Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
The return of Luke Skywalker inThe Force Awakenswas both a bit of excited triumphant and consternation for fans of the daydreaming farmboy sprain Jedi Master . He had picayune more than a cameo in the picture show , and the character exploitation he sound on to receive inThe Last Jedihad a polarizing effect . To top it off , not only was his theatrical role altogether different than what fan were expecting , the plastic film culminate in his abrupt demise , which many took as an affront to the franchise all in all .
But now he ’s back forEpisode IX , directed byEpisode VII’sJJ Abrams , and Star Wars fans may be greeted with a unlike take on the Jedi Master . The context surrounding his return is a intimately guarded closed book , but there are definitely some right and wrong direction he could be include in the film that will conclude the Skywalker Legacy .
HOPE: HE BECOMES A FORCE GHOST
Like Obi - Wan Kenobi inA New Hope , Luke elect to become “ one with The Force ” after he faced his former apprentice Kylo Ren on Crait . The price to project himself onto Crait all the direction from the planet of Ahch - To proved too much for his corporeal consistence .
With his cloak fluttering to the land inThe Last Jedi , it became apparent to fans that one of the most sensible slipway Luke would return inEpisode IXwould be just like Obi - Wan , Yoda , and even his father did ; as Force ghosts .
HOPE NOT: HE ONLY SHOWS UP TO GIVE CONFUSING ADVICE
As traumatic as it was for Luke to lose Obi - Wan Kenobi as a friend and mentor inA New Hope , salinity was added to the lesion when Obi - Wan retort to Luke in cryptic visions and as an occasional Force Ghost jabber inane advice .
He hide the truth about the identity of Luke ’s Church Father and mostly make more injury than in effect . Hopefully , Luke wo n’t be kick downstairs to a sanctimonious specter that refuse to “ get need ” and further punctures hole in a patch already riddled with them . He merit more than that .
HOPE: HE FINDS THE WORLD BETWEEN WORLDS
A late rooter theory has surfaced that connectsThe Last Jediwith certain events in theStar war : Rebelsseries and the Star Wars third person PVP gameBattlefront II.InRebels , Force - sensitive Ezra encounters the “ World between Worlds ” which allows accession to events in the past and the hereafter .
InBattlefront IILuke retrieves a Jedi artifact from one of Emperor Palpatine ’s out of sight treasuries ; a compass that could be used to plot hyperspace routes or … find the location of a portal vein to the “ World between Worlds ” which he expose to Rey inEpisode IX .
HOPE NOT: HE’S ONLY IN FLASHBACKS
InThe Force Awakens , a cinematic proficiency never before used in the Star Wars films made its first appearance ; flashbacks . When Rey is below the tavern of Maz Kanata , she encounters a trunk containing Anakin Skywalker ’s lightsaber , the down - bladed artillery he give to his Logos Luke .
When she touches it , several “ Force visions ” or flashbacks are revealed to her , including some from Luke ’s past . Hopefully inEpisode IX , Luke ’s part wo n’t simply be a serial publication of more brief range , show life before his expatriation on Ahch - To .
HOPE: HE BECOMES THE MOST POWERFUL JEDI ON SCREEN
In Ken Liu’sJourney to Star Wars : The Last Jedi : The Legends of Luke Skywalkernovel , Luke Skywalker is seen as a hologram on the bridge of a Star Destroyer , which he crash onto the satellite of Jakku after the events ofReturn of the Jedi .
A Jedi Master sure enough has the power to wreak down a Star Destroyer as sure enough as they can hover an ex - backstage , and would n’t it be fitting to see Luke perform a similarly awesome feat on film , regard he was purport to be one of the most powerful Jedi to ever live ?
HOPE NOT: HE ONLY GETS A CAMEO
One of the big gripes fans had when watchingThe Force Awakenswas how footling screen door time Luke Skywalker had ! Here they had waited patiently forEpisode VIIand a full thirty years to see Mark Hamill once again don Jedi gown and he did n’t even get a speaking part .
WhenEpisode VIIIdebuted , fans who had been hope for more from Luke were at last polarized about his character ontogeny . For some , the only fashion his character arc can be redeemed is through a more extensive part inEpisode IXand not a small cameo .
HOPE: HE TEACHES KYLO REN HUMILITY BY RETURNING
When Kylo Ren could n’t destroy his former master with the firepower of a Gorilla Walker undercoat assault on Crait , he attempt to destroy him in a duel . This too failed , because his master was n’t there at all , but a projection do from another planet .
When Luke could n’t maintain the sound projection any longer , he permit himself to become one with The Force , but not before informing his former prentice ; “ Strike me down and I ’ll always be with you . ” No matter how strong in the Dark Side Kylo Ren think he is , he ’ll never be able to separate himself from the Skywalker family .
HOPE NOT: HE’S ONLY PART OF OTHER’S CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
While there have been several great new characters introduced in the most late Star Wars film they are , at their core , about the Skywalker Legacy . The story of Anakin Skywalker , his fall to the Dark Side , his redemption by his twin kid , and their further escapade have been the crux of the series since it begin .
Luke can not simply exist as a part of Rey ’s development , or Kylo Ren ’s evolution as characters at this point . Episode IXmust land the nine pic space odyssey to a fitting conclusion done correctly by one of its most significant character .
HOPE: HE CONTINUES REY’S LESSONS
When Rey traveled to Ahch - To to settle Luke Skywalker , his response was underwhelming to say the least . He was n’t happy to see her , he was n’t impressed she ’d discovered his secret hideaway , and he had no intention of training her . After witnessing the “ crude power ” of her Force sensitiveness , however , he change his mind .
He declared she would meet “ three lessons ” . Two of them made it intoThe Last Jedibefore he passed away . When he return inEpisode IX , it may still be as a mentor , as Obi - Wan Kenobi stay to be for him even after his death .
HOPE NOT: HIS DISAPPEARANCE WAS TELEPORTATION
Some fans would like Luke to fall as a Force Ghost , some in a serial of flashback , and some as a support , ventilation somebody . For some , payback for the character maturation they felt was criminal inThe Last Jedican only be achieved if Luke simply vanish at the conclusion in a splendid exploit of teleportation .
As satisfying as that might be for some to have Luke re - happen on some other major planet during a time of great suffering , Gandalf - The - White Style , it would deaden the emotional impact Rey and Leia both felt when he became one with The Force .
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