Warning! This post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars #50

Living Sea of Gazian, a powerful Force vergence offering a wealth of critical knowledge. However, his second visit in the last issue of Marvel's canonical Star Wars run reveals a key truth about the vergence and nature in the Force.

During Luke's first submergence into Gazian's fungal "sea", the young Jedi met with the High Republic's Jedi Master Elzar Mann who lived hundreds of years before Luke was even born. This is due to the vergence's ability to take those who enter it and create a living copy of their consciousness, keeping their knowledge for all time. Having received great knowledge of the Jedi from Elzar on his first trip, Marvel's Star Wars #50 by Charles Soule, Madibek Musabekov, and Rachelle Rosenberg sees Luke experiencing a very different interaction on his second visit, one sourced from the dark side of the Force.

With Luke having realized too late that the vergence was also visited by more than just Jedi, this new issue helps confirm that the Living Sea of Gazian rivals the power of the World Between Worlds in the Star Wars canon.

Ahsoka's World Between Worlds Offers Incredible Knowledge

Offering Access To All of Time And Space

First seen in the animated series Star Wars Rebels and later in live-action with 2023's Ahsoka, the World Between Worlds is a Force nexus existing outside of time and space, featuring various doorways into specific points in the past, present, and future. However, the Force vergence primarily meant for knowledge rather than to change the flow of time according to Lucasfilm's Dave Filoni. That said, the young Jedi Ezra Bridger did use the vergence to reach into the past and save Ahsoka Tano from her duel with Darth Vader on the Sith world of Malachor.

Ahsoka later entered the vergence in her own live-action series, allowing her to commune and receive a final lesson from the spirit of her redeemed master Anakin Skywalker. Using the knowledge and guidance Anakin had to offer in the World Between Worlds, Ahsoka came out the other side renewed with a stronger Jedi path. As such, the same was very much true for Luke Skywalker during his first trip into the Living Sea of Gazian, especially considering it granted him the gift of the sacred Jedi texts which proved invaluable to his ongoing training before Return of the Jedi.

The Living Sea of Gazian Offers Knowledge As Well (Both Light and Dark)

Though It Might Be Even More Dangerous

On the whole, the World Between Worlds and Living Sea of Gazian appear to be on par with each other as incredible sources of knowledge. This is especially true with the confirmation from this new issue that knowledge of the dark side can be gained from Gazian as well, not just the teachings of the Jedi. However, while the World Between Worlds has its share of threats (like Ezra and Ahsoka nearly granting Palpatine access to the nexus), the Living Sea of Gazian may be even more dangerous.

The desire for knowledge from this Force vergence is always a great risk in the Star Wars timeline...

Not only is Gazian easier to access, but it's been shown that the Force vergence sometimes doesn't let its visitors go. Instead, it may choose to leave the Jedi and/or Sith who enter its depths trapped and rotting within its fungal oceans for eternity. As such, the desire for knowledge from this Force vergence is always a great risk in the Star Wars timeline.

Star Wars #50 is on sale now from Marvel Comics.