Warning: Contains spoilers for Star Wars #50! Luke Skywalkers two main Jedi Masters in Star Wars Are Obi-Wan Kenobi and YodaAnd the appearances of the two Jedi could not have been more different. Obi-Wan is what anyone would assume a Jedi master would look like: old, wise, and human. Yoda, on the other hand, was a fairly shocking visual choice for Luke’s other master (especially when Episode V first appeared), as he looked like a small wood elf/frog man. However, as relatively strange as Yoda’s appearance was, he is not Luke’s most inhuman mentor from the original trilogy, as that honor goes to another ‘human’ entirely.
in Star Wars #50 by Charles Soule and Madibek Musabekov Luke Skywalker and the Rebels are desperate to defeat the Empire, and he’s willing to accept help from anyone (or anything) willing to offer it. This comic (along with the entire Star Wars era) takes place between the events of The empire strikes back And Return of the JediSo the fate of the galaxy is still very much up in the air, with no guarantee that the rebels will win this war. That’s why Luke seeks the help of a very strange ‘master’, indeed: the living sea of ​​gases.
The Living Sea of ​​Gazian is what is known as a Vergence in the Force, an ocean of sentient fungus that absorbs fractions of the essences of everyone who visits. It has been around for eons, and countless people have ventured to Gaziant to learn its ancient secrets. Luke goes to Gazian in the hopes of getting another volume of Jedi text, but instead, he learns of a weapon that can kill any target from across the galaxy. That weapon, the Grim Rose, is the focus of this story, but the real star is clearly the Living Sea itself.
The living sea of ​​Gazian became Luke Skywalker’s ideal master (for 1 strange reason)
The Living Sea of ​​Gazian debuted in Star Wars #20 by Charles Soule and Marco Castiello
Star Wars #50 is not the first time that Luke Skywalker has traveled to the living sea of ​​Gazian. Back in Star Wars #20, Luke is training with a holocron given to him by Lord Yoda, which makes mention of vergences (locations that are particularly powerful in the Force), and one of those vergences is the Living Sea of ​​Gazian. So, Luke goes to check it out, hoping it will help continue his Jedi training.
When Luke gets there, he meets the essence of a long-dead Jedi named Elzar Mann. The Jedi master takes Luke on a visionary journey through the history of the Jedi, and he ends his lecture by giving Luke a volume of ancient Jedi text (the same text fans saw Luke in the sequel trilogy). Mann also tells Luke that he is not the only Jedi whose essence lives in the Sea of ​​Gazian, and that all of them will happily assist in his journey to bring the galaxy back to the side of the light.
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Star Wars #20 makes it seem like the living sea of ​​Gazian is like an afterlife, a place where the essences of many exist separately, but in perfect harmony. However, in Star Wars #50, this is not the case. When Luke goes back to Gazian, he doesn’t meet Elazar Man, but a dark cedar named Elzin Rel – but the stairs are decidedly different. During their conversation, Rell continues to change faces, as if embodying the manifestations of other people’s essence, including Luke Skywalker’s.
So, why does this matter? Well, it proves one thing: the people Luke meets are not separate echoes of their former selves, but temporary ‘costumes’ worn by the living sea of ​​Gazian selves. Luke did not speak to Eleazar Man one time and Elzin Rel the second, he only ever spoke to the sea, Haim of Gaza, confirming that the sea is his master, not those who exist in it partially.
The collective single consciousness of the living sea of ​​gas has its own agenda
What is Luke Skywalker’s Inhuman Master really planning?
The Living Sea of ​​Gazian is a vergence in the Force, a conduit of both the light and dark sides of the Force, with no real stake in either. His opinion of what is best for the galaxy can be swayed, to an extent, based on the knowledge he gathers from those who leave an imprint, but it is not influenced by any single consciousness in the team. This means that the sea has its own agenda – what else would it help Luke Skywalker evolves into a knowledgeable and powerful Force user Through the avatars of both a Jedi and a Sith?
The question is only: What is the true purpose of the living sea of ​​Gazan? Sure, it may be to simply gather as much knowledge as it can from those who visit it, and help certain people just enough to keep them coming back (like Luke Skywalker), but there seems to be a grander plan at play here not yet. was revealed.
Perhaps the living sea of ​​Gazian will play a more central role in the upcoming era of Star Wars Comics as Luke is rebuilding the Jedi Order, at which point these questions and more will certainly be answered. Until then, the living sea of ​​Gazian will continue to play a vital role in Luke’s evolution as his Inhuman master (one who is much more than Yoda), as there is no way Luke Skywalker Is finished going back to the sound of nearly infinite knowledge in Star Wars Canon.
Star Wars #50 by Marvel Comics is now available.