One of the most highly anticipated Star Wars movies is New Jedi Order, which will feature an older Rey trying to find and train new Jedi in the wake of the First Order\u2019s defeat. Some fans are understandably skeptical about whether we\u2019ll ever see this movie (currently on hold) or if it will join the growing pile of exciting projects that Disney suddenly cancels altogether. Should this move ever see the light of day, however, it needs to do one thing to succeed: Rey\u2019s next movie needs to adapt the Kevin J. Anderson novel Jedi Search, the first of his Jedi Academy trilogy.<\/p>\n
For longtime fans of the Star Wars Expanded Universe, Rey\u2019s movie being labeled New Jedi Order may bring to mind the book series of the same name, which featured our favorite heroes fighting against the Yuuzhan Vong. What I am proposing, though, is that this new film should instead adapt Jedi Search, which kicked off Kevin J. Anderson\u2019s Jedi Academy series. That literary trilogy followed the challenges that Luke Skywalker<\/a> faced in the EU when doing exactly what Rey will be doing in her movie: finding and training the next generation of Jedi.<\/p>\n Obviously, not every aspect of this book would work for the upcoming movie. For one thing, Rey would obviously be replacing Luke Skywalker as the person searching the galaxy for new Force talents. And unless the movie finds some new characters to take their place (ideally, Finn and Poe Dameron), the movie would need to ditch the book\u2019s subplot about Han and Chewbacca\u2019s misadventures on Kessel (which is fine, as Solo: A Star Wars Story already adapted a chunk of this tale).<\/p>\n Much of Kevin J. Anderson\u2019s story would work surprisingly well because it grounds Luke Skywalker\u2019s quest for Force-sensitive survivors of Darth Vader\u2019s Jedi purge. These survivors were all hard to find, which is why Luke had to use old Imperial technology to track these colorful characters down. It would be cool to see Rey\u2019s movie explore this technology, which might explain how Inquisitors were able to use midi-chlorian detectors as a way of hunting down Jedi.<\/p>\n Luke Skywalker training Grogu in The Mandalorian<\/p>\n Much of Jedi Search is taken up by Luke Skywalker\u2019s quest to find and train more Force users. It sets up the events of the next two novels in the Jedi Academy trilogy, which features the corruption, fall, and eventual redemption of one of Luke\u2019s new students. Adapting this would help Rey\u2019s film explore a topic that the Sequel Trilogy really bungled: what causes a Jedi to turn to the Dark Side and how they can claw their way back to the Light Side.<\/p>\n Some other details of Anderson\u2019s Jedi Academy books would be great for Rey\u2019s movie, including a subplot about the New Republic fighting a scary Imperial Remnant. Since New Jedi Order is set 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker, it would be fitting for the Resistance to deal with either what\u2019s left of the First Order or some new evil that has risen to replace it. Anderson\u2019s novels also have a Jedi weighing the merits of using a stolen superweapon in the name of the greater good, and adapting this would let Rey\u2019s film do something new with Star Wars\u2019 tired superweapon shtick.<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n
Why Jedi Search Is Ideal<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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