Throughout the OT, Luke is easily excitable, easily depressed, easily angered. Yoda even calls this out and says "He is not ready, he's too reckless!"
Even when Luke went to Cloud City to save his friends, both Yoda and ObiWan said he wasn't ready to face Vader yet and would be maimed or worse, yet Luke's feelings got the better of him and went anyway, and what happened? He lost his hand and lightsaber, plus Vader tried to manipulate his emotions to join him to overthrow the Emperor.
When Luke confronted ObiWan about Vader being his father, ObiWan said "Bury your feelings, Luke. They do you credit, but they can be made to serve evil."
The gist of the OT, at least from what I can tell, is that you need to bury your feelings and think with your head, or your enemy will destroy you. Using "feelings" to use the force is a bit different than using emotions wildly with no control.
All of that, of course, changed with the Disney Trilogy.
Actually, in the OT and PT, it's the opposite.
Throughout the OT, Luke is easily excitable, easily depressed, easily angered. Yoda even calls this out and says "He is not ready, he's too reckless!"
Even when Luke went to Cloud City to save his friends, both Yoda and ObiWan said he wasn't ready to face Vader yet and would be maimed or worse, yet Luke's feelings got the better of him and went anyway, and what happened? He lost his hand and lightsaber, plus Vader tried to manipulate his emotions to join him to overthrow the Emperor.
When Luke confronted ObiWan about Vader being his father, ObiWan said "Bury your feelings, Luke. They do you credit, but they can be made to serve evil."
The gist of the OT, at least from what I can tell, is that you need to bury your feelings and think with your head, or your enemy will destroy you. Using "feelings" to use the force is a bit different than using emotions wildly with no control.
All of that, of course, changed with the Disney Trilogy.
Fair enough.