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Post #1150427

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Warbler
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The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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Date created
29-Dec-2017, 1:55 PM

nhoj3 said:

Disney Ruined Star Wars said:

This meme or whatever you call it is dumb. Obi-Wan didn’t tell Luke: “hey you’re Dad was an asshole and the Jedi deserve to die.” Yoda never told Luke: “there is no dark side or light side. the jedi were arrogant and wrong”.

I also agree with this sentiment. A friend of mine sent that meme to me a few days ago, and while it has what Stephen Colbert would refer to as “truthiness” that might cause others to nod their head in agreement, it really doesn’t hold up under any scrutiny. Kenobi was acting as a watchful guardian, protecting a young boy from harm. Yoda was bidding his time, awaiting a new apprentice. Both were on the run from being butchered, having already lost all of their friends.

None of these circumstances are comparable to Luke.

also Obiwan and Yoda were in hiding from the Empire and Palpatine and Vader. The First Order isn’t the Empire, Snoke is not Palpatine and certainly Kilo Ren is not Vader. Also when Obiwan and Yoda went into hiding there was no rebellion going on. Finally when Obiwan heard Leia’s plea for help, he didn’t refuse.