Seems like maybe keeping the length of her training completely in the dark is maybe the cleanest solution.
Fair enough! I think we can consider this V4 change complete, unless Hal has any other input?
That’s a beaut’. It’s like Mark Hamill were still with us today.
In my “lack of sleep” daze I just had to quickly Google if something happened to Mark. He is still alive no worries 😄
"Our mother watched helplessly as the democracy she fought so hard to maintain crumbled before her eyes, so Leia decided to follow in her footsteps and watched helplessly as the democracy she fought so hard to maintain crumbled before her eyes. She surrendered her saber to me and left me to deal with Ben Solo’s darkness alone.
Lesson three. Now that she’s gone, Leia is romanticized, deified. But if you strip away the myth and look at her deeds, the legacy of Leia is failure. Hypocrisy, hubris. A thousand generations live in you now, but this is your fight, and honestly you’re better off on your own."
Isn’t that the same thing Luke did, rebuilt a Jedi Order in the same way as before and watched it crumble?
@Burbin, think you need to understand there is no saving the writing for the OT characters in the ST.
“I started to train her, and she was a quick learner."
Leia kicks Luke’s ass
"But Leia felt she could better serve the galaxy through diplomacy, as our mother once did. She surrendered her saber to me and said that one day, it would be picked up again by someone who would finish her journey. A thousand generations live in you now. We’ll always be with you, but this is your fight.”
@JarJar, can you try this one? The new one isn’t bad, but I think that initial line misses that Leia only trained briefly.
I actually really liked having “Leia was a quick learner” right after she beats Luke in combat. Putting it before would spoil who wins their spar kinda. But it’s a minor thing, really.
I think it gives a little twist, cause she grabs the lightsaber with the force and you’re like “oh she did learn the force quick” and then she completely owns Luke to his shock. That’s kinda funny to me 😂
And the “quick learner” part of the line would be over the part where she picks up the saber with the force. chef’s kiss
“I started to train her, and she was a quick learner."
Leia kicks Luke’s ass
"But Leia felt she could better serve the galaxy through diplomacy, as our mother once did. She surrendered her saber to me and said that one day, it would be picked up again by someone who would finish her journey. A thousand generations live in you now. We’ll always be with you, but this is your fight.”
A few slight tweaks to the wording. I think we are almost there.
Here is another stab at it:
Luke: “I started to train her. Leia was quick to learn, but she knew she could better serve the galaxy with diplomacy, as our mother once did. She surrendered her saber to me and said that one day, it would be picked up again by someone who would finish her journey. A thousand generations live in you now. We’ll always be with you, but this is your fight.”
I’d REALLY like leaving the Padme reference if we can. It would be the only time she is referenced in the ST and it would be nice to include as this is the finale to the whole Skywalker Saga.
I think it’s important to say that Leia was a capable student at least, since she’s shown defeating Luke in the scene.
I don’t think we need to be told that though since we see that in the scene.
Good point. How about:
Luke: “I started to train her, but she was reluctant to follow the Jedi Path. Leia felt she could better help the galaxy through the Senate, like our mother once did. She surrendered her saber to me and said that one day, it would be picked up again by someone who would finish her journey. A thousand generations live in you now. We’ll always be with you, but this is your fight.”
Sounds like the new line works to me then hahaha 😉
She takes it back up by being Rey’s master. But Leia being her master is having Rey run the same obstacle course she used to, having her read the books Luke found, and having her try to reach out to past Jedi through the force.
Leia is not much of a master of the force or a teacher for that matter…
I think Luke’s “There’s something my sister would want you to have” fixes that though. Leia failed, but her faith is in Rey to make things right and continue the path she should have but chose not to.
That is the problem with the sequels as a whole. Terrible writing. But at least this line of thinking with her in politics makes some sense.
Luke fails as a Jedi
Han fails as a leader
Leia fails as a politician
Exactly my thought, and why I think he should say “Rey” first.
Luke: “Rey, final lesson, some things are stronger than blood.”
While that would work better in terms of sentence structure, I believe the goal here was to replicate his style of introducing lessons from TLJ.
