Yeah. I nearly had the opposite thought. It felt like “wow why is the scene treating Luke like he’s this angelic figure?”
But then it all made sense when I remembered… “hypocrisy, hubris.” This is the Luke that island Luke looked back on and felt embarrassed by. Not because he was altogether wrong, but because of his pride.Agreed absolutely. Why would Luke bother to force crush a dark trooper instead of easily cutting it up, if not to demonstrate his own power? (And yes, I know the actual explanation for that is ‘It looks cool’) The Mandalorian’s Luke also compliments TLJ Luke by showing Luke’s effort to find students, and his saying “I will give my life to protect the child” - when he ultimately, indirectly, caused the deaths of his own students by mishandling Ben’s training - makes his self-hatred over that more powerful. I only wish Dave Filoni would talk about TLJ Luke in relation to his appearance in The Mandalorian, that might shut up a lot of people.
I think this analysis is Ironic, because people only bring up this narrative when discussing Luke, no one else in the force. Luke is the only one that is not allowed to show power, Anakin should, Obi wan, Yoda, and even the newbies - Rey and Kylo, showcasing immense abilities despite their lack of training. Everyone enjoys those, but when its Luke - ‘Hold on!’
The hubris Luke talked about was not the abilities that Jedi showcased in combat, it was very clear in the movie his critique was the fact that the Jedi held on to their influence and got too involved with politics allowing themselves to be puppets to a sith emperor. At the end of the day the Jedi were no different than the Sith. Its the fact that the Jedi held on to the code, which is flawed, and that prompted him to want to burn down the jedi books to stop that legacy from being passed on. its more of a shame that Rian didnt commit to that idea, and thew it out of the window before the end of the movie.
In a delete scene in Ach-to Luke mentions to Rey that the rebellion still needs someone strong like her to fight alongside them. He just cant be the one to do it.