Star Wars Visions Manga Portrays a Droid Appearing to Access the Force

Overview

• Tsukumo, a Star Wars Visions manga released in July 2026, depicts an Imperial assassin droid named JK-00P seemingly using the Force to pull a lightsaber toward itself during a confrontation.
• The manga presents JK-00P’s ability as growing from the droid’s developing awareness and training with Jedi Nagi Tsukumo rather than from an implanted Jedi soul or a living organism.
• That portrayal directly challenges George Lucas’s midi‑chlorians framework from 1999, which ties Force sensitivity to microscopic life inside living cells.
• Lucasfilm’s Visions label means Tsukumo is explicitly outside mainline canon, so the story’s ideas are framed as creative experiments and do not change official continuity.
• By drawing on tsukumogami folklore about objects gaining spirits, the story raises questions about AI personhood and the spiritual versus biological definition of life that could shape future franchise explorations.