Hot Toys The Last Jedi Luke Skywalker 1/6 Figure

[Smash]

Well as one of the few who actually loved Luke's portrayal in this movie, i think I'll be content with his main hobo look, as it's really grown on me and what he most often wore.

Plus I just thought he looked really weird with the short black beard.

I really liked the scene where he talks to Rey about the downfall of the Jedi and how he was "Luke Skywalker the Legend", so I'll be happy to have this one to display with Resistance Rey!

 

[BagginsOfBagEnd]

Well as one of the few who actually loved Luke's portrayal in this movie, i think I'll be content with his main hobo look, as it's really grown on me and what he most often wore.

Agreed! Although I would still buy a Crait Luke as well if Hot Toys made one!

 

[Smash]

Somewhat maybe not related to this figure - do any of you guys display figures with dark brown or black clothing like this against a dark background? Looking at new shelving units and I'm not sure what to get. All the furniture in my room otherwise is the ikea dark brown/black. Not sure if Luke would be hidden if I used something with a dark back lol

 

[KerotanFrog]

Well as one of the few who actually loved Luke's portrayal in this movie, i think I'll be content with his main hobo look, as it's really grown on me and what he most often wore.

Plus I just thought he looked really weird with the short black beard.

Completely agree. Everything about his portrayal and look in TLJ was spot on for me. There was something very human about it. He seemed like someone who had been through hell and his attire and demeanor reflected that.

 

[Darth Fok]

A Crait Luke would be awesome. But in the meantime, I prefer the Ep7 figure compared to the Ep8 one. In fact why did he dress down in the first place? He looked kinda homeless.

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Somewhat maybe not related to this figure - do any of you guys display figures with dark brown or black clothing like this against a dark background? Looking at new shelving units and I'm not sure what to get. All the furniture in my room otherwise is the ikea dark brown/black. Not sure if Luke would be hidden if I used something with a dark back lol

Put a bottle of milk behind him for contrast.

 

[davejames]

A Crait Luke would be awesome. But in the meantime, I prefer the Ep7 figure compared to the Ep8 one. In fact why did he dress down in the first place? He looked kinda homeless.

I got the sense that was more of a work outfit or for puttering around the island, while the more formal Ep7 outfit was for meditation.

 

[TonTon]

I got the sense that was more of a work outfit or for puttering around the island, while the more formal Ep7 outfit was for meditation.

That should have been the Hot Toys official name for the outfit.

I like the outfit, it's different than the usual Jedi Robes, mixes it up on the shelf.

 

[davejames]

Yeah I like that it almost looks like a really weathered and beaten up version of his Jedi outfit from ROTJ (which I'm sure is what they were going for). And all those different layers and textures make it a lot more interesting as well I think.

 

[Matt S]

Backpack sold me on this version of luke

just sorry there is no alien ***/green milk diorama

 

[SilverStar17]

I got the sense that was more of a work outfit or for puttering around the island, while the more formal Ep7 outfit was for meditation.

That's quite possibly the case, good way of looking at it. Can't risk spilling milk on the nice Jedi robes.

 

[Hoody999]

These differences in Lukes clothes show to me Disney has no real plan for this trilogy. JJ ends TFA with Luke in clean robes with Rey passing his lightsaber to him in a meaningful moment. Then RJ takes the baton and runs in his direction. Hobo Luke with totally different clothes and a totally different take on that "meaningful" lightsaber scene.

If there was some thread through it all they wouldn't have had these significant differences. The thing is Disney has also admitted to not having any real plan. It seems like the director they chose pitches a direction and they say yep, let's go that way.

I'm not saying the studio should meddle too much, but geeez c'mon. Have some input/suggest some modifications at the very start.

 

[JonWes]

These differences in Lukes clothes show me that Star Wars characters often change their clothes for different tasks.

 

[Cagoda]

I was skimming through the Art of the Last Jedi book yesterday, and I do agree with their thought process behind this outfit for Luke. It mentioned that his long flowing robes wouldn’t be good for walking up and down the hills/rocks, fishing, getting rained on etc. doing his everyday tasks. So they wanted to have a more functional outfit that he can use to do all his stuff.
I also do think Disney annoyingly is firing from the hip in terms of planning these movies.
Regardless, I’m 100% getting the Deluxe version of this. Love his accessories.

 

[davejames]

These differences in Lukes clothes show to me Disney has no real plan for this trilogy. JJ ends TFA with Luke in clean robes with Rey passing his lightsaber to him in a meaningful moment. Then RJ takes the baton and runs in his direction. Hobo Luke with totally different clothes and a totally different take on that "meaningful" lightsaber scene.

If there was some thread through it all they wouldn't have had these significant differences. The thing is Disney has also admitted to not having any real plan. It seems like the director they chose pitches a direction and they say yep, let's go that way.

I'm not saying the studio should meddle too much, but geeez c'mon. Have some input/suggest some modifications at the very start.

Johnson has said many times that he talked to Abrams about the general direction that he thought the story and characters might go. Just as he did the same with Abrams for the next movie. We may not know how close their two visions were, but Abrams is still Executive Producer for the entire trilogy so I can't imagine he had that big a problem with anything. And personally I think the story is developing in a pretty natural way so far.

I think the problem is just with people reading a LOT more into TFA than was really there (whether it's Rey's parentage or Snoke's origin or how important that moment with the lightsaber was to Luke).

