40 Facts From Light of the Jedi - Star Wars References, Easter Eggs, Legends Connections, and More! 

Big oof right there.

I misread that as Laura Dern is a Nihil at first...

I was about to mention that she was one of the tempests, not a Jedi, until I saw you caught it.

Hey not sure if it’s for sure but I thought that captain Bright in the the book was a nod to Captain Bright Noa from the Mobile Suit Gundam series.

Also came here to say this lol

Came here for this. I listened to it, was it spelled the same way?

@@bmeeee I couldn’t tell you. I listened to the audiobook. I’m waiting for people to update the Wookiepedia pages haha

I had the same observation. I assume Lor San Tekka is descended from the San Tekka’s of the high republic. I also assume we’re going to hear a lot more about them as the High Republic unfolds.

Maybe cause it's a bit spoilery?

@@lyndsaybrown8471 I feel like if you’re watching this video that’s to be expected though. It’s literally an Easter egg video lol

I caught that too and it reminded me of the Beskar spear in Mandalorian for some reason haha

I imagined a saber pike when I heard that part. I'm sure how similar or different it could really be.

a ship blows up in hyper Space and some sebris flies at a planet that displays the people. keave (the blond lady that everyone said looked like a dude) save the day with some power that connects most if no all jedi to help stop the Immediate danger heading to the planet and the people are still displayed.

absolutely gutted the great disaster

Or you know you could just listen to the book on audible...

@@leemunger1283 can you not read? That's how you just sounded. Don't talk down to people 😂

@@EastlakeRasta7 keave? Do you mean Avar Kriss ?

Remember when the trailer came out and fans began crying out “nobody asked for this”? I knew they’d instantly get shot down by a fantastic new era, written by people who know a whole lot more than the angry “fans” ever would.

@@Legoboy55able Once bitten, twice shy, my friend.

I'm honestly survived there wasn't a namedrop of the Tarkin family.

"Yaddle's Tale: The One Below", from Star Wars Tales #5.

As well as Kell dragons

@@RogersRoger I still weep over the removal of the Kell Dragon armor.

Then SWTOR is also Canon.

SWTOR is the only place I know Belsavis from, so hearing it mentioned in canon was exciting to me for that reason. Then we got mention of The Great Sith War, and ancient Empires.

@@mikeor- No, SWTOR is not canon, just some of the planets are.

Indeed! And being trapped in the temple might make lose contact with how the actual state of the galaxy is at the moment.

​@@Fork1 which could be one explanation for why the jedi have lost their way by the time of the prequel era.

It's actually mentioned in light of the jedi that some council members temporarily or permanently step down. Yoda for example has chosen a temporary replacement and is not on the council during this book, and another member planned to step down because of a permanent reassignment elsewhere. There's also jucasta nu who was on the council but then became librarian

It would seem so

Don't listen to Toby. The Canon Thrawn books are excellent.

Ah I'm torn lol. Since Thrawn will likely show up in the Mandoverse, I'm leaning towards the new book. Plus the same author did them right?

@@bountymemer4638 Yes Timothy Zahn wrote all of them anyway so if you want to be up on the new Canon the new books are best for you, espcially as an entry point.

@Toby Cosmo All good man. I can discuss/debate what I like and dislike about SW all day 😁

I personally like the original Thrawn trilogy the best and they're easy to find used for next to nothing

Mark Thompson often does this with his audiobooks, my favorite being him portraying a Chiss leader from the newest Thrawn book as Jack Nicholson

What yous talkin' abou'?

Same! Maybe this is Lucasfilm trying to make everyone happy who speculated for years about Max Von Sydow’s character who amounted to nothing in the grand scheme of things. Lol

That whas the point.

Yep, definitely intentional.

That’s a panel from the kylo Ren comic, pretty sure he covered the Indy connection there in an Easter egg vid, but still, weird he didn’t mention it here. Maybe he just didn’t want to be repetitive?

*@Playhouse76* Pronounced “Mar-she-on” in the Audible version of Light of the Jedi. Just add it to the Star Wars conflicting pronunciation tradition with Han, Leia, Twi’lek, and Bill Burr’s Taanab.

High republic is the new kotor and will replace it (business wise)

@Handri Kusnadi Kotor Is Deadd

@@theblade1251 the old republic would take place before this. In this time one would assume the sith would be in hiding plotting for their revenge. Either way they made Revan canon in TROS and bane is already canon cause of CW so it’s safe to assume the old republic stories are canon. Some of them at least.

@@kisaragitown3934 i know the old republic lore this years after the battle of ruusan and the rise of Darth bane's rule of two but in terms of marketing and business it will replace KOTOR for now which will just be religated to easter eggs and references.

@@theblade1251 You mean the WHOLE Old Republic. KOTORs take place between 3956-3951 BBY when Old Republic is 25,000-1000 BBY..

