Kanan Jarrus

"I lost my way for a long time, but now I have a chance to change things."

- Kanan Jarrus

Kanan Jarrus, born Caleb Dume, was a Force-sensitive human male Jedi Padawan who survived Order 66. Going into hiding, he forsook the Jedi ways for some time, swapping his blue-bladed lightsaber for a blaster.

Eventually, Jarrus would wind up as a freighter pilot for the corporation Moonglow Polychemical in the Gorse system, piloting Moonglow-72. After getting caught up with a ragtag rebellious group consisting of Twi'lek pilot, Hera Syndulla, the conspiracy theorist Skelly, and the Sullustan shift leader Zaluna Myder, Kanan helped prevent the Imperial Count Denetrius Vidian from destroying Cynda. During the conflict, Jarrus made the decision to accompany Syndulla on her VCX-100 light freighter, the Ghost—which he eventually would command alongside her.

While cocky and often sarcastic, Jarrus was eager to help out and fight the Galactic Empire. Five years before the Battle of Yavin, Jarrus met Ezra Bridger, a fourteen-year-old Force-sensitive Human, whom he decided to mentor.

Biography
A human male, Caleb Dume was born during the waning years of the Galactic Republic on Coruscant.

The Clone Wars
"My young strategist has been thinking again. Any other questions?''" "Await orders. What if orders never come? I won't know what to do." "Maybe you will." "Maybe I won't." "''All right, maybe you won't. But anything is possible. Perhaps the answer will come to you in another form."

- Depa Billaba and Caleb Dume

He was integrated into the Jedi Order, and, as a youngling, caught the eye of Jedi Master Depa Billaba. He once attended a lecture by Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Jedi Temple's central security station learning about the Jedi recall signal and inadvertently gave Kenobi the idea to use the beacon to warn Jedi away. Dume also met Jedi Master Luminara Unduli once, remembering her as "brave, compassionate, disciplined", and often heard Grand Master Yoda say "Do, or do not. There is no try," although he did not fully comprehend what Yoda meant during his practice duels with fellow initiates such as Sammo Quid and Tai Uzuma. It was following one of the practice duels that Dume met Billaba when she was recovering in bacta tank and felt a connection with her. He then took lessons in Form III lightsaber combat under Billaba. Despite his fellow initiates claims that she was bad luck, Dume then spoke with her about what happened to her, seeing his choice as not political, but wise.

Bombing at the Jedi Temple
Dume and Billaba then sensed someone setting bombs off at the Temple. Dume was then saved by Billaba from the initial explosion. They then hid while awaiting for more information about what happened. However, Dume wanted to stop the attacker despite Billaba's hesitation. Dume then followed the attacker to the roof and attempted to stop him. However, the attacker subdued him and tried to kill him. Dume was then saved by Billaba. The attacker, who revealed himself as Confederate Captain Rackham Sear then fought her. Dume then helped her by pushing him off the Temple. Billaba then asked Dume to her apprentice. Five months before the end of the Clone Wars, at age thirteen, Dume was taken by Billaba as her Padawan. They went on different missions together, and Billaba took Dume to one of the Jedi Temples where he was able to overcome his fears. Dume even built his own lightsaber. On her duty to lead the Grand Army of the Republic as General, Dume accompanied Billaba and fought alongside her battalion, which included clone troopers Commander Grey and Captain Styles, with whom Dume would develop a sense of camaraderie.

Battle of Kaller
During the last few days of the war at the age of fourteen, Dume took part of the battle of Kaller, in which Billaba led the Republic forces to victory during the last day of the Clone Wars against the Confederacy of Independent Systems under General Kleeve, whose departure meant the end of the battle. Though the meeting with Kallerans was marked by the discussion of Dume, Grey and Styles with Janus Kasmir who expressed little gratitude to the Jedi General, the three were silenced by Billaba, who moved her troops to rest in the field under the stars, and continued with Dume's training in Lightsaber technique Form III. While the two were alone, Dume was given a lesson in attachments. Afterwards, he shared a moment of rapport with his master, Grey and Styles at a bonfire. Though they teased him about his inquisitive nature, Billaba gave him a holocron so that he could "study the role of questions" and "peaceful dissent" in the Order.

The Jedi Purge
Moments later, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine issued Order 66, which branded all Jedi as traitors to the state and called for their immediate execution, to Commander Grey. As they felt the slaughter of the Jedi throughout the Force, Dume and his master were confronted by the once-friendly clonetroopers; aware of their disadvantage, Billaba ordered Dume to run; as he saw his master being killed under Commander Grey's blaster fire, the young Padawan ran into the woods where Billaba's death gave him enough time to conceal himself and wait for the clones to pass by. Evading the clones all night, by sunrise he reached an outlying public transport station with a transport going into Plateau City and when he got there, spotted clones receiving a holoimage of him, with orders to kill on sight. For several days he evaded clone patrols, could not sleep out of fear of being caught in one spot too long, and due to not having any credits was forced to search dumpsters for food.

Unexpectedly discovered by Kasmir, the jaded scoundrel tossed Dume some food and was about to walk away when Dume begged for a safe spot to sleep; Kasmir gave in and allowed him to borrow the spare bunk in his ship, the Kasmiri. After insisting Dume wash before laying down, he let the Padawan sleep for a full planetary rotation, then gave him some clothes so Dume would not be running around in Jedi robes. Wondering what he should do, he received Kasmir's advice: If he was to live as the rest of the galaxy did, he had to lie, cheat, steal, and survive.

Dume next intercepted the Jedi emergency signal recalling him to the Temple, unaware of Palpatine's trap, and pleaded with Kasmir to take him to Coruscant. The Kalleran refused to travel outside the Outer Rim, then citing Dume as a liability, ordered him to finish his current meal and leave his ship. Kasmir walked outside, only to be approached by Styles and other clones, intending to search the ship for Dume despite Kasmir's protests. The Padawan took that chance to steal the Kasmiri and jump to hyperspace to the galaxy's capital. However, in hyperspace he received Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi's message in which he instructed all Jedi to go into hiding from the Empire, only to come out in realspace above Coruscant's orbit and be surrounded by ARC-170 starfighters. A HoloNet alert about the stolen ship, suspected to have been hijacked by a fugitive, had gotten there ahead of him and the Imperial fighters ordered the pilot to surrender or face destruction. Dume managed to make his escape from the fighters and return to Kaller. After landing, he was confronted by Kasmir, who wanted nothing further to do with him.

However, Dume continued to follow Kasmir around, watching him from afar. Dume eventually rescued Kasmir from Tápusk and his colleagues. After Tápusk and his colleagues left, Dume was chastised and brought back to the Kasmiri by Kasmir for losing his crew. However, Dume "volunteered" to be his crew for his job. Dume got rid of his Jedi attire, his Padawan braid, and then destroyed his Jedi comlink. He hid his lightsaber and holocron away. He put on different clothes and took a blaster. He was urged by Kasmir to take up a new name for himself. He accompanied Kasmir on an attempt to steal IG-RM droids for sale on the black market. However, the pair were caught by the guards and Dume was betrayed when he revealed that he was a Jedi.

