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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7307559" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I don’t think that he deviates from his character from the old films. At least not in the sense that you mean. I think he deviates from his younger self in the sense that a person would likely do after 30 years and some crazy trauma. Who is the same at 55 that they were at 25? And I don’t think Luke doesn’t care about the Resistance so much as he thinks they’re better off without him. Without the Jedi, in fact. He obviously comes around, but I can understand why he might think that. Not at all. That’s why they went out of their way to show that Luke isn’t dying for nothing. I mean, they really drill that home at the end in a few ways.They also make it clear that a Jedi Academy is not needed. Yoda says that Rey possesses all she needs in order to continue down the path of the Jedi. And then we see she has the sacred texts. Although I wouldn’t be surprised to see Luke return in Force Ghost mode in the next movie, they’ve established that it may not be necessary. I’d guess two reasons. First, they wanted Leia to save herself, not be rescued. The movies have moved strongly away from damsels in distress, so they likely wanted Leia to solve her own problem. I actually didn’t really like that scene all that much,  but I understand why they had it play out that way.Second, the actir who played Admiral Ackbar died after making The Force Awakens, so they likely felt it was best not to have the character do too much, but at the same time wanted to acknowledge his passing.</blockquote>

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