Disney’s Star Wars Needs To Move On From Luke Skywalker
It's time for Disney's Star Wars to close the book on Luke Skywalker. Although a longtime fan-favorite character since the advent of Star Wars with 1977's A New Hope, Luke has overstayed his welcome in the sweeping franchise. Mark Hamill portrayed Luke in the original Star Wars trilogy as well as in the three sequels, though Disney+ series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett brought a younger version of the character back using CGI and computer-generated vocals. Luke's reentrance in the Star Wars universe presents an issue for Disney's takeover of the franchise, as it exhibits a frustrating refusal to let go of the past.
Introduced in A New Hope living on Tatooine with his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, Luke proceeded to train as a Jedi Knight under the guidance of his father Anakin's old mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Luke reunited with his sister is Princess Leia, from whom he was separated at birth, and together alongside the likes of Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Lando Calrissian, they defeated Emperor Palpatine's Galactic Empire. Decades later in The Force Awakens, Luke, then a Jedi Master, took Rey under his wing. At a point in between the two eras, The Mandalorian season 2, revealed Luke to be Grogu's mentor — a dynamic that The Book of Boba Fett episode 6 explored.
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Luke’s appearance in The Book of Boba Fett further reinforces Star Wars’ hesitance to move on from the character. In a world as rich as George Lucas' fictional galaxy, it's disappointing that even Disney’s newer projects seem to revolve around a single character, who has been the center of the franchise since the beginning. If Disney is to usher in a bright new era of Star Wars, it
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