.
* BadassAdorable: A sweet tempered and kind-hearted boy who ''sincerely'' cares about everyone in a dark and uncaring universe, and is an unstoppable sentinel of justice against the forces of cruelty and darkness.
* BadassInDistress: He is rescued by someone at least once in all three movies.
* BewareTheNiceOnes:
** Luke has one of the highest kill count in the entire series when you factor in his single-handed destruction of the Death Star.
** In ''Return of the Jedi'', Luke tries to fight Vader calmly and peacefully. Until Vader threatens to corrupt [[BerserkButton Leia]]. Luke promptly bellows, charges, beats Vader down and lops off his hand.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He's only the big brother by about six or seven minutes, tops, but Luke definitely qualifies. He's all [[AllLovingHero redeeming]] and peaceful and unflappable in the face of evil despite a million reasons not to be, but all bets are off when the BigBad makes an impotent, hinted threat towards [[BerserkButton his sister]]. Suffice to say, [[UnstoppableRage he doesn't react well.]]
* BigNo:
** When [[MentorOccupationalHazard Obi Wan]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sq51w34Hg9I is killed]] in ''A New Hope''.
** A classic one occurs in ''The Empire Strikes Back'', when Luke discovers that Darth Vader is his father.
** This is used in the style of a BigNever in ''Return Of The Jedi'', in the final duel when Vader suggests to turn Leia to the DarkSide.
* BreakTheBadass: When Vader reveals that he is his father.
* BrokenPedestal: Averted in regards to learning that his father became Darth Vader. While he's still not happy with the path his dad took and undergoes a HeroicBSOD, he comes to terms with it over time. In the end, Luke admires the person who Anakin used to be, and steadfastly believes that there is still good in his father in spite of everything he's done. He's proven right.
* BromanticFoil: With Han. Luke is an idealistic farm boy and Han is a cynical mercenary.
* BrotherSisterTeam: With Leia, his twin sister.
* CallingTheOldManOut: In ''Return of the Jedi'', Luke calls Obi-Wan out for lying that Vader killed his father, but Obi-Wan calmly rationalizes that what he told Luke was true, [[FromACertainPointOfView from a certain point of view]].
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Luke is obliged to become a Jedi when his home is burned down with his aunt and uncle left as charred remains outside. However, he wanted to help fight the Empire in the first place but his Uncle and Aunt wouldn't allow it. So it was more their refusal than his.
* CelibateHero: As of ''Return Of The Jedi'', thanks to the reveal that Leia was his sister.
* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from naive farmboy to experienced Jedi Knight throughout the original trilogy.
* TheChessmaster: Combined with GuileHero during the the beginning of ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Luke was orphaned twice. Luke probably wouldn't have joined Obi-Wan Kenobi in rescuing the princess if the Imperial Stormtroopers hadn't killed his uncle and aunt.
* CoolSpaceShip: The Incom T-65 X-wing starfighter.
* CoolSword: Luke's green lightsaber is unique within the original trilogy, signifying his development as a Jedi Knight.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Defied in his case. After resisting its pull for the entire movie, Luke comes dangerously close to falling to the Dark Side in ''Return of the Jedi'' when he flies into a rage and nearly kills Vader. He stops when he sees Vader's severed hand is prosthetic like his own and realizes he is [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim becoming just like his nemesis.]]
* CurbStompBattle: At Bespin in ''The Empire Strikes Back'', Vader ''wipes the floor with him'', physically and emotionally, resulting in losing his right hand. He does A LOT better than Han did though. But after he TookALevelInBadass, he delivers one to Vader in ''Return of the Jedi'' after he threatens his sister, chopping off Vader's (robotic) hand.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Luke's CharacterDevelopment in "Return Of The Jedi". Luke's entrance sees him Force-choking two guards to get them out of his way, just to emphasize how much he has changed since his first appearance in the saga.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Luke wears black throughout ''Return Of The Jedi'' (as opposed to brighter colors) to represent his turmoil and struggle over a possible FaceHeelTurn. When he overcomes the Emperor's temptations and causes the destruction of the Sith, his black coat falls open to reveal it had a white lining, meaning that he was ''always'' wearing white the whole time.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Luke vs. Vader. Not only is Vader [[EvilIsBigger taller and bigger]], he's also much more skilled and experienced with the Force. It's almost a ForegoneConclusion that Luke will lose the first duel.
