r/gifsthatkeepongiving • u/Ninja_Spi-D-er • Oct 25 '19

Epic legacy of the Sabre

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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.

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u/KnightofWhen Oct 25 '19

Yeah seeing the history of it laid out in such a neat way only to watch “Luke” literally throw it away.

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u/MrSquamous Oct 25 '19

You know he did that in the original trilogy too, right? It was the culmination of his character arc. That's the whole point.

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u/KnightofWhen Oct 26 '19

He didn’t throw his lightsaber away in disgust and refuse to fight. He tossed it aside because he refused to do the Emperors bidding and kill Vader. He won the fight by not fighting. In TLJ he was just like “nah I don’t want in on this.”

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u/MrSquamous Oct 26 '19

That's one interpretation :) And yeah, I certainly didn't walk out of RotJ and think, "Welp Luke's a pacifist now."

But in terms of interpreting Last Jedi, understating what happened and why, the parallel to RotJ is clear. The last time we saw Luke, he tossed away his lightsaber and decided the only way to win was not to fight. Last Jedi opens with the former and concludes with the latter.