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andri_g posted...

Mark Hamill said he wanted to play a good-versus-evil Luke in TLJ because his [irl] son told him that is what happened to Luke in the EU, which Hamill said he doesn't follow. He told Johnson this, asking if TLJ would have anything like it. Johnson told Hamill TLJ would only be using old [established] SW themes with new story ideas.

Johnson said TLJ used new story ideas? The reclusive jedi master did not want to train a new apprentice, citing a fear that they'll turn to the dark side. The jedi master relents and gives a couple of lessons that are cut short when the apprentice receives information through the force that their friends are in danger. The force ghost that appeared to the master and to say their gut reaction was wrong. It's not old themes with new story ideas when you're directly copying the majority of another film with a few resequencing.

Luke used a new never before seen power but that's enough to count as a new story idea. The idea that force sensitivity could come from anywhere is a new story idea but he just suggested it; he didn't do anything with it.