Dume found himself turned over to Tápusk and Gamut Key by Kasmir. Dume was taken to a cell where Key contacted Grey and Styles to inform him of Dume's capture. As Dume made his peace with the Force, he was rescued by Kasmir and an IG-RM droid. He and Kasmir escaped aboard the Kasmiri from Kaller. Dume ultimately became Kasmir's friend in the wake of these events. Together, Dume and Kasmir pulled off many jobs, in which Dume learned how to be a thief, smuggler and how to shoot with a blaster. However, the pair were being tracked down during this time by Grey and Styles.

During a job on Lahn, Dume met Kasmir's trading partner, Jondo, who was actually the former Separatist General Kleeve. At first, Dume threatened to kill him, but stood down when he accepted that the Clone Wars were truly over. Dume went to meet up with Kasmir, but he was arrested by Styles and Grey. Dume jumped into the water and swam away. He decided to abandon Kasmir and "vanish". Dume returned to Jondo and made a deal with him; Kasmir would bring the spice and Kanan would take the ship. Jondo agreed and took him to the Farbrooke's Hope''. ''Dume sensed something aboard the vessel, tried to reach for his lightsaber, but forgot that he did not carry it anymore. As a result, Dume was captured and held at gunpoint by the clone troopers.

Grey and Styles placed the unconscious Jedi Padawan aboard their ship, deciding what to do before they executed him. Despite Dume telling them that it was really Palpatine who had betrayed the Galactic Republic and not him and the Jedi Order, the clones were unconvinced. Dume then used the Force to open the air lock and was sucked into space before being rescued by Jondo and Kasmir. Realizing the mistake he had made earlier during the execution of Order 66, Grey fired his blaster at the clone pilot's controls, taking down the shields and allowing the Kasmiri and the Kasmiri II to blow up the clones' ship, along with Grey, Styles, and two other clone troopers aboard. Dume abandoned Jondo and Kasmir before going on his own, taking his Jedi lightsaber and Depa Billaba's holocron with him aboard The Escape. He then went to Moraga, where he started to call himself "Kanan Jarrus".

Meanwhile, Emperor Palpatine and his second-in-command, Darth Vader, started transforming the Republic into the Galactic Empire, sending their Inquisitor to hunt down the remaining Jedi. Forced to hide his Force-sensitivity, Dume took the name "Kanan Jarrus" and kept his lightsaber locked away and forsook the Jedi ways for a long time, disguising himself as a freighter pilot, a bounty hunter, and a frontier ranger. Over time, he also found and collected spare lightsaber parts. However, Billaba's last words haunted him in his sleep.

Eventually, Jarrus emigrated to Gorse, where he met Okadiah Garson at his bar, The Asteroid Belt, when he broke up a brawl there. Through Garson, Jarrus got a job as freighter pilot carrying baradium bisulfate for Moonglow Polychemical between Gorse and its moon, Cynda. For five months, he lived in a flophouse next door to the cantina, worked as a bartender from time to time, drove Garson's hoverbus, and piloted Expedient with a flight clearance seven.

Becoming a rebel
"But&mdash;but you're''&mdash;" "''Shh. Don't tell anyone."

- Hera Syndulla and Kanan Jarrus

During one of his workshifts on Cynda, Jarrus met with Lal Grallik and Skelly, but refused to support Skelly's theories. Later, he met Count Denetrius Vidian and convinced him to let Garson live after a tense meeting. Jarrus, then, continued to Zone Forty-Two, where he was forced to use the Force to survive an explosion set up by Skelly, and save Yelkin's life. Afraid to have revealed his true nature, he decided to leave Cynda—and Gorse—at once. On his return in Expedient, he handed his stowaway, Skelly, to Gord Grallik in Gorse City.

It was then that he met Hera Syndulla, when they got involved in a street fight with Charko's gang, but she disappeared. He returned to The Asteroid Belt, where he met Zaluna Myder, and Jarrus took part of her secret reunion with Syndulla until Skelly's interruption, when the Twi'lek revealed she was investigating Count Vidian, hoping to know what he was doing on Gorse.

On Syndulla's insistence, Jarrus agreed to take her to Moonglow in the next workshift, where he met Rae Sloane face to face during his search for the rebellious Twi'lek. However, the Imperial soon departed to their spaceport after another of Skelly's bombings. Their borrowing of Garson's bus, however, prompted Jarrus to chase after them. After recovering the bus, escaping with Syndulla and Skelly and finding Myder trapped in the restroom, they discarded the now-useless vessel in a junkyard.

After some rest, Jarrus agreed to guide them through town only, unwilling to attract Imperial attention and wanting to leave the system once and for all. Nevertheless, the Imperial-provoked explosion on Cynda prompted him to take Expedient and ask Syndulla to retrieve Garson's team, who were on a workshift at the time—only to discover their demise. Willing to stop Vidian's machinations, Jarrus, Syndulla, Skelly and Myder headed to Calcoraan Depot, where the former Padawan had the idea to intercept Vidian's report to the Emperor. They infiltrated the cyborg's private room, and later confronted him; the Count's cybernetics allowing them to uncover most of his plans. On Jarrus' suggestion, they also warned Sloane about Vidian's plans, with Jarrus himself claiming to Sloane that he was an deep undercover agent for the Emperor.

Then, they headed back to the Gorse system, where they tried to delay Cynda's destruction by targetting the TIE/LN starfighters escorting baradium haulers, and later infiltrating Vidian's Forager so that Myder could tap into its Trancept systems and send a warning to Gorse. Once inside, Jarrus and Myder faced Count Vidian in his chamber, a few minutes before Sloane issued his arrest. Vidian's determination forced Sloane to order the destruction of Forager’s transmission tower.

During the Ultimatum’s attack, Jarrus saved Syndulla, making use of the Force and revealing his true nature to her. They, along with Myder, escaped the ship's destruction in one of its life pods. Landing on Gorse, it allowed Jarrus time to leave a trail placing him on Gorse during the conflict. After they parted, Jarrus bade farewell to Myder in her new home, and Syndulla accepted his proposal to become a crew member of her ship, the Ghost.

Aboard the Ghost
"How about a little less attitude and a little more altitude?"

- Kanan Jarrus

By the age of twenty-eight, Jarrus had become the leader of the motley crew of the Ghost, whose members waged a war of resistance against the Empire. Besides Hera, his other companions included the astromech droid C1-10P (or "Chopper"), the former Lasat warrior Garazeb Orrelios, and the Mandalorian weapons expert and artist Sabine Wren. Unknown to Kanan, this rebel cell was actually part of larger Rebel network that was fighting against the Galactic Empire.

Known as the Lothal rebels or Spectres, Kanan's rebel band launched numerous raids and incursions against Imperial forces around the Outer Rim planet of Lothal. One such stand was a raid on an Imperial supply convoy. After the raid, Jarrus, Syndulla, and Chopper found themselves under attack by Imperial TIE fighters. After the attack disabled both the Ghost shields and internal comm system, Jarrus and Syndulla began giving Chopper conflicting orders over which system to fix first. It was Chopper who ultimately destroyed the final TIE, and his efforts were recognized by the two organics before the ship blasted into hyperspace.

On another occasion, Jarrus was supposed to rendezvous with Garazeb Orrelios. The Lasat had shown up at the wrong alleyway and, against Kanan's protestations via comlink, picked a fight with several Stormtroopers, which culminated in the destruction of a TIE fighter. Jarrus was nevertheless pleased and set out to meet the Lasat.