* DeadpanSnarker: Luke has his witty and sarcastic moments.
* DeathFakedForYou: Alongside Leia, their births were kept secret after Padmé died in childbirth, also making Padmé's corpse appear as if she died before she gave birth.
* DecoyProtagonist: Luke can actually be seen as this trope of the saga as a whole: he's clearly set up as the hero of the Original Trilogy, but when viewed alongside the Prequel Trilogy, it becomes clear that the series is actually about his father Anakin's rise, fall, and eventual redemption.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: In ''A New Hope'', Luke wants to be off Tatooine, at first by going to the Imperial Academy, especially since all of his other friends have left Tatooine.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Considering the girl (Leia) is later revealed to be his sister, this [[JustifiedTrope is a good thing]].
* DontThinkFeel: A major part of his Jedi training.
* DorkKnight: Starts off like this. Over time - maybe because of TheReveal in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' - he becomes more composed and sober.
* TheDulcineaEffect: For Leia, especially in ''A New Hope''.
* EasyEvangelism: Luke accepts everything that Obi-Wan tells him about his father, the Jedi and the Force without question, even though he barely knows the guy, who had a reputation as a crazy hermit. This does help speed the story along. Downplayed in that Luke learns about the most esoteric subject, the Force, last, and only after he's already seen that a JediMindTrick is real. Luke's belief only starts stretching during Yoda's lessons.
* EmbarrassingNickname: As revealed in the novelization of ''A New Hope'', Luke's childhood nickname was "Wormie", acquired because he was the smallest in his group of friends.
* EtTuBrute: His reaction when he learns that Darth Vader is his father and had fallen to TheDarkSide.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Throughout the last stage of the Battle Of Endor, Luke goes out of the way to say that he'll die along with everyone else on the Death Star II, and has calmly accepted the fact. He ends up dropping the "dignity" part of this when he refuses to kill his father and is subsequently tortured by the Emperor, as he begs for Darth Vader to save his life. It works, and it allows ''Anakin'' to FaceDeathWithDignity. In the end, Luke lives after all.
* FailureHero: In ''The Empire Strikes Back''. Absolutely nothing goes his way throughout the film, and his attempt to save his friends at Cloud City ends with them saving ''him''.
* FantasticRecruitmentDrive: Luke presumably spends the time [[TimeSkip between the Original Trilogy and the Sequel Trilogy]] looking for new Jedi to train.
* FarmBoy: Luke was raised as a "moisture farmer" by his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru before answering the CallToAdventure.
* GenerationXerox:
** To Anakin, his father. A young boy is whisked away from his home on Tatooine by a Jedi Master. He then saves the day by flying a starfighter into battle and improbably blowing up the enemy space station, befriending R2-D2 in the process. He then receives training in the Force against Yoda's protests, leading him to overconfidently attack Palpatine's [[TheDragon Dragon]], losing an appendage for his troubles. Now, are we talking about Luke or Anakin?
** However, while in looks and career choice, Leia and Luke resemble the same sex parent, in personality and temperament, Leia is much more like Anakin and Luke like Padmé. Indeed, Luke and Padmé have almost identical lines at times (usually about Anakin/Vader).
* GeniusBruiser: Luke is very intelligent and quick on his feet. Great example is the Death Star scene in ''A New Hope'', Luke CARRIES the group through that scene.
* GoodCounterpart: To [[EvilCounterpart Darth Vader]].
* GoodIsNotSoft: Especially in ''Return Of The Jedi''. For a film that showed the heroes as more IncorruptiblePurePureness, some viewers were surprised to see Luke using powers generally associated with the Sith like the Force Choke. In this instance, it was used to demonstrate he was sliding towards TheDarkSide.
* GrewASpine: When he leaves Yoda's training to rescue Han and Leia on Bespin.
* HandicappedBadass: Played with in ''A New Hope'', when he trains with a blindfold and then refuses to use his targeting computer when shooting the Death Star. Played straight in ''Return Of The Jedi'', after he's lost his hand and gained a cybernetic one in ''The Empire Strikes Back''.
* TheHeart: Luke is the centerpiece that holds everyone together in the Original Trilogy.
