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Is Luke wickedness in theStarWarssequel trilogy ? New grounds suggests that might just be the typesetter’s case inStar Wars : The Last Jedi .
There ’s been a tidy sum of crazy devotee possibility raised since Disney ’s leverage of Lucasfilm in 2012 , but none have been quite as hard to shake as the idea ofJedi Master Skywalker succumb to the Dark Sidelike his father ( and , now , nephew ) ; it was discussed in hush up whispers asThe Force Awakenscame together and blew up during the " Where ’s Luke ? " merchandising campaign .
Of course , Luke was really scatty from all the trailers and posters because he only had one , abbreviated scene at the very end of the film . And that pretty much close off the villain talk : the Skywalker that Rey found stood on an Ahch - To cliff face emphatically un - malevolent ( commemorate , Star Warsisn’t roll in the hay for its subtle costume colouring ) . rather , all that Dark Luke talk has been transferred into the predominant theoryhe ’s become " Gray Jedi"- a Force user that beg into both sides of the spectrum - and , as he ’s construe training Rey in the trailer , it ’s wide presumed he ’s on the " good " side of that .
However , it ’s now looking like Luke may actually be the scoundrel ofThe Last Jediafter all : perhaps not an out - and - out Sith Lord or even someone allying himself with trilogy big uncollectible Snoke , but an antagonistic force who will have to show down against an unintentional Rey none the less .
What We’ve Seen In The Leaks
In contrast toThe Force Awakens , the build up - up toThe Last Jedihas been dominate by a series of somewhat revealing ( but not movie - ruining ) leaks . The biggest of these wasa lay out of promo photosthat commit a proper , full vividness look at Snoke , coup d’oeil of Rey ’s young costume and , most importantly , " Dark Luke " ; Skywalker in a darker Jedi robe than what we ’d seen in most of the antecedently - let go of materials . That alone is n’t enough to build a possibility on , of form , but it did play up the possibility of a more conflicted Luke ( again , Star Warsisn’t known for its subtle costume coloring ) .
But a more recent leak revealed something much more substantial . The typically dependableMaking Star Warsshareddrawings of two poster intent reportedly being considered for releasealongside the next house trailer in October . The first is likely a " main " poster with the absolute majority of the cast of characters featured . The second , however , is a " villain " random variable that place focus on Kylo , Snoke , Phasma et al ; and , towering above them in the slur usually reserved for a film ’s ultimate enemy , is Luke .
Now , these form of drawing fromMSWare usually reliable - they had several accurate sketches of the old image leaks before they appeared online - so it ’s fair to take the posters badly . And so it appears that the current Lucasfilm marketing architectural plan has Luke lumped in with the villains by October . That ’s seismal , not only hinting at Skywalker vs. Rey , but saying that it ’s so cardinal toThe Last Jedi ’s story they ’re work to reveal it before the moving picture come out .
What Other Suggestions Of Dark Luke Are There?
Should we be move this fashion , Dark Luke is n’t the most surprising development . There ’s plainly his trailer - capping line of merchandise where he decrees " it ’s time for the Jedi to terminate " ; give up devoid of any context beyond the fact he educate Rey at some full point , this could mean anything , but at the very least indicates an ideologic change . Because of that Master / Apprentice relationship , most have assumed it ’s not too grievous , although we have nothing to really back that up .
Indeed , most word from the cast abide a villain turn . Daisy Ridley said of Rey ’s former experience with Luke that " it is difficult when you meet your heroes because it might not be what you expect " and Hamill infamouslysaid he fundamentally disagreed with what Rian Johnson had project for his type . There are gobs of things those statement could mean , but a prominent one is making Skywalker an antagonist .
What Makes Luke Evil?
Lucasfilm are still playing very coy about the reasoning for Luke ’s departure from the civilised galax , but fromThe Force Awakensand other canyon material here ’s what we can reap : Luke was exploring the origins of the Force and started rail several Jedi at a novel Academy , let in Ben Solo with whom he was working with to observe the first Jedi Temple ; the Academy was destroyed and Ben turned to the Dark Side under Snoke ’s influence ; Luke incur the first Temple and went on self - imposed exile to Ahch - To ; at some point in this he concludes the Jedi Order need pacifying .
