Friday, September 09, 2005

Luke Skywalker: The Only Hope?

I was thinking this morning while having writers block: What made Luke Skywalker so qualified that he could actually bring back the Jedi way? The movies sure as hell don't make him look like the perfect choice, so that is what I am basing this on (because most of my visitors are not aware of his vast enhancement in skills that takes place in the books).

Let's start with the amount of training he received. He knew Obi-Wan for what, less than a week? Ben (as Luke knew him as) saved him from the Sand People, then died on the Death Star days later. All we see that he teaches Luke is using his senses to touch with the Force, that and very minimal lightsaber techniques.

Yoda, I am positive, showed him a lot more. Luke became more aware of his surroundings by then, and could feel the power of the Dark Side in the cave on Dagobah. Luke could focus on more than one object with the Force, but he was very impatient. He foolishly rushed to Cloud City only to fall into a trap for misreading a vision. He could also communicate with Leia and Darth Vader through the Force.

Wow, he came a long way between ESB and ROTJ. Did you see him use the Jedi Mind Trick (not Force Mind Trick, yes I am still upset about that) on Bib Fortuna? And the flips he did on the sail barge? His dueling techniques became on par with his second confrontation with Vader, but we also see his anger ruled him and allowed for the overpowerment of the Sith Lord.

Ok pretty much the small amount of training he received plays a big part, because I covered a lot there. Actually that covers pretty much all I wanted to say. What a crappy topic. But it had to be done. I covered a lot more about the Jedi Order, so read that.

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