I'm not going to dispute that Obi-Wan participated, but he was hardly an action hero . . . Sure, but let's be real when we discuss what Obi-Wan actually did in that movie.
Let’s do this bro.
Obi-Wan got off his fat ass and actually did something. ST Luke did not. Anyone in their 60s that actually goes outside and does something instead of staying inside changing their catheters and diapers, is an
action hero. My boy old Ben? Shieeet he scared off some Sandpeople, healed my boy Luke, gave him a cool laser sword, chopped a drunk mofo’s arm off, bamboozaled a pirate into thinking he had money, jumped on a pirate ship into SPACE and fought an evil Dark Lord.
ST Luke is a mopey *****. His ass? He didn’t even leave that Porg planet island thing. He whined. He was like “no Rey, Jedi are poopy heads”. He was completely INACTIVE. Did he take his call to action? No. Then when you finally think his fat ass got off porg planet and he’s gonna fight the Nu-Empire one on one, it’s all an illusion. He didn’t do anything. Finn and uh, Tico de Gallo’s shenanigans was a better distraction than hologram Luke.
But yeah, in terms of story. Rey didn’t even need Luke to progress her journey. She was gonna do all that **** regardless because damn it, she’s Rey! Farmboy Luke? That ***** needed Ben Kenobi. If Ben Kenobi didn’t show up, Luke was gonna get raped by some sandpeople just like his grandma. If Ben Kenobi didn’t show up, Luke wouldn’t have a cool blue lazer sword. If Ben didn’t keep on him to come with him to Alderaan, Luke would have been a reduced to a BBQ corpse like his Aunt and Uncle. Old Ben knows the Mos Eisley spaceport, he knows about the Cantina. He sets up the meeting with Han and Chewbacca. Maaaan, Princess Leia WANTS Ben Kenobi, he fought alongside her father in the Clone Wars! Dudes a hero. He’s coming out of retirement for one last hoorah and goes out in style.
Old Luke is a grouchy prick. He doesn’t want to do anything. He doesn’t really teach Rey. He doesn’t accompany her anywhere. She has no respect for him. He doesn’t impart any real knowledge that she couldn’t just pick up from Han Solo or Leia. He’s a ****ing a loser. “Muh Nephew”, “Muh jedi temple”, “Muh force”. He doesn’t inspire Rey, in fact, she’s disgusted by him and tries to chop his head off when Kylo is like “yeah, he tried to kill me when I was a kid” during that Force zoom call. Luke sucks. He doesn’t do **** and it’s not because he’s old, it’s because he’s a ****ing loser. He didn’t even have the balls to get obliterated by Super AT-AT canon fire or chopped in half by his nephew. Instead, he “performed it” like an actor. Ewwwwwww
Old Ben? He was actually on the Death Star doin’ some gangster ****. He spooked the **** out of Darth because he was ACTUALLY there. He guided Luke into the role of the hero because HE WAS ACTUALLY THERE. Yo, who put the tractor beam out of commission so Luke and the gang could escape? Oh, Tarkin and Vader so they could track the Falcon? Oh, uhhh, Ben Kenobi WAS THERE!
Nuff said. ST Luke is ***** and a disappointment after waiting for Luke to return on the big screen since 1983. Atleast when Obi-Wan Kenobi returned to the big screen he was slicing up battle droids, pranking Liam Neeson and chopping Sith Lords in half.
ST Luke is a ***** and the ST are crappy movies. Nuff said.