So happy with the EU Luke getting respect :)
I picked Anakin, but if we're including EU Luke, forget that
I picked Anakin, but if we're including EU Luke, forget that
I think this attitude is a major issue; too many people are viewing them through a lens of power alone.
Because Clone WarsWhy the hell is Anakin winning this?! Luke is everything a Jedi should be, where the entire order failed he succeeded. Plus we don't know what he did in a thirty year gap, and we don't know what he will do in the next movie which seems like will set a legacy that will change the Galaxy.
Well yeah, what else mattersI think this attitude is a major issue; too many people are viewing them through a lens of power alone.
I think it's about who's a better Jedi, not the better warrior. Yoda even smacks down Luke, who thinks being a Jedi is all about being a great warrior when he replies, "Wars not make one great."
Good read. Thanks.I think it's about who's a better Jedi, not the better warrior. Yoda even smacks down Luke, who thinks being a Jedi is all about being a great warrior when he replies, "Wars not make one great."
Luke is not an all-powerful "badass"; he's a naive dreamer who was seen by both sides as a pawn to be manipulated to advance their respective agendas, until he finally asserts himself on the second Death Star and opts to go his own way. It's a completely unexpected move-- no one, not the Emperor, nor Obi-Wan, nor Yoda, nor Vader expects him to reject all of their personal agendas and toss his lightsaber aside. It comes completely out of left field. Everyone involved in the story except Luke thinks in terms of killing to acquire ultimate power, or killing to prevent the acquisition of ultimate power. It never occurred to them that a father might have some love for his son, and that his son could bring it out of him. It never occurred to them that Luke Skywalker wasn't just a new hope for the galaxy, he was a new hope for Anakin Skywalker.
He didn't go to the second Death Star so he could start slicing people en masse like some kind of whirling dervish of death. He didn't go there to demonstrate his power through wanton violence. In a complete 180 from the first film, he went to the Death Star to save someone, and he was fully prepared to sacrifice himself in the process. This is a man who loves his friends and wants to protect them. He gives himself up to Vader so he won't jeopardize their mission. At this point, he knows he's either going to bring his father back to the Light and free him from the Emperor, or he's going to die on the Death Star when his friends blow it up. Either way, he's buying them time to complete their mission by handing himself over to Vader.
Luke Skywalker is not a whirly-twirly "badass"; he's a Shield. If Luke were to die, he would do it by sacrificing himself to save his friends, which is exactly what he did. He may not have been the Chosen One, but he was the fulfillment of the Jedi's principles and Code.