i’m so pleased that jod turned out to be Just Some Guy who happens to also be force sensitive. we so rarely get stories about regular people in the galaxy who are also force sensitive, and not associated with the jedi or another force-wielding group. i’m sure in a galaxy that big, there are plenty of force-sensitive beings who go undiscovered, or are never able to make their way to a force-sensitive group. and to see a regular guy be force sensitive and use it for “evil” (lying/manipulation, thieving, other pirate-y things etc etc), and that not be related back to the sith either, was also really refreshing. like jod’s personal association with the jedi comes solely from the fact that it happened to be a jedi who found him as a child on the streets. other than that he has no personal stake in the jedi, no jedi link in his own history, and in a fictional world that does center around jedi and the force (which is not a bad thing!), it was really nice to see a different kind of force-user story.