"Luke, after all, is an impressively passive character who falls prey to whatever his father figure tells him. Uncle Owen tells him that he's a farmer, so he farms; Obi-Wan tells him that he's a Jedi, so he seeks out Yoda; Yoda tells him that he's destined to bring balance to the Force, so he confronts the Emperor and Darth Vader. If someone had told him midway through the second movie that he was a farmer again, "Return of the Jedi" might have gone very differently. Self-reflection isn't his style — or, really, the style of Star Wars in general. We believe that he's destined to do all the good stuff because we're told that he is. It's as simple as that."
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