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Jedi, son of Naboo Senator Padmé Amidala Naberrie and Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. Older twin brother of Leia Organa Solo.

Born on April 11th in medical center Polis-Massa on the day of the creation of the Galactic Empire. After the death of Luke's mother, he was sent to Tatooine to stay with Anakin's half-brother Owen Lars to hide him from Palpatine. On this planet, under the supervision of guardians and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luke spent his childhood. But one day two droids fell into Luke's hands - C-3PO and R2-D2 - and the latter told him about his task - to find Obi-Wan Kenobi, whom Luke knew as a strange hermit living nearby. After listening to the message sent by the droids, Obi-Wan went to help his comrades and took Luke with him. Luke proved himself to be a capable student and was able to study with Yoda himself. A terrible secret Luke learned of his birth from his father Darth Vader. With the humility and calm that defines a true Jedi, Luke accepted his fate and continued to fight. And finally, Skywalker walked unarmed into a trap prepared by the Emperor himself in order to lure him to the Dark Side. During the battle with his father, Luke tried to influence him in order to return him to the light side of the Force. After Darth Vader was defeated, Luke Skywalker did not kill him and continued to convince him to return back to the light, despite the fact that at this time the emperor tortured him with lightning, as a result, Darth Vader realized that his son was right and threw the emperor into the Death Star shaft , after which he himself died.

Luke's further fate is described in the Star Wars comics. After numerous adventures detailed in the comics (for example: becoming a Master, teacher, Grand Master; studying the force; determining the nature of the dark and light sides; restoring democracy to the galaxy; founding a new Jedi Order), Luke merges with the force, which would continue mentor future generations. After Disney acquired the rights to the Star Wars franchise, all the events of the main canon after Episode VI were rewritten, and what was previously called the Extended Universe, which had various degrees of recognition from Lucasfilm, received common name"Legends".

In the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it becomes known that Luke actually trained the Jedi at the revived academy, but after his nephew Ben Solo, being one of his students, goes over to the Dark Side and destroys the rest of the academy, Luke goes to exile to a distant planet. At the end of the film, Luke was found by the Force-sensitive scavenger Rey using abandoned coordinates found by R2-D2.

In the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Luke Skywalker will begin training Rey in the arts of the Light Side of the Force and will fight the forces of Supreme Leader Snoke and his student Kylo Ren, leader of the Knights of Ren. It has already become known that in this film, Kylo Ren (former student of Luke Skywalker) will change his character to a tougher one.

In the ninth film, he will again become one of the main characters and learn how to lure the Dark Jedi and switch to the Light Side of the Force.

The premiere of the seventh episode of Star Wars will take place in Russia on December 17, 2015, and we will finally meet new characters Star Wars, and also meet the old guard, who once revolutionized A galaxy far, far away. If you missed or forgot the previous 6 parts of the epic, read Banderolkin's review of the main characters and the relationships between them.

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Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker

The main character, who, perhaps, is known to anyone who can read it purely theoretically this article— Darth Vader, Sith Lord and the watchdog of the Empire's top villain.

His enormous significance in the world of Star Wars is determined primarily by the fact that he played a key role both in the first episodes of the epic and in subsequent ones. In his childhood and adolescence, before turning to the dark side, his name was Anakin Skywalker, and great hopes were placed on him: the boy was considered the chosen one, capable of restoring the balance of power and destroying the Sith. Despite his low origins, Anakin managed to become one of the strongest Jedi and achieve great influence both in the Order and in politics.

However, the Dark Lord of the Sith, Chancellor Palpatine, managed to play on his feelings for his beloved, and tricked him into switching to the dark side. Where Anakin, or rather Vader, achieved even more - he became the commander-in-chief of the troops and the second man in the Empire after the Emperor himself.

Darth Skywalker took part in the main battles of the epic. He fought twice with his Jedi master Obi Wan Kenobi, with the Sith Lord Count Dooku and with his own son Luke Skywalker. It was he who played a key role in the formation of the Empire, and then he destroyed it.

Featured Quote:"I am your father!"