Finding a Padawan
"You can keep the lightsaber you stole, let it become just another dusty souvenir, or you can give it back and come with us&mdash;come with me, and be trained in the ways of the Force. You can learn what it truly means to be a Jedi."

- Jarrus offers Bridger the opportunity to train as a Jedi

During an operation on Lothal's Capital City to steal several Imperial supply and blaster crates, Jarrus sensed the presence of a fourteen-year-old boy, Ezra Bridger, but continued his mission by intercepting the Imperial speeders, until Bridger stole one of the speeders. Forced to pursue him, Jarrus finally recovered the crate by offering the boy a chance to escape in the Ghost. The former Padawan witnessed Bridger as he unknowingly used the Force to leap into the hovering ship with his crate. With Bridger safely on board, the Ghost left the planet and jumped into hyperspace, loosing the TIE fighters pursuing them. Jarrus and Syndulla received their payment from Cikatro Vizago and information about a group of Wookiees enslaved by the Empire. Alerted by Chopper, Jarrus went into his quarters only to spot Bridger with his lightsaber in hand. He demanded that he hand over it, but knowingly allowed the boy to steal his holocron as a secret test.

Determined to save the Wookiees, Jarrus, Wren, Orrelios and Chopper entered a Gozanti-class cruiser, but were soon driven off the ship by the arrival of Agent Kallus on the Lawbringer. Bridger's resulting capture, however, led the crew to argue about whether to rescue the boy. Left as the deciding vote, Jarrus chose to mount a rescue—only to find Bridger waiting near the Star Destroyer's docking bay. Once inside the Ghost, Bridger revealed to them that he had learned of the Wookiees' location in the spice mines of Kessel. Soon enough, they reached the planet and fought stormtroopers so that Bridger could release the Wookiees from captivity. Cornered by Kallus and his men, Jarrus ignited his lightsaber and publicly revealed himself to be a Jedi, giving everyone time to escape. After being picked up via cargo container, Jarrus and the Ghost arrived in time to save Bridger and Kitwarr from Kallus and escaped from Kessel.

Soon after the Wookiees' departure, Bridger stole Jarrus' lightsaber from his belt, and kept it until they returned to Lothal. During his farewell, however, the boy returned the holocron to the former Jedi. Jarrus, aware of his Force-sensitivity, met up with Bridger at his tower and gave the boy two choices—to keep the lightsaber as a useless relic and remain on Lothal, or return to the ship and become Jarrus' Padawan, and a member of the crew. Awaiting for his answer on the Ghost, Jarrus opened the holocron and played Obi-Wan Kenobi's full message. As it ended, Bridger returned the Jedi's lightsaber, and Jarrus ended up taking the boy under his wing to teach him how to deal with his powers.

Undercover on Garel


After taking on Ezra as his apprentice, Kanan took part in a mission to steal Imperial disruptors from the planet Garel. The rebels were short of funds and planned to sell them to the crime lord Vizago. During the mission, Jarrus along with Wren, Bridger, Chopper, and Orrelios boarded the same star commuter shuttle carrying Amda Wabo, Minister Maketh Tua, and the droids R2-D2 and C-3PO to Garel. During the journey, Kanan, Ezra, and Chopper staged an argument which got Chopper along with R2-D2 and C-3PO sent to the storage compartment. This enabled Sabine to offer her services as an Aqualish translator for Wabo and Minister Tua.

Sabine discovered that the weapons were located in Bay 7. After arranging with Hera to rendezvous with them, the rebels stole the weapons and fought off Minister Tua and her stormtroopers. During the confusion, R2-D2 and C-3PO stowed aboard the Ghost. Kanan ordered Sabine to place restraining bolts on them. Unknown to the rebels, the two droids were on a secret mission to prevent the Imperials from taking the weapons. Returning to Lothal, the rebels attempted to sell the T-7 ion disruptor rifles to Vizago. Before they could complete the transaction, the rebels were interrupted by the arrival of ISB Agent Kallus, who brought two AT-DP walkers and several stormtroopers.

During the skirmish, Jarrus stopped a walker with a disruptor rifle and rescued Orrelios after his duel. Meanwhile, R2-D2 helped Sabine and the other rebels to destroy the remaining disruptors. After defeating the Imperials, Jarrus personally returned the droids to their rightful owner, Bail Organa. The Senator never revealed his identity, but paid Jarrus generously before the former Jedi left on the Ghost.

Later on Lothal, Ezra and Orrelios got into a fight aboard the Ghost. As punishment, Hera sent them to buy some groceries including a Meiloorun fruit. However, the two rebels ran into trouble and stole a TIE fighter. After learning of their predicament, Jarrus ordered the two to destroy the vessel. Despite this, Bridger and Orrelios refused, but kept it a secret so as to preserve it.

Mission to Stygeon Prime
"Luminara will teach you much better than I could."

- Kanan Jarrus



Due to his incomplete training, Jarrus had little confidence in his own ability to train Bridger. This was compounded by the young Ezra's lack of focus and discipline. On one occasion, Kanan was forced to rescue Bridger during a training lesson above Lothal's atmosphere. Later, Kanan learnt from one of Gall Trayvis's broadcasts that the Jedi Master Luminara Unduli was still alive but imprisoned in the Stygeon system. Kanan immediately resolved to rescue her, hoping to deliver Ezra to a full-fledged Master for training. Together with the whole crew, Jarrus devised a plan to enter the Spire and rescue the Jedi Master.

While Chopper waited aboard the Ghost, Kanan and the other rebels descended to the Spire in the Phantom, the freighter's attack shuttle. After landing on the prison's landing platform, Kanan along with Ezra, Sabine, and Zeb entered the prison complex. While Sabine and Zeb guarded the turbolift terminal, Kanan and Ezra took a lift into Luminara's cell. After using the Force to play mind tricks on the stormtroopers guarding her cell, Kanan and his apprentice entered Luminara's cell only to discover her corpse.

Shortly later, they were cornered by a Pau'an Inquisitor, who revealed that he had used Luminara's remains to lure Jedi survivors to their deaths. Confronted by the Jedi hunter, Jarrus was forced to engage in a lightsaber duel, which continued into the Spire's corridors. The Inquisitor proved more than a match for Kanan and taunted him for being a "poor student." Kanan and Ezra fled the Inquisitor and were rejoined by Sabine and Zeb. Together, they fled into a sealed hangar bay.

With the Inquisitor temporarily held back, Kanan convinced Ezra to use the Force to unlock the outer hangar doors only to be trapped by more stormtroopers. Fortunately for the rebels, Hera arrived in the Phantom accompanied by a large swarm of tibidees which proceeded to harass the Imperials. Kanan and the rebels took advantage of the chaos to flee. Following their adventure on Stygeon Prime, Kanan recalled Master Yoda's words and vowed to continue training Ezra with a newfound resolve. He explained to Bridger that he would stop trying to train him and actually train him properly. Ezra agreed to continue training under Kanan, commenting that Jarrus was the only Master he knew.

