History Characters / StarWarsLukeSkywalker

* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a naïve FarmBoy who can be somewhat whiny and impulsive to an experienced Jedi Knight who tells the Emperor to shove it throughout the original trilogy.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: A downplayed version. Hours within his and Leia's birth, their father turned to the Dark Side and force-choked their mother. And withing being born, their mother died. He was then separated from Leia to keep them safe from the Empire. Luke was taken to Tatooine and was happily raised by his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru.

* DeceptiveLegacy: Twofold. Luke's aunt and uncle told him that his father was a navigator on a spice freighter (it's unknown what they told him about his mother). He then learns from Obi-Wan that this is a load of baloney; he was actually a Jedi Knight and veteran of the Clone Wars, who was betrayed and murdered by Darth Vader. Though it turns out ''this'' is only MetaphoricallyTrue...from a certain point of view. Owen and Beru [[JustifiedTrope had to lie]] to protect Luke from the Empire, while Owen also feared that Luke [[TurnOutLikeHisFather might end up like Anakin.]] Obi-Wan had similar reasons for not telling Luke Anakin and Vader are the same person (he also considered Anakin to have [[DeathOfPersonality 'died']] when he turned to the Dark Side).

* PinballProtagonist: In the finale of ''Return of the Jedi''. While the movie did have a great deal of CharacterDevelopment for him, and he is responsible for saving his friends from Jabba and the Works, he contributes little to the Rebellion's last ditch-effort to destroy the second Death Star and the Emperor onboard. Had he not been there, the Battle of Endor would still have gone the same way. However, Luke's participation did affect a crucial outcome that would ultimately lead to the Empire's inevitable downfall, the death of the Emperor and Darth Vader. [[ForWantOfANail Without his presence]], Palpatine would have likely escaped amidst the chaos while Darth Vader would still remain on the Dark Side, allowing the Sith to survive to wreak havoc upon the galaxy in the near future.

->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' | ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]''[[note]]distant cameo only[[/note]] | ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'' | ''Film/ANewHope'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsPrincessLeia Princess Leia]]'' | ''Literature/HeirToTheJedi'' | ''Literature/TheWeaponOfAJedi'' | ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsVaderDown Vader Down]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheScreamingCitadel The Screaming Citadel]]'' | ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsForcesOfDestiny Forces of Destiny]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsWarOfTheBountyHunters War of the Bounty Hunters]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarkDroids Dark Droids]]'' | ''Literature/MovingTarget'' | ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsShatteredEmpire Shattered Empire]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsThePrincessAndTheScoundrel The Princess and the Scoundrel]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]'' | ''Series/TheMandalorian'' | ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheRiseOfKyloRen The Rise of Kylo Ren]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfResistance Age of Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/TheLegendsOfLukeSkywalker'' | ''Literature/ShadowOfTheSith'' | ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' | ''Film/TheLastJedi'' | ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarkHamill (''Forces of Destiny'', ''The Mandalorian'', ''The Book of Boba Fett''), Creator/MatthewMercer (''Battlefront II'')[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''Latin American Spanish dub:''' Salvador Nájar and Roberto Alexander (1977-1996), Creator/JesusBarrero (1997-2015), Creator/BetoCastillo (2017-present), Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (''The Mandalorian''), '''European Spanish dub:''' Salvador Vidal (all movies), Nacho Hijas (''The Mandalorian''), '''Japanese dub:''' Creator/BinShimada (current), Creator/AkiraIshida, Creator/KanetoShiozawa, Creator/YuuMizushima, Toru Watanabe, Eiji Okuda, Yusuke Suda (''The Mandalorian'', ''The Book of Boba Fett''), '''French dub:''' Creator/DominiqueCollignonMaurin (Original Trilogy), Bernard Lanneau (''The Last Jedi'', ''The Rise of Skywalker''), '''Brazilian dub:''' Mário Jorge Andrade (Original Trilogy, first dub), Marcus Jardym (Original Trilogy, second dub), Andreas Avancini (Original Trilogy, third dub), Jorge Lucas Costa (Sequel Trilogy)[[/labelnote]]

* 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 [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only female character]] (Leia) ends up with TheLancer (Han) instead for [[BrotherSisterIncest one reason or another.]]