Master Yoda

A seemingly tiny green creature, but in fact the Grand Master of the Jedi Order. Yoda trained the most powerful knights in the saga, including Luke Skywalker, Dooku, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Kit Fisto and Mace Windu. And he himself was the strongest and wisest Jedi of his time. He fought Count Dooku, his past student, and Darth Sidious, the dark lord of the Sith. Without Yoda's wisdom, the Empire would not have been defeated.

And also, without it, we wouldn’t have learned to speak by rearranging words in a funny way in a sentence.

Featured Quote: “Ready, then? What do you know about that? He taught the Jedi for eight hundred years. I will decide for myself who to take for training.”

Palpatine/Darth Sidious

The most insidious character in the Star Wars saga is the Dark Lord of the Sith. He for a long time was a senator, was friends with the main characters and successfully pretended to be a friend of the Republic, which did not stop him from weaving vile intrigues against his own « friends » . It was he who managed to transfer Anakin Skywalker to the dark side, it was he who managed to destroy the Republic, and it was he who became the victim of his own atrocities. Killed (?) by his student - Darth Vader.

Featured Quote: “We stand on the threshold of a new world. For security and stability, the Republic will be transformed into the first Galactic Empire, a society of security and reliability that will exist for ten thousand years. An empire that will be governed by this majestic assembly and a sovereign ruler elected for life.”

Padme Amidala

Queen of the planet Naboo, senator of the Galactic Senate, wife of Anakin Skywalker, mother of Luke and Princess Leia. Despite it would seem minor role, she influenced many of the events of the film. If the Jedi had not saved the queen, they would never have met the unusual slave boy from Tatooine, who later became Darth Vader; If Anakin had not fallen in love with Padme, he would not have fallen to the dark side; If Padme had not given birth to two talented children - Luke and Leia - the Empire would not have been defeated!

Featured Quote: “Obi-Wan... There's still good in him... I know. It’s in him..."

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Teacher of Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker. It was Obi-Wan who, in the first battle with Anakin, cut off both his legs and an arm and burned him with lava. After this battle, Darth Vader was forced to put on a mask and a life support suit. Years later, Obi-Wan Kenobi, in his second battle with Darth Vader, for some reason stopped fighting, raised his sword, and as a result was defeated by his former student.

Featured Quote: “You were the chosen one! They predicted that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! You will restore the balance of the Force, and not plunge it into darkness!”

Luke Skywalker

Son of Anakin Skywalker and Padmé. A key character in the war with the Empire, a student of Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi. With the help of nobility and kindness, he managed to convince his father, Darth Vader, to once again turn to the light side and become a Jedi. He was equally good with the sword and the word, so he became famous as a talented warrior, a good speaker and a loyal friend.

Featured Quote: "I am a Jedi, just like my father."

Han Solo

A Corellian of high birth who, by virtue of his internal qualities was unable to serve the Empire and became a smuggler. Adventurous, impudent, but unconditionally loyal to his friends - he helped Luke throughout the war and played important role in the victory over the Empire.

The most charismatic character in the saga, the husband of Luke Skywalker's sister, Princess Leia. Chewbacca's best friend, whom he rescued from slavery. Pilot and owner « ]]> Millennium Falcon ]]> » .

Featured Quote: "You like me because I'm a scoundrel."

Princess Leia (Leia Organa Solo)

Daughter of Anakin and Padme. The youngest senator on the Galactic Council. She secretly supported the rebels fighting against the Empire, for which she became its enemy and was captured. As the story progresses, she, Han Solo, and Luke Skywalker have an affair. love triangle. While Luke is her twin brother. However, they didn’t know about it then. Leia eventually married Han Solo.

Featured Quote:"Vader's death may have been heroic, but ten minutes of repentance cannot erase years of atrocities."

Chewbacca

Wookiee, best friend Han Solo. A talented mechanic and pilot, he helped Luke Skywalker and his friends during the war with the Empire.

Featured Quote: “Wa-wa-waaaaa!!”

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First main character famous space saga with which the audience gets acquainted - Luke Skywalker. All the epic battles and space events, taking place around Luke, in a sense, only the background against which the hero’s internal struggle plays out. Many adventures fall to his lot, but no matter what fate sends, the question is always a choice between light and dark side Strength.

