If you are a Star Wars fan—or even just a general movie enthusiast—you likely have an opinion about Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It was a controversial film, in no small part because of how director Rian Johnson decided to depict the legendary Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Luke we meet in this movie is not a spiritual wizard nor a laser-sword-wielding warrior. He’s a grump and a loner. He’s cynical, having given up on making the galaxy a better place. He has abandoned his efforts to rebuild what he now deems a failed institution: the Jedi Order. The Luke we thought we knew from the original trilogy has soured, and the man we meet on the islands of Ahch-To appears to be little more than a betrayal of all our hopes.
Perhaps most disappointing of all, we never get to see Master Skywalker take up his lightsaber and do battle with the forces of evil. The best we get is a fight with no stakes, as Luke projects himself across the galaxy to distract the trilogy’s big baddie, Kylo Ren.
I liked The Last Jedi and this depiction of Luke. I am drawn to this caricature of a man
