Why Luke Skywalker Wanted To End The Jedi Order

By the end of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker was the only Jedi left. He then went on to train the new Jedi Order and no one really knows what happens to it; rumour has it that Ben Solo killed everyone after he turned to the dark side. Luke then abandoned everything and went to an old remote island where the Jedi religion started. After years of living there alone, he was approached by Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Rey was strong with the Force and hoped that Luke will train her but he refused. Let's discuss why he refused.

Luke wanted to end the Jedi so as to maintain the balance. The Chosen One Anakin Skywalker was prophesized to bring balance to the Force, but what is the balance? It's not the dominion of the good side on the bad side or the opposite, balance is the good and the bad side living and existing at the same time. If there's light, there must be dark; if there's silence, there must be noise; if there's the good side, there must be the dark side. Similarly, if there's a Jedi, there must be a Sith. Anakin destroyed all the Jedi when he turned to the Dark Side, so when Luke brought him back to the good side, he killed all the Sith: maintaining the balance.

While training the new Jedi Order, Luke saw the rising dark side in his nephew-pupil Ben Solo. This also proved the theory of balance: if there were new Jedi in training, there were also new Sith.

Luke wanted to keep this balance. He knew if there exists a Jedi Order, there will be Sith and there will be destruction. Therefore, he just wanted the Jedi to fade from existence.

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