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These forums give me the impression that a lot of people here don’t actually like Star Wars at all. Literally every character, concept, scene, and second of screentime has been scrutinized and found wanting due to vague complaints often invented out of nothing.
If Lucas always intended the Jedi to be a certain way, and Lucas made the movies, AND Lucas went back and changed the movies many times, why are you worried about Lucas not being true to his own intent? Why should the original movies have to comply with newer, worse movies made 20-40 years later?
Luke, Vader, and the Emperor being on the death star while there’s a battle to destroy the death star is entirely the point. They are not physically relevant to what’s going on. It’s a spiritual battle for Luke’s soul and Vader’s soul. That’s why Luke says that, it’s not just expressing his character’s defiant outlook. The idea that their conflict is materially relevant to the battle belongs to the Emperor. He wants Luke to focus on the battle outside and imagine that he could end it by killing him or at least take revenge. As the audience we want Luke to survive and we want the Jedi to continue, but it’s entirely possible that he could have died with Vader on the death star even with Vader redeemed, and the story would be complete.
I’m sure you’ve seen this video already but it’s important here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlWSsZwLn0
One idea he brings up is that this might even be a good reason that there’s two death stars, to highlight this contrast.