* TheHero:
** George Lucas patterned him on "The Hero's Journey". Luke fits this trope so well that many psychology textbooks show a picture of him in reference to the archetype of a hero.
** The fact that Luke is the hero archetype was deliberate because Creator/GeorgeLucas is said to have been heavily influenced by Joseph Campbell's [[TheHerosJourney ''The Hero With a Thousand Faces'']]. He does subvert TheHero trope in one major way though - he DidNotGetTheGirl and TheChick (Leia) ends up with TheLancer (Han) instead for [[BrotherSisterIncest one reason or another.]]
* HeroesPreferSwords: Luke receives a sword when he is about to leave his life on Tatooine to become a hero.
* HeroicBSOD:
** After Luke escapes from Vader and is rescued by Lando and the others in the Falcon, Luke has a major one. In the Falcon's cockpit as the heroes try to escape from Bespin, he's clearly filled with despair, whispering, "Ben, why didn't you tell me?" It doesn't help that [[AnArmAndALeg he's just lost his hand]], and Vader was using the Force to more or less "torture" Luke with the previous reveal of Vader being Luke's father.
** In the [[Comicbook/StarWars canonical comic book]], he goes into one after ''just barely'' surviving his first duel against Vader. He comes to think of himself as a liability to the Rebellion, and temporarily abandons his friends in order to find a way to continue his Jedi training so that he'll be more useful in the future.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's blond, and a very NiceGuy.
* HeroicLineage: Luke's father, [[TheChosenOne Anakin]], was a Jedi before him. Luke later followed in his father's footsteps and became a Jedi himself.
* HeroicWillpower: Fighting the Empire, Sith, and more and emerging alive should require more willpower than any single person could have.
* HiddenBackupPrince: Alongside Leia. Unlike Leia, he was not raised in royalty.
* HonorBeforeReason: Luke's unconditional love and faith in the humanity of Darth Vader, his father, is seen as at best stupid and at worst suicidal by the rest of the galaxy (such as joining [[LaResistance the Rebel]] attack on the Death Star despite its low chance of success), was what saved his father and the ''Star Wars'' Galaxy.
* HumbleHero: In ''Literature/TheWeaponOfAJedi'', he dislikes the special treatment he receives due to destroying the first Death Star. Within the films, he also never brags about his accomplishments.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: ''A New Hope'' begins with Luke saying that he wants to leave home so that he can apply to the Imperial Academy and become a pilot. He never becomes an Imperial cadet, but he does become both a Jedi ''and'' an AcePilot.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: His last fight with Vader in ''Return Of The Jedi''. Vader actually told him that it was too late for him and did take him to the Emperor, but in the end it worked.
* IcyBlueEyes: Combined with InnocentBlueEyes. Luke has blue eyes that can swing from innocent to icy at fancy's whim.
* TheIdealist: Has an idealistic view of the galaxy, and of his father.
* IdealHero: Especially in contrast to [[AntiHero Han Solo]] and [[FallenHero his father]]. Considering that upon discovering his father is a Sith Lord and one of the galaxy's most ruthless dictators, he decides — against the advice of everyone — that his dad can be saved from the Dark Side. He turns out to be right.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: In ''Return Of The Jedi'', Luke refuses to kill Vader, because he realizes that doing so would make him no better than Vader is.
* InASingleBound: In ''The Empire Strikes Back'', as Luke's Jedi training progresses, he learns to use new powers like the Force jump, which comes in handy during his fight with Vader.
* InTheBlood:
** Luke's final temptation to join TheDarkSide hinges on him being his father's son and heir to his evil. Luckily, he inherited a few traits from his mom too.
** It was also implied, in ''A New Hope'', as being [[MuggleFosterParents his aunt and uncle's]] reason for [[LockedOutOfTheLoop never]] [[TellMeAboutMyFather discussing]] [[DisappearedDad his]] [[ParentalAbandonment father]] [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou with]] [[LukeIAmYourFather him]]... or at the very least telling BlatantLies. (Spice freighter navigator my ass!) They feared that Luke would [[ForegoneConclusion become a Jedi]], [[CallForward like his father before him]], and go [[SecretLegacy gallivanting across the galaxy]] [[TurnOutLikeHisFather to turn evil]]. That, or just get killed - it's never stated just how much Obi-Wan told them about Anakin. The two always told Luke he'd died off world.
