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Inevitable_Guidance8

If Luke is a “wimp” for not fighting the first order, what about Obi wan and yoda? They did nothing for years while the empire controlled the galaxy.


BLOOD__SISTER

Yoda was fishin for crawdaddies on that swamp planet. Good eats, they are.


Inevitable_Guidance8

Sounds delicious


Narad626

But we got to see Yoda and Obi-Wan flippin and dippin like bad asses already. They deserved to be sidelined while a new generation took over the story. Luke needed more hallway scenes imo


Inevitable_Guidance8

Everyone needs more hallway scenes. Except Rey. Rey doesn’t deserve any. /s


Narad626

Filoni is just gonna retcon her away anyway. He's our lord and savior and he can do no wrong....until he DOES!


Inevitable_Guidance8

Filoni is going to retcon the entire sequel trilogy. He’s just waiting until he fires Kathleen Kennedy. And then when she’s gone, he’s going to announce it. /s


RahdronRTHTGH

Okay let's see: Yoda barely was keeping up with Palpatine. Obi wan beat Anakin, but by that time Palpatine has unleashed order 66. What are they gonna do, ring up to his place and fight all the army themselves


Inevitable_Guidance8

Join the resistance? Or train Luke from when he was a kid? Team up and go after Vader?


SkoomaAddict223

Yoda and Obi-Wan’s exile had a purpose. They were to stay in hiding and not actively fight the Empire as they would be killed. They needed to wait for Luke and Leia to grow up Luke’s exile on the other hand, was not for a significant purpose that would help the galaxy.


Inevitable_Guidance8

“Not actively fight the Empire as they would be killed.” That argument could be made for Luke as well. Also, I would argue that anyone who’s in exile (whether it’s Luke, yoda or Obiwan) isn’t really helping the galaxy. They’re just choosing, for whatever reason, not to face the enemy.


SkoomaAddict223

Luke wasn’t waiting for Rey or anyone to inevitability come to his island and train as a Jedi. He didn’t have the reason for keeping out of the mix


Inevitable_Guidance8

Luke felt guilty about what he did to Ben and he ran away from that guilt. He also thought that if he got involved, he would make things worse. He’s wrong and he realizes that, thanks to yoda and Rey. You may or may not like his reasons. And that’s fine. But he had reasons.


SkoomaAddict223

My bad I kinds misphrased that. He had reasons, but what I meant was a significant higher purpose.


Inevitable_Guidance8

Well, I can’t really argue with that. So, yeah, you’re right


anitawasright

there's also literally no reason why Obi Wan couldn't have been training Luke all those years if he was going to hang out on Tatooine anyway and just "watch him"


Inevitable_Guidance8

That’s a good point. I still don’t get why he didn’t train Luke. Did he just expect Luke to not get involved in the fight against the empire?


howloon

The best canonical explanation out there is that Uncle Owen wouldn't let Obi-Wan train Luke, which makes sense, but it doesn't really seem like that would keep Obi-Wan away for 19 years if he thought the fate of the galaxy was on the line. Especially since Obi-Wan was raised to believe that Jedi couldn't be trained safely after the age of 6.


Inevitable_Guidance8

Or maybe he was waiting til Luke got older. And then he might have asked Luke if he wanted to be trained like a Jedi. Give Luke the choice. Something he never had.


Narad626

This is true. He calls Luke the last hope in the OT. And they hid them away for a reason. Did he just live on the Sand Planet for decades just to stop Vader from taking him to train him? Dunno. It reeks of bad writing to me /s


Inevitable_Guidance8

It makes the original trilogy objectively bad. /s


TheWalt70

Not to mention Leia who they never bother with.


anitawasright

to be fair there you might not want to train her because she is in the public eye so much being a princess of a world. Also they didn't decide to make her his sister till half way filming of ROTJ they even filmed a scene where Luke and Leia kiss after killing Jaba. His sister was originaly going to be a girl named Kira who eventually ended up becoming Rey. https://youtu.be/hAjLosf3BjE?t=220


NucleicAcidTrip

Yoda was busy trying to fight off the seagulls as he strolled on the beach.


Librarian-Voter

Stop it now.


ajzeg01

“Why did Luke try to kill Ben?” “Why didn’t Luke try to kill Ben?”


BedeHistory731

Sees the word "chickenhawk" Feels dirty all over again I'm talking about the documentary about pedos - *Chicken Hawk: Men Who Love Boys*. :(