* BadPowersGoodPeople: [[spoiler: ''The Mandalorian'' showcases his mastery of The Force by Force Crushing a Dark Trooper to pieces as if he's Force Choking it despite it being a forbidden Force power.]]

** [[spoiler: ''The Mandalorian'' Season 2 ends with Luke rescuing Din and co. from the Dark Troopers, having heard Grogu's call from Tython.]]

** [[spoiler: At the climax of Season 2 of ''The Mandalorian'', he shows up at Moff Gideon's light cruiser as a platoon of Dark Troopers, ''one'' of which dealt one of these to Din Djarin, are advancing on the trapped heroes. Luke proceeds to carve through them all without breaking a sweat.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: In ''The Book of Boba Fett''. [[spoiler: He attempts to have Grogu to let go of his attachment to his adoptive father to become a true Jedi, and yet Luke absolutely ''refused'' to let go of his father even when everyone else told him he was a lost cause. Ultimately Luke concedes that Grogu must choose his own path and allows him the choice of returning to Din Djarin… at the cost of forsaking the way of the Jedi.]]

* InTheHood: This is how he makes his entrance to Jabba's palace in ''Return of the Jedi''. He does the same in [[spoiler: ''The Mandalorian'', battling the Dark Troopers this way]]. Also in ''The Force Awakens'', when Rey meets him at his hiding place.

* LaserSword: Uses his father's blue lightsaber, until he loses it against said father. He uses a yellow one (which is a damaged lightsaber pike) he found for a time before he makes himself a green one afterwards, which is based on his mentor Obi-Wan's.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Luke has two: the first one is the all-time famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcZ9kQ1h-ZY Force Theme]]. The second one came decades later : [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt0T2QlWf8c A Friend]], when Luke saves Mando and his friends and takes Grogu as a Padawan.]]

** He's also this to Han, as Han not only goes back to help him during the Battle of Yavin, but Han temporarily puts off his departure from Hoth to search for Luke in a blizzard. And years later, [[spoiler: it's Luke's safety that motivates Han to step back into action when the First Order is searching for him.]]

* OneManArmy: An incredibly dangerous soldier and an even more powerful Jedi. If one Imperial account is to be trusted, Luke once brought down an airborne Star Destroyer ''by jumping from the surface of Jakku and slashing it with the Force''. He cuts down Jabba’s numerous goons like butter in ''Return Of The Jedi'' without breaking a sweat. [[spoiler: It's shown explicitly in ''The Mandalorian'' when he rescues Din and his group from Moff Gideon and his Dark Troopers. The Dark Troopers are heavy-duty infantry droids with durable armor and powerful manual strength with a single one being a difficult fight for the Mandalorian bounty hunter Din. Luke disposes of an entire platoon of dark troopers on his own without any visible effort at all.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: In ''Return of the Jedi''. When we see him for the first time in his DarkIsNotEvil getup, having mastered Force-choking and the JediMindTrick, then coolly demanding "You will bring Captain Solo and the Wookiee to me", we know right away this is not the same green and reckless Luke from ''Empire''. Also, in his first duel with Vader in ''Empire'', Luke was clearly outmatched, even if Vader was not having things his own way. In their second duel in the Emperor's throne room, he holds his own a lot better. Both Luke's reluctance and Vader's inner conflict were dragging each of them down, however. [[spoiler: He's taken another level by the time of ''The Mandalorian'', where he demolishes a platoon of Dark Troopers with ease]].

* WarriorPrince: He's Leia's biological brother, and, thus, son of Queen Padme Amidala of Naboo.

* SeparatedAtBirth: Luke was separated from his twin sister Leia at birth in order to be protected from their father.

