Maybe. Maybe not. What I find is that I'm a fan of things that I enjoy and I'm willing to let certain things slide from a canonical stand point if it makes the story interesting. Did Rian Johnson, the director and writer, make the right choices for Luke's character? I enjoyed the journey that the character of Luke took through this one movie, so from that perspective, he did. Is it consistent with the character of Luke Skywalker from episodes 4-6? I suppose that I would argue that it is not, but then that was 35 years earlier in that character's life. Who among us has stayed the same over even five years of our lives, much less seven times that long? Certainly not me.
But that is not really what I want to write about this week. Merely the setup. I want to talk about another of the fan backlash issues: starship automation. And this one involves spoilers. So read on only if you've seen the movie or don't care. But see the movie: it's worth seeing on a big screen.
