Star Wars: 20 Things You Didn't Know About The Last Jedi

13. It Was The First Star Wars Film To Show Books & Paper

Star Wars The Last Jedi
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You probably remember that Luke Skywalker had custody of a collection of sacred Jedi texts on Ahch-To, but you may not have put two and two together and appreciated that this is actually the first time we've ever seen books and paper in the canonical cinematic universe. Yup.

The presence of the Jedi texts confirms once and for all, after so many decades, that paper does indeed exist as we know it in the world of Star Wars, despite information typically being stored and presented digitally.

It's a fascinating sliver of low-key world-building that has evidently been taken for granted by most fans, confirming just how damn ancient those Jedi texts truly are, it seems.

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