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Luke's Military Training

Discussion in 'Original Trilogy' started by CTrent29, Mar 23, 2016.

  1. CTrent29

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    Why did the Rebel Alliance allow Luke to participate in the Battle of Yavin without giving him any training?
     
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    I guess that Biggs could vouch for his piloting skills.
     
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    also, they're pressed for support. if he can fly and fight, why not put him in it?

    resistance fighters often don't have the luxury of training, they put a gun in your hand and say: yay, you're one of us, go to it!
     
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    He helped rescue Princess Leia, which no ordinary person could do, he shot down multiple TIE fighters despite never having left Tattoone, and he kissed his sister :p .
    --- Double Post Merged, Mar 24, 2016, Original Post Date: Mar 24, 2016 ---
    I'm sure that they have at least SOME form of basic training beforehand ...
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    And also the skills he shows on the falcon and the Death Star .
     
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    How nice. Why did the Rebel Alliance allow Luke to participate in the Battle of Yavin, without any military training? It makes no sense whatsoever.
     
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    revolutions are not so well organized.
    it actually makes more sense that Luke would just be thrown into the fray than trained up at all.
    the Alliance has neither the time nor the luxury of resources for training.

    read some history about Resistance fighters (past and present).
    it just doesn't work like you maybe think it should.
    in an ideal world, of course. but not here.
     
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    Because shut up.......................................................................if you read a book now and then you would know that Luke DID receive training.
     
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    For starters, the Alliance would take any able bodied individual since they were severely undermanned compared to the Empire (I wouldn't be surprised if there were more Imperial personnel on the Death Star than in the Alliance during the entire Galactic Civil War!).
    Second, Luke did have Biggs vouching for his piloting ability. On a related note, Luke used to fly a T-16 Skyhopper. The controls of a Skyhopper are very similar to that of a T-65B X-wing. Again, Biggs could have easily mentioned that.
    Third, according to the canon book A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farmboy, Luke had to pass a test before he was allowed to fly an X-wing.
    Another thing that you are forgetting is that he is the son of Anakin Skywalker. Being the offspring of one of the greatest pilots of all time probably gave Luke some clout.
    Finally, there was a Death Star coming in for them.

    But the real answer is that it is a movie and a minor detail like that would be getting in the way of having our hero involved in the plot. It isn't as bad as say a nine-year-old, who should have been left on Coruscant instead of being brought into a war zone, getting into a fighter, accidentally taking off, accidentally landing in the enemy ship, then accidentally destroying said enemy ship, accidentally saving the day.
     
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    He's shown quite some skill in helping Leia already, then piloted to ge the Death Star to its end. I'd guess both she and Biggs wanted him there, and it's not like he complained much, either.
     
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    Yeah, I'm not really buying it. But then this has been a problem with STAR WARS from the beginning to this latest film.
     
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    Why not? Why say no to an extra pilot, a skilled one at that, a Skywalker, who seems to want to help them?
     
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    Even if it's a problem , it's still an overblown fictional movie with crazy wizards who can float things with their hand :p
     
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    This isn't the logic they're looking for. (obi-wan 4) :p
     
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    I do not think you even need to say that. I think Luke's experience is the strongest logic how Luke could do that.

    P.S. Oh, and I think Anakin in TPM is an experienced pilot(he mentioned it), even though that is not an enough justification of what he did in the movie.
     
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    Hell, a hapless and 'useless' gungan with little to no skills became a general, and eventually advanced to the rank of senator.
    • In The Phantom Menace we never hear of Jar Jar's miltary training, yet in the film he displays surprising dexterity and weapon proficiency. He must have belonged to the territorial navy or something.
    • We never hear of Jar Jar's political training, yet he manages to convince Qui-Gon to let him stay.
     
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    Oh, I'm not saying that Luke wasn't qualified or that his actions in the battle didn't seem like something he could do, but more of me commenting on the Alliance sending him out.
    On Anakin: him ending up in the battle was an accident (he was trying to find the trigger to destroy some droidekas and accidentally activated the autopilot). Him landing in the enemy ship was an accident (it was shot and spun out of control). Him blowing up the enemy ship was an accident (he was just shooting at battle droids). There was no intention behind Anakin's success. None of Anakin's skill as a pilot came up in that battle.
     
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    I think fans like to decide what they consider to be logical and what is not, based on which movies they like.
     
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    Tpm hints at jar jar knowing the military guard in gunga city and being peonies to general and he stays with the Jedi because he knows his way around the waters and ge Jedi don't .
     
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    Cough cough nitpicking cough cough...

    The movie leaves that open. The new canon - The Princess, The Scoundrel and The Farm Boy - gives more details about the simulator tests he had to pass to be able to pilot a X-wing.

    (Mic dropped.) Lol.

    @Vader_the_White mentions what I was about to say about the book.

    Agree.
     
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