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Just spent an hour trying to explain TLJ Luke's character arc to someone, and a lot of their arguments were the same ones I see people use on this app. And briefly, a lot of it boils down to, "That's not my Luke Skywalker."
To put it bluntly: that's the point. (1/9)
To put it bluntly: that's the point. (1/9)
Luke has had thirty years to change. And he changed. He made choices, and he made mistakes, and he carried the weight of all those mistakes with him. The night he visited Ben, the night the temple was destroyed? That was the straw that broke the camel's back. (2/9)
He couldn't be what everyone needed him to be. He'd been trying for so long, but he made mistakes and he reached his breaking point: the point where he believed that his best wasn't good enough, and that everyone would be better off without him. (3/9)
Was he right? Was he wrong? No one will ever know. Because for better or worse, he chose to remove himself from the scene.
"My Luke Skywalker would never run."
Well, he was never your Luke Skywalker. (4/9)
"My Luke Skywalker would never run."
Well, he was never your Luke Skywalker. (4/9)
We have images in our minds, of who we think people are. But we can never know someone completely, never see all the layers that make them who they are. So if they show a part of themselves that doesn't fit the image we built...they're out of character. (5/9)
"He's not my Luke Skywalker."
Do you see what's happening here? The disconnect between who we think he is, and who he really is? We can analyze people all we want, but we'll never fully understand them. And that's okay. (6/9)
Do you see what's happening here? The disconnect between who we think he is, and who he really is? We can analyze people all we want, but we'll never fully understand them. And that's okay. (6/9)
It's okay to not understand someone, as long as we can accept them. If we keep saying they're not themselves, we're invalidating them by willfully ignoring that they're showing us a new part of them. (7/9)
"He's a fictional character; he could have been written differently."
Yeah, he could have. He could have been Legends Luke, the superhero. But Legends Luke just built on the original image. TLJ Luke challenged it, and challenged us: the way real people challenge us. (8/9)
Yeah, he could have. He could have been Legends Luke, the superhero. But Legends Luke just built on the original image. TLJ Luke challenged it, and challenged us: the way real people challenge us. (8/9)
"He's not my Luke Skywalker."
You can hold onto that; I won't stop you. But I wonder what would happen if you stopped denying this new layer, stopped trying to fit it into your image of him...and just accepted that he never truly was your Luke Skywalker. (9/9)
You can hold onto that; I won't stop you. But I wonder what would happen if you stopped denying this new layer, stopped trying to fit it into your image of him...and just accepted that he never truly was your Luke Skywalker. (9/9)