* InTheHood: This is how he makes his entrance to Jabba's palace in ''Return Of The Jedi''. [[spoiler:Also in ''The Force Awakens'', when Rey meets him at his hiding place.]]
* IncestSubtext: With Leia in ''A New Hope''. Of course, at the time that the movie released, their status as siblings was not established.
* IncompletelyTrained: His Jedi training is by necessity rushed and kind of spotty, since his first mentor dies, and he doesn't meet his second until three years later. To a great extent, he's self-taught.
* InstantExpert: His Jedi skills improve dramatically after only a short time under Yoda's instruction. (Granted, Yoda is a excellent teacher and he has a lot of raw potential to begin with.) Notably, his lightsaber skills improve to the point where he can duel Vader and hold his own for a while.
* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: All his issues are focused on Vader. Palpatine is practically an after thought for him.
* JumpedAtTheCall: He wanted to get off Tatooine as soon as he could, even if it wasn't it the way he expected.
* KungFuJesus: Since he's a MessianicArchetype who's also a Jedi.
* LastOfHisKind:
** He is the said to be the last Jedi Knight to be alive from Yoda's death to the foundation of a new Jedi Order.
--->'''Yoda:''' Luke, when gone am I... the last of the Jedi will you be. Pass on what you have learned.
** By the time of ''The Force Awakens'', Kylo Ren believes that he is the last living Jedi in the entire Galaxy.
* TheLeader: Luke is a combo of Type II and Type IV.
* LeeroyJenkins: In ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and to a lesser extent in ''A New Hope''.
* LightIsGood: Often wears white or lighter colored clothing.
* LimbSensationFascination: Luke gets a new hand at the end of ''The Empire Strikes Back''. After being pricked with a needle to check pain sensation, he flexes his fingers a bit and clenches a fist while examining his bionic hand.
* LineageComesFromTheFather: Played straight, with the ever-present concern that Luke would end up [[InTheBlood like his father before him]]. But looking at the Prequel Trilogy, it becomes clear that in terms of personality, he's more like his mother, Padmé. He has that same apparently unfounded belief in the goodness of Vader, and though he can certainly get dangerous when there's call for that, he tries diplomacy first. He handles things his own way, and that's almost never Anakin's way. By ''Return Of The Jedi'', he's become passive and reactionary instead of proactive. How much of this can be attributed to genetics versus his upbringing is debatable, but he's more like his mother than he initially seems.
* LittleNo: Luke says this before it turns into a BigNo after Vader reveals that he is his father.
* LivingLegend: The guy blew up the Death Star on his first official day of joining the Rebellion. Top '''that'''.
* TheLoad: In ''The Empire Strikes Back'', although it actually makes him more likable. Over the course of the film, Luke is actually the cause of the invasion of [[SingleBiomePlanet Hoth]] (Vader sensed him and immediately determined it was a [[LaResistance Rebel]] stronghold); the ambush on Cloud City and subsequent torture of Han; and the crew of the ''Millennium Falcon'' had to go back to rescue Luke. As well, Han Solo had to risk his own life to rescue Luke from a blizzard on Hoth after Luke went to investigate the Imperial Probe Droid (and was nearly eaten by a Wampa for his trouble).
* LongLostSibling: To Leia. Luke is her twin brother.
* LukeNounverber: The TropeCodifier and the trope name inspiration. His surname is apparently a reference to piloting skill, which he appropriately displays, along with his father Anakin Skywalker. Luke's last name was originally going to be ''[[StellarName Starkiller]]''.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: In ''Return Of The Jedi'', she on some level had ''always'' known that she and Luke were siblings. Luke telling her validated that lingering notion.
* MadDictatorsHandsomeSon: Luke never turns to the Dark Side like his father.
* ManInWhite: Shown wearing an entirely white outfit in ''A New Hope'', and many of his other garments have white on them.
* AMasterMakesTheirOwnTools: Vader deems him a fully trained Jedi when he sees that Luke has built his own lightsaber to replace the one he lost, which indeed is a rite of passage for Jedi (each is expected to make their own weapon as part of their training).
