"issue #12. Star Wars (2015 comic book) Star Wars is an ongoing ""Star Wars"" comic series published by Marvel Comics since January 14, 2015. Originally written by Jason Aaron with art by John Cassaday, it is set between the 1977 film ""Star Wars"" and its 1980 sequel, ""The Empire Strikes Back"". The series features classic ""Star Wars"" characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2. It was one of three new ""Star Wars"" comics by Marvel announced in July 2014, along with """" and the limited series """". In 2017, Jason Aaron stepped down as the comic's"
"Katie Lucas Katie Rose Lucas (born April 13, 1988) is the adopted middle child of film maker George Lucas. She is the god-daughter of both Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola. She is the younger sister of Amanda Lucas and the older sister of Jett Lucas. Lucas had minor roles in all three ""Star Wars"" prequels. She portrayed young Anakin's friend, Amee, in """"; the purple Twi'lek girl Lunae Minx in """"; and Senator Chi Eekway in the final installment of the ""Star Wars"" prequels, """". Lucas also served as a writer on the TV series. She wrote episodes such"
"supernatural within this universe, but it's not the same thing as a personal god that Christians or Jews or Muslims might believe in. It's this impersonal force that is in some ways this neutral, impersonal energy that is out there to be used for good or for evil."" Luke Skywalker Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the original film trilogy of the ""Star Wars"" franchise created by George Lucas. Skywalker, portrayed by Mark Hamill, is a pivotal figure in the Rebel Alliance's struggle against the Galactic Empire. He is the twin brother of Rebellion leader"
"as ""Jedi Crash"". Katie Lucas Katie Rose Lucas (born April 13, 1988) is the adopted middle child of film maker George Lucas. She is the god-daughter of both Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola. She is the younger sister of Amanda Lucas and the older sister of Jett Lucas. Lucas had minor roles in all three ""Star Wars"" prequels. She portrayed young Anakin's friend, Amee, in """"; the purple Twi'lek girl Lunae Minx in """"; and Senator Chi Eekway in the final installment of the ""Star Wars"" prequels, """". Lucas also served as a writer on the TV series. She"
"Mara Jade Mara Jade is a fictional female character within the ""Star Wars"" franchise. She appears in the now non-canon ""Legends"" series, as the wife of Luke Skywalker and mother of Ben Skywalker. In the different video games, she has been voiced by Heidi Shannon, Edie Mirman and Kath Soucie. Despite not being part of the regular canon and never appearing on the film series, Mara is considered one of the most popular ""Star Wars"" characters. Mara Jade was introduced in the ""Star Wars Expanded Universe"", which Lucasfilm would later brand as non-canonical to the "" Star Wars"" franchise. Her"
"the ""Star Wars"" story, Luke Skywalker's and Princess Leia's mother was not well developed. According to Dale Pollock, Luke Skywalker was originally Luke Starkiller and ""Leia is the daughter of Owen Lars and his wife Beru and seems to be Luke's cousin – together they visit the grave of his mother, who perished with his father on a planet destroyed by the Death Star. In an interview, Lucas answered a question about the development of characters like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke, and Leia; their mother was not a factor: The first [version] talked about a princess and an old general. The"
"see his people enjoy their hard-won freedom. Luke Skywalker was a male human Grand Master of the Jedi and the protagonist of the ""Star Wars"" original trilogy. As the last Padawan of Obi-Wan Kenobi, he became an important figure in the Rebel Alliance's struggle against the Galactic Empire. Luke is heir to a family deeply rooted in the Force, being the twin brother of Rebellion leader Princess Leia Organa of the planet Alderaan, the son of former Queen of Naboo and Republic Senator Padmé Amidala and Jedi turned Sith Lord Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker), and the maternal uncle of Ben"
"quoted Lucas in 1997: In the prequel film """" (2005), Padmé Amidala is pregnant with Anakin Skywalker's twins near the end of the Clone Wars. After Anakin turns to the dark side of the Force and becomes Darth Vader, Padmé gives birth to Luke and Leia on Polis Massa and then dies. Leia is adopted by Senator Bail Organa and his wife Queen Breha of Alderaan. Film critic Peter Travers of ""Rolling Stone"" wrote, ""As we watch Anakin nearly melt in the lava, only to be put together, Frankenstein style, in a lab while Lucas intercuts scenes of Padme giving"
