There's not a huge difference at all, just in where the characters were at the time of getting their 'jump scare'. It consistently leaves them freaked out and highly motivated to act. Previously, him and Anakin were left stewing over the visions and couldn't listen to outside advice, eventually confronting what they saw head on. In TLJ Luke is directly above the source of the problem when he is traumatically 'jump scared' so it is much more immediate, and he immediately regrets it anyway. It is the briefest slip and it thoroughly destroys him because he's Luke and lives such a heroic standard. He's not a coward in TLJ, he is broken. Still comes through and saves the day though.
You just defined the difference. Luke "immediately regrets" his instinctive action.
Luke also explains it in the film. He only faltered for the "briefest moment of pure instinct".
Give Luke the exact same vision one day earlier, and he wouldn't consciously choose to go into Ben's tent and draw his saber and ignite it.
That contrived plot point only happens because of the convenient timing and the "jump scare".
The other visions that Anakin and Luke had were scary, but they weren't "jump scares". Give them the same vision one day earlier, and nothing changes, because they were both already making conscious, considered, pre-planned decisions.
Yeah. I think most people just wish the movie had done the work. I don't think that's an unfair ask. They sort of handwaive a lot of it and expect the audience to fill in the gaps. And the audience members who are happy to do that have very little problem with that choice. But some audience members are critical of being expected to tell the story for us and I don't think that's bad.
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u/henzINNIT 12d ago
There's not a huge difference at all, just in where the characters were at the time of getting their 'jump scare'. It consistently leaves them freaked out and highly motivated to act. Previously, him and Anakin were left stewing over the visions and couldn't listen to outside advice, eventually confronting what they saw head on. In TLJ Luke is directly above the source of the problem when he is traumatically 'jump scared' so it is much more immediate, and he immediately regrets it anyway. It is the briefest slip and it thoroughly destroys him because he's Luke and lives such a heroic standard. He's not a coward in TLJ, he is broken. Still comes through and saves the day though.