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Luke Skywalker (As of the Battle of Yavin) |
| Template Type: | Brash Pilot |
| Species: | Human |
| Gender: | M |
| Move: | 10 |
| Character Points: | 15 |
| Force Points: | 6 |
| Force Sensitive: | Yes |
| Source: | The Movie Trilogy Sourcebook p.5-10 |
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Description: Of all the prominent figures engaged in the Rebellion, none has changed as much as Luke Skywalker. When his journey began, he was a simple young man living on a moisture farm on the desert world Tatooine. Now, he is the first of what will hopefully be a new line of Jedi Knights, and carries more responsibility on his young shoulders than any one man should have to. The secrets he uncovered about his past both revealed to him his destiny and burdened him with a fear that he would one day succumb to the power of the dark side. He began as an idealistic dreamer and quickly matured into a responsible leader, despite the personal tragedy that has struck him throughout the past years. As a youth, Luke was always a dreamer. Though his body toiled on the Lars' farm on Tatooine, his mind wandered the stars longing for the day he could find adventure. Luke would get what he wished for, fortunately for the galaxy. I sometimes wonder if the reality proved to be as sweet as the dream. For Luke, the adventure began innocently enough, with the purchase of two used droids from Jawa scavengers. But C-3P0 and R2-D2 were far more than they seemed. The property of the Royal House of Alderaan, they were bearing a plea for help aimed at the reclusive ObiWan Kenobi. One of the few surviving Jedi Knights, Kenobi had gone into hiding on Tatooine to escape the Empire and to secretly observe young Luke Skywalker, who Kenobi believed would one day restore the Jedi and defeat the Empire. In an effort to deliver the message, R2-D2 ran away. When Luke finally caught up with the stubborn astromech, he was attacked by Tusken Raiders. That was when Obi-Wan appeared, scaring away the Sand People, and opening Luke's mind to the Force. Young Skywalker discovered that Kenobi knew him well, and had known of his father. Anakin Skywalker had been a trusted friend of Kenobi's, a comrade in the Clone Wars. Anakin had been betrayed and murdered by Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith, or so Kenobi said. Luke would not find out the truth about his father for some time. Finally, Kenobi presented Luke with a gift that would serve him well: his father's lightsaber. Before Luke could ask all the questions that filled his mind, R2-D2 played its message for Kenobi. In it, Princess Leia revealed that the Rebels had obtained the plans for the Empire's new secret weapon, and begged Kenobi to deliver them to her father on Alderaan. Kenobi immediately prepared to leave, and asked Luke's aid on the journey. Luke hesitated. Perhaps he sensed what taking this step would mean, or perhaps he simply shared humanity's greatest fear, that of the unknown. But in one of those ironic twists of fate, stormtroopers searching for the droids slew Luke's uncle and aunt and destroyed their farm. Young Skywalker's decision had been made for him, and on that day, the fate of the Empire was sealed. To escape from Tatooine, Luke, Obi-Wan, and the droids employed a notorious Corellian smuggler, Han Solo, and his Wookiee co-pilot, Chewbacca. It was a meeting that would change all their lives forever. Meanwhile, Princess Leia, a captive on the Emperor's massive Death Star battle station, was forced to watch the destruction of her homeworld, Alderaan. Time was rapidly running out for the Rebellion. Despite the coup of stealing the plans for the Death Star, it was beginning to look as if theywould never be put to effective use. Luke and his newfound comrades arrived too late to save Alderaan, but Leia Organa owes her life to them. While Obi-Wan fought (and, tragically, lost to) Darth Vader, Han and Luke pulled off a daring rescue and escaped from the station. Upon bringing the Princess to Yavin, Luke had found himself thrust into a key role in the Rebellion. There was little time for reflection or doubt. All of that had to be put aside in favor of action. Luke's experience with racing his T-16 skyhopper through the dangerous Beggar's Canyon served him well as he first jumped into the cockpit of his X-wing fighter. Luke was but one of several green pilots who volunteered for the assault on the Death Star. As Han Solo pointed out, the attack wasn't a matter of bravery or courage, but for all intents and purposes, suicide. In the end, it was Luke who fired the almost impossible shot that destroyed the super weapon and dealt a stunning blow to the Empire. Luke, Solo and