"the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker's turn to the dark side. Prior to releasing the original film, and made possible by its success, Lucas planned ""three trilogies of nine films."" He announced this to ""Time"" in 1978, and confirmed that he had outlined them in 1981. At various stages of development, the sequel trilogy was to focus on the rebuilding of the Republic, the return of Luke in a role similar to that of Obi-Wan in the original trilogy (and with a female love interest), Luke's sister (not yet determined to be Leia), Han, Leia, and . However, after beginning work"
"She is later revealed to be the daughter of Darth Vader and twin sister of Luke Skywalker. Over the course of the franchise, Leia becomes a leader among the Alliance and later of the New Republic. She falls in love with and marries Han Solo, with whom she has a son named Ben, known as Kylo Ren when he turned to the dark side. Following the events of ""Return of the Jedi"" (1983), Leia and Han have a son, Ben Solo. He is taught the ways of the Force by his uncle, Luke Skywalker, but is corrupted and turned to"
"of Owen. Owen tells Anakin they are stepbrothers. Owen later marries Beru Whitesun. As a Jedi Knight, Anakin secretly marries Padmé Amidala. In """" Padme gives birth to twins, Luke and Leia. Luke is raised by Beru and Owen Lars on Tatooine. Leia is raised by Senator Bail Organa and Queen Breha Organa on Alderaan. In """", Leia and her husband Han Solo, after marrying have a son named Ben Solo, who later adopts the name Kylo Ren. The family breaks apart following Ben's descent into the dark side, with Leia and Han separating. Shmi Skywalker is a fictional character"
"with the smuggler, Han Solo. In ""Return of the Jedi"" (1983), Leia leads the operation to rescue Han from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt, and is revealed to be Vader's daughter and the twin sister of Luke Skywalker. The prequel film """" (2005) establishes that the twins' mother is Senator (and former queen) Padmé Amidala of Naboo, who dies after childbirth. Leia is adopted by Senator Bail and Queen Breha Organa of Alderaan. In """" (2015) and """" (2017), Leia is the founder and General of the Resistance against the First Order. She and Han have a son named"
"Solo. After redeeming his father from the Dark Side of the Force, Luke set out to train a new generation of Jedi to rebuild the Order, only to have them wiped out by Ren. Skywalker then spent the rest of his life in exile on Ahch-To, with a final heroic act of using Force Projection to distract Ren and help the Resistance flee the planet Crait. Rey (Star Wars) was a human female Jedi Padawan and Scavenger and one of the main protagonists of the sequel trilogy. She is allied with the Resistance and helped to find Luke Skywalker. She"
"be a Jedi until he confronts Darth Vader; he also confirms that Vader is Luke's father, something Vader had told Luke in the previous film. Yoda then peacefully dies at the age of 900, his body disappearing as he becomes ""one with the Force"". He leaves Luke with the knowledge that ""there is another Skywalker"". Moments later, Obi-Wan's ghost helps Luke come to the realization that the ""other"" of whom Yoda spoke is Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), who is his twin sister. In the film's final scene, after the Empire has been defeated, Luke sees Yoda's spirit looking upon him"
"first and second season finales, the ""Stinger"" survives both ships' annihilation. Lucas' guess that ""seaQuest"" makes a ""hyperspace jump"" while inside the Hyperion ship is a reference to the faster than light mode of transportation used in ""Star Wars"" (among others). Guest star Mark Hamill famously portrayed Luke Skywalker in the original ""Star Wars"" trilogy. An earlier ""Star Wars"" reference was to a woman in Bridger's past named ""Organa Scott"", a reference to the Organa family of Alderaan that adopted Leia, Luke Skywalker's twin. The scene where the Stormer fakes the execution of Scott was filmed on the holographics room"
"Leia are born to Senator Padmé Amidala. Following Padmé's death on Polis Massa and his father's turn to the dark side of the Force, Luke is taken by Obi-Wan Kenobi to the desert planet Tatooine, where Luke is adopted by his father's stepbrother, Owen Lars, and his wife, Beru. In the first installment of the sequel trilogy, """" (2015), the opening crawl reveals that Luke Skywalker had mysteriously vanished some time in the 30 years following the events of ""Return of the Jedi"". Luke went into hiding after his nephew and apprentice, Ben Solo, turned to the dark side and"
"in the ""Star Wars"" universe, portrayed by Pernilla August. She appears in """" and """". She is the mother of Anakin Skywalker, paternal grandmother to Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa and biological maternal great-grandmother to Kylo Ren. Her first name is derived from Lakshmi, a Hindu goddess. In ""The Phantom Menace"", she and her son are introduced as slaves of junk merchant Watto on the desert world Tatooine. She welcomes Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) into their home, and tells him that Anakin has no father; she simply ""became"" pregnant with him. Qui-Gon helps Anakin win his freedom, but"