Origin (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, 2005)

Luke Skywalker was born along with his sister Leia in Polis Massa 19 BBY, in the family of senator and Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker. The birth of the children was kept secret because the Great Jedi Purge was taking place at this time. Emperor Palpatine, with the help of an army of clones, achieved absolute power. Most of the Jedi were killed, and those lucky enough to survive were forced into hiding. During childbirth, Padmé dies, entrusting the fate of the children to Anakin's mentor and friend Obi-Wan Kenobi. In order to protect Luke and Leia, he decides to separate the children and hide them. Leia is sent to be raised by the family of Senator Bail Organa from Alderaan, and Luke is sent to his uncle and aunt on Tatooine, where his father grew up.

Early Years (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, 1977)

The viewer's first meeting with the main character takes place on Tatooine, where he lives with his uncle and aunt. Despite the kindness of Owen's adoptive father, the young man often does not get along with him because he dreams of being a pilot and spends a lot of time training instead of working on the farm. In addition, Luke loves listening to Obi-Wan Kenobi's stories about the exploits of the Jedi, who control the energy called the Force. It is no coincidence that Kenobi lives on Tatooine: he flew in to keep an eye on young Skywalker. Communicating with Luke, Kenobi became friends with him, leaving, however, secretly his affiliation with the Order of Knights.

Changes

Uncle Owen's purchase of two droids, R2-D2 and s-3PO, changes everything. In one of them, Luke discovered a message from Leia Organa to Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke realizes that the old man appeared in his life for a reason, and goes in search of Ben along with the droids to convey a message and get answers to his questions. During the search, the young man is ambushed by sand people. Obi-Wan Kenobi comes to the rescue. It's time for answers.

Wang Kenobi tells the story of the clone army, the destruction of the Jedi Knights, the Rebels, the Death Star and Emperor Palpatine unleashing endless star wars. Luke Skywalker learns that his father Anakin was a Jedi Knight and fell from the sword of the Dark Lord Darth Vader. Obi-Wan Kenobi encourages the young man to join him and begin training in the use of the Force, but Luke does not want to upset his uncle and declines the offer.

Returning home, he finds his loved ones dead: they were killed by imperial stormtroopers. Nothing else holds Luke on Tatooine, and he accepts old man Kenobi's offer.

"Millennium Falcon"

In the company of droids, they travel to Alderaan to convey a message to the rebels about the plans of the Imperial space station called "Death Star". Thus, Luke was drawn into the rebel fight. Star Wars is now becoming a part of his life. Tatooine is overrun with stormtroopers, making it difficult for the wanted Kenobi and Skywalker to leave. Captain Han Solo gets to work. Debt in the galactic underworld, he needs money, so despite the risk, Solo and Chewbacca, his assistant, agree to take passengers aboard their ship, the Millennium Falcon, and fly to Alderaan. During the journey, Obi-Wan began training Luke, giving him his father's lightsaber and a training droid.

"The Death Star"

Upon arriving in the Alderaan system, they found the planet destroyed and were captured in the Death Star's gravitational beam. The heroes were able to get out by hiding in the smuggling compartment on the ship. There was a chance to escape, but one of the droids discovered Princess Leia on the ship. Luke, Han and Chewbacca went to the cell block where she was being held. After freeing Leia, the entire group headed back to the Millennium Falcon, but were confronted by Darth Vader. Obi-Wan entered into a duel with him. Pierced by the dark lord's blade, Ben Kenobi merged with the Force and disappeared. Luke was saddened by the death of his teacher. Star Wars continued to take people close to him. After leaving the Death Star, the heroes headed to the Yavin IV rebel base.

Battle

After briefing the rebels on Yavin on how to destroy the Death Star, Luke decides to join them in the fight. Having made friends with Han Solo, young Skywalker invites him to take part in the battle, but he refuses. The day of battle arrives, and Luke, a skilled pilot, prepares to strike the Death Star's weak points along with other Rebels. Many rebels die in battle, Luke understands: Star Wars will not be easy to win.

The original plan doesn't work out, but Han Solo eventually comes to Skywalker's aid. Luke manages to concentrate the Force to direct a proton torpedo into the station’s narrow fuel channel and destroy the Death Star, which was the Empire’s main superweapon. Upon the return of Luke, Han Solo and even Chewbacca, the Rebels and Princess Leia are celebrated as heroes. Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader feel a huge disturbance in the Force field and a real threat posed by young Skywalker.

