Star Wars reveals that Luke Skywalker spent more time with Yoda than you might think

Summary

• Training with Yoda on Dagobah may take longer than shown in the film due to time distortions on the planet.
• Luke's skills develop dramatically in Dagobah, indicating that he received significant training despite his short screen time.
• Time works differently on Force-rich planets like Dagobah and Mortis, allowing for long training periods.

Luke Skywalkerpracticed with Yoda was the main point Star Wars saga and it seems there could have been more than what was shown on screen. Luke finds Yoda on the swamp planet of Dagobah, where the Jedi Master has been exiled since the fall of the Jedi. Yoda's training gives Luke the skills he needs to face Darth Vader and survive the experience. Before their training is complete, Luke insists that he must leave the planet to save his friends.

Viewers have long noted that Luke doesn't spend much time on Dagobah, considering what's happening elsewhere in the film. Despite all this, Luke learns a lot and soon shows remarkable skill. Some complained that Luke didn't spend enough time with Yoda on Dagobah to develop into the seasoned Jedi he would eventually become, but Star Wars responded to this complaint.

Luke's skills improve dramatically on Dagobah, but Yoda still insists that Luke needs more time to be ready to fight Vader. according to Star Wars: The Last Jedi Visual DictionaryIt may have taken longer to learn Luke's abilities than the movie suggests. When describing Luke's exile to Ahch-To, the book refers to the planet's connection to the Force as a “mysterious quality” that can make tracking time difficult, comparing it to other planets such as Dagobah and Mortis. It's this quality that seems to have allowed Luke to train longer than the movie suggests.

Time Works Differently in Dagobah

The Star Wars: The Last Jedi Visual dictionary He elaborates on this in the section on Ahch-To, one of many powerful planets. According to the book, there are such worlds “a mysterious quality” which distorts the passage of time. Dagobah is a remote and almost completely untouched planet with a special connection to the Force, making it the perfect setting for Yoda's exile. With all its mystical qualities, it is not surprising that time works in an unusual way on this planet..

This isn't the first time a planet has existed outside of the same timeline as the rest of the galaxy. Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka have a similar experience on the planet Mortis, where they interact with the physical embodiment of the Force. When they leave, off-planet time picks up where they left off, and each character has forgotten the entire experience. Not much is known about Yoda's species, but he certainly appears to have aged significantly on Dagobah. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and The Empire Strikes Back.

Luke could train with Yoda for months (with less time in the Galaxy)

Before the fall of the Jedi and the Republic, he trained as a Padawan for over 20 years before graduating as a Jedi Knight. It's not a huge shock that Luke retreated after suffering a gruesome injury from a fight with Darth Vader, but it's still incredible that he could hold his own against a powerful Sith Lord. This new revelation about the passage of time on the Dagobah puts it in a more practical context.

Scenes showing the progression of Leia and Han's story show that Luke isn't gone long before he goes to save them. But if time works in Dagobah the way it does in Mortis, so be it Luke's training could last for months while his friends spent days. This would easily allow Luke to become a better trained Jedi than he otherwise would be without causing any problems with the timeline.