Is Luke the most inherently likeable protagonist of all time?

All this talk of Mark Hamill coming back made me really stop and think about something.

Is Luke the most likeable and relatable main character ever created?

I really can't think of anyone else.

 

I too wanted to pick up some power converters.

 

I like the character of Luke Skywalker. We meet him in his early twenties wanting to do something more fulfilling with his life and we see him become a man. There is no other way to put it but, his simplicity is what makes us want to understand him more. To root for him, to see him grow and to become the most powerful Jedi because he didn't fall to the Dark Side. He was willing to sacrifice himself, to lay it down, before his father could do what he was supposed to do. Luke was the kid many of us could relate to.

 

I wouldn't say he's the most likable, but if you're taking the EU into account, he's definitely one of the characters that we get to know the most thoroughly. There's something to like and dislike about him in every story arc, and in every story arc, his better qualities are always the ones to shine the most. Also, it's him and his family (extended and immediate) that are the focus of most EU stories, and the major focus of the films.

 

Odysseus?
My favorite protagonists are Tucker Mouse, Harry Cat and Chester Cricket from The Cricket in Times Square.

 

Never liked him at all, myself.

 

In A New Hope, he was a whiney little punk
In Empire, he got his ass kicked by Vader because he disobedient and careless
In Jedi, he was an arrogant prick who thought he was all that just because of his 2 week online University of Phoenix Jedi training class with Yoda...

Other than that, he was a swell guy...

 

Never been a huge fan, but Luke was always a good guy. I always thought Han and his take on hokey religions made him the most likable and relatable character in SW.

The most inherently likable character ever is Jack Burton.

 

FTW!

 

Luke is likeable?
But he sassed his elders!

 

To me there's not much to dislike about Luke. He's not perfect which is okay because that would be boring. Overall he's brave, idealistic, and kind. He doesn't get angry easily and doesn't talk a lot of smack. And the few times he's whined were understandable. They were mostly about him feeling he was being unnecessarily thwarted from reaching a goal. I like many SW characters but if I had to choose which one I would spend the most time with, it would be the Son of Skywalker. EDITED to add: I'm not sure if he is the most likable character of all time but I think he's definitely in the running for the title

 

Well the name alone is just so innately cool, Luke Skywalker. Even better than Casanova Frankenstein

 

Goku

 

I like EU Luke more than the OT Luke.

 

I suppose Jesus is. Luke is kinda a whinny brat with Uncle Owen....
Toshy`s station my a&#

 

Although I do like Luke a lot, I do not think he is the most likeable main character.

 

Obi-Wan Kenobi is my favorite SW character. I do not know who my favorite protagonist of all time is. Too many to choose from....

 

If we go just by ANH, I would definitely say yes. Unfortunately in ROTJ he comes off somewhat arrogant to me and not easy to identify with.

 

After he blew up a Death Star I'm sure all the Rebels were muttering about what a whiny punk he was while he walked down the hall to get his medal.

 

Dalton from Road House

nuff said

 

Nope, he is not

 

Don't you think he was a little confused? He's kind of in love with his sister.