“One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.” - Master Oogway

“Amazing, every word of what you just said was right”

The editing has been top notch lately 👍💯

I actually liked Luke's character in TLJ it connected with me in a big way in 2014 I lost my girlfriend in a car accident and I remember the weeks and months and even for a year after her death I was bitter and grouchy and just secluded myself away from alot of my family and my friend's but I eventually realized I was wrong and I got back out after about a year of staying to myself so when I saw the way Luke's character was portrayed in TLJ it hit me in a big way

It's interesting that Anakin is such a human character while Darth Vader was practically a non-person. Your friend is right. 😊I guess many people detested Anakin because they wanted to see a younger Vader, not a brilliant, affectionate boy and then an ardent young man who makes some bad choices out of despair.

Luke probably had just watched Minority Report. I 100% agree with Star Wars Meg's comment on the editing. It is top notch. DESTROYING the like button isn't enough. There needs to be a heart button for videos as special as this one!

The last thing Luke wanted was to confront and kill his nephew. The fact that Luke hide from Ben in order to avoid confrontation is proof that Luke never intended to kill Ben in the first place. He just had a moment of weakness when he had a dark vision of what could happen, but he control HIMSELF eventually.

I wanted so badly for the original trilogy characters to be honored and bring forth further victories around the galaxy. When Han died it hurt, then it was every bit more heartbreaking to see Luke die. I felt hatred for what they did, thinking they tarnished a character I loved, and from that point I had no hope for anything relating to Disney's version of Star Wars. Your video on Kylo Ren and now watching this, it has shifted my perspective to see things in regards to the treatment of the characters in a less harsh outlook. I love this journey of the video to discuss the reasons of Luke becoming the way it ended. I've watched a few videos on KZfaq both for and against the Sequel Trilogy - this is the first to fundamentally alter my viewpoints. Much appreciated! Keep up the great content! 😁 May the force be with you, always.

I have one observation to add. The scene in which Luke ignities his lightsaber and and has the dark vision of the future is very meta. The genius of this scene is that it mirrors the response of haters to the Last Jedi. Haters - claiming that Luke is destroyed - jumped to protect what they loved - Star Wars - and in doing so used all the hate of the universe against Rian Johnson, the cast, disney and so on. In other words, they were tempted by righteous anger to do exactly the same thing that turns a person to the dark side. So, in a similar situation they failed the test and they would have killed Ben to protect what they believed was good. For all they talk about loving the Jedi they failed to learn the simple lesson of all Star Wars: being a hateful prick is a path to misery. This is why I like TLJ - it is chock-full of such meta-analyses and reflections on the nature of Star Wars and its fandom.

You said I am wrong about Luke, yet I agree with everything you said. I don't know what to believe anymore.

Wow, your editing is amazing! Look how far you’ve come with making videos!

Amazing work bro, you’re one of my favorite channels!

I'm sorry. I respect your point of view, but I disagree with you. I think that the biggest mistake the sequels did to Luke was that he never ask for Ben's forgiveness right after he was tempted. I know you say It could have happened following Luke's character, but that's something that is truly big to be left out. Like I said, I respect your opinion but I truly think that Ryan Johnson got Luke wrong. P.D: Sorry for any mistakes in the text, english is not my native language.

Great editing and analysis! Keep up the good work!

I agree with all your points here. It's really tragic how Anakin and Luke caused their visions to be true by trying to prevent them. Great video; also I love the new editing style. Also, I think that while Luke briefly leaving his exile to try and save Kylo would enhance TLJ, the film still works really well without that.

This is so cool! What's the music that plays in the background?

I loved your analysis on Anakin and Luke’s contrasting self-fulfilling prophesies. Nice editing too. An anthology film would be awesome (almost mandatory) to fill in this story. It’s assumed Luke just ran off right after his temple fell. But so much could have happened before he went into exile. This anthology film could also include other “unfinished” stories like Rey’s patents.

