Luke's always struggled with the dark side and his impulsive instinct. I don't find it impossible to believe that his thoughts might betray Kylo for just an instant.
Yes, he typically runs towards his problems, but what if he believes he is the problem? That's he's not the all-powerful Wise Jedi Master with the plan to defeat the First Order that everyone else thinks he is? That having everyone else waiting for him, wondering when he'll show up, relying on him to appear and save the day for them (which TFA and TLJ both point out is the actual case), makes them worse off than figuring out that they have to stand on their own two feet and come up with a solution themselves?
With that sort of perspective, and some really fresh self-loathing thrown into the mix, I can square that with the Luke from the original trilogy.
Yes, Rey's force skills are off. Her natural strength in the force I can buy, but her level of finesse with it doesn't match what we already understand about how the need for force training works. It bugs me too.
I didn't spot that Qui-Gon was the first force ghost. I didn't realise he was quite so powerful a Jedi, to have been the one to have discovered such an immensely powerful... power.
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Date: 2018-01-09 11:36 pm (UTC)Yes, he typically runs towards his problems, but what if he believes he is the problem? That's he's not the all-powerful Wise Jedi Master with the plan to defeat the First Order that everyone else thinks he is? That having everyone else waiting for him, wondering when he'll show up, relying on him to appear and save the day for them (which TFA and TLJ both point out is the actual case), makes them worse off than figuring out that they have to stand on their own two feet and come up with a solution themselves?
With that sort of perspective, and some really fresh self-loathing thrown into the mix, I can square that with the Luke from the original trilogy.
Yes, Rey's force skills are off. Her natural strength in the force I can buy, but her level of finesse with it doesn't match what we already understand about how the need for force training works. It bugs me too.
I didn't spot that Qui-Gon was the first force ghost. I didn't realise he was quite so powerful a Jedi, to have been the one to have discovered such an immensely powerful... power.