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It was never up to Luke to save everyone, and he never thought that. To the contrary, Luke needed constant saving throughout the OT. That's one of the things I loved most about that story, especially ANH. Yes, it was Luke's story and he made the bullseye shot on the Death Star, but it took everyone (Obi-Wan, Han & Chewie, the droids, Leia, and even Wedge) to get him there. Han also saved his life at the start of ESB, and even C-3PO helped save him and the others from an embarrassing Ewok death in RotJ (although Luke himself used the Force to play a pivotal role in that). During RotJ's climactic battle, Luke's conflict with Vader/Palpatine was deeply personal and had little to do with which side actually won (the Ewoks disabling the second Death Star's blast shield decided that, which is one of the reasons that movie was controversial). From an Empire vs Rebellion standpoint, Luke's role in the final 30 minutes was almost inconsequential.

IMO, the OT never built Luke up to be the "chosen one" to the extent that Anakin was in the PT and Rey is now. The OT was much more of a team effort, which is one of the reasons I think of Luke as a team player - they were ALL team players. That's one of the reasons those characters were so endearing to fans.

The idea of Luke contemplating the murder of a sleeping family member is dicey, but I'll buy it. It's certainly an interesting direction to take the character and it paints the darkness within Ben Solo as something to be truly feared. But the idea of making Luke pack up and run is way too at odds with the character we saw in the OT. That guy would have stayed and done his part to make things right (or at least try to).
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