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That was weird.
Hijacking my previous comment rather than quadruple posting:
Jar Jar Bricks said:
I think a good example here is the death of Ben Kenobi in ANH. Luke grieves for him for maybe a minute, and then it’s back to “Great, kid. Don’t get cocky!”, screams of triumph, and a happy celebration for escaping. Does that disgrace Ben’s death? No, because eventually we find out he becomes a force ghost, so retroactively this type of behavior is more excusable right after his death.
Ben’s death is completely different though. The circumstances around it are different, the characters’ emotional ties to Ben are different, the way the characters “return” is completely different. Plus, Ghost Ben immediately started talking to Luke (“Run Luke, Run!”) - it wasn’t designed to be some big reveal to the characters later on like Chewie’s reveal was.
EDIT: Not to mention, in ANH, they were celebrating the fact that they defeated the TIE Fighters and escaped from the Empire’s Super-Duper weapon. That’s a bigger priority at the moment than Ben dying. Would anybody be expected to just sit around and mope while they’re under attack? The two scenes aren’t remotely comparable.