Originally posted by: Master Skywalker

Originally posted by: battlewars
luke wanted to join the empire too

If you saw the deleted Biggs scenes you know he didn't want to join the Empire but the Rebellion.

Yeah, but, like olzen said, he still wanted to join the Imperial Academy. It's where all his friends went. Even without the deleted scenes, we know that Luke wanted to join the rebellion ("You know of the rebellion against the Empire?!" "It's not like I like the Empire, I hate it!"), but that's where his friends were, and that scene with Biggs, who was also in the Imperial Academy, just helped plant the idea in his head that he, like Biggs, could defect and fight with the Rebels.