#anyways some VERY disorganized ramblings that popped up after watching maul in rebels

[pantoranqira]

Maul's dying words being "he [Luke] will avenge us" vs. Trilla dying words as "avenge us" like BROOOOOOOO

No but like their lives and perspectives as dark side users being so centered around pain and hurting others that OF COURSE their "unfinished business" is for someone else to bring pain unto those who hurt them but NO!

Like Luke isn't about that! He tried to be in avenging his father but it didn't lead to anything other than pain and suffering (his hand, esb reveal) and really realized himself as a person and jedi when he focused on helping people in situations like Maul's and the inquisitors in the form of Vader, etc.

Like he's about HEALING. not about taking out vengeance for those harmed by the dark side but about saving them and helping them change and grow. AND making a better future in so that what happened to them wouldn't happen again!

Because like Luke never "avenged" Maul or any of the others like him. That, while what they believe they want, wouldn't end up bringing them peace, it would just continue the cycle. Honestly I don't think even Vader avenged any of these people. Like MAYBE Maul's spirit could have taken some satisfaction over Vader killing Palpatine but like the Inquisitorious???? Hell nah! Bc like VADER was their monster, not Palpatine (as seen with ppl like Reva)

Just AAAGGGHHH

So like with their dying breath these hurt people who became people who hurt others asked for vengeance, they asked for more violence begetting violence, which of course, would have just led to more pain and suffering for everyone, and more hurt back on them as well. But like Luke stopped the cycle. He changed that by letting it die with Vader and Palpatine, by refusing to continue hurting others in exchange for the hurt done to others. Like something about Luke I think a lot of people (cough, Disney, cough) don't understand is that by the end of RotJ, he's realized his purpose in healing and rebuilding. Like in that movie, the old guard is taken out of the picture, Leia kills Jabba, the Sith take each other out, etc. Like it leaves space for something new in the galaxy, for rebuilding and for new, just, systems to be built in the first place. It's healing, from not just decades, but CENTURIES of abuse and pain.

Revenge isn't what's needed or what people like Maul, Trilla, Reva, and hell, even Barriss (as much as that writing was shit) desire, it's closure, and the ending of the cycle that caused them so much pain in the first place. That's what Luke does.