SPECULATION Did Snoke Force drain Luke?

I would personally hate for this 'force draining' of Luke.
It was hard enough watching the Silver Samurai take away Wolverines power

 

Maybe Palpatine's force lightning did - or at least it would've done some damage...

 

I think with that much lightning going through his balls that would rule out Luke ever having kids , so Rey probably not from his loins :O

 

As interesting as force draining sounds, I think it'll need to come into play in Rebels or one of the comic books before it's used in XIII.

It's a pretty far out concept for the general audience to grasp, and a lot of the fanbase probably didn't pick up on its one line mention in Aftermath.

 

If Snoke Force Drained Luke, Why is he so worried about Luke returning? If he can pull that OG level stuff on Luke himself, just whoop his ass with Kylo and end it

 

Still the point remains, why didn't he just kill him when he force drained him?
He had every potential reason to at this point, but didn't.

If this does turn out to be the case, it turns Snoke into a terribly cheesy Bond-esque villain who lets Bond die through some painstakingly long and elaborate device rather than shooting him in the head and giving him every chance to escape and save the day.

Unlike this, Palps and Vader WANTED Luke alive when Vader could have easily squashed him several times.

Snoke seemingly wanted Luke dead as a door nail.

 

So someone powerful enough to force drain Luke Skywalker and corrupt Ben Solo, let a weakened force-less Skywalker escape?

Sorry, but I'm not buying that.
That's just too much leaping and Bond-esque escaping stuff.

 

It's an interesting thought, but I really hope it isn't true. As someone mentioned earlier in the thread, films where the "superhero" loses their powers can kind of lose their shine. Thor's a decent character, for example, but no one wants to see him walk around the desert without Mjolnir or his powers.

Plus, we don't really need this as a reason for Luke's exile. We already have a few reasons for that.

Though, Shaitan does make an interesting point that Luke is still valuable as a teacher.

 

This right here is the MOST COMPELLING reason proffered against Rey Skywalker to date.

 

True dat. Something similar seemed to work for the Fantastic Four when they got hit with those gamma rays...

 

It just seems overall like it would require too much to get to it.

And Ren is a punk ass kid who killed his own father because Snoke got in his head. I'm sure he could convince Ren that Luke was holding him back and part of his problems.

 

I do. Luke is smart, likely very aware of the situation where it's needed for someone to grow into his role.

I expect a trial by fire for Rey. Luke sitting back and letting her learn...until the situation calls for him to light up his saber and stomp some wholesale KOR ass.

 

Force Drain has come up in canon though it hasn't specifically been called by that name.......and it has appeared a few too many times to be ignored.

Spoiler

1. Talzin draining force sensitive Bardottans in TCW.



2. Talzin draining Count Dooku to return from the spirit realm to the physica realm in Son of Dathomir.



3. Yupe Tashu saying the following in Aftermath-
Did you know that Sith Lords could sometimes drain the Force energy from their captives? Siphoning life from them and using it to strengthen their connection to the dark side? Extending their own lives, as well, so that they could live for centuries beyond their intended expiration?

4. In the Aphra comics, the Ordu Aspectu were rumored to have drained the lives of kidnapped jedi padawans to find a way to gain immortality for themselves.

Going by these canon examples, it is possible that Snoke drained Luke and/or his padawans to sustain himself or to return to the physical world....maybe Luke went to the first jedi temple to find a way to heal himself (Dooku was drained but managed to retain his force powers even after).

I'm okay with two scenarios-

1. Luke having lost his powers but having the knowledge to teach a new generation of jedi (like Ulic Quel Droma in the EU).

2. Luke finds a way to regain his powers but isn't able to control them fully (like the MSW hut exploding and Luke levitating rumors).

Neither scenario would take away from Rey as the hero of this trilogy.