Overall I think you just have an extremely cynical view of this and that's not likely to change, but you're still ignoring the fact that regardless of the facts of the situation, Luke actually did save the Resistance! It's not a lie.
That's absolutely true. That's why I was discussing the political significance of saving the Resistance and how that would sparkle "hope".
I may be making this a little too grounded and "adult", but imagine a warzone. An occupying army. The very tangible threat of Stormtroopers showing up at your door.
You tune in for the evening news, and in a day where the Resistance fleet was annihilated and was about to be destroyed, Luke Skywalker showed up and saved them. Ok. But where are they now? How many? What happens now?
And mind you, if they lie, if the "Zaitsev" the story of Luke this can really work, because in the same day Snoke died.
Ok, now stop for a second. You see why this stuff bothers me? Ok, all that shit went down this week, including a weapon of mass destruction annihilating an entire star system - the most important star system in the galaxy. You really need to galvanize people and rally them to your cause. Let's see what you got:
- old, retired war-legend/jedi master who projects and image to allow the Resistance to flee, factually saving it, and then dies of exaustion.
- you also have a young, attractive and very much alive Jedi who this week alone partecipated in the destruction of Starkiller base, boarded Snoke's ship, ufficially killed Snoke, survived the distruction of said ship, and saved the Resistance TWICE (half the age, double the Luke!) in the same day.
Kids should play with Rey's doll, not Luke. And she's STILL a war asset now. She's the Resistance's weapon of mass destruction.
