One night in 28 ABY, [219] Skywalker, sensing the darkness within his nephew Ben growing in glimpses during his training, decided to probe Solo's mind as he lay asleep. He learned that Snoke had turned his apprentice's heart to the dark side, [17] and experienced a brief dark vision [4] that Solo would bring nothing but death and destruction [17] and leave Skywalker's loved ones in anguish. Despite the love for his nephew, [215] in a flash of defensive instinct, [4] Skywalker thought he could stop that future and for a brief moment of pure instinct he raised his lightsaber to destroy him, believing that it was the only way to halt his descent into darkness and prevent the end of everything he loved. This instinct was gone almost the second that it had come, and Skywalker was immediately filled with shame. [17] We have more important business. Leia Ogana: You are now a general. Luke Skywalker: You are now a commander. Han Solo: You are now a colonel." A Jedi…I was afraid my dreams of killing one were dashed. […] I'd been informed the Jedi were extinct."

Shortly afterward, Skywalker and his team intercepted a message from R2-D2, who had successfully rescued C-3PO from Imperial capture. They saved R2's X-wing from Darth Vader and escaped in hyperspace. [91] Skywalker's training on Dagobah lasted several weeks, with Kenobi needing to appear in Yoda's dreams more than once to convince the old master to keep up Luke's training and argue that the boy would not end up like this father. When Skywalker and Yoda argued, Kenobi also regularly appeared to stop their arguments. [135] One day during his training with Yoda, the Jedi Master had Skywalker climb a tree to use his senses to find a way through the tree, Skywalker lost his balance and fell from the tree. Yoda decided to have Skywalker carry him as he redid the task. [136] When they landed, Skywalker was impressed by the sight of the outpost. He cautioned his apprentice to careful and warned that such a place was likely to be rigged with traps, recalling a time he found a lightsaber in a similar place that turned out to be a trap and nearly killed him. Inside, they found a treasure trove that Skywalker judged so impressive he thought it may be better than Jocasta Nu's cache, including many Jedi holocrons and a lightsaber rifle. Skywalker was excited by the possibility of learning many new things. As the three perused the outpost, instantly, both Skywalker and Solo felt a cold presence within the structure. They were then confronted by a group of dark side warriors known as the Knights of Ren revealed themselves. [213]The Battle for Jakku is considered the last major fight between Imperial forces and the nascent New Republic which emerged from the Rebel Alliance. It ended with the decimation of the Imperial fleet, approximately a year after the Battle of Endor and the death of Emperor Palpatine. According to the gunner narrating "The Starship Graveyard," Luke saved his life on the surface of Jakku, protecting the wounded Imperial from sandstorms and eventually setting him loose to return to the remnant Empire. However, according to Imperial interrogators, Luke Skywalker wasn't anywhere near Jakku during the battle, making this another legend of the Jedi's deeds. Luke Wore C-3PO's, uh, Skin? What's this, a Jedi with feelings? I thought that wasn't supposed to happen. Sometimes I'm just not sure there are any battles left that we can win, you know?" Both The Legends of Skywalker, and the new manga adaptation, approach Skywalker as a mythic figure—the events depicted are meant to be interpreted as legends, rather than a history of Skywalker's actions in the 30 years between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. Luke Skywalker frees a group of captive Imperial slaves held on the grounds of Weapons Factory Alpha on Cymoon 1.

Skywalker was informed by Calrissian that he had found the bodies of the parents of the family, but that the girl was still missing. Skywalker, Calrissian, R2-D2, and Komat traveled to Neftali, where they buried them and honored their lives. Skywalker and Calrissian worried that Ochi had successfully captured the girl and taken her to Exegol, but they could not be sure, and decided to keep looking for Ochi. [7] right now I'm just a Rebel pilot who needs to help his friends. Learning to be a Jedi will have to wait." ―Skywalker, to R2-D2 [67] Star Wars: The Legends of Luke Skywalker pairs powerhouse Japanese manga creators with inspiring myths about the iconic Jedi Knight, adapted from the novel by best-selling author Ken Liu. Well it's definitely a holocron of some kind, but I've never seen another like it. It responds to…well. You'll see it'll answer your questions though. I know it did for me." ―Skywalker and Organa on the Archivist's holocron [162] And look at this . Didn't I just spend all my life trying to get off a desert planet?" ―Luke Skywalker on the desert planet Sergia [119]

Tropes in this book include:

Chances are...This is the last voyage of the Harbinger . So let's make it a memorable one." ―Skywalker to Organa and Solo [79] The Thrawn Trilogy is arguably the most formative series in the Expanded Universe. The first book, Heir to the Empire, was published in 1991 and was marketed as a continuation of the movie saga. Of all of the Legends books, it perhaps captures the feeling of watching a big-screen spectacle the most. While Skywalker traveled to find the woman from his visions, Vader followed a false lead from an Imperial officer to Skywalker, only finding a con man pretending to be him to get pilot jobs and claiming that a droid named 'Ardee' helped him destroy the Death Star. Vader killed him and declared that anyone who claimed Skywalker's name would die. He told the Imperial officer to verify his findings next time and said Skywalker could still be anywhere. [143] After being criminally underused in Solo: A Star Wars Story, it’s nice to see L3 get a larger part here, as well as a more tonally even relationship with her co-pilot. She and Lando are tasked with helping a young princess return a captured treasure to her planet, a perfectly pulpy plot for Star Wars and especially this duo of adventurers. Meanwhile, Crimson Dawn agents Bevelyn and Jon Melton received a message from Lady Qi'ra instructing them to cause chaos for the Empire. Because they were deep undercover at the Empire's secret Death Star II, they decided that they should expose the facility to the Rebel Alliance. [157] They managed to escape with their children and get a message to the Rebels telling them that they had top secret Imperial weapons information they would give in exchange for protection, but they were not taken seriously until it was presented by General Hera Syndulla at an intelligence briefing that Skywalker was present at among many other intelligence hits. Skywalker asked about it and Syndulla explained to him what it was, though she wondered if something about it stood out to him. While Skywalker was unsure, he said had good feeling about it. [159]