The New Jedi Order was the restored and reformed Jedi organization, following the Great Jedi Purge and subsequent fall of the Galactic Empire. The Jedi Knights, reduced in number to only a handful, were slowly restored, primarily under the leadership of Luke Skywalker.
Luke Skywalker not only allowed attachments in the Legends-era New Jedi Order, but also encouraged them, promoting healthy attachments rather than forbidding them. Luke Skywalker and fellow Jedi Mara Jade married in Legends, and the New Jedi Order's views on attachment led to the creation of Jedi wedding ceremonies.
Rey must face the daunting task of rebuilding the Jedi Order in her next Star Wars movie, but Ahsoka has revealed how she can succeed. At the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Rey was the last Jedi tasked with creating a New Jedi Order, the same position as Luke at the end of Return of the Jedi.
After the death of Yoda, Luke began to rebuild the Jedi Order on his own. New initiates included the Solo children: Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin; his wife and former Emperor's Hand Mara Jade Skywalker; former Hapan consort Tenel Ka; and many others.
In the Star Wars canon, after the events of Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker continued to play a significant role in the galaxy as a Jedi Master, helping to rebuild the Jedi Order and train a new generation of Jedi.
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Is Luke the most powerful Jedi in canon?
By the standards set within the current Star Wars canon, Luke Skywalker is one of the most powerful beings to ever exist in the galaxy far, far away. Even better, Luke was a relatively well-rounded Jedi as well. He is incredibly skilled as a pilot, in hand-to-hand combat, with a blaster, and more.
The New Jedi Order was the restored and reformed Jedi organization, following the Great Jedi Purge and subsequent fall of the Galactic Empire. The Jedi Knights, reduced in number to only a handful, were slowly restored, primarily under the leadership of Luke Skywalker.
Cal Kestis is revealed to have survived the event that doomed the galaxy, killed many Jedi, and sent some Jedi such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda into hiding. Obi-Wan himself made a brief cameo appearance in Jedi: Fallen Order via archive footage.
Summary. The Jedi's collaboration with the Republic compromised their independence. Close alliance with government institutions meant the Jedi couldn't remain unbiased. To fulfill their peacekeeper role, the Jedi needed to remain fully autonomous.
The secret mission to rebuild the Jedi Order, also known as the Hunt for the Holocron, was carried out during the Great Jedi Purge by former Jedi Knight Cere Junda and Padawan Cal Kestis. The Jedi Order had been largely destroyed by Order 66 and driven into hiding.
The series is set in the fictional Star Wars Legends (formerly known as the Star Wars Expanded Universe and discarded from the canon in 2014), the series is set in the time period between the end of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and a few years prior to Episode IV – A New Hope.
With the Sith defeated, Luke Skywalker wandered the galaxy searching for knowledge that could help restore the Jedi Order. He trained his sister Leia Organa in the ways of the Force until she ceased her training to protect her son, Ben Solo, from the death she had foreseen would come if she continued down that path.
Legend had it that Yoda—a Jedi who became Grand Master—was trained by N'Kata Del Gormo. A Force-sensitive Hysalrian, N'Kata Del Gormo was trained in the ways of the Force and achieved the rank of Master within the Jedi Order.
Rey will reinvent the Jedi in "Star Wars: New Jedi Order," but may not have children due to old Jedi teachings on attachments. Daisy Ridley said she doesn't think Rey will have children in the upcoming movie, indicating her new Order will take a similar stance on attachments as the old Order.
While the Star Wars audience knows this and can accept the fact that Luke isn't the only Jedi in the galaxy anymore, Yoda never had the chance to, and that's why he still believes Luke to be the last Jedi left when he faces his trial and becomes a Jedi Knight.
Summary. Order 66 marked the downfall of the Jedi, orchestrated by Palpatine to cut them off from the light side of the Force. Survivors like Yoda, Ahsoka, Obi-Wan lived on, facing the Empire's wrath as they struggled to continue their fight.
Cal Kestis and Starkiller come from vastly different places, but they may be two sides of the same coin. One was forged by Vader while the other one was forged by rebellion, but they both ultimately do what is right in the end.
Cal Kestis' second lightsaber first appeared in the 2019 video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Although the canon color of the weapon's blade is blue, its kyber crystal can be customized with the other possible colors of green, orange, purple, yellow, indigo, cyan, and magenta.
While both characters are great Jedi and are incredibly powerful, it ultimately is Luke Skywalker who is not only more powerful, but whose name carries more recognition across the Star Wars galaxy.
Ben Solo, son of Han Solo and Leia Organa, was once a promising Jedi apprentice taught by his uncle Luke Skywalker. But under the influence of the mysterious Snoke, Ben rejected Luke's teachings and destroyed his temple, leaving with several of his uncle's students and killing the rest.
Before his death, the exiled Master Yoda helped Luke Skywalker complete his training as a Jedi; Skywalker would eventually rebuild the Order and declare himself Grand Master during the Swarm War of 36 ABY.
