Jaden Korr

"You're the best student I've trained and a terrific Jedi."

- Kyle Katarn

Jaden Korr was a male Jedi Knight from Coruscant.

Biography
Fourteen years after the Battle of Yavin, Jaden was heading to the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4, having achieved a feat thought impossible: the creation of a functional lightsaber with no prior knowledge or aid.

In the shuttle on the way to the academy, he met Rosh Penin, and the two eventually developed a subtle friendship (which seemed almost one-way due to Jaden's seemed reluctance to befriend Penin).

As the shuttle approached the surface, it was shot down by members of the Sith cult, the Disciples of Ragnos. He investigated, and was soon knocked out by a blast from a mysterious scepter.

Upon awakening, he met with Kyle Katarn and Luke Skywalker, who welcomed their new student to the academy. Shortly thereafter, he and Rosh were assigned to Kyle as pupils, and they passed through a training course on Yavin to familiarize themselves with their Force abilities. On the way, Rosh set a lightsaber practice droid upon Jaden, in the hope of slowing him down so he could 'win the race'. Kyle berated Rosh heavily for this careless decision, stating that it was not a race and that the droid "could have killed Jaden had it been set to Luke's training regimen." Nevertheless, Jaden forgave Rosh and claimed not to have any hard feelings.

Soon, Jaden and Rosh were sent on a series of missions, helping to track down the growing cult. Jaden visited various worlds, including Blenjeel, Corellia, Tatooine, Taanab, and Bakura. Later, Skywalker summoned all available Jedi to inform them that someone sliced into his records and stole his journal containing places he found a very strong connection to the Force. Worried of what they could be planning, he sent the Jedi to various places mentioned in his journal. Jaden went to Hoth, where Luke had a vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi shortly before the Battle of Hoth.

Upon landing on the planet, Jaden couldn't sense anything out of place there, but as soon as he started investigating, he found that the Imperials were guarding Echo Base. Jaden infiltrated the base and overheard a Cultist talking in a comlink to Alora, Tavion's red-skinned Twi'lek apprentice, about the planet Luke traveled to after the battle. Korr defeated the Cultist and confronted Alora. The two engaged an epic lightsaber duel, and were at first evenly matched. After Jaden began to gain the upper hand, Alora fled, taunting Jaden as she left.

Meanwhile, Rosh Penin was captured during a mission to Byss, and the Jedi were instructed to work in pairs in the future. Luke had discovered that the Disciples of Ragnos were somehow siphoning the Force energy from various places strong in the Force. Kyle and Jaden were assigned to investigate Darth Vader's fortress on Vjun.

They infiltrated the fortress, but became seperated. Alone, Jaden fought his way through the fortress, finally confronting none other than Rosh Penin in Vader's throne room. Rosh had turned to the dark side following his capture. He boasted of the power of the dark side to Jaden, and - along with the Kothos Twins - engaged Jaden in battle The battle was even as the twins empowered Rosh with more energy but Jaden was able to kill the Twins and overpower Rosh. As he lay disarmed on the floor, Kyle entered the room, and Tavion chose that moment to appear, declaring her part in the Cult. It was then that Jaden abandoned his saber throwing it up and collapsing the ceiling. The two escaped as Tavion and Rosh fled. Kyle and Jaden returned to the academy, where Jaden was promoted to the status of Jedi Knight.

Jaden built a new lightsaber and became even stronger within the Force. He continued to work at thwarting the cult's operations on Chandrila and other planets. He confronted Rosh again on Taspir III. Believing Rosh had lured him into a trap, Jaden's anger rose, but realized his anger almost got the better of him. This time he turned Rosh back to the light side of the Force, and after a brutal duel, finally defeated Tavion's apprentice Alora, who had sliced off Rosh's arm. Afterwards, Jaden flew to the Sith world of Korriban, where he joined a Jedi strike force to stop the cult once and for all. He reached Ragnos's Tomb and confronted Tavion before she could resurrect Ragnos. Tavion fought with fury and hatred, using the Sith scepter but Jaden used his skill and defeated her in a short duel, but she refused to surrender. She managed to resurrect the Sith Lord, who possessed her. After another duel with Tavion, Jaden destroyed the scepter, and Ragnos left her body, killing her. Jaden left the tomb, and sealed it forever. He joined Luke and Kyle on the steps of the mausoleum. There they proclaimed him to be a true Jedi Knight.

Following the Yuuzhan Vong War, Jaden assisted Jan Ors in her hunt to locate his former master, Kyle Katarn, who had vanished while searching for missing Jedi Daye Azur-Jamin. It is not known what happened to him afterwards.

Behind the scenes



 * The male Jaden is voiced by Philip Tanzini. The female Jaden is voiced by Jennifer Hale, the same actress who voiced Bastila Shan in both Knights of the Old Republic games.


 * Jaden was originally going to be called Atton Rand, and that name was later reused in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.


 * In the second tattoine mission involving finding a droid, Jaden finds a black droid and says "This is not the droid we're looking for." possibly derived from A New Hope when Obi-wan uses the force to trick the stormtroopers.

Character customization
Jaden's true nature is ambiguous: The in-game avatar is customized by the player, and so can be a male or female human, female Twi'lek, male Rodian, female Zabrak or male Kel Dor. However, Jaden is referred to as a "his" in The New Essential Chronology, and is often portrayed in promotional art as a male human. Whether he has a canonical species or appearance is yet to be revealed.

In addition there have been created several unofficial fan-made modifications, available at various websites, allowing the player to create a Jaden Korr that belongs to other of the species in the Star Wars universe, such as a male or female Chiss.

"Korr" or "Kor"
In the computer game, Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, it has been reported that in some of the copies of the game, Jaden's last name had been misspelled "Kor" instead of "Korr". Whether his name was actually misspelled or his name was changed is unknown, however due to the majority of copies with his name spelled "Korr", it was most likely a spelling error.

Alternative ending
Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy presents two possible endings for Jaden: the light side ending, detailed above for the sake of reference, and the dark side ending, as follows:

When Jaden meets Rosh for a second time, he gives in to his anger and strikes down his former friend in cold blood by brutally stabbing him in the torso. He then slays Tavion's apprentice, Alora. On Korriban, Jaden must face Tavion's forces alone. He has to simultaneously fight the Jedi along with the Reborn and stormtroopers, before defeating Tavion herself in the tomb of Ragnos. At that point, his former master Kyle Katarn, who is after him, arrives to prevent this. Jaden vanquishes Kyle and commandeers a Star Destroyer orbiting Korriban, while Kyle, in anguish for losing both of his apprentices, pursues Jaden to fix his mistake. Meanwhile, with the Scepter of Ragnos in hand, Jaden sets a course for parts unknown.

The light side ending of the game is canonical, according to the Roleplaying game Dark Forces saga.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy