Intriguing new character named Aya

"The elder shook her head and laughed. "I can only wish that someday you'll also be pestered by a student persistent to learn what you do not wish to teach."

Elder grandmother on planet Lew'el, replying to Luke Skywalker's persistance to teach him about the Tide(The Force).



Luke Skywalker , some time after the battle of Endor, in his quest for knowledge, has visited a distant forgotten planet, Lew'el. It is an ocean planet with scattered islands. There he meet a young girl and her people.
These people (human race) have preserved precious knowledge about the Force, which they call the great Tide. This knowledge is ancient, it predates all empires and republics,and planet Lew'el has became almost forgotten over millenia by those who crave power.
Its not known in this moment how Luke did found information about this forgotten planet..
...Was it by reading ancient Jedi scipts(Journal of the Whills), or by using that unique compass he found on planet Pillio?



Just arriving on that planet in his X-wing, Luke has saved from a certain death by the storm a Force sensitive 12 years old girl Aya-Glon.
Aya was humble girl. Her people do not use technology. They understand Force most deeply,but they teach their children only after children pass the test, after they show they will not use the Force for their own interest .
Her people believe deeply in the will of the Force, to the point that they hunt fish by allowing Force to position fish on the tip of their long spears...

Aya and Luke became friends. When Luke was leaving her planet, Aya promissed to Luke that one day she will go to see the galaxy,in fact to find him.
Meeting Luke has transformed Aya, and she got a feeling of purpose, even her role in the balance of the Force.

Years later, Aya, now as a young woman , decided to go to find Luke, as she has promissed when Luke was leaving her planet .Since her people don't have technology she boarded a Hutt cargo ship as a stowaway( there on this ship she is telling her story ).


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Aya is a Force sensitive young human woman. Her wise grandmother in the novel is compared in her Force sensibility with Luke's own.
What happened to her? Does she became part of Luke's Jedi Academy?
She would be more than padawan learner, because she , as a 12 years old girl on her planet have already teached Luke about some things about the Force .When she gone to find Luke she was probably 19.

What is her role in the canon?

I think Aya cold even became Rey's mother years later.

Also, the big revelation here is a village founded by Force sensitive human refugees that has maintained Force sensitivity for thousands of years.



Ilustration of Luke and Aya on their giant birds("wind-trusters") hunting fish with very long spears on planet Lew'el.

EDITED december 9.2017.

In the meantime this story has been confirmed and is a canon. Luke has been on Lew'el where he learned (it was from Aya) spear fishing technique. Luke feeds himself by fishing on Ahch-To using this spearfish technique.
This has been shown in The Last Jedi film.
Also in the teachings of Luke that he he has given to Rey, there are many elements from the story of Deluge(Lew'el).

TLJ visual dictionary by Pablo Hidalgo.


Scene of Luke spearfising using exact technique of extremly long spear decribed in book "Legends of Luke Skywalker" he learned on Lew'el.This requires ultimate faith in the Force.

Rey always had dreams of an Island, it fitts description of both Ahch-To,and Lew'el.

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Author of the novel "Legends of Luke Skywalker" confirms Aya represents "most cherished type of friendship".

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"Second sun" in Luke's vision at the end of the ep VIII..is an aparition of something else.


Aparition of a "Wind truster" in front of the sun.
Luke is observing this phenomenon in a state of revelation, and has finally put together all peaces of the puzzle.
Peace, and purpose.

 

I think Aya was sent by the will of the Force to bring child to Luke, a saving grace. Their people do not have technology, never leave this isolated planet, jet she goes to find Luke by boarding a Hutt cargo ship hiding behind containers,(if found by Hutt captain , its said in book she would be killed emediately).

.Desperate urgent act.

And she does everything in her life by "flowing down the will of the Force".

That is if we presume Rey is the one that is needed to bring balance now, which I think is obvious she is. it struck me,. Aya is young human women , she conneceted with Luke, than she went by the will of the Force to find him desperately.

 

It is the other planet with oceans, not Ahch-To.

Aya is human species, they are isolated group of colonists, isolated from main galactic civilization for thousands of years. Luke has visited them some time after episode VI for their deep ancient knowledge about the Force (which they call Tide).

Luke and Aya closed, he firstly saved her life, and than beeing together for weeks while they flew alongside on their birds around entire planet flying on the backs of this magnificant birds.It was a special task for Luke since he wanted to learn more about the Force-Tide. Aya , a human girl, was assigned as his companion .

 

If this is not legal I oblige moderators to freely delete it,excerpts from book.

Talking how Luke saved Aya's life( yap) ,Aya is noble sort-of, granddaughter of the "chief"on this planet...her gratitude, and some, not all of course...thingies.....

Buy this book people, its masterpiece.

Aya , mother of Rey?

Spoiler

many pages after

 

Luke saves her life, from the novel it seems she develops feelings to him.
Than she acompanies him in their epic flight around the planet, gliding on those large birds.(Luke's trial)

She tells she wants to see the galaxy, and than she mentions if it's the will to help balance the Force.

in same novel, after that story, she is found on a cargo ship hiding( dangerous travel, Hutt cargo ship, she realy chosed transportation...poor girl)..in her obvious quest to find Luke again.

My spefculation is this: Force guides her to go to Luke. She will bring him child. However Force guides her to the paths that will lead even Luke believe she died and he did not had child. She would left Rey somehow on Jakku.

 

but that is in my last citation ( did I posted it not sure?), her friend, that got this story from her, helping her to hide in a cargo ship, obviously concludes she is on voyage to find Luke.

Luke saved her Life, it is to me obvious this moves her, her people are conservative, do not leave planet, she got desire to go after meeting Luke.

Aya is first clear candidate of unknown Luke's love interest( decade after they first met!), elaborated.

.And she is also strong in the Force.