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Lord_Hydronium
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5/31/05 9:18pm
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God, Luke is such a doofus
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...he said in good fun. 
With all respect towards the man, Luke is really quite the dork in ANH. Let's take it from the top:
Toschi Station. Power converters. We all know and love (?) this. And Owen's response about "wasting time with your friends" is what really gets me. Luke's idea of a good time with his friends on a lazy afternoon is buying power converters. Do you suppose his dates went along the same lines? No wonder he's so awkward around Leia.
"Oh, Biggs was right, I'm never going to get out of here." And I'm sure playing with a toy ship is really going to fix that.
So he cleans up the droids, and R2 starts playing Leia's message. Now I know the only women in his life are Beru and Camie, but geez, could he be any more obsessed over her? He even ignores poor 3PO. Then the message ends, and what's his first reaction? Knowing Luke, pick one:
a) A sincere, heartfelt request to R2 to play more.
b) Ignoring what he's told is only scraps of an old message and getting on with his life.
c) Whining.
Anyone who picked a) or b) fails this forum.
Luke's transition from "Those droids are going to be fine" to "How about the academy?" (credit goes to JBRO_13 for pointing this out in his Viewer's Guide). A pretty awkward segue, but you know he thinks he's being smooth.
Luke is actually pretty smooth looking for R2. He even does the old trick of telling them you're doing a chore in order to sneak out of the house.
Not really a doofus moment, but I love that bug-eyed stare Luke does as he comes back to consciousness. It's kind of goofy, so I'll count it.
Luke's long story about not being able to see the rest of Leia's message is cut off when it immediately starts playing for Obi-Wan. Obi-Wan, cool customer as always, interrupts with a simple "I seem to have found it".
Luke's crowning moment: Obi-Wan has told him that the Jedi are almost extinct, and he has to come to Alderaan to save Leia, fight the Empire, and become a Jedi Knight. And what's Luke response? "Nope, sorry, I have chores to do." Save the galaxy? I'd love to, but I have to clean my room!
Nothing really upon arriving at Mos Eisley, although I do think it's funny how Luke completely misses Obi-Wan's mind trick and wonders how they got away. And it's not even like "Gee, I wonder why that guy acted so weird and repeated everything you said." He really seems to think it was completely random.
Obi-Wan: "This place can be a little rough." Luke, hard-boiled tough-as-nails frontiersman: "I'm ready for anything." I'm sure you are, Luke. Of course he has to prove his experience in bars with the casual "I'll have what he's having", although I get the feeling Luke usually only orders drinks that have "virgin" in their names. Then he has to get into a bar fight, wherein he doesn't get in a single blow, and his sole contribution is to go crashing into a table. Then he starts acting like a hotshot pilot when talking to Han, only to get shushed by Obi-Wan. All in all, Luke's not really going to be picking up the ladies in bars anytime soon. ("So, want to go back to my place and check out my power couplings?")
And we're on the Death Star, with no notable mishaps in between other than getting shot by the remote. He learns Leia's on board, and wants to go to her rescue, Han doesn't want to, etc. Not only does Luke sure know an awful lot about what Leia's willing to pay Han, his thoughts are really running on their own wavelength here. "She's the one in the message!" he say to the man who doesn't even know about the message. And he caps it off with a nice, whiny "Butthey'regonnakillher!"
The plan: going undercover as stormtroopers. To do this, one must pretend to be a stormtrooper. One must look like and act like a stormtrooper. One must not say in the middle of a crowded hallway things like "I can't see a thing in this helmet!"
Arriving at Leia's cell, he takes a while to realize no one's going to recognize his boyish good looks under that helmet (although the head-cocking might be a good giveaway). Then follows another of my favorite Luke moments: "I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you!" "You're who?" "I'm here to rescue you!" Yes, that's fine, but it doesn't really answer her question, does it?
Luke starts making back cool points in the garbage compactor by saving the day. 3PO loses them for forgetting the comlink (and just how does a droid forget, anyway?).
Luke redeems himself for everything in the picture up to this point with his swashbuckling swing to freedom. Although he loses a few first by blasting the controls he needs to escape.
Luke makes some more cool points by single-handedly almost wiping out the stormtrooper population of the docking bay.
