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Star Wars Proves The Sequels Made A Mistake With Luke's Exile
Star Wars tie-ins have proved the sequel trilogy made a mistake with Luke Skywalker's exile. Writer and director J.J. Abrams is famed for his "Mystery Box" approach to storytelling, where he establishes a number of mysteries at the beginning of a story that will drive the rest of the narrative. He took just this approach when he launched the sequel trilogy with Star Wars: The Force Awakens — but unfortunately he didn't actually have answers planned out to many of the questions his film raised. Luke Skywalker's mysterious self-imposed exile was the perfect example, because he knew he needed Luke to have disappeared, but he hadn't really figured out why it had happened.