Who Is Luthen Rael | Star Wars Theory

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  @ninamironovitsch · 3 years ago

  A beautiful theory, but somehow diminishes Luthen's abilities and achievements. One of the most fascinating traits of Andor is  its focus on the ordinary people. And for all my deep love for the lightsaber duels, I enjoyed their absence in the first season of Andor. After all, what Luthen does, is certainly striking, but not impossible also for a non-force user. Andor himself does quite astounding things in the series, and even outsmarts Luthen at one point.

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• WI

  @willrobinson5350 · 1 year ago

  Why is it so hard to believe that you don't need the Force to be a hero?

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• BL

  @bluerexstudios3412 · 3 years ago

  The laser on luthans ship is a mining laser like the ones on bracca in jedi fallen order

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• JE

  @jeffreycarman2185 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T172tfGSZ4U&amp;t=611">10:11</a> let’s not forget that (in legends at least) it was said that the Dark Side cave on Dagoba was a shield of sorts for Yoda to maintain his own connection with The Force, without alerting the searching Dark Side users.

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• WI

  @wither5673 · 3 years ago

  i was SHOOK when the guy mentioned the infinite empire lol.

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• SA

  @Sam-jx8tv · 1 year ago

  I think Luthen had a lover who was a Jedi and that she was killed in Order 66.

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• MI

  @Mildcat743 · 3 years ago

  Since the timeline puts his equation comment during the war, I wonder if he was MIA and assumed dead. It would fuel his dissolution with the Order since in his eyes they abandoned him. Showing up dead on the Order&apos;s rolls in the Temple would keep him safe from Order 66, and allow him to have a relatively prominent storefront patronized by high society on Coruscant without being outed as a Jedi, since the Empire thinks he died in the war.

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• JC

  @jcarry5214 · 3 years ago

  An anti-imperial anti-Sith dark side user would be sublime. Or just a mean gray jedi. The John Dutton of Jedi if you will.

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• CA

  @capitalh1895 · 3 years ago

  Sure, I could argue that Luthen was a Jedi, and has become a darksider, but only in method, not goals. I could rationalize the line &quot;...i use the tools of my enemy...&quot; as him saying hes using the darkside to fight the darkside. &nbsp;He wouldnt truly BE darksider as he recognizes that hes &quot;dammed for what I do&quot; because he acts like it in spite of hating this corner hes boxed himself into.<br><br>It would be mental gymnastics, (which usually fails in force wielders) but he could see it as his only move... and if not now itll be too late!).

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• KE

  @kellysmith1144 · 3 years ago

  First, this is very well done. I&apos;ve come here after watching your second video and I&apos;m impressed. Now, when Luthen is talking about being a coward, his next line states what he&apos;s scared of. He&apos;s afraid of how powerful the Empire will become if nothing is done. The use of the word &quot;coward&quot; here is very selective, very specific. Saws reaction is one of muted shock, it&apos;s not what he had been expecting. I don&apos;t believe a coward would do what Luthen actually does. <br>The breakdown of his monologue is very insightful. &nbsp;He does reference Light-side traits that he sacrifices and Dark-side traits that he uses to achieve what he needs to do. I wonder if that makes him a balance. I don&apos;t think he can be Dark side because he recognizes the sacrifices. The Dark side, or more Sith, would those those in contempt.

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  @whyitmatterstome · 2 years ago (edited)

  If Luthen is a Jedi (and there is so much evidence that this is, in fact, the case), then the only way to avoid detection from Sith or other force users is to disconnect himself from the force entirely. This means he is a badass without using the force. Quote, &quot;My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my eagerness to fight. It&apos;s set me on a path for which there&apos;s no escape&quot; &nbsp;- from the dark side. This suggest he may not want to access the force until he absolutely needs to as it will fully consume him.

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  @jcarry5214 · 3 years ago

  I, too, shat a tiny bit when the infinite empire came up. <br><br>&quot;absolutely no reason to think the force would allow her to do such things.&quot; That hurts, two to the chest and one to the head man. <br><br>Also, why isn&apos;t this channel bopping? You do a really good job man.

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