Episode V (The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 Star Wars)

The second time the viewer meets the matured hero three years later in a new episode of the Star Wars saga. Luke Skywalker had already participated in many battles by this time and was promoted to lieutenant commander of the Alliance forces. At the rebel base on the snowy planet Hoth, Luke could have died during a reconnaissance operation, but his friend, Han Solo, came to his aid.

While Skywalker was unconscious, the spirit of Obi-Wan appeared to him and insisted on continuing his training in the Jedi arts. Luke had to find Master Yoda on the planet Dagab and become his Padawan.

Meanwhile, the Alliance is defeated in battles with Imperial troops for Hoth. Luke realizes that he needs to change tactics and decides to fly to Dagab. Despite his age, Yoda feels young man great potential and becomes his mentor. Luke trains hard. The time finally comes to meet with Yoda and sends Luke to a cave where her influence is great. There, Skywalker has a vision in which he sees himself as Darth Vader. Yoda explains to Luke that the dark side will always tempt him, so to become a true Jedi, Luke still has much to learn.

The first battle with Darth Vader and the terrible truth

Anxiety for his friends and constant visions in which Luke sees Leia and Han captured prevent him from completing his training. He goes to help his comrades. By the time Luke reached Cloud City, it was already too late: his friends had become prisoners of the Empire.

Trying to save Han or Leia, he gets involved in a lightsaber battle with Vader, in which he is defeated and loses his hand. right hand from the dark knight's sword. Darth Vader encourages Luke to switch to dark side and become an ally of the Empire, revealing the secret of who his father is. Luke chose death rather than going over to the dark side, and rushed into the mine of the space city, where he survived thanks to the antenna he grabbed onto.

He was saved by Princess Leia, who managed to escape with Chewbacca on the Millennium Falcon. Since Han was captured and handed over to Boba Fett, Lando Calrissian became the ship's new pilot. The friends had to develop a plan to save Solo, but first Luke had to replace his severed hand with a cybernetic prosthesis and comprehend the truth he had heard.

Episode VI (Return of the Jedi, 1983, Star Wars): The Force

Another three years pass, and the viewer meets his favorite hero again. Now Skywalker Luke is busy rescuing Han Solo's friend. Meanwhile, Star Wars continues as the Empire builds a second Death Star. Having set off after Leia, Chewbacca and the droids, who hastened to the rescue of Han Solo, who is languishing in Jabba's captivity on Tatooine, Luke discovers them captured. To free his friends, Skywalker must fight monsters, discovering the extraordinary abilities of a Jedi.

Sister and father

With his friends rescued, Luke decides to continue his training with Master Yoda. Returning to Dagab, he finds his teacher dying. Before his death, Yoda gives Luke final instructions and tells one more secret. It turns out that Princess Leia Organa is Luke Skywalker's sister.

After Dagab, Luke goes with his friends to Endor: the rebels have discovered that the Empire is building a new Death Star in orbit of the planet. To disable a station, it is necessary to disable its protective field generator. Luke senses Vader's presence in the Force field and decides to meet him, surrendering to the Imperial troops. Leia tries to dissuade Skywalker, then he tells her that they are brother and sister, and meeting their father is fate.

Having given up, Luke meets with Emperor Palpatine, who tries to tempt him with the power of the dark Force. Luke does not give in, and a battle with Vader begins, during which everyone wants to win the enemy over to their side. After the dark lord threatens to turn Leia to the dark side, Luke fights with ferocity and cuts off Vader's cybernetic arm.

The Emperor no longer needs Darth, and he orders Luke to kill his father, but is refused. Then Palpatine decides to destroy the young Jedi himself, using the full power of the dark Force, but Vader, turning to the light, prevents him from doing this. Now he is Anakin Skywalker, who, saving his son, throws himself under fatal blows streams of Power and destroys the emperor in the space station reactor. Before his death, Anakin asks Luke to remove his mask so that he can last time look at your son through human eyes. After this, Anakin merged with the Force. The Empire is defeated and Luke returns to his friends.

