“Luke in this film is not really a power fantasy, he’s a mirror to our complete selves. A mirror to all the darker truths of what adults carry around inside. But it’s precisely the act of Yoda showing him this mirror that helps Luke accept how he has changed, and therefore come back into ‘himself.’ And so when Luke finds his courage to face his demons? It results in the most rousing sequence of the film, and maybe even the entire series. Luke’s transcendent finale battle with Kylo is probably the single most badass thing I’ve ever seen in these films. Luke literally heads off an entire squad of AT-AT walkers, has a tense samurai-esque lightsaber battle with Kylo, and then it’s revealed to be an incredible ruse of force projection from across the galaxy, thus rendering it an incredible act of Jedi-like pacifism to boot. He, like so many in the film, wins not by fighting what he hates, but by saving the people he loves. And having used every ounce of the force within him, he stares into the sun, the boy who always looked to the horizon for what was next, now simply closing his eyes and feeling where he is now…and he lets go. I got literal goosebumps. For all the deep want of Luke being a god, it is with the most Jesus-like notions of sacrifice that he feels the most human.”— via Observer: The Beautiful, Ugly, and Possessive Hearts of Star Wars
I LITERALLY GET GOOSEBUMPS JUST READING THINGS LIKE THIS BECAUSE I FEEL IT SO MUCH
Same. I almost teared up.
Reblogged from "love bends the rules of possible"
