The latest episode of Galaxy of Adventures again takes some liberties with the original material.

First, let’s review the sequence from the original film:

As you can see, Luke get’s one good zap right in his flank. It was sufficient to make the point that Luke is a bit naive and inexperienced.

But in the brave and bold new age of Star Wars where feminists are now writing the narrative, Luke needs to be diminished to an incompetent buffoon because he represents the dastardly patriarchy. Luke doesn’t just get one teachable zap. He gets blasted nine times.

You can watch the entire short here:

Do you remember the comparable sequence with Rey’s training because equality? Of course you don’t. Rey bested Luke with a lightsaber in their first meeting only a day or two after Rey had heard about The Force. And besides, comic books tell us that Luke slipped and fell.

One might reasonable say that this is merely the exaggeration to be expected in a kid’s animated show. But then it also has to be viewed in the context of the treatment of the Luke character in The Last Jedi, and in the previous Galaxy of Adventures episode, where Leia slaps Luke in the face and kicks Chewie in the balls.

In fact it has me seriously rethinking the motivation behind this image:

UPDATE:

Interestingly, shortly after publishing this blog post, the official Star Wars twitter account posted this GIF:

Luke Skywalker learns an important lesson about trusting his instincts to fight like a Jedi. Watch a new #GalaxyOfAdventures short now available on Star Wars Kids: https://t.co/1NHMneZv8U pic.twitter.com/4h5yYGbx1b — Star Wars (@starwars) February 23, 2019

I’m humbled.