In “The Last Jedi,” we see Luke Skywalker again after he went into exile following the disgrace of his nephew and student Ben Solo, who turned to the dark side as Kylo Ren. When we catch up with the Jedi master, he wants nothing to do with the Force, haunted by his failures in his attempt to bring back the Jedi Order. However, Luke still keeps a relic from his past, keeping some ancient books. In fact, he was pretty freaked out thinking that they had been burned down in a fire. It was these books that preserved the legacy and teachings of the Jedi, the last hope to keep their religion alive.
The movies never really show us Luke trying to rebuild the Jedi Council, let alone the extremely brief flashback of him training Ben Solo, even though the comics and novels take him. Travel across the galaxy in search of ancient sites and ancient knowledge, trying to bring back as much as possible from the Jedi. At the time of “The Last Jedi,” the only thing Luke had to show for it was what he called the sacred texts of the Jedi, a collection of old, leather-bound books.
They may not seem like much, but like the flash drive with the plans for the Death Star, Luke’s sacred Jedi texts also have a long history behind them.
