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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 8823119" data-attributes="member: 4937">Addendum to the above post.I'm very much reminded of one of the main story arcs in Avatar the Last Airbender. Early on a lot of viewers guessed that Prince Zuko was going to be the fire bending master that trains Aang.  And conversely a lot of viewers heard that theory and either denied or groaned, because it's so predictable and so trite.  And especially with the show being a cartoon, everyone was kind of expecting that if they did go that way, that it would be too easy and involve too little character transformation to go from where Zuko was as a character to the sort of character that would befriend and aid the Avatar.But of course, while the protest that Zuko becoming a good guy is predictable and trite is a correct one, it's based on the assumption that the writer won't take the time to do that story right and further that because it is predictable and trite that it is just excessively hard to do it right.  But of course, the writers did do it right and it's one of the most powerful arcs in TV cinematic history.I feel the same way here.  A lot of people guess Luthen was a Jedi from the clues we got before this with the cane and the Khyber crystal and the Holocrons.  And I was definitely among the crowd that denied this and groaned, for the same reason that Zuko becoming a good guy made me groan at first.  But, if they are going to put in the work to make the reveal work, and they seem to be doing that, then like the Zuko arc this could be absolutely amazing and I'm going to have to eat my words about how the story would be better if we never see a lightsaber the whole time.    Because if you do the work right, then even with the spoiler it doesn't matter.  Zuko's "prodigal son" scene brings tears to my eyes every single time.Right now my only regret is Diego Luna refused to do all 5 of the originally planned seasons forcing the pacing to be this fast.</blockquote>

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