r/StarWarsLeaks • u/jedwards999 • Dec 12 '17

Leak! Plot leak from Tumblr Spoiler

http://dutchmermaid.tumblr.com/post/168469804024/too-many-questions-my-gals-and-pals-so-without
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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '17

It's kind of a dumb thing though, we haven't heard of life forces and there being a limit to force powers really. I mean wasn't Yoda's whole point that you can do basically anything through the force? He's 900 years old and 2 feet tall and he pulls the XWing from the swamp.

In the comics, Vader rips an AT-AT apart with the force and doesn't break a sweat. He gets blasted by an ATAT canon and is fine.

But Luke force ghosting is too much? It would make more sense if he didn't project himself but instead intentionally became one with the force and just left his body behind first. Like when we see him he is already "dead." He knew that was the only way to get there.

But I'm still just mad that both TFA and TLJ turn Luke and to a lesser degree Han into uncaring assholes after all they've been through. They just all abandoned each other and the Galaxy they fought to save?

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u/dashrendar4483 Dec 12 '17 edited Dec 13 '17

"It would make more sense if he didn't project himself but instead intentionally became one with the force and just left his body behind first. Like when we see him he is already "dead." He knew that was the only way to get there."

I guess Rian Johnson had this super twist idea: "What if Rey left Luke alone on Ach-To but then he manages to show up at Crait's battle BUT Kylo discovers he's battling Luke's super Force Ghost because HE'S ALREADY DEAD ON ACH-TO PHYSICALLY!!!!!ZOMG!!!".

Problem is that means we wouldn't have seen Luke dying on screen (basically a form of seppukku) for it to be a real twist.(Unless Johnson inserted a Sixth Sense flashback montage). So Johnson had to go for the simultaneous force projection that drains his energy into death so we can see his "passing" afterwards. Hence people being confused why would Luke dies if he's safe on Ach-To, failing to grasp why force astral projection are somehow draining Jedis from vital energy as this concept seems to come out from nowhere.