ST Luke Skywalker/Mark Hamill Discussion Thread [SEE WARNING ON PAGE 134]

I thought the Luke vs droids thing was peculiar. The scene with Vader and those rebels in RO came to my mind.

Father and son are equally terrifying - specially Luke's metal hand crushing that droid. A bit like Luke in Jabba's palace, and less like his softer, intimate version. It's the way is presented visually, of course, and has nothing to do with Luke being like Vader.

Maybe others won't see it like that in the future. That was certainly the case in the TLJ hut, 17 years after The Mandalorian - and 5-6 years after that show Luke decided to begin his temple. Balance was over.

I was also remembered of Rey meeting Luke in TFA, just before he turns around: the imperial march chords are heard (there's something similar going on musically in TLJ, when a terrified Kylo sees Luke: 'I want every gun we have to fire on that man')

In any case, The Mandalorian Luke is 100% compatible with TLJ Luke. The former is 100% more preferable than the latter for some I suppose.

Mandalorian Luke is closer chronologically to the evasive Luke Skywalker in Ken Liu's novel, which is seen from different perspectives and becomes ambiguous at times, like his own legend.

 

I really don't see how a 4 minute segment of Luke doing heroic things would bother people, unless they are insecure about the positive reception it is generally getting. I doubt Luke is going to be the new star of the Mandalorean. They can't de-age him permanently.

 

I don't think its got anything to do with TLJ. if people have issues with Luke. its likely because the use of Legacy characters in general. where they feel its a large universe full of new characters and Luke appearing makes it feel small and always leading back to him. its got nothing to do with competing TLJ luke with this Luke. i think thats a false perception. and if it is down to competing Lukes for the sake of competing... then thats stupid.

Really there is nothing to compare when it comes to Luke in The Mandalorian and Luke in TLJ. The Mandalorian is set 5 years after ROTJ. TLJ is set 30 years after ROTJ. you wouldn't expect him to be the same person 20 years on. let alone 30 years. 5 years after ROTJ you are gonna get a Luke thats close to ROTJ. 30 years on there is far less chance of that.

 

I've never seen @godisawesome this worked up before lol

 

@godisawesome

Oh dear…

Well, uh, I’m one of the few Certified Luke Stans not pleased with his Mando appearance. After having spent all s2 frustrated that the show seemed to be about everyone *but* Din Djarin I felt this appearance was the coup de grace. I’m not sure why the ep couldn’t have shaved some minutes off the hack-n-slash fest to develop - I dunno - the main character a touch more?

Luke has always been my #1 fave but I’m not going to applaud his appearances no matter where or how executed.

I’m happy for all my fellow stans who adored Luke’s appearance in the Mando s2 finale, though I still think folks. Would have been just as happy with slightly less lightsaber action.

 

Din got his battle, not just with a robot, but also with the villain. I think if they didn't use those dangerous robots they'd set up, that we'd seen be difficult for Din take on 1 of, I think that could be seen by some as a bit deflating. I think Din got a much more personal moment either way. I actually feel opposite where it almost, to me, feels like it's weird that Luke isn't involved in the scene more and doesn't have more of a discourse with Din. Like exchanging more words. As is, it feels kinda weird that Din and Grogu are having this personal moment and Luke's just off to the side chillin', not saying a word and having no engagement in this scene between these characters.

 

TBH that Luke sequence is the reason I watched the Mando in the first place. Saw first two eps when they came out and thought it was 'meh', the ST did a great job of making me not care about SW anymore so ignored it. My wife, who is not a fan, was interested so we watched both seasons in about 3 days. Still think it's not as good as most people say and the Luke scene was the best part.

 

The Mandalorian is excellent, easily the best Star Wars since RO, maybe ANH

I like Luke in the ST, but I have no problem admitting that his appearance in the Mandalorian was exceptional, I loved it, even with the cgi de-aged face, lol

And I don’t think it took away from Din Djarin at all, it’s still his show, part of why I like the show so much is it’s all about new characters, and I don’t think the appearance of Luke took away from that at all, though it was an awesome moment

 

I think if one didn’t care much about learning more about Din or developing his character or the episode stories revolving primarily around him, or if those things were just not high priorities as a viewer, one was more likely to love season 2.

I’m not one of those people.

As for Luke, I got far more out of LoLS than I did out of his Mando appearance. But, again, I acknowledge that I’m in the minority on this one.

 

I liked both seasons equally, I mean I don’t know which I would consider my favorite, I don’t always rank things after I watch them

That doesn’t mean I don’t care about the central character, Din Djarin, I thought his character was developed over the two seasons, he’s the main character after all, his relationship with Grogu is the heart of the whole show, Luke showing up at the end of season two doesn’t change that

 

I wanna read those discussions…

 

Thats funny I'm a pretty big Superman fan (mostly movies and games) and never even heard of the New 52. But I'm not really into comics. (Clearly)

 

just like everything else, some are good some are bad

 

Thanks!!

I suspect this Didio guy gets his last name deliberately mispronounced a lot…

 

Just like the Vader scene in RO. Why would fans ever want to see Vader being bad***?

 

Serving fans bad.

 

Oh that wasn’t the misreading I was thinking of…