Disclaimer: this is a “tin foil hat firmly ON” kind of post. It’s wild speculation. I’m interested in hearing what you guys have to say.
So here’s what we know about Project Luminous:
“Project Luminous is an upcoming project being worked on by Cavan Scott, Claudia Gray, Charles Soule, Daniel José Older, and Justina Ireland, which spans both comics and books to tell one cohesive story. It will be released in 2020. Details about the codenamed event will be revealed in January of that year.”
The project was announced at SW Celebration in Chicago in April 2019. The contributing authors were approached during summer 2018, when principal photography for TROS was already underway. They were brought to Skywalker Ranch in September 2018, where they workshopped ideas along with Lucasfilm Publishing Group and Lucasfilm Story Group.
At NYCC, they revealed the authors involved — notably, Claudia Gray (author of Bloodine and Leia, Princess of Alderaan and Charles Soule, author of The Rise of Kylo Ren) and revealed a clue:
“The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things…. Until…Project Luminous, 2020.”
Now, some of you are are familiar with the TV show Star Wars: Rebels. There’s an episode where Ezra goes into a place called the World Between Worlds, which he is able to access through a portal on a Jedi Temple on Lothal. While walking around the place, he hears several voices: Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon, Ahsoka, Leia, Maz, Rey & Kylo (does this remind anyone else of anything? 👀). He then looks through a portal and sees Ahsoka Tano fighting Anakin, which he knows ends with her death. He is able to pull her to safety, saving Ahsoka and changing the past.
So... what does this all mean? Probably nothing. But I find the timing of the project highly suspicious. They’re holding off on releasing any details until TROS is out everywhere. The quote they used as the clue is also intriguing.
Is it possible that Disney greenlit Ben’s ‘death’ because they are about to launch Project Luminous, which will focus on Rey‘s efforts to rescue Ben from wherever he is, maybe even a World Between Worlds kind of place? Is that why he didn’t become a Force ghost? Is the scene on Tatooine with her looking out into the sunset, carrying her new yellow saber the beginning of a new adventure?
LF said the Skywalker saga movies were done, but this project is all book based.
Like I said, this is all spec. But hey, when you’re already a clown, you might as well join the circus.