a good commentary – reckless & terribly gay

wetwareproblem:

twistedkate:

crayolasaurus:

what she says: i’m fine

what she means: the Entire Point ™ of the original star wars trilogy was that Luke Skywalker, the truest Jedi there ever was, did NOT follow the ways of the old Jedi and made his own way. Where his masters told him not to help his friends, not to be attached, not to try and save his father, he DID all of those things, all while staying true to himself and to the light side, using that attachment and love and care to do so. Pop culture and casual Star Wars fans all seem to ignore this fact and idealize the old Jedi ways, even while hating on the prequels, and in doing this they fail to understand the entire moral of the original trilogy. Luke Skywalker is one of the best characters in film history and him and his character arc and significance being so widely misunderstood is just an utter tragedy

@f1rstperson

The old Jedi ways – detachment, thinking yourself above it all, refusing to care about anyone or anything – those ways culminated in Darth Vader. It could never have been any other way.

If there is a point to the prequels, that is it.

Vader was not inevitable (thought something like him was, that was always the apotheosis of the Jedi) – not until Anakin’s fate was entirely in he hands of ever-so-wise detached men. Men who had forgotten how to care for a traumatized young boy, the slave son of a slave who had already seen unfathomable cruelty before they ever knew he existed. Men who pontificated wisely on how apolitical they were as a tyrant seized the throne.

The moment they got their hands on him, the rise of Darth Vader was a foregone conclusion. That is the lesson of those three hated films – the moment you stop loving, you forget how to be kind. You forget how to pursue justice. You will inevitably usher in evil, because you don’t care enough to recognize or stop it.

The only way for the Jedi to be anything but a failed wreck was to reject all of those old ways – to be gloriously attached, to care about the world and everyone in it, to love and act on that love. Mercy, kindness, and justice flow naturally from that path. The only way the Jedi could be worth rebuilding was for Luke to abandon everything they once stood for.

Those ways? Those ways toppled an Empire of hatred.