For the life of me I don’t want to be a sequels hater, because the way fans reacted to those movies really soured my opinion of Star Wars for years, and I don’t want to pile on to the garbage that those movies get.

However. I fundamentally despise the what they did to Luke and I can’t not think about it anytime I think about Luke showing up in Disney brand Star Wars stuff. 

Because now that I’ve seen the prequels, now that I have the full picture, Luke becoming a bitter and pathetic old man that fell on his own sword goes against not just the themes of the originals, but the whole damn story.

Luke is not meant to be a pathetic Obi-Wan type. He’s not supposed to be the master that failed and is stuck in his ways. We already got that with Yoda and Obi-Wan!!! Why rehash it with Luke?!????

Because like after watching the prequels, the original six movies create a pretty complete and whole story. Anakin wasn’t the chosen one, it was Luke who was the chosen one. He’s the one that brought balance to the force and destroyed the Sith. And he was able to do that because he refused to let go of his emotions and compassions. Whether Luke is literally “the chosen one” in canon, or just on a meta level, he is the one that’s going to restore the Jedi order and bring balance back to the force.

The whole point is that Luke won’t make the same mistakes that the Jedis before him did. The Jedi order fell because they were stuck in their ways and lost touch with what the Jedi were supposed to be for the galaxy. The Jedi order as it had been created the monster of Darth Vader. Their flaws are exactly what set up Anakin to fail, and the WHOLE POINT of Return of the Jedi was Luke setting him free and vowing to right the wrongs of the past. The Jedi Order under Luke was supposed to be different!!! Never in my life would Luke adhere to the no attachments rule, nor would he be so blind to the dark side of the force. Luke isn’t supposed to be Obi-Wan!!! He’s supposed to be Luke!!! He’s supposed to be the hero that never turns his back on his friends!! DOES THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP MEAN NOTHING TO YOU DISNEY

Anyway. If you like that interpretation of Luke, I’m not going to be one to poopoo on your fun. Nor am I going to loudly talk about how I hate the sequels. I’m neutral about them for the most part, aside from the butchering of Luke’s character. and like I feel so weird talking about how much I hate Luke in those movies because I know a lot of horrible people used that to be horrible to the actors online. And I don’t want to add to that.

But like idk. I just don’t like that this is the Luke was have now because Disney owns his soul. That this ending for him is “canon” now.

You may own his body Disney. But you’ll never have his spirit. Fuck you.