Star Warshas had a consistent problem across different movies and TV shows with depicting Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Temple, but this may have been fixed. Luke’s temple inStar Wars’New Republic erawas first highlighted inStar Wars: The Last Jedi. This prompted other stories in that era ofStar Wars' timelineto do the same.
From comics and books to other live-action projects, like one ofStar Wars’TV shows, Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Temple received more focus. That said, there have been some continuity issues across these various depictions that have left some confused about the geography of the location. Thankfully, though, this confusion may now have been averted.
Star Wars Has Given Conflicting Looks At Luke’s Jedi Temple
The Temple’s Geography Has Strange Continuity
Firstly, it is worth exploring howStar Wars' various stories have shown conflicting appearances of Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Temple. The temple, located on the planet Ossus, was first shown inThe Last Jedi. Shown from afar, burning after Ben Solo became Kylo Ren, the temple was a huge dome-like structure, surrounded by spired walls and smaller huts beyond that.
Several comic book storylines used this design in their artwork, depicting the temple on Ossus in a similar way, surrounded by rocky plains that were mostly flat.Then cameThe MandalorianandThe Book of Boba Fett,the latter of which added several elements to Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Temple,changing the previously established geography in some confusing ways.
The Book of Boba Fettdepicted Luke’s temple on Ossus in a mountainous rainforest location, with a bamboo forest, lakes, and surrounding hilly areas. The portion of the temple being built during Din Djarin’s visit to Luke was dome-like, just asThe Last Jedishowed, but much smaller and located on a hill rather than in a rocky plain with surrounding structures.
This Feels Like The Best Possible Explanation For Luke’s Jedi Temple
Star Wars Fans Continue To Astound With Creativity
All of these contrasting design choices are explored byStar Wars Centralized, who took it upon himself to map out exactly how Ossus looks. Thankfully, in a way no officialStar Warsstory ever has, this video outlines the various conflicting depictions of the temple, while also figuring out how they can all fit together to be the same place.
For instance, the small hut fromThe Book of Boba Fettthat is in the middle of a bamboo forest with mountains behind it is shown as being on the east side of this map. The bigger temple with surrounding structures on a rocky plane fromThe Last Jediis then depicted to the west.
Then, the lakes and other forested areas fromThe Book of Boba Fettare shown in the southeast section of the map. Beyond all doubt, this video features the best explanation for the conflicting depictions of Luke Skywalker’s Ossus Jedi Temple.
Everything, including theStar Warscomics from before and afterThe Book of Boba Fett, is taken into account, proving just how dedicated fans of this franchise can be when perfectly explaining something the stories themselves do not.
