" It ’s fourth dimension for the Jedi to terminate . "
These are the parole of Luke Skywalker , some of the first we ’ve see him say since " Return of the Jedi . " He did n’t talk in 2015 ’s " The Force Awakens , " and concord to the lore , he ’s been hide out on a remote humanity home to the first Jedi Temple for quite some fourth dimension .
Why would he , the last Jedi Master , say a matter like that ?
This is the question we all Bob Hope will be answered in December ’s release of " The Last Jedi , " the 8th installment of the Skywalker Saga . But more than a few clues are scattered across the " Star Wars " canon , and the answer might be easy to find than we thought .
Perhaps the first thing we require to understand is Luke ’s journey , get down with " The Empire Strikes Back " and how we can assume his journey during the issue of " The Force Awakens " played out . In " The Empire Strikes Back , " Luke can see the pain and suffering of Princess Leia and Han Solo through the Force , even before it happens . He ignores the advice of his masters to stay in his hidden training on Dagobah and function to face Darth Vader in parliamentary law to keep open them . This decision puts him on the brink of the dark side , but he is able to save his acquaintance sooner or later . Luke is so much more powerful now , so many years later , we have to take he could have arbitrate on Han ’s behalf when Han ’s Word , Ben Solo ( who took on the name Kylo Ren ) , ran him through with a lightsaber .
The dubiousness we have to ask is why ? Luke knew his best acquaintance was going to buy the farm at the hand of Ben Solo , Luke ’s nephew and former student , so why did he still let it happen ?
I think the answer lies in Luke ’s finishing move in " Return of the Jedi . " At the climax of the film , when he should have set in motion into an telling engagement against the Saturnia pavonia , he chooses nonviolence . He throws away his lightsaber and permit the emperor have his way with him . It ’s only through the compassion of his Fatherhood that he ’s able to survive . This bit brings Anakin Skywalker back to the light side .
Thanks to two newfangled story that have been release in 2017 , the first a curt level in " The Legends of Luke Skywalker , " and the 2nd the exclusive musician story of " Star Wars : Battlefront II , " we catch glimpse of this new Luke Skywalker . He ’s helping imperial , masses he would have shot at indiscriminately before his newfangled Age of Reason . He does n’t care what lifetime - form is around and needs help , he shows that life - form compassion .
This nonviolent trajectory for Luke Skywalker fit with George Lucas ' concept of an ideal world . In 2012 , while on " CBS Morning News , " Lucas blab out about how compassionateness should be the overriding machine driver of authorities and societal structure : " [ We occur ] out and say that we handle about everyone in our fellowship and what we want to do is do what ’s good for everybody in the companionship . We need to build the best smart set where everybody gets the good potential life sentence they can perhaps have . "
In " The Force Awakens , " when Han Solo tells us that Luke had a educatee turn glowering and kill the other scholarly person in his accusation , Luke might have to rethink what that compassionateness means . How can he kill his nephew when his finishing move is love and compassionateness ? Of course , this split force Luke to do a bunch of soul - searching , and what better place to seek out than the inception of the Jedi to see how they contend with their problems ?
One of the earliest lessons learn in " Star Wars " is that vehemence is cyclic , just as Greek mythology long ago pointed out . It was foretold to Cronus , the father of Zeus , that his children would be his unfastening because of this orbitual vehemence . The damage he did to his father would likewise be done to him . And he could n’t stop it .
This idea appears in Christian theology , too . In Matthew 26:52 , we see a passage that record : " ' Put your sword back in its lieu , ' Jesus said to him , ' for all who draw the blade will die by the brand . ' "
Luke put his blade away once and saved his Father-God . After his nephew ’s good turn to the dark side , it make sense that he ’d put away his sword again . And something tells me that Rey is n’t going to see a very helpful Luke Skywalker at the beginning of " The Last Jedi " because of this nonviolent coda .
