Star Wars Forges A New Connection Between Anakin & The Last Jedi
Much changed in the Star Wars galaxy during the decades that passed between Anakin Skywalker's training in the Jedi Temple and Luke Skywalker's exiling himself to Ahch-To. However, one element that has remained consistent between the different eras is the connection between the Jedi and the old-growth Uneti tree. It was easy to miss in The Last Jedi, but this tree has a huge connection to all eras of Jedi.
The Uneti is a rare and ancient species of Force-sensitive tree. Most likely, as a result of its connection with the Force, the Uneti tree has found favor with the Jedi, and its presence in Jedi lore is significant. The tree can be seen in Greg Rucka and Marco Checchetto's Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Shattered Empire #4 when Luke and Rebel pilot Shara Bey infiltrate an Imperial lab to take back the remnants of the very same tree depicted in Star Wars #25. Most recently, another Uneti tree can also be observed in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, as the home of the remaining Jedi texts Luke was able to recover in his efforts to rebuild the Jedi Order. At the time Luke was located on Ahch-To, home to the first-ever Jedi temple. The presumption is that the tree was previously located at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, and the remnants recovered by Luke and Shara came from the tree on Ahch-To.
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In Charles Soule and Ramon Rosanas' upcoming, Star Wars #25 the street is clearly depicted at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant behind a young Anakin and Obi-Wan Kenobi. While the extent of the tree's link to the Jedi is unclear, the presence of the tree in the lives of so many generations of Jedi suggests that the tree has served as witness to all that the Jedi
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