Rian Johnson explains the difference between Han Solo’s death in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens and Luke Skywalker’s death in Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi.
Rian Johnson explained the differences between Han Solo’s death in The Force Awakens to Luke Skywalker’s death in The Last Jedi in an interview with Uproxx.
WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
And Luke Skywalker became one with the Force after strenuous use of his powers in The Last Jedi, which makes his death better than he initially hoped for.