Star Wars: Forces of Destiny - Sands of Jakku Released

Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, the latest canon series entry in the Star Wars galaxy, has debuted its first episode entitled 'Sands of Jakku'. The two minute 48 second video stars Rey (voiced by Daisy Ridley) and BB-8. Check out the episode below and a summary afterwards!







The episode's intro credits begin with an inspirational quote from Maz Kanata:

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The episode takes place on Jakku (obviously) and appears to occur shortly after Rey rescued BB-8 from Teedo, before meeting Finn. Rey and BB-8 encounter the same type of creature BB-8 rolled by at night in The Force Awakens, a creature that we all likely assumed was a harmless adjunct in the grand scheme of things, but it turns out not to be the case, not at all. The harmless looking wide red-eyed alien has a lot more going on under the sands of Jakku than we imagined, and it turns out this creature, known as a Nightwatcher Worm, feeds on junk and is more than happy to satisfy its hunger with BB-8.



The Nightwatcher Worm speeds after BB-8 and Rey underneath the surface, almost reminiscent of something out of a Tremors movie. It catches up to them and Rey pulls a move out of Luke Skywalker's playbook, by wedging her staff vertically into it's mouth to prevent it from biting. Well much like the Rancor (rest in peace), the Nightwatcher chomps down, flinging Rey's staff across the dune, but Rey is able to catch it.



Unfortunately, the beast is able to speed past Rey, settling under, and eventually rising up to snatch up BB-8 in it's mouth and return below the surface. This instantly made me think of Luke vanishing in the trash compactor, or R2 into the depths of the swamps of Dagobah. Rey, knowing the monster wants junk, baits it by tossing her staff into the ground. As the creature blasts out of the sand to eat the staff, BB-8 is launched, and lands safely in Rey's arms until they arrive back at her fallen AT-AT home.







Rey offers to make peace with the Nightwatcher and feeds it a piece of junk, enough for it to leave them alone and safe. That is a pretty solid lesson in conflict resolution for our young Star Wars fans don't you agree?



Rey looks upon BB-8 and says:

We can't blame her, he is pretty adorable. So what did you all think of the episode? For me it was an enjoyable three minutes that taught us a few things: That alien we saw in The Force Awakens is certainly not just some harmless creature whose nap was disturbed, and that Rey is a quick thinker and has a few tricks up her sleeves to get out of tough situations, like Luke Skywalker before her.



I am certainly looking forward to watching more of these as we go along! How about you? Sound off in the comments and be sure to head to The Cantina.



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