Given that inBloodlinehe was already looking for the temple with a pre - evil Ben , the assumption would be that require to terminate the Jedi - which is likely a byproduct of whatever ’s turned him into an adversary - add up from what he strike at the first Temple after his deportee ; a spirit into the Jedi Order ’s past that revealed some underlying fault . Presumably , this is done out of some stately cause , but nevertheless lay him ideologically opposed to the Resistance / Rey .
That said , there is the opening of a more striking twist . We have intercourse from Rey ’s imaginativeness that Kylo and the Knights of Ren killed Luke ’s scholarly person , and it ’s further evoke this coincided with turning on the Master and burning down the temple . However , there ’s nothing to explicitly say Luke had n’t already lost his way before run short on the rivulet and it was actually him who burned the synagogue down ; the only grounds of the event we have is Luke observe it in the vision andThe Last Jedi ’s trailer ( note : the shot of Phasma amongst flames is from a different , present - set scene ) , with no vestige of Kylo . This could make Ben ’s initial flirtations with the Dark Side something likewise altruistic - he worked against his fallen Master , only to be manipulate and broken by Snoke .
Of of course , this is all speculation about ambiguous mean to a more certain ending ; theorizing Dark Luke is less about how he got there , but what it means for the time to come .
What Does This Mean For The Last Jedi?
We recognize straight up that Luke and the First Order are unambiguously on opposite sides . Pretty much all of Snoke ’s command inEpisode VIIare driven out of a fear of the Resistance find the map to Luke ; in his very first line of reasoning he state , " If Skywalker return , the new Jedi will mount . " sum up to this that Kylo ’s crook is directly at the Supreme Leader ’s hand and you have a very clear division that pee-pee Luke on the spur of the moment going turncoat improbable . Yes , his destination has flipped to ending , rather than proceed , the Jedi , but a knave Force substance abuser is still grievous .
The real shift comes in how we gestate his kinship to figure out with Rey ; what we ’re really dole out with would seem to be Luke as a narrative antagonist , rather than a straight - up baddie . He ’s a roadblock for our current hero who must be subdue - i.e. accept that the Jedi can do good - although due to our late affinity with the character and presumably a provided apprehension of his new stance we ’ll hopefully see the conflict from his side too .
It ’d be a complex dual arc no matter how Johnson explore it , and even though it ’s certainly muddyingStar warfare ' typical good / malefic message totally fits . InThe Empire Strikes Back , Luke butt head against his trainer when deciding to go economize his friends on Bespin , something they explicitly rebut , and then inReturn of the Jedithey impetus further aside over whether to kill or redeem Darth Vader . It ’s not leaned on heavily - although the prequels do expand it jolly through exhibit the sometime Jedi Order as needlessly dogmatical - but the departure from generational dominance is engraft into the enfranchisement ’s thematic fabric . What Rian Johnson may be doing is exploring this pretermit thread deeper thanks to have the mentor in this position more launch .
This twist would definitely alter how the film ’s history is mold up . The principal plot of ground appears to see the Resistance on the run from the First Order , with internal political science at play whileFinn and Rose go undercover , and Rey ’s training spread alongside . Making Luke a unsound guy fundamentally shifts and enlarge the moral force between threads , creating five decided plot parties - Snoke and Kylo , the First Order , the Resistance , Rey , and Luke - all with unlike but intertwined goals . It ’s the kind of uncomplicated selection that could have monolithic repercussions not just forStar Warsmythology , but the complexity ofThe Last Jedias a film - the sort of sheer decision that ’s needed in the franchise at this point . And , of course , because of the moral ambiguity at play that would surely makeEpisode VIIIa redemption story for Luke and a contrast item to the seeming never - stop darkness of Kylo Ren .
Whatever the case , due to this coming from merchandising materials it feels like the full give-and-take is one Lucasfilm want us to be having - albeit in October rather than August . We ’ll have to hold back for the next trailer ( a salutary two month away ) to be sure , but do n’t be surprised if when we next see him Luke ’s a little saturnine than we remember .
