Is this why so many people disliked TLJ, because it confirms what George was trying to say throughout the prequels?
Sorry to have to tell you this, but that stuff’s technically canon.
I absolutely disagree, that that’s the message Lucas was sending with the saga. It’s one thing to question dogma, it’s another to reject basic values on which that dogma is based. The Jedi needed to evolve, and Luke by redeeming his father did that. He grew beyond the dogma of his masters by embracing the basic Jedi values without having been conditioned from birth to follow dogma. That’s the real return of the Jedi. Those were the values upon which the Old Republic was based, and those were the values that guarded the peace of the galaxy for over a thousand generations, a thousand generations!!! The last three decades in the Star Wars galaxy, and even the Emperor’s reign, are like a drop in the ocean compared to that. To deny that reality, and throw it in the bin, that is vanity. We are, what they grow beyond, states Yoda in TLJ. Luke was that, but in order for Rey to catch up and take over the batton, Luke had to forfeit the race.
This argument also brings me back to Rey’s sudden Force powers. One of my critics argued I was being pedantic for not accepting Rey’s rapid progression. She’s just a fast learner. Anyone who argues that fails to understand, that it’s not about the powers, she displays. The ironic thing is, that TLJ argues the Force is not about those powers, but then fails to recognize the underlying themes that becoming a Jedi represent. The dark side is the quick and easy path. One of the big lessons of the OT is, that it’s not easy to walk the path of the righteous, and to resist temptation. To have these super human powers, is to have an enormous responsibility, and to be a Jedi is to have an almost super human moral code. Rome wasn’t built in one day, and to obtain this stage of enlightenment takes years of training and self-reflection. That’s what becoming a Jedi was all about, and RJ has thrown that all by the wayside. TLJ is saying you can be the best at something without having to do the work. That’s wish fulfillment. I think that’s a terrible lesson for kids watching these films.