Never here, now, hmm? The need in front of your nose. Wisdom they held, but that library contained nothing that the girl Rey does not already possess. Yoda: Oh, read them, have you? Page-turners they were not. Yoda: Time it is for you to look past a pile of old books, hmm? Luke Skywalker: So it is time for the Jedi Order to end. Consumed by his failure, Luke threatens to burn the sacred texts but it’s force-ghost Master Yoda that does the deed (with lightning!), prompting this exchange: As we later learn, Luke is partially responsible for Ben Solo becoming Kylo Ren, which bolsters his resolve to let the Jedi die with him. Luke admits to that same arrogance himself as he bought into his hype as a hero yet still failed to prevent his nephew from going to the dark side. So much angst.Īnyway, the texts contain the supposed “wisdom” of the Jedi, but as Luke later points out, that wisdom led to arrogance and complacency, which allowed the Empire to form while the Jedi were at the height of their power. Just saying, that family has a long history of angst. Secondly, the words painstakingly, burden, and torment describing the acquisition and preservation of the sacred texts paint such a lovely picture, right? Think your life as a lone arranger is burdensome? Here’s Luke Skywalker’s beer. This collection of ancient tomes was painstakingly assembled by Luke Skywalker, but has now become a burden and a torment.įirst of all, “library”? That’s debatable. The fabled founding texts of the Jedi Order are sheltered from Ahch-To’s weather by the huge trunk of a once-mighty uneti tree. I would like to take this moment to point out the description the official Star Wars website provides about the Ahch-To Library: Granted, Luke’s a bit embittered at this point in his life for a good reason, but the case he makes against the Jedi, as well as the movie’s overarching interpretation of “what’s past is prologue,” can be applied to the archival profession as well.ĭuring their lessons, Luke makes a point of showing Rey the sacred Jedi texts stored within a giant tree on the island. The teachings amount to this: no one should have a monopoly on the Force and the Jedi need to die. Rey eventually coerces him into three lessons, though she only gets two. By his admission, he exiled himself to Ahch-To to die and be forgotten. To say that Luke is less than thrilled with the idea of training another powerful Force user is an understatement. Picking up where the events of Episode VII: The Force Awakens ended, Force-sensitive scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley) asks for Luke Skywalker’s (Mark Hamill) help to save the galaxy and train her in the ways of the Jedi. But like the island of Ahch-To, sometimes the answers can only be found when you go a little deeper. On the surface, neither scenario appears to be blatantly relevant to archives. Instead, we have a student and a teacher on an island with some books stored in a giant tree and an outdated droid primed to play one of the most important recordings in the history of a galaxy far, far away. There’s no building security to penetrate nor is there a search engine poised to return negative results. Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) doesn’t feature an archival institution in the same way as its predecessors. It’s the aftermath, however, that I’m most concerned with when examining the latest Star Wars film to reveal archival themes.
#HYPERSPACE TRACKING ROGUE ONE ARCHIVE#
It’s the arrogance of the Jedi and the Empire regarding their records and the function of the archive that ultimately led to their subsequent downfalls.
Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) made the Jedi archivist unknowingly complicit in the burgeoning Empire’s plans and Rogue One (2016) put the Imperial Archives recordkeeping practices, and security measures to protect those records, under scrutiny. Two films, so far, have featured Jedi and Imperial Archives as settings for intrigue and action while inadvertently emphasizing issues archivists are still struggling with as we redefine and reshape our profession. If you’ve read my previous work, then you’ll know that the Star Wars franchise and the archival profession have become unexpectedly intertwined in the last decade or so. Author’s Note: Some spoilers for The Last JediĪuthor’s Second Note: Previously published via Society of American Archivists (SAA) Reviews Portal
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