Star Wars: It's So Much Bigger [A Meditative Crossover Story]

"He was ambitious. Young. And tired. Not sure whether more from the obstacles to his ambition or from the ambition itself. ... He wanted to climb that mountain. For no apparent reason. But he wanted it bad, and wanted it now. Maybe the peace was waiting for him there. ... The mountain was steep but his unrest was propelling him up. He couldn't help but wonder, Why the red one? Of all that he could find, the red one?"

As any good Jedi, when she looked into the Force for the first time, Rey saw light, darkness, and a balance. But what if that is not entirely correct? What did Luke Skywalker mean when he said to her, "It's so much bigger"? What did he mean when he said, "I only know one truth: it's time for the Jedi to end"?

Here is a story of a mountain encounter, set some years before The Force Awakens and giving background to The Last Jedi, that will face you with a surprising answer to those questions. There was a test coming to all the Jedi. And one of them had to pass it first. Did he? Did they?