You know what, I may not like the version of Luke that we got for various reasons, I may not even agree entirely with your assessment. But you really have softened my viewpoint. I wish that the connection and themes you described were executed better in the actual movie. You have definitely earned a new subscriber.

I never knew how to put it into so many words but I always liked luke in TLJ because he acted kinda like a normal person would. Even without all the background story telling from Greek mythology that you went into. If you spent years ridding the galaxy of evil and all of a sudden you have a vision your nephew would make that evil return, who the f wouldn’t think for a split second to stop him. That’s the old “what would you do if you met hitler as a child”. Him not killing Ben is what shows he’s a good person. Just like he almost struck his father down but upon seeing his robotic hand stopped. The two things I would change is show another point in Ben and Luke’s past that made Ben so angry at him. Yeah a split second of him having his lightsaber armed I feel could be understood over the years as you see you became the very thing he saw. However I feel like there should have been a much deeper wound that couldn’t be healed (like obi wan injuring anakin and leaving him for dead but maybe take a psychological and or emotional path with it) The second would be luke. I always hated luke growing up because I always thought him beating the best villains in the galaxy was pure Hollywood “the good guys have to win at all cost”. I still believe that especially after seeing the prequels and how powerful the emperor truly was. However, no matter what he never backed down from a fight no matter the odds. So I thought he should have really been there to fight Kylo ren in person and then kylo beating him one on one would solidify him as a true threat and villain.

I was told by someone that Anakin turning to the dark side wouldn’t be out of character if only the PT existed, because “we see the progression and journey to get to that point. We are shown that Anakin has attachments he feels strongly about and his vulnerability to the dark side and we fully understand why he’d feel compelled to make the choices he did.”

I’m sorry, but when does he see a force vision, in the scene he looked into the head of Ben and saw far more darkness than he expected and fearing for the destruction of everything he build ignited his blade. He never saw the future. Also, neither Anakin in episode 2 or Luke in episode 5 caused his visions to happen. In episode two Anakin’s lack of action up to that point is what caused the vision to come true, if the Jedi let him leave than his mother would have never been in that bad condition. And episode five by the time he got there what happened already happened? He just got in a fight with with Vader and got royally destroyed.

The problem with how TLJ handled Luke's depression is that we have to fill in the gaps. With a character as beloved as Luke, it's gotta be show me. Not tell me. It would have gone a long way to show what Luke saw. To me, it's almost as bad as "Somehow Palpatine has returned" in Rise. I'm sure just like with the prequels, TV and movies will fill in the missing pieces and make it better. Clone Wars went a long way to make me buy Anakin's story in ROTS.

Keep up The great work!

Ah finally, you’ve returned Also I love Vader / Anakin in the originals, clone wars shows, rogue one and rebels It’s just the prequels that botched his character Also I liked in Luke in the last Jedi, overtime my opinion on him has approved and might do

I think Ben was planning on destroying Luke's Jedi academy and he countereactively called his lightsaber to defend himself when he thought Luke found him out while he was sleeping.

Editing is a solid 10/10. You already know that we agree about Luke in TLJ and I love the way you connected it to Anakin's arc and wider mythology beyond Star Wars. Excellent video 👍

I was about to say that you're right by quoting Luke from The Last Jedi, but it looks like several commenters already beat me to it. Awesome video, dude. Yes, the sequels (like the prequels) have a good story, though it is unfortunately very poorly executed at times. I hope that some of the gaps will be filled in later. That's kind of how Star Wars has always been, though, if we're being honest with ourselves. A lot of it only really starts to make sense after additional content has been added.

Off topic but I noticed that half of your videos are gone from your channel what happened?

Great job! Thank you!

