Kanan Jarrus' holocron

"We will each be challenged; our trust, our faith, our friendships, but we must persevere. And in time, a new hope will emerge."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi's holographic recording

This holocron originally belonged to Jedi Council member Master Depa Billaba, who later gave it to her apprentice, Caleb Dume, shortly after the Conquest of Kaller.

History
After the battle of Kaller, nineteen years before the Battle of Yavin and during the last day of the Clone Wars, fourteen-year-old Padawan Caleb Dume received a Jedi holocron from his Jedi Master, Depa Billaba. He was to use it to "study the role of questions" and "peaceful dissent" in the Jedi Order.

After the fall of the Order, Dume, who survived Order 66, was forced to hide his Force-sensitivity but managed to retain both his holocron and lightsaber. He took the name "Kanan Jarrus" and eventually copied into his holocron the final holographic recording of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. The message, which Kenobi recorded when he recalibrated the Jedi recall signal at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, served as a warning to all surviving Jedi, telling them about the rise of the Galactic Empire and the destruction of the Jedi Order. It also contained instructions not to return to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and to trust in the Force in those uncertain times. It also had a map to all the Jedi Temples across the galaxy and a holographic recording of a lightsaber training lesson by Anakin Skywalker.

Fourteen years after the Order's fall, the holocron was discovered aboard the rebel ship Ghost by Ezra Bridger. The Lothal orphan sensed the holocron with the Force and stole it, which Jarrus knew; he and Hera Syndulla, the owner and pilot of the Ghost, wanted to see if Bridger could open it, as that required the powers of the Force. When he was captured by the Imperials, Bridger was able to open it with the Force and discovered the message from Kenobi. Later, once Jarrus realized Bridger's potential, the former Jedi offered Bridger the chance to become his apprentice, which Bridger accepted.

After Bridger unknowingly tapped into the dark side of the Force to escape from the Grand Inquisitor on Fort Anaxes, Jarrus needed to know whether his Padawan was meant to become a Jedi. He thus consulted the galactic map inside the holocron for a Jedi Temple that Bridger could be tested at, discovering the most likely candidate right on Lothal.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Kanan 1: The Last Padawan, Part I: Fight
 * Star Wars: Kanan 2: The Last Padawan, Part II: Flight
 * Star Wars: Kanan 3: The Last Padawan, Part III: Pivot
 * Star Wars: Kanan 5: The Last Padawan, Part V: Release
 * Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion
 * The Rebellion Begins
 * Droids in Distress book