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[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

At no point in his life did Luke get any. Ever. Hell, Yoda probably slung his leg over more often. But permavirgin Luke? Nope.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Mara Jade, from the non-Disney Star Wars universe.

She's Luke's wife.

Huh. TIL.

Thank you.

[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 31 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Turns out being exiled to suck grains of sand for individual molecules of moisture up through your early 20s isn't as good for the resume as being inducted as a child into the fasttrack program for magic West Point.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 23 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

By the destruction of the Death Star alone, Luke has a higher kill count than Anakin did at 22, saved the Rebellion, and became a decorated war hero. And Luke did all that in less than a week of getting caught up in events.

Meanwhile Anakin had been building up to that point for years, and was only a General because all Jedi were Generals. Other than becoming a Jedi, it's not like he did anything specifically to earn that position.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Anakin was also playing the game with cheats on. Palp was arranging a lot of softball missions for him. Can't have the chosen one get randomly killed by a droid.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Did we watch the same TV show as kids?? I wouldn't call the invasion of Geonosis a 'softball mission'.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

Geonosis was arranged as a bit of a humbling strike. Anakin was supposed to meet and be defeated by his rival for apprentice ... which is what happened.

Again, another softball as Dooku was likely instructed not to kill or harm Anakin ... which explained why he looked disappointed with the arm having been lost.

[–] harambe69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

A TCOAL reference on Lemmy?

[–] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 17 hours ago

the internet is healing

...or like getting worse in a good way

[–] impudentmortal@lemmy.world 113 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thought it would be funnier if we added Leia

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 23 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

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why did they fuck luke over? They put Leia in a hereditary monarch position, and him in some desert in the middle of fucking nowhere to farm moisture?

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

/uj Wasn't it implied (also in the obi wan series) that they needed to separate them literally as much as possible? So not just planetary, but also by the very walk of life, and by all reason, they shouldn't have ever crossed paths, even accidentally. If they were both paupers on different planets and physically passed by each other, they might talk, but by separating them by class, even if they walked by each other, one is literal royalty and the boundary would be immense.

So that they eventually crossed paths by fate, shows the power and will of the force to bring good people together or some bullshit.

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 points 13 hours ago

This is the version I want :( Having Luke and Nellith working as a Jedi duo would have been so cool.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

makes sense. that's great on the part of the fans to come up with decent explanations to plot holes that gape open more than anal acrobats' prolapsed assholes.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 17 hours ago

… or some bullshit.

Yep, that sounds about right when “somehow Palpatine returned” exists.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 18 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

In my headcannon this explains solitary senile old Luke.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 9 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

... because he was neglected? Because of the moisture farm chemicals?

[–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

It's the blue milk. That stuff rots your brain.

[–] MSBBritain@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Hmm. Well, most chemical desiccants would probably cause moderate to severe damage when breathed in, and with a bit of suspense of disbelief could explain developmental issues...

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 30 points 1 day ago

That's a helpful and necessary addition. The mythology does not serve itself.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 21 hours ago

Luke was a late bloomer whilst Anakin was a child genious.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Future father" at age 22 is a strange achievement.

[–] how_we_burned@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago

Wasn't a jedi knight on the council either.

What a failure.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (4 children)

"The Strongest Jedi" definitely isn't right. At best, he's evenly matched with Obi-Wan. If you apply stupid "power scaling" rules, then sure, Obi-Wan got ganked by Dooku during their fight while Anakin handily beat him. But at the same time that Dooku pushes Obi-Wan, he easily kicks and downs Anakin who's behind him; Obi-Wan was just the one he subdued by crushing him, ostensibly seeing him as the greater threat.

We've seen Anakin lose to Obi-Wan at the (inherent) height of his combat prowess, and it was his own fault. Windu and Yoda probably also take Anakin one-on-one. (Windu, of course, was totally defenseless when Anakin severed his arm.)

