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[Star Wars] Was Luke originally trying to join the Empire?

In A New Hope, Luke mentions to Uncle Owen trying to attend The Academy. Was this an Imperial academy?
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Yes. In the radio story and the novelizations, he is all set to join the Imperial Academy. That isn't to say that he necessarily wants to join the Imperial Navy, but that was his best opportunity to learn how to fly, get a civilian pilot job and get far, far away from Tattooine.