Star Wars: Return of the Jediis a bit of a divisive film, as far asStar Warsmovies go at least. Granted it’s nowhere near as divisive asDisney’ssequel trilogy, but it’s definitely not held in quite the same regard as the first two films in the original trilogy.
It’s still beloved, undoubtedly, but a couple of little issues often lead people to label it as the weakest of the three originalStar Warsfilms.
The first of these issues will likely remain divisive forever. How did the Ewoks manage to defeat the Empire’s best soldiers on Endor? You’ll just have to suspend your disbelief and get over that one. It’s a sci-fi film about people with magic laser swords, don’t think too hard about it.
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The second most argued issue regardingReturn of the Jediconcerns Luke’s training with Yoda on Dagobah, and thanks toThe Last Jedi(of all things) we can finally explain this one.
Luke’s training sequence on Dagobah betweenThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jediis often criticised for how short it ended up taking. Now we are sort of collectively assuming it was short (as no specific amount of time was ever stated), but many still think Yoda managing to get Luke on par with Vader so quickly is a bit far-fetched.
In the Visual Dictionary tie-in forThe Last Jedi, it’s stated that time works differently on the planet Ahch-To (the planet that Rey finds Luke on at the end ofThe Force Awakens).
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The Visual Dictionary then also makes a point of comparing Ahch-To to two other locations; Mortis (which is located within The Force itself) and the planet Dagobah.
So there you go, stuff moves slow on Dagobah. So nobody really knows how long Luke was training with Yoda for, which means we can just assume he was there for ages. Assumedly Yoda cut his hair at some point too.
Now, as some have pointed out, we never actually needed this explanation in the first place. The time it took Han and Leia to travel to Bespin lines up exactly with the time it takes Luke to travel to and leave Dagobah.
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As the Millennium Falcon’s hyperdrive was busted during this trip, Han and Leia had to travel at lightspeed to Bespin instead. Again, no specific amount of time is stated, but it definitely took them a lot longer than it should have - potentially upwards of several weeks.
So even though the movies make it look like Luke was only on Dagobah for a short while, the films themselves let us know this wasn’t the case. Basically the extra explanation was slightly pointless, but hey, at leastThe Last Jedigets points for trying.
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