If we're talking about things like the Force, Yoda is clearly much more powerful. There's an argument Anakin was the most powerful pilot, but that combined with being very Force-sensitive and a very good duelist doesn't make him "the most powerful" overall. Most potential? If he could keep his emotions under control, probably.

[–] Comrade_Spood@quokk.au 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Power can only account for arrogance so much. I interpret it as Anakin was the most powerful Jedi, but his arrogance and lack of self control often times got in the way of it. So to me, Obiwan didn't win because he was stronger, but because he was in control.

[–] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 24 points 1 day ago

Yeah, there are plenty of Jedi who can beat Anakin, but I think if you normalize for experience, he was easily the strongest of any of his peers. He should have seen being allowed to sit in on the council at his age as an enormous honor. But of course, he's the egotist supreme, and he had unwise words being whispered in his ear.

Also, in the fight with Dooku, it seems likely to me that Palpatine somehow invisibly sabotaged him once Obi-Wan was down. Palps wanted that to end with both Dooku AND Obi-Wan dead.

Tap for spoilerI mean the truth is the movies are just poorly written and wildly inconsistent, but whatever lol

[–] can_you_change_your_username@fedia.io 12 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Movies confirm that Anakin is roughly equal in power to Obi-Wan and Yoda is roughly equal in power to Palpatine. Anakin is the chosen one and the prophecy that he would bring balance to the force was fulfilled at the end of Episode 3 when those were the only four left.

[–] TALL421@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

George has explicitly said in the past that balance does not mean equal light and equal dark. The dark side is a corruption, a cancer of the Force. Of course George isn't in charge anymore but Dave very much learned from George and seemingly already shared many of the same views of the Force to begin with.

Anakin brings balance when Luke redeems him, and he defeats Palpatine. And then yknow.... again is balanced by the Dyad. But it's easier for pretty much everyone not to talk about that.

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[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know.... Somehow, I've always known

Somehow Leia also just knew Luke would be one of those "chill" brothers who lets you kiss them on the lips for a few seconds to make your boyfriend/crush jealous.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those two definitely banged once or twice after they figured out they were siblings.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"They" meaning Luke and Leia? Or "They" meaning the writers?

[–] domdanial@reddthat.com 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't love that I recognize the art style / pose.

[–] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The coffin of Andy and Leyley, a game that I haven't played but people say it's about incest or something. The meme uses the same poses and art style for Luke and Leia

an image of the game from steam depicting the above referenced pose and artstyle

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The opening scene involves the two of them locked in an apartment slowly starving to death while their neighbor attempts to summon a demon and dies leaving behind piles of edible meat.

Tap for spoilerThe incest doesn't happen until like act 3 and even then it's only as a possible outcome foreshadowed in a flash forward.

[–] Lanusensei87@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

There is something to be said about how recognizable it is, that is commendable in itself. Too bad about the reason why 😬.

[–] can_you_change_your_username@fedia.io 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Luke's 23 in Return of the Jedi when he defeats the combined power of Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine to not only resist turning to the dark side himself but also redeem Anakin turning him back to the light side of the force. Luke's the real strongest Jedi even with his truncated training.

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[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 11 points 1 day ago

But who can name themselves jedi master though?

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago

My canon belief is that Leia had a sense there was a connection to Luke (that she references to "always knowing", which can mean a lot more than just about Luke) after she heard his calling out to her from Cloud CIty. This would be long after both kisses, and both of them were pretty innocent within context anyway.

As for Anakin, he was the most powerful at that point. We see this by the measurements (yeah, I hate that Lucas defined what was meant to be mystical), we see this by the later results in him matching up with other more experienced Jedi, and we see him as a severely crippled Vader who is still devastating to anyone. Anakin weakness wasn't his abilities, but his lack of patience and control, thanks to maybe his age if Yoda was right, but the lack of the Council aiding what training could be done, and also fueling his fears and anger later.

Luke could be more powerful. We never see his peak level except in cases like in The Mandalorian. That Luke is Anakin-level but with control of his actions.

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