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50 free Luke Skywalker trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Luke Skywalker was nearly Luke Starkiller, nearly a woman, nearly a 60-year-old war hero, and nearly a dwarf. George Lucas tried them all before settling on a Tatooine farm boy, and the name only changed a few months into filming because of its unpleasant echo of Charles Manson. Four decades later the same character was hiding on an island, refusing to take his own lightsaber back. These 50 questions follow Luke across the whole saga: the moisture farm and the message in R2-D2, the Death Star run, Hoth and the wampa, Dagobah, the duel on Cloud City and the hand he lost there, Jabba's rancor, Endor and his father's pyre, then the sequel trilogy's Ahch-To, Crait and Force-ghost goodbye, plus his Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett appearances and the choice he gives Grogu. Legends fans get Mara Jade, Luuke, Exar Kun and Cade Skywalker; Mark Hamill fans get Oakland, the Joker, the car crash, the Muppet Show and the Broadway Mozart he lost to Tom Hulce. Easy questions stick to the films; the expert tier asks about infant actors, radio voices and Ukrainian air-raid alerts. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or print it for a Star Wars night.
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Q 01Who plays Luke in every live-action appearance?
Mark Hamill
He won the Saturn Award for Best Actor for Empire, Jedi and The Last Jedi.
Q 02What was Luke's surname in the script until a few months into filming?
Starkiller
Lucas dropped it over its unpleasant connotations and substituted Skywalker.
Q 03The original surname was dropped because of its association with which criminal?
Charles Manson
Squeaky Fromme's 1975 attempt on Gerald Ford had kept the Manson Family in the news.
Q 04On which desert planet was Luke raised?
Tatooine
Obi-Wan placed him with Owen and Beru Lars as an infant.
Q 05What do Luke's aunt and uncle farm?
Moisture
Vaporators pull water from the desert air.
Q 06A reported alternate ending to Return of the Jedi had Luke wander off like which actor?
Clint Eastwood
The idea echoed the lone drifter of the spaghetti Westerns.
Q 07Which Force Awakens screenwriter worried Luke would distract from Rey?
Michael Arndt
His solution turned Luke into a plot device found only in the final scene.
Q 08What did Hamill read at Force Awakens script readings instead of dialogue?
The stage directions
J. J. Abrams said it kept Hamill involved and improved the readings for everyone.
Q 09In Lucas's unused sequel plan, Luke would train new Jedi from children as young as what?
Two or three
Only 50 to 100 surviving Jedi would have answered his call.
Q 10Which future Snake Plissken actor auditioned for Luke?
Kurt Russell
Robby Benson, William Katt and Charles Martin Smith also tried out.
Q 11What did Hamill fracture in his January 1977 car accident?
His nose and cheekbone
Lucas said Luke's changed look in Empire came from injuries fighting for the Rebellion.
Q 12Which droid carries Princess Leia's hidden message?
R2-D2
Luke only finds it while cleaning the newly bought droid.
Q 13Who rescues Luke from Tusken Raiders in the first film?
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The old hermit then hands him his father's lightsaber.
Q 14What does Luke switch off during his Death Star trench run?
Q 21Which nephew did Luke train before he turned to the dark side?
Ben Solo
Luke admits he briefly considered killing him after a vision.
Q 22To which planet does Luke project himself for his final stand?
Crait
He buys the Resistance time, then becomes one with the Force back on his island.
Q 23Besides his X-wing, what does Luke's spirit give Rey for her journey to Exegol?
Leia's lightsaber
He had caught his own saber when she threw it into a fire.
Q 24Who played the infant Luke and Leia in Revenge of the Sith?
His missile guidance system
He hears Obi-Wan's voice telling him to trust his feelings.
Q 15On which ice planet is Luke captured by a wampa?
Hoth
Fans long suspected the attack was written to explain Hamill's facial scarring; Lucas denied it.
Q 16What creature drags Luke into its cave on the ice planet?
A wampa
He cuts himself free using the Force to summon his lightsaber.
Q 17What Rebel rank does Luke hold in The Empire Strikes Back?
Commander
He leads the snowspeeder squadron against the AT-AT walkers.
Q 18What does Vader sever from Luke on Cloud City?
His hand
It is replaced with a bio-mechanical one, and Luke later does the same to Vader.
Q 19Which beast does Jabba drop Luke in with?
A rancor
Luke kills it by bringing the gate down on its head.
Q 20On which planet is Luke found at the end of The Force Awakens?
Ahch-To
He tosses his old lightsaber over his shoulder when Rey hands it to him.
Aidan Barton
He is the son of the film's editor Roger Barton.
Q 25In The Book of Boba Fett, Grogu chooses what instead of Yoda's lightsaber?
Beskar chain mail
Luke then sends him back to Din Djarin.
Q 26Who plays ten-year-old Luke in Ewan McGregor's 2022 Disney+ series?
Grant Feely
Vivien Lyra Blair played his twin sister in the same series.
Q 27In Forces of Destiny, Luke and Leia help the Ewoks stop which rampaging beast?
A Gorax
The giant Gorax first appeared in the 1984 Ewok TV movie Caravan of Courage.
Q 28Which 2015 novel is told in Luke's own first-person voice?
Heir to the Jedi
It was only the second Star Wars novel written in first person.
Q 29In which 2022 novel do Luke and Lando search for Exegol?
Shadow of the Sith
It is set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.
Q 30Who voiced Luke in the Return of the Jedi radio drama?
Joshua Fardon
Hamill had voiced him in the earlier Star Wars and Empire radio adaptations.