Further Adventures
Sometime later, Kanan Jarrus sent Bridger into the Academy for Young Imperials on Lothal on a mission to steal a decoder containing information about a kyber crystal. Following some delays in Ezra's mission, Kanan lamented not infiltrating the Academy himself. However, Ezra, with the assistance of fellow cadet Zare Leonis, managed to steal the decoder and get Sabine to transmit the information to Kanan and Hera. To Jarrus' distress, Ezra opted to prolong his stay at the academy to rescue a Force-sensitive cadet named Jai Kell from being abducted by the Inquisitor.

Despite his misgivings about Ezra's safety, Kanan and Hera continued their mission and intercepted the Imperial convoy carrying the kyber crystal. Using the Force, Kanan sensed that they crystal was located in the middle Gozanti-class cruiser. While Kanan piloted the Phantom and distracted the escorting TIE fighters, Syndulla attacked the middle Gozanti cruiser and successfully destroyed the kyber crystal. Kanan and Hera narrowly escaped a great explosion which wiped out the rest of the convoy by fleeing into hyperspace. They then returned to Lothal to rendezvous with Ezra and the other Spectres.

On another mission, Jarrus piloted the Ghost to rescue Syndulla and Wren from Fort Anaxes, an abandoned Republic base on the asteroid PM-1203 that was infested with fyrnocks. Hera and Sabine's predicament had arisen when Ezra, Zeb, and Chopper neglected to check a fuel leak on the Phantom, the rebels' auxiliary ship. Unable to escape, Hera and Sabine contacted the Ghost for help. Kanan was meditating in his chambers when he heard Ezra and Zeb panicking outside. After reprimanding Bridger and Zeb, Kanan flew the Ghost to Fort Anaxes and rescued Hera and Sabine.

Empire Day
"I am ready. Wait. Ready for what?''" "''For a test, a real challenge one that could determine if you're meant to be a Jedi or not."

- Ezra Bridger and Kanan Jarrus

During Empire Day, Jarrus began training Bridger to use the Force to influence animals, but they soon went to Old Jho's Pit Stop to learn of the Empire's search for a Rodian called Tseebo. Following Senator Trayvis's broadcast, the Lothal rebels ruined the Imperial parade by detonating a bomb in the recently-unveiled TIE Advanced v1. During their escape, Bridger guided Jarrus and Wren into his old residence, where they met Tseebo and found about Bridger's painful past.

Considering the valuable information the Rodian possessed, the three rebels decided to smuggle him out of Lothal in a stolen Imperial Troop Transport. Despite Kallus's intervention, Jarrus managed to board the Ghost along with the rest of the crew. However, they were soon followed by the Inquisitor, who managed to place a XX-23 S-thread tracker in the Phantom. Aware of this, Jarrus then devised a plan to lure the Inquisitor to Fort Anaxes by dettaching the shuttle while the Ghost was still on hyperspace.

Once there, he removed the tracking device off the Phantom and prompted Bridger to let go of his fear, so that he could connect with the fyrnocks. Both master and apprentice, then, awaited for the Inquisitor's coming, and Jarrus engaged in combat with the Pau'an once again. However, the Inquisitor managed to knock him out with a powerful Force push. He only regained consciousness just as Bridger tapped into the dark side of the Force and controlled an enormous fyrnock to attack the Inquisitor, who was also wielding Jarrus's lightsaber at the time. The creature kept the Inquisitor busy enough that Jarrus was able to bring the now-unconscious Bridger to the Phantom, recover his lightsaber and destroy the Imperial shuttle. As they returned to the Ghost, Jarrus told Bridger that he had made a dangerous connection to the Force, and apologized for not teaching him what he needed to know.

Ezra's Jedi Trials
A few days later, Kanan decided to put Ezra Bridger through a test to determine if the boy was meant to be a Jedi or not. Consulting the star maps in his holocron, he located a temple on Lothal, but prompted his apprentice to locate the temple by himself. Once he did, they landed the Phantom and entered the temple. Inside, Jarrus remained behind, waiting for Ezra to come back to the entryway, his life depending on his apprentice's return. Though initially surprised, Jarrus conferred with Yoda about his insecurities as a master. Nevertheless, Bridger returned with a kyber crystal in hand, and Jarrus explained that they were used to construct lightsabers.

Over the course of several weeks, he helped—along with the rest of the crew—Bridger to build his own lightsaber. Jarrus provided his Padawan with some of the spare lightsaber parts he had found during his years in hiding. With all of the rebels assembled, the boy presented the weapon to Jarrus, who thought the design fit his apprentice, and returned it so that he could ignite the lightsaber for the first time.

Dealing with Calrissian
Some time later, Jarrus accompanied Orrelios and Chopper to Old Jho's Pit Stop, where the Lasat engaged in a game of sabacc with Lando Calrissian. Believing Orrelios would win, Jarrus allowed him to bet the droid, only to see Calrissian winning the game. Because of it, Jarrus made a deal with Calrissian to smuggle some cargo past the Imperial blockade of Lothal. Along with Syndulla, he escorted Calrissian to make a deal with Azmorigan aboard the Merchant One, where he reluctantly agreed with Syndulla's decision to stay on Azmorigan's ship. Once she returned, but unable to get past the puffer pig blocking her way to the cockpit, Jarrus had to pilot the Ghost through the Imperial blockade and land in Calrissian's estate. Following a confrontation with Azmorigan's forces, they bid farewell to Calrissian, who had returned Chopper to them.

The False Rebel
He later instructed Bridger on Form V, an exercise during which the boy had a vision revolving around Senator Trayvis. Warning Bridger not to blindly trust his vision, he accompanied the rest of the crew to see the senator's transmission. Though Jarrus suspected something was amiss, he agreed to accompany the crew to the Old Republic Senate Building to meet with the senator. They were soon ambushed, however, and had to retreat to the sewers where they split off—Jarrus going with Orrelios and Wren, while Bridger, Syndulla and Trayvis going another way. Once they met up, Jarrus used the Force to stop the fan blocking their exit, and the rebels escaped from the Imperials as Trayvis (revealed to be an Imperial spy) regained consciousness. Once the rebels returned to the Ghost, Jarrus explained that Bridger interpreted his vision wrong by allowing his emotions to cloud it. Jarrus than began to practise the first five lightsaber forms for a few weeks after the mission.

Tarkin arrives
"Whatever you want from me, you won't get it."

- Jarrus, to Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin

After a raid near Jalath, Jarrus, Wren and Bridger returned to the Ghost while Syndulla watched as Trayvis publically proclaimed his loyalty to the Empire on the HoloNet. This, however, gave Jarrus the idea of broadcasting messages through the Imperial main communications tower of Lothal. On their reconnaissance mission to the tower, Jarrus devised a plan with Wren's help, but unbeknowst to them, a Viper probe droid warned Wilhuff Tarkin of their presence.

Though Bridger voiced his concerns, Jarrus told him he now understood what Billaba had tried to teach him once about sacrifice, and continued with their self-imposed operation. As the crew infiltrated the tower, Jarrus realized the reinforcements were already closing in and made contact with Syndulla to meet them at the top. Despite Bridger's initial refusal to follow Jarrus's orders, he complied and the Jedi locked the tower's door once both Agent Kallus and the Inquisitor appeared. At the prospect of losing his crew, Jarrus destroyed the tower's entrance controls with his lightsaber and engaged in a duel with the Pau'an. Unable to reach the Phantom, he ordered Syndulla to leave without him, leading to his capture by Imperial forces. At sunrise, during his crew's broadcast, he met Tarkin and witnessed as the Empire destroyed the tower to end the rebels' message.

