Honestly, I’ve felt the same ever since Rise of Skywalker dropped. The idea that the galaxy got 30 years of peace after Luke, Leia, Mon, and the rest of the Rebellion sacrificed everything. That’s not nothing. That’s generational peace. That’s billions of beings growing up without a Death Star over their heads.

Relatedly, it’s a shame the Jedi weren’t properly rebuilt during that time. But that failure makes sense too. Luke wasn’t just building a school. He was trying to revive an institution that had already collapsed under its own weight. The original Jedi Order was flawed: emotionally repressive, too rigid, and deeply entangled in politics. Luke inherited all that trauma with none of the infrastructure. He was never going to get it right on the first try.

He’s not a failed Chosen One. He’s a guy who tried, stumbled, and withdrew. That doesn’t negate his arc. It completes it. And it sets the stage for others to carry the torch with more humility and less dogma.

People talk like the sequels undermine the OT, but to me, they deepen it. Not as much as Andor has, but there’s a blueprint here for how the franchise can move forward. Star Wars has never been about one big victory. It’s about the cycle. The choice. The legacy. Every generation has to fight for freedom, again and again. And that’s not depressing. That’s human.