SPECULATION If Luke Is Alive Does Star Wars "Jump the Shark"?

Luke is only going to appear in one more movie ever. And that's Episode IX as a force ghost.

His story is done. They tied up all his loose ends.

The only thing Luke can do now to contribute to the story is give Rey advice and haunt Kylo.

What other reason is there to bring Luke back to life from a narrative sense?

Just so you have one of the OT alive at the end of the ST?????

They're never going to appear again anyway.

Luke's story is done. People need to accept that.

 

And they had the voices in the Force-back in VII. I think the World Between Worlds isn't out of the realm of possibilities in IX.

 

I have no idea how they'd pull it off.

But if I limited my possibilities to what I personally could come up with, I'd be the kind of fan that I hate.

Personally, I want to be surprised.

 

They won't because there's no reason to.

Would you have preferred Yoda return to life in TLJ?

Of course not. Luke has reached the mastery of a Jedi, being a luminous ring beyond crewed matter.

Have you ever watched Naruto @Rayefury?

 

Kind of a separate topic, but Kylo kind of foreshadows this earlier in the film. He thinks Rey might be projecting herself, but says it can't be because it would kill her.

It took an enormous amount of power to do what Luke did so it's not surprising it consumed him.

 

I think that Luke will be a critical presence in episode 9, directing Rey towards her destiny, which, I believe, is to bring balance to the galaxy by cancelling out Kylo’s power. Luke’s gosht projection will not lecture or train Rey, but rather assist her in reaching Kylo’s source of darkness. I predict that Rey’s and Kylo’s final duel will be mixture of saber fighting, recrimination and emotions.

Luke could not save kylo himself, but he may be able to save him through Rey.

 

Was perfect to me in an emotional way.
An arch to Ben sacrifice in ANH also.
A way to end his existence as a mith, a legend and inspire the new geration trough the galaxi (broom boy).

 

Well, I'm not really sure if SW would jump the shark if Luke was alive - it may depend on the way, they would do it and the story, they would tell -, but for me, SW really would jump the shark, if they brought back Vader again...

And: They would'n t jump the shark but even expand the distance to this point, if Snoke's death would turn out to be a fake...

 

I believe Luke can play a role in getting Rey and Ben on the same page. Therefore he can help fix his mistake without outright stealing the show from them.

 

The last part of the movie, Luke was just taking a nap and dreaming. After two years a Porg wakes Luke up with a kiss.

 

At the outset, let me say that I don't think Luke will be alive in episode 9, and it reduces the great sacrifice he made at that moment to save the resistance and give the galaxy a symbol.

But for the sake of argument, there is a canon way he could return in a physical form. One thing that is key for this is that Luke's cybernetic hand also vanishes when he has used up his strength for the force projection.

Now going back to TCW, Mother Talzin sacrificed her life energies to restore the mind of her son Maul (which is an act of love, not selfishness). As a result, she was alive but trapped in the spirit world, unable to restore her physical form. However, she continued to guide Maul and Savage from the spirit world, even briefly taking shape sometimes in powerful places like the frangawl shrine on Bardotta or in the Nightbrother village on Dathomir. She returned to a proper physical state after absorbing enough living force from Dooku but was killed shortly after.



In the TCW episode on Bardotta, Talzin even manages to manifest a flaming sword from the spirit realm and duel with Mace Windu. If something physical like a sword can be pulled out from the spirit world, then a cybernetic hand could also make its way into that world.

In Luke's case, its impossible to imagine him stealing the living force from others etc.....but he can always appear from the spirit world (not as a force ghost but in a more concrete shape) on powerful locations like Ahch-to, Mustafar, Yavin etc to help Rey complete her training/guide her...maybe even spar with her as part of her training and finally become a force ghost or vanish into the force when his mission is complete.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if they sort of meet the two concepts in the middle (Force Ghost vs Luke the White).
They already now established in 8 that a Force Ghost can physically interact with the real world (Yoda hitting Luke with the cane) and that before Luke "died" that he could project a physical form that passes for a live person.
I could see them pull some, "Luke has become so in tune with the force that he has transcended physical form", so he can Force Project any time, any where, to continue training Rey or tormenting Kylo, but taking an Obi-Wan, "I cannot interfere." attitude toward the grander scheme of things, so that it remains Rey's story.