My local newspaper, on its front page, contains an article speculating that    
   perhaps Luke Skywalker will have been found to have gone over to the Dark Side   
   in    
   the new Star Wars movie coming up.   
      
   They cite his absence from the previews we've seen so far - and from posters   
   for the movie.   
      
   Also, it's noted that he was brash and reckless, like Anakin before him.   
      
   Well, I think there is one other possible explanation for the first of those   
   two items - and that it is more likely. As for the second - the prequel   
   trilogy was intended to add some suspense about Luke in this way to the   
   original trilogy (or, more to the    
   point, make Yoda's misgivings more plausible).   
      
   Instead of Luke becoming another Darth Vader, I'm inclined to see him   
   becoming...   
      
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   (end of spoiler space)   
      
   another Obi-Wan Kenobi.   
      
   So he may spend some time all transparent, glowy, and sparkly in the new   
   movie, telling the new generation of Jedi to "Remember the Force" and so on.   
      
   Of course, the death of Luke Skywalker would be such a dramatic moment that it   
   is likely to happen *onscreen* during that movie rather than being alluded to   
   as in the past... if that is indeed what's planned.   
      
   John Savard   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)