* MasterSwordsman: He is definitely one in ''Return Of The Jedi'' and afterwards.
* TheMcCoy: Luke is more the [[WideEyedIdealist naïve farm boy]] (TheMcCoy) and Han the more sensible, pragmatic one (TheKirk, since he says Kirk-like things such as "NeverTellMeTheOdds") but there isn't really a TheSpock-equivalent. Obi-Wan is less cynical than Han, and Leia abandons the entire Rebel Alliance just to save Han in ''Return Of The Jedi''.
** Luke does eventually become TheKirk, but only in ''Return Of The Jedi''. Because he has controlled emotions. For example, Obi-Wan told him that he has to kill his father in order to bring peace, but Luke a logical suggestion that maybe he can be saved because Vader didn't kill, and if was truly evil he would have killed him. His [[TheLeader leadership]] skills have also improved over the last two movies.
* MeaningfulName: {{Lampshaded}} in the novelization of ''A New Hope'': With a name like [[AwesomeMcCoolName Skywalker]], it was inevitable that he would be a skilled pilot.
* MentorsNewHope: In ''A New Hope'', Luke is being taught by Obi-Wan, who also taught [[TheDarkLord Darth Vader]] before Vader went to TheDarkSide.
* MessianicArchetype: Although his father, Anakin is TheChosenOne, Luke is this trope. Luke is the one whom Obi-Wan and Yoda train to become a Jedi. He gains a group of devoted followers (the Rebel Alliance, though mostly Han, Leia, Chewie, C-3P0 and R2-D2), and gallivants about spreading good and performing miracles like blowing up the Death Star. At the end of the sixth movie, he refuses to fight or resist his fate, then is zapped by the Emperor's lightning (his "death" scene). He manages to redeem evil while he's at it. Ironically, other Jedi expected both of them to bring balance to the Force. Perhaps they did, but it took a ProphecyTwist (Anakin having children and turning evil) or two to get them there.
* MilitaryMage: ''Commander'' Skywalker's nascent Force reflexes make him a natural AcePilot and are directly responsible for the destruction of the first Death Star in the Battle of Yavin. The power of having a Force-user on the field is demonstrated again in the Battle of Hoth, where he is able to take down a powerful AT-AT walker ''on foot'' using only a lightsaber and a thermal detonator.
* MissingMom: Luke's mother, Padmé, died during childbirth.
* MoralityPet: Invoked. After the revelation that Darth Vader is his father, he becomes this for him in an effort to turn him back from TheDarkSide, and ultimately, Darth Vader's redemption ([[RedemptionEqualsDeath and death as a result]]) comes from choosing him over continuing to follow Palpatine.
* TheMusketeer: It's not as obvious as other examples of this trope but Luke [[SwordAndGun carries his blaster and lightsaber into battle together]] (mostly evident in the climax of ''The Empire Strikes Back'' where he goes from shooting Stormtroopers to dueling with Vader). It's the only movie in which he does this as well as the only time in the entire film franchise we see a Jedi or Sith doing it.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Luke just happens to wound Vader in the same way Vader wounded him, thus making Luke realize [[WhatHaveIBecome what he had almost become]]. The Emperor really wasn't helping his own cause, either.
* {{Nephewism}}: Luke was raised by his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru Lars before they were killed by the Empire. Of course, when Darth Vader is your father, maybe it's for the better.
* NiceGuy: The nicest in the entire ''Star Wars'' saga. It allows him to have faith in Anakin Skywalker, even when Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi have long since given up hope on "Darth Vader".
* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The "nice" to Han's "mean" and Leia's "in-between".
* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Noble to Han's Roguish.
* NotSoDifferent: Him and Vader. Luke gets his NotSoDifferent moment when he cuts off his father's artificial hand. Luke sees that he has just repaid Vader's violence in kind, but also sees his own prosthetic hand as symbolizing the possibility that he's becoming like his father. This was [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] earlier in ''The Empire Strikes Back'', when Yoda sends Luke into a cave where he is attacked by an apparition of Darth Vader. Luke quickly defeats the apparition, decapitating it. The illusory Vader's mask comes off, and its face is exactly like Luke's. Yoda pointed out before Luke went in that the cave only contains what you take into it (i.e. it shows you yourself, and your weaknesses) in fact telling Luke he wouldn't need his weapons. Luke completely ignored him, leading to that sequence.
