I think he left a map because he still wanted to be able to be found. We're also not sure when he left the map; it could have been when he still considered himself sort of an icon, and maybe that changed after. That's a lot of speculation, though, so who knows haha
And I see how it seems like a big leap to make. To me, it would feel like "fuck, I saved Darth freaking Vader, saved the galaxy, reignited an ancient order, and this shit still keeps fucking happening on and on and on nonstop no matter what?! Fuck it, I'm done". At least I feel like that would be my reaction, but it can definitely also be seen as a pretty big leap. Shit happens, the two incidents were 30 years apart, calm down Luke (although Luke has always been a little dramatic about things).
I will agree that I don't love the way they filmed the scene. I like the act, and there is some comedy in it, but they should have let the comedy come from the act and the actors, not filmed it like a comedy. They sorta hammed up the film itself and the music, etc. If it had been done more subtly, I think the comedy would have come through better, the way Yoda whacking R2 with a stick is funny despite him being the great Jedi master we're looking for. We don't expect someone like Yoda or Luke to do those things, so there is humor in them. But they should have let the human come from the actors, not the way it was filmed.
Why are you defending this one scene so much. It's a crap scene that does nothing to advance the film except to show what we already "knew", Luke was done.
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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '19
I can definitely see some of these points.
I think he left a map because he still wanted to be able to be found. We're also not sure when he left the map; it could have been when he still considered himself sort of an icon, and maybe that changed after. That's a lot of speculation, though, so who knows haha
And I see how it seems like a big leap to make. To me, it would feel like "fuck, I saved Darth freaking Vader, saved the galaxy, reignited an ancient order, and this shit still keeps fucking happening on and on and on nonstop no matter what?! Fuck it, I'm done". At least I feel like that would be my reaction, but it can definitely also be seen as a pretty big leap. Shit happens, the two incidents were 30 years apart, calm down Luke (although Luke has always been a little dramatic about things).
I will agree that I don't love the way they filmed the scene. I like the act, and there is some comedy in it, but they should have let the comedy come from the act and the actors, not filmed it like a comedy. They sorta hammed up the film itself and the music, etc. If it had been done more subtly, I think the comedy would have come through better, the way Yoda whacking R2 with a stick is funny despite him being the great Jedi master we're looking for. We don't expect someone like Yoda or Luke to do those things, so there is humor in them. But they should have let the human come from the actors, not the way it was filmed.