david prowse played luke father in return of the jedi.
who played luke father in return of the jedi?
david prowse
the jedi are first introduced in the 1977 motion picture "star wars" as an order of warrior monks who serve as "the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy" and embrace the mystical force. obi-wan kenobi (alec guinness) explains that the galactic empire has all but exterminated the jedi, and seeks to train luke skywalker (mark hamill) to be the jedi order's last hope. darth vader (david prowse/james earl jones) is also established as the jedi's main enemy. by the end of the film, which depicts the battle of yavin, luke is on the path to becoming a jedi. in the sequel, "the empire strikes back", luke receives extensive jedi training from the elderly (and only surviving) jedi master yoda (frank oz), even as he learns that vader is, in fact, his father, former jedi knight anakin skywalker. the third film in the original trilogy, "return of the jedi", ends with luke redeeming vader and helping to destroy the empire, thus fulfilling his destiny as a jedi.
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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 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. in "the last jedi", a young scavenger named rey has located luke and tries to convince him to show her the ways of the force, but he refuses. after knowing the death of han solo, he trains rey about how to use the force and to train her how to become a jedi. luke reveals to rey that he sensed the dark side in ben and was scared for him, but ben retaliated by using the force to collapse the jedi temple and leaves him. when he refuses to help rey turn ben back to the light, luke plans to burn the jedi temple tree and is greeted by yoda, who convinces him to help rey and not to mourn his failure of losing ben to snoke. on the planet crait, luke appears with his old lightsaber and duels ben, who tries to attack luke, but he dodges them. luke tries to reason with ben and then disappears, revealing that he was still on the island and that ben was dueling a force projection of him. luke falls to the ground and gets up, and afterwards dies after disappearing, becoming one with the force.
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