Solo4114
Master Member
Re: Star Wars Episode VII
I hope they don't kill him. To me, that seems like the same kind of move they did in the EU books where they dropped a frickin' moon on Chewbacca. I'm just not up for that. Leave my heroes alone, dammit!
My sense of the Jedi in the new trilogy would be that they are strictly apolitical, and are not a faction in the Republic...until and unless they HAVE to be. I'd figure they'd be independent agents in that sense, who are working to serve the Republic in the broad terms that Obi-Wan once described, as the "guardians of peace and justice throughout the galaxy." You know, like knights. That aside, I would expect some central place of teaching to exist, or at least to exist initially simply because...who else can people learn from except Luke?
I suppose they could dodge this by saying that other once-thought-dead Jedi have come forward, including some who are dark, and that might be your source for tension in the story.
For what it's worth, I don't think having a monastic or militant order a la the Templars or the Knights of St. John or the Shaolin or Zen Buddhist sects from the sengoku era in Japan is necessarily where the Jedi went wrong. The problem was more in their ascetic and unemotional teachings, which ultimately blinded them to the dark side, and led them waaaaay out of balance. Luke represents a fresh start in that respect. We've also seen Luke use "dark side" powers like choking people as he did with the Gammoreans guarding Jabba's palace. Plus, all of his actions, as you said, were driven by his personal connections. Ultimately, I think the real struggle that a Jedi would have would be to find a balance point between being an unemotional creature where you're totally "at peace" to the point that you feel nothing, and being an uncontrolled storm of emotions.
Well, when you combine those rumors, the theory that Harrison won't show up to just smile and wave, and his proximity to JJ at the table read, I bet dollars to donuts he does feature prominently in this film along with his daughter, who I think is our new series lead. And I think his demise may be in the cards as the catalyst to bring Luke back from his self imposed exile on Tatooine, where he has disappeared into obscurity to allow the Force to regain balance. Or I have no idea.
I hope they don't kill him. To me, that seems like the same kind of move they did in the EU books where they dropped a frickin' moon on Chewbacca. I'm just not up for that. Leave my heroes alone, dammit!
I think he will, with the catalyst being Han's dearth, but he won't rebuild the Order. I think he would teach Jedi to be lone agents of the Force, wandering the Galaxy…like Kane in Kung-fu. No more temples and such.
My sense of the Jedi in the new trilogy would be that they are strictly apolitical, and are not a faction in the Republic...until and unless they HAVE to be. I'd figure they'd be independent agents in that sense, who are working to serve the Republic in the broad terms that Obi-Wan once described, as the "guardians of peace and justice throughout the galaxy." You know, like knights. That aside, I would expect some central place of teaching to exist, or at least to exist initially simply because...who else can people learn from except Luke?
I suppose they could dodge this by saying that other once-thought-dead Jedi have come forward, including some who are dark, and that might be your source for tension in the story.
For what it's worth, I don't think having a monastic or militant order a la the Templars or the Knights of St. John or the Shaolin or Zen Buddhist sects from the sengoku era in Japan is necessarily where the Jedi went wrong. The problem was more in their ascetic and unemotional teachings, which ultimately blinded them to the dark side, and led them waaaaay out of balance. Luke represents a fresh start in that respect. We've also seen Luke use "dark side" powers like choking people as he did with the Gammoreans guarding Jabba's palace. Plus, all of his actions, as you said, were driven by his personal connections. Ultimately, I think the real struggle that a Jedi would have would be to find a balance point between being an unemotional creature where you're totally "at peace" to the point that you feel nothing, and being an uncontrolled storm of emotions.