#anyways im genuinley so sad she wasnt there

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Hidy ho you guys, time for this Luke Skywalker stan to make a post all about him in TLJ. i suggest you read this post too, a spoiler free review.

Non spoiler summary is that the execution of these bat shit wild crazy plot points are better in context in the film, and i feel that Luke’s character isn’t betrayed any more in TLJ that TFA already did to him, and they almost 100% redeem it, in my eyes. There are also so Iconic™ Luke Skywalker moments later in the film that are really great.

Spoilers under the cut.

really on the spoilers though. like full scene descriptions coming. i wouldnt read this if i havent seen the film or have no plans to beecause you think rian johnson has fucked it all up. i may change your mind.

ok yall i thought this film would fucking betray me, luke skywalker, and mark hamill, based on the shit i had read about it. But, honest to god, it genuinley wasnt terrible and even vaguley on the good side.

in tfa they already fucked up his whole character by making him loose hope, abandon his friends, and blame everything on himself. i really do think that in tlj they sort of redeem him. its the kind of redemption that if the character was actually properly written, WOULD have, COULD have, and SHOULD have taken place about a month after kylo betrayed him. yoda coulda talked to him ages ago about how its not all his fault, and he would have happily trained rey, with his ever present hope. but you know what, that possibility was already shit on with tfa, so im not even gonna go there.

my biggest issue with his redemption in tlj is that it happens so slow, and is kinda half assed. he sees r2 play leias original message and slowly agrees to train rey because she wont stop bugging him about all the shit that has hit the fan in his absence. rey has a fight with luke after he finds out shes talking to kyle ron through the force, who claimed that luke tried to kill him after he sensed the darkenss in him. luke clarifies that for a breif minute he thought about it, but didnt act on it. similar in a what to in ROJ when luke cuts of darth vaders hand and then looks at his own mechanical hand, i think. kyle ron didnt know that (cos he was asleep and all of a sudden saw luke with his lightsaber lit above him) and burned the motherfucker down. rey goes and finds kyle ron and leaves luke. 

time for luke redemption part one. yoda talks to him after rey leaves and convinces him that the jedi (as a religion and fancy text book teachings) really must end. rey knows what she needs to know. yoda and burns down the tree with the texts in it, i think luke (and rian johnson) FINALLY get it. it kinda goes back to ESB with luke being like yoda and thinking he cant ever train anyone because theres too many rules and whatnot, and yoda is like luke, saying no, rey has hope and feels the force and thats what really matters, not these jedi texts honestly, this scene is really good, and it took me back to the pure times with luke and yoda on dagobah.

anyway, lukes absent for awhile and shit goes down with kyle ron and he kills snoke to save rey but neither will turn sides for each other so rey goes back to the resistance. blah blah reylo nonsense, back to luke.

as we know, luke fuckin astral projects himself across the galaxy to help the resistance. i thought this was gonna be bat shit crazy, but it was surprisingly ok? he goes out and faces this whole fleet of first order ships firing directly at them and then comes out perfectly fine, just wiping off his shoulder like the intergalactic icon he is.  kyle ron is fucking pissed and goes down to meet him. the resistance and realises that hes doing this all to buy them time to escape. oh boy does my son dunk on kylo so fuckin hard. like damn son he is slick as FUCK and beats down kyle ron in tru luke fashion, without actually hurting him. its fucking glorious. i wont reveal all, but fuck, is my boy on FIRE with them obi wan vs vader one liners. kylo realises that luke isnt actually there and he cant kill him. get fuckin rekt haters. this scene is honestly so satisfying it nearly makes up for the bullshit the writers did to luke previously.

well, we flashback to reveal that luke was actually just projecting himself and he poofs away like obi wan. even though this is already spoiler central, i wont tell you my exact emotions about the death scene, because its such a beautiful cinematic moment you have to feel for yourself. i think his death was fitting in context, because he really does save the rebellion and give them hope as luke should have. leia and rey do make points that he didnt die is sadness or pain, but at peace. it isnt a cheap shot death like hans was. i like that he was the one that gave them hope, even after leia herself admits there was no hope left for the rebellion, being gone except for about 50 people. luke really embodied what he TRULY stood for in his final moments, being ‘a new hope’.

honestly my only problem with the stuff in TLJ is that now theyve killed han and luke, and carrie is no longer around,  it feels like the ot is gone. i think if luke had his ‘redemption’ in TLJ and then this death in 9 it would have been a perfect send off. but that being said, mark hamill loves luke so much, and they made it really fucking clear that luke dosnt fuck around when it comes to force ghosts, that he will be back.

well, that about sums in up in terms of 1 hour post movie thoughts. i really do think you have to see it for yourself and have hope in episode 9!