Luke Skywalker

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• MSRP: $4.99 USD
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• Scale: 3.75"
• Exclusive: No
• Variations Recorded: No
• Year Imprinted: 1995
• Released: 1995
• Joint Count: 6
• Joint Details: 1 Swivel neck, 2 swivel shoulders, 1 swivel waist, 2 swivel hips
• Accessory Count: 2
• Accessory Details: 1 Blue Lightsaber, 1 Grappling-Hook Blaster

• This was the first Luke Skywalker figure released in the modern Star Wars action figure line which kicked off in 1995
• Hasbro included two accessories with Luke, one blue lightsaber and a Grappling-Hook Blaster
• The figure is known for three different versions, one with a regularily sized lightsaber, one with a very long blue lightsaber and one with a transitional tray where the tray for the lightsaber was still long (to house the previous long lightsaber) but it came with the regular shorter saber
• Luke can hold both weapons well in his hands
• The figure doesn't hold its balance well, but there are peg holes in the bottom of both feet so he can be plugged onto a display stand
• Needless to say that the figure is completely outdated compared with modern figures in terms of articulation and character likeness, and even at the time of its release it felt overly bulky (but that was what it was like at the time, with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone dominating the box office)

Raised by his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru on their Tatooine moisture farm, young Luke dreamed of being a pilot for the Rebel Alliance. He realized his destiny after being saved from the Tusken Raiders by the mysterious Obi-Wan Kenobi, who told him of his past and began to teach the boy the ways of the Force. When the Empire killed Luke's family, he and Kenobi set off to find Princess Leia, whose message hidden inside the droid R2-D2 beckoned them to join the Rebellion.

With the aid of smuggler Han Solo and his ship the Millennium Falcon, Luke and Obi-Wan saved the Princess, but at the cost of Kenobi's life at the hand of the evil Darth Vader. His sacrifice allowed them to deliver the technical readouts for the Empire's deadliest weapon, the Death Star, to the Rebel forces. The Rebel fleet used this information to find a weak spot in the Battle Station's defenses and launched its attack. Luke then became a hero to the Rebellion by flying his T-65 X-Wing fighter through a furious dogfight to deliver the final blow.