Awesome video!

someone to me during the twitter discusion about TLJ: would you like to see your childhood hero fail at the end be miserable for rest of his life? me: i watched my childhood hero become evil childslayer becaose he had a bad dream and then he becamed a black depresed toster for rest of his life, when i was 6 (this is why you should show to your child some TCW episodes first, then the saga lol)

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7:40 Yes, yes, yes, and yes. It’d make me believe in his broken state a lot more, if he tried and failed. I also think it’d give Kylo sneering about Luke trying to “save his soul” on Crait a lot more weight if something like that had happened previously

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Luke is easily the most human character in the franchise, but I respect Anakin as well, although I cant relate with him and get behind his actions at the level I can with Luke

Yeah. Luke stopped himself, but I don’t believe that for once he would just ignite his lightsaber on his nephew.

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Luke Skywalker was like Fives from the Clone Wars, close to reveal Emperor Palpatine’s scheme but the both of them were silenced before before they can openly reveal it. But unlike like Fives who was shot to death, Luke survived, trained a final Jedi Palawan, and wrote the clues in the Sacred and Original Jedi Textbooks.

You did it gold man. When I first saw the last Jedi I really liked it, but then I started having second thoughts when I thought about what Luke meant to everyone. I feel like I convinced myself that what Luke had done was so much worse, almost to the point of comparing him to Vader, but like you said, he didn’t really end up doing anything. I think that just has a lot to say about how I deal with failure, but you’re right here. I don’t see that movie as Luke giving up so much as I see it at him truly believing he can’t help the people he loves, and I think that’s what I unconsciously picked up on the first time around.

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If what you said is true about Luke, then why didn’t he tell Rey? In the movie, he tells her about what happened with Ben Solo, but overall he talks like he left because he lost faith in the Jedi. Why didn’t he simply say that he left because he knew that these visions would come true no matter what? And if he knew that Leia was going to die then what stopped him from letting Rey know?

Luke in The Last Jedi is completely in his character. He doesn't kill Ben. He could of but he chooses not to. He thinks the best way to cause the least amount of grief is to step away. It's cool to see Other people share this viewpoint!

I applaud you on having a unique perspective and explanation for a years-long debate. It’s interesting to look at it from a new angle like this

Yay Gold Man is back again

Anakin is the most misunderstood character. For me its a tie between skywalker and kenobi as my personal favorites.

Editing is insane man! Great video 👍🏽

Why did Luke make a map to be found if he didn’t want to be found

Wow. You may have actually changed my mind. This is the greatest understanding and defense I have heard of Luke in TLJ. Thank you.

Luke would have never given up even if it was his mistake. I am not against a creator making a bold decision, like Luke pulling his lightsaber on Ben but there has to be a recovery plan for a plot point like that. Luke would have searched for Ben, and helped Lea and never given up. I also believe he would have figured out that Ben didn't destroy the temple that night. Just saying! I also think it was a wasted opportunity....imagine: 1. Luke confessing to Han the mistake he made(admittedly this would have had to be the plan from the Force Awakens...unless Han lived or it was a flashback.) 2. What if Luke would have actually shifted Ben from the Darkside in the Last Jedi...there could also have been a revelation moment in which Ben realizes it was Snoke or Palpatine all along who tricked Luke into drawing his lightsaber. 3. It was disappointing that Luke dies after the memory reveal and the established connection between Luke, Rey, and Ben. After this lightsaber reveal there should have been a moment in The Rise of Skywalker in which Ben and Luke were forced to fight together to save Rey, followed with a sort of reconciliation where Luke holds off the First order and Ben nods goodbye before escaping to save Rey.

Another great video, keep'em coming. Your sequel content has been very good and I can't wait to see more.

Something I just realized about Anakin like 5 seconds ago, but he brought balance to the force more than once. When he joined Palpatine and helped execute order 66, the Jedi went from hundreds of members to just two (obviously just in the context of the movies because of how many Jedi actually survive this in canon). Two Jedi and two Sith, perfectly balanced.

It's 2021 and people are still debating about this, aren't they?

I wish more people understood this but they get hung up on the stupid casino scene and the ludicrous space chase plot and think the entire movie is bad then it's the only one of the 3 sequels that tried to do something new with Star Wars.

Amazing. Brilliant 👏

Preach Gold Man, Preach!

