Warning! Spoilers for Star Wars: Darth Vader #48 ahead!The debate surrounding the quality of the Star Wars Sequels have largely been in the context of the original trilogy itself. However, the latest issue of Star Wars: Darth Vader reveals that the creative choices made in the sequels can also have a negative impact on the quality of the original trilogy’s stories. These choices made it more difficult to understand the meaning and legacy of the original trilogy.
At Greg Pak and Raffaele Ienco’s Star Wars: Darth Vader (2020) #48 After being lured to Caranthamax B by Warba Calip, Luke Skywalker is attacked by Darth Vader’s former partner Sabé, who is determined to find out if he is a Sith in Jedi clothing.
Luke easily repels Sabe’s attacks, although he is only able to accomplish this with a fair amount of aggression. Sabé interprets this aggression as a sign of Luke’s latent cynic tendencies. However, Luke disagrees, arguing that Jedi require some flexibility – “wiggle room” — in their emotional expression. He believes that Jedi can experience emotions, including anger, without compromising their values.
Luke Skywalker considered a new way to create an enlightened Jedi
Luke’s response to Sabé seems reasonable. As a man, Luke is an imperfect creature. It is only natural for him to experience some suffering, pain, and even hatred. But just because he experiences these feelings on occasion does not mean that he will lose himself and turn to the dark side of the Force. Luke’s response implies that he views the pursuit of perfection as impractical, suggesting that a more valuable endeavor is to develop the ability to handle emotions positively, just as he does when he overcomes Sabé’s challenge.
Although Luke’s philosophy is certainly worthy of deeper exploration, The Star Wars Sequel trilogy undermines the intriguing idea of him revealing a smarter, more compassionate approach to Jedi development – one that contrasts with the rigid, inflexible methods that led to the Jedi Order’s fall under Yoda. The sequels show Luke unable or unwilling to follow his own advice. in Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedithe “wiggle room” He argues for proves disastrous, as it reveals how his inability to control his fear and anger leads him to momentarily think about striking down Ben Solo while he is asleep. Indeed, That one moment of anger that Skywalker allows himself to experience unleashes the disaster he fears most. And has spent a lifetime fighting against.
The Star Wars Sequel trilogy limited the franchise’s potential
The choice to have Luke, in The Last JediReturning to the well-worn story of the righteous Jedi losing it all in a moment of sudden deep emotion delegitimizes an idea he’s been working on for years. This creative choice exemplifies how the sequel trilogy limits the meaningful and interesting expansion of the lore for Luke and other characters from the original trilogy. therefore, The recent aspects of the Star Wars Galaxies that are open to explore between Return of the Jedi And The Force Awakens can only go so far before fans and critics find them incompatible with the canon of the sequel trilogy.
The sequel trilogy’s focus on nostalgia, rather than on forging a new path, effectively kills stories like Skywalker’s above efforts to rebuild the Jedi Order with a more flexible ethos. Instead of a rich and diverse universe full of unlimited storytelling potential, the sequel trilogy has unfortunately tainted the legal legacy of the original Star Wars trilogy by limiting potentially groundbreaking storylines that could have further cemented the franchise’s status as the greatest epic of all time.