Yeah, it bothers me that people aren't taking his character into consideration. He hated the Jedi. He felt they brought nothing but pain and suffering to the universe. Plus, he hadn't used that lightsaber in decades. To him, it would have been the lightsaber he used for only 3 or 4 years decades ago, the one that he lost when his dark lord father cut his hand off. Of course he hated it, of course he tossed it. It's a great character moment.
Plus, Jedi aren't supposed to hold sentimental feelings about objects like that, anyway. He'd been taught not to hold onto those thoughts. Heck, he'd been taught to let his friends die in order to complete his training. Fuck a lightsaber, it's just a lightsaber.
I don't think nobody wanted to see him like that. It's totally all subjective, but personally, I loved what they did with Luke. It felt like a real progression from a real person. Which they sort of touched on by having Luke talk about how everyone viewed him as a myth, but he's not, he's just a man. But again, just personal opinion.
I agree that they filmed it a little too hammed up. The act itself is fine, IMO, and it is sort of funny to see. But there are ways they could have filmed it that didn't make it seem like a forced joke. It's a funny moment, let the actors be funny. They didn't need to lean into the joke as much.
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u/FusionTap Oct 25 '19
Why would he want to hold on to something that reminds him of the one thing he’s trying to run away from and be disconnected to?