Yoda (o único Mestre Jedi remanescente) estabelece uma pré-condição muito específica para que Luke seja chamado de Jedi, que ele tenha que enfrentar Vader.
“No more training do you require,” Yoda assured him. “Already know you that which you need.”
“Then I am a Jedi?” Luke pressed. No. He knew he was not, quite. Something still lacked.
Yoda wrinkled up his wizened features. “Not yet. One thing remains. Vader … Vader you must confront. Then, only then, a full Jedi you’ll be. And confront him you will, sooner or later.”
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - Official Novelisation
Como ele realiza isso mais tarde no filme, é justo dizer que ele é um Jedi.
- Vader acha que Luke é um Jedi .
Vader seemed almost to smile through his mask at his son’s use of Jedi voice-manipulation. He looked down at the lightsaber the captain had given him—Luke’s lightsaber. So the boy was truly a Jedi now. A man grown. He held the lightsaber up. “You have constructed another.”
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - Official Novelisation
- Luke acha que ele é um Jedi.
He hurled his lightsaber away. “Never! Never will I turn to the dark side! You have failed, Palpatine. I am a Jedi, as my father was before me.”
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - Official Novelisation
- O Imperador acha que Lucas é um Jedi
The Emperor’s glee turned to a sullen rage. “So be it, Jedi. If you will not be turned, you will be destroyed.”
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - Official Novelisation
Também vale a pena notar que a novelização oficial do filme explicitamente o chama de Cavaleiro Jedi bastante consistente durante todo o livro.
The monster then turned and started for Luke. But the Jedi Knight leaped eight meters straight up and grabbed onto the overhead grate. The crowd began to boo. Hand over hand, Luke traversed the grating toward the corner of the cave, struggling to maintain his grip as the audience jeered his efforts. One hand slipped on the oily grid, and he dangled precariously over the baying mutant.
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - Official Novelisation
O livro de referência Ultimate Star Wars o chama de Jedi na linha do tempo na página de Luke.
Jedi Luke Skywalker demands Jabba release Han Solo
O (totalmente canônico) Livro de Fatos de Star Wars em 100 cenas concorda.
Desperate, the young Jedi [Luke] calls out to his gravely wounded father for help.
e também o artigo oficial do Banco de Dados do StarWars.com sobre Luke.
Luke Skywalker was a Tatooine farmboy who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest Jedi the galaxy has ever known.
Curiosamente, o (canon) Star Wars é fácil: um guia para iniciantes de uma galáxia longe, longe o livro de fatos aponta o momento preciso de que Luke se torna um Jedi completo, quando ele
SO HE IS A JEDI?
No. Luke does call himself a Jedi Knight when he goes to Jabba’s palace, but it is not until later that he truly becomes one by renouncing the dark side, even though it will likely cost him his life.