Some mild spoilers for Mandalorian S3 below

This was inspired by the other thread about the timeline of Mando. A few people in there were talking about how long or short Grogu stayed with Luke, and how some thought Luke was being unreasonable by making Grogu choose between his Jedi training and Din. I agree that he was, but I’m actually really glad that was the direction they want. To me, it really helps flesh out the crotchety, disillusioned Luke we eventually see in TLJ.

Seeing how he chooses to cut off Grogu from Din if he is to receive the training, focusing on that strict principle of no attachment seems to mirror what happened with Anakin and Schmi. There’s no like, third option so to speak. It’s either “train as a Jedi and forget about the Mandalorian” or leave. Good thing for the galaxy Grogu decided to leave, because we saw how the former worked out with Anakin, and as interesting as it would be to see what a member of Yoda’s species would do if they fell to the dark side, it probably wouldn’t work out well.

This pseudo-strict adherence to the “no attachments” aspect of the old Jedi order is such an interesting aspect of Jedi Master Luke to me. Because his setting that dogma aside is what led to defeating the empire and the redemption of Vader. But then at various points throughout canon we him both enforce this as a teacher, and make exceptions to it when it suits him. Like he still clearly has emotional attachment to the whole OT gang, and as he acknowledges in TLJ, in his arrogance thought he could tame the darkness within Ben.

Perhaps Ben Solo falling to the dark side was more so the straw that broke the camel’s back (in addition to his feelings of failing as an uncle/teacher). Not only did he lose Ben to snoke, but being forced to grapple with being confronted by his own hypocrisy over the years makes him realize the error of the Jedi dogma, to the point where he decides to hard pivot to the point and end the tradition altogether instead of trying to fix it. Especially after he cut himself off from the force (No chats with ghost yoda and Obi-Wan) and there was presumably no one left around he could consult for experienced advice on how to reform the order instead of burning it all down.

Apologies if that comes off disjointed/rambly at all, but what do y’all think?