Delusions Of Grandeur The Truce At Bakura Ch. 16-21
May 25, 2023
In this thrilling conclusion, Luke teams up with Dev to confront the sinister Ssi-ruuk. Han and Leia's misadventures in malfunctioning repulsor chairs add humor to the chaos. A hilarious but unfortunate bureaucrat faces a punishment more cruel than fate: being tethered to Threepio for an entire day. The 132-year-old hacker Eppie leads a clever uprising with R2D2 and her aide. Tension rises as Luke battles parasitic foes, while Dev confronts his morality in a heart-wrenching act of redemption. The galaxy's future hangs in a delicate balance!
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The Repulsor Chair Payoff
- Leia hacks a repulsor chair to float to the ceiling and escape through the attic.
- The repulsor chair turns into a long-running Chekhov gag that pays off in the rescue.
Luke's Redemption Instinct
- Luke tries to redeem Dev by blasting the mental blockage with the Force and appealing to his humanity.
- The episode shows the book's recurring theme: Luke's impulse to redeem damaged people, for better or worse.
Fixer Mentality Meets Bad Pedagogy
- Luke's success with Vader fuels his belief he can fix other damaged men, but teaching skills are lacking.
- That mismatch foreshadows future problems when he tries to train traumatized people as Jedi.
