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Punished_Blinx posted...

Luke isn't in the same scenario as he was with Vader.

Ben was his responsibility. Teaching the Force is dangerous. Look at how strict the Jedi overall is and how cautious they are of giving into the Dark Side. It's an entirely different dynamic. Ben's failure is his failure and on top of that he is family. If Ben follows the path of Vader he knows that he unleashed that back out into the galaxy.

It was a single scared thought that was overall orchestrated by Snoke just as planned. Luke wouldn't have killed him but for a brief second he thought of the consequences of what could happen if he didn't. Everyone in the saga makes mistakes that the bad guys usually capitalize on and his was a grave one.

But it's not a mistake he would make.

Maybe if Ben actually DID something, sure. But "I sensed inner darkness and so I drew my weapon to kill him for bad things I think he might do, before I thought better of it?"

That's a hell of a thing. This wasn't a daydream. He had his weapon drawn.

And then he STILL fucks off to mope while the monster he made goes about systematically murdering his family and friends. And destroying planets. Like, the absurdity keeps compounding.