Episode VII (The Force Awakens, 2015, Star Wars): Rey is the daughter of Luke Skywalker

More than three decades passed before the viewer again met his favorite characters. After the victory of the Alliance, it seemed that the darkness had been defeated, but evil did not sleep, and the Universe was again in danger. Dark forces controlled by the leader of the First Order, Snoke, formed new Empire, which captures and subjugates planets. Snoke's goal is the entire Universe, and the Dark Lord Kylo Ren helps him. The Republicans once again organize a resistance led by Princess Leia. Fight with an enemy who has in his arsenal dark force And powerful weapon"Planet of Death" is almost impossible. The help of the Jedi is required: without mastery of the Force, star wars cannot be won.

Luke Skywalker is the only Jedi left in the universe. He lives as a hermit, and no one knows where. After defeating the Empire, Master Luke restored the Jedi Order and began training the Padawans. One student, who was very dear to his mentor, went over to the dark side of the Force and killed all his students. Luke blamed himself for everything and went into exile. The rebels find an information carrier with the coordinates of Skywalker's location, Kylo Ren finds out about this and begins the hunt for the map.

By chance, the droid in which the information is hidden falls into the hands of a girl named Rey. While helping the droid deliver information to Resistance leadership, she becomes embroiled in the rebel struggle. On her way, Rey meets former stormtrooper Finn, who becomes her true friend, and Han Solo with Chewbacca. Together they go to Princess Leia.

Kylo Ren learns that Rey saw the map, and at the first opportunity he captures the girl to extract information from her. Han Solo, Finn and Chewbacca are sent to rescue Rey on the Empire's planet, and they also have the task of destroying the enemy's superweapon.

Using the energy of the Force, Kylo tries to subjugate Rey’s will to himself and feels strong resistance: the girl possesses energy much more powerful than Ren. It turns out that Kylo’s ability to control the Force field and wage star wars is not enough. Rey is Luke Skywalker's daughter and her capabilities are great, she just didn't know it yet. Now the girl felt in herself the full power of this energy, which Ren himself awakened in her.

Taking advantage of her newly discovered abilities, Rey escapes from captivity. By this time, her friends manage to disable the protective shield of the Planet of Death, but final victory is still far away. In the midst of Star Wars, Luke's daughter goes to her father. He must again help the Universe get rid of evil.

Who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars

The role of the brave Jedi in all three episodes was played by actor Mark Hamill. Before participating in the film "Star Wars", he did not have any significant roles in films; the actor mainly worked in the theater. Interestingly, George Lucas immediately approved Mark for this role. Open face Hamill and his demeanor in the frame impressed the director: this is exactly how he imagined the young Skywalker. Luke, played by Mark Hamill, was so liked by the audience that the actor instantly became popular. After the first film, the question no longer arose about who played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.

But, unfortunately, the role of the young Jedi became the only significant one in Hamill’s career. Unlike Harrison Ford, who, thanks to the role of Han Solo, became constantly popular with directors. After finishing work on the episodes of the saga, where the main character was Luke Skywalker, Hamill practically disappeared from the screens. Trying to get rid of the image stamp space hero, he played in musicals on Broadway. He starred in TV series and did voice-over work for cartoons, and tried his hand at TV shows.

Thirty years have passed, and the public is having a hard time remembering who played Luke in Star Wars. And finally it came out New film- “The Force Awakens.” For viewers long time The plot of the film remained a mystery. The studio kept it in the strictest confidence. In magazines and in social networks discussed various options further development events of the saga. Shortly before the show, information appeared that the hero, having become disillusioned with the Force, decided to go into exile forever. Therefore, the biggest intrigue was the very presence of the character Luke Skywalker in the frame.

Before last moment kept a Star Wars secret 7. Who plays Luke? When the film was released, fans devoted to the hero finally breathed a sigh of relief. Luke is back, now a powerful Jedi, as before, played by Mark Hamill. Let's hope that the hero has many more adventures ahead, and Hamill - acting work. Moreover, the Universe is in danger again, which means that the history of the Jedi continues. After all, when the plot of the film revealed that Rey from Star Wars is related to Luke, the audience realized that they would meet their favorite heroes more than once.