* OrphansOrdeal: In both ''A New Hope'' and ''The Empire Strikes Back''. This is a dual orphan plot in that Luke is raised by "relatives", and tries to avenge the man who "killed his father" as well as seek his own identity. He wishes he wasn't an orphan but after he finds out that Big Bad is his father in the Luke, I Am Your Father scene then he wishes he WERE an orphan.
* ParentalAbandonment: Not that he could help it - his mom died in childbirth, and his dad had no idea he was even alive.
* PeopleJars: His healing in ''The Empire Strikes Back''.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Luke is only 5'7", yet is the most powerful person in the galaxy and a walking weapon of mass destruction.
* PolarOppositeTwins: With Leia. Luke is a blond, blue-eyed, calm, mild-mannered, naïve, mystical, religious Jedi Knight. Leia is a brunette, brown-eyed, quick-tempered, sharp-tongued, worldly-wise, shrewd, and a practical politician.
* PrettyBoy: Much like his father, Anakin.
* PsychicPowers: Luke has mastered them by the start of ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* RageBreakingPoint: Luke had already been through enough by the time the climactic battle in ''Return Of The Jedi'' rolls around. But he knew that getting furious now would lead to TheDarkSide. Vader and the Emperor taunt him, but he stays calm. But then Vader [[RelativeButton is about to threaten to do something terrible to the last family he has]], Luke lets out a BigNever, cutting off Vader's sentence, and wails on him, coming very close to killing him.
* RankUp: He's one of the two surviving members of Red Squadron at the Battle of Yavin. Between films, he's promoted to Commander and becomes the leader of Rogue Squadron.
* RecklessGunUsage: Watch very closely as Luke Skywalker [[http://irregularwebcomic.net/373.html first ignites his lightsaber]] in ''A New Hope'' — he doesn't know how long the beam is and yet is pointing it at Obi-Wan.
* RefusalOfTheCall: In ''A New Hope'', Luke expresses a wish to get off Tatooine but refuses the call due to his current situation ("Alderaan? I'm not going to Alderaan. I've got to go home. It's late, I'm in for it as it is!"). He's later forced into it when his uncle and aunt are killed, because "There's nothing here for me now."
* ReluctantWarrior: By ''Return of the Jedi'', Luke becomes this, resorting to diplomacy and reasoning with both Jabba the Hutt and Darth Vader before resorting to violence, and even then, while fighting Vader, he takes steps to try and end the fight without violence.
* RookieRedRanger: Luke doesn't join the Rebellion until the final battle in ''A New Hope''.
* SeparatedAtBirth: Luke was separated from his twin sister Leia at birth in order to be protected from their father.
* SiblingTeam: With Leia, his twin sister. Also see BrotherSisterTeam.
* SiblingYinYang: With Leia. While Luke is more calm, cool and collected, Leia is more passionate, stubborn and hot headed. See PolarOppositeTwins.
* SneakyDeparture: After the Battle Of Hoth, Luke forsakes going to the rendezvous point in order to look for Yoda on Dagobah.
* TheStoic: In ''Return Of The Jedi'', he acts this way in front of his enemies. A major NotSoStoic moment happens when Darth Vader announces that he plans on turning Leia into his student.
* SupportingProtagonist: Although he is TheHero of the Original Trilogy, Anakin remains TheChosenOne. Luke's role was to lead his father down the path of redemption in order to complete his destiny.
* SwordAndGun: He uses both his blaster and lightsaber in ''The Empire Strikes Back'' before only using his lightsaber in ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Towards Vader in ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* TakeAThirdOption: In ''Return Of The Jedi'', Luke has the option of joining either the Emperor or Vader and killing the third wheel--either of which will mean a fall to the Dark Side and the extinction of the Rebellion. What does he do? He chooses to FaceDeathWithDignity, and in the process inspires his father into RedemptionEqualsDeath--which also saves his own life.
* TellMeAboutMyFather:
** He asks Obi Wan about his father, Anakin. Obi Wan tells him... [[FromACertainPointOfView some of the truth]], but famously leaves out some [[LukeIAmYourFather key details]].
