WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Episode 6 of Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, "Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger," streaming now on Disney+.
One of the most shocking things in the Star Wars sequel trilogy was how Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker was depicted as he got older. Fans hoped for the ambitious, hopeful Luke from the '70s and '80s, but he was cynical, especially when he sensed darkness inside Ben Solo. Luke contemplated killing the boy, which led to their fracture, the eradication of the new Jedi Order and Ben becoming Kylo Ren. However, many felt if Luke didn't overreact and give in to the Dark Side briefly himself, all this would have been prevented. Come his return in The Book of Boba Fett, Luke proved he had that sinister edge to him way before his fallout with his nephew, and it was indeed rooted in Sith ideology.
A main doctrine is that only Siths deal in absolutes, which Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Mace Windu and Master Yoda often spoke of. It drove their Rule of Two with apprentices killing masters to succeed. Unfortunately, Luke used the same precept when he offered Baby Yoda an ultimatum. He gave him two gifts. One was from Din Djarin, indicating if he chose this Beskar armor, he'd be returned to the Mandalorian as a foundling. The other was from Luke himself -- Master Yoda's lightsaber, which would allow him to follow the Jedi Order as Luke's Padawan.
However, this was cruel and unnecessary, proving Luke didn't learn from past mistakes. This sort of absolute is what converted Anakin Skywalker into Darth Vader. Not to mention, Luke also flirted with it when Emperor Palpatine tempted him to his side. The absolute at that time was to kill his dad and become a protege or be killed by Palpatine as a traitor.
Thus, for Luke to hit a young kid with a take-it-or-leave-it deal was sadistic and reminiscent of the Luke who didn't offer Kylo compassion or a conversation. Had Luke understood empathy, he'd know Grogu is an impressionable child clinging to Mando as a protector and dad. It's also hypocritical as Luke remembered his family fondly on Tatooine after their deaths, which inspired him to be better. Instead, attachment is once more treated like a sin, which was weaponized by Palpatine to turn Anakin, and Luke should have realized in his old age ig needed embracing, not forbidding, otherwise they are no better than the extremists they condemned.
It's understandable this younger Luke didn't have that wisdom, but he should have trained the Grogu more and gotten to know his mind better, as he only just unlocked it and saw the trauma of Order 66. Hench, it was harsh to rush Grogu into such a big decision right when he's reconciling the past and all those deaths that scared him. As Luke used the loss of life to push Grogu into a corner, it's comparable to what Palpatine did by scaring Anakin over Padme's death.
Diminishing the concept of family, love and connections was way too militant, which is sad since Luke never had a teacher this cold. Instead, Luke should have let Grogu use his heart to make the choice rather than goad him with how a Jedi was the only person who could protect him in this dangerous galaxy. Ultimately, Luke's using fear, which leads to hatred, anger and suffering, coming off very despicable and reeking of what a desperate Sith would do to gaslight a protege.
The first six episodes of The Book of Boba Fett are streaming now on Disney+. The Season 1 finale airs Wednesday, Feb. 9.
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