 

[SilverStar17]

I agree.

I think some may have looked a bit too much into the moment where Rey offered Luke his saber at the conclusion of TFA. It didn't seem that obvious to me that he was going to be overly enthused about it; in fact, his reaction in TLJ is actually more in line with what I was expecting, even after seeing TFA for the first time. Perhaps not that exact reaction, but I wasn't expecting him to enthusiastically accept it.

 

[Asta]

Luke was disrespectful to his father's lightsaber, and rude to Rey.

I'm expecting Disney to eventually coerce Luke's force ghost into making an apology on his Twitter account.

 

[SilverStar17]

Luke was disrespectful to his father's lightsaber, and rude to Rey.

I'm expecting Disney to eventually coerce Luke's force ghost into making an apology on his Twitter account.

Luke's father was even disrespectful to his lightsaber.

 

[ajp4mgs]

I agree.

I think some may have looked a bit too much into the moment where Rey offered Luke his saber at the conclusion of TFA. It didn't seem that obvious to me that he was going to be overly enthused about it; in fact, his reaction in TLJ is actually more in line with what I was expecting, even after seeing TFA for the first time. Perhaps not that exact reaction, but I wasn't expecting him to enthusiastically accept it.

He wouldn't have to enthusiastically accept the saber in order to justify the anticipation following a two-year wait for the conclusion of that scene. If you're going to present the first Star Wars film in over a decade (TFA), and end it on a scene of Rey handing Luke a lightsaber he hasn't seen since Bespin (and belonged to his father), then I don't think it's unreasonable for fans to find the resolution to the scene (in TLJ) to be disjointed. If that was the planned outcome from both Johnson AND Abrams, then it amounted to nothing more than a "Ha! Gotcha!" That's a letdown.

Again, I don't object to Luke not accepting the saber; but some exposition regarding the fact that this saber has found its way back to him after so many years would have been nice. Instead, the famed saber ends up being nothing more than a red herring. In Force Awakens: Maz had it tucked away and indicated that it'd be a long story to explain her possession of it (building curiosity); the saber calls to Rey in what seemed to be a pivotal scene (more curious now); and the movie ends on it being presented to Luke (here we go!). All that build-up, just to have Luke toss it almost immediately. Then why take time to build up to that at all? Couldn't Rey have gone to Luke without the lightsaber as a prop to end the movie on? That's why it comes across as disjointed to me (and at least a few others). The brevity of Luke's response also seems like a cheap way to "shock" viewers.

The rest of the Rey-Luke story was really enjoyable for me. But, the saber scene remains frustrating. Congrats on recognizing that there would be no payoff to the build-up. I'm one of those who got suckered into believing that TFA was building to something more substantial in those moments when Rey and Luke first interact with one another. He wasn't connected with the Force, so he couldn't have seen the saber (or Rey) coming. Yet he was still distinterested in both coming across the galaxy to call upon him. I don't get it.

 

[davejames]

He wouldn't have to enthusiastically accept the saber in order to justify the anticipation following a two-year wait for the conclusion of that scene. If you're going to present the first Star Wars film in over a decade (TFA), and end it on a scene of Rey handing Luke a lightsaber he hasn't seen since Bespin (and belonged to his father), then I don't think it's unreasonable for fans to find the resolution to the scene (in TLJ) to be disjointed. If that was the planned outcome from both Johnson AND Abrams, then it amounted to nothing more than a "Ha! Gotcha!" That's a letdown.

Again, I don't object to Luke not accepting the saber; but some exposition regarding the fact that this saber has found its way back to him after so many years would have been nice. Instead, the famed saber ends up being nothing more than a red herring. In Force Awakens: Maz had it tucked away and indicated that it'd be a long story to explain her possession of it (building curiosity); the saber calls to Rey in what seemed to be a pivotal scene (more curious now); and the movie ends on it being presented to Luke (here we go!). All that build-up, just to have Luke toss it almost immediately. Then why take time to build up to that at all? Couldn't Rey have gone to Luke without the lightsaber as a prop to end the movie on? That's why it comes across as disjointed to me (and at least a few others). The brevity of Luke's response also seems like a cheap way to "shock" viewers.

The rest of the Rey-Luke story was really enjoyable for me. But, the saber scene remains frustrating. Congrats on recognizing that there would be no payoff to the build-up. I'm one of those who got suckered into believing that TFA was building to something more substantial in those moments when Rey and Luke first interact with one another. He wasn't connected with the Force, so he couldn't have seen the saber (or Rey) coming. Yet he was still distinterested in both coming across the galaxy to call upon him. I don't get it.

Honestly for me the big buildup in TFA was just about seeing Luke himself at the end. I never got the sense that there was some huge, deeper meaning to the lightsaber that was about to be revealed at the start of TLJ. It's main function was simply to connect Rey with Luke, which was accomplished. And when Rey held it out for him, the only real symbolism I saw was of her sort of reaching out for guidance and for a teacher.

In any case, we DO get to see Luke react emotionally to the lightsaber for a few beats before he decides he wants nothing to do with it and tosses it aside. Which I frankly thought was a fun and inspired moment, and one that was perfectly in keeping with the character and personality we see in the following scenes. The idea he would hide out for years on some hidden island and then suddenly be like "Oh wow you found my lightsaber! Ok let me train you now so we can go off and fight the First Order together!" just doesn't make any sense at all with what was established in TFA.