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Annikin Starkiller was the son of Kane Starkiller and a Padawan of Luke Skywalker. He was the hero of the battle which saw the defeat of the Galactic Empire in the Aquilaean system.

After the Jedi Rebellion, the young Annikin and his brother Deak Starkiller settled on the Fourth Moon of Utapau with their father. 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 the death of his father, he became a suitor to Queen Leia of Aquilae, ruler of his home planet, and was named Lord Protector of Aquilae.

A similarly named figure, Anakin Starkiller, was the father of Luke Starkiller.

Behind the scenesEdit

Annikin Starkiller was the proposed name for the lead character in the what would become Episode IV and appeared in the rough draft. He would have played a similar role as Luke Skywalker in A New Hope, although in his cockiness and brashness he also resembles Han Solo. He became the source of Luke's father's name, Anakin, in the third and later drafts.

In the first draft, Annikin was renamed "Justin Valor." This name was dropped in later drafts. While there was no one named Annikin or Anakin in the second draft, the name reappeared in the third and earliest versions of the fourth draft. During the filming of Episode IV Luke's surname was changed from Starkiller to Skywalker, his Jedi byname in the second draft.

A scene in which Annikin Starkiller is caught making out with a blonde in an equipment locker may have inspired a similar scene involving Anakin Solo and Tahiri Veila in Edge of Victory II: Rebirth.

AppearancesEdit

• The Star Wars: Rough Draft
• The Star Wars: First Draft (As Justin Valor)
• The Star Wars: From The Adventures of Luke Starkiller (As Anakin Starkiller) (Mentioned only)
• The Adventures of Luke Skywalker as Taken from the "Journal of the Whills" (Saga I) Star Wars (As Anakin Starkiller) (Mentioned only)

SourcesEdit

• The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
•  Anakin Skywalker in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)

External linksEdit

• Starkiller - The Jedi Bendu Script Site
• The Development of Star Wars: As Seen Through the Scripts by George Lucas