You think, what? I'm gonna walk out with a laser sword and face down the whole First Order?
Alright, so in The Last Jedi, Luke obviously does just that but we learn it was all just an impressive projection. Luke used his status of a legend to trick TFO and Kylo into believing he was there and could do all those things. Yet, once the trick is revealed and the ending is over we're still left questioning whether Luke really could have survived against TFO like that, alone. This was actually a pretty nice open question that added to the myth about the Jedi and Luke, as you aren't really sure so it only further fuels the stories about the Jedi and their supposed feats.
Since then we've had several comics, animated showed, TV series, and The Rise of Skywalker (š¤®) all basically showing Jedi doing crazy shit that seems to suggest that Luke really could face down TFO alone. For instance, we learned that Palpatine was actually the one controlling Snoke, that he's been every voice in Kylo's head, oh and he can cast Force Lighting so powerful and far ranging it can affect Starships for miles.
Oh, and these two lower-level peeps can do this, force pull fighting over a ship:
Then we get to the more recent Vader comics and things continue into the sheer ridiculousness and absurdity to prove how badass Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader is. Alright so in Vader Down (which takes place after ANH but before ESB), Vader proceeds to take on an entire Rebel Squadron and lay absolute waste to them. He even uses The Force to redirect their missiles.
But, if that wasn't badass enough for you the comic goes even further. You see, no one can stop Vader in his TIE Fighter, entire squadrons are being lit up...until Luke shows up. Luke does a suicide run crash into his ship that damages his fighter and forces him to crash on the nearest planet. Whew, okay he's on the ground now and can be totally surrounded by Rebel ground forces. Game over, right?
Wrong.
I don't think I need to tell you that shit doesn't play out well for those troopers. But, just look at them. He's SURROUNDED on all sides with troop transports and snipers in the distance. And yet, he still wipes them out and sends them fleeing. Oh yeah, they also call in air support. This is the result:
Dude took out bombers in the air, from the ground, with The Force. And I remind you, THIS IS ALL CANON.
Let's get back to my opening question now. With regards to everything we've now seen, could Luke have survived TFO staredown? I remind you he should be far more powerful than his father at this point.
Alright, so in The Last Jedi, Luke obviously does just that but we learn it was all just an impressive projection. Luke used his status of a legend to trick TFO and Kylo into believing he was there and could do all those things. Yet, once the trick is revealed and the ending is over we're still left questioning whether Luke really could have survived against TFO like that, alone. This was actually a pretty nice open question that added to the myth about the Jedi and Luke, as you aren't really sure so it only further fuels the stories about the Jedi and their supposed feats.
Since then we've had several comics, animated showed, TV series, and The Rise of Skywalker (š¤®) all basically showing Jedi doing crazy shit that seems to suggest that Luke really could face down TFO alone. For instance, we learned that Palpatine was actually the one controlling Snoke, that he's been every voice in Kylo's head, oh and he can cast Force Lighting so powerful and far ranging it can affect Starships for miles.
Oh, and these two lower-level peeps can do this, force pull fighting over a ship:
Then we get to the more recent Vader comics and things continue into the sheer ridiculousness and absurdity to prove how badass Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader is. Alright so in Vader Down (which takes place after ANH but before ESB), Vader proceeds to take on an entire Rebel Squadron and lay absolute waste to them. He even uses The Force to redirect their missiles.
But, if that wasn't badass enough for you the comic goes even further. You see, no one can stop Vader in his TIE Fighter, entire squadrons are being lit up...until Luke shows up. Luke does a suicide run crash into his ship that damages his fighter and forces him to crash on the nearest planet. Whew, okay he's on the ground now and can be totally surrounded by Rebel ground forces. Game over, right?
Wrong.
I don't think I need to tell you that shit doesn't play out well for those troopers. But, just look at them. He's SURROUNDED on all sides with troop transports and snipers in the distance. And yet, he still wipes them out and sends them fleeing. Oh yeah, they also call in air support. This is the result:
Dude took out bombers in the air, from the ground, with The Force. And I remind you, THIS IS ALL CANON.
Let's get back to my opening question now. With regards to everything we've now seen, could Luke have survived TFO staredown? I remind you he should be far more powerful than his father at this point.
I remind you that Luke can also crush some of the strongest metal in the Galaxy with nothing but The Force, so those AT-AT legs could be in trouble.
