Originally posted by Zampanó
WHO ARE YOU TO SAY WHAT IS EVIaHEM. Sorry about that. What I meant is that writer fiat is necessary to prevent power creep; Luke's status presently is like Windex: he can fix every problem. Figuring out a reason for him to hold back/refrain is important. It's just that being incompetent sucks, because then we get things like Sith Cyborg Lady dueling him to a standstill. BLUH BLUH INCONSISTENT
ben is travelling with him so that anytime they need to put ben in danger to hold luke back, they can. Sadly Ben skywalker is a plot device. Notice how often he gets luke in the bad situations in the first place, because luke is considered too wise to get there himself.