Star Wars Just Turned the Force Into the Jedi's Greatest Canon Weakness
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Star Wars: The High Republic #14!
The latest Star Wars comics have turned the Force into the Jedi's greatest weakness. The future of Star Wars lies in the past — specifically in the High Republic Era. The first phase of Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The High Republic transmedia initiative is set 200 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace, at a time when the Jedi and the Republic were at their height.
Obi-Wan Kenobi famously claimed the Jedi guarded the Republic for a thousand generations, but of course they weren't all times of peace. The Jedi of the High Republic found themselves in battle with a band of space pirates called the Nihil, who were opposed to everything the Jedi stood for. They initially underestimated the Nihil, but the villains have uncovered an ancient enemy of the Jedi — creatures called the Levelers. Cavan Scott and Ario Anindito's Star Wars: The High Republic #14 sees Jedi Master Avar Kriss lead a team of Jedi back to Starlight Beacon, the space station that served as the Jedi's base in the Outer Rim. To their horror, they arrive in the wake of a Nihil attack, with the space station burning. When the Jedi enter the upper half of Starlight Beacon, they are horrified to learn the Levelers are there.
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The Levelers turn the Force into a Jedi's greatest weakness. The Jedi belief in non-attachment is a lie, because the truth is that the Jedi prize one attachment above all others — their connection to the Force. But the mere presence of a Leveler twists and distorts the Force, leaving a Jedi reeling and filled with fear. The stronger a Jedi is in the Force, the more
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