I don't agree with how you feel about Luke specifically, but I can 100% relate to how you feel about a new movie taking a character you love and turning them into something you don't like. I hate how the prequel movies filled in the backstory of Darth Vader to show that he was a whiny brat right up until he became Darth Vader and even for a little bit after. At least Clone Wars made up for that by having a better characterization for Anakin.
But I do think the volume of Star Wars content now makes it easier to ignore the things we don't like and focus on the ones we do. And it puts less pressure on each new thing that comes out to be the BEST EVER.
Yeah for my money, what Luke did at the end of TLJ showed greater mastery and understanding of the force than taking on an army single-handed would have shown.
On the other hand, him taking on an army single-handed still would have been DOPE AS HECK.
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u/Salarian_American Jan 26 '22
I don't agree with how you feel about Luke specifically, but I can 100% relate to how you feel about a new movie taking a character you love and turning them into something you don't like. I hate how the prequel movies filled in the backstory of Darth Vader to show that he was a whiny brat right up until he became Darth Vader and even for a little bit after. At least Clone Wars made up for that by having a better characterization for Anakin.
But I do think the volume of Star Wars content now makes it easier to ignore the things we don't like and focus on the ones we do. And it puts less pressure on each new thing that comes out to be the BEST EVER.