** Later, Luke asks Leia about their mother, but Leia only remembers a few very vague warm feelings from her Force-sensitivity. The Prequel Trilogy reveals she actually gets a brief look at her mother before she dies while Luke does not.
* TookALevelInBadass: Notably during ''The Empire Strikes Back'' and at the beginning of ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* TraumaCongaLine: Over the course of ''Empire Strikes Back'' Luke is mauled and captured by savage Wampas to be eaten, only to almost die in the cold after escaping. When he finally finds peace training with Yoda, he senses his friends' pain, only to be ambushed by Darth Vader when he goes to rescue them. Vader proceeds to cut his hand off, and reveal to Luke that he, a mass murdering Sith Lord is is father. When he escapes from that situation, he is left clinging for life on a metal structure above the toxic atmosphere of a gas giant, only to be telepathically tortured by Vader after being rescued by Leia, together with the news that his friend has been tortured, frozen and shipped to a crime lord on Tatooine.
* TrainingFromHell: With Yoda.
* TrueCompanions: With Han and Leia throughout the Original Trilogy.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather:
** The efforts to keep Luke from being like his father (who, [[ItWasHisSled as we all know]], went evil) occupy three separate characters: Owen[[note]]Note that when Owen first read his famous lines, Luke's father was "simply" a hotshot war hero who got himself killed[[/note]], Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda.
** In ''Return Of The Jedi'', Luke realizes that he's dangerously close to invoking this trope after he cuts off Vader's cybernetic right hand and looks down at his own cybernetic right hand. This prompts him to deactivate and discard his lightsaber so that he won't be tempted any further.
* TwoRoadsBeforeYou: Luke has to choose between staying on Dagobah and completing his training with Yoda, or going to rescue his friends on Cloud City.
* TheUnchosenOne: Basically yes. He had to work hard to get what he had. There is also the fact that he went up against his father Anakin Skywalker, also known as Darth Vader and TheChosenOne. Anakin was lauded as TheChosenOne ever since he was a child, and experienced first-hand both the positives and negatives of the Jedi Order. Darth Sidious (Palpatine) targeted Anakin for exactly this reason, amplifying the negatives and downplaying the positives until the Jedi's own Chosen One became the Sith's greatest weapon. Luke, on the other hand, experienced the exact opposite and became a hero because of it. Seeing Luke tortured led Vader to HeelFaceTurn and kill the Emperor, helping bring peace to the galaxy. Thus, fulfilling the prophecy of the "one who will bring balance to the Force", all thanks to Luke.
* UnstoppableRage: During his final duel in ''Return Of The Jedi''.
* UntoUsASonAndDaughterAreBorn: With Leia in ''Revenge Of The Sith''.
* UpbringingMakesTheHero: [[FarmBoy Luke]] goes from cleaning up droids to destroying the Death Star. While it helps that [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne The Force was strong with him]], his Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen gave him the kind of stable family life that helped him resist TheDarkSide.
* VocalEvolution: In ''Return of the Jedi'', his manner of speaking is far more formal and refined in comparison to the previous two films, tying nicely into his Character Development and taking a level in badass.
* WeaponOfChoice: His father's blue lightsaber until he loses it against Vader. He makes himself a green one afterwards, which is based on his mentor Obi-Wan's.
* WhatTheHellHero: After the first of Han's LeeroyJenkins moments on the Death Star, Luke calls him out on his recklessness.
* WideEyedIdealist: In contrast to Han's cynicism.
* YouAreInCommandNow: During the Battle of Yavin, Red Leader Garven Dreis prepares to start a run and orders Luke to wait up for his own chance, placing him in command of Biggs and Wedge. After failing to hit the exhaust vent, and with Vader hot on his tail, Dreis orders Luke to ignore him and set up his attack run. After seeing him go down, there's a huge musical cue indicating that Luke now commands the mission (or rather, what's left of it).
* YouKilledMyFather: Believed that Vader killed his father. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that Vader '''''is''''' his father.
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!!Master Luke Skywalker
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Thirty years after the destruction of the second Death Star, Luke shied away from his life as a soldier to lead a new generation of Jedi. However, when Kylo Ren destroyed what Luke had built, he went into exile, searching for from the first Jedi temple in order to find answers. In order to combat the growing power of the First Order, Leia has made locating Luke the primary goal of the Resistance.
