Rescued a princess, helped deliver the DS plans to the rebels. He did blow up the first Death Star. Got a medal for it too. If he never did another thing after that, he would be a legend.
The shield generator mission might have not succeeded without Han being there, or Luke making the Ewoks into allies.
I’m sure 30 years on, the stories about Luke have been retold over and over to the point that they only bear passing resemblance to what actually happened.
Yeah, but I’m talking specifically about ROTJ’s climax. The whole build-up throughout the OT was about Luke being the last hope, the only hope, not abandoning his training, not giving in to the quick and easy path etc etc etc. “Only a fully trained Jedi Knight will conquer Vader and his Emperor”. Even Lucas said that Luke’s actions on Death Star II led to the Emperor’s defeat and saving the universe. But that’s just not true. Luke was irrelevant at that point.
I just wish that Luke had actually been the one to ultimately save the galaxy. Like I said, at best you could claim that he inadvertently prevented the Emperor’s escape - but that wasn’t his intention. He merely threw his weapon aside and proclaimed “I am a Jedi!”. Meanwhile people were fighting and dying outside. Recruiting the Ewoks doesn’t really seem to justify Obi/Yoda’s 20-year wait and consequent focus over 3 movies.