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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2379072" data-attributes="member: 14159">For those who have not read it: After the showdown at Bespin and his recovery aboard a medical frigate, Luke went back to Tatooine first, and returned to Obi-Wan's old hut, where he had left Luke a textbook of Jedi teachings, including the details of lightsaber construction.  Building your own saber being a major trial of Knighthood.  In the story, as things progress he learns to put Yoda's teachings into practical use, and ends up fighting a duel with a super assassin droid where he puts his full faith in the Force for the first time, and just lets it flow through him, which lets him win.  Thus, by the time he returns to Yoda he's completed one of the main tests Yoda would put him through (building a saber) and now understands what Yoda was talking about in his teachings, having had a chance to put it to practical use.Also, I always figured that Yoda and Obi-Wan urging Luke not to go was more a test of maturity, Luke being able to shrug off temptation to go into what is obviously a trap.  Luke failed that test of maturity, but then had to go through another, even greater test of maturity when he was told the true nature of Darth Vader and had to deal with that.</blockquote>