Vader's Quest takes place before Star Wars #35 and is specifically set two months after A New Hope, giving it the most specific answer to when Darth Vader learned that Luke Skywalker is his son in the Star Wars franchise.
He did know what Luke was his son, once he knew that Luke's last name was Skywalker. After Vader sensed the strength of the Force in Luke, he spent time trying to find the identity of the young Force-wielder who had destroyed the Death Star.
Darth Vader didn't learn he had a daughter until Return of the Jedi, when he stood before Emperor Palpatine. The Emperor's power probed Luke's mind, attempting to goad him to fall to the dark side, and he discovered Leia's existence.
In 1980, The Empire Strikes Back revealed that Darth Vader was actually Luke's father, a twist that has become one of the most famous father-son stories of the century.
Vader was hunting down the pilot who blew up the Death Star, and hired Boba Fett to find them. Boba was unable to, but he did give Vader a name: “Skywalker.” This, combined with his knowing Luke was Force-sensitive and had been trained by Obi-Wan, was what made him realize the truth.
However, Leia's strong-mindedness during Vader's probe denied him the opportunity to discover she was his daughter. That serves to justify Vader's lack of awareness of his connection to Leia, although, perhaps, not as satisfyingly as if Lucas had planned for the relationship from the beginning.
George Lucas didn't plan on making Darth Vader the secret father of Luke Skywalker. As much as fans have been told that Lucas had a massive plan for the Star Wars saga prior to 1977, the sources closest to that process say the opposite.
40 years ago this week, The Empire Strikes Back premiered with one of the most famous twists in movie history – Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father. And Mark Hammil says only three people knew the secret before the movie was released.
Master Yoda has risen above all others to claim the top spot as the most powerful Jedi of all time and the true chosen one according to IGN's audience. He won pretty handily as well, as he was victorious in 89,756 of his 95,243 battles and had a win percentage of 94.2%.
While their affection had to remain hidden, the two kept in frequent contact, even throughout the Clone Wars. But despite this, Anakin found out that Padme was pregnant only a couple of weeks before the twins were born. So, why did it take so long for her to tell him?
In the book 'Tatooine Ghost', Leia learns of Anakin's life prior to his evolution into the Darth Vader personae. This revelation leads her to forgive him. She even named her third child in memory of her father.
Reva knows that Anakin Skywalker is Darth Vader because she was one of his targets—a child—during the Order 66 killings that took place during the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
Anakin, who has since become the Sith Lord Darth Vader, is unaware of his children's birth. The twins soon became part of the Rebel Alliance following the deaths of their adoptive families at the hands of the Empire.
Leia Organa Solo (born Leia Amidala Skywalker), a Force-sensitive Human female was at various stages of her life, a politician, revolutionary, and Jedi Knight of the New Jedi Order.
Instead of being in the life suit, Vader looks like an older Anakin who never received the devastating injuries, and Padmé and Luke (who struck down Palpatine) are by his side. It's during these visions Palpatine realizes Luke - who he only knew as the Rebel who destroyed the Death Star - is Anakin's son.
Star Wars is finally exploring Leia's emotional reaction to the revelation Darth Vader was really her father - as her identity is transformed. Star Wars has finally revealed Princess Leia's reaction to learning Darth Vader was her father. Return of the Jedi was one of the defining moments in Leia Organa's life.
Yoda. Yoda's knowledge of Luke Skywalker's true parentage was also confirmed in Return of the Jedi. As with Obi-Wan, Yoda believed that Anakin's fall to the dark side made him unsalvageable, with the Darth Vader persona being his only identity following his ascension to Sith Lordship.
Instead, it was easier for Kenobi to say that Vader had murdered Anakin as that is what he had to tell himself to repress the severe guilt that had consumed him ever since their duel on Mustafar. Additionally, Obi-Wan wanted to get Luke on his side.
Because, as Obi-Wan explains, the man he knew as Luke's father was dead to him, after being transformed into Darth Vader. Additionally, if Luke had known that Darth Vader was his father, he would have rushed into a confrontation too early, which would have undoubtedly resulted in him turning to the Dark Side.
Yoda's connection to Luke is never mentioned by either Vader or the Emperor in the films.
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He either didn't realize it was the same protocol droid or figured he'd been memory-wiped so FUNCTIONALLY wasn't the same droid and didn't care.
Luke, Han, and Leia
She had encountered the Dark Lord of the Sith a handful of times during her political career, but her abiding memory of Vader was as her torturer on the Death Star. It wasn't until Bloodline that she began to truly understand Anakin Skywalker, in a situation where she too felt tempted.