I didn't need a battle.
Again..."wars don't make one great."
I never got the "wrong message" when Luke ignited the lightsaber, because something was already off about Luke when he arrived. He looked younger, and it made no sense how he got to Crait. I already suspected that wasn't actually there, and he was up to something more.
I thought how the whole thing played out was more intelligent, more clever, and yes, totally more badass than watching a stuntman CGI'd to look like Mark Hamill doing a bunch of backflips and lightsaber moves. This was the Luke I was hoping to see in this movie.
And to quote Yoda again..."Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."