Jarrus was then taken to the Sovereign, where he endured the Inquisitor's torture, who desired to know the location of other Rebel cells and the real identity of "Fulcrum," but Jarrus revealed nothing before his crew rescued him. While interrogating the Jedi Knight, the Inquisitor began to taunt Jarrus by asking him of how he survived Order 66, and it was Billiaba who gave her life for his. When he asked him what his Master's last word was, Jarrus replied that she told him to run. The Inquisitor then ignited Jarrus' lightsaber and told him that he had the right to be afraid, and that he could not save the Rebels just as he could't save Billaba.

Separated from the others, Bridger freed Jarrus from his cell and helped the former Jedi walk until they reached the Star Destroyer's reactor core, where the Inquisitor faced them. A fierce duel ensued, then, between Jarrus—who wielded Bridger's lightsaber—and the darksider. During one of their clashes, Bridger pulled Jarrus' lightsaber from the Inquisitor's belt and attempted to help, but his skill was no match for the Inquisitor's level. The Pau'an knocked the young apprentice off the platform, who then dropped his master's lightsaber.

Initially shocked and dismayed, Jarrus quickly recovered and dueled the Inquisitor with renewed focus as he remembered his Jedi training and confronted his fear, using both his and Brigder's lightsaber. He managed to destroy the Inquisitor's lightsaber, forcing him to hang on the ledge of the platform, while the pieces of the broken lightsaber fell into the reactor and irreparably damaged it. The darksider, then, warned Jarrus of things worse than death, before letting go and falling to the ship's exploding reactor. Relieved to discover that Bridger was still alive, the master-Padawan pair left Sovereign onboard the the Inquisitor's TIE fighter, which Jarrus used to shoot the Rebels' TIE fighter's pursuers. In the ensuing space battle, the rebels had to wait for Chopper to appear with the Ghost and, to their surprise, a small fleet. Docking the TIE fighters with the newly-arrived transport, Jarrus and the others made the jump into hyperspace, escaping the Imperial fleet. Once inside the transport, Jarrus proceeded to embrace Syndulla. Afterwards, in the Ghost, the Twi'lek pilot revealed Bail Organa's identity and the existence of other Rebel cells, just before Fulcrum identified herself as Ahsoka Tano, a former Jedi Padawan of the Jedi Order. She, then, mentioned a change of protocol thanks to their message.

Confronting Darth Vader
Following the events in the Mustafar system, Kanan learned that the crew of the Ghost were part of a larger rebellion against the Galactic Empire. The Ghost crew joined the Phoenix rebel cell fleet which frequently raided Imperial shipping. Due to his experiences with the Clone Wars and the Jedi Purge, Kanan was reluctant to commit his rebel band into a war against the Empire. While his fellow crew mates appreciated the greater resources their integration into the Phoenix rebel fleet gave them, Kanan remained apprehensive and disdainful. These tensions simmered over when he allowed the astromech droid Chopper to relay a message from the defecting Imperial Minister Maketh Tua on the flagship Phoenix Home command center against fleet protocol. In response, Hera ordered Chopper to mask the signal. Disillusioned with the Empire, Minister Tua offered to defect in exchange for providing invaluable Imperial intelligence to the rebel network. Following some discussion, Kanan and his crew agreed to take part in a mission to rescue Maketh Tua.

Following the mission, Hera confronted Kanan about his breach of protocol in the command center. Kanan expressed his concern that their small rebel cell was now involved in a military operation and suggested that the crew leave the rebellion, allowing them to return to their previous mission of robbing from the Empire and giving to those in need. In response, Syndulla reminded him that they were fighting a bigger fight. Kanan replied that as a survivor of the Clone Wars and the ensuing Jedi Purge, he was unwilling to fight another war after what the last one did to the galaxy. For their mission, the rebels traveled to Lothal in a Star Commuter 2000 shuttle to avoid detection from the Empire. After passing through the Imperial blockade, Kanan and his comrades headed to their pre-arranged rendezvous location with Minister Tua while Chopper and Zeb stayed aboard the shuttle, which served as a get-away transport.

As part of the plan, the crew of the Ghost would rescue Minister Tua before she could board a shuttle that would take her to a pre-arrange meeting with Grand Moff Tarkin. Since the shuttle was guarded by several stormtroopers, Kanan accosted a stormtrooper commander and stole his armor, allowing him to infiltrate the Imperials. Meanwhile, his fellow rebels Hera, Ezra, and Sabine hid in the surrounding rooftops to provide covering fire and support. As planned, Minister Tua arrived with Agent Kallus in a landspeeder. During the ensuing skirmish, Kanan fought with Agent Kallus and succeeded in freeing Minister Tua, who fled into a shuttle. Unknown to the Lothal rebels, Agent Kallus had learnt of Minister Tua's planned defection and had staged a trap for the rebels. Tua was killed during a shuttle explosion which was then blamed on the rebels. With the failure of their mission, Kanan and his rebel comrades were forced to retreat into hiding.

Fleeing from Imperial forces, Kanan and the rebels boarded the Star Commuter 2000 after Chopper and Orrelios arrive. However, the shuttle was shot down by an AT-DP walker and the rebels were forced to flee to Ezra Bridger's former home, which served as one of their safe houses. However, they were pursued by stormtroopers. Deducing that the forces in the Imperial complex would be stretched thin since the garrison was hunting for them, Kanan and his rebel comrades hatched a plan to sneak in and steal a shuttle in order to escape Lothal. While Kanan retained his stormtrooper disguise and Bridger impersonated an Imperial cadet, the other rebels hid in several crates. This ruse allowed them to infiltrate the Imperial complex and steal several Imperial shield generators. Before they could make their escape, Kanan and his rebel comrades were confronted by the Sith Lord Darth Vader. The Sith Lord proved more than a match for Kanan and Ezra and the rebels barely managed to escape the complex in a stolen shuttle.

Escaping the Siege
Following their encounter with Darth Vader, Ezra asked his master whether their adversary was an Inquisitor like the one they had defeated in the past. Kanan responded that he believed that their adversary had been a Sith Lord, the ancient enemies of the Jedi Order. When his Padawan asked how they could fight against Vader in the future, Kanan told him that they were lucky to survive their last encounter. Since Vader had imposed an orbital blockade around Lothal, the rebels decided to smuggle themselves offworld with the help of their old friend Lando Calrissian. Calrissian agreed to help them in return for the rebels giving him three of their stolen shield generators. Prior to leaving Lothal, Kanan and his Padawan Ezra visited Tarkintown, a refugee settlement that the rebels had aided in the past. As punishment for aiding the rebels, Darth Vader had ordered the destruction of the settlement and the imprisonment of its residents. While Kanan was skeptical that two Jedi could make any difference, Ezra was more optimistic that they would be able to fight the Empire.

