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DrakeDynamite

How tight would it be if Luke was batshit insane when Rey finds him?

Remember when Luke meets Yoda in Empire? He's a crazy old man who tries to steal food from him and then beats up on R2.

I mean, think about it, Luke doesn't say anything at the end of TFA because they want to maintain the illusion that's he's an all-powerful, brooding jedi master with all of the dignity one assumes comes with that role. But that's what you would have expected from Yoda too.

Plus, Mark Hamill has been playing crazy characters for the past 30 years, he's good at it.

That's what would make me love Last Jedi: Luke Skywalker gone bananas and fucking with Rey as she tries to get him to take it seriously.

Posted Nov 11, 2017, 1:27 AM UTC

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3xtheredcomet•

"Eat, eat, hot. Good food, hmm?"

Old Luke thrusts a bowl into Rey's hands

She looks inside. There's some grass, five rocks, and a twig.

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SilentAcoustic•

No thanks

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Tim62488•

Well considering the whole Yoda being crazy thing was an act...

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JediPaxis•

I don't think I would like that. This is shaping up to be a rather serious movie and I think that might undermine the tone.

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DrakeDynamiteOP•

Remember Empire? Totally serious movie, best in the trilogy, and Yoda proves his might when he lifts the x-wing out of the swamp.

Luke: "I don't believe it."

Yoda: "That is why you fail."

Great line, not at all undermined by the fact that twenty minutes earlier he was whackin R2D2 with a cane made from a root.

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JediPaxis•

There’s a big difference between what you proposed and what Yoda did in Empire. Yoda only acted weird for a few minutes to see what kind of person Like was and then dropped the act when he learned what he could. Yoda was deathly serious from that moment toward. What you are talking about is Luke being crazy and Rey badgering him to take things seriously. To me, Luke doing something out of character for a short period of time could work, but you can definitely take it too far. If it goes to far then that’s what would undermine the tone of the movie.

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faceroll_it•

Luke with Joker's voice and personality.

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SolracM•

"Tell me something Rey, have you ever had a really bad day?"

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cheapcab•

I think Luke needs to be the powerful Jedi we all know him to be. I'll be disappointed if he doesn't do some amazing things.

We really should have had more movies with the original cast after ROtJ. Such a wasted opportunity for great story telling.

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audiodormant•

The first part I agree, on the second part these actors just gave Lucas a decade of their lives were incredibly successful and wanted to do other stuff the logistics weren’t able to work out. Also storytelling doesn’t only come from Movies there has been the idea of a post ROTJ animated series coming after rebels, Luke just got a book, Leia has two novels and one smaller book starring her and there’s all the comics making Leia the most complete and compelling character IMO for Star Wars ever, what Claudia Gray has done with Bloodline and Leia: Princess of Alderaan, has made Leia the most well and naturally developed character I didn’t know I needed and the fact Rian Johnson and Claudia Gray became friends while he was helping her with Bloodline and Carrie Fishers status as a writer and became close with Rian over the course of product has given me cause to believe that she will continue to be written well in TLJ. I think after TLJ when we know more about Luke it can open up some floodgates of storytelling in the post ROTJ era.

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vlntnwbr•

I'm still pissed that these books aren't available in the German audible store. I love Star Wars, but I simply don't have the time to sit down and actually read the books. Audiobooks are perfect for that, since I can listen to them while working, cooking, cleaning etc.

I'd love to listen to Thrawn and Lost Stars as well, but they aren't available in Germany either and I just don't understand why. Aren't all of those books produced and licensed by the same company?

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audiodormant•

Yeah they are all through penguin random house audio. That sucks though I always buy the books and the audio books because they are such different experiences and Star Wars gets all of my money anyway. There is a chance you could try emailing lucasfilm about buying directly from them I’ve gotten some music I couldn’t find online that they used in TCW a few years back with a nicely worded email.

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vlntnwbr•

Which address did you sent the email to? I'd like to try that. I'm getting desperate. Ordering the CD's on Amazon isn't really an option for me, since I don't own a single device besides an XBox 360 that has a disc reader

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robaganoosh83•

That's what I've been hoping for.

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PorgFanatic•

Luke starts flinging poo at Rey.

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