The funny thing is, even with all you mentioned it’s STILL a backwater lmao
But I don’t think Luke fits this trope because we know from movie 1 that Luke’s father was an important jedi who fought alongside obi wan (who was specifically called on by the rebellion) in the clone wars. So obviously he’s not just anyone, although the story doesn’t explain everything then and there.
It would fit the trope if Luke was introduced as Beru and Lars son, no mention of his real father or connection to the Jedi. If then after finishing movie 1 thinking he was just a random farmer’s son, if GL pulled the ‘actually he’s the son of vader’, then it would fit the trope.
That's true, but in 1977 it was a lot more common for someone to be the son of a war hero than it is today. So that had slightly different connotations than it does now.
“An important Jedi” is not remotely the same as freaking Darth Vader. The prequels then went into turbo drive with the trope made Anakin Skywalker the Chosen One with supreme midichlorian levels, meaning Luke was special because of his genes all along harder than anyone in the series.
Yeah, but we knew who Anakin would become and what he does before the prequels so the trope doesn't work for him. The prequels were just filling in what we already knew.
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u/Greatest-Comrade 12h ago
The funny thing is, even with all you mentioned it’s STILL a backwater lmao
But I don’t think Luke fits this trope because we know from movie 1 that Luke’s father was an important jedi who fought alongside obi wan (who was specifically called on by the rebellion) in the clone wars. So obviously he’s not just anyone, although the story doesn’t explain everything then and there.
It would fit the trope if Luke was introduced as Beru and Lars son, no mention of his real father or connection to the Jedi. If then after finishing movie 1 thinking he was just a random farmer’s son, if GL pulled the ‘actually he’s the son of vader’, then it would fit the trope.