After reading DarkLordZor's blog entry called "But I Need My Weapons!" I started writing my response, but during this writing spree I came to think of another thing that seemed to bother me: Nobody ever talks about Yoda's failure at the cave on Dagobah!.

Let me elaborate: After having Luke in training for a few weeks, having him jump through hoops and jumping from tree to tree with a monkey on his back (sorry), Yoda decides to grant Luke the chance to perform the Spirit Test, the dreaded Test where one must confront their inner fears. We all know the outcome: Luke failed the Test dismally and subsequently ignored every advice Yoda gave him, going off on his foolish quest to avenge the death of Obi-Wan. When we look at this through Yoda's eyes, this raises a few questions that need answering:

Why in a hurry to Luke take Spirit Test I was?
A Jedi's training takes years and years. Although Yoda and Obi-Wan decide at the end of Episode III on a new approach in training (i.e. letting Luke be educated when he is ready for it), they couldn't have been so naive to think that they could train the boy in a short period of time to the point where he would be ready to take the Spirit Test, the biggest test of spiritual strength a Jedi Padawan could ever face before officially becoming a Jedi Knight.
Surely Yoda could see in Luke that he was prone to making rash decisions that were based on Anger, Fear, and Aggression. I remember Yoda saying, "I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience." When Luke went of to take the Test in the cave and ignored Yoda's comment "Your weapons... you will not need them", the little green guy should have stopped him dead in his tracks. He should have continued Luke's training until he would have been more ready.
Sure it is important to have people fail in their lives, this just toughens people up and makes them hopefully learn from those mistakes, but what if you knew that the person who was about to make that mistake was going to draw some very drastic conclusions from this failure. Would you have let him continue and screw up the rest of his own life and the lives of the people around him? I hope not. In the end it narrowly turned out ok, but even Yoda could not have looked that far ahead

Why in a big hurry exactly I was?
Exactly, why? The Empire was not threatening the universe with another humongous spacestation (except for the Executor of course, which was pretty big). Vader was only busy trying to find Luke. The Emperor was blissfully sitting on his throne on Coruscant ruling the Galaxy. The Rebels were busy finding a new home. There was no immediate threat that would require Yoda to speed up the training he was bestowing on Luke, except for the fate (destiny?) of Luke's friends, which was an elaborate ploy to lure Luke out of his hiding to begin with. And believe it or not, this leads me to another question.

Why from the swamp the X-wing fighter I take?
Yoda did not want Luke to leave for Bespin. Yoda knew what was going to happen (even if the future is always in motion). Yoda was willing to sacrifice Han and Leia to make sure Luke completed his training and would be stronger in his fight against Vader and the Emperor. Yoda should have left the X-wing in the swamp (or put it back). Without it Luke could not go anywhere. I here all of you saying: This would have angered Luke tremendously and would have worked against the Jedi training. True, but even Luke would have been able to see reason after having had a nice talk with Obi and Yoda about their reasons for not letting him leave. Luke was a new breed of Jedi, one shaped by experience, not doctrine.

But I also see why this was not done in this manner by GL and his cohorts: No sequel! Han, Chewie and Leia would be dead. Jabba would never have gotten either his money of a frozen Han and Luke would ultimately leave Dagobah strong enough to confront Vader and Palps by himself. Not a very cheerful ending to a movie serial.

All in all, I am convinced that Yoda should have paid more attention to what Luke needed to complete his training. Just as the Old Jedi Order screwed up their relationship with Anakin (like father, like son, right?)

Now, go and kick my @$$ for this transgression!!!