Why did Darth Vader cut off Luke's hand?

In severing Luke's hand, Vader was trying to get the Jedi to follow his own journey to becoming a Sith Lord. It will be interesting to see how Lucasfilm build on the early years of Anakin Skywalker becoming Darth Vader.
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What happened to Lukes severed hand?

Luke's hand goes to the Mos Eisley Cantina (where all the occupants are just hands like him), and encounters and defeats the hand of the Aqualish thug Ponda Baba. Unfortunately, Luke's hand next has to face the hand of Darth Vader. Despite fighting valiantly, Luke's hand loses and is frozen in carbonite.
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Why did Luke Skywalker lose his hand?

Luke's hand gets cut off at the tail end of his duel with Vader. In fact, it happens right before Vader's revelation that he's Luke's father.
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Does Luke get his hand back?

At the end of The Empire Strikes Back, Luke received a replacement hand — which has the look of a natural limb — as a friendly reminder of his incomplete training and the consequences of not heeding Master Yoda's advice.
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Does Darth Vader cut off Luke hand?

In the battle against Darth Vader at Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back, Vader chopped off Luke's right hand. The young Skywalker had seemingly lost both limb and lightsaber for good until Rey impossibly confronted him 30 years later.
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The Hidden Meaning Behind Cutting off HANDS in Star Wars - Star Wars Explained



Did Obi-Wan lose an arm?

Revenge of the Sith

Anakin Skywalker does not have the high ground when Obi-Wan remove his biological arm in a classic moment of the entire film series.
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How did Anakin get his scar?

Origins of the Scar

In the comic, Anakin fights a lightsaber duel with Count Dooku's apprentice, Asajj Ventress. She eventually gets the upper hand but decides to show off her precision. Instead of killing him, she swipes the tip of her lightsaber over his right eye.
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Is snoke a clone of Darth Vader?

Emperor Palpatine created Snoke to be his proxy through which he could regain his power. Although Snoke was bio-engineered in a lab on Exegol, he was a strand-cast, not a clone. This bit of Star Wars jargon means Snoke isn't an exact copy of anyone, but isn't natural-born either.
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Why is Luke's hand robotic?

In a scene from Star Wars: The Emprie Strikes Back, Darth vader cuts off Luke Skywalkers right hand. Afterwards, Luke receives a robotic replacement hand that is as good as new. This scene inspired a team of university and private American researchers to develop a real life prosthetic robot arm called the LUKE Arm.
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Why did Luke wear a glove?

Lukes right hand was not gloved when it got shot by the thug, which is why he wears the glove to conceal the wound spot. It's a real wonder that his right hand was still functioning, especially after the lightsaber duel where he endured lethal doses of sith lightning.
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Who was most powerful Jedi?

Top 10 Strongest Jedi of All Time
  • Kit Fisto (the one on the right)
  • Plo Koon.
  • Nomi Sunrider.
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi. Mark Rain, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.
  • Mace Windu.
  • Revan.
  • Yoda.
  • Luke Skywalker.
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Did Luke Skywalker have kids?

In 19 ABY, Luke married Mara Jade. Their son, Ben, who was named after Luke's first mentor Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi, was born in 26.5 ABY. Ben would later become the ancestor of brothers Nat and Kol Skywalker, as well as Kol's son Cade.
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Who found Luke's blue lightsaber?

Maz might have been the Pirate Queen of Takodana, but she spent little time at her castle. She spent most of her years traveling the galaxy and collecting various antiques and treasures. So, until a more detailed story emerges, it's likely that Maz simply found Luke's lightsaber during her broad travels.
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Is Snoke cloned from Lukes hand?

Yes, Star Wars Just Implied That Luke Skywalker's Severed Hand Was Used To Create Snoke. Exegol. Palpatine.
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Why did Luke wear black in Return of the Jedi?

Yes, Luke is dressed in black in Jedi by Lucas to deliberately show the viewer how close the character is to let his fear and hate overwhelm him. He is surrounded by the dark side of the Force and he is basically on a razor's edge and could turn to the dark side of the Force with the slightest provocation.
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What did Palpatine do with Luke's hand?

Darth Vader #11 reveals that Emperor Palpatine retrieved Luke Skywalker's hand after The Empire Strikes Back - perhaps in order to to clone him.
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Can Luke use the Force with his robot hand?

While it seems like an obvious question, it's funny that no one has really brought up the fate of Luke's robotic hand until now. It's a keen observation, considering that between Anakin, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Luke, Luke appears to be the only Jedi to take an artificial limb with him as he becomes one with the Force.
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What is Luke's hand made of?

After Count Dooku cut off the arm of Anakin Skywalker during the First Battle of Geonosis, he had a mechno-arm grafted to what remained. Luke Skywalker had one (covered over in synthetic skin so it would look like more realistic) grafted to his wrist after Darth Vader severed his hand during the Duel on Cloud City.
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Are Star Wars prosthetics possible?

Mobius Bionics and the University of Utah have built a revolutionary prosthesis that returns the sense of touch to amputees. The prosthetic is named "LUKE" in a nod to Star Wars' Luke Skywalker, who lost a hand to Darth Vader.
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Why is Snoke so deformed?

According to The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary (2019), Snoke's physical appearance was purposefully designed by Palpatine to ensure his species remained unidentifiable. Furthermore, Snoke's reluctance to meet in person with his First Order underlings helped conceal the fact that he was an artificial being.
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Who is snoke's master?

The conclusion to the Skywalker saga gives us an answer about Supreme Leader Snoke, who was unexpectedly killed in 2017's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." It turns out he's a clone, created and controlled by Emperor Palpatine.
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Is Mace Windu a Snoke?

Could this foreshadow a possible turn in his future? (Yes, we know Windu's lightsaber is only purple because Samuel L. Jackson demanded it, but it's canon now so it's got to mean something.) Mace Windu has the opportunity, motive, and means to become Snoke.
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Is Anakin the chosen one or Rey?

Rather, it is still the case that the one and only Chosen One is Anakin Skywalker, a being who was conceived by the will of the Force itself, and who had no father. But Rey does share the mission of the Chosen One, as indicated by Anakin's words on Exegol.
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How did Anakin get yellow eyes?

Later in the film, Anakin receives a mission to go to Mustafar and murder the Separatist leaders assembled there. As Anakin kills them, there's a shot where he turns towards the camera and his eyes are burning yellow.
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Why did Anakin wear a glove?

Anakin, however, was well at ease with his mechno-arm, and tinkered with it as he did his starfighter. He added strengthened alloy ligaments and armored shielding to bulk up his spindly robotic arm, giving the appearance of a well-muscled arm to match the rest of his toned body, and covered it with a glove.
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