The 5 Reasons Luke Skywalker a Complete Idiot

Posted by snowhite in Celebrity Gossip on Mar 1st, 2009 | 6 responses

We all know Luke Skywalker as the main protagonist throughout the original Star
Wars Top Movies and onward into the novels of questionable quality. We all grew
up wanting to be him learning to use the Force, blowing up the Death Star, saving
the galaxy. But the thing is, despite all his badass moments, he actually kind o
f sucks. Perhaps not as much as his father Anakin, but that could be due to Mark
Hamill s acting ability, in that he can act. Sure with the emotional music and al
l the screen time Luke Skywalker seems to be the hero, but really he s an idiot wh
o makes bad decisions and has a series of terrible ideas, and he s lucky it all ki
nd of works out for him, his friends, and the Rebel Alliance in the end.
5) Trusting the Force to Help Him Blow Up the Death Star
I have never really figured out what was so special about Luke using the Force i
n attacking the first Death Star. As far as I could tell, it did nothing but giv
e Darth Vader a slightly higher level of difficulty in blasting his X-Wing, whic
h he seemed to aptly overcome as he blew up R2-D2, and proceeded to almost blow
the crap out of Luke s X-Wing had Han Solo not saved his ass with the Millennium F
alcon. Some might say his use of the Force involved him turning off his targetin
g computer and trusting himself to shoot the exhaust port. If that s using the For
ce then I am using the Force every time I turn off my cruise control in my car.
I mean, they make targeting systems for a reason, Luke and chances are, the Rebel s
would prefer to trust your X-Wing s highly sophisticated on-board computer than a
mystical power you spent a few hours learning yesterday afternoon.
4) Refusing to Listen to the Only Living Jedi in the Galaxy
Luke gets a vision of his dead mentor Obi-Wan telling him to go to Dagobah to ge
t training from the Jedi Master, Yoda. Luke obeys, goes out to Dagobah, finds Yo
da, and then proceeds to ignore him at every important turn. Yoda tells him not
to go into the scary cave with weapons, Luke doesn t listen. Yoda gives him a less
on about overcoming great obstacles, and Luke doesn t take it to heart, can t lift h
is own X-Wing and gets all pissy. Yoda and the Ghost of Obi-Wan both tell him no
t to go running off to Bespin to save his friends as he s going to endanger everyt
hing they fought for. Luke doesn t listen, goes off to Bespin, helps nobody and ge
ts his damn hand chopped off.
Well done, Luke. Why should Obi-Wan coming back as a ghost to give important inst
ructions convey any significance to you? Why should not pay attention to the one
muppet who knows how to use the Force? You re just a jerk who nearly turned into a
Hoth-sicle you surely know better than both of em!

3) His Insanely Stupid Plan To Rescue Han Solo from Jabba The Hutt
Let us imagine that Luke Skywalker is trying to tell you his plan to rescue Han
Solo from Jabba the Hutt.
Luke: Okay so, first we get Lando Calrissian posing as a guard inside Jabba s Palac
e.
You: How do we do that?
Luke: We just get him a costume and he just walks in.
You: Um, okay, say it s that easy. So then Lando gets Han out of the carbonite and
we pick them up and get away?
Luke: No. What happens next is that I put my lightsaber in a hidden compartment i
n R2-D2 and send R2-D2 and C3PO to Jabba the Hutt as gifts.
You: Wait, why-
Luke: Just listen. Next we have Leia pose as a bounty hunter arriving at Jabba s pa
lace with Chewbacca captured. She s going to hand over Chewbacca to Jabba.
You: Wait, why? Wouldn t that mean we would now have to rescue Han Solo, Chewbacca,
R2-D2 and C3PO? That just makes it more difficult, right?
Luke: Just go with me here. Next, Leia is going to sneak around at night and get
Han Solo out of the carbonite, but get captured.
You: What? Why would we get everyone captured like that?
Luke: Now I ll show up, use my Force powers to get in to Jabba s fortress, get past t
he guards to an audience before Jabba and then use my Jedi mind trick to get Jab
ba to release everyone. If that doesn t work, then I ll get captured.
You: Okay, if you can just use your Force powers to get in to the palace and all
the way to Jabba, then let s just have you go in right now and get Han out.
Luke: No, that s stupid. I m going to get myself captured. Because then you see, we ll
be taken to the sarlacc pit and then, when we re on the skiff, I ll get sent out fir
st and then R2-D2 will manage to get to the top of Jabba s sail barge and shoot ou
t my lightsaber, and then with Lando s help, we ll just rescue everyone and then every
thing will be fine!
You: That is the stupidest plan I ve ever heard of.
Luke: I ve thought of everything.
You: Clearly you didn t.
2) Throwing Away His Lightsaber in Front of the Emperor
So Luke decides not to put his lightsaber through Darth Vader s head once he reali
zes that he s going along the same dark path as his father. So what does he do nex
t? He tosses away his lightsaber and then proclaims to the Emperor that he is a
Jedi. Thus, he has no way to defend himself when the Emperor blasts him with lig
htning and if it wasn t for his Father saving his butt (please note how many times
Luke gets saved by someone else) he would have been a charred piece of Tatooine
bacon. Okay, yes, tossing away the lightsaber makes a definitive statement of r
enouncing Father-killing, but what did he think would happen other than the Empe
ror kicking his ass? Did Luke think that perhaps he would proclaim I am a Jedi, l
ike my father before me, and the Emperor would suddenly shout No! You are the pure
st good! I am nothing in the presence of your light! and then fling himself backw
ard into the chasm? Why didn t Luke just try to give the Emperor a big hug and kis
ses and call him a snookle bear. He s a master of the Dark Side, so of course he s goi
ng to kick your ass. Luke was warned not to underestimate the Emperor so of course
, he does exactly that.
1) Not Joining the Dark Side
No, seriously! Luke gets dumped on his whole life his adoptive parents get killed,
all his friends get injured or killed, the girl he falls in love with turns out
to be his sister, his father turns out to be one of the most evil people in the
galaxy, his hand gets cut off. Then he gets a chance to co-rule the galaxy. Who
wouldn t take that offer at that point?
What has Luke had to look forward to after the original trilogy? Mostly trying t
o start up the whole Jedi Order by himself, which is a ton of work, and watching
Han have almost constant sex with Leia. Between that and ruling with Vader, it s
not unlike a choice between working in your local library and becoming President
. Not really much of a choice there. And ou can comment all you want about the D
ark Side being a path to pain and suffering and a loss of humanity, but let s face
it the Dark Side is simply cooler. Members of the Sith have neat custom lightsabe
rs, get to slap everyone around, and just plain look cooler. For Halloween, how
many Luke costumes do you see people wearing nowadays? Zero. How many Darth Vade
r costumes do you see? Still too many to count. Bad is good, baby.