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THE WIZARD’S JOURNEY

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In his Wizard’s Journey, Luke 06 Luke refuses failure came not in Ben Solo’s fall to the dark side,

discovers the same lesson that he to take up his but in Luke’s own reaction to it, both in exiling
old lightsaber
imparted to Rey and Kylo: that when Rey himself from the galaxy and in rejecting Rey’s plea
everything he said was wrong. (Daisy for training and guidance. A Jedi does not fail when
Ridley)
Luke holds himself to blame his objective is not achieved; a Jedi fails only when
returns it
for creating Kylo Ren. In Rey’s to him. he no longer seeks any objective at all.
strength in the Force, he sees only In that moment, Luke recognizes a fundamental
07 Luke sees

danger, not potential. The guilt truth: it may be too late to save Ben Solo’s soul,
only danger
he carries for his error that night in Rey’s but it is not too late for Luke Skywalker to make a
in the training temple drives his strength in difference once again.
the Force.
refusal to train anyone else in the Luke completes his Wizard’s Journey by accepting

ways of the Jedi. The Jedi Order 08 In The Last this truth about himself and his role as a Jedi Master.
Jedi, Luke
of old failed due to its hubris, and Leia is in danger; the Resistance is at the brink of
insists there
so, Luke believes, did he. is no “One.” annihilation. On the verge of military conquest by
It is Yoda who guides Luke to the First Order, the galaxy needs a spark of hope.
09 Is it time

see the one final lesson he must Luke bids farewell to his sister, apologizing as much

for the Jedi
learn: that failure is not a reason to end? for his own choices as for the fates of Ben and Han.
to quit, but a source of knowledge He releases his guilt and regret. And then he does
for the challenges ahead. Luke’s what Rey had asked. He becomes a legend.

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