"Padmé Amidala Padmé Amidala Naberrie is a fictional character in the ""Star Wars"" franchise, appearing in the prequel trilogy portrayed by Natalie Portman. She served as the Princess of Theed and later Queen of Naboo. After her reign, she became a senator in the Galactic Senate, an anti-war movement spokesperson, and co-founder of the opposition-faction that later emerged as the Rebel Alliance. She was secretly married to the Jedi Anakin Skywalker, and was the biological mother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, which makes her the mother-in-law of Han Solo, and the grandmother of Kylo Ren. In initial drafts of"
"Luke arrives soon afterward, but after a tense standoff, is sent through a trapdoor to do battle with Jabba's rancor. Jabba sentences Luke and Han to death by being fed to the Sarlacc. Having hidden his lightsaber inside , Luke frees himself and battles Jabba's guards while Leia uses her chains to strangle Jabba. As the others rendezvous with the Rebel Alliance, Luke returns to Dagobah, where he finds that Yoda is dying. Yoda confirms that Darth Vader, once known as Anakin Skywalker, is Luke's father. The spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi reveals that Leia is Luke's twin sister. The Jedi"
"Wars"" universe"". Anakin Solo is the youngest child born to Han Solo and Princess Leia, and the younger brother of Jacen and Jaina Solo. Anakin is named after his maternal grandfather, Anakin Skywalker, and, like his namesake, is a talented pilot who is prodigiously gifted both in the Force and mechanical engineering. Anakin appears as an infant and toddler in many ""Star Wars"" novels such as the ""Jedi Academy"" trilogy (1994). Anakin and his siblings play central roles in other novels such as ""The Crystal Star"" (1994), the ""Corellian"" trilogy (1995) and ""The New Rebellion"" (1996). Anakin's birth is featured"
"second version involved a father, his son, and his daughter; the daughter was the heroine of the film. Now the daughter has become Luke, Mark Hamill's character. There was also the story of two brothers where I transformed one of them into a sister. The older brother was imprisoned, and the young sister had to rescue him and bring him back to their dad. Film historian Laurent Bouzereau reports that the second draft of the ""Return of the Jedi"" screenplay contained dialogue in which Obi-Wan Kenobi explains to Luke that he has a twin sister. She and their mother were"
"an opening battle which overlaps with the end of the previous film, Rey attempts to convince Luke Skywalker to teach her the ways of the Force. She also seeks answers of her past and the origin of the conflict between Luke and his nephew Ben Solo (now Kylo Ren). Unbeknownst to Luke, Rey starts using the Force to communicate with Ren. Meanwhile, Kylo's mother (and Luke's sister) Leia leads Poe, Finn, Rose Tico, BB-8, and the rest of the Resistance as they are pursued by the First Order, led by Supreme Leader Snoke with Kylo as his second in command."
"Jacen Solo Jacen Solo is a fictional character in literature based on the ""Star Wars"" franchise, continuity. The son of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo and the nephew of Luke Skywalker, he is a major character in several novels, particularly the ""New Jedi Order"" series. He becomes the antagonist of the ""Legacy of the Force"" series under the name Darth Caedus. Jacen's other familial connections of note to his native continuity include being the brother of Jaina Solo and Anakin Solo as well as the cousin of Ben Skywalker. Kylo Ren from the later, altered/mixed timeline, Disney-produced sequel films"
"Luke also serves as a mentor to the protagonist of the new ""Star Wars"" trilogy, Rey. The now non-canon ""Star Wars Legends"" depicts him as a powerful Jedi Master, husband of Mara Jade, the father of Ben Skywalker and maternal uncle of Jaina, Jacen and Anakin Solo. Luke Skywalker appears in ""Episode IV"", """", ""Episode VI"", """", """", and briefly """" briefly as an infant (portrayed by Aidan Barton). Mark Hamil is slated to reprise his role as Skywalker in the upcoming """", which is set to premiere in the United States on December 20, 2019. Introduced in the 1977"
"fell in love with Anakin Skywalker after he was assigned to protect her from an assassination attempt, and secretly married him shortly after the Battle of Geonosis, and died while giving birth to her children shortly after the first Empire Day. Obi-Wan and Yoda decided to separate the children in order to keep them hidden from Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker is the son of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Senator of Naboo, Padmé Amidala. He is taken in by his uncle and aunt, Owen and Beru Lars, after the death of Padmé and Anakin's fall to the dark side. He"