I already loved Luke's depiction in TLJ because it was so human, but after this video, I loved it even more. I knew there was a difference between Clone Wars Anakin and ROTS Anakin for a reason, but then this video cleared up why exactly that was the case to me.

How!? How did we miss it? Edit: I meant, how did we not connect that Luke doing nothing _is_ the thing he would do? I know we just saw him depressed. But it was right there the whole time. Depression didn't make him go in exile, he got depressed from staying there.

I don't need Luke to chase after Ben just after his turn. It didn't work out for Obi-wan (or more directly, chared Annie) so why would it for Luke and Ben? Thing is, Luke is still a symbol of hope, he just had a bit of a rough patch to get through,...'cause like all if us,...he's not perfect. ,...but sequel haters don't like it when you use logic based on actual events in these movies to explain them. Trust me, I've tried.

Wow gold man, you have improved your editing

I’ve found that Luke can be so hard to talk about now. People over worship him so much that any flaws are seen as blasphemy to the character. The Last Jedi made him human while the Mandalorian and Legends make him….. well a legend. But I often find that any character in Star Wars is always overshadowed by Luke when it comes to fan devotion. The most recent example is the Disney gallery episode covering the Mandalorian Season 2 finale. Dave Filoni made a point of saying that Ahsoka and Luke have very different fighting styles, but of course, what happens? The Luke fanboys get super triggered for having that thought that a character might be better skill than him in some capacity. This is why I’m excited for Star Wars moving away from the Skywalker saga.

Lucasfilm should hire you for writing 👍👍👍

Phenomenal and enlightening analysis Mr. Gold Man. I never thought about it this way before! However, my only issue is, do you think this is canon reasoning for why Luke made his decision to run away? I mean, do you really think Rian Johnson thought it through that much? And on top of that, do you think this is actually what Luke chose to do based off his visions, when there are multiple contradictions to his motives when taking this decision? From my perspective, as much as I like Rian for his thematics, I don't think he actually thought about the Skywalker family's history in that much depth, factoring in the visions they seem to have which is inherent in their DNA. I truly do doubt Rian actually considered any of this as his reasoning for why Luke went into exile. Because you're a genius for thinking about it this way, and this is not made clear whatsoever in The Last Jedi, without any nuance hinting at so. From what we are told or implicitly hinted at, Luke simply ran away because of his guilt following his miscalculation of Kylo and the fall of the New Jedi Order, not because he believed by doing nothing, he could counter his visions. Surely Luke knows that the visions are inevitabilities, not actual "what ifs"? Also, if Luke did act in this way, then why did he still refuse to do anything, when he realised his absence did nothing to stop the New Republic being destroyed through multiple planets being wiped out of the galaxy by the First Order's genocide, or Kylo killing Han? He must have realised that his visions still played out regardless of his inaction; and in this case, he still refused to act. It seems like Luke truly did just cower, rather than actually doing nothing to counter his visions. Regardless, I love your explanation, even if it has a few plot holes and flaws, because it at least has a level of consistency in the Skywalker genetic code and character history, and makes me feel a little more satisfied with Luke's portrayal in The Last Jedi. I just sadly don't think Rian thought it through on this deeper level; as we see with his tweets and tweets he liked, he chose to do what he did with Luke because of the whole "never meet your heroes" storyline he wanted to portray, not to maintain consistency with the Skywalker family. Fantastic video man, I hope you understand my counterarguments!

It's pathetic the lengths people will go to try and defend Jake Skywalker (No that's not Luke Skywalker in the Rey Trilogy) nobody will ever convince me otherwise

Loved every details of this. And I loved Luke in the Last Jedi.

