I’ll have to think that idea through Neverar. It sounds VERY interesting.
The question is…do we want to see Luke consider killing Kylo or not? It all comes back to if we want that moment or not.
Really good ideas being thrown around though.
I feel like that moment of murderous intent is what ‘ruins’ Luke’s character for many people. I personally can live with it, but must admit that Rian probably went too far in making Luke unsympathetic. Another reason for getting rid of the final flashback is that it works too hard in explaining something that ought to be simple. If you’re using three flashbacks to explain why something happened, maybe the problem is that what you’re describing is simply out of character. The escalation of Luke causing Kylo to become defensive, causing Luke to become defensive, causing Kylo to assume the worst is easier to believe than Luke trying to murder his young nephew, and it could all be shown and not told.