Michael Kaminsky, author of the book “The Secret History of Star Wars” and owner of the Internet resource of the same name, at professional level is studying the history of the creation of Star Wars. He publishes the results of his research in the form of articles, a translation of one of which I would like to offer you. talks about the draft script for Star Wars Episode V and is called:

Secrets of the First Draft of Empire: The Sister Who Never Existed

Two years ago (the article was written in 2012 - Nexu's note), the first draft of the script for the film "The Empire Strikes Back", written by Lee Brackett, appeared online as a pdf file. There is no doubt that the data that appeared on the Internet was part of the materials that were studied during the writing of the book “The Making of Empire Strikes Back”; a year earlier, the same thing happened with materials on the film “Raiders of the Lost Ark” - just before the release of the book “The Complete Making of Indiana Jones”. The first draft of Empire was particularly valuable: in all likelihood, it was a copy with edits made by Lucas himself. Handwritten notes and corrections are written in pencil or pen over typed text in Lucas's signature style. This probably happened during the period when Bracket was in the hospital.

Some words in the text are filled with the letter "X". At that time (1978) they used typewriters, which, of course, did not have a Backspace key like on a computer. When a typist made a mistake, she had to reinsert a piece of paper, type the wrong word with the characters "XXXXXX" and then continue typing. There is also a possibility that Brackett herself typed the text and corrected it on the fly when more successful formulations came to her mind. In my opinion, both of these assumptions are correct.

Most handwritten edits are superficial and insignificant: a line is rewritten here, a line is crossed out there, a note is added here to explain the essence of the character's character. This kind of thing is common when editing a script that is in the rough draft stage and is the source material for future improvements.

However, the details that Lucas altered or completely removed (the words crossed out in pen, as well as the marks made above the printed lines, are clearly visible) have never previously been reported. For example, the first draft presented in the book Annotated Screenplays looks like a printed version with all the previous edits already included. Thus, we can consider that the script we are considering is the original first draft written by Bracket. It is extremely interesting in its own right: despite the fact that most of the changes made are essentially minor, there is a completely unique area that fans will want to know about early history"Star Wars". This is the original scene between Luke Skywalker and his father.

It was preserved even in Lucas's version of the first draft of the script. As Annotated Screenplays and The Making of Empire Strikes Back indicate, Luke initially summoned the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Early drafts developed the idea that those in whom the Force flows strongly have the ability to summon the spirits of the dead from another reality. Ben says that he brought someone with him - Luke's father, who [in the script] is referred to as Skywalker. His father tells Luke that he has a sister, but she is hidden on the other side of the galaxy for protection. After this, Luke takes the Jedi oath to his father and swears allegiance to the Jedi brotherhood.

This scene looks exciting on its own - as an alternative option that adds additional color storyline compared to the current ending of Empire. But in fact, Lee Brackett's original version seems even more interesting.

In the version edited by Lucas (and the one from which other editors were likely to build), the dialogue between father and son progressed as follows:

Has your uncle ever told you about your sister?

LUKE: My sister? I have a sister? But why doesn't Uncle Owen...

LUKE: Where is she? What is her name?

This is how all sources describe this scene. But in reality, in original version Bracket had more dialogue, and the sister had a name: Nellith. Luke's twin sister was originally named Nellith Skywalker. If we discard Lucas's edits and notes, then this scene takes on a completely different look. There are several lines filled with the letters XXXX, but the words are quite legible. I marked them with “XX” marks at the beginning and at the end to show those passages that Bracket herself did not want to include [in the script] - or deleted them upon subsequent reflection while typing the text. In some places the sentences are broken, indicating that she was abandoning them and trying again before completing the thought.

SKYWALKER: You've matured, Luke. I'm proud of you.
(Luke, not knowing how to respond to this, says nothing)
XX I am proud and afraid that you are going into battle unprepared. XX
Did your uncle ever tell you about Nellit?

LUKE: Nellite? No. Who is she?

SKYWALKER: Your sister.

LUKE: XX (unintelligible) XX My sister? I have a sister? But why doesn't Uncle Owen...

SKYWALKER: At my request. When I saw the Empire coming, I sent you both away for your own safety, and separated you from each other.

LUKE: Where is she? What is her name?

SKYWALKER: If I tell you, Darth Vader will be able to extract this information from your mind and use your sister as a hostage. Not now, Luke. When the time comes…
(He looks at his son with a serious look)
Luke. Will you swear the Jedi oath to me?

