While I originally saw Luke Skywalker’s sacred Jedi texts as insignificant, I’m now thinking they could become a key part of a major new era of Star Wars storytelling. In The Last Jedi, the sacred Jedi texts were in Luke’s possession and served as symbol for his flawed perspective on the Jedi and the Jedi Order he’d tried to build. However, they now serve an even greater purpose earlier in the Star Wars timeline.

Marvel Comics has recently concluded its major ongoing Star Wars and Darth Vader series, both of them telling canonical stories set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Now, Marvel is planning to kick off a new era of storytelling set after the Battle of Endor. To that end, I feel confident Luke Skywalker’s Jedi texts will play a large role going forward, seeing as how he obtained the books before the events of Episode VI.

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Keeping the collection of sacred Jedi texts in a tree, Luke Skywalker chose to keep the tomes during his exile on the remote island world of Ahch-To, despite his Jedi academy on Ossus falling to ruin thanks to the corruption of his nephew, Ben Solo. As seen in The Last Jedi, Luke shows Rey how his efforts and perspectives on the Jedi who came before him were flawed, having deified them while ignoring their failings and hubris. That said, he still has the Jedi texts.

At the end of The Last Jedi after Rey leaves to help the Resistance, Yoda’s Force ghost appears before Luke and seemingly burns the Jedi texts in the tree before Luke’s eyes. As such, the texts come to represent Luke’s misplaced reverence, as Yoda tells him that their students are what teachers grow beyond. As such, the Jedi texts themselves weren’t all that important in favor of what they instead symbolized for Luke in The Last Jedi.

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Despite Luke’s future failings with the Jedi texts, the books still proved themselves invaluable earlier in the Star Wars timeline when he first acquired them from the Force vergence known as the Living Sea of Gazian. As seen in Charles Soule’s recently concluded Star Wars series set after Empire Strike Back, the Jedi texts helped Luke continue his Jedi training in the interim after he left Yoda on Dagobah. The texts explain why he’s more powerful in Return of the Jedi as a Jedi Knight with a new lightsaber, having learned new techniques and how to wield the Force to a higher degree.

The Jedi texts could become crucial as Marvel Comics heads into its next era of Star Wars storytelling. Beginning with a trilogy covering the Battle of Jakku, new adventures for Luke and his fellow Rebels will continue to be told as they work to build the New Republic (and eventually Luke’s Jedi academy). While the endpoint of Luke’s efforts is inevitable, I’m still excited to see the journey and how Luke grows into a Jedi Master, one who tries his best to rebuild the Jedi Order of the past exactly as it was (even if he should have also grown beyond its failures).

The Sacred Texts Can Also Help Rey Skywalker’s Movie

Building A New Jedi Order That Lasts

It’s also important to note that Yoda didn’t actually burn the Jedi texts during his screen with Luke in The Last Jedi. Instead, Rey had already taken them with her before she left Ahch-To, and would continue using them to learn more about the Force and continue her Jedi training as seen in The Rise of Skywalker. To that end, the sacred Jedi texts could prove to be just as key for Rey’s upcoming New Jedi Order movie as they could very well be for Luke in upcoming Star Wars comics.

Rey Skywalker will more than likely work to build a New Jedi Order that has grown beyond those that came before, rather than relying on the books alone.

Keeping that in mind, it’s probably safe to assume that Rey has learned from Luke’s mistakes. The sacred Jedi texts are a strong foundation. However, Rey Skywalker will more than likely work to build a New Jedi Order that has grown beyond those that came before, rather than relying on the books alone.

Star Wars: Battle of Jakku – Insurgency Rising (2024) #1 is on sale October 2nd from Marvel Comics.