Thrawn Explains Why Yoda and Obi-Wan Lied to Luke and Vader Did Not
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Three held Luke Skywalker before the Empire ever heard his name. Two of them lied to him. The third told him the truth. None of them kept him, and for the same reason.
9 ABY, the square below Mount Tantiss on Wayland. Grand Admiral Thrawn has agreed to Joruus C'baoth's price for the Emperor's storehouse: Luke Skywalker and his sister. Before they go into the mountain, Thrawn reads the Guardian the file on how the boy slipped every hand that held him.
Kenobi kept the father's weapon in a chest for twenty years and handed it over with a grievance attached. Yoda hid on a swamp world and trained the boy for one purpose, and both Masters withheld the one fact he would have given anything to know. Vader, ordered to destroy him and permitted to turn him, chose without permission to give him that fact instead, on a gantry over a reactor shaft, and the boy stepped off the gantry rather than take it from a Sith's hand.
Captain Pellaeon asks what any service would ask: every army keeps secrets from its soldiers, so what was different here. C'baoth, who means to make the boy his own, hears the whole account and draws his own conclusion, and Thrawn lets him.
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And then Thrawn says he doesn't know what exactly went down between Luke, Vader, and Palpatine. Which is a subtle bit of characterization in its own right: Luke doesn't tell that bit of story to his friends.
None of the three, Vader, Yoda or Kenobi could make him listen once he made up his mind. He has a conscience. He values his friends and the greater good. He also is rebuilding the Jedi without the flaws of the old order. This master has nothing to offer that Luke would value.
The boy did return to the war. He crossed paths with Black Sun, who wanted him dead. Vader killed Xisor for that disobedience. He protected his son from a rival.
Thrawn Explains Why Yoda and Obi-Wan Lied to Luke and Vader Did Not
Chris Talks Legends
7,846 views
Three held Luke Skywalker before the Empire ever heard his name. Two of them lied to him. The third told him the truth. None of them kept him, and for the same reason.
9 ABY, the square below Mount Tantiss on Wayland. Grand Admiral Thrawn has agreed to Joruus C'baoth's price for the Emperor's storehouse: Luke Skywalker and his sister. Before they go into the mountain, Thrawn reads the Guardian the file on how the boy slipped every hand that held him.
Kenobi kept the father's weapon in a chest for twenty years and handed it over with a grievance attached. Yoda hid on a swamp world and trained the boy for one purpose, and both Masters withheld the one fact he would have given anything to know. Vader, ordered to destroy him and permitted to turn him, chose without permission to give him that fact instead, on a gantry over a reactor shaft, and the boy stepped off the gantry rather than take it from a Sith's hand.
Captain Pellaeon asks what any service would ask: every army keeps secrets from its soldiers, so what was different here. C'baoth, who means to make the boy his own, hears the whole account and draws his own conclusion, and Thrawn lets him.
SOURCES
Search on Wookieepedia (Fandom): Luke Skywalker/Legends, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends, Yoda/Legends, Darth Vader/Legends, Joruus C'baoth, Gilad Pellaeon, Ysalamir, Wayland/Legends, Mount Tantiss, Ch'hala tree, Delta Source, Dagobah/Legends, Cloud City/Legends, Battle of Endor/Legends, Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber/Legends, Leia Organa Solo
DISCLAIMER
This is an independent, fan-made work of commentary and analysis set within the Star Wars Legends continuity. It is not official Star Wars material and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Lucasfilm Ltd., The Walt Disney Company, or any of their subsidiaries. All characters, names, and settings referenced remain the property of their respective owners.
Dialogue, narration, visuals, and analysis are original works created for this video. Characters are voiced and depicted using AI production tools; no performance by any real person is used or implied.T