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* AchillesInHisTent: After Kylo Ren killed all his students, he traveled off to parts unknown, leaving Snoke and the First Order to their own devices.
* TheAloner: He has become a hermit on Ahch-To, the location of the first Jedi temple in the galaxy's history.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: Kylo Ren. [[spoiler:He's also Luke's nephew.]]
* ArtificialLimbs: His cybernetic hand has lost all of its synthetic flesh, leaving the metal exposed.
* BadassBeard: Luke has a full-grown beard as a Jedi Master in ''The Force Awakens''.
* BadassGrandpa: Likely so, with him being the last Jedi and all.
* BeardOfSorrow: He has this beard after [[spoiler: having endured the betrayal of his apprentice and the destruction of his New Jedi Order, leading him to go into exile for many years]].
* BigGood: What the Resistance is riding on him becoming, and what the First Order fears he already is. Although he doesn't actively participate in the events of the ''The Force Awakens'', his presence holds significant gravity over the story arcs of many of the characters, and much of what happens are a result of his actions in prior years.
* ChekhovMIA: By the events of ''The Force Awakens'' Luke hasn't been seen by any of his old friends in six years. As such, many people are uncertain of who the man was--Rey, for instance, [[AndManGrewProud thought that his accomplishments with the Force were fabricated legends, and she was surprised to learn that they really happened]].
* TheDreaded: A heroic example. Luke is so revered that the First Order lives in fear of the potential of his return, especially Snoke who outright admits that Luke is powerful enough to defeat them. Snoke orders Kylo Ren and Hux to obtain the map if they can, but is fine with the map being destroyed if necessary if it can keep Luke lost forever.
* TheExile: The double blow of [[spoiler:losing Ben to the Dark Side (which according to Han, Luke feels he's responsible for)]] and his ultimate failure in the attempt to restore a new Jedi Order cause him to become a hermit for six years, disappearing almost completely from everything. [[spoiler:However, he trusts the secret of his location with R2-D2 and Lor San Tekka, as he does want to be found.]]
* HeldGaze: Shares one with [[spoiler:Rey when she finds him]] at the end of the movie. The two of them are completely silent and both look on the verge of tears.
* HeroicBSOD: He undergoes this in backstory of ''The Force Awakens'' when one of his apprentices (Kylo Ren) turns to TheDarkSide and exterminates the fellow Jedi-in-training, leaving Luke as LastOfHisKind again and forcing him into hiding. To twist the knife further, Kylo Ren was [[spoiler:his ''nephew'', being Leia's and Han's son]].
* TheHermit: Even before becoming an exile, Luke spent much of his later years in life away from war in order to try and rebuild the Jedi Order. After his students were killed, he retreated into complete isolation.
* LastOfHisKind: He is explicitly described as being the last Jedi. He tried to correct this by restarting the Jedi Order, but Kylo Ren killed all of his other students.
* LegendaryInTheSequel: He's become a mythical figure in the fringes of society, and a lost icon to more centrally civilized populaces.
* ManInWhite: He's wearing a predominantly white robe, similar to what he wore in ''A New Hope'', in his first appearance in the Sequel Trilogy.
* MyGreatestFailure: The betrayal of his apprentice, Kylo Ren--[[spoiler:then Ben Solo, Luke's own nephew]]--has driven Luke into isolation by the time of ''The Force Awakens'', much the same as Obi-Wan so many years before.
* OldMaster: Obi-Wan's last student is now the master.
* SecretSecretKeeper: The screenplay of ''The Force Awakens'' explicitly reveals that [[spoiler:he knows who Rey is the moment he sees her]]. He doesn't say anything about it, though.
* SilenceIsGolden: He doesn't say a word when he reveals himself in ''The Force Awakens''.
* TearsOfJoy: He has something resembling them when he sees [[spoiler:Rey]].
* TheVoiceless: Is silent in his appearance at the end of ''The Force Awakens''.
* WhiteSheep: By the time of ''The Force Awakens'', [[spoiler:he's the only trained Jedi in his family to remain a Jedi--Anakin Skywalker became Darth Vader and Ben Solo became Kylo Ren]].
* WizardClassic: With his white robes and beard, he looks very much like his old master.
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