Strongly disagree beacuse of one thing - despite the fact that I love TLJ Luke and the fact that you are basiclly right there is one flaw in it. Character development. The fall of Anakin Skywalker was at the same time sudden and not sudden. Yes he paniced but at the same time it was not the first time he did dark or controversial things. Luke on the other hand had only one scene of darkness in entire saga! (the scene where he attacked Vader with rage and fear about Leia) So his reaction was unlike Anakin's one unnaturall. Imagine that you have your beloved familly member is nice etc and never does any problem (because we need to assume that because we are not shown otherwhise) and take his sword just like that! Luke Skywalker wouldn't do that. He would try to save him at the first place! He might not succed but at least he would try...

Every word of what you just said.... Was right !

I think one of the reasons why people are still having a hard time coming to terms with Luke's arc in The Last Jedi because they couldn't handle and I am not saying this in a mean, cynical way but they could not handle him being a different person between making what he believed was a huge mistake and a misunderstanding and being in his well...twilight years. I don't think the dude was in his 70's in The Last Jedi but he wasn't 40 either and he was absolutely not this almighty, ungodly powerful God from Mount Olympus the dude was a man. Yes he's a Jedi and yes he still trained to be a Jedi knight but when all is said and done he is still a man. I'm not making this comment in support just to feel better or hope to change people's minds. It's been almost four years and I know that as this video is being made somewhere out there there is still deep detest for The Last Jedi and let's not pretend that it's any other reason except Luke Skywalker's arc and him being gone is almost like a symbol of the past leaving before our eyes. And they can't handle that , there is some hurt underneath the anger and rant videos and clickbait. There is hurt and I get it I just don't think any of it justifies enough of the ugliness that still runs rampant since this movie came out. But nevertheless he was still a man not Jesus Christ.

This Video is brilliant! Love it 100000/10 But... If Anakin and Luke had this Visions, what about Ben? Did he have Visions too? Did he is literely the reason the Visions become true?! Luke did nothing to stop it, but what if Ben just did the opposite? Instead of doing nothing he decided to accept it and bring even more pain and suffering to the galaxy. People around him saw him as a Monster. He tried so hard to Show the people that he isn't a Monster, but by every little mistake he did the people start to believe even stronger he is one. And then he just gave up and become a Monster. For him, it was like accepting the Truth.

The editing of the video is amazing.

Wow, I haven't watched your videos in a while. What a step up in quality in terms of artistic vision.

What do you mean by that we are wrong

Drinking game: every time you mispronounce 'Oedipus.'

Ah, but GoldMan, how can I be wrong when I'm only subscribed to this channel because I already agree with you?

Vader's death scene is your favorite in the saga? Have you seen Leia in the beginning of that movie? - Giggidy ,...and prequel Annie never felt like a "fallen hero" to me. Ever since the beginning of Attack of the Clones, I saw him as a rising villain,...kinda like Damien.

Yes.

This is one of the many reasons why The Last Jedi is my favorite Star Wars movie.

Even though, I hate TLJ and disagree with everything about luke in it. And hate that you said that I'm/ all of the people who hate TLJ "wrong" about him in it. I enjoyed this video. Solid editing btw.

I doubt there will be much consensus with how Luke was handled in this movie. I really don’t think I am wrong though, if you think he is brilliant in the movie, that’s okay, but I don’t and will still stand by my opinions on him. I hated everything they did with his character.

Ya'think?

Luke Skywalker is my favorite character in Star Wars and I definitely prefer how legends does his story post episode 6 over canon. I’ll never be happy with how they end his story. I think if he hadn’t died at the end of episode 8 and we got to see him more in episode 9, no longer depressed, I would have been more okay with episode 8’s depiction of him. However, I like the connection you’re making between him and Anakin. I think my only criticism is that I would hope by 30 ABY, Luke would be more mature and wouldn’t be as impulsive as he was on Dagobah. However, I can say if in the rest of Star Wars canon, they flesh Luke’s descent out in a way like you have here, I’ll be more apt to accept them…especially if Luke and Kylo have another meeting during those 6 years. So thanks for changing my perspective a bit!

