Kino Wars: The Last Space Ronin

Why is it that brainlets on Sup Forums can't actually understand what the point of this film was? This was the best summation of Luke's true character arc. Even Hamill himself doesn't understand the character fully.

Luke was never truly a legend, he was always a character helped along his way either by fate, or by the help of others or just plain dumb luck. Rarely was he ever some kind of legendary hero, only in the minds of people in the galaxy and fans of the movies. Even at the end of Return of the Jedi when Vader turns to the Light, that's only because Luke is getting electrocuted to death. The one thing we can say about Luke is that he's always been the moral center of the series, influencing not just Vader but all of the characters in the series who meet him. This stays consistent in Johnson's film.

Rian Johnson chose to show us the real Luke Skywalker, not the legend that was spread through the galaxy. A man who failed in his most important task of all: rebuilding the Jedi Order. Instead he essentially helped to create Kylo Ren, and thus help the First Order. Knowing how much of a massive failure he was, Luke just wanted to escape before he created more problems. Rey comes to him searching for the figure of legend who fought the Empire, turned Vader and helped kill the Emperor: what she found was a broken man who knew he failed.

>Luke was never truly a legend

he blew up the fucking Death Star

In the end, Luke realizes that even if he himself was a failure, the galaxy still needs the LEGEND of Luke Skywalker. He was and always will be, A New Hope. That's why his last act of projecting his younger self standing alone to face The First Order was more of a display than a real fight. When Luke is unharmed and faces Kylo Ren alone, he is showing the world the Legendary Master Luke Skywalker. After he's helped the Rebels escape and shown the Galaxy hope one more time, the real Luke Skywalker is at peace and becomes one with the Force.

Empire Strikes Back was hated when it was released too. The Last Jedi is clearly the most brilliant film in the series so far, surpassing even the OT and in time will be held up as a masterpiece. In the end the villain is subverted and Kylo Ren has essentially, surpassed even Anakin Skywalker in how deeply he's fallen to the Dark Side. The romance which was always present in the series can now be between the heroes and villains, adding more depth and tension to the series. The ending also sets up a future which is always influenced by the Old Trilogy and Prequels, and yet free to move beyond them. Bravo, Disney.

Poe blew up an even bigger one and still fucked up in the sequel.

would have been a gorillion times better if he actually showed up and actually did any of this

With Han Solo covering his ass, Obi Wan helping him use the Force and Darth Vader distracted. Again, yes Luke did use the Force and his own talents, but there's no way he could have ever done it alone. Every act of heroism Luke Skywalker achieves is built on the backs of his friends, allies or simply plain luck. Luke himself knows this: everything he did in the Original Trilogy fails to be as important as his most crucial task: rebuilding the Jedi Order. At this task, Luke fails horribly.

In fact, one could say the most important thing Luke does in A New Hope is the same thing he does in this film: he INSPIRES others to try against all odds.

Even when they're discussion the attack on the Death Star, Luke is the only pilot who rises up and is certain there's a way to destroy it when everyone else is downspirited. When he raises their spirits, the whole fleet comes together to fight. Yes the most crucial shot is from Luke, but that doesn't discount how much everyone else helped him.

In this film it's the same. The future of the Rebellion and the Jedi themselves are INSPIRED by Luke's final act of helping the Rebels escape certain death. Luke jokes about facing the First Order alone with only a laser sword, but that's exactly what the "Legendary Luke Skywalker" does. Luke himself would have been obliterated completely, but the Legend needs to be something that can inspire millions to join the fight. Even though it's only a brief encounter, Luke's actions inspire the Rebels to build themselves up again, and even small children like Rey who come from nothing who now dream of being able to fight with the Force for freedom in the Galaxy.

Honestly, I'm 100% sure no one on Sup Forums could have ever thought of something better than this. The Last Jedi was the first film that elevated Star Wars from just being a fun science fiction romp to being a genuine work of kinematic genius.

sorry but after this film I can only see Jake the alien titty milker in this character instead of Luke Skywalker

Put down the bong user

He was always doing weird and wacky shit. On Tattooine he was living like trash and surviving on weird colored milk his aunt gave him. In Empire he cuts a Wompa open and sleeps inside it to survive. In Return of the Jedi he's chilling in a cave somewhere building a lightsaber.

Theres nothing weird about any of that

What a breath of fresh air

Quality b8s
Learn from these anons

>The one thing we can say about Luke is that he's always been the moral center of the series, influencing not just Vader but all of the characters in the series who meet him.

Not anymore. That was taken away. Rian Johnson made him a killer of younglings.

He didn't kill anyone.

Future Star Wars movies will involve new Force Abilities, a stream of new characters and conflicts, a more grounded approach to how this galaxy actually works and chooses not to just center around the Skywalker legacy.

Ben Solo could have chosen to call himself Skywalker or Darth or Kylo Vader or something like that. The character is not just the most original of the sequel trilogy but also represents the idea that even someone descended from Anakin Skywalker could choose to put the Skywalkers and Solos behind him and become his own person in his own form under the dark side.

Well if that's how you look at it, Luke spilling alien blue milk down his beard shouldn't surprise you that much. He's essentially never been shown eating/consuming anything remotely normal.

This is another point that's funny: Luke always had trips to the dark side. Whether it was in Empire where he disobeys Yoda and sees a vision of himself becoming Vader, or in Return of the Jedi where he just fucks up Jabba the Hutt's shit up by whichever means necessary and later on nearly kills his dad before realizing he's turning into him. Luke becoming angry and almost killing someone he immediately realizes he shouldn't is practically a hallmark of his character. If Rian Johnson didn't actually include this part, it might have made the character seem disingenuous to the original trilogy. And the sad part is none of the fans seem to appreciate this.

It's almost as if Rian Johnson misguidedly gave the Star Wars fanbase more intellectual credit than they deserve.

Theres alien and strange and then theres whats clearly meant to seem disgusting and degrading to the audience

Luke actually shows up.

Weirdly enough, I was just reading the new Star Wars comics and they make a point of Luke being unabashedly good and hopeful, even in the face of doom and having gone through the same traumatizing situations that others have went crazy over. You don't need to make Luke a cynic. He could've helped in any manner of ways. I think the only reason he was so cynical was to add more gravitas to him actually wanting to help. It was a retarded design decision.

t. Someone who loved the film, and actually loves all Star Wars.

Does he though? The projection is more like an invulnerable version of Luke. Would have been crazy if Luke actually clashed sabers with Kylo even as a hologram.

You'll eat all these words when they make a Luke Solo film and show his adventures inbetween ROTJ and ending up teaching at a temple.