gourimoko
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How come? Not a big enough fan to know his age, but I thought he was up there. Would rather he die in interesting fashion, then just wither away alone on some island.
Because I don't trust Disney to do it correctly; and Luke Skywalker was a hero of mine growing up as a kid...
Secondly, who exactly is supposed to kill Luke? He's not old enough to just get murdered given his ability with the Force.
Obi-Wan went up against Darth Vader, whom he couldn't handle, and he allowed himself to die rather than retreat, because he knew Luke would use his death coupled with the death of his parents as a reason to commit to becoming a Jedi, trained under Yoda.
In Luke's case; who in the galaxy can kill him in a direct confrontation? It damn sure isn't Kylo Ren. And if Snoke could do it, he wouldn't be hiding in the shadows. So the only other way to do it would be him essentially sacrificing himself; but again, for what?
I'd rather Luke just walk off gracefully into the sunset rather than getting murdered.
It's very much like the ending of Return of the Jedi. Rather than Lando getting killed within the Second Death Star as an ultimate sacrifice, he survives at the last second. It's one of the highlights of the entire trilogy. He walked off into the sunset, as did the rest of the characters.
These guys weren't supposed to end up as failures... Abrams just pushed a reset button by eliminating the accomplishments of all the characters.
And beyond that, honestly, I feel like if they're going to kill of Luke Skywalker then George Lucas should be consulted on the decision, how it should be handled, etc. It shouldn't be up to Rian Johnson and Disney to just kill off the most beloved Star Wars character, the lead character, of the franchise -- just to make a movie. There's other ways of making the film.
Lastly, Luke should be building a New Jedi Order; not getting laced. That was the original intent of Ep.7. I get that's the backstory of TFA, but to not have Luke in Ep.7 at all, then to kill him off in Ep.8 would be total bullshit....
I'd just give up on the franchise completely.