With the aid of Calrissian's droid W1-LE, Sabine managed to outfit their stolen shuttle with sensor buoys that allowed them to replicate Imperial signals and to pass through the Imperial blockade safely. Unknown to Kanan, Darth Vader had planted a tracking device on their shuttle and allowed the rebels to escape in order to track down his true target: the Phoenix rebel fleet. While traveling back to the rebel fleet, Kanan questioned whether the crew of the Ghost should join the fight against the Empire. Following a discussion, the crew voted to support the wider rebellion against the Empire. Shortly after arriving back at the Phoenix fleet, the rebels were attacked by a lone TIE Advanced x1 fighter piloted by Lord Vader himself. The Sith Lord devastated much of the fleet's starfighter defenses and caused extensive damage to the rebel flagship Phoenix Home; forcing its commander to abandon the ship.

During the space battle, Kanan and Ahsoka Tano accompanied the rest of their crew on the Ghost which joined the fight against Vader. Sensing that the TIE pilot was strong in the Force, the two Jedi used their Force powers to probe their opponent and quickly discovered he was the same Sith Lord they had encountered earlier on Lothal. Tano's encounter with her former Jedi Master through the Force greatly distressed her and caused her to collapse into unconsciousness. Kanan and the rest of the Ghost crew managed to escape into hyperspace shortly after the arrival of several Imperial Star Destroyers sent to wipe out the rebel fleet. Following their escape, Kanan and Ezra related their earlier encounter with Vader to Tano. Kanan confided that he had not sensed a presence as evil as Vader for many years. The rebels also vowed to continue the fight against the Empire and Darth Vader.

Relics of the Past
Following the near-destruction of the Phoenix rebel cell, Kanan would be compelled to confront some relics of the Clone Wars during a mission to the desert planet of Seelos. The Rebel network was facing a shortage of bases and facilities. Ahsoka sent Kanan and his rebels on a mission to meet an old friend on Seelos who might have knowledge of abandoned bases from the Clone Wars. Tano instructed Kanan to trust her old friend. Upon exiting in the Seelos system, the Ghost was damaged. While Hera and Chopper stayed behind to repair the freighter, Kanan and the other rebels flew down to Seelos on the Phantom.

Shortly after entering Seelos' atmosphere, the crew spotted an antiquated AT-TE walker in the distance. As they approached the walker, Kanan was gripped by a sense of foreboding due to his traumatic Clone Wars experiences. The rebels were greeted by three old men, who turned out to be veteran Clone Commanders. Believing that the clones posed a threat, Kanan ignited his lightsaber and exchanged shots with Wolffe. At that point, Ahsoka's old friend Rex appeared and broke up the fight. Ezra was able to convince Rex that the rebels were not a threat and told him that they had been sent by Ahsoka.

Rex then introduced himself, Wolffe, and Gregor. While meeting with the Clone Commanders inside the tent, Kanan explained that the Rebel network needed bases and facilities to seek shelter. Due to his Purge experiences, Kanan still distrusted the clones but Rex convinced him and his companions to stay. While Wolffe was still hostile to the rebels, Gregor offered to provide them with the necessary information if the rebels agreed to participate in a hunt for joopas, large worm-like creatures that dwelled beneath the sands of Seelos.

When Ezra tried to convince Kanan to trust the clones, Kanan recounted the events of the Jedi Purge and the death of his former Master Depa Billaba at the hands of Clone troopers. Rex then assured Kanan that he and his fellow clones had removed their brain chips, which left them free to disobey Order 66. Still uncomfortable, Kanan later contacted Hera to discuss his concerns. Hera encouraged Kanan to give the clones a second chance and told him that not all clones were bad; pointing out that they had saved millions of lives including her own.

Later, Zeb served as the hunter and "bait" during a successful joopa hunting expedition. While Kanan wanted to leave after the hunt, Rex persuaded them to stay for dinner. Shortly later, Sabine discovered that Wolffe had secretly alerted the Empire to their presence and hidden Ahsoka's messages. When confronted, Wolffe admitted his wrongdoing and asserted that he had wanted to protect his fellow clones from Imperial retribution for harboring foes of the Empire. With the Imperials approaching, Kanan ordered Sabine to contact Hera to scan for incoming Imperial ships. An Imperial probe droid also damaged the Phantom before being shot down by Rex.

After repairing the Phantom, Kanan and the rebels made preparations to leave. As promised, Rex supplied Ezra with a datachip listing former Republic bases in the Outer Rim and Mandalore. The rebels were prevented from leaving by an approaching sandstorm which coincided with the arrival of a force of three AT-AT walkers led by Agent Kallus, a perennial foe of the rebels. While the sandstorm blinded the clones and Imperials, Kanan and his Padawan were still able to see through the Force.

Guided by Kanan, the clones attempted to outmaneuver the Imperial walkers with their lone AT-TE walker. After the sandstorm had passed, Kallus was able to surround the AT-TE with an enveloping maneuver. Ezra managed to destroy one of the Imperial walkers before Kanan and his team departed. Despite Ezra's offer, the clone veterans were adamant that they stay behind to hold back the Imperials so that they could escape. As the rebels prepared to depart on the Phantom, Ezra convinced Kanan and the other crew to help the clones. Kanan agreed to put aside his mistrust of the clones and returned to the battlefield.

While Sabine handled the controls of the Phantom, he, Ezra, and Zeb hijacked one of the AT-AT walkers and used it to immobilize Agent Kallus' walker, before it could deliver a final blow against the crippled AT-TE walker. After Kallus and the surviving Imperials had fled, the three Clone Commanders saluted Kanan and Ezra and thanked the Jedi for saving them. Rex also agreed to join the Rebellion and accompanied the rebels back to the Phoenix fleet whereas his fellow clones stayed on Seelos and made the AT-AT their new home. The rebel network also benefited from the new intelligence on bases provided by the clones.

Discipline versus Wits
Following their adventure on Seelos, Kanan gave Ezra a lesson on how to levitate objects with the astromech droid Chopper serving as the object. However, unknown to Kanan and Ezra, Sabine and Chopper had decided to play a prank on Ezra by locking Chopper's feet to the Ghost metallic floor. Despite Ezra's best efforts, he could not raise Chopper. After Rex exposed Sabine and Chopper's prank, Ezra called the trick unfair. Kanan then reminded his student that a fight was never fair. When Rex suggested that the young Padawan combine the Force with his wits, Kanan retorted that the boy needed to learn more discipline.

While Kanan and Rex argued about how to train Ezra, the young Padawan sneaked away with Sabine, Chopper, and Zeb on a mission to salvage supplies from an Old Republic medical base. Rex had supplied the rebels with the coordinates to this station. Unknown to the rebels, two Inquisitors known as the Seventh Sister and the Fifth Brother were waiting for them. The rebels barely escaped with their lives and managed to warn their rebel comrades that the Empire had more Inquisitors. This news shocked Kanan, who was unaware that there had been more than one Inquisitor.

On another occasion, Kanan got into another argument with Rex after Ezra skipped a Jedi lesson to attend one of the former Clone Captain's blaster training sessions. When Kanan reprimanded his apprentice, Ezra responded that he could not be in two places at the same time. When Rex commented that Ezra needed to learn to prioritize if he wanted to be a soldier, Kanan reminded Rex that Ezra was a Jedi and not a soldier. An exasperated Ezra then responded that he might not wish to be either. Later, Kanan and the other Ghost crew, with the exception of Ezra and Chopper participated in a mission, to obtain fuel cells for the people of frigid Rinn, who were experiencing an energy crisis.

