

What detractors will say: The scene where Leia is blasted out into space and supposedly dies, but then miraculously comes back to life and flies through space, like Mary Poppins, is cheesy to some fans.

Leia’s Space Mary Poppins Force Move Is Cheesy Rian Johnson knew the only way to give Star Wars fans something different and new was to subvert the false expectations they’d been building for years. Star Wars fans build up these expectations with theories and fan fiction, but by doing so, they steal the thunder of the storytellers trying to give them something fresh and special. We were kind of tipped off from the beginning that something must be wrong with Luke if he’s hiding out somewhere.Īlso, Luke Skywalker not being what we want him to be is the point of The Last Jedi. But The Force Awakens never gives us any indication that should be an expectation. We all wanted to watch Luke continue his hero’s journey. I understand the expectation that Luke Skywalker should have been running into the fray to fight the Dark Side. He’s spent, he’s done and he’s not wasting any more time in the fight. It makes total sense why Luke Skywalker would feel defeated after spending around 30 years of his life training Jedi only to see it all come crumbling down. Wracked with guilt for being the reason Ben Solo turns into Kylo Ren, Luke Skywalker goes into exile. Ben Solo slaughtered Luke’s apprentices and burned the temple to the ground. Luke Skywalker is a different person when we meet him again in The Last Jedi, especially because of the traumatic events that happened to him at the Jedi Temple.
