Luke Skywalker was a Force-sensitive human and Jedi Master who, along with his twin sister, Princess Leia Organa, fought against the government of the Galactic Empire during the Galactic Civil War. The son of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Senator Padmé Amidala of Naboo, Luke was born shortly after the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY. As a result of his mother's death and his father's fall to the dark side of the Force, Luke was sent to Anakin's homeworld of Tatooine to live with his relatives, Owen and Beru Lars, for the first 19 years of his life. After their deaths at the hands of the Empire, Luke became an apprentice to his father's former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, in order to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi. With the help of smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca, Skywalker rescued Leia Organa from the clutches of the Empire, but lost her master, who died while confronting the Sith Lord Darth Vader. At the Battle of Yavin, Skywalker managed to destroy the Empire's battle station and superweapon, the Death Star, thus saving the Alliance to Restore the Republic from destruction.