And where did he pick up all those moves he used in Return of the Jedi that he didn’t learn from Yoda in esb? I believe he… Dare I even say it… Figured them out himself?
such as? i can only think of the mind trick that was in the movie to basically tell the audience that Luke had grown from novice in SW to master in RotJ. other than that…
Maybe “new skills” isn’t correct, but enhanced surely is. He made a few impressive jumps in esb sure, but those were some pretty fancy acrobatics he pulled off on the sail barge that in the movies were unprecedented. Not to mention how much better he is with a Lightsaber. And he deflects laser bolts on endor with ease, something I don’t think yoda could hasn’t taught him. And he senses vaders presence/mindset. So new skills include force choke and mind control, but all old skills are also super enhanced and polished all the sudden with no extra training besides practicing ON HIS OWN.
I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it. It’s not just the powers. Luke is like a whole other person in ROTJ. Calmer, cooler, wiser. Personally it’s always been somewhat disappointing to me that there’s that gap in his arc from ESB to ROTJ. Not that it’s a hard leap to believe he’d progress that way after ESB, I just wish we could have seen it. Luke’s overwhelming confidence in ROTJ just feels slightly unearned, and sorta kills the tension when it comes to whether or not he’ll actually resist the pull to the dark side in the end.