Mission to Ibaar
Later, Kanan and his fellow rebels participated in a mission to transport relief supplies to the planet Ibaar, which was blockaded by an Imperial fleet commanded by Agent Kallus. Following the failure of the first attempt which resulted in the destruction of a rebel transport and Phoenix Leader, the crew of the Ghost embarked on a mission to contact the Mon Calamari engineer Quarrie, who lived on the planet Shantipole, which was inaccessible for many spacers. Quarrie had developed a prototype starfighter known as the Blade Wing, which could break the blockade. Knowing that Hera was a good pilot, Kanan convinced his fellow rebel to accept that mission. While Hera, Sabine, and Zeb traveled down to Shantipole on the Phantom, Kanan along with Chopper and Ezra rendezvoused with a transport ship to pick up supplies for their second attempt to break the Imperial blockade at Ibaar.

While picking up supplies, Kanan told Ezra that in the event that Hera did not return, the Ghost would be used to transport the supplies. This alarmed Ezra since it would make the Ghost a target for the Empire. Despite the dangers, Kanan argued that the people of Ibaar was counting on them and they could not give up. Kanan contacted Hera and the other rebels. With little sign of Hera, the Ghost and the rest of the Phoenix fleet converged on Ibaar. For this mission, Kanan helmed the Ghost. Fortunately for the rebels, they were quickly joined by the Phantom, which carried the Blade Wing on its underside. Using the Blade Wing, Hera destroyed an Arquitens-class light cruiser. This enabled the Ghost to travel through the gap in the Imperial blockade and drop its supplies down to the Ibaarians. Following the successful relief of Ibaar, Hera was promoted as the new Phoenix Leader at the recommendation of Kanan.

Infiltrating the Imperial Interdictor
An opportunity for Kanan to make peace with Rex and Clone troopers in general arose when the Phoenix Commander Jun Sato and Ezra Bridger were captured by a new Imperial warship called the Imperial Interdictor while visiting the Del Zennis system. The experimental Imperial warship had used gravity well projectors to drag Sato's CR90 corvette out of hyperspace. When Kanan called for the crew of the Ghost to suit up for a rescue mission, Phoenix Leader Hera overruled him and instead devised an alternative rescue plan. This plan involved Kanan and the former Clone Captain Rex infiltrating the Imperial Interdictor disguised as stormtroopers. Chopper would accompany and pose as an Imperial communications droid.

Hera argued that Rex's military experience would be invaluable in infiltrating an Imperial warship. Due to his Clone Wars experiences, Kanan was reluctant to work with Rex but complied with Hera's orders for the sake of saving Ezra. After Zeb captured two stormtroopers, Rex and Kanan donned their armor. When Kanan remarked that Rex might forget whose side he was on, Rex angrily responded that he would never be on the Empire's side. For their mission, Kanan, Rex, and Chopper traveled to the Del Zennis system in a stolen Sentinel-class landing craft. During the journey, the two men argued about how to proceed with their mission. While Kanan wanted to rescue their fellow rebels, Rex wanted to knock out the Interdictor to prevent it from posing a threat to the Rebellion. After Rex used emergency protocol to trick the Imperial Interdictor's crew into letting their shuttle board, Kanan remarked that he disliked following protocol.

Upon landing, Kanan used a mind trick to convince the stormtroopers to let him, Rex, and Chopper into the Interdictor. After accessing a console, Chopper learned that the Imperials had transferred Ezra to a secure cell; meaning that they had learned who he was. Racing there, Kanan and Rex were stunned by Ezra, who had mistaken them for stormtroopers. When Kanan recovered, Ezra attempted to save face by claiming that he and Rex had stumbled into a major blaster fight. However, Chopper then played back a holographic recording disproving Ezra's story. While Kanan expressed outrage that his apprentice had shot them, Rex merely laughed it off. When Kanan and Rex broke into an argument over how to proceed with their mission, Ezra departed with Chopper to sabotage the gravity well projectors.

While making their way through the ship's hallways, Kanan and Rex stumbled on a group of stormtroopers. Kanan opened fire on the stormtroopers, sparking a blaster fight. After escaping the Imperials, Kanan and Rex made it to the detention cell where Commander Sato and his crew were being held. While Rex held off their pursuers, Kanan entered the cell and freed their rebel comrades. When Sato expressed concerns about Ezra's well-being, Kanan assured the commander that the youth had already freed himself. Making their way to Sato's corvette, Kanan and his fellow rebels were cornered by more stormtroopers. Despite Kanan's opposition, Rex decided to hold back the Imperials while Kanan and the other rebels escaped. As a result, the two men were separated and Rex was taken prisoner.

After reuniting with Ezra and Chopper, Kanan instructed the other rebels to head back to the ship while he went back and rescued Rex. Through the Force, Kanan sensed that Rex was being tortured to death in the Interdictor's command bridge. Disguised as a stormtrooper, Kanan made his way to the command bridge where he surprised Admiral Brom Titus, who was supervising Rex's torture. Kanan destroyed Titus' interrogation droid with his blaster and took out Titus' remaining men. Together with Rex, they fled the Interdictor aboard an escape pod and linked up with their rebel comrades aboard Sato's corvette.

Before Sato's corvette could jump into hyperspace, they were pulled out by the Imperial Interdictor. When Kanan and Ezra asked whether Chopper had sabotaged the gravity well projectors, the astromech droid told them to wait. Sure enough, the Interdictor's projectors malfunctioned and began dragging everything including its two escort Imperial light cruisers. While the Imperial Interdictor and its escorts were destroyed in the ensuing explosion, Kanan and his fellow rebels managed to escape into space. As a result of their joint mission, Kanan was able to overcome his distrust of Rex, who thanked the Jedi for rescuing him.

Rescuing Infants
Later, Kanan accepted a mission from Ahsoka Tano to help her investigate two sets of coordinates. Tano had been investigating the Inquisitors and learned that they had a secondary mission: kidnapping Force-sensitive children]]. For this mission, Kanan was accompanied by his apprentice Ezra Bridger, Chopper, and Zeb. Together, they traveled on the Phantom to the planet Takobo. Their coordinates led them to a housing unit in the settlement of Hammertown. While Zeb and Chopper scanned the spaceport for any sign of the Inquisitors, Kanan and Ezra traveled to the housing unit.

There, they encountered an Ithorian mother named Oora, whose home had been ransacked by the Inquisitors known as the Seventh Sister and the Fifth Brother. However, Oora had sent her infant son Pypey away with a decoy droid. Kanan and his apprentice promised to find Pypey before the Inquisitors did. He also commed Zeb to inform him of his discovery. Zeb also told Kanan that he and Chopper had managed to rescue another child named Alora and that they had discovered and sabotaged the Inquisitors' TIE Advanced v1 starfighters. Kanan instructed Zeb to pick up Pypey while Chopper babysat Alora.

Zeb managed to find Pypey but he was quickly cornered by the Seventh Sister and the Fifth Brother. Zeb managed to flee with the baby to an apartment block where he hid in a room. After comming Zeb, Kanan and Ezra traveled there to assist their fellow rebel. Upon reaching apartment complex, Bridger discovered an ID9 seeker droid hovering nearby and quickly realized that the Inquisitors were also in the building. After evading the Inquisitors, Kanan and Ezra managed to link up with Zeb in a flat. However, Ezra's presence unsettled Pypey since he could sense the boy's fear. The Inquisitors quickly detected their presence and poked their lightsabers through the floor.

