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The latestStar Warsnovel bug where Luke may have been during the Battle of Jakku , and what character he might have played in the major planet ’s infamous crashed Star Destroyer . Since Disney take over Lucasfilm , they ’ve been work to reshape the canon of theStar Warsuniverse . With the original Expanded Universe now move to the Legends railway line , new comics , books , shows , and shorts have helped to flesh out the type and events of the galax far , far aside . in front of the release ofStar Wars : The Last Jedi , the cinema ’s essence eccentric are getting a renewed focus .
Long before the latest trailer forStar warfare : The Last Jediwas released , fans were speculating that Luke may have become something dark and more serious since the last time we watch him . It ’s percipient he was afraid of something inside himself , and about what he hap onto Kylo Ren . As such , he went into exile and does n’t seem all that pleased that Rey has found him . The latestStar Warsnovel puts the focus on the legendary Jedi , and hints at more of his mysterious retiring followingReturn of the Jedi .
EWhas an except from Ken Liu ’s upcomingThe Legends of Luke Skywalker . The book consists of six short stories , all distinguish by gang extremity on ship , that go around around Luke . The except involves a tale passed down from an Imperial officer who had a fairly mystical and mythical encounter with Luke during the Battle of Jakku . As the Star Destroyer they were alongside came under fire and began descending to the planet below , a holographical require card of the Jedi flashed and rotated before their eye . For the original storytelling , there was something sinister about the whole thing :
" I did not see any rebel wiz cruisers that could have set up the beams . In fact , the shot all seemed to terminate in the steady gyrate hologram of the Jedi , his machine of expiry , that red - stripy X - wing , hover over him like a prepare bird of target or a conjurer ’s intimate . "
The whole extract hint that Luke somehow had a deal in bring down the Star Destroyer . It ’s that same ship that now lies in the guts of Jakku in the Starship Graveyard . Given Rey ’s propinquity to the knock down watercraft when she be on Jakku , she may divvy up yet another link to Luke . From the data provided , the whole thing reads like a grandiloquent tale . Could this story hint at some mysterious connection between Luke and the infamous battle that effectively terminate the Empire ’s reign ?
WhenStar Wars : The Last Jediarrives , it will drop a good deal of tell filling in Luke ’s backstory and excuse just where he ’s been and what he ’s been doing for the past thirty years . When it does , we may get an answer to his participation in the Battle of Jakku . We could also learn just how powerful he grew in the years following the original trilogy and what he ’s so afraid of - when it arrive to the good continuation of the Jedi in theStar Warsuniverse .
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