Sometimes I think about when Yoda says, “Unfortunate this is” about the whole finding out who Vader is deal. Because Luke “isn’t ready for the burden.” Because his training isn’t complete. Yoda says that AS HE’S DYING.
How else was Luke ever going to find out? They weren’t going to tell him.
Granted there are Force ghosts, but clearly, as stated, they weren’t planning to tell him till after he’d become a Jedi. Which involved killing Vader. So even if Luke survived, if Yoda and Obi Wan had their way, he would only find out he’d killed his own father after the fact.
I suppose in a way you could consider it more merciful, but can you even imagine?
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