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Windy Starkiller

Biographical information

Homeworld

Tatooine^[1]

Born

c.19 BBY, Tatooine^[2]

Descriptive information

Eye color

Blue

Skin color

Light

"Windy's nothing but a follower…"

―Biggs Darklighter^[4]

Windy Starkiller, otherwise known asWindom Marstrap, was aHuman male, and a childhood friend ofLuke Skywalker when he lived onTatooine. He often spent time with Luke atTosche Station.

Biography[]

Early life[]

Windy mocks his friend Luke Skywalker about his dream to join the Imperial Academy.

Windy Starkiller was a maleHuman^[1] born onTatooine aroundthe same time as his future friendLuke Skywalker^[2] from acouple of local inhabitants.^[5]

Windy was usually seen in the company of his friendDeak, who continually followed him aroundAnchorhead. AnotherTatooine acquaintance,Biggs Darklighter, once characterized Windy as "a follower" and called Deak "a follower of a follower."^[4]

Windy's parents would sometimes visitLuke's aunt anduncle at theLars homestead. When they were thirteen, Luke and Windy became lost in the desert and found themselves face to face with aKrayt dragon. They were rescued byObi-Wan Kenobi, whom they only knew as hermit Ben Kenobi. When Windy and Luke were brought back safely to the Lars homestead by theJedi, Owen angrily chased Kenobi away.^[3]^[5]

The following section contains information from aStar Wars Tales1–20 story that was referenced in no otherStar Wars Legends source.Lucasfilm considered allTales 1–20 content that was not "completely outrageous or intentionally comic" to have some level ofcanonicity within the Legends continuity. Editor discretion is advised.

Windy and Deak were present when Luke was challenged to a speeder race by a local braggart,Gorm Maldorf, inThe Cage. He warned Luke that Maldorf was dangerous, but he accepted the challenge. On the morning of the race, Gorm was founddead, strangled, in The Cage. After Windy and Deak helped him make his escape, Luke investigated the death and deduced that Gorm had been accidentally killed while trying to sabotage the race the night before.^[6]

Star Wars Tales 1–20 information ends here.

By their late teens, the friends were part of a group of youths that included Biggs Darklighter,Janek "Tank" Sunber,Laze "Fixer" Loneozner, and his girlfriendCamie. The teens spent time hanging around atTosche Station in Anchorhead, and raced theirskyhoppers for fun.^[4]^[7]

When Biggs was accepted into theImperial Academy, the friends and other locals threw him a party that was broken up by attackingSand people.^[8]

Windy would often serve as a foil to Luke's dreams of leaving Tatooine to join the Academy. Once, when Windy found Luke replaying a Space Academy Recruitment tape for a countless time, he told his friend that he should grow up and be content with the life of amoisture farmer.^[9]

Galactic Civil War[]

Sometime later, just before theTantive IV was captured byDarth Vader above Tatooine, Luke challenged Fixer to a dangerous skyhopper race throughBeggar's Canyon and through the eye of theStone Needle. Windy flew along with Luke during the race, squealing with fear the whole time. He was frightened by Skywalker's reckless flying and called him "crazy."^[4]^[9]

Windy saw Luke on the morning Biggs confided in Luke about his plans to join theRebel Alliance. Windy, along with the rest of his friends, told Luke that he did not believe he had actually seen afirefight in the skies above Tatooine. Shortly after, Luke left and eventually participated in theBattle of Yavin.^[4]^[9] Months later Windy saw Luke again when the Rebel returned briefly to Tatooine while he was trying to hide fromX-7.^[10]

More than a year after the Battle of Yavin, Windy could still be found in Anchorhead. While there, he asked aspacer to find a wanted murderer namedBlix Lanister, who had fled town.^[11]

This section of the article assumes 100% game completion. Any alternate stories may be noted in the "Behind the scenes" section. The events in this section may or may not have been confirmed ascanon within theStar Wars Legends continuity.

