![]() ![]() While that may appeal to some of The Last Jedi's detractors, it means what The Rise of Skywalker offers is a reductive take on the saga's greatest hero, stripping Luke of the complexities that had been built up over several movies and lots of battles. ![]() Abrams is patting the audience on the head and telling them not to worry, because the Luke Skywalker they know and love is back - the Jedi Knight in shining Force ghost armor. Firstly, as with The Rise of Skywalker on a broader scale, it feels like pandering like J.J. There are a couple of problems with this Luke. ![]() This Luke felt at odds with the one seen in The Last Jedi - and very much by design - as he catches the saber, gives Leia's lightsaber to Rey, and sends her off on her merry way to defeat the Dark Lord of the Sith that is Palpatine. It was no surprise, then, when he re-appeared as a Force ghost on Ahch-To, but the nature of his appearance was a disappointment. Luke's death in Star Wars: The Last Jedi was never likely to stop him from appearing in some way in The Rise of Skywalker, given it was billed as the end of the Skywalker saga, and as such as series that he himself was at the very center of. For those who see The Rise of Skywalker as nothing but a response to The Last Jedi and a nostalgia-fest, then Luke comes to represent the worst that movie has to offer too. Seeing the person who brought down the Empire, and redeemed Anakin Skywalker, turn into this - and what's more, someone who even ignited his lightsaber on his own nephew - was seen in some quarters as a betrayal of who Luke was, and that plays out in a macro sense when talking about what The Last Jedi represents to Star Wars canon for those same fans.Ĭonversely, The Rise of Skywalker's Luke was the complete opposite a 180 flip from The Last Jedi, he may be a Force ghost but he feels more like the Luke of old, catching the lightsaber and encouraging Rey in her defeat of Palpatine. Far removed from the hero fans thought they knew, this is a Luke was has turned himself off from the Force, and even tosses his lightsaber away like it's meaningless. Luke Skywalker represents the division and debate over the two movies in a microcosm: to those who disliked The Last Jedi, he's a great example of what the movie got wrong. ![]()
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