Harrison was right to want his character dead by the end of ROTJ.
Exactly. Harrison’s ideas of where the character should go have merit. If only Hamill’s ideas had been listened to as as well.
*had been listened to by JJ Abrams, who introduced the Luke abandoning the galaxy in shame plotline.
JJ started it, yes, but it was Rian who took the ball and ran with it. Hamill definitely didn’t want things to go they way they did in TLJ. JJ’s mystery box COULD have been opened in a more appropriate way.
How? By going against everything set up in the prior film? By having a primary hero not grow or develop over 30 years? By sidelining the new characters to have Luke take over the story again?
The only other interesting choice would’ve been for Luke to be revealed the puppet master behind Snoke.