Ben Skywalker (Star Wars)

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Star Wars character
Ben Skywalker
Position	Unofficial Jedi Apprentice to Jacen Solo, son of Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker
Homeworld	Ossus (born on the Errant Venture)
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	unknown
Affiliation	Galactic Alliance, Jedi
Portrayed by	N/A

Ben Skywalker is a fictional character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. He is the son of Jedi Masters Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade Skywalker. He is named after Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi.

Luke and Mara initially decided against having children, because she was infected by Yuuzhan Vong coomb spores. Nevertheless, Mara found, while attempting to heal her body with the Force, that she was pregnant.

Ben was born at the end of Edge of Victory: Rebirth, a book from the Expanded Universe's New Jedi Order series. He was actually born aboard the Imperial-class Star Destroyer Errant Venture, shortly after his parents were forced to flee Coruscant during a conflict between the Jedi and the New Republic Senate. As a baby, he was sent to the Maw Installation so he would be safe from the Yuuzhan Vong. He had little contact with his parents, though became embroiled in a kidnap attempt by Viqi Shesh during the Fall of Coruscant. Lando Calrissian and C-3PO saved Ben high above the galactic capital.

As a child, Ben was strong-willed and intelligent. Like the rest of his family, he was also strong in the Force. He eventually renounced his abilities, however, after suffering from intense visions of the pain and suffering inflicted upon galaxy during the war with the Yuuzhan Vong. Since then, he has refused to use the Force, a development his parents do not know how to overcome. He has recently adopted his cousin Jacen Solo's views on the Force, but resembles Anakin Solo in personality.

During the Swarm War (portrayed in the Dark Nest series by Troy Denning), Ben became friends with a Killik named Gorog, thinking the creature to be his pet. In the end, his mother killed the creature, as it actually had intentions to brainwash the boy to join the Dark Nest. Ben eventually became an unofficial Jedi apprentice to his cousin Jacen, and soon began to open himself to the Force with Jacen's guidance. When he found out about Jacen and Tenel Ka's secret daughter, Allana, Jacen erased Ben's memories, as he felt that he couldn't trust Ben to keep this a secret.

During the events of the Legacy of the Force series, Ben is still training under Jacen, and is becoming both a typical teenager and a powerful Jedi. On a mission to Adumar, he shows his worth as a Jedi. He also defies his master, however, and uses slang typical to galactic teenagers.

At Centerpoint Station, Ben meets a droid form of his late cousin Anakin, and bonds with him, using him to deactivate Centerpoint Station. He never told his aunt Leia Organa and uncle Han Solo that he had seen a form of their son, something that his father counselled him to do.

After the assassination of Corellian Prime Minister Aidel Saxan, Ben and Jacen head to Lorrd, where they meet fellow Jedi Nelani Dinn. Ben developed a romantic interest in her. Later, they head to an asteroid near Bimmiel, where he faces off against a phantom of his mother. He is beaten, and awakens on the ship he and Jacen arrived on. Nelani is dead, by Jacen's hand — and it is revealed that Brisha, the woman they travelled with, is the Sith Lord Lumiya. Jacen doesn't mention that he interfered with Ben's memories again.

In Bloodlines, Ben grows closer to Jacen and serves under him in the GAG, for which they go on terrorist raids. At the end of Bloodlines, Ben's trust in Jacen is shaken though when Jacen kills Boba Fett's daughter during an interrogation. Ben then has his own confidence shaken after he kills an unarmed terrorist.

During Tempest, Ben is even further under Jacen's wing, much to Luke's dismay. After they kill Lumiya, Luke and Mara decide to take Ben from Jacen; they had found evidence that someone in the GAG had been helping her, and Lumiya had claimed that Ben was her accomplice. Ben also tried to arrest Han and Leia after they rescued him from floating in outer space. When Zekk tries to restrain him from behind, Ben accidentally wounds him.