Yoda predicted the worst part of the Star Wars sequel

According to Chris Snellgrove
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Star Wars fans had a lot of hate for the sequel trilogy for many reasons, but none as bitter as the portrayal of Luke Skywalker. It was hard to watch this Rebellion hero as a burnt-out monk, and it was especially hard to watch the revelation that he didn’t do Kylo Ren’s descent into evil. really begin until Luke is tempted to kill his nephew. It seemed remarkably out of character, but Yoda himself actually predicted the worst part of the Star Wars sequel when he warned Luke that “once you set out on a dark path, your destiny will forever be controlled.”

Luke, Yoda and the Dark Path

Before he met Yoda (and long before the Star Wars sequels were produced), Luke Skywalker’s Jedi training consisted of a long weekend with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Fortunately, Kenobi’s own diminutive Jedi Master provided Luke with a more extensive education, including warnings about how even a single step towards the Dark Side could taint his destiny forever. However, we see that Luke has taken a few steps down the dark path, and most fans don’t realize that his murderous thoughts about Kylo Ren are the result of these earlier mistakes.

Luke’s first step down the dark path was probably his failure in the cave on Dagobah The Empire strikes backwhen he took his weapons inside (literally choosing violence despite Yoda’s warnings) and fought the phantom Darth Vader who turns out to be Luke (a clear warning that he is in danger of becoming his father). Luke also discarded his training to go help Han, Leia, and Chewbacca despite Yoda’s warning that it would “destroy everything they fought and suffered for”.

And inside Return of the JediEmperor Palpatine successfully goads Luke into trying to kill him after stating that “the hatred is growing within you now”. When Vader blocks the killing blow, Luke directs his rage at his father, with the script specifically stating that he “realizes he’s using the Dark Side.

Luke doesn’t listen

So what does this history lesson have to do with Yoda’s words and the most controversial element of the Star Wars sequel? In short, a Jedi Master he warned Luke that following the dark path would lead to a dark destiny, but that wasn’t enough to keep Luke from doing it. A few years later (as we found out in The Last Jedi), in a moment of weakness, Luke is tempted to kill the young Ben Solo because he believes “Snoke has already turned his heart” and Ben, “will bring destruction and pain and death and the end of all, to love for what he becomes.”

Rey has to tell Luke, “You let him down by thinking his choice was made,” echoing Luke’s own thoughts about Vader. Return of the Jediand insists that “there is still a conflict within him”. Sure, there was good in Kylo Ren, and his redemption helped Rey finally defeat Emperor Palpatine in The Rise of Skywalker. A famous Jedi Master Luke Skywalker was clearly wrong in his assessment of Ben Solo, and the simplest explanation is that Yoda was right: his destiny in the Star Wars sequels was still “controlled” by those earlier mistakes from the original trilogy.

While Yoda’s dark prophecy may explain Luke’s controversial choices, this explanation is unlikely to sway Star Wars fans who hated the sequel trilogy. No matter how well motivated the character change is, seeing a passionate hero turned into a nihilistic burnout is never fun. Together, we can simply hope for it Disney will do better in the future and that their first steps down the dark path of the sequel trilogy will not forever control the fate of this franchise.