Honestly, I didn't have a problem with Luke milking some creature's tit for milk. If Rambo had been out in the boondocks and he milked a goat for something to drink, no one would've thought too much about it. I mean, Luke's a Vet, he's seen and been through some pretty rough stuff!! It seems to me like we actually forget all the crap he has endured and just attest him to be this "perfectly good" person. Just because he is "The Hero"
The guy was raised by his aunt and uncle. He's an orphan. He really had no idea who he is or what happened to his family. Then, the only people he has ever known as parental figures are char-broiled by Stormtroopers and he has to see them lying there!! Imagine if you came home and your Mom and Dad were smoldering skeletons laying out in the yard?!! That, in and of itself, is enough to mess you up for the rest of your life!! F the war, F everything--that will screw with your head until the day you die!! Right then and there, IMHO Luke's sanity is in question.
Then, the poor teen is thrown into the bowels of the Death Star, fighting for his life. Yeah, he's only known Ben for a day or two, but it seemed like that old dude was trying to teach him some stuff that felt like it was important, plus the guy said he was a friend of his Father, who he had never known. That really gives him a connection to Obi-Wan. But, as soon as he is beginning to get to know him and discover The Force, well, that guy gets struck down also, by the one guy who he thinks killed his father. ****!! How much bad luck can this guy have??
So, he joins the Rebellion, blows up the Death Star and kills thousands and thousands of people. Yeah we, as an audience, just go "Yeah! Way to go! Kill all those Empire fuckers !!".....I'm just wondering, have you ever killed thousands of people?.......It's Memorial Day weekend and I'm watching all this WWII stuff about the 8th Air Force and those pilots talking about having to try to distance themselves from the fact that all those bombs they dropped actually killed lots and lots of people! Let's face it, war or not, Luke ended the life of tons of people. He's got to deal with that. That crap has got to weigh on your mind!!
Then, well, we are in the middle of a Star War, and he's in more battles. He is in his snowspeeder and his gunner gets wiped out. Who knows if Dac was his friend or not? Maybe, maybe not. But it's still a death he has to deal with, that happened right in front of him. Ok, he's a soldier, that crap happens. Deal with it.
So, let's go to Dagobah and try to learn some stuff. Let's have a vision that tells us that we are pretty much ordained to become Hitler. Our teacher tells us to just let our friends die because it is a trap. What a mind-mess up!!...Screw that! I'm gonna help my friends! Well, that don't work out so good. Not only do I get the holy crap beaten out of me and get my hand chopped off! I learn that Hitler is my Dad, and the only person I trusted lied to me. Now, I have no clue what is going on and I kind of feel like maybe I am Hitler, too.
By the time we get to Return of the Jedi, Luke has to have some serious mental problems. He's trying to be a Jedi in a galaxy that has no Jedi left in it. Maybe he's got Force ghosts or what-not to talk to, but he is totally and utterly alone. He might think he is a Jedi, but he doesn't even really have any idea what that means. He's never really known a real Jedi. A little bit of Yoda training, some Force ghost Obi wan talking to, yeah. But, these are things he can't really take into context, because he really doesn't know what it means to be a Jedi. He's pretty much making it up as he goes on knowledge given to him by things that are not around any more.
Then, finally, you've got to the point where your Dad, who you've never known, is the worst person (to your knowledge) in the entire galaxy. You're just confronted with a scenario of "Well, kill your Dad, or we are all screwed".......Would you want to have to kill your father because he was a bad person? I know I wouldn't...That..in...itself...is the worst thing I could ever possibly think of..(unless it was my mother)....
Finally, we find out that Dad is just a pawn...He doesn't even really matter...it was all just a game to get to me...Whether my dad was cool, or bad, or a war hero, or whatever...doesn't matter...he was just a cheap piece of crap playing a part in this old frog-looking guy's chess game to get "unlimited power!!!"
Well, here we are. Dad just beat the crap out of me, almost killed me....and then tells me if I won't turn around he's gonna take it out on my sister!! Who, until a day or so, I didn't even know was my sister! Hell, I had the hots for her for a couple of years and didn't know!! WTF??!........
So, I gotta kill the guy who has been manipulating my Dad for decades. The ol' man finally turns against the Emperor, saves my ass and kills the old dude.....but does that redeem my Dad? The guy killed -oh my God--how many countless people? Can I forgive him for that? Just because he saved me?...The rest of the galaxy probably doesn't give a rat's ass about his redemption. The guy was a dick head, plain and simple....
Where do I go from here? Am I just Luke Skywalker, hero of the Rebellion? Well, all is just well and good, we defeated the Empire? I'm Luke Skywalker, hero to all? What does that mean exactly?
Ok, that just gets us to the end of the OT. Does the galaxy just have a happy ending? Well, I hope so. We ended the war and Han and my sister got married and had a kid. He seemed strong in the Force, but, sorry, I had misgivings about this kid from the beginning. None of this crap is ever easy. When the Force is involved, there is just stuff you can never predict....Prophecies, Force balances, up and down, left and right....none of that stuff makes any sense when you are actually having to deal with it in the "real world."
And here we go again..... Han and Leia's kid seems cool at first. Let's train him. Get his ass on the right train from the start!! Teach him all that Jedi stuff! So far, he's awesome!!
Aw Hell! Just had one of those Jedi dreams/premonitions/whatever...This kid might...just might...I dunno, it was just a thought, might end up being just as bad or worse than Pop or Palps. ......In a moment of weakness, kinda had one of those "DeadZone" moments....Would you kill Hitler as a kid? Maybe knowing what could come of it, I might....
And that is where Luke was........He drew his lightsaber, but then....was he going to do it or not? Personally, I don't give a damn about whether it was a kid sleeping or not. If I was in Luke's shoes, I would have thought about the same thing, too.. And if you tell me you would not have--you're a ****** liar!!..
My point is this; forget that "Luke Skywalker" is this wonderful, great, movie hero you have grown up with. Thinking he is this super Jedi who is beyond corruption, and think of him as the person he probably would be, considering all he has been through.
Talk to a real vet who has been through the horrors of war. It's not all cut and dry as you think....