"Lucy Lane Lucy Lane is a fictional supporting character in DC Comics. She is the younger sister of Lois Lane, and one of several characters who have assumed the Superwoman identity. Lucy Lane was created by Otto Binder and Curt Swan. She was introduced in ""Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen"" #36 (April 1959). She is the daughter of Ella and Sam Lane, and the younger sister of Lois Lane. In the Silver Age stories, Lucy was presented as an airline stewardess who was an on-again, off-again romantic interest of Jimmy Olsen. Lucy's Silver Age appearances often revolved around Jimmy's various attempts"
"and has appeared in various novels and the ""Champions of the Force"" set for the ""Star Wars Miniatures"" game. Jaina, named after Han's mother, is born five minutes before her brother Jacen in the ""Thrawn"" trilogy (1991–93). The twins, and eventually their younger brother, live at various safe havens for their first few years under the protection of Leia's handmaiden Winter. The twins play a small role in Kevin J. Anderson's ""Jedi Academy"" trilogy (1994). In ""Champions of the Force"" (1994), Jaina helps her brother defend their unconscious uncle from the spirit of Sith Lord Exar Kun. In Vonda McIntyre's"
"Luke after Yoda's death on Dagobah. Obi-Wan acknowledges that Darth Vader is indeed Luke's father, revealed by Vader himself in the previous film and confirmed by Yoda on his deathbed, and also reveals that Leia is Luke's twin sister. After the Rebels destroy the second Death Star and defeat the Empire, Obi-Wan appears at the celebration on Endor, alongside the spirits of Yoda and the redeemed Anakin Skywalker (Vader's former Jedi self). In """", set 32 years before ""A New Hope"", a 25-year-old Obi-Wan Kenobi appears as the Jedi Padawan (or student) of Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn. He accompanies his"
"has spawned numerous fan theories. The most popular theories are that she is the daughter of Luke Skywalker or Han Solo, or is Obi-Wan Kenobi's granddaughter (because of a scene where Rey hears Kenobi's echoed voice following a vision in ""The Force Awakens""). The view that she is Luke's daughter is especially prominent, with fans and critics highlighting their story arc similarities, ""Star Wars"" being a Skywalker saga, Rey having a strong attachment to Luke's lightsaber, and being exceptionally strong with the Force without any training. Some fan theories about Rey's parentage pointed to ""Rey's Theme"" featured in John Williams'"
"is force sensitive and skilled with a lightsaber. In ""Return of the Jedi"", a dying Yoda confirms to Luke, that Darth Vader (previously Anakin Skywalker) is actually his father, despite Luke's belief that Vader's claim to fatherhood in ""The Empire Strikes Back"" was a ruse to pull Luke to the dark side. He also finds out from Obi-Wan's force ghost that Princess Leia Organa is his sister. In ""The Force Awakens"", as the last known Jedi, Luke is in hiding after failing to prevent his apprentice Ben (now Kylo Ren) from turning to the dark side to join Supreme Leader"
"Snoke. The daughter of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, Leia Organa was adopted by Bail and Breha Organa of Alderaan. At age 19 she is the Princess of Alderaan, and is captured by Darth Vader while in the Tantive IV blockade runner on a so-called ""diplomatic mission"". Leia is shown to be force sensitive. In ""The Empire Strikes Back"", Leia professes her love for Han Solo when he is put into carbonite stasis, although it is originally Han and Luke who compete for her affections. In ""Return of the Jedi"", planning to feed Luke, Han, and Chewbacca to the flesh"
"Tatooine Tatooine () is a fictional desert planet that appears in the ""Star Wars"" space opera franchise. It is beige-coloured and is depicted as a remote, desolate world orbiting a pair of binary stars, and inhabited by human settlers and a variety of other life forms. The planet was first seen in the original 1977 film ""Star Wars"", and has to date featured in a total of six ""Star Wars"" theatrical films. It is noted as the home planet of the protagonist of the ""Star Wars"" saga, Luke Skywalker, and also of his father, Anakin Skywalker. Shots of the binary"
"down a reactor shaft to his death. He is mortally wounded by the Emperor's lightning in the process. As Rebel fighters head toward the Death Star's main reactor, Luke removes Vader's mask and looks upon his father's face for the first and only time. The redeemed Anakin Skywalker assures Luke that there was good in him after all, and dies. On Endor, Luke cremates his father's body on a funeral pyre. During the Rebels' victory celebrations on Endor, Luke sees his father's spirit alongside those of Obi-Wan and Yoda. In the prequel film """" (2005), Luke and his twin sister"