Lukes was far more impressive given Kylo and Rey already had a Dyad.
I think Maul was more impressive giving Ezra visions of Kenobi, from another star system, given there was no known force connection already in place between any of those 3.
Because it's not the same as legends. We don't know how tiring this ability is, but considering he was a galaxy away, and maintained a very convincing illusion (even for a trained and powerful force user) for quite some time, I'd say it's pretty impressive.
I don't believe he died from the exhaustion, but it defenitely took a visible toll on him, which is further proof of its difficulty.
^ I've mentioned this before, but it was stated in the RoS VD that Luke created the projection by pouring his own living force into the cosmic force in order to bridge the distance(literally hundreds of light years) -- which is something we have never seen before in the mythos.
The result was more than just a simple 'illusion', imo, as the projection clearly had solid elements to it...
-Luke gripped Leia's hands and kissed her forehead. He also manifested Han's dice, which were 'solid' and could be held by others.
-3PO's optic sensors registered Luke actually being there.
-His robes/hair were flapping in the wind on Crait.
-Kylo and Leia(who can very accurately sense presences in the force and had very strong connections to Luke) didn't realize that the projection wasn't actually Luke at first.
I believe it was literally Luke's essence/life force standing in front of them, which is why it was indistinguishable from the real deal. /shrug
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With the added context the supplementary material provides, it becomes an absolutely extraordinary feat(especially when you consider that Luke had been entirely closed off from the force for YEARS prior to that.)
I think distance and time are huge factors, yeah. The farther away you're projecting, the harder you have to concentrate, as you are literally manipulating/channeling the cosmic force itself to bridge the distance... And the longer you manifest the projection, the more of your own life force you have to dump into it.
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I understand you're trying to sugarcoat it as much as possible (since it's the only "cool" thing we've seen Luke doing in TLJ), but Rian's treatment of the character was still unforgivable.
Luke's "I was wrong" line in TRoS was basically Abrams apologizing to fans for Johnson's screw-up.
I'm just mentioning the impressiveness of the projection feat, because the idea/myth that it was just a simple "illusion" no longer holds up... It was much more than that.
But acknowledging that one feat from the film was badass certainly isn't me trying to imply that TLJ wasn't a complete shitshow, lol... Especially when the film itself didn't even cement how amazing the feat was(it took supplementary material to do that.)
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Kylo still should have figured out that Luke couldn't have survived that blaster barrage... and Luke's doppelganger leaving no red footprints should have tipped him off, too.
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Thats true.
After Luke brushed off the blaster barrage, Kylo didn't even let out an "impossible!" or whatever. He just kind of sighed IIRC. It was kind of one of those "O well. You can't blame me for trying" kind of things.
Yeah, having Luke use Anakin's saber was actually pretty stupid(thx again, Rian), given that Kylo had obviously never seen him use it before. Would have made a lot more sense to have him use the green blade.
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