To elude the Inquisitors, the rebels decided to split up. While Ezra headed into a ventilation shaft with Pypey, Kanan and Zeb decided to hold off the two Inquisitors. The Inquisitors managed to pinpoint Ezra and Pypey's location in the ceiling above. Before they could finish Ezra off, Kanan and Zeb intervened and took on the Seventh Sister and the Fifth Brother respectively. Having not completed his Jedi training, Kanan was quickly bested by the Sister while Zeb was trounced by the Brother. The two managed to escape the Inquisitors by jumping out of a window.

They then landed on a speeder and convinced the Ithorian pilot to take them to the spaceport. They were quickly pursued by the Inquisitors, who had commandeered another speeder. During the pursuit, Kanan managed to take out the Inquisitor's speeder. However, the Fifth Brother used his lightsaber to slice off their speeder's jet. Fleeing on foot, Kanan and Zeb linked up with Ezra outside the spaceport. Unable to open the gates, they were trapped by the Inquisitors. The Inquisitors quickly overpowered Kanan and his Jedi companions. Before they could take Pypey, Ahsoka exited the gate and attacked the Inquisitors. Under her orders, Kanan and the other rebels fled aboard the Phantom with Pypey.

Ahsoka managed to defeat the Inquisitors with her twin lightsabers but she was forced to flee when Imperial reinforcements arrived at the airport. While traveling through space, they reunited Pypey with his mother Oora. Tano also revealed to Kanan and Ezra that a a similar attempt to abduct Force-sensitive children had been during the Clone Wars. Since the Jedi Order was gone, only the rebels could protect them now.

Personality and traits
"I lost my way for a long time, but now I have a chance to change things."

- Kanan Jarrus

Kanan Jarrus was a lean, tan-skinned man with blue eyes and brown hair. He sported a ponytail and a short goatee. During his youth, he had a tendency to ask many questions, hoping to better understand things, which earned him somewhat of a reputation among his peers, but it was that inquisitive nature that motivated Billaba to choose him as her apprentice. She would, however, tease him about it, such as when she said questions seemed to be the "natural state" of his mind. Dume would become angered when anyone disrespected her, or the Republic.

A secretive man, Jarrus would rarely talk about his past, particularly so before meeting Hera Syndulla on Gorse. Before her, Jarrus was reckless, impatient and belligerent, as demonstrated by the little care he put in carrying explosives just to meet his schedule, or his tendency to start fights. Seemingly prickly and dettached, Jarrus showed his kindness and commitment to justice only when he thought no one was looking. Having felt adrift since the destruction of the Jedi way of life, he had developed a cynical and cocky personality. Despite this, he was known for humorous banter and had "a thousand one-liners ready to go."

For a long time, Jarrus had little confidence in his skills as Jedi and teacher. Furthermore, Depa Billaba's last words haunted him and, as the Inquisitor once commented, the former Jedi was afraid of his own power, afraid to wear his full saber out in the open. Additionally, Kanan's experiences during the Clone Wars left him wary of being involved with military affairs. When the Ghost crew was faced with the opportunity to join Phoenix Squadron and become full-fledged members of the Rebel fleet, Jarrus was reluctant to go along, citing his distaste for military protocol and the broader consequences of fighting a war.

Kanan Jarrus also harbored substantial animosity towards Clone troopers for the role they had played in killing Billaba and hunting him down. As a result, Jarrus wound it difficult to trust the retired clones Rex, Gregor and Wolffe. Despite his hard feelings towards the clones, Kanan decided to rescue them during an Imperial attack on Seelos. After Rex joined the Rebellion and befriended his apprentice Ezra, Kanan argued with the former Clone Captain on a few occasions about how to train the young Jedi. Despite his issues with clones, Kanan was able to work with Rex to rescue Ezra and several other Phoenix rebels during a rescue mission aboard the Imperial Interdictor.

Powers and abilities
"You were right. I was a coward. But now I know there's something stronger than fear—far stronger. The Force. Let me show you how strong it is."

- Kanan Jarrus

Lightsaber Combat
Kanan Jarrus had some skill in Form III due to his training under Depa Billaba, who was a master of the style and emphasised its use in close quarter fighting. The Inquisitor noted Jarrus favoured the style "to a ridiculous degree."

During his third duel with the Inquisitor, Jarrus' skill had improved, something the Inquisitor acknowledged. In addition to Form III, Jarrus possessed skill in Form V, which he demonstrated on numerous ocassions. In his final duel with the Inquisitor, Kanan demonstrated enough mastery of Jar'Kai to defeat the Jedi hunter.

Force Abilities
Jarrus also showed skill in telekinesis, such as pinning the Inquisitor to the ceiling, or pulling stormtroopers in before clothslining them. Kanan could also sense things through the Force, such as when he first felt Ezra Bridger's presence on Lothal, and when he felt Luminara Unduli's presence on Stygeon Prime. Jarrus also demonstrated an affinity for influencing animals through the Force as he did with a Loth-cat in one of his Bridger's lessons, and later to control several fyrnocks alongside his apprentice. He could also perform Force-enhanced jumps, such as when he escaped Agent Kallus. He also showed great skill in unarmed combat as shown on Stygeon Prime in addition to mind tricks. Through his Master, Caleb Dume was able to receive Force visions, such as when he witnessed the Jedi's destruction.

Behind the scenes
Kanan Jarrus was first revealed as a character from the forthcoming animated series Star Wars Rebels at the January 2014 Nuremberg International Toy Fair, where Jarrus was included on the packaging of the LEGO Star Wars Rebels Ghost model. However, the packaging merely represented Jarrus's LEGO mini-figure as a silhouetted form holding a blue-bladed lightsaber.

On February 11, 2014, Lucasfilm began a promotional campaign to introduce the characters of Star Wars Rebels, starting with Kanan Jarrus. USA Today ran an online story featuring an exclusive first look at Jarrus's character and announcing that he would be voiced by actor Freddie Prinze Jr. The story included a Lucasfilm production video revealing the character's full design.

Non-canon history
Kanan Jarrus appears in Angry Birds Star Wars II. He was co-piloting the Ghost when Sabine Wren and Hera Syndulla rescued the orphan Ezra Bridger and escaped from Agent Kallus.

In the LEGO Star Wars Rebels Movie Shorts, Jarrus, Orellios, Syndulla, and were drinking in the Mos Eisley Cantina when Ezra Bridger called for a rescue. They went to the Ghost and rescued the young orphan from the Phantom. Bridger then suggested they charge the Star Destroyer's bridge and hide behind it, and eventually the warship jumped to hyperspace. At another time, the Ghost was damaged by a Star Destroyer, forcing it to go to a space station for repairs. Jarrus and Orrelios left in escape pods and made it to a planet. Bridger rescued them and took them to the station in time to finish repairs to their starship and flee from Imperials.

Non-canon appearances

 * Disney Infinity 3.0
 * Angry Birds Star Wars II
 * LEGO Star Wars Movie Short
 * LEGO Star Wars Movie Short
 * Club Penguin Star Wars Rebels Takeover