If there are so few officers in the fleet that midships have to be pulled from the academy in order to staff your newest vessel... you're three days from having your world invaded, and enslaved. Could have at least waited until they graduated to promote them...
[video]http://comicbook.com/2015/10/21/mark-hamill-made-the-case-for-evil-luke-skywalker-to-j-j-abrams-/[/video] [video]https://youtu.be/W5EU5kM2pX0[/video]
I still don't think luke is the good little boy from the original. I think we see another side of a struggle with the force and power.
Good Luke entered. Evil Luke left. Everything that followed was a ruse. Good Luke re-emerges but is misunderstood. Everyone winds up dying, and Episode IX ends with Padme waking up from a nightmare to find Anakin in the shower. JarJar then walks in, breaks the fourth wall, and says, "Mesa thinkin' yousa thinkin' dis is nutsen."
From the comments in the trailer on YouTube: -- SirSaxamaphone 13 hours ago Very last scene of The Force Awakens: Kylo Ren holding Vader's burnt helmet. Removes his. Two fish ears plop out. "Meesa gonna avenge you, Ani." --