The problem isn’t that Luke became Jaded... the larger problem is the fundamental context shift of this film... its taken the classic and never ending battle of good vs evil and decide to move toward shades of gray, relativism viewpoint.
That’s the real problem with this film in the larger context, there is a lot of things wrong execution wise, that I can nitpick at. The most glaring being an entire subplot/scene that just doesn’t work, poorly written and horribly executed... and an character that is so poorly written, and even more poorly acted... that it makes the acting of the guy who played adult Anakin in the prequels look good.
I can offer up all sorts of critiques of various execution points in the film, but all of those I can honestly overlook... because they are largely EXECUTION problems, not conception problems.
The real problem with this film, is the CONCEPTION problem... that being Star Wars is no longer the eternal battle of Good vs Evil... but is now some ephemeral fog of shades of grey and nuances.... That’s what is really wrong with this film IMHO. Its destroying the very fabric of the underlying story... Can’t have absolute good and absolute evil anymore, that’s not politically allowed... must be this jumbled mess of gray that has to be slogged through.
I read somewhere that Lucas' initial vision was to have it "turn to grey". The whole "he is the one to bring balance to the force" thing was a prelude to the force becoming one - no obvious good or evil.
This is a secular humanist wet dream. Imagine no religion. No moral judgments. People are what they are and you just have to accept it.
Episode 9 will be a SJW, LGBTQRSXLZ, snowflake orgy. The oppressed will rise. Rich people will be vanquished. There will be no "good" or "evil". There will still be right or wrong, but that is subjective in the eyes of the ruling class, which will be the formerly oppressed.
They might as well call episode 9 - The Communist Revolution.
quote “character that is so poorly written, and even more poorly acted”
which actor?