Why must Luke Skywalker be the last Jedi?

And to do that, we have to go back and look at The Empire Strikes Back. Taken together, it's apparent that there wasn't anywhere else for Luke to go in The Last Jedi. read more

Luke Skywalker trains in the ways of the Jedi, but if we're being honest, he never truly embraces the teachings of his master Yoda. Yoda wants Luke to stay and train, leaving his friends at the mercy of Darth Vader. read more

In the opening crawl of The Force Awakens it’s mentioned that Luke Skywalker is the last Jedi. That being said, there’s no reason to suggest that he stays the last Jedi. By Episode 9 Rey could be Jedi, Kylo Ren could switch sides and be a Jedi, Luke could even begin training a second lot of Jedi (depending of course on the time span between episodes 8 and 9). read more

Perhaps Luke wants to end the Jedi in order to restart the Order of the Whills (incidentally, there’s already debate about whether the book seen in the new teaser is the Order’s Journal of the Whills). read more

Luke Skywalker trains in the ways of the Jedi, but if we're being honest, he never truly embraces the teachings of his master Yoda. Yoda wants Luke to stay and train, leaving his friends at the mercy of Darth Vader. This is the Jedi way as Yoda knows it. Luke, however, doesn't listen. read more