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Originally Posted by belsarius
I think that was all very unreasonable for George Lucas's Luke.
He left his training because of a feeling that his friends were in danger, against all warnings from Yoda and Obi-won. He put all of his friends at risk to save Han from Jabba. He let himself be taken and stood face to face with the most evil man in the universe just on the hope that he could persuade his father to return to the light side, even knowing all the evil he had committed. Dude was partially responsible for blowing up planets and killing an untold number of Admirals and yet Luke still wouldn't kill him.
I had a very hard time believing that Luke would draw a lightsaber on a sleeping Ben, his nephew, even with the dark side growing in him. Luke was a stereotype of an internal optimist, who was ultimately able to save his fathers soul from the dark side. For me it was a huge jump to make him willing to even consider striking down a sleeping blood relative who hadn't actually turned to the dark side yet.
Sorry Leia, I've come here to face him but I can't save him. Yeah I saved Dad who has been on the Dark Side for 20 years, but I'm not even going to try with your kid. Heck it's not even worth my time to leave my island to help you.
I agree with Hamill, it worked for the story, it was reasonable in the context, but it wasn't the Luke Skywalker from the original Trilogy.
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This assumes that after 30 years Luke is still the same person. How many of us can think back to ourselves 30 odd years ago and recognize that person?
I think Luke's arc is one of the best things in this movie. Luke realizes the fundamental conceit of the story up to now and addresses it. The Galaxy would be a much better place if the Skywalkers stopped trying to protect it and instead tried to protect the Galaxy from the Skywalkers.
I think it all works together neatly and signals why Luke separates himself from the Force. Luke feels like he creates and therefore must destroy another Vader, in the process he realizes what the real problem is. The damn Skywalkers and the Jedi.
I wish the movie really took that leap. It would have been appropriate with the context of this movie's theme to destroy the past for Rey to have renounced the Jedi and to have become something different. A new identity of Force users as Kylo was asking her to do. That would have kicked off a completely new branch of the story and woven new life into an incredibly tired and threadbare plot about Jedis. Who freaking cares about the Jedi at this point?