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Warning : Contains despoiler for Star Wars : Doctor Aphra # 40!Luke Skywalkerchoosing to last in expatriation during theStar Warssequel trilogy was met with immense criticism from the fandom , and while a telephone number of the complaints were justified , one insightful critique of Luke ’s persona may have just help clarify the billet . “ Clever , heartfelt , and naive ” is how Luke Skywalker was recently describe , as well as being someone whose promise for a brighter future tense never allow him to truly live in the present . So , how does someone like that react when there is no more ' bright future ' to trust for ?

InStar war : Dr. Aphra#40 by Alyssa Wong and Minkyu Jung , Aphra cook her own dying followingStar Wars’Dark Droidsevent . Aphra wanted to start up fresh , but to do that , she needed to do more than just fake her own decease - she needed credits . So , Aphra raided an ancient Jedi Temple and took a Good Book of Jedi schoolbook with the intention of sell it . As she did so , Aphra reflected on her life lead up to this point , and she even thought about Luke Skywalker , and what he ’d think about her current actions .

Doctor Aphra was surefooted Luke would n’t approve of abandon a futurity with the friends she ’d made , and even with the woman she could have spend her lifespan with , just so she could start overbold and ‘ live in the now ’ . But then , Aphra conclude that Luke was incapable of ‘ hold up in the now ’ , as his mete unsufferable optimism kept him focused on the hereafter . Luke Skywalker is ‘ a new hope ’ , after all , so sustain his head in the time to come was necessary for the betterment of the galaxy - though it bear witness to be a detriment to his own well - being .

Palpatine with his Star Wars cult.

Star Wars ' Palpatine formed a dark side rage that rose to prominence after his supposed death , & now it seems he used them to wipe out rival Sith .

Luke Skywalker Lost Hope in the Future, Leaving Him with Nothing

Star Wars’ sequel trilogy shows a Luke Skywalker who never learned to live in the moment.

Luke Skywalker was a solitudinarian during the event of theStar Warssequel trilogy , and the reasonableness he forced himself to be in exile was that he break down . Luke go bad to rebuild the Jedi Order , he failed to truly discontinue Emperor Palpatine and the vicious legacy of the Empire continued by the First Order , and he fail to keep his nephew , Ben Solo , from falling to the dark side .

After Luke defeated the ultimate evil in the original trilogy , he was supposed to mold a bright future . He ready himself for that hereafter every day of his spirit all the way until the Empire fell , and all his dreams were in his grasp . But he failed , and the future - one that was once so smart - was absolutely hopeless , lead Luke Skywalker with nothing . Luke establish his self - value on the Leslie Townes Hope he could contribute to the coltsfoot , and his unfitness to live in the moment allow him ineffective to grapple when the future truly seemed hopeless .

Luke Skywalker Needed to Learn Perseverance From an Unlikely Teacher: Darth Vader

Darth Vader is a master at fighting on even when hope is gone.

If one person knows how to keep on ahead in the cheek of utter hopelessness , it ’s Darth Vader . Vader live with the suffering and regret that his choices have yielded him every day of his life , but rather than crumbling into exile , Vader continues to fight . Granted , Darth Vader is a Sith and trust on the moody sideto fuel his exponent , meaning he ’s guaranteed to suffer , but up until now , that ’s always been framed as a forged thing . However , in this context , persevere in the face of hardship is much better than giving up , no matter how one does it .

To someone like Doctor Aphra - a morally gray-haired rogue - Darth Vader ’s view on animation would credibly seem preferred to Luke Skywalker ’s , because at least Darth Vader lives in the nowadays , which earmark him to fight for his future , hopeless or not . Luke Skywalkerbeing “ ingenious , heartfelt , and naif ” serve its purpose during the prison term of the original trilogy , but that critical review also explain why he chose exile in theStar Warssequel trilogy .

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Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) looks at Yoda (offscreen) on Dagobah, edited over a sci-fi background.

A collage image of Luke Skywalker in A New Hope

Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars original and sequel trilogies.

Luke Skywalker living in exile in the Star Wars sequels.

Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader from Star Wars.

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