Luke Skywalker — The Empire Strikes Back Character Profile

About Luke Skywalker

Young farm boy turned Jedi Knight, central leader of the Rebel Alliance and Resistance.

Luke Skywalker — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Lightsaber combat, Force sensitivity, Piloting, Leadership, Tactical thinking

• Strength: 6/10
• Intelligence: 7/10
• Charisma: 8/10
• Morality: 9/10
• Influence: 9/10

Affiliations

• Jedi
• Rebel Alliance
• Rogue Squadron
• Jedi Council
• New Jedi Order
• Bright Tree tribe
• Red Squadron
• Star Wars universe

Quick Facts about Luke Skywalker

Occupation

Jedi, mechanic, rebel

Eye Color

Blue

Hair Color

Blond hair

First Appearance

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

Manner of Death

Natural causes

Luke Skywalker's Known Relations

• Anakin Skywalker — Father
• Padmé Amidala — Mother
• Ben Skywalker — Child
• Mara Jade — Spouse
• Princess Leia — Sibling
• Han Solo — Relative
• Shmi Skywalker — Relative
• Cliegg Lars — Relative
• Kylo Ren — Relative
• Kyle Katarn — Student
• Mara Jade — Student
• Princess Leia — Student
• Kyp Durron — Student
• Jacen Solo — Student
• Anakin Solo — Student
• Corran Horn — Student
• Ben Skywalker — Student
• Desann — Student
• Tionne Solusar — Student
• Cilghal — Student
• Gantoris — Student
• Kam Solusar — Student
• Ken — Student
• Kenth Hamner — Student
• Kirana Ti — Student
• Streen — Student
• Zekk — Student
• Yoda — Student of
• Obi-Wan Kenobi — Student of
• Jedi — Member of
• Rebel Alliance — Member of
• Rogue Squadron — Member of
• Jedi Council — Member of
• New Jedi Order — Member of
• Bright Tree tribe — Member of
• Red Squadron — Member of
• Palpatine — Enemy
• Grand Admiral Thrawn — Enemy
• Exar Kun — Enemy
• Lumiya — Enemy
• Joruus C'baoth — Enemy
• Darth Caedus — Enemy

Luke Skywalker appears in 9 titles

• Star Wars (1977) — character page
• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Return of the Jedi (1983) — character page
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) — character page
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — character page
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) — character page
• The Mandalorian (2019) — character page
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) — character page
• The Book of Boba Fett (2021) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Mark Hamill

Appears in

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (7)

• Luke Skywalker — Professional Has Student — Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)

  Wikidata Property: P802

• Luke Skywalker — Family Child — Darth Vader (David Prowse)

  Wikidata Property: P40

• Luke Skywalker — Family Twin Siblings — Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)

  They are siblings who remain connected through the Rebel struggle.

  The character profile identifies Princess Leia as Luke Skywalker's twin sister.

• Luke Skywalker — Family Father — Darth Vader (David Prowse)

  Their hidden family connection transforms the central conflict.

  During their duel, Darth Vader reveals that he is Luke Skywalker's father.

• Luke Skywalker — Professional Jedi Mentor And Apprentice — Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)

  Obi-Wan guides Luke's spiritual and Jedi development.

  Obi-Wan's spirit instructs Luke to travel to Dagobah for Jedi training and later warns him against abandoning it.

• Luke Skywalker — Alliance Teammates — Han Solo (Harrison Ford)

  Han repeatedly protects and supports Luke.

  Han discovers Luke in the snow, shelters him inside a tauntaun carcass, and later joins the effort to escape the Imperial attack.

• Luke Skywalker — Conflict Opposing Forces — Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch)

  Their objectives conflict during the Cloud City escape.

  Luke arrives at Cloud City while Boba Fett is escaping with the captured Han.

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More characters from The Empire Strikes Back

• Han Solo (Harrison Ford)
• Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher)
• C-3PO (Anthony Daniels)
• Darth Vader (David Prowse)
• Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams)
• R2-D2 (Kenny Baker)
• Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew)
• Boba Fett (Jeremy Bulloch)
• Yoda (Voice) (Frank Oz)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)
• General Veers (Julian Glover)
• Admiral Piett (Kenneth Colley)