Please explain your thoughts on Luke Skywalker.

If you liked him why did you like him?

If you did not like him why did you not like him?

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Luke made the Force great again! Hahaha. I really liked him but super sad that he died.

Short version: I seem to be in the minority, but I was mostly okay with Luke's character development. It is a much different Luke than in the Original Trilogy, but at the same time, I think a guy with that much heart is also open to being wounded pretty deeply.

I hate that they killed him. That was very poorly done. I don't think they built up to it properly. When Yoda went, it was kinda surprising... but not really. Once he started dying, it was clear what was going on. When Luke died, yeah, there was emotional music, and he did look worn out from his Illusion use, but he seemed like he had recovered just fine. So I was not anticipating it at all until his cloak fell.

Happening right at the very, very end of the movie like that was also a poor choice. It was just kind of like "Oh yeah, Luke died. Bummer. Let's show Rey and Leia being sad for 5 seconds, and then end the movie." They didn't give enough time for Rey and Leia to legitimately react, so showing them react at all felt rushed - they should have given more time, or if nothing else just ended the movie right with Luke's death.

I guess, the point of the movie was that there's still hope even after all these things they were trusting in failed them - Poe was relying on the Resistance having a cruiser; Rey was relying on Luke training her. Both failed (sort of). That, I think, is an important point for a movie to make - we don't always need what we think we need to move forward. So on that note, I guess I'm okay with Luke dying, and in a sense I'm satisfied that Kylo didn't get to kill him. There's been so much Mary Sue (and Gary Stu) action in the new trilogy already, that Kylo killing Luke would be pretty lame - I am never a fan of the "Let's establish our enterprising young villain by letting him kill the most powerful good guy we have" cliche. It never feels right, and is followed by a decade of fans debating whether or not said villain had gained enough power or said hero had sat in exile long enough for that the villain to win.

But along those lines, Luke shouldn't have had the epic showdown with Kylo. For me, that whole scene of Luke vs. Kylo set up Luke as a force to be reckoned with who would feature prominently in the next movie even though he was not the main hero (and would probably have to be killed off). Luke should have either died peacefully without the big showdown, died peacefully close to the beginning of Episode 9 (like Yoda in RotJ), or else had his epic Projection showdown and then died in an actual fight against overwhelming odds some time in Episode 9.

I still contend Rey is really the daughter of Ezra Bridger and Sabine Wren! lol

I felt like Luke dying was sort of a rotten end to his storyline. Yes he did have an epic use of the Force, but then Darth Vectivus did that stuff all the time and didn't die after one use. I think Disney in a way is thumbing their nose at the old fans. Here's Han he's dead, here's Luke, he's dead, next will be Leia, R2, 3P0, and Chewie so that they can say this is their show and old ways are dead. Sort of like the Jedi manuscripts.

Doesn't mean I hated the movie, but it just looks like this is the direction Disney is going. I could understand dead Leia as Carrie Fisher is gone, but dead Luke, c'mon.

Overall though, I don't consider this to be one of my favorite movies by any means. It was decent, but it sort of ranks towards the bottom for me. Force Awakens I felt was a better movie. I may be in the minority, but hey, I'm used to that.

1. Ep 6
2. Ep 5
3. Ep 4
4. R1
5. Ep 3
6. Ep 7
7-8. Ep 2 and Ep 8 (not sure which I like more)
9. Ep 1

I rewatched The Last Jedi for the $5 matinee.

I love Luke and i can see him being in that position and mind set very easily. I can't wait for more backstory. I think the whole map thing was his way of having one last tie with the world. But he left his X-Wing submerged and even took parts off of it so I think he was there to stay after he did that.

But he I like that he was craggy and ready for things to move on. He had so much bitter and raw emotion that eve he did not understand. The "incomplete" master fits Luke very well. Even in the EU he was not a great master, just powerful.

Damage is done on that and Mark Hamill the person has been soured for me for his whiny self, if I am being honest.

Luke lives on either way.

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