Annikin Starkiller was the son of Kane Starkiller and the Jedi-Bendu Padawan Learner to Luke Skywalker, as well as the protector and later, lover to the Princess/Queen of his home planet of Aquilae, Leia. He was the hero of the battle which saw the defeat of the Galactic Empire in the Aquilaean system.
Biography[]
After the Jedi Rebellion, the teenage Annikin and his brother Deak Starkiller settled on the Fourth Moon of Utapau with their father, Kane Starkiller. Annikin, despite his relative youth, had taken part in the Kessilian civil wars and led a Hubble expedition to the Cone systems. He wore his hair in a distinctive Kessilian hair knot.
After a Sith Knight located him and his family and killed his brother, Deak, Annikin and Kane headed back home to Aquilae.
He became the Padawan learner of Luke Skywalker after his father, Kane, revealed to Skywalker that he was dying.[1]
After the death of his father, he became the suitor to Queen Leia of Aquilae, ruler of his home planet, and was named Lord Protector of Aquilae.
Behind the scenes[]
Annikin Starkiller was the lead character in the rough draft of the script for what would become A New Hope. He played a similar role to that of Luke Skywalker in A New Hope, although his cockiness and brashness resembled Han Solo from A New Hope and Anakin Skywalker from Attack of the Clones. While there was nobody named Annikin in the second draft, Annikin became the name of Luke's father in the third draft[3] and Luke's father was identified as Anakin in Return of the Jedi.[4]
In the first draft, Annikin was renamed "Justin Valor." During the filming of A New Hope, Luke's surname was changed from Starkiller to Skywalker, his Jedi byname in the second draft.[3]
It is unknown who Annikin's mother was or what happened to her, as she is implied to be dead.[3]
Appearances[]
- The Star Wars 1 (First appearance)
- The Star Wars 2
- The Star Wars 3
- The Star Wars 4
- The Star Wars 5
- The Star Wars 6
- The Star Wars 7
- The Star Wars 8
