Of course they are, that’s kinda their main focus right now. Why do you think all the Disney plus shows they’re releasing take place between ROTJ and TFA? They’re filling in that gap, giving us more information so that we’ll look at the ST in a new light.
I’ve heard rumors that [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Mara Jade is going to be introduced in the next season of the Mandalorian, and that [SPOILER - highlight to read]: eventually Ben Solo will end up killing her which would better explain Luke’s self imposed exile in TLJ.
IF Grogu is referenced in this novel at all, I expect it to be in a fully ambiguous context.
This story is supposed to be set ~20 years after RotJ. Revealing too much about Grogu would risk preemptively spoiling whatever Disney has planned for him in the future(namely on the live action side of things)... Which is something I doubt they'll do.
__________________ RealistRacism: "Sheevites, much like the Banites, were meant to increase in power with each member. From Lightsnake to Gideon to Azronger, this was supposed to be the case. However, knowledge must've been lost in some kind of Gravid-like incident, as Az turned out to be a mid-tier debater with a sub-par track record, sh!itting all over Tempest's legacy. Sad."
Just rewatched all the cut scenes for Force Unleashed. Really wish that was still canon. But still glad Filoni didnt get to do his thing of making Starkiller an Inquisitor.
An excerpt from the novel can be read here. In it, Luke has a sort of 'meta' battle with the nine wraiths guarding Exegol... And at the end, the Force Spirit of Anakin arrives to aid him.
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This is pretty cool.
So Luke was aware of the fact that he had become an immensely powerful Jedi, but also knew that he still had a lot of untapped potential.
The wraiths are interesting and seem quite unbeatable to any living being. I'm curious why they never appeared to anyone else who visited exegol?
According to this, Luke absolutely knew that exegol was real, so I'm curious why he never visited the planet himself? Kylo got there without a wayfinder, as did the thousands of Rebellion ships afterward.
It seems like the Wraiths may only exist on a metaphysical level. Luke couldn't sense them in the Force at all, and his attacks had no effect -- it took the spirit of Anakin himself to send them away. So perhaps discovering how to directly interact with that manner of entity is a new skill that Luke will learn in this novel, and could easily explain why the Wraiths weren't mentioned or encountered again during RoS. /shrug
Aside from that, Luke is the only living Jedi(that we yet know of) who visited Exegol in any capacity before the events of RoS. Granted, I'm still not sure if Luke himself was somehow 'ported there by his relics in a literal/physical sense(he did say that it was "real"), or if the whole scene was completely meta -- we'll have to wait until the novel drops to get more information on that side of things.
Yes, Luke knew that Exegol was a very real place. What he didn't know, however, is how to physically get there, which is where the Wayfinder comes in. That said, once you already know how to get to Exegol, the Wayfinder would no longer be required. That's how Kylo was able to get back to Exegol the second time -- he already knew its location, because he'd been there before. Likewise, all the other Resistance ships were led there by Rey. The Wayfinder is essentially just a map.
Very nearly done with the audiobook. I'm enjoying it so far. I'm glad they brought back a certain antagonist that was severely underutilized after the Aftermath trilogy. Though they did change a few things about their story as we know it.
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