I LOVE THIS. So many good points! I also want to look at this on a meta level: That Luke that so many were upset wasn’t in TLJ is the Luke that Luke believed he was; then out of fear, he broke character. Not being the Luke everyone thought he should be, the Luke he believed he was at the time, the Legend as he says, likely caused him to hate himself just as much as half the audience hated him for breaking character in that moment. “Luke Skywalker would never do that”-so how do you think he would feel that he did do that?

The thing is I love the concept behind it, but I hate the execution of it. Constant jokes, blue milk drinking and the fact there is not interaction with han and one interaction with Leia, alongside with the fact it destroys the entire luke left this space map so he can be found plot in episode 7 just makes it unbearable to watch, it is like not funny anymore.

Lol are you Lukesplaining against Mark Hamill himself

Awesome video

I just wanted to see him come in the fuck up the First Order and show the audience why Snoke was so threatened by him. People who haven't seen any of the older films are gonna think Luke is just some loser. Even if he just crushed all the AT AT'S and left the one Ben was in. Hell, show his power a little.

For me personally Luke’s arc is actually well written I just don’t think it fits Luke Skywalker and that they should have made this a spin off with a different character but that’s personal preference and your friend is an official prequel fan now

It’s about time

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The problem with your whole analysis is if Luke already redeemed Vader despite everything he did To say he would panic to kill kylo in his sleep before he did anything is character assassination because Luke didn’t want to killing his father after he did every one of his evil acts Rather then do everything he could to prevent the next Vader in the form of Ben solo he rather murder his nephew in his sleep And because of that very action that caused Ben to become kylo Which again would have never happened because Luke has no reason to want to kill Ben since he is still innocent of any of the bad things he could do Essentially it be harder turning Vader back to the light then keeping kylo away from the dark And sure Vader may have thrested leia but the issue is Luke never sought to kill Vader even after that And that’s where this whole argument of your falls apart Because if Luke would do anything to save the ones he loves that would include the son of his twin sister and his best friend Ps also anakin never broke character, he was still constant with every action he took leading up to the dark, where it actually made sense for why anakin wanted to save padme after being a slave with his mother most of his childhood, being separated from his Mother; then told to let her go, then he tries to save her only for her to die in his arms and in response he killed the very people who kidnapped her down to the last person, he always shown he kill anyone in his way or harms the people he cares about and is selfish in wanting to save everyone he cares about(no how you do it is the problem) , so when he has a wife and unborn children and he gets visions they are going to die he immediately gets memories with his mother and how he do anything to save her, now that translated to his wife and children, so like father or husband would do they try to save them but because of who anakin is and what he has even through did build up to his turn to the darkside because the Jedi wouldn’t help him nor did he see a way to save her and palatine offered a solution if he joined him and that’s exactly what he did to learn how to save her, Luke however it another matter entirely he also wants to save the people he cares about but he thinks about everyone not just himself, unlike anakin luke sees the good in everyone even his enemies and that was brought to light about that after knowing Vader was his father, because Luke didn’t believe in anyone can truly be pure evil not even his father or the emperor, but it’s their choice to remain evil, By extension kylo hasn’t gone down the dark path yet the signs where there but Luke could have done everything to change bens path and wouldn’t consider murdering kylo because despite what kylo might do luke wouldn’t believe kylo would be beyond redemption like vader, hence wouldn’t even consider killing kylo So if Luke did everything to change bens path instead of even think about igniting his lightsaber a second away from Killing him is ludicrous, It would be a far better arc if Luke did do everything right and Ben still turned and his flaw was being to optimistic blaming himself for something he thought he could have stoped if he reached out better, and that’s why he is the way he is. If he did try to save him and that didn’t work even thinking about killing him wouldn’t work either because Luke wouldn’t even consider killing Ben if he was unsuccessful just as he wouldn’t kill Vader if he was unsuccessful in turning him Which by all definitions Vader himself chose to come back because Luke couldn’t make that choice for Vader but it’s because Luke had faith is why he believes anyone can be redeemed(hence if kylo still tuned when luke had that mindset it break him because he did everything right yet it still happened)