->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' | ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]''[[note]]distant cameo only[[/note]] | ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'' | ''Film/ANewHope'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsPrincessLeia Princess Leia]]'' | ''Literature/HeirToTheJedi'' | ''Literature/TheWeaponOfAJedi'' | ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsVaderDown Vader Down]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheScreamingCitadel The Screaming Citadel]]'' | ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsForcesOfDestiny Forces of Destiny]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsWarOfTheBountyHunters War of the Bounty Hunters]]'' | ''Literature/MovingTarget'' | ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsShatteredEmpire Shattered Empire]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsThePrincessAndTheScoundrel The Princess and the Scoundrel]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]'' | ''Series/TheMandalorian'' | ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheRiseOfKyloRen The Rise of Kylo Ren]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfResistance Age of Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/TheLegendsOfLukeSkywalker'' | ''Literature/ShadowOfTheSith'' | ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' | ''Film/TheLastJedi'' | ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''

* NostalgiaFilter: His reverence for the Jedi made him blind to their faults. When he tried to rebuild the order he revived the practice of beginning training in early childhood even though he himself, his sister, and Ezra Bridger all serve as proof that this is not necessary, and he brought back the requirement of cutting off all connections, despite knowing what happened with his own father. After his new Jedi Order fell, he admitted that he was romanticizing the old Jedi knights.

* RetroactiveIdiotBall: Luke is completely defenseless against Palpatine's Force lightning in ''Return of the Jedi''. The prequel trilogy established that lightsabers can block Force lightning, and Yoda was aware of Force lightning as one of Palpatine's abilities due to their [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith duel]]. If Yoda had told Luke this vital information, Luke probably wouldn't have thrown his lightsaber on the floor, which left him defenseless against Palpatine's lightning, and if Yoda ''did'' tell Luke, then Luke should've known that tossing away the only defense he had against Palpatine's lightning was a bad idea.

* SelfMadeMan: To a degree. While he did have some formal training with Obi-Wan and Yoda, as well as the guidance of their spirits, he did pretty much all the other training needed to become a Jedi master by himself. Not to mention he raised the Jedi Order from the dead, and found new initiates single-handedly.

** Ironically, given Luke's jaded, bitter outlook on the Jedi Order in ''The Last Jedi'', one could say that Luke did turn out more like the man who raised him, Owen, than his own biological father.

* YouRemindMeOfX: He tells Grogu he reminds him of his master Yoda, having same small stature, but a big heart.

* AdaptationalHeroism: As far as we're aware, Luke never turned to the Dark Side, not even as a FakeDefector, unlike in ''Legends''. [[note]]He allied with a resurrected Emperor Palpatine in the first installment of the ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'' trilogy and had a period of BecomingTheMask, although it was ultimately brief.[[/note]]

* DeathByAdaptation: While he did eventually die in ''Legends'' as he appeared as a Force ghost in ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy'' (over a century after any of the films), when and how he died was never made clear. Here he dies on-screen. He also dies much earlier; in ''Legends'' he was still alive and kicking by 45 ABY, while in the New Canon he dies in 34 ABY and appears as a Force ghost a year later.

* VillainousLineage:
** 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 never discussing his father with 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.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Luke genuinely believes that by letting the Jedi go extinct with his own death, no more harm will come to the Galaxy.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Although he can be a rude and pessimistic grouch, especially compared to his [[NiceGuy younger self]], he is still a caring and compassionate man beneath it all. The reason he acts like such a jerk sometimes is that he feels so [[HurtingHero terrible]] about hurting and/or failing the people he loves and swore to protect. He is also ultimately convinced to come out of 'retirement' to help save the galaxy. He doesn't resent or hold anger towards Kylo Ren despite everything he's done; Luke actually apologizes to ''Kylo'' for failing him, warns him that continuing down this path won't end well for him, and expresses a hope he could still redeem himself.

** [[spoiler: In ''The Mandalorian'' second season finale, as soon as Moff Gideon sees Luke on his light cruiser security feed [[CurbStompBattle mowing down his Dark Troopers]], his attitude quickly shifts from {{smug|Snake}} to [[OhCrap terrified]] to the point where he considers [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled shooting himself before Luke arrives on the Bridge.]]]]

* LaserSword: Uses his father's blue lightsaber, until he loses it against Vader. He uses a yellow one (which is a damaged lightsaber pike) he found for a time before he makes himself a green one afterwards, which is based on his mentor Obi-Wan's.

