How does Luke Skywalker DIE in Legends? 🤨

Most people can agree that the way Luke Skywalker died in the Sequel trilogy was very underwhelming and disappointing.

But how did he die in the Legends Expanded Universe?

Well, we actually don’t know.

You see as of the recording of this video, there is no information or explanation in Legends as to how Luke Skywalker dies?

But we do know that he eventually dies between the years 45 ABY and 130 ABY which means Luke lived to be around 69 to 149 years old!

And we also know that when he died, he instantly became a Force Ghost like Obi Wan and Yoda.

But even as a Force Ghost, Luke continued to help and guide the Jedi Order for many years, even showing up decades later to support his descendant Cade Skywalker!

[histguy]

He's about 65 in the final book featuring him. He fully reestablished the Jedi order and by that time had about a thousand Jedi knights. He reestablished the Jedi council, and had a fully rebuilt temple on Coruscant.

[SizemoreMusic]

Translation: He didn't, because he's the f***in' GOAT.

[Singing-Barista]

The expanded universe is the true sequel canon in my opinion 😤

[Nikmok]

Somewhere in another universe where legends is canon.
Cade skywalker: “somehow luke returned”

[gavinletsplaygaming]

Personal head canon: Luke gathers his students young and old, giving a partial farewell telling them not to be sad as he'll return soon. He hops into his now very old X wing with R2 by his side as they leave the temple and head back to Tatooine. When they arrive, they're greeted by 3P0, who'd gotten a personal ride to see them. They all walk the streets as Luke looks around seeing visions of Ep 4. Eventually arriving at the farmhouse where he grew up. They have one last meal together as Luke imagines him his wife, aunt and uncle, Han, Leia, a baby Ben Solo, Chewy, R2, 3P0, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Padme and Anakin all together. And at sunset he walks outside where he stares at the binary sunset as the force ghosts of Leia, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Qui gon, and Anakin gather around him. As Anakin asks "You ready Son?" Luke replies "Ya I am." His robes fall as all that remains is a force ghost of Luke then the scene ends with him uttering "May the force be with us all."

[elizapony]

Luke never gave up on his father, who slaughtered kids, and millions of innocents. Why would he give up on his own nephew because of a bad dream? If you like this writing, you don't understand who Luke Skywalker is

[danhunt]

Mark Hamill even said that the Disney films weren't his Luke. He called the character a different name. I think it was dave or john that he called him

[Nickydafish]

The last book I read, he was in his 60s, was the grandmaster of the Jedi order and had a son named ben who was also a Jedi. Chewie had died in the vong saga, Han and leia were married and had three children, all Jedi until Jason becomes a sith and is killed by his twin sister after being additionally trained by boba fett, the mandalore. Only the daughter Jana was still living amongst the three solo children. The canon continued to be told in real time for 40 years until Disney came along and crushed it on one swoop.

[jowolf]

I'm guessing 149 is probably the more accurate death age, just because it is canon that force sensitives live longer. And honestly, 150 is probably on the low end for how long the force could help extend Luke's life given how powerful he is in Legends.

[jaysmith]

Anakin: is mysteriously birthed from the force and no one really knows how.

Luke: Mysteriously dies and no one really knows how.

The circle is now complete!

[Toerce]

From what I can remember, the writers of the EU knew that they couldn’t come up with a good way for Luke to die, so the literally just killed him off-page. We don’t know when or why, but he’s gone, and that’s the best way for him to have gone.

[page]

It was very underwhelming. I hate what Disney has become.

[BP-dnnv]

The fact Luke never got to refound the jedi order will never not infuriate me.

[MrTurbowhitey]

In legends he was the Grandmaster of the Order, and died a heros death.
In Disney he was old man yelling at cloud, and died a pointless death

[andrewkilmer]

Star wars as a whole died the moment Disney bought it

[aidan]

I’m not the biggest fan of Luke in the sequels but the idea of him having a peaceful death without any violence and staring at the twin suns was a perfect send off for him. Truly the best way a Jedi could go out.

[IdealX-freg]

I can sum
Up the entire Disney Star Wars trilogy with six words "that's not how the force works"

[jaynyethatmemeguy]

Luke was so sigma that the legends writers knew they couldn't kill off the first protagonist of Star Wars

[APainting-py]

Much better then the sequels Luke’s death

[NoahDaArk]

Fun fact about Cade Skywalker, he had the ability to heal people with the Force. Yes, that concept stretches back all the way to the original EU. The More You Know