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#so basically what this means is Luke is a true Jedi #the lightsaber is not what defines him as a Jedi nor does it control his destiny and his life #a lightsaber is only a tool #what makes Luke a Jedi is his compassion and empathy which he makes most clear in this moment #this very moment when he throws away his lightsaber and puts himself at the mercy of love and of the Force #you might say that Luke is perhaps the first Jedi in this sense

#someone finally made this gifset  #i’m so glad#this is all i’ve ever wanted  #luke skywalker  #the only true jedi  #the jedi who did come here to free slaves  #‘this weapon is your life’ anakin is told  #anakin who spends his whole life being a weapon  #until there’s luke  #luke who throws away his lightsaber  #luke who insists that a life is always more important than a weapon  #and that no person can be reduced to a weapon  #luke who refuses to kill his father even though all of his teachers tell him he must  #luke who places such absolute value on his father’s agency that he’d literally rather die than deny it  #luke who identifies himself wholly and completely with his father  #in the very moment that he throws his weapon away  #and rejects the most fundamental teaching of the old jedi order  #luke who chooses to embody the unconditional love that his father so long ago claimed was the true calling of a jed  i#(but no other jedi has ever lived up to it)  #luke skywalker who is a jedi  #like his father before him  #like his father after him (via @fialleril)

and see i think this is what a lot of people miss about the original trilogy Vader isn’t redeemed so much as he is saved and he’s saved because Luke gives him back his agency by being empathetic and appealing to the good he knows is still inside his father and leaving his own fate in his admittedly monstrous father’s hands God I love this movie I love these characters

(via flaminganakin)

Good Thoughts. That post about the Dark Side being “the deep end” of The Force is interesting as a jumping off point, but I’ve always felt this is closer to it’s real nature, and it gets at what was wrong with The Order as well.

Like, it’s the Light Side that involves Trusting in the Force, putting yourself in Its hands, getting yourself out of its way, and letting It do Its thing through you. And it works, for the most part, passively. It brings things to you, it gets you places, It helps you to know how other people feel, it helps you to resolve situations without conflict, it helps you to protect yourself when conflict is unavoidable, and it helps you to do pretty much anything by “just knowing” how to do it. You don’t have to actually “do” anything for this to happen, which was the point of Yoda’s training; what you have to learn is how not to Do, how to get out of the way and listen, as The Force works through you to take care of things. Luke listened to The Force and himself(because he’s part of the Universe and thus part of The Force), he knew Vader could(and wanted to) be saved, he knew Vader could choose a different path, and he helped Vader to do that by refusing the fight; by, at the moment when he could kill him, choosing to forego his anger, get out of the way of his Feelings and what the Force was telling him, express those Feelings, and stop “fighting” physically, which was itself a spiritual victory over Palpatine’s corruption. That’s what following “The Light” really means; trusting in The Force completely, letting it lead you, listening to it, and not trying to force your will on it, and if you do that then events fall into place and everything works out, eventually. A “True” Jedi isn’t a weapon, and doesn’t need a weapon; they’re plugged into the will of the Universe itself.

The Dark Side is the flip of that. The Dark Side does not Trust in the Force, it seeks to Use it. Dark Jedi force their Will on the Force, twisting it, and through it reality, into the shape they want it to be, in pursuit of their own goals. But that, in itself, is a mistake because of course Jedi are as much a part of the universe as anything else, and their Feelings and desires are already factored in to the Will of the Force, along with everything else. The actions which most set Dark Jedi apart are the deeply unnatural ones; their desire to bring the dead back to life, or prolong their own lives, or twisting reality out of shape for the sake of ending the lives of others. And, unlike with the Light, Effort is a constant company to Dark Jedi “abilities”; they are constantly straining and pushing themselves, trying to grow “stronger in The Force” whereas effortlessness is the mark of the Light.

How this relates to the problem of the Order the folks above have already said. They saw themselves as warriors and weapons -as the role they played for secular society and the organization they had made rather than as conduits of The Force- and so they forced this Will to BE warriors and weapons upon The Force. That blinded them to non-immediate, non-combative dangers, to how far they had drifted from there true calling in favor of greater military strength and political clout, and finally to problems -like injustice, fear, inequality, and political corruption- which violence could not solve.

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clubjade:

“But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!”

“I get ribbed for that line because it was so whiny. And I remember at the time, I had to make it as juvenile as possible so that I can show how Luke matures later. So it should be embarrassing. It should be whiny and childish. But boy, has it come back to haunt me. I don’t think I ever got the chance to finally pick them up.” – Mark Hamill

#i’ve argued that since forever, #‘nah my favourite character is lu-’, #‘BUT POWER CONVERTERS’, #YES, #THAT’S PART OF WHY I LIKE HIM, #THAT WHINY LITTLE KID MARCHES INTO A CRIME LORD’S PALACE AND WRECKS EVERYTHING, #AND SAVES HIS FATHER’S SOUL, #WHAT HAVE YOU DONE LATELY (via anghraine)

I never thought about how meta Hamill got with his characterization.

Let the one who never, ever said something incredibly whiny as a teenager cast the first stone.

But yeah, Luke starts out as a bored and somewhat immature kid who dreams of adventure and feels that he’s being unfairly kept from the opportunity to achieve great things. One sympathizes; Tatooine really is a shithole planet, and it’s pretty obvious that Owen is making up excuses to keep Luke there as long as possible (which, as we later learn, is a decision informed by some very legitimate fears). And hell, even the power converter thing – what Luke really wants is to go hang out with his friends, which is probably the only thing to do in this place.

I think it’s easy to forget, though, that the first time Ben tells him he needs to come to Alderaan and learn to become a Jedi, Luke says no; the harvest is coming, and Uncle Owen needs him. The perfect opportunity knocks and Luke won’t take it because his sense of responsibility is still stronger than his discontent. Ben clearly disapproves, but I think it shows one of the most positive sides of Luke’s character. He feels gratitude and love for the people who raised him, and he chooses to honor that rather than indulge his own feelings. 

His love for others informs so many of his choices throughout the trilogy: leaving training to save Han and Leia, going back to Tatooine to save Han again (who really could’ve stayed in carbonite for the duration, if you think about it), trying to save his father instead of killing him. And it starts way back in the first movie, when he’s pissed off at Owen and hates the moisture farm, but he still wants to stay because he feels it’s the right thing to do.

#god i fucken love it when this post comes round #luke skywalker is an honourable kind and thoughtful kid who #as much as he complained about the farm #would never ever EVER just leave if owen and beru needed him #i mean think of why he ACTUALLY left #like… he was gonna drop obi-wan off at anchorhead and only ended up going because HIS FAMILY WAS MURDERED #(again) #and there LITERALLY WAS NO REASON FOR HIM TO STAY #his friends were all gone #his family was dead #the farm had been destroyed #the only thing he had left were the droids and obi-wan so ofc he went with them #star wars #god almight i love luke skywalker with every fibre of my not-impressive being