Star Wars fans horrified to discover Luke Skywalker's canonical kill count

Luke Skywalker of Star Wars, the bastion of good and the galaxy's biggest hope in the fight against the Galactic Empire can’t be a mass murderer, right?

In the entire history of Hollywood blockbuster movies, it doesn't get much bigger than Star Wars and in terms of being a hero, Luke Skywalker is right up there with the best of them but in terms of kill count, the Skywalker twin puts his dad to shame.

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How many living beings has Luke Skywalker killed, I hear you ask? We know that he’s taken down his fair share of Stormtroopers but it may surprise you that he’s killed well a million

According to a Star Wars wiki page that keeps track of kill counts, Luke Skywalker has killed 1,549,232. This of course is due to him destroying the planet-sized space station, the Death Star in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.

I know what Luke had to do was for the good of the galaxy but I don’t think that a temporarily employed janitor or admin office worker 24 hours away from retirement deserved to be murdered. You may also be surprised to learn who has the highest kill count in Star Wars.

Fans on Reddit discussed Luke’s excessive kill count in Star Wars. “Yup. Having a Death Star on the ledger certainly boosts one's numbers,” said revan530.

“Great shot, kid! That was one in a... I mean, one AND a million!” joked C3PP, paraphrasing a line by Han Solo, pilot of the Millennium Falcon. “Grand Moff Tarkin, hold my beer,” jokes CecilPalad.

To put Luke’s kill count into perspective, his dad, Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader, known for being one of the most ruthless and iconic movie villains of all time has killed an estimated 153,232.

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