KMC Forums - RotJ Death Star Scene

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Originally posted by JediRobin23
Before Luke threw away his lightsaber, he knew his fathers true secondary feelings. Realizing, while looking as Vaders cut off hand, that giving into hate, is a path to power. Palpatine stating that 'Join your place at my side' is telling Luke that he will not make the same mistake his father did. Luke finally felt what his father went threw, confirming that hate leads to only death/pain. Throwing away a lightsaber is saying 'no way'. Vaders secondary feelings save Luke

Excellent point. Luke knew that fighting wasn't the answer to defeating Palpatine. Maybe Palpatine would kill him, maybe even Vader would die from the wounds Luke gave him, maybe the whole Death Star would be destroyed- Luke didn't care about any of that, he knew his Father was saved and that he wouldn't be corrupted by the Dark Side, nothing else mattered. Even if the Emporer survived the attack, he would no longer have a Skywalker to do his dirty work any more.