MTZehvor said:
That's an interesting explanation that makes a lot more sense than anything else I've heard, but wouldn't it all go to waste as soon as someone inside the base decided to make a run for it? Wouldn't Kylo (or Snoke, if he was alive and paying attention to what was going on) notice the change in intentions as soon as the Resistance decided to flee? I suppose you can make the argument that maybe Kylo would have been so distracted by Luke that he wouldn't notice the change in thoughts going on in the base, but the alive-in-this-hypothetical-scenario Snoke wouldn't be directly focused on Luke and that same distraction wouldn't apply; he'd still be just as likely to read the thoughts of the Resistance as he was before. Also, by that logic, if Kylo was consistently reading intentions, shouldn't he have been able to discern Luke was an apparition (or at least figure out something was up), since there were no thoughts, and by extension intentions, to read? And wouldn't Luke be concerned with Snoke quickly figuring out his projection by that same reasoning; no thoughts/intentions to read? |
I didn't say he was consistently reading minds, but that it was an ability he had and Luke knew he had. Also, this has to be thought of from Luke's perspective. He's lightyears away, marooned on a mostly uninhabited planet. His only realistic option is to bank on the fact Ren and Snoke absolutely hate him and on the fact this trick would make him look unbelievably powerful. Like I said, he didn't show up looking exactly the way he did when Ren believed he tried to murder him on accident, he wanted to make him enraged. Also, it is worth mentioning he may have known Snoke was dead, when powerful force users die, other powerful ones often can sense it if they are paying attention. In fact, going by Luke's own words, it seems he knew only Ren was there to be challenged. And if that's the case - a decently reasonable thing to think - it all makes good sense. Though in reality, this is Luke's only move. And it's one he could be fairly confident would work cause it worked on the Emperor, who was so distracted focusing all his rage on Luke he never picked up on Vader turning good - even though he was a fellow force user and standing right next to him - until it was too late. As for figuring out it's a projection, two things work in his favor. One is that Ren would likely never think Luke would just kill himself to buy time, not given his opinion of him. Remember, Ren knew of this theoretical technique, but commented it would kill you from the effort. Second is Luke has kept himself profoundly well hidden from Snoke and Ren who have been looking for him for a while. He would likely just assume Luke is shielding himself. He is far more powerful in practical terms than Rey. And again, also, the emotional side of things. Ren wants to kill Luke, this would cloud his judgment considerably, Luke knows this from first hand experience.
