cute, i chuckled.

TLJ is second only to ESB in the saga.

Did we watch the same movie? He didn’t kill him, and didn’t want to kill him. He felt the pain of all the people Ben would kill in the future, and rushed to their defense. And when he realized what defending them would entail, he turned off his saber. He was not willing to kill his own nephew, even to save the lives of many.

This is the dark side of the Force. It tempts you to be reckless, to act on emotion, and to let the ends justify the means. Luke resisted the temptation, this time. If he had been trained more thoroughly in the Jedi way, and learned to suppress his emotions from childhood, he might have caught himself before rushing out of bed armed and ready, and the vision might not have come to pass, but this is a difficult task for a mostly self-trained Force user. And, let’s be honest, he is also the son of the legendarily hot-headed Anakin Skywalker.

I mean, he almost did kill his father. Yoda was right, Luke is reckless, and this was the trained, more disciplined Luke. He fell right into the Emperor’s trap, and if the Emperor hadn’t been himself blinded in his joy of attacking, he would have realized Vader just got compromised.

I really really wish someone competent would reboot the entire thing from the very beginning and do a long-term investment into the story like the slow-burn and complex lead-ins of the early Marvel films between Iron Man and End Game.

Like, write a mature, adult-themed violent arch that covers more complex shit like relationships and political inteigue, like early 5 seasons of Game of Thrones, and also make a completely separate kid-friendly arch that prudes, Mormons and families can enjoy together as well.

I mean, how close are most people to their nephews really.