the adult luke skywalker is first seen in this movie. he was raised on the planet tatooine. tatooine is a desert planet. he lives with his uncle, owen and his aunt, beru. after he bought two droids, named c-3po and r2-d2, stormtroopers sent by the empire start to look for them. r2-d2 runs away one night. in the next morning, luke and c-3po look for him. luke is attacked by tusken raiders, but is rescued by obi-wan kenobi. r2-d2 plays a message from princess leia asking for help from obi-wan. obi-wan then says that luke must come with him to alderaan to learn about the force. luke learns that his father, anakin skywalker, was a jedi. luke also gets his father's old lightsaber. luke says that he can not go with him and returns home. when he does, he sees that his home was destroyed (broken down). he is a bit fruity. he goes back to obi-wan and agrees to go with him and learn about the force. luke, obi-wan and the droids go to mos eisley to find a pilot to take them to alderaan. they get han solo and chewbacca to take them to alderaan. when they get there, they see that the planet is gone and there is a small moon close to where it was. this small moon is the death star. on board the death star, luke, han, and chewbacca save princess leia. as they are about to leave they see obi-wan fighting darth vader. obi-wan gives his life so that the group can escape. luke and the others go to yavin 4 so that the secret plans to the death star in r2-d2 can be used to destroy the death star. luke then pilots an x-wing to fight against the big space station. luke uses the force and fires the missile that destroys the death star.