** [[spoiler: He's definitely this by the time Din Djarin starts looking after Grogu and decimates an entire platoon of [[MechaMooks Dark]] [[EliteMooks Troopers]] all on his own without making any visible effort. His decimation of the dark troopers parallels his father's decimation of the rebel soldiers in ''Film/RogueOne''.]]

** [[spoiler: In ''The Mandalorian'' second season finale, as soon as Moff Gideon sees Luke on his light cruiser security feed [[CurbStompBattle mowing down his Dark Troopers]], his attitude quickly shifts from {{smug|Snake}} to [[OhCrap terrified]].]]

* BadassBaritone: His voice has gotten far deeper now that he's older.

->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' | ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]''[[note]]distant cameo only[[/note]] | ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'' | ''Film/ANewHope'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsPrincessLeia Princess Leia]]'' | ''Literature/HeirToTheJedi'' | ''Literature/TheWeaponOfAJedi'' | ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsVaderDown Vader Down]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheScreamingCitadel The Screaming Citadel]]'' | ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsWarOfTheBountyHunters War of the Bounty Hunters]]'' | ''Literature/MovingTarget'' | ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsShatteredEmpire Shattered Empire]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsThePrincessAndTheScoundrel The Princess and the Scoundrel]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]'' | ''Series/TheMandalorian'' | ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheRiseOfKyloRen The Rise of Kylo Ren]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfResistance Age of Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/TheLegendsOfLukeSkywalker'' | ''Literature/ShadowOfTheSith'' | ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' | ''Film/TheLastJedi'' | ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarkHamill (''Forces of Destiny'', ''The Mandalorian'', ''The Book of Boba Fett''), Creator/MatthewMercer (''Battlefront II'')[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''Latin American Spanish dub:''' Salvador Nájar and Roberto Alexander (1977-1996), Creator/JesusBarrero (1997-2015), Beto Castillo (2017-present), Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (''The Mandalorian''), '''European Spanish dub:''' Salvador Vidal (all movies), Nacho Hijas (''The Mandalorian''), '''Japanese dub:''' Creator/BinShimada (current), Creator/AkiraIshida, Creator/KanetoShiozawa, Creator/YuuMizushima, Toru Watanabe, Eiji Okuda, Yusuke Suda (''The Mandalorian'', ''The Book of Boba Fett''), '''French dub:''' Creator/DominiqueCollignonMaurin (Original Trilogy), Bernard Lanneau (''The Last Jedi'', ''The Rise of Skywalker''), '''Brazilian dub:''' Mário Jorge Andrade (Original Trilogy, first dub), Marcus Jardym (Original Trilogy, second dub), Andreas Avancini (Original Trilogy, third dub), Jorge Lucas Costa (Sequel Trilogy)[[/labelnote]]

* 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? Interestingly, both Luke and his father lost their parent/parental figures to violence at the age of nineteen, though their responses to this tragedy and the effect on them were [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter quite different.]] Although Luke was obviously devastated to lose his aunt and uncle, their deaths allow him to fully let go of his old life on Tatooine and help the Rebellion; he wants to fight the Empire to get justice for his family and prevent others from suffering the same fate. When Anakin loses his mother, Shmi, he goes on a murderous rampage against those responsible (which ultimately doesn't make him feel better) and is consumed with the idea that he could've saved her if only he'd been more powerful, which starts him thinking that the Jedi are holding him back. It also worsens his abandonment issues, causing him to become increasingly overprotective of his loved ones; he becomes especially possessive of Padmé. Ultimately, the loss of Anakin's mother marks the start of his path to villainy, while the loss of Luke's parents starts his journey as a hero.

* TheLeader: Luke is a combo of Type II and Type IV.