What's your response to George's Ex-Wife condemning Kathleen Kennedy for the Sequel Trilogy? Or what about the Charlie Rose Interview with George Lucas? What about what Mark Hamill said about Luke Skywalker in the Last Jedi? What about all the Sequel Actors like John Boyega who want nothing to do with Star Wars now despite being excited as shit when they first got the job? Are you aware about Bob Iger's autobiography where he literally admits to lying to George Lucas to get Lucasfilm for Disney by promising via a handshake agreement that he'd use his treatments for the Sequel Trilogy and then casting them aside as soon as he got the rights to Star Wars? Sequel Hate goes beyond the films themselves. People also hate them because of the shady nature in which they were made. I don't know if you'll ever realize that defending a trilogy made by a cooperate entity is not worth it. You are so dismissive when it comes to addressing the nuances on what people think about the Sequels. WHY do you defend the Sequels given all the flat out evil things Disney did to make it? They BANNED George Lucas from speaking negatively about his thoughts about modern Star Wars, thus why he's hardly said anything bad about Disney since the Charlie Rose interview. I can't help but think that you either don't know about these things, or you are overlooking it for some reason.

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Stuff like this is why I subscribed to you despite not really liking the Sequel Trilogy. It feels like you give the trilogy life where JJ and Rian didn't. You are a true, not toxic, Star Wars fan. It kinda makes me wish you wrote the Sequel trilogy yourself. 😂

I feel that if Disney explored those six years, I do truly believe Luke tried to bring back Ben Solo but through out his journey he learned the flaws of the Jedi. Disney needs to give Luke the same treatment the clone wars tv show gave Anakin

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if this were mortal combat, this would be a flawless victory

I loved this video and I feel like if anyone hated the last Jedi should feel the same. Very well put together

My favorite Star Wars film!!!

I agree but Luke not only hid and did nothing but he also felt disconnected from the Force. This leads me to think that Luke has entered a state many saints have had which is called the dark night of the soul. In the dark night of the soul, there is a temporary crisis in which the believer feels abandoned by the divine. It is a kind of spiritual depression in which the believer feels hopeless and faithless. Many saints ceased to feel that way only in the last moments of their lives before joining the creator. That's what happened to Luke. He did what he had to do and then achieved the union with the Force ( which in Star Wars Universe is similar to what we call God on planet Earth.) The problem of a story with mythical characteristics as in the case of Star Wars is not in the story but in the interpretation capacity of those who watch it. Most people read very little overall. Philosophical, mythological, and spiritual readings are very rare readings for most of the population. So, the ability to understand myths, symbols and spiritual teachings is rudimentary not to say non-existent on the part of most people.

6:34 - Reject the supposition any ordinary person would kill Ben, especially with a force ghost Anakin that could teach Luke of his mistakes. 7:30 - It would've done a lot for there to be an extra/extended scene between Luke and Ben in flashbacks were to be seen, perhaps just Luke trying to talk to Ben but everything he says being anticipated by Snoke and used to manipulate Ben further into being against Luke. There's still countless plot and story issues I have with the Last Jedi, but additional context about this would be a great start. The issue's of self-fulfilling prophecies would've been a great way to trap Luke in TLJ, but I think that is never fully considered or properly shown in TLJ like it was with Anakin in the prequels. You also ignore "seeing things before they happen" is a general Jedi trait by Qui-Gon's quote, with Yoda talking about the future being clouded by the dark side elsewhere, and the prophetic reactions is how Jedi trusting in the force enhance their reactions to the point they can deflect blaster bolts and such. You make decent good case, but I'm glad you acknowledge that you're filling in the gaps yourself.

In my opinion, Luke inmediately going into exile without trying to confront Kylo would make sense. At this point Luke is overriden by shame, his actions singlehandely resulted on the future he was so desperate to avoid. From Luke's point of view, continuing to try and stop Kylo is just going to make things worse, the best thing he can do is removing himself from the equation entirely.