While there may not be anything terribly exciting about it, we do see that the lost sister's character was fairly well-defined and even had a name. This fact itself is not a surprise: at the 1977 script conference, Lucas and Bracket decided that she, too, had undergone Jedi training and would be featured in the next episode - where perhaps both Skywalker twins would be reunited. Here's how it's described in Annotated Screenplays:

“The concept of Luke's sister was discussed during the script conference: the idea was that Luke's father had two children, and he gave one of them to his uncle and hid the other on the other side of the universe - so that if one of them was killed, then another would have survived. It has been suggested that Luke's twin sister was trained at the same time as him and also became a Jedi Master. As a result, the next episode could involve both Luke and his sister as Jedi Knights" (p. 182).

In the next draft, which Lucas himself wrote, he turned Vader into a father figure by deleting that scene. As Luke flies away, Yoda and Ben discuss that they must now find another - with this this option differs from the final one, where it is said that “there is another one.” In this way, Lucas may have been playing up the return of his sister - which he carried out in the next film, returning to Leia as a means of tying together a multi-layered storyline. It all started with Nellith Skywalker, Luke’s sister, also a former Jedi student.

However, there is a circumstance that must be taken into account in order to explain the removal of this information (about Nellit - Nexu note): the scene as Bracket wrote it did not make sense. Skywalker asks Luke if he knows anything about Nellith, then reveals to him that she is Luke's sister. And then, almost in the next line, Luke asks, “What’s her name?” Skywalker's response is even more puzzling: he says that he cannot say her name, even though he just did. When Lucas erased a piece of text with an episode of naming a name, he brought this scene to a logical form. Because Bracket edited the script as she typed, she may have accidentally made a rewrite that contradicted what was written on the page earlier - changing her mind about when Luke should learn Nellith's name. It is possible that mentioning final version the script about the "other" hope was actually an allusion to Nellith Skywalker, who was supposed to be shown in the next film. I think we will never know about this.

All the events of the film saga are somehow connected with the Skywalker family. It begins with the story of Luke Skywalker. Then it turns out that he had a twin sister, Leia, and his father is Darth Vader, who was previously called Anakin Skywalker. According to rumors, children of Luke and Leia may appear in the seventh part. We decided to show what the Skywalker family tree looks like.

Seven interesting facts about the film

1. The producer and screenwriter of the first episodes (he was also the director of four films), George Lucas, this time acts only as a consultant. He sold the rights to the Star Wars brand to Disney in 2012 for $4 billion. His ideas for the script were not taken into account in the end. And he himself refused the director’s chair: according to him, now there is no such freedom as in the days of the first “Star Wars”.

2. The director of the film, JJ Abrams, kept the details of the script as secret as possible. It is only known that the events take place 30 years after the death of the Death Star, Emperor Palatine and Darth Vader. The war between rebels and supporters of the defeated Empire is still ongoing in the Galaxy. The aging heroes of the first films return to the film: Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew).

3. The film will again feature the inseparable robot couple C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker). By the way, Daniels is the only actor who played in seven episodes. Baker - only at six. But he is also in the credits of all parts. So at one time George Lucas noted his important role in the film. It is curious that while in the film these characters are inseparable, in real life the actors do not communicate.

Photo: still from the film “Star Wars: Episode 7: The Force Awakens”

4. Filming took place in several countries at once: in the British Pinewood studio and on location in Iceland and United Arab Emirates. It was the deserts near Abu Dhabi that replaced Tunisia as space landscapes. The budget for the new part is about $200 million.

5. Work on the film was overshadowed by an injury to Harrison Ford - the 70-year-old actor injured his ankle and dropped out of the project for a couple of months. A decoration fell on him unsuccessfully - the door of a spaceship.

6. Han Solo's inseparable partner is the shaggy giant Chewbacca (actor Peter Mayhew's height is 221 cm - Note "Antennas"). Four of his costumes were created for the film. They were mainly made from yak wool, and Angora goat hair was added to the face for softness. Chewbacca's entire costumes were washed only two or three times during the entire filming process - it was too difficult. It was easier to wipe it with a mixture of tea tree oil and alcohol.

7. The premieres of all previous parts traditionally took place in May, but this time the film is released in December. The producers delayed it to better prepare for release.