What did Luke Skywalker Do wrong in the Cave in Episode 5?!
Question: What did Luke Skywalker Do wrong in the Cave in Episode 5!?
I have seen Star Wars 100 times but I never fully understood why he failed at the cave and saw his face in Darth Vader's mask!? Vader Attacked him FIRST and he defended himself and killed the fake Vader, how did he fail!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Well the answer given by "sis" is way wrong, the other two are almost right !.!.!. not trying to be a jerk just give facts !.!.!. it took me about 20 years to figure it out too!.
It is part of his "Jedi trials" !.!.!. the "trials" are different for each being but in the end it always comes down to defeating the dark side inside you !.!.!. basically renouncing the power that anger can give and, maybe most important of all, facing your fear instead of trying to fight it!.
The "Vader" that Luke fought in the cave was a "Force Illusion"!. Kind of like the "holo decks" on Star Trek!.
Remember in the scene where Luke asks Yoda what is in the cave and Yoda says "Only what you take with you !.!.!." then Yoda says "Your weapons !.!.!. you will not need them!." Remember Luke's reaction to that !.!.!. he just went about putting his weapons belt on!. With that one gesture Luke's fate in the cave was sealed!. By taking his weapons he also took his fear with him!. You can NOT fight your fear !.!.!. you can only face it!. Luke fought his fear and thought he had did something good by cutting its head off but !.!.!. when the mask stopped rolling around and burst open to show his face !.!.!. it showed him his failure and showed him he still had a long way to go with his training!.
If you're asking yourself how I got all of that from the movie !.!.!. well I didn't!. Truth be told when I first saw that scene I thought it meant that Luke had won or something!. The when Yoda mentions his "failure at the cave" it started me thinking that my first thoughts were wrong!. I could never put my finger on it until I read the EU series "Jedi Academy"!. In the third book of that series one of the characters, Kyp Durron, had to face a similar "trial"!. He went into a dark temple on Yavin 4 and in that temple was a shadowy figure whose face he couldn't see!. At first he thought it was the "ghost" of the Sith Lord, Exar Kun, who had possessed him and turned him to the dark side!. Kyp first decided to fight the shadow and destroy its darkness forever!. THEN he realized what Luke didn't !.!.!. you can't fight your fear you can only face it and hope for the best!. In this case it was the right thing for Kyp to do because the "shadow" wasn't Exar Kun !.!.!. it was the spirit of his brother!. If he had attacked the "shadow" he would have been attacking his own brother much the way it seemed that Luke was fighting himself and not Vader!. His brother’s spirit congratulated him on becoming a full Jedi Knight and then said farewell to him!. One of those kind of "touchy feely" kind of things but it worked well to show what Luke had done wrong during his trials in the cave!.
May The Force Be With You !.!.!.
EDIT:
Kind of forgot this one !.!.!. the mask blowing open to show Luke's face was a bit of "foreshadowing" for Vaders revelation to Luke after their duel in Cloud City!.
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It is part of his "Jedi trials" !.!.!. the "trials" are different for each being but in the end it always comes down to defeating the dark side inside you !.!.!. basically renouncing the power that anger can give and, maybe most important of all, facing your fear instead of trying to fight it!.
The "Vader" that Luke fought in the cave was a "Force Illusion"!. Kind of like the "holo decks" on Star Trek!.
Remember in the scene where Luke asks Yoda what is in the cave and Yoda says "Only what you take with you !.!.!." then Yoda says "Your weapons !.!.!. you will not need them!." Remember Luke's reaction to that !.!.!. he just went about putting his weapons belt on!. With that one gesture Luke's fate in the cave was sealed!. By taking his weapons he also took his fear with him!. You can NOT fight your fear !.!.!. you can only face it!. Luke fought his fear and thought he had did something good by cutting its head off but !.!.!. when the mask stopped rolling around and burst open to show his face !.!.!. it showed him his failure and showed him he still had a long way to go with his training!.
If you're asking yourself how I got all of that from the movie !.!.!. well I didn't!. Truth be told when I first saw that scene I thought it meant that Luke had won or something!. The when Yoda mentions his "failure at the cave" it started me thinking that my first thoughts were wrong!. I could never put my finger on it until I read the EU series "Jedi Academy"!. In the third book of that series one of the characters, Kyp Durron, had to face a similar "trial"!. He went into a dark temple on Yavin 4 and in that temple was a shadowy figure whose face he couldn't see!. At first he thought it was the "ghost" of the Sith Lord, Exar Kun, who had possessed him and turned him to the dark side!. Kyp first decided to fight the shadow and destroy its darkness forever!. THEN he realized what Luke didn't !.!.!. you can't fight your fear you can only face it and hope for the best!. In this case it was the right thing for Kyp to do because the "shadow" wasn't Exar Kun !.!.!. it was the spirit of his brother!. If he had attacked the "shadow" he would have been attacking his own brother much the way it seemed that Luke was fighting himself and not Vader!. His brother’s spirit congratulated him on becoming a full Jedi Knight and then said farewell to him!. One of those kind of "touchy feely" kind of things but it worked well to show what Luke had done wrong during his trials in the cave!.
May The Force Be With You !.!.!.
EDIT:
Kind of forgot this one !.!.!. the mask blowing open to show Luke's face was a bit of "foreshadowing" for Vaders revelation to Luke after their duel in Cloud City!.
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the reason that he failed is because he didn't have the faith to control his aggression!. the reason that he saw Vader attack him was because the cave reflected your own hate/anger back at you!. after all, remember!.!.!.when he went to go into the cave, Yoda said "your weopons, you will not need them" and he took them anyway!. Www@Enter-QA@Com
The cave was strong with the dark side of the force!. While confronting the illusion of Darth Vader, Luke dipped into the passion of the dark side!. He let his fear and anger overtake him!.
Seeing his own face behind the mask, Luke realized that he, like anyone, could succumb to the dark side!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Seeing his own face behind the mask, Luke realized that he, like anyone, could succumb to the dark side!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
i think he failed because deep down he knew that it was his father!. he just wouldnt admit it to himself!. he had the Jedi power and when he saw his own face he knew!.!.!.!.!Www@Enter-QA@Com