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Star Wars Family Tree: The Skywalker Saga

The nine main Star Wars films are the story of one family across three generations: the Skywalkers. Anakin becomes Darth Vader, his twins Luke and Leia are separated at birth, and Leia’s son Ben Solo turns to the dark side as Kylo Ren. This Star Wars family tree shows the Skywalkers, the Lars and Organa families who raised the twins, and the Palpatine line that ends with Rey.

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Shmi Skywalker is at the top left, with Anakin below her and his step-family, the Larses, beside them. Luke and Leia are in the next row, each linked to the adoptive parents who raised them. The Palpatine line on the right shows how Rey descends from the Emperor.

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Star Wars family tree showing Shmi Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa and Han Solo, Ben Solo (Kylo Ren), Owen and Beru Lars, Bail and Breha Organa, and Palpatine's line down to Rey
How to use: Drag to move · pinch, Ctrl + scroll or + / − to zoom Click anyone to highlight their parents, partners, children and siblings
How to read the lines
  • A short line between two people joins a couple; a dashed couple line means the marriage or relationship ended.
  • A line going down from a couple (or one parent) to a horizontal bar leads to their children, who sit side by side on the row below.
  • A dashed parent line with a small label marks an adoptive, step or guardian parent rather than a birth parent.
  • Long lines across the chart join people who married into another branch. Click either person to see the connection highlighted.

The Skywalker saga’s family tree, with adoptive and step links shown as dashed lines. Open the full-size image or open it in the editor to rearrange it.

Branch-by-branch family trees

The whole Star Wars family tree is wide because every generation sits on one row. These smaller charts follow one branch at a time: a person, their partners and all of their descendants. Click a chart to explore it above, or open it full size.

Shmi and Anakin Skywalker

The family tree begins with Shmi Skywalker, a slave on Tatooine whose son Anakin was conceived without a father; the Jedi believe he was created by the Force itself. Qui-Gon Jinn frees Anakin in The Phantom Menace, but Shmi stays behind. She is later freed by the moisture farmer Cliegg Lars, who marries her. That marriage makes Cliegg’s son Owen Anakin’s step-brother, and Owen will later raise Luke.

Anakin, Padmé and the twins

Anakin secretly marries Padmé Amidala, Senator of Naboo, in Attack of the Clones, breaking the Jedi rule against attachment. Fear of losing her pushes him toward Palpatine, and he becomes Darth Vader. Padmé dies giving birth to twins, Luke and Leia, at the end of Revenge of the Sith.

To hide them from Vader, the twins are separated. Obi-Wan Kenobi takes Luke to Owen and Beru Lars on Tatooine, and Bail Organa and his wife Queen Breha adopt Leia as a princess of Alderaan. On the chart this shows as two kinds of dashed line: Owen and Beru are Luke’s guardians, his step-uncle and aunt, while the Organas are Leia’s adoptive parents.

Luke, Leia and the original trilogy

Neither twin knows the truth at the start of A New Hope. Vader reveals that he is Luke’s father in The Empire Strikes Back, and Luke learns that Leia is his sister in Return of the Jedi, which is why their earlier kiss is so famous an awkward moment. Luke redeems his father, and Anakin dies as a Jedi. Leia marries Han Solo; their son Ben is born shortly after the war.

Ben Solo and the sequel trilogy

Ben Solo is Anakin’s grandson and Luke’s nephew, and he trains as a Jedi under his uncle. Seduced by Snoke (a creation of Palpatine), he takes the name Kylo Ren, kills his father Han in The Force Awakens and idolises his grandfather Vader. In The Rise of Skywalker he returns to the light and gives his life to save Rey. With Ben’s death, the Skywalker bloodline ends.

Rey Palpatine: how Rey fits into the family tree

The Rise of Skywalker reveals that Rey is the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine. Her father, named Dathan in the film’s novelisation, was a failed clone of Palpatine who escaped with Rey’s mother, Miramir, and hid their daughter on Jakku. Rey is not a Skywalker by blood, but at the end of the film she buries Luke’s and Leia’s lightsabers on Tatooine and calls herself Rey Skywalker. On a family tree that is a chosen name rather than a parent link, which is a useful reminder that families are made as well as born. Our guide to how to make a family tree explains how to record adoption, step-families and changed names.

Who’s who in the Star Wars family tree, generation by generation

Everyone in the chart above, oldest generation first. People who married into the family are listed with their partner’s generation. Photos show the actors who play the characters. Photos are freely licensed and credited below; children are shown without photos.

