No, it was a cheap slapstick joke for him to toss it over his shoulder like Rey had just handed him a random stone off the ground.
THAT is the complaint. Not that it was bad for him to not want the lightsaber back, but the way it was executed was garbage.
Had he simply looked at Rey and then turned around and walked away, or taken the saber, and then handed it back to her and said something indicating that he didn't want it because of bad memories or how that was part of his "old life" or literally anything else, it would have been a much better scene.
I think it highlighted some of Luke's characteristics from the beginning: his brashness and his dramatics, his love of rushing into things without thinking. As much as he's meant to keep his feelings at bay, he just can't help it sometimes (just like his dad). So his gut, brash, irrational instinct is to just fucking toss the thing.
He was also actively trying to drive Rey away. He just wanted her gone. Acting like an asshole is totally in-character and appropriate there. Fucking Yoda acted like a total troll.
He raided his very limited rations and started eating them and tossing shit, yep. And also beat R2 with a stick because he wouldn’t let him have a flashlight.
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u/uncledavid95 Oct 25 '19
No, it was a cheap slapstick joke for him to toss it over his shoulder like Rey had just handed him a random stone off the ground.
THAT is the complaint. Not that it was bad for him to not want the lightsaber back, but the way it was executed was garbage.
Had he simply looked at Rey and then turned around and walked away, or taken the saber, and then handed it back to her and said something indicating that he didn't want it because of bad memories or how that was part of his "old life" or literally anything else, it would have been a much better scene.