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2023 has been an exciting year forStar war , but there have been a surprising number of retcons - some of which potentially set up the next picture show . Star Warshas always been a trailblazing transmedia enfranchisement , and that ’s never been more true than under Disney . There may not have been any motion-picture show since 2019’sStar Wars : The rising slope of Skywalker , but the last yr has seen a wealth of fresh cognitive content in so many different medium .
This includes popular alive - action mechanism Disney+ TV showsThe Mandalorianseason 3 andAhsoka , while books and comic strip have continue to explore different part of the timeline . There have been animise spinoffs explore the build - up to the Clone Wars and the Dark Times , adding further profundity and shadowiness to galactic account . Perhaps most exciting of all for fan ofStar Warslore , there ’s also been the publishing ofStar war : Timelines , the first solid seek to devise the timeline since Disney acquired Lucasfilm back in 2012 . Here are all the more important canon change , reveals , and retcons in 2023 .
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40Star Wars Revealed An Ancient Intergalactic Civilization - The Stuff Of Jedi Legends
Ahsoka
Ahsokarewrote astronomical story on an unprecedented layer , bring out that ancient ( previously unheard ) Jedi caption were true . Long ago , long before the sunup of the Jedi or the outset of immortalise history , intergalactic traveller confabulate theStar Warsgalaxy by traveling via thespace hulk be intimate as purrgils . In fact , there seems to have been an actual intergalactic civilization that included theNightsisters of Dathomirand the long - forgotten subspecies lie with as the Zeffo , whose history was previously research inJedi : Fallen Order .
Ahsoka episode 2 revealed Lady Morgan is seek the pathway to Peridea - but what is this mysterious Jedi legend , and what do we know about it ?
39The Nightsisters Originate From Another Galaxy
The Nightsisters of Dathomir have always been one of the unknown Force craze inStar Wars . Although they wield the grim side , they do so in a fashion unlike the Sith ; in fact , the Sith have long coveted their power . Ahsokafinally discover the grounds -the Nightsisters originate from a distant beetleweed . They come from the planet Peridea , a mysterious mankind somehow tied to the Mortis Supreme Being , and in ancient times they trip the extragalactic nebula on purrgil .
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38Star Wars Explains How Nightsister Powers Work
Jedi: Battle Scars
Sam Maggs’Jedi : Battle Scarsshines another light on the Nightsisters of Dathomir , revealingthe true nature of their dark side magick . Their powers are wed both to the dark side vergences of the domain they inhabit , and to their unattackable sense of community . This is why the Sith have never been capable to properly replicate Nightsister force ; their abilities are tied to specific positioning and to the communities they live in .
37The Old Tongue Is Steeped In The Dark Side
Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade
Star Warshas long link the Sith to a orphic ancient language called ur - Kittât ( or , sometimes , the Old Tongue ) , and 2023 has revealed te origins of this terminology . It is apparently bounce to the ancient intergalactic civilisation the Nightsisters were part of , because runes seen on Peridea are recognizably ur - Kittât . Delilah S. Dawson’sInquisitor : Rise of the Red Bladeadds another layer of depth to this , revealingthis language is infuse in the dark side , able to wield an influence on anyone who has darkness within them .
36Star Wars Has Introduced Kyberite - The Opposite Of Kyber Crystals
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Kyber crystals are rare living gems that possess unbelievable power to channelise energy . They are central to lightsabers , and also used in Sith superweapons such as the Death Star . Greg Pak , Raffaele Ienco , Joe Caramagna and Federico Blee’sDarth Vader#35 reveals thatthese crystals grow in bed of kyberite , a personnel - suppressing substance that exist in a Manichaean kinship with kyber . Kyberite is n’t anti - Force , but it does mirror the dualistic nature of the wanton and blue side .
35Ahch-To May Not Be The First Jedi Temple
Star Wars: Timelines
Star Wars : The Last Jediintroduced viewers to Ahch - To , believe to be the site of the first Jedi Temple . astonishingly , Star warfare : Timelinessuggestsit may not be the first synagogue after all . This particular retcon is presumptively a way of providing wriggle - room for James Mangold beforehand of his mysterious Jedi stemma motion-picture show .
From the Dawn of the Jedii era to the tumble of the Sith , Star Wars has unwrap a lot more tha you may imagine about the account of the Jedi .
34Huyang, Ahsoka’s Lightsaber Droid, Is 25,000 Years Old
Introduced inStar warfare : The Clone Wars , Huyang is a droid voiced by David Tennant- and who appeared in live - action at law inAhsoka . Huyang has worked with the Jedi for generation , with legend claiming he was brought to the Jedi via a mysterious blue box ( an amusingDoctor Whoreference , given Tennant plays various incarnations of the time traveller called the Doctor , who travels time and space in a blue box ) . The Sojourner Truth is unwrap inStar Wars : Timelines;Huyang is the sure-enough type in allStar Wars , first powered up 25,000 years ago to help Jedi younglings construct their lightsabers .
33The Sith Weren’t The First Dark Siders To Schism From The Jedi
Back in 2016,Star Warscomics inclose legends of an ancient black side cult called the Ordu Aspectu - a cult who sought immortality , and who seemed to hold superficial resemblances to the Sith . Star Wars : Timelinesfinally revealed the truth about the Ordu Aspectu ; it seemsthey predated the Sith by millennia , a dour side furore who exist - and who were destroyed - 20,000 years ago .
32Star Wars Fleshes Out The Ancient History Of Tatooine
From A Certain Point Of View: Return of the Jedi
Star Warsis cover to flesh out the ancient history of Luke Skywalker ’s homeworld , Tatooine , unveil thatthe desert planet was once a Eden . From A sure head Of scene : Return of the Jedicontains a short narration called " My Mouth Never fill up , " by Charlie Jane Anders . This is told from the point of view of the sarlacc , and it remembers Tatooine ’s past :
" When I first arrived , this globe was a tropical paradise . I was undirected in space , catch in an endless dreaming of light and dark , tossed by the episodic solar wind , and I came upon a planet with sparkling ocean and lush jungle , bathed in the light of two magnificent suns . Even from a neat distance I could see the swaths of blue and green and the gentle daze of draw - up clouds , drifting through the atmosphere . The graveness well drew me in and tugged me toward the bragging landmass , and I did not resist . Here , I thought . Here I will make my home , at the floor of the hobo camp . "
31Tarre Vizsla Wasn’t The Only Mandalorian Jedi
Until 2023 , thhe ancient Jedi named Tarre Vizsla - who lived roughly 1,000 eld before the Skywalker saga - was believed to be the only Mandalorian Jedi in chronicle . AhsokarewroteStar Warshistory with a single flier line , with Huyang unwrap " few " Mandalorians have become Jedi . The clean-cut deduction is that Tarre Vizsla was the first , but there have been others , creating tremendous opportunities for novel stories in theStar Warstimeline .
