If Luke already waited 6-12 months to go back to Yoda, what difference would it make if he went back one week or the next? And doesn’t it make just as much sense for him to have resolved the mission he set himself on before returning to Yoda? “I totally failed to save my friends, and still haven’t saved them, so I’m sure you’re really disappointed in me. Oh, you’re dead.”
I have no idea where this 6-12 months came from.
I think I read 6 month in the book, but Im not sure. It was like 30 years ago.
But it just does not make any sense.I think current canon says 6 months between ESB and ROTJ.
Then it must be changed.
It was 2 weeks.
Easy.
BTW I do not accept canon, if it makes no sense. It’s like accepting the geocentric model, when we know it is wrong. Disney must do a better job.
Let me start by saying that clearly no single approach is going to satisfy everyone.
Having said that, I feel that you’re being overly confident in an argument that doesn’t stand up to its own measures. You talk of “sense” but how does it make any “sense” if only 2 weeks have passed in the story when the actors (particularly Mark Hamill) have clearly aged years? In this regard a longer passage of time makes more “sense”.
Maybe some people would believe that it makes more sense that:
- It might take some time to find a single object in a rather large galaxy.
- That perhaps Jabba may have more than a single stronghold to infiltrate
- That it takes time to build a credible backstory to infiltrate an organization as Lando has
- That this whole cycle may have to be repeated if Han isn’t found in that location
As a kid that actually had to wait 3 years between ESB and ROTJ I had no issues following the continuing adventures of Marvel Star Wars (minus Han Solo) while Luke and company searched the galaxy foe their frozen friend.
You’ve asked several times “how long would you leave your friend on a wall?” I don’t think it’s a relevant question. “Scoundrel” Lando is infiltrating in a way that Luke cannot. Everyone is playing their role on the team.
Luke returning to Yoda to continue his training and admitting that he was wrong to run off half-cocked shows maturity and character growth. That makes “sense” from a storytelling perspective.