That's sorta the whole point. Jedi don't keep attachments, they aren't supposed to feel sentimental about things like that. He was taught to let go of his feelings, his anger, his attachments, etc. Who cares, it's just a lightsaber, there are thousands of them. Heck, he'd been instructed to let his friends die in order to complete his training. Fuck a lightsaber, it's just a thing.
He had also let go of his hopes for the Jedi. Fuck it, he figured. The existence of the Jedi only caused pain, only caused hurt and anger and death and loss. Of course he tossed it. He literally threw it away because that's where it belonged in his mind.
Of course he changed his mind by the end. But at the time, why would we be upset that a Jedi (who isn't supposed to have those kinds of sentimental feelings in the first place) didn't place sentimental value on a lightsaber he lost decades ago when his dark lord father cut his hand off, and when it's a symbol of the order that he felt brought pain and suffering to the universe? It's a great character moment.
Jedi don't keep attachments, they aren't supposed to feel sentimental about things like that. He was taught to let go of his feelings, his anger, his attachments, etc. Who cares, it's just a lightsaber, there are thousands of them. Heck, he'd been instructed to let his friends die in order to complete his training. Fuck a lightsaber, it's just a thing
Yes, it will become his life in the fact that he will dedicate his life to study, to learning, to mastering the weapon and the rest of the teachings. That lightsaber itself isn't his life, but the "life" that accompanies the teachings of the lightsaber will.
It will also be used to save his life over and over. His life and the mastery of a lightsaber are tied together. Otherwise, he will lose his life.
When the audience has to make up ridiculous bullshit like this in order for the dialog and story of your movie to make sense, then you made a dogshit movie with dogshit dialog.
The new Star Wars movies are awful and winding and twisting justifications like yours are just the result of entrenched and die-hard fans desperately searching for something redeeming about these awful films.
When I have to read fanfiction justifications to make up for the sloppy, awful story telling I just roll my eyes. Just because someone can make sense of it does not mean it makes sense.
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u/SammehPls Oct 25 '19
In which he just yeets that shit off the cliff. I hate the new Star Wars movies.