SPOILER Significant New Lore on Force Sensitivity in Legends of Luke (Spoilers)

Originally posted on the Star Wars Shadow Council weblog.

The Legends of Luke junior novel came out today and one the chapters, ‘Fishing in the Deluge’, adds quite a bit to our understanding of the lore and mechanics of the setting.

It’s told from the PoV of a twelve year old human girl named Aya who is one of the inhabitants of a small village of people. We learn very early that Aya is sensitive to the Force as is her twin brother. In fact the whole village seems to be strong in the Force and has it’s own associated philosophy and tradition called the Tide. Indeed, this tradition is what brings Luke to the world and we learn more about it from Aya’s grandmother:

Aside from a glimpse of early galactic history, the biggest revelation here is a village founded by Force sensitive human refugees has maintained that sensitivity for thousands of years. While we’ve had several known related Force sensitives and references to the Force being passed down family lines. This is the first time we’ve seen direct evidence of it being maintained in population over an extended period of time. From this we can infer children born to Force sensitive parents have a high chance of being sensitive themselves.

 

I'm betting Anakin wasn't even close to the first Jedi to find love. The majority probably left the order though.