“Lesson one. The Force is not a power you have…”
“Lesson two. Now that they’re extinct, the Jedi are romanticized, deified…”
In that context, I think the line might read better as:
Luke: “Rey, lesson three. Some things are stronger than blood.”
Luke: “Because you’re a Palpatine?”
Start next line when it cuts to Rey’s expression
Luke: “Here is my final lesson Rey, some things are stronger than blood.”
It’s honestly kinda scary how realistic this sounds when put together:
Wow! AI is amazing but scary at the same time. 👍
Would it be possible to snip the “and its people” part? I’m mostly thinking about constraints in terms of available space for the new lines.
Like this?
Luke: “I started to train her, but she was reluctant to follow the Jedi Path. Leia felt she could better serve the galaxy through diplomacy, like our mother once did. She surrendered her saber to me and said that one day, it would be picked up again by someone who would finish her journey. A thousand generations live in you now. We’ll always be with you, but this is your fight.”
If we were to go for the politics explanation route, then I at the very least agree that it being “the last night of her training” needs to be replaced with something else. Make it clear that she didn’t train for that long with him.
This is why I had suggested this instead:
Luke: “I started to train her, but Leia was reluctant to follow the Jedi Path. She knew she could better serve the galaxy and its people through diplomacy, like our mother once did. She surrendered her saber to me and said that one day, it would be picked up again by someone who would finish her journey. A thousand generations live in you now. We’ll always be with you, but this is your fight.”
The reason I don’t like mentioning Ben in that scene is because if Leia sensed trouble in Ben’s future… then why would she send him away with Luke and not be more interested in what was going on with Ben and making sure that vision didn’t come true.
Leia looks concerned in the flashback, that could be seen more as a “Why am I doing this?” look instead of a “I’m concerned about my son.” look.
The “both sabers” line is not in V3 guys, FYI 😉
Here is the current lines:
Luke: “There’s something my sister would want you to have.”
Rey: “Leia’s saber.”
Luke: “It was the last night of her training. Leia told me that she had sensed the end of her Jedi Path. She surrendered her saber to me and said that one day, it would be picked up again by someone who would finish her journey. A thousand generations live in you now. We’ll always be with you, but this is your fight.”
Rey: “I can’t get there. I don’t have the wayfinder. I destroyed Ren’s ship.”
Luke Skywalker: “You have everything you need.”
- “Rose, let me save you this time.” instead of the vaguely patronizing “Rose, please” during the final battle when he wants them to leave without him
The Last Jedi: Rekindled viewers sigh…
Finn: “Rose, this is where I belong.”
This would be a nice callback to the “where we belong” scenes in TLJ.
How about: “…bring about greater change through diplomacy, like our mother once did, than the jedi path”?
I love the idea of Luke referring to their mother. Padme gets no love in the sequels! 😦
Luke: “I started to train her, but Leia was reluctant to follow the Jedi Path. She knew she could better serve the galaxy and its people through diplomacy, like our mother once did. She surrendered her saber to me and said that one day, it would be picked up again by someone who would finish her journey. A thousand generations live in you now. We’ll always be with you, but this is your fight.”
https://youtu.be/REXY9RKk87M?si=UKCP_Fs0CaClCXxN
Plus, it gives an explanation for how the hell he suddenly knows how to Force heal. Luke could have parted that wisdom to him. Definitely doesn’t need to be in this edit whatsoever, but I might consider it for my own personal copy.
Good idea but I don’t know if I’d like tying Anakin in. Luke fell into the whole “fear of attachment thing” as well and I don’t see him wanting to validate Anakin’s “save the people I love from dying” mentality, as that came from a dark place on Anakin’s side.
Maybe something simpler like:
Luke: “Ben, you can still save her. Remember our training.”
I would think that it’s worth it to revisit the idea of having Luke saying “Lesson three” or “Final lesson” during the Ach-To conversation seeing as it’s more plausable now.
Luke: “Rey, some things are stronger than blood. Confronting fear is the destiny of a Jedi. Your destiny, and my final lesson. If you don’t face Palpatine, it will mean the end of the Jedi, and the war will be lost.”