the others were now wanted criminals with prices on their heads. There could be no turning away from their destinies now. Of course, not even the greatest pilot could have made that shot unaided. Luke Skywalker had the inherent, natural abilityto use the Force, supplemented by some training by Kenobi. It was that which made it possible for him to hit a target the Rebels' finest fighter pilots had missed, even with the assistance of targeting computers. Luke is quick to point out that much of the credit belongs to Solo, whose timely appearance in the battle allowed Skywalker to achieve his goal. The events of those fleeting moments are the stuff of legend. Solo and Skywalker rescued a Rebel leader from the heart of the Empire's most dangerous space station (although there is mounting evidence to indicate that the Empire allowed them to escape, hoping that they would lead the Death Star to the main Rebel base). Then, there was Luke's amazing shot, made without the aid of a targeting computer. The Skywalker legend was born. For most men, that single moment of glory would have been sufficient to last a lifetime. But Luke Skywalker had barely begun to battle the Empire, and although the Emperor and Vader are gone now, that war continues to this day. As I record this, the name Skywalker has come to mean many things to many people. Not too long ago, it had been nearly forgotten, however, linked only to the memory of an old hero who fought in a forgotten war, ages past. But the Emperor had never forgotten the power of that name, and so diverted an entire fleet, under the command of Lord Vader, with orders to capture Luke at any cost. After the Battle of Yavin, Luke and his friends eventually traveled to the frozen planet Hoth, site of a secret Rebel base. Luke's initial scouting report turned up a suitable location for a Rebel base. Early patrols by the Rebels, however, showed how dangerous this frontier world could be. Han and Luke had a brief run-in with a creature they termed a "dragon-slug" near the planet's equator, far from Echo Base. Later, a vicious Wampa Ice Creature attacked the young Rebel and dragged him to its lair. To date, Luke has been quiet about how he escaped the lair and his time exposed to the harsh elements of the ice planet. Again, it was Han Solo who saved the future Jedi Knight. Little did Solo know that he would desperately need Luke to return the favor in a very short time. The legend of Luke Skywalker grew considerably due to his exploits during the assault on Hoth. The front-line Rebel troops witnessed Commander Skywalker single-handedly bring down an Imperial All Terrain Armored Transport. The valiant holding action fought by the Rebels against AT-AT walkers and Imperial snowtroopers allowed the bulk of the Alliance forces to escape the planet. Luke mysteriously disappeared after that battle. Luke's activities prior to his journey to Cloud City on Bespin have only recently come to light. He traveled to the swamp world of Dagobah, where he encountered the Jedi Master known as Yoda. It was here, under his tutelage, that Luke began to master the ways of the Force. It was also here that he learned of the temptation of the dark side of the Force, one he would have to fight against every day of his life. Before he could complete his training, however, his sensitivity to the Force revealed to him that Leia, Han, and Chewbacca were in danger. For him, there was no choice: he had to save his friends. It must be remembered that Luke was still largely untested. It should thus come as no surprise that he so blindly walked into the Imperial trap on Cloud City. Darth Vader had come to know his foe well, and knew that love for his friends was his weakness. The Dark Lord of the Sith planned to use that weakness to deliver the boy to the Emperor or perhaps, as some have suggested, to bring Luke over to the dark side, slay the Emperor and take the Empire as father and son. Beneath the polished spires of Cloud City, far down in the bowels of the floating metropolis, Luke Skywalker at last confronted Vader. Using every bit of power he possessed, Luke escaped the carbon-freeze trap Vader had set. In what was an epic clash of flashing lightsabers, reminiscent of the great era of the Jedi Knights, Luke was finally, painfully defeated. Skywalker lost both his hand and his lightsaber in that deadly battle. It was also during this battle that Vader first claimed to be Luke's father - it would be some time before the effects this revelation had on Luke's psyche would become apparent. While he failed to save Han, Luke's actions and those of Lando Calrissian enabled Leia, Chewbacca, and the droids to escape in the Mlillennium Falcon. In fact, it was Leia who received Luke's