Star Wars: 10 Ways The Last Jedi Gets Better On Second Watch
9. Yoda’s Cameo Makes Perfect Sense
Some people thought Star Wars: The Last Jedi made a huge mistake to put Yoda into the movie. Their logic was that, in the time since the Jedi had passed away in Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader had died and Luke would no doubt be more obliged to confide in his father - rather than a master who always seemed to bug him more than anything else.
Watching it again, however, it hammers home just how important that scene was. Yoda not only convinces Luke to forget about the sacred Jedi texts but also assures him over his failure to bring out Kylo Ren’s good side. The line ‘failure, the best teacher is’ is a masterstroke and could easily be put up in classrooms all over the world. Disney, in doing that, provide a key life lesson for young children.
It is also logical that it was Yoda to give Luke the kick up the backside he needed. At the end of the day it was he, and not Vader, who taught him the way of the Jedi. So it is only right that he is the one to put him back on the straight and narrow after so many years of regret and hurt.