* LaserSword: Uses his father's blue lightsaber, until he loses it against Vader. He uses a yellow one he found for a time before he makes himself a green one afterwards, which is based on his mentor Obi-Wan's.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarkHamill (''Forces of Destiny'', ''The Mandalorian'', ''The Book of Boba Fett''), Creator/MatthewMercer (''Battlefront II'')[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]'''Latin American Spanish dub:''' Salvador Nájar and Roberto Alexander (1977-1996), Creator/JesusBarrero (1997-2015), Beto Castillo (2017-present), Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (''The Mandalorian''), '''European Spanish dub):''' Salvador Vidal (all movies), Nacho Hijas (''The Mandalorian''), '''Japanese dub:''' Creator/BinShimada (current), Creator/AkiraIshida, Creator/KanetoShiozawa, Creator/YuuMizushima, Toru Watanabe, Eiji Okuda, Yusuke Suda (''The Mandalorian'', ''The Book of Boba Fett''), '''French dub:''' Creator/DominiqueCollignonMaurin (Original Trilogy), Bernard Lanneau (''The Last Jedi'', ''The Rise of Skywalker''), '''Brazilian dub:''' Mário Jorge Andrade (Original Trilogy, first dub), Marcus Jardym (Original Trilogy, second dub), Andreas Avancini (Original Trilogy, third dub), Jorge Lucas Costa (Sequel Trilogy)[[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarkHamill (''Forces of Destiny'', ''The Mandalorian'', ''The Book of Boba Fett''), Creator/MatthewMercer (''Battlefront II'')
->'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish dub):''' Salvador Nájar and Roberto Alexander (1977-1996), Creator/JesusBarrero (1997-2015), Beto Castillo (2017-present), Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (''The Mandalorian'')
->'''Voiced by (European Spanish dub):''' Salvador Vidal (all movies), Nacho Hijas (''The Mandalorian'')
->'''Voiced by (Japanese dub):''' Creator/BinShimada (current), Creator/AkiraIshida, Creator/KanetoShiozawa, Creator/YuuMizushima, Toru Watanabe, Eiji Okuda, Yusuke Suda (''The Mandalorian'', ''The Book of Boba Fett'')
->'''Voiced by (French dub):''' Creator/DominiqueCollignonMaurin (Original Trilogy), Bernard Lanneau (''The Last Jedi'', ''The Rise of Skywalker'')
->'''Voiced by (Brazilian dub):''' Mário Jorge Andrade (Original Trilogy, first dub), Marcus Jardym (Original Trilogy, second dub), Andreas Avancini (Original Trilogy, third dub), Jorge Lucas Costa (Sequel Trilogy)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' | ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Rebels]]''[[note]]distant cameo only[[/note]] | ''Literature/FromACertainPointOfView'' | ''Film/ANewHope'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsPrincessLeia Princess Leia]]'' | ''Literature/HeirToTheJedi'' | ''Literature/TheWeaponOfAJedi'' | ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsVaderDown Vader Down]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheScreamingCitadel The Screaming Citadel]]'' | ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' | ''Literature/MovingTarget'' | ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsShatteredEmpire Shattered Empire]]'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsThePrincessAndTheScoundrel The Princess and the Scoundrel]]'' | ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Battlefront II]]'' | ''Series/TheMandalorian'' | ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' | ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsTheRiseOfKyloRen The Rise of Kylo Ren]]'' | ''[[ComicBook/StarWarsAgeOfResistance Age of Resistance]]'' | ''Literature/TheLegendsOfLukeSkywalker'' | ''Literature/ShadowOfTheSith'' | ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' | ''Film/TheLastJedi'' | ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''

* HopeBringer: Both he and Leia's birth at the end of "Revenge of the Sith" represent the new hope in the shambles of the Republic that the new Empire was built upon for Yoda, Obi-Wan, and the small militant senators, like Bail Organa, who would form the Rebel Alliance.
** While the title of "A New Hope" can also represent the Rebellion as a means of bringing the Empire's tyranny to an end, and even to Leia to a lesser extent, it most obviously applies to Luke himself. Luke ends up embodying Anakin's hopes of doing something good again, and he himself expresses strong hopes of turning Anakin back to the light side, which he ultimately accomplishes. Coincidentally, his new lightsaber in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' emits a green blade, this being the first green-bladed lightsaber ever seen before the production of the Prequel Trilogy and its spinoffs (although actually the green color used for this new lightsaber was chosen in real life for different reasons, and not specifically to represent this theme of hope).

* Cyborg: He uses a prosthetic right hand to replace his organic one after Vader cleaved it off during their lightsaber duel in Cloud City.