telepathic call for help and brought the Falcon around to rescue him. Solo, meanwhile, encased in carbonite, was on his way to Jabba the Hutt. After his confrontation with Darth Vader, Luke was overcome by doubt and fear. But there was work to be done important work and he put his own troubles aside. There was a friend in need, one who had come through for Luke countless times, and to whom he owed a great debt. And more than that, the galaxy itself was in need. And for both of these reasons, Luke Skywalker set about becoming a true Jedi Knight. He had been taught well, first by Ben Kenobi, and then by Yoda, the Jedi Master. Luke believed he knew what it took to become a Jedi, and he felt he was very close to achieving this. There was only one step left to take. Traveling out into the Jundland Wastes of Tatooine, to the abandoned home of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke constructed a lightsaber. It was light and easy in his hands, and the beam, his own personal signature, a stunning, vivid green. Now he was a Jedi or so he thought. He left the weapon in the tender care of his faithful astromech droid, Artoo-Detoo, and sent Artoo and See-Threepio into Jabba's palace. Luke expected the rescue of Han Solo to be a relatively simple matter. All he needed to do was get inside everything else was already in place. Artoo and Threepio had been given to Jabba as "gifts," and Lando and Leia, both in disguise, were inside as well. All he had to do was wait for the right moment, make sure that his friends were free of danger, and get his weapon from Artoo. The rest would be simple. But the best-laid plans, even of Jedi, often go awry. Before it was over, Luke would confront the terrifying rancor and Han and Lando would come within centimeters of becoming lunch for the Sarlacc. Luke also took a blaster hit to his artificial hand that nearly incapacitated it. Still, with the help of the Force, Luke and his friends succeeded. Han was rescued, and Jabba's organization was destroyed. After the rescue, Luke didn't rendezvous with the Alliance fleet. Instead, he journeyed back to a certain bog planet, to "keep a promise to an old friend" and to ask him a few questions. At heart, Luke was still unsure whether or not he was truly a Jedi. At times he felt that he was when confronting Jabba, for instance. And at times he felt like he wasn't whenever he thought about Vader. He also wanted to know the truth if, indeed, Vader was his father. He needed Master Yoda's guidance. When he arrived on Dagobah, Yoda, who was clearly dying, told him that his training was complete; to become a Jedi, all he need do was confront his father. Despite warnings from Obi-Wan that Vader couldn't be turned, Luke decided that rather than kill Vader, he would try to return his father to his own inner truth, to pull him back from the dark side. Kenobi felt the plan dangerous, for if Luke fell or turned to the dark side, then there was but one other hope for the galaxy. That was when Luke learned that he had a twin sister, Leia. In a few minutes, Luke's world was turned upside down, yet Luke's resolve and bravery allowed him to control his emotions and decide to do what was right rather than follow the easy path. The final confrontation came aboard the second Death Star, a deadly trap conceived by the Emperor to destroy the Rebel Alliance fleet. There, Luke would confront both Vader and the Emperor. Palpatine planned to corrupt Skywalker as he had his father, but Luke somehow found the will to resist him. In the end, the Emperor's powers would batter him to the brink of death. It was at that moment that some spark of Anakin Skywalker would be rekindled in the breast of Darth Vader. He slew the Emperor and rescued Luke, only to perish himself from wounds received in the battle. But he died a man returned to the light after far too long a time Luke both lost and regained his father at this moment. And he would bear the burden, for the first time, of his father's fearful legacy, which haunts him to this day. Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, was forged on Tatooine and the first Death Star. But his steel was tempered in the crucible of Bespin and the Emperor's chamber on the second Death Star. He has come a very long way from the farm boy he once was. He has, in fact, become a symbol of the best of the New Republic. But with the revelation that his veins carry the same blood as the dreaded Darth Vader, he may one day become a symbol of the Republic's greatest fear, as well. |
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| Lightsaber 5D, blaster pistol 4D, macrobinoculars (+3D to search at ranges greater than 100 meters), comlink |
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