The funniest part of A New Hope is that Luke Skywalker is a 19 year old who has not locked in yet and plays with toys and sleeps in his childhood bedroom at his aunt and uncleâs house and Leia Organa is a 19 year old with a mission to save the galaxy from fascism. Luke has never left his hometown, Leia just watched her planet be blown up. Heâs peeved his uncle is asking him to do his chores, sheâs imprisoned for resisting the government. You relate to them both but theyâre on complete opposite sides of the 19 year old life stage spectrum.
Also Luke is clearly very lonely after his crush and best friend, Biggs, went away to college
Yes! Some people have misinterpreted this as me insinuating Luke is a wimp but heâs just in a very transitional life phase that is focused on growing and maturing. His friends are growing up and moving on, heâs anxious to join them but isnât quite ready. He has ambition and goals but he just isnât in a place where he is able to pursue those goals, he is immature and that isnât a bad thing. 19 year olds SHOULD be able to ponder their place in the world and which direction they want their life to take. Leia has been in the public eye her entire life, she is a princess, she has been primed for greatness and she has been shouldered with so much responsibility. Luke is just his aunt and uncleâs nephew, they love him and donât want him to leave, heâs trying to decide what to do.
Heâs like a Midwest farm boy who is dreaming of the big city and she is like an old money New England heiress who has been told since birth she will follow her fatherâs career path into politics and has been sent to the most competitive schools and enrolled in the most rigorous extracurriculars.
Luke is the protagonist at the start of a coming-of-age plotline while Leia is in the 3rd season finale of her failed revolution plan when A New Hope takes place and you can fight me on this.
and Han Solo owes a slug drug money
