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Luke Skywalker, his twin sister Princess Leia Organa, and their father Darth Vader are central characters in the original Star Wars film trilogy. Darth Vader, in his previous identity as Anakin Skywalker, is a lead character in the prequel film trilogy and so is his wife and the twins' mother Padmé Amidala; while his mother Shmi is a minor ...
Luke Skywalker is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He was introduced in the original film trilogy as the main protagonist and also appears in the sequel trilogy . Raised as a moisture farmer on the planet Tatooine , Luke joins the Rebel Alliance and becomes a pivotal figure in the struggle against the Galactic Empire .
Darth Vader (/ d ɑːr θ v eɪ d ər /) is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He was first introduced in the original film trilogy as one of the leaders of the Galactic Empire. The prequel trilogy chronicles his transformation from the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker into the Sith Lord Darth Vader.
Prowse had previously suggested that Darth Vader could be Luke Skywalker's father in a speech he gave to University of California, Berkeley, in 1978. [41] However, this was shortly after the release of Star Wars and nearly two years before The Empire Strikes Back [42] was released, [43] [44] and the script had not even been written at the time.
James Earl Jones famously played Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" films. The line "Luke, I am your father" is commonly attributed to him, but the quote was actually something different.
Luke's discovery that Vader is his father has strong repercussions on the saga and is regarded as one of the most influential plot twists in cinema. [259] Supreme Leader Snoke encourages Kylo Ren to kill his father, Han Solo. [253] Kylo uses the fact that Rey is an orphan to tempt her into joining the dark side. [260]
In a 2004 documentary titled "Star Wars: Empire of Dreams," Jones spoke about when he first found out that Vader, the film trilogy's main villain, would reveal that he was the long-lost father of ...
Related: James Earl Jones, Field of Dreams actor and iconic voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93 Hamill is one of the biggest names among the Star Wars fandom, having starred as Luke Skywalker across ...