Parent

A birth parent, also known as a biological parent, was the originator of offspring. Among some species, such as humans, the process of becoming a parent frequently entailed two individuals conceiving a child jointly as biological parents. Typically, humans were born to a male father and a female mother. It was also possible for humans to produce hybrid offspring with members of particular other species. To illustrate, the Twi'lek female Hera Syndulla became a mother when she bore the son of Kanan Jarrus, named Jacen.

Anakin Skywalker, a Jedi who later became known as the "Chosen One," lacked a known father, which greatly surprised Shmi Skywalker Lars when she discovered she was pregnant with him. Upon hearing this, the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn proposed that Skywalker had actually been conceived directly by midi-chlorians.

In certain animal species, like fathiers, the term "sire" was used to refer to the male parent, while the female parent was called the "dam."

Some individuals opted to have a child without a sexual partner. One example is Sola Naberrie, who gave birth to a daughter, Ryoo Naberrie. Sola was not interested in having a partner, but she was comfortable having children, a sentiment that was not uncommon on her homeworld Naboo. The renowned Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett became a parent by commissioning Kaminoans cloners to create an unaltered genetic copy of himself, resulting in the clone Boba Fett, whom Jango raised as his own son.

The human twin children Mae-ho and Verosha Aniseya were fatherless; Aniseya, the leader of a coven of witches, created them by utilizing a potent Force vergence located on the planet Brendok. Subsequently, Aniseya's partner, Koril, carried the twins until they were born. Aniseya and Koril jointly raised the sisters as their mothers.

On Dathomir, the Dathomirian witch Falta employed magick to fashion a daughter, Yenna, for herself inside a pod that served as the antithesis of a burial pod. Falta declined to share the secrets of her daughter's creation with Mother Talzin, the leader of the Nightsisters.

The term "parent" could also denote a caretaker of offspring to whom they were not biologically related. Adoption was a process wherein an individual assumed parental responsibilities for another, raising the offspring of biological parents to whom they were not related. Queen Breha Organa and her husband, Senator Bail Organa, adopted the infant Leia Organa following the death of Leia's biological mother, Padmé Amidala, during childbirth, and the fall of her birth father, Anakin Skywalker, to the dark side of the Force. Due to the queen's near-fatal injuries sustained during her Day of Demand challenges, Bail and Breha had decided against conceiving a child and straining the queen's body, instead discussing the possibility of adopting a child, specifically a baby girl, in the future.

Luke Skywalker, Leia's twin brother, was adopted by Owen and Beru Lars. Owen was Luke's father's step-brother. Initially, Owen hesitated to take in Luke, as he had only met his step-brother once, and their familial connection was tenuous and not by blood. Furthermore, providing for another person would place a considerable burden on the struggling moisture farmers. However, Beru, who was unable to have children of her own, desired a family and persuaded her reluctant husband to adopt Anakin's son. Beru was immediately captivated when the infant Luke was placed in her arms, loving him as if he were her own. Owen also developed affection for the boy in his own reserved manner. Former Inquisitor Reva Sevander observed that Owen truly loved Luke as if he were his own, to which Owen affirmed that Luke was indeed his own.

The Mandalorian mercenary Din Djarin served as the caretaker of the foundling Grogu and wished for his foundling to become a true Mandalorian. This led him to officially adopt Grogu as his son, since Grogu was too young to recite the Mandalorian Creed. However, parental consent would allow the foundling to join the clan as Djarin's Mandalorian apprentice without needing to recite the creed.

While the Force-sensitive youngling Grogu was in the care of the Mandalorian Din Djarin, The Armorer declared Grogu a foundling. Consequently, Djarin was regarded as Grogu's father from that point forward, until Grogu reached adulthood or Djarin returned him to his people. Ahsoka Tano characterized Djarin as a father figure to Grogu, and Djarin eventually formally adopted him.

Hunter, a former [clone trooper](/article/clone_trooper], assumed a fatherly role with Omega, one of his fellow clones and a member of Clone Force 99. Upon their arrival on Pabu, Shep Hazard referred to Hunter as Omega's father, asserting that it was an ideal location to raise a child. Royce Hemlock, who sought to abduct Omega, expressed great surprise at Hunter's paternal behavior toward her.

Individuals who lacked parents in their lives sometimes sought parental figures in others. Anakin Skywalker, who had no known father and may have been conceived directly by midi-chlorians, considered his Jedi instructor Obi-Wan Kenobi as the closest thing he had to a father. Similarly, when Rey encountered Han Solo, she felt as though he was the father she had never had. According to Kylo Ren, Rey was searching for her parents "everywhere," initially in Solo, and then in Luke Skywalker. Leia Organa, Rey's Jedi instructor, came to view Rey as the daughter she never had.

