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admonition : Contains SPOILERS for Star Wars : The High Republic Adventures - Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone # 4!Star Warsfans have seen a gross ton of Force - abilities make their way from the comics / novels into the feature films / television serial . From Force - span to military unit - healing , there is no shortage of powers that have gotten the live - action treatment . And now , it ’s time thatStar Warsadded another one of those singular force out - powers first shown in the comics / novel in the films / show , as its potent ‘ Plant Jedi ’ are more than ready to hit live - legal action .
InStar warfare : The High Republic Adventures - Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone#4 by Cavan Scott and Vincenzo Riccardi , Jedi Knight Ty Yorrick ( a former - Jedi - deform - monster - hunter ) is called upon by her former Jedi Master to go to the planet Dalna that was attacked by the collective ofplanet - appropriate marauders inStar Wars , the Nihil . When Ty and her monster - hunt married person get there , they pretend beneath the surface after ascertain a Nihil ship that had crash - land , but did n’t see any of the crew . That ’s where the two run into one of the last subsist residents of Dalna : Vila aka a Lonto Plant Mage .
Upon seeing the invaders , Vila used her superpower to manipulate plants ( which is known as “ works billow ” ) against them . Vila telekinetically ordered the vine that grew plushy within this clandestine dependable harbor to wrap themselves around Ty , her pardner , and the other military force - sore enemies of the Nihil that were there for similar ( yet separate ) missions . In fact , Vila proved how unassailable her Plant Mage powers were by actuallydestroying an immensely brawny Sith artifact call the Hand of Siberuslike it was nothing .
“ Plant Surge ” can also be used as a room to access ‘ Force - Healing ’ , which is a powerfulness that ’s been featured inStar Warsfilms and TV .
Indeed , this Force - power is no joke , and it needs the live - action treatment ASAP .
Vila is Only the Latest Lonto Plant Mage in Star Wars Canon
Other Plant Mages have been Featured in Star Wars Comics, but Never in the Films
Vila might be the most recentLonto Plant Mage to grace the page ofStar Warscomics , but she for certain was n’t the first . The Lonto were also boast inStar war : The eminent Republic(2022 ) # 1 , where member of the metal money gathered alongside other followers of the light side of the Force in the Holy City of Jedha ( including the likes of the Jedi and the Guardians of the Whills ) . During that meeting , one Lonto flex her plant life surge abilities by using vine to restrain one of the other illustration before topsy-turvydom expose out between them all .
Plant rush powers were also featured in 1999’sStar Wars Tales“Extinction ” . In that story , a Jedi used plant upsurge to endeavor to bewitch Darth Vader before being slaughtered by the Jedi - hunting Sith Lord . Unfortunately , their plant surge power was n’t strong enough to defeat Vader for in effect , and that was in all likelihood because of one affair : they were n’t a phallus of the Lonto specie . The Lonto specie ( as prove in theseHigh Republiccomics ) has completely committed itself to the recitation of plant upsurge as their only means of transfer the power of the light side of the Force .
Including Plant Mages in the Star Wars Films/TV Would Grow the Lore of the Light Side
The Dark Side is More Interesting Than the Light, but Plant Mages Could Fix That
The history of Plant Mages inStar Warsis racy , but it only exists in the comics . Indeed , the melodic theme that there ’s an entire cabal of light side users who only manipulate the Force through flora is fascinating , and in reality tote up to the traditional knowledge of the light side of the Force specifically - which is somethingStar Warsdesperately require . As it stand inStar WarsTV and motion picture , the light side of the Force is kind of boring when compared with the colored side . The clear side of the Force is middling much only used by Jedi , and there ’s niggling to no entropy on light siders beyond that .
The dark side of the Force , however , has a number of fascinating aspects to it . Sure , there ’s the Sith , but there ’s also drab siders like Darth Maul who use the dingy side to become galactic crime Divine . There ’s also the dark side cult eff as the Knights of Ren , which is a ring of marauders who worship the dark side and circularize bedlam in its name . Plus , there ’s the fact thatKylo Ren himself ( the loss leader of the Knights of Ren)isn’t even a Sith , he ’s only a dark sider who uses his power to rule the galaxy with an branding iron fist .
Jedi have only ever used lightsabers as arm , but after come across 1 Jedi use a secondary weapon , I ’m positive they require more than just lightsabers .
In other words , there are corners of the drear side beyond just the Sith , which ca n’t really be say for the light side , as the only followers of the light that are featured in the movies are the Jedi . If theStar Warsfilms / TV introduce the Lonto Plant Mages , however , that would completely change , and reserve the lightsome side of the Force to become as interesting as the dark . Plus , the visual alone of see a plant - controlling Force - user blast their enemies is just tap to be brought to the big - screen , prove thatStar war ’ ‘ Plant Jedi ’ are ready to hit live - activity .
Star Wars : The High Republic Adventures - Dispatches from the Occlusion Zone # 4by Dark Horse Comics is available now .
