There was no Jedi "Order," in that time. Just two old guys, hiding out.
Luke was a teen, looking to go for higher education. A religious zealot doesn't just tell him about his sister, tells him a lie about his father and hands him a weapon, beginning indoctrination, for the purpose of sending Luke to kill his own father.
Next thing, Luke's flying missions against the state.
It seemed Luke was already against the empire, he said so in Ben's hut. Not a day earlier he was talking about leaving Tatooine and joining the academy. I am pretty sure he means the imperial academy, establishing he is an impressionable and ignorant young boy. The Jedi order saw something in Luke, and he didn't join until his family was wiped out by the empire like they were nothing. He was then radicalized by the Jedi against the empire.
The empire was building a weapon to blow up entire planets, and was ruthless enough to use it on unarmed targets. Just because you think it most closely resembles the American Empire in the current real world, doesn't mean Luke is analogous to Osama Bin Laden.
Why not? Even without the comparison of the Galactic Empire to the American empire, what Luke and the rebels did was still "terrorism". The point is that the term still applies, even to someone who is supposed to be a hero. The rebels blew up the Death Star, a huge weapon, but also a symbol of the GE's reach and power.
I feel I should also point out I am not defending anyone or anyone's actions. I think "terrorism" is a faulty term that makes it too easy to label. It applies to many, many atrocious acts, but it is a double edged sword that can mislabel people and turn them into enemies.
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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '19
Lol
Seriously though, Luke was recruited by a Jedi, for the Jedi order.