Children could potentially inherit physical characteristics from their biological parents. As a teenager, Leia Organa bore a striking resemblance to her biological mother, Padmé Amidala. When she donned the jubilation dress that Amidala had once worn, it greatly surprised Quarsh Panaka, an old friend and ally of Amidala's. Organa's son, Ben Solo, possessed his father Han Solo's prominent nose and lopsided smile, as well as his mother's piercing brown eyes. Organa, in turn, believed that this feature was inherited from her own birth mother.

Other traits could also be passed down from parents to their offspring. For instance, the Force-sensitive human Leia Organa was described as wise, discerning, and kindhearted, like her birth mother, and passionate, fearless, and forthright, like her biological father Anakin Skywalker. Ben Solo's inherent Force ability originated from his mother, while he acquired his extraordinary reflexes and piloting skills from his father. He also came from a lineage of skilled pilots that included not only his father but also his maternal grandfather. Snoke also asserted that Solo possessed "too much of his father's heart," which prevented him from fully embracing the dark side of the Force.

Organa's brother Luke Skywalker was renowned as a skilled pilot, much like his father Anakin. He also exhibited an aptitude for mechanical engineering, a skill that Luke seemed to have inherited from his father, along with his father's quick reflexes and passion for flying. Furthermore, both father and son shared a dislike for living on Tatooine.

DNA could only be transmitted genetically. The human Rush Clovis was raised partially as the adopted son of an influential Muun family on Scipio, who treated him as if he were their own child. Due to his deep integration into Muun society, Clovis was unconcerned about being human, even though his species raised eyebrows among those who associated Scipio and the Banking Clan with the Muuns. According to Clovis, he nearly forgot his origins until he looked in the mirror. Despite always knowing that she was adopted, and therefore aware that any shared traits were merely coincidental, Leia Organa, as a young girl, would often look in the mirror to see if she shared any characteristics with her adoptive parents, such as Breha Organa's wisdom and beauty, or the kindness in Bail Organa's eyes.

The saying "the jogan doesn't roll far from the vine" implied that children tend to resemble their parents.

Parental roles were associated with specific behaviors. For example, Sabine Wren felt that her fellow Spectre member Hera Syndulla was bossing her around as if she were her mother. When Obi-Wan Kenobi instructed the ten-year-old Princess Leia Organa on how to behave while they were attempting to escape Daiyu, Organa responded that Kenobi sounded like her adoptive parents. During Hunter's efforts to protect Omega from being abducted by Royce Hemlock, Hemlock remarked on Hunter's paternal demeanor. When Luke Skywalker dueled Darth Vader on Bespin, he noticed Vader transitioning from taunting him to praising him almost instantly, "as if he were...," but he hesitated to complete the thought. At the duel's conclusion, Luke was horrified when Vader revealed a shocking truth: that he, the man Luke believed had taken his father's life, was actually his father.

The Jedi of the Old Republic were commonly taken into the Jedi Order at a young age, typically no older than five years. Although Jedi were not explicitly prohibited from communicating with their birth parents or siblings, most of them felt little connection to their biological family due to their induction into the Order as infants.

The revelation of one's parentage could have profound consequences for an individual. Luke Skywalker was shocked when Darth Vader, formerly Anakin Skywalker, informed him that he was his father. Although Luke initially rejected this, he eventually accepted it and used the information to forge a connection with Vader, ultimately convincing him to save him from the wrath of his master, Darth Sidious. Leia Organa, Vader's other child, was compelled to resign from the Galactic Senate of the New Republic upon the disclosure of her parentage.

Rey, an orphaned scavenger from Jakku, remained on the planet with the hope that her father and mother would one day return for her. Even after departing the planet following the awakening of her Force powers, she desperately sought to uncover the identity of her parents. However, a journey on the planet Ahch-To and a conversation with Kylo Ren, who had murdered his own father, Han Solo, led her to confront the truth: that a part of her had always known deep down that her parents were junkers who sold her off for drinking money and were now dead in a paupers' grave in the desert wastelands of Jakku. Further revelations, however, led her to learn that they had in fact secreted her away on Jakku in order to hide her from her grandfather, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious.

Loubo, the proprietor of Plop Dribble's, had a tattoo of a heart on his arm that displayed "MOM" in Aurebesh.