The spacer agreed to carry out the task, and found Blix shortly thereafter. Blix was brought back to Windy, who paid the spacer 30credits in thanks. He even said the spacer should consider a career as a security officer. Yet the situation with Blix did not end there. Windy also wanted the spacer to find one of Blix's gang members, aRodian namedGleezwuq. Gleezwuq was the only member of Blix's gang whose whereabouts Windy did not know. He was sure that Gleezwuq would have evidence which would implicate Blix in his murder ofAlita Sweetwater.^[11]

The spacer managed to find the Rodian gang member, and killed him. On Gleezwuq's person was the sameblaster that Blix used in his murder of Alita. The spacer brought the blaster back to an impressed Windy, who was now certain that Blix could be brought to justice. The spacer was once again awarded another 30 credits. However, shortly after the evidence was brought to Windy, Blix's cohorts came into town and helped Blix escape Anchorhead. Windy tasked the spacer with one final task, which was to find Blix and his cronies. Windy did not believe that Blix would let himself be brought back alive again. He told the spacer to do what was necessary. Ultimately, the spacer found Blix, and killed him and the other thugs. Following the successful operation, Windy awarded the spacer 100 credits. Sometime following this event, Windy left Anchorhead.^[11]

Assumption ends here.

Behind the scenes[]

A glimpse of Windy in the back of Tosche Station, with Biggs and Deak

Windy is barely glimpsed in the background of the Tosche Station scenecut fromA New Hope, playing a game with Biggs and Deak. It's not obvious which of the two men is Windy and which is Deak. The scene is included in the Blu-Ray release of the film. His character is expanded upon in theStar Wars radio drama, where he gets several lines of dialogue.^[4]

Windy appears briefly in a training level of the video gameStar Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, voiced byAndrew Chaikin.^[7]

Continuity[]

In the original version ofLuke Skywalker's Walkabout, Windy is referred to as both Windom Starkiller and Windy Marstrap. One can assume that Windy is short for Windom.Leland Chee has stated that his last name is Marstrap in theHolocron continuity database.^[12] However, in the colored reprint forStar Wars: Luke Skywalker, Last Hope for the Galaxy, Windy's last name has been corrected, and he is named Starkiller both times. Confusing things further, an action figure released byHasbro in 2010 gave Windy's friend Camie the last name "Marstrap."

Adventure in Beggar's Canyon andLuke Skywalker's Walkabout were both suggested by a single line of dialogue from Luke in theStar Wars radio drama. The two stories are variations on the same premise.^[3]^[5]

In "Luke Skywalker: Detective," the artist makes Windy and Deak virtually identical, and it's never identified which character is which.^[6]

Windy depicted as a girl instead of as a boy in , unlike all of his other appearances. — Windy depicted as a girl instead of as a boy inLuke's Fate, unlike all of his other appearances.

In theMMORPGStar Wars Galaxies, Windy was named Windom Starkiller and could be found as aNon-Player Character (NPC) in a tent in Anchorhead. Players who performed a series ofquests for Windy had to escort Blix Lanister to Anchorhead, kill Gleezwuq outsidetown, and then kill Lanister when he escaped from Anchorhead. The series of quests involved implicating Blix Lanister in the murder of Alita Sweetwater. During the second quest, Windom Starkiller would ask the player to call him "Windy." In thegame, Windy hadblond hair with browneyes. For unknown reasons, Windy was removed fromStar Wars Galaxies less than a year after its release, duringPublish 6 onFebruary 11,2004. Although the player could choose not to do Windy's quests, this article assumes 100% game completion.^[11]

In the bookLuke's Fate byJim Thomas, Windy is depicted as a young girl, in contrast with his usual masculine representation and pronouns.^[13]

"Windy" was the name of a character in early versions of theStar Wars script. The first iteration of Windy was as "Mace Windy," a Jedi, in theJournal of the Whills, Part I. In therough draft, Windy becomes the son ofKing Kayos and brother of Biggs andLeia. In thesecond draft, Windy, with Biggs, his twin, is a younger brother of Luke Starkiller. They are definitively excised from Luke's family tree in thethird draft, where they first become Luke's friends at the power station.^[14]