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admonition ! This article contain spoilers for Star Wars : The High Republic - Shadows of Starlight # 1Yodais one of the oldest and wisest Jedi Masters in the history ofStar Wars , though that does n’t think of he is without fracture in the manner he guides his students through their understanding of the Force and how to channel the cosmic current . In fact , both the prequel and original trilogy highlight one of Yoda ’s greatest shortcomings : his lack of faith in redemption from the blue side . And now , Star Warsfans have intercourse exactly why Yoda held such a narrow survey of the Force and those who channel it , despite his supposedly unequaled wisdom .
Fans were introduced to Yoda inStar Wars : Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back , whereYoda taught Luke Skywalker the way of the Forceon Dagobah . During that sentence , Yoda stressed how important it was that Luke not waver from the light side of the Force even the slightest bit , say , “ Once you pop down the dark way , forever will it dominate your destiny ” . This degree was further spotlight in the prequel trilogy , most notably inEpisode IIIwhen Anakin went to Yoda with worry over disturbing visual modality he ’d been get of a likely hereafter tragedy . Rather than help Anakin through his obvious concern of recede his ‘ adherence ’ ( those being the life of Padmé and his unborn children ) , Yoda tell Anakin to simply let go of what he fear to lose , as holding onto them will lead Anakin to the dark side . This mind-set on those who fall to the dreary side of the Force is pretty unforgiving , though base on Yoda ’s experience duringthe age of the High Republic , that could be for good reason . Back then , Yoda did pretermit someone ’s fall to the morose side , thinking they could be redeem - and he was catastrophically misguided .
Yoda’s High Republic Past Made Him Lose Faith In Dark Side Redemption
InStar war : The High Republic - Shadows of Starlight#1 by Charles Soule and Ibraim Roberson , Yoda has levy the help of a fallen Jedi Knight named Azlin Rell . Yoda sought the location of creatures called the Nameless , as they feed on Force - sore individuals , and Yoda deemed them a threat that needed to be neutralized . Azlin knew the location of the Nameless , yet that info was bury deep in his subconscious mind , and he could n’t access it without Yoda ’s assistance through the Force . Yoda helped Azlin commemorate a world that held a direct line to the placement of the Nameless , and together , they went there in a Republic vessel to retrieve that information . However , when they got there , Azlin used the dark side to enter the mind of a Republic crewmate , forcing him to launch a annihilating attack on the planet below . Not only did this eliminate any opportunity of finding the Nameless , but it also resulted in perhaps grand of casualties .
Yoda trusted someone who go down to the sour side for the rice beer of the greater good , hoping to use the out cognition Azlin held to defeat an opposition that was a menace to every Force user in the galaxy , sinister and light siders likewise . As a result , thousand of people were toss off , even more assuredly injured , and the track towards overcome a great foe closed in , seemingly forever . Azlin did this to prevent anyone finding the Nameless , which is how he justified his dark actions . While Yoda did n’t know what Azlin was plan , he ultimately help the dark sider achieve his goal , and he did so simply by trusting that someone who fell to the sinister side still had some level of good within them . And in this case , Yoda was distressingly awry .
It seems that Yoda ’s experience with Azlin Rell teach him that once someone take on the dark side , there can be no stratum of redemption for them . And so , with this inclusion of Yoda ’s personal history , Star Warsfinally unveil whyYodalost faith in buyback from the non-white side .
Star warfare : The High Republic - Shadows of Starlight # 1by Marvel Comics is available now .