Generation 1

  • Pernilla August, who plays Shmi Skywalker

    Shmi Skywalker

    Played by Pernilla August

    Moisture farmer’s wife

    Anakin’s mother, a former slave on Tatooine; Anakin had no father.

  • Jack Thompson, who plays Cliegg Lars

    Cliegg Lars

    Played by Jack Thompson

    Moisture farmer

    Freed and married Shmi.

  • Ian McDiarmid, who plays Sheev Palpatine

    Sheev Palpatine

    Played by Ian McDiarmid

    Emperor, Darth Sidious

Generation 2

  • Joel Edgerton, who plays Owen Lars

    Owen Lars

    Played by Joel Edgerton

    Luke’s uncle

    Cliegg’s son and Anakin’s step-brother, who raised Luke.

  • Bonnie Piesse, who plays Beru Lars

    Beru Lars (née Whitesun)

    Played by Bonnie Piesse

    Luke’s aunt

  • Hayden Christensen, who plays Anakin Skywalker

    Anakin Skywalker

    Played by Hayden Christensen

    Jedi, then Darth Vader

    The Chosen One; redeemed by his son Luke before his death.

  • Natalie Portman, who plays Padmé Amidala

    Padmé Amidala

    Played by Natalie Portman

    Queen, then Senator of Naboo

    Secretly married Anakin; died giving birth to twins.

  • Jimmy Smits, who plays Bail Organa

    Bail Organa

    Played by Jimmy Smits

    Senator, Viceroy of Alderaan

  • Breha Organa

    Queen of Alderaan

  • Billy Howle, who plays Dathan

    Dathan

    Played by Billy Howle

    Rey’s father

    A failed clone of Palpatine; named in the novel of The Rise of Skywalker.

  • Jodie Comer, who plays Miramir

    Miramir

    Played by Jodie Comer

    Rey’s mother

Generation 3

  • Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker

    Luke Skywalker

    Played by Mark Hamill

    Jedi Master

    Raised by Owen and Beru on Tatooine.

  • Carrie Fisher, who plays Leia Organa

    Leia Organa

    Played by Carrie Fisher

    Princess, General

    Luke’s twin sister, raised as a princess of Alderaan.

  • Harrison Ford, who plays Han Solo

    Han Solo

    Played by Harrison Ford

    Smuggler, General

    Captain of the Millennium Falcon; killed by his son.

  • Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey Skywalker

    Rey Skywalker

    Played by Daisy Ridley

    Jedi

    Palpatine’s granddaughter, who takes the Skywalker name at the end of the saga.

Generation 4

  • Adam Driver, who plays Ben Solo

    Ben Solo

    Played by Adam Driver

    Kylo Ren

    Trained by his uncle Luke; fell to the dark side and returned to the light.

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Questions about the Star Wars family tree

Who is Luke Skywalker’s father?

Anakin Skywalker, who became Darth Vader. His mother was Padmé Amidala. Luke was raised by his step-uncle and aunt, Owen and Beru Lars.

Are Luke and Leia twins?

Yes. Luke and Leia are twins born to Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker. They were separated at birth: Luke went to Tatooine and Leia was adopted by Bail and Breha Organa.

How is Kylo Ren related to Darth Vader?

Kylo Ren, whose real name is Ben Solo, is Darth Vader’s grandson. His mother is Leia, Vader’s daughter, and his father is Han Solo.

Is Rey related to the Skywalkers?

Not by blood. Rey is Emperor Palpatine’s granddaughter. She adopts the Skywalker name at the end of The Rise of Skywalker to honour Luke and Leia.

Who was Anakin Skywalker’s father?

Anakin had no father. His mother Shmi says he was conceived without one, and the Jedi believe the Force created him. Later stories suggest Palpatine’s master influenced it, but the films leave it open.

How are Owen Lars and Anakin related?

Owen is Anakin’s step-brother: Owen’s father Cliegg Lars married Anakin’s mother Shmi.

Can I add more Star Wars characters to this family tree?

Yes. Open it in the editor and add anyone you like, such as Obi-Wan Kenobi as a mentor or characters from the series. Then download it as a PDF or poster.

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Sources and notes

Star Wars and its characters belong to Lucasfilm Ltd. and The Walt Disney Company. This family tree is an independent fan reference, not affiliated with or endorsed by Lucasfilm or Disney. It covers the nine saga films; spin-off series are not included.

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