Star Wars subtly explained the “echoes of the senses” seen in Jedi: Fallen Order and Jedi: Survivorfinally explaining a possible plot hole that has been bugging me for the last five years. Reappearance Jedi The games center on Order 66 survivor Cal Kestis and his allies, and one of the reasons for their success lies in the new lore. Cal can interact with “echoes” as he explores different worlds, a clever way to provide backstory and depth to the galaxy. This seemed to be related to the rare Force power called psychometry, but there’s a problem; The idea has become increasingly common since.
George Mann’s new film Star Wars audiobook, Starlight Seedsfinally gives a canonical explanation for why they are becoming more common. It seems that Certain events can create “echoes” in the Forcethat can be detected by certain Force-sensitives. It takes training to learn how to interact with these echoes, and it’s likely that Jedi with psychometry—a Force power attuned to sensing the past whenever they touch an object—will have a certain advantage when it’s about interpreting them.
The Jedi of the previous era feared the power of psychometry, because a Jedi with this ability actually experiences the past when they touch an object – including emotions. Likewise, in Starlight SeedsA young Jedi who senses an echo of the dark side monster called Drengir finds himself immersed in the dark side. It’s reasonable to assume this is why Force echoes weren’t actually seen in the previous era; because the Jedi began to discourage interaction with them.
What Force Echoes Mean for Star Wars
Big emotions are probably the key to Force Echoes
Until now, it seemed that the ability to sense echoes was much more directly related to psychometry; this was becoming a bit frustrating, as an increasing number of characters were demonstrating this power. Ahsoka Tano, for example, realized what had happened to her Padawan Sabine in the Ahsoka Disney+ TV show, and she had never demonstrated any proficiency in psychometrics before. Now, it seems, she just didn’t need it; She was sensitive enough to the Force to feel the echo.
It has long been known that certain events can leave a deep mark on the Force.
This idea fits perfectly Star Wars tradition. It has long been known that certain events can leave a deep mark on the Force, even creating a vergence of the Force on occasion; in Legends, the death of an ancient Sith Lord led to the creation of the Dagobah cave seen in The Empire Strikes Back. An echo is essentially a step on the path to this kind of effect, and it’s nice that an echo can also be created by the experiences of someone not Force-sensitive; all beings exist in the Force, after all.
Our opinion on the echo of sense
I’m a big fan of Jedi games and the “sensory echo” ability never bothered me there; they enable the construction of an intelligent world. The main issue, however, was that they had become increasingly common in modern society. Star Warsand that didn’t make much sense to me because I was associated with psychometrics. This Force power should be rare, but it has been possessed by everyone from Ahsoka Tano to Vernestra Rwoh in The Acolyte.
Mann’s tremendous story Starlight Seeds fixes this subtly, because it provides an inside look at what it’s like to feel an echo – and then sees a Jedi Master recognize what’s there, pointing to it as a manifestation of the Force. It’s just the detail I wanted to see, and it helps fix the history of Jedi games for the comprehensive Star Wars narrative. It helps that the audiobook is also gripping and so expertly written; This fix is just the icing on the cake.
From the creative team behind Titanfall 1, 2 and Apex Legends comes Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a single-player action-adventure game set in the Star Wars universe. Five years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, players take on the role of Cal Kestis, a Jedi Padawan who managed to survive the aftermath of the deadly Order 66, unlike many other Jedi. When Cal is found by Inquisitors looking to hunt down the rest of the Jedi, he escapes and eventually finds a new former Jedi ally and begins fighting the empire to survive.