^ In hindsight, I think that supposed to be a cheeky Hardware Wars reference. LOL
This was a quote I read from someone and I agree with it very much:
Sad that in the end people just throw their hands up and say "doesn’t work for you, works for me, oh well."
Good storytelling transcends subjective solipsism. The fact of the matter is that Luke’s actions in this film were not built up to in the previous films at all, and his character is a very severe departure from what he was. He also represents a bold new moral view of this universe, from the makers of this film, which is almost too sad to describe.
Art is an extension of worldview. It taps into what matters most to us. Lucas showed what matters most to him. And what was done to that worldview, and what worldview has replaced it, is chilly in the extreme. I certainly won’t be anxious to show this film to my children, when I have them. 1-6, sure. I do not agree with the values of this film, or the worldview it presents though. It seems cynical, poisonous and nihilistic, especially in light of what came before.
You may enjoy that if you like but there is no denying the shift that occurs. Anyone who denies that shift is very likely blind to the themes of these films.I don’t want to be that guy, but I’m kind of tired of people overlooking my posts, and I do want to discuss this.
http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1146676
I don’t believe TLJ is that cynical, and I liked it, and it makes me disappointed that there are seemingly only a few camps that we can exist in in terms of opinion.
I don’t think that the moral values of it are even really that different or worse from or than the OT when you think about it. I think everyone saying that the Jedi are actually evil or bad for the Galaxy because of their dogma are way off base with what the movie was trying to say.
In the end, there’s a hero in all of us. You’re not defined by your failures. Trying to be the hero doesn’t make it so. Forging your own legends is more selfish than it is heroic. Sometimes just doing the right thing is enough to make a difference. All of these, I’d be fine with my children (lol if I had any) learning. I think there’s a lot here that is more important to learn than what the OT can teach, if anything.
People say that he would never try to kill ben, and i agree, but the thing is that he actualy did’t. For a second he ignites he’s light saber and think about not letting a second vader exist, but then realised what he was doing. That doesn’t make him fail as a jedi, since we already seen this same scenario in ROTJ where luke choses to not strike his father. What i am saying is that Luke was never a one dimesional character and so isn’t old Luke. He is not perfect, he is no god or messiah, but in the end he goes to help his frieds, like he always did, only more grown and sure of what he is doing.
He did fail, though. That is failure. Especially after all we know about him and his ideals. He exiles himself because he thinks the galaxy is better off without him, that he will only let them down, and that him and the Jedi Order would only do more damage. But that’s the crux of his arc in the movie, learning that that failure doesn’t define him or his capability to do good, and that his exile in the end wasn’t some noble act of protection for the galaxy.
Yeah, but that’s what I don’t buy. How is the galaxy better off without him? What could be worse than the Empire he helped bring down? What could be worse than allowing his nephew and his new master to restore that tyranny? How can that be protecting the galaxy? It just doesn’t make any sense.
I mean, as much as I disagree with the “Jedi are bad” crowd, there were some flaws in the Jedi’s dogmatic ways, and I suppose Luke was basing it off of that. Giving people the ability to tap into that much power is dangerous in and of itself, and Luke didn’t want to spread the teachings that turned Vader and Kylo Ren. Maybe “noble act of protection” was a poor choice of words, but his hiding himself and trying to end the Jedi for good is rooted in some hero complex where he believed the galaxy was better off without a group of people having that power. The force belongs to no one. Violence begets violence. That whole thing.
That still doesn’t make much sense. Snoke and Kylo are still out there, so by ending the Jedi, and taking himself out of the equation, he ensures a future dark side cult will rule the galaxy for all eternity. At that point he’s still the most powerful Jedi in existence, and so even if he had decided that the Jedi should end with him, there’s no reason for him to not do everything in his power to stop Snoke and Kylo together with the Resistance. If they succeeded, he could go to an island to die, ending the Jedi in an era of peace. If they failed, he would be dead, and the net result would be no different than if he immediately went to an island to die. Seems pretty logical to me, that he really only had one choice, and that’s to take on the FO. Anything else is madness.