Jedi Order

So based on the high republic stories and other stories about the Jedi their numbers appear to have been exponentially bigger than what we see during the Prequels and proven by the quick knighting of padawans during the Clone Wars. I have two ideas on what could have caused the drop in numbers.

The first being the Jedi became arrogant in their high place in society that they rejected more candidates for being in a lower class. As a result, kids like Anakin who were on Outer Rim worlds may not have been considered as often as those on larger planets. We know the Jedi can sense things from far away so shouldn't they be able to sense kids even if they are outside of the Republic?

The other theory I considered was the arrogance of the Jedi caused fewer kids to be born with force abilities because of the force is pushing back in a way or possible the arrogance has reduced their ability to pick out kids who have the abilities. I don't know but I feel like there is some reason related the failures of the Jedi for their lack of numbers. What do you think?

Over the past few months, I have made several posts about The Acolyte. For those of you not in the know, The Acolyte is an upcoming Disney + series set during the High Republic Era which focuses on the rising Sith. Naturally, it is also going to feature the Jedi Order in a major role. In general, I have always found the Sith to be far more interesting than the Jedi. Because of this, most of my previous posts on this topic have focused on the Sith aspect of The Acolyte. However, I have recently been wondering about how the Jedi will be portrayed in the series. Presumably, the show will not want its Sith protagonists to be completely unsympathetic. An easy way of doing this would be to show some of the less glamorous aspects of the Jedi Order. The Jedi Order has never been portrayed as flawless, but I expect The Acolyte to especially deconstruct these flaws.

Throughout its many appearances in Star Wars media, the Jedi Order has displayed many issues. It takes in initiates at an age before they are able to truly make a cognizant choice in the matter, it failed to predict and stop the return of the Sith, and it lost sight of its original goals in many ways. But the biggest problem with the Jedi Order has consistently been shown as its unhealthy connection to the politics of the Galactic Republic, despite being a religious order. It is well known that unless separation is maintained between Church and State, both will suffer for it. This truth is hardly new to Star Wars, and its portrayal of the Jedi Order’s interactions with the Galactic Republic display it frequently. However, most of the problems we have seen arising from this lack of separation have been for the Jedi Order. The problems caused by Jedi involvement for the Galactic Republic have mostly just been hinted at, but are hardly nonexistent. One particular source that implies about this is the novel Darth Plagueis. In it, Plagueis (in his non-Sith persona of Hego Damask II) has a debate with Dooku, Sifo-Dias and Qui-Gon Jinn about the disproportionate political power wielded by the Jedi Order. At one point, Plagueis even says that “The Jedi Order has cornered the market on ethics.” While Plagueis definitely has ulterior motives in bringing this up, he makes an excellent point.

So, what kinds of problems could The Acolyte show happening in the Republic stemming from Jedi involvement in politics? Before discussing that, I should mention that the show runners would need to tread carefully if this is indeed the route they choose to go down. Portraying the Jedi Order as an outright corrupt organization at every level would confuse causal viewers, and alienate longtime fans. There would be two potential ways around this, and the show could honestly make either one work.

1. Show the High Council as well-intentioned, but unaware of corrupt lower-ranking members of the order.

2. Show the High Council as essentially a gang of politicians in robes, and attribute the Jedi Order’s better qualities to the efforts of local Jedi Knights.

Both of these options have their advantages. For Option 1, it would allow the Jedi Order to still maintain its place as an undisputed “good guy faction”, while still portraying it as having flawed components. It could also allow the show to have a powerful moment where a Sith Lord exposes a corrupt Jedi for what he/she really is in order to turn a potential apprentice to the Dark Side. For Option 2, it would allow the show to have a closer allegory to real-world societies where church and state are not separated, and the problems that arise from it. In the real world, corruption in organized religion usually flows from the top of the hierarchy rather than the bottom. While it could end up being cringy if handled poorly, it could allow for some Andor-level storytelling if handled well.

What do you think about these ideas? Do you think I overestimate the amount of focus that will be placed on politics in The Acolyte? Whatever your thoughts on this topic are, I am very curious to hear them!

Myths and facts about attachment

“Attachment” is a sticky word. An attachment, in its literal meaning, is a tie or fastening. Figuratively, it connotes a feeling that you like or love someone or something and that you would be unhappy without them. In the 2020s, it become quite popular to assert, “attachment”, as it is used in colloquial speech, was proven to be the basis of our normal emotional and social development by modern psychology. However, this is very far from reality - the central concepts of attachment theory are fairly easy to understood, professionals of the field of attachment researchers are warning us not to be too eager to equate them with everyday conceptions of social relationships.

In attachment theory, “attachment” has a specific meaning: it is an emotional bond or tie between an individual and another, based on the need for safety, security and protection. An attachment relationship is said to exist when one preferentially seeks out and maintains proximity to a specific person and protests separation from that individual, uses that person as a safe haven during times of distress and uses the person as a secure base from which to explore the world, and the relationship is emotionally significant. In the context of attachment theory, a “securely attached” child see their caregiver as a secure heaven to retreat for safety and protection in times of threat and danger, and a safe basefrom which to explore the world, learn new skills, face challenges in life.

The goal of our attachments in our adulthood is the same: it’s to experience a sense of security and stability through establishing and maintaining high-quality, emotionally supportive relationships. In the context of psychology, the lack of attachments means lacking discriminated and preferential intimate relationships with persons who might serve as safe base and secure heaven. In the same time, attachment is not the same as, nor it is synonymous with “love”, “affection”, “bond”, “relationship”, nor does it serving as an overall descriptor for close human relationships.For example, a baby is “attached” to their parent, but the parent’s “attachment” to the baby would be pathological and leave the child with severe psychological damage, deprived from feelings of safety and stability. Contrary to the popular belief, a “parent’s attachment to their child” would not mean cuddling and kissing and loving and caring, but would mean the parent relying on the baby for care, security and protection. In adult relationships, “attachment” won’t ensure that sex, attraction and love would exist, as those can split among different relationships. It should be also noted that an “attachment relationship” does not need to, and in certain contexts must not be reciprocal, and most activities children may have with “attachment figures” (e.g. playing or singing etc.) are not related to “attachment” at all.

The “attachments” of a Jedi Knight

The idea that a Jedi Knight is prohibited to have discriminated and preferential intimate relationships with persons who might serve as safe base and secure heaven, deprