theorizes maybe a normal childhood will help prevent that Skywalker omnicidal megalomania
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that's why Yoda's pissed off at Ben's ghost, Ben wasted 20 years of training time
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(unspoken is the fact training in itself doesn't matter that much bc a Skywalker is a Force version of a nuke)
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their concern in training is less Luke's power level and more his loyalty and stability
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if you rewatch ESB with this framing you get the sense Yoda is afraid of Luke
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he's talking down to him, making him feel like a raw ignorant student
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so that he doesn't go off the deep end of "I am a god and I make all my own rules" like his dad did
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anyway main thing I like about this framing is stuff they prolly didn't intend
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like R2 got himself and 3PO bought by Owen on purpose bc R2 knows who Luke is
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<cough> aren't R2 and 3PO's memories wiped at end of ROTS?
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3PO is wiped. R2 is not. R2 is actively taunting 3PO with his beeping as Bail orders him to be wiped
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Markey_P and
it's one of R2's douchier moments
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Markey_P and
it's all because 3PO can talk and R2 can't, 3PO said he intended to tell Leia all his stories
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