- "There's something aboard Holdo's ship that's completely irreplaceable, and without it, I have no idea how I'll ever keep moving forward in my training. […] I'm thinking about the book. It's one of the sacred Jedi texts—it has knowledge of the Force and the Order that I can't get anywhere else. Techniques, history, sites of great power across the galaxy, hints at places where I can learn even more. If I lose it…I will truly never become a Jedi."
- ―Luke Skywalker, to Leia Organa
A sacred Jedi text of the Jedi Order was a book[5] of wisdom that dated back to the Order's dawn.[6] Between 3 ABY and 4 ABY,[2] Jedi-in-training Luke Skywalker visited the Living Sea on the planet Gazian, a living vergence in the Force, in search of knowledge of the Jedi. After speaking with an imprint of Jedi Master Elzar Mann's mind, Skywalker received the text from a skeleton of a dead Jedi.[1] Sometime later, Skywalker had the book aboard Amilyn Holdo's starship, the Skyfarer, when he, Holdo, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, and Leia Organa were stranded in No-Space. The Skyfarer was left aboard the Great Hall of the Nihil, the former main base of the Nihil, and as the rebels were with the Colony of Kezarat, Skywalker expressed his concerns to Organa about losing the book as he felt it was irreplaceable and that he would not be able to move forward in his training. Meanwhile, at the Skyfarer, Killdroids broke into the ship so they could retrieve a Path engine that had been installed on the ship, with one of the droids throwing the text out of the ship and it hung on the edge of the Great Hall.[5]
By 34 ABY,[7] Skywalker, now a Jedi Master, had stored the text alongside others in the tree library on the planet Ahch-To. Rey, Skywalker's Padawan, later took the texts with her aboard the Millennium Falcon as she left the planet.[3]
Appearances[]
- Star Wars (2020) 20
- Star Wars (2020) 26 (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars (2020) 29
- Star Wars (2020) 30 (Indirect mention only)
- Star Wars (2020) 31
- Star Wars (2020) 32
- Star Wars (2020) 33
- Star Wars (2020) 34
- Star Wars (2020) 35 (Mentioned only)
- Dark Droids 1
- Star Wars (2020) 50 (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi (First appearance)
Sources[]
- Inside the Lucasfilm Archive: The Jedi Texts on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary (Picture only)
- Star Wars 100 Objects (Indirect mention only)
- An Ancient Evil Awakens in Marvel's Star Wars: Dark Droids #1 - Exclusive Preview on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Star Wars (2020) 20
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The events of Star Wars (2020) 20 take place after the Escape from Cloud City and before the Rescue of Han Solo, which are dated to 3 ABY and 4 ABY, respectively, by Star Wars: Galactic Atlas. Therefore, the events of Star Wars 20 must take place between those two years.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars (2020) 29
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Star Wars (2020) 31
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy dates the events of Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi to fifty-three years after the formation of the Galactic Empire, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 19 BBY. Therefore, the events of The Last Jedi must take place in 34 ABY.