Star Wars Perfectly Sets Up Luke’s ‘Last Jedi’ Failure

The most recent issue of Marvel’s Star Wars foreshadows the hubris that would lead to Luke Skywalker’s greatest failure in The Last Jedi.

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Warning! Spoilers for Star Wars #15 ahead!

Marvel’s Star Wars comics are laying the groundwork for Luke Skywalker’s storyline from The Last Jedi, where he has gone into exile after failing to train a new generation of Jedi. The current comics take place in between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, when Luke is too concerned with rescuing his friend Han Solo and discovering the truth about his father to worry about training future Jedi. But he is already displaying a certain amount of arrogance that will come back to haunt him.

In The Last Jedi, Rey travels to the planet Ahch-To, where Luke has gone to die in self-imposed exile. After attempting to establish a new school for Jedi, Luke is faced with bitter defeat when his nephew Ben turns to the dark side of the Force and destroys the temple, killing Luke’s students. While speaking with Rey about this dark time in his life, Luke says that he bought into his own legend and had no doubt he would be able to revive the Jedi Order. “Because I was Luke Skywalker. Jedi Master. A legend,” he says. He was the legendary warrior who took down the first Death Star, saved the Rebellion and was present for the death of both Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. How could he possibly fail in his new endeavor?

Readers see the seeds of Luke’s hubris planted in Star Wars #15 by Charles Soule, Ramon Rosanas, Rachelle Rosenberg and Clayton Cowles. As Rebels leaders are under attack by Imperial Star Destroyers on the planet Ab Dalis, Luke joins the Starlight Squadron of X-Wing fighters in mounting a rescue operation. The Rebels devise a last-ditch plan to destroy the Star Destroyer, one that involves firing at the planet in order to set off a volcano. It requires a fighter to make a one-in-a-million shot like the one that destroyed the Death Star, and all agree that Luke is the one to do it. Confident that he can repeat his success, Luke is surprised when he misses his target. He’s determined to swing around and take another pass at it, but another pilot swoops in and hits the target dead-on, saving the day. Luke is not happy at first, yelling, “That was my shot, Mattin!” He calms down when someone points out, “It doesn’t matter who hit the damn target. We hit it.”

If Luke had taken some time to reflect on this incident, perhaps he could have avoided so much heartache and death that would follow him in his later years. He shows a kind of arrogance seen in his father Anakin, who believed that because he was the so-called “Chosen One” that he would always be able to save the day. Unfortunately Luke believes a little too much in his own hype and risks endangering the mission and the Rebellion because he believes that he is unstoppable. While tragedy is avoided in this case, he is not so lucky later on.

The Star Wars comics have done a good job of taking elements from the newer films and sowing them into the time period of the Original Trilogy. Characters, planets and concepts from sequel films and the stand-alone Star Wars Story films have all shown up, creating a tighter and more consistent narrative. By establishing this arrogant aspect of Luke Skywalker’s character, it strengthens his arc and makes his ultimate fate in The Last Jedi a natural progression of his journey.

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