Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Darth Vader #48

Summary

• Luke Skywalker meets Sabé in Darth Vader #48, showing a balance between feeling emotions and traditional Jedi ideals.
• Luke and Qui-Gon shared a belief that emotions should be acknowledged, not repressed like traditional Jedi.
• Luke could theoretically meet Qui-Gon in the canon through the Living Sea of Gazian's Force imprints.

A new line from Star Wars canon. Unfortunately, there is over a 30-year gap between Qui-Gon's demise and the start of Luke's Jedi path. That said, there is technically a way in which the two Jedi could perhaps meet in the canon, (besides Qui-Gonn conversing with Luke as a Force ghost).

In the new Darth Vader #48 by Greg Pak and Raffaele Ienco set just before Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker meets Sabé for the very first time, the former handmaid and decoy of his mother Pé Amidala and more recent agent of his father, Darth Vader. Fearing that Luke might hold the same hatred in his heart as Vader, Sabé sought to test the young Skywalker to see if the galaxy was doomed to ensure yet another Sith lord. However, Luke ends up resisting his initial anger at Sabé's tests:

Having processed his emotions without embracing the dark side in this new issue, Luke's comments about perfection are quite palpable, a key distinction between himself and the more traditional ways of the prequel era Jedi. Likewise, this more measured and balanced response to emotion is something Luke had in common with Qui-Gon Jinn.

Luke and Qui-Gon Both Knew That Emotions Should Be Felt

A Balance Rather Than All-Out Rejection

Unlike most Jedi of his age and caliber during the prequel era who were appointed to the Jedi Council, Qui-Gon Jinn was far too unorthodox and a maverick to accept or be offered a seat in their ranks. Likewise, Qui-Gon was very much focused on the more present Living Force and its connections to all living things. He also saw the value in stronger emotions such as comion and love, despite the tenants of the Jedi Order warning against emotions and attachments for fear of the dark side's corruption.

In the same vein, Luke Skywalker is seen here questioning the idea that Jedi must always be perfect and without emotion at all times. Arguing that there must be some "wiggle room", it's clear that Luke similarly believes emotions should be felt and processed, rather than being ignored outright as most Jedi were trained to do decades before his time. After all, Luke shows in this issue that while he did feel anger, he also managed to reign himself in and regain more of a balance.

Luke Could Canonically Meet With Qui-Gon Jinn

Through The Living Sea of Gazian

Given their similarities, it would be amazing to see Luke Skywalker and Qui-Gon Jin have a conversation one day in the Star Wars canon. Notably, Luke could theoretically talk to Jinn's Force ghost as Obi-Wan did during his Tatooine exile. However, the comics have also provided another way in which a meeting could happen between the two Jedi.

In Star Wars #20, Luke discovered the Living Sea of Gazian, a powerful vergence in the Force that takes memory imprints from those who visit it. Just as this allowed Luke to converse with the High Republic's Elzar Mann (not unlike DC's Superman and his deceased father Jor-El), one could imagine that Luke could have a conversation with Qui-Gon as well, assuming the Jedi Master had ever visited the vergence in his own time. At any rate, it seems pretty clear that Luke and Qui-Gon would have plenty to talk about with so much in common as equally unorthodox Jedi in the Star Wars canon.

Darth Vader #48 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.