They are but they are not done by Del Rey so they don't include them in their lists

The Young Adult novel (such as Ahsoka, Lost Stars and lots of others) are part of Disney publishing, not Del Rey publishing, hence why Del doesn't include them in this specific timeline. Also just like the Marvel comics, which are all canon since 2014/15, aren't part of the Del Rey timeline since they are from Marvel publishing

There are only three (currently released, I believe) and there are audio books you can listen to while you do other things...even driving, usually. I realize that doesn't work well for everyone but there is likely a way.

As @wookie Talks has already mentioned as of now (this post) there are only 3 High Republic books which have been released. "Light of the Jedi" (the main launching off point book), "Into the Darkness" (the launching book for the Young Adult line of HR books), and "A test of courage" (the launching book for young readers). All of these books are set up as launching off points for the high republic as different age groups/readers with different levels of reading strength can join in at whatever level they are comfortable with to enjoy the new era. So far I've only read "Light of the Jedi" and I understand everything that's going on without having to read the other books. The main characters for the Young Adult and younger reader books are mentioned once but more as a way of saying that "these characters do exist, their adventure are valid and you can also follow their adventures in this new era but theirs is not the story being told here". So you can just read the main line of High Republic Books without having to dip your toes in any of the other YA or younger reader books unless you really want to.

There is already a comic as well.

I’d recommend just reading the book and enjoying it for what it is and watch this video for any Legends Easter eggs. Sometimes they are so obscure it’s not really worth it to have that background knowledge.

@@BlindJedi Thanks so much for your insight😁.

@@patriciafenwick5846 sure thing. I used to read a lot of legends stories. Now reading the new canon novels, it’s nice to have that prior knowledge sometimes, but it’s not important at all. Which was kind of the idea with scrapping the expanded universe. They wanted all the stories to be accessible to everyone. Not needing some kind of knowledge gatekeeping to enjoy one Book or another.

If you care about stories like in the old republic and find them interesting, you have to read them because you have no canon alternativ and probably wont have one anytime soon. So dont just ignore them because ppl say theyre not canon. Also it doesnt seem that legends gets much retconned.

Yes! The video contains spoilers - nothing major, but I highly recommend reading it first. It's absolutely brilliant anyway!

Doubt this will happen, sorry

@@Mollie_Damon awww man I loved the one ANH

Slight spoilers. They're sorta barbarian esque in nature, but their leaders are fairly smart. Think of them kinda like baddies from Mad Max. Their biggest advantage is that they use a particular skill in the force (fairly certain it's the force, and I believe only one person is capable of doing it) to chart unknown routes through hyperspace, that can lead them to very specific points, allowing them to basically warp anywhere on a battlefield. Above, below, beside, or even behind their enemies. I'm fairly certain I got all of that right. They call the charted routes, Paths.

They're also capable of warping into certain points of planets atmospheres, if need be.

@@Brandon-ie4bc so they teleport like night crawler from the X-Men? Or just their ships? One single (but well trained) nihil is capable of killing a jedi (like mandalorians, magna droids, etc)?

@@guilhermelobato698 The ships. The Nihil are normal people. And I don't remember how they kill Jedi. They do use martydom tactics though.

Actually, I don't know if they directly killed any

Even more interesting is that in old republic legends there was a Sith triumvirate with three Sith Lords, long before the rule of two. Darth Nihilus was one of them.

God I love that book!

They better make old republic canon.

Dave Filoni should handle literally anything Star Wars related.

Will the acolyte actually show palpatine or plagues? because acolytes are the padawans of the sith

@@reinermost6269 I am curious too. But they did state it is a female-led series. Maybe something about The Nightsisters Of Dathomir. Or Asajj Ventress.

@@reinermost6269 likely but not from now its the main chatactert is a female he will likely appear but not in ther early seasons but finale

@@mahirgangwal1665 its set in the final days of the high republic

I don't see the problem. They can still use legends stuff in new ways.

"News" is a priority to be on top of the game. A few of us fans want a little bit of a spoiler to see if we want to read them... For me, I preorder these books. I just haven't had the time, or more precisely, made the time to read or listen to them. Nobody's forcing you to "watch" the video but I do to support the channel, muted, and usually read some of the first comments. You can always watch it later after you've made the time to read.

By law he’s not allowed to discuss the book until it is in mass circulation. He’s given an advanced copy to let us know it’s good, so we go out and buy it. Also so he can begin researching for videos like this. He says within the first minute that there’s going to be spoilers, so don’t watch the video. You know there’s a new book out, so avoid channels.

It’s derived from the word nihil. As in nihilist. Meaning the group believes in nothing. Similar to Sith Lords Darth Nihilus and Darth Nihl. They have not mention any other origins of the word.