"It's time for the Jedi to end...?"

Possibly. I'd interpret it that way as well, but I can see how some would view that as too little, too late

 

Sith destroyed. Jedi ready to carry on the legacy, democrscy is back.

Time for the photo shoot and Force ghost team up.

 

Again not according to the creator.

The ST is about how the balance will be maintained. Anakin achieved it and now we see how his legacy will play out.

Its the next step in the cycle.

 

This assumes balance is a state once achieved can never be lost.

Also remember Anakin was "A" vergence in the Force not "THE" vergence.

Hence its a cycle, destruction, redemption, rebirth, repeat.

 

Or that balance (harmony) is lost when selfishness thrives.

 

Yes the Jedi Temple was destroyed on Yoda's watch but was he the only one responsible for the temple and it's location? No. The temple was at the very heart of a planet filled with corruption and it was even the power base of the most evil Sith Lord ever and the Jedi as a whole failed to see this. Luke on the other hand would be fully responsible for his academy and I'm pretty sure that he wouldn't have built in in Snoke's back yard.

Yes Rey was shown as an incredibly overpowered Mary Sue but sadly once it's in the movie it indeed can be used as evidence even if it was poor handling on Lucasfilm/Disney's part. You are correct when you say that we haven't been given any indication of Luke's Raw ability but what we did know was that he had strong feelings for his family and he was strong enough to feel the conflict of emotions in a highly trained Sith Lord. Vader was WAY more powerful than Kylo Ren and Luke was able to get to him so I'm pretty sure that after all of those experiences and after so many years mastering the Force, Luke should have at least felt the Dark Side within his nephew and taken precautions. If Rey, mere moments after learning that the Force even existed was able to probe Ren and feel his fears, we are to believe that Luke couldn't?

Yes Lando planned that ambush but I agree with Burter. Had Vader not been distracted by Luke being there, that ambush would have been cut short by Vader and Lando would be dead.

 

What Luke the only one responsible for the his Temple/School?

yes, watch ANH.

Why? Vader was no where near them. He ordered his men to take Chewie and Leia to his ship, he never went with them.

 

The reason Snoke wants to snuff out Luke is because as of that moment, Luke is the last Jedi. At the beginning of TLJ he will still be the last Jedi. The line "its time for the Jedi to end" can easily be a cut from and entire line of him saying something to Rey about the past like "After the destruction of the new Jedi academy I decided its time for the Jedi to end." Once he meets Rey maybe his mind changes. Maybe what he found on Ahch-to already has changed his mind. Maybe when he hears what the FO has done and that Ben killed his father that changes his mind. Theres a whole bunch of good reasons to change Luke's mind and help. The title "The last Jedi" I think is simply the state of the Jedi at this present time. The title means basically "Star Wars : Luke Skywalker".

 

well since it's been stated many times that stuff GL has said is no longer canon...

I'm wondering if the idea that the 'balance' was not simply numerical was one such idea that came from Lucas.

if so its entirely possible to retcon the fulfilment of the prophecy to mean that anikin brought balance by killing all but 2 jedi.

 

You mean if the want to break their 4 billion dollar toy and ruin the saga?

While I understand Lucas doesn't own LFL. He is one of the largest shareholders of Disney. And despite what people say about how they might be departing from Lucas' vision no one from LFL says that rather they have bent over backward to speak about how they want what they do to build on not overwrite Lucas.

 

Not according to Lucas' hand picked successor.

Also Disney is smart enough to know that they can't radically depart from SW lore without losing fans. Further they are going to make changes that diminish marketable characters from the previous films.

 

but they have ignored his stuff and done their own thing. They aren't making Lucas's star wars anymore.

 

For every Lucas quote saying they aren't going with his ideas there is Kathleen Kennedy saying they are still using his ideas.

Also there is a big difference between telling different stories in the SW universe and breaking the rules of SW and turning it into something else. Some of the changes people are pushing IMO make it something else. Worse retroactively changing the existing saga.

 

In Revenge of the Sith Palpatine tells Anakin "if one is to understand the great mystery, one must study all its aspects, not just the dogmatic narrow view of the Jedi. If you wish to become a complete and wise leader, you must embrace...a larger view of the Force" could Luke now think along his views now?