LogFAQs > #931749878

1. Luke (like his father) has always shown a proclivity to being assaulted via the mind. His brief flirtation with killing Ben is totally valid, especially since Snoke was manipulating his mind. He did not have years upon years of training from a young age and has no real defense against high level mental manipulation.

2. Luke did what his only two Jedi teachers did when he failed... he ran into exile. While he perhaps became more disillusioned than Obi-Wan or Yoda, they both still had a mission. Luke failed and had no mission. So he did what his other two teachers did... he went into exile and removed himself to contemplate. It is the exact same as Yoda and Obi-Wan, who both only revealed themselves when the time was right.

3. Since Luke had very little formal training, he honestly has very little understanding of how to properly train in the ways of the Jedi. He failed to train Ben, and was now fearful of training Rey. This is consistent with his character.

4. People have complained about how he dealt with the threat at the end. What was he supposed to do? Make the trip to that planet, get murdered, and be a rallying point for the First Order? Instead, know what he did? He faced off against a bunch of Walkers and didn't get touched. He faced off against Kylo Ren, the new master of the First Order, and clowned him. Made him look like a fool. He stalled the First Order long enough for the Resistance to escape, when they were at deaths door. Then he vanished without a trace.

Now he is a rallying point for all force users in the galaxy and the hope for the Resistance. He is a God damn fucking hero twice over, rather than going off to die.

... WTF are people talking about when they say it ruined his character? He wasnt some God of the Force. He was shown plenty of times to have loads of insecurity, impatience, and (like his father) a weakness to mental manipulation. All things that were shown in Last Jedi.

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