Luke Skywalker

…of the young rebel hero Luke Skywalker, and at the climax of the next film, Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi (1983), Vader turns against the Empire to save his son’s life, sacrificing his own in the process.

…away,” the film centers on Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), a young man who finds himself embroiled in an interplanetary war between an authoritarian empire and rebel forces. Skywalker, his mentor the wise Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), and the opportunistic smuggler Han Solo (Ford) are tasked with saving Princess Leia…

…away,” the film centers on Luke Skywalker—played by a then relatively unknown Mark Hamill—a young man who finds himself embroiled in an interplanetary war between an authoritarian empire and rebel forces. Skywalker meets two mechanical “droids” that set him on a quest to find Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), whom he…