"I care." Yes, Luke, I think she gets it.
Nothing really until the hangar scene. His guilt trip of Han is just great: "Take care of yourself. I guess that's what you're best at." ICE BURN.
A few more gems in his conversation with Leia. Starting with that delivery of "Oh, it's Han", which really deserves a "Have you two been fighting again?" type of response. Then a Luke-pimpin' moment: "I only wish...Ben were here." Look at that look he's giving her; he's totally expecting some sympathy play. But he's about to go to war, so a kiss is all he gets.
Luke's cool in battle.
And, at the end, he tops it all off with that hideous yellow jacket.
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Rouge_Three
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5/31/05 9:26pm
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The fun isn't in buying the power converters, but in putting it into a T-16 and flying it through Beggars Canyon. Owen knows it will lead to Luke flying around with his friends and that's what he's talking about when he says Luke can waste time later.
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Circle_Is_Complete
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Ive done posts like this in the past and people get upset. Be prepared for some critism..I totally agree with you. ANH Luke was easy to make fun of, he was written that way though. I never knew if Mark Hamil was playing the part well or that he brought the extra whininess. I love when Han asks who will fly the ship if they buy there own. "You bet i can, im not such a bad pilot myself..we dont have to sit here and listen to this.", then pointing in the MF,"Whats that flashing!" and finally his reaction after Han asks what he thinks about a princess like her and a guy like him Lukes reaction is hillarious. Funny thing is Han knows what he's doing. This could go on so i will stop with that.
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Lord_Hydronium
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5/31/05 9:37pm
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RE: God, Luke is such a doofus
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Ive done posts like this in the past and people get upset. Be prepared for some critism..I totally agree with you. ANH Luke was easy to make fun of, he was written that way though.
I agree, this isn't designed to be bashing Luke, who I think was written fine, or Mark, who I think acted exactly the way he should have. Luke is whiny, that's part of his character, and it fits with his role as the callow inexperienced youth. As I said, it's all in fun, just to catalogue the development of that awkward teen that is Luke Skywalker.
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MikeSolo
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5/31/05 10:06pm
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I never realized that about Luke talkin about how great a pilot he is to Han in the cantina.........then he is like what is that flashing ?? some great pilot  Stick to flying your X-Wing Luke.
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5/31/05 10:19pm
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And, at the end, he tops it all off with that hideous yellow jacket.
Eh! I like that jacket!
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arwen_sith
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6/1/05 1:33am
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Great writeup Hydronium. Had me in stitches laughing, but it's true. GL seems to have a penchant for whiny teens, cf Anakin in AOTC who was ten times worse.
I can deal with the jacket, but the yellow flight visor is hideous IMO.
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Yeah, I always wondered how so much fun was to be had in something akin to buying batteries at Radio Shack.
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I think it's pretty safe to say that if roles were reversed, Luke would be the Star Wars fan boy.
I just love the "What's the flashing" line. They are this close to getting blown up and Luke starts acting like a 5 year old.
And that Toshi Station quote just never gets old.
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I like the jacket too.
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DarthWeenie
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Lets dont forget his truly inspired moment of genius as he formulated his top-notch strategy to keep those enemy fighters off his tail.
Does that make Luke a doofus, or everyone else in the battle of Yavin for not thinking to actually GO full throttle? Oughtta keep those enemy fighters off our tails? Um... Indeed.
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Great post. I agree. Luke is not smooth in the begining. Something your forgot--In Mos Eisley he gets the attention of the bar tender by tugging on his shirt. But that's the point. He's suposed to be isolated on a farm with his Aunt and Uncle.
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Don't forget when Luke goes hogwild, shouting "I got him! I got him!"
Sounded like a farmboy who had just shot a couple of womp rats. It was only a TIE fighter. Great kid! Don't get cocky.
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How about when he flinches like a sissy after trying to put handcuffs on Chewie. "Uh, Han, you do it."
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Love Luke, for all the above reasons. King of the Dorks! He totally loses his dorkiness in ROTJ, maybe that's why I don't like that movie as well.
"But I was going to the TOSHI station to pick up some POWER converters!" might just be my favorite line of all six movies. I remember on opening day at the 1999 rerelease that line drew happy applause, so I guess I'm not the only one.
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