Hello,
Tired of tweeting with limited characters I decided to write a blog post about it, even though this isn't really a place for star wars talk, I prefer to put it on Quora or Youtube but fuck it.
The situation as presented in the Mandalorian season 2 goes like this (as far as I remember):
Ahsoka tells Mando to put Grogu on a seeing stone on a planet Tython as doing so will send a beacon to any living jedi.
He does that, but Grogu is captured by Dark Troopers, taken to the Moff Gideon's cruiser, then the cruiser jumps into lightspeed.
Inside the cruiser Grogu isn't seen meditating, first he throws around some stormtroopers, then as far as I remember he gets tired and when Mando meets him and Moff Gideon we see Grogu tired with his hands binded by some handcuffs. Considering he isn't force choking Moff Gideon we can assume that the handcuffs don't allow Grogu to use the force.
More stuff happens, our heroes get stuck on the bridge of the ship, soon to be attacked by multiple Dark Troopers, pretty much hopeless.
But then Mr. Hope, Luke Skywalker himself appears with his x-wing and saves the day.
My problem with this scene: how did Luke know where to look? After talking and arguing with some fans on Twitter I got this solution.
1. Luke felt the beacon sent by Grogu on Tython, this is perfectly reasonable.
2. After that first connection was broken due to Grogu getting captured Luke either established a connection with Grogu, sensing him all the time or saw through the future where is he taken.
Both options aren't that great.We never had connections like that established in Star Wars aside of Luke&Leia and Rey&Kylo (who couldn't sense where they where so I'm gonna ignore Rey and Kylo). Leia could sense where Luke was while both of them were on Bespin. Would it work across the galaxy?
And no, force users can't sense other force users from across the galaxy, Vader was obsessed with Luke between parts 4 and 5 but didn't know where to look, he was sending probe droids across the galaxy to find him and the rebels.
Lets try the seeing through the future thing. We know that Luke could sense his friends being in danger on Bespin. The problem with Grogu is that he's stuck on a cruiser, what exactly can Luke see in the future, the planet nearby? And by visuals he's guessing which star system is he seeing? The location he could "see" in the future isn't very telling, I'm not buying it either.
3. Luke can navigate through hyperspace (so program the coordinates in his navigation computer) based on what he sensed/saw in point 2. And I really have a hard time buying it that he can guess the coordinates based on the beacon from Grogu.
He could easily fly to Tython, sure, but what next? Just search through nearby system? Ask locals where is the empire remnant located? This one isn't very likely considering Mando needed to break into an imperial base to get that information.
So, the scene in the season 2 finale is justified when we assume that Luke could sense Grogu after he was kidnapped and taken to a different star system and fly into that location based on a feeling.
Personally I'm not buying it, it all smells a lot like "because the Force" and like writing the show for the scriptwriter, because the script on it's own cannot explain and justify the scene.We can always add how conveniant it is that Luke showed up when he did, when all of the tie fighters were destroyed and cruiser's defenses were disabled.
And the worst part is that it's really easy to fix. In the cantina scene where Boba Fett is being humiliated by strong_female_character_1 and strong_female_character_2 we could have a drunk saying "I'm telling you, I saw a jedi following imperial troops!" with the rest of the company dismissing him as a drunk. Or they could show an x-wing parked nearby with a cloaked figure in the cantina's background, just sitting there (it could make sense since strong_female_character_1 and strong female_character_2 were known for taking an imperial cruiser before, so Luke could've been interested to learn more), standing up pretending to be shocked when Boba Fett and strong_female_character_2 started fighting.
Or just someone throwing a target locator on the Boba Fett's ship before it takes off to Moff Gideon's location.
That would hint the audience that Luke is actively searching for Grogu or the Empire.
There could also be a throw away line from Moff Gideon or one of his people that they were being tracked in the previous system probably by the New Republic.
I'm no writer but a good one would make it work. And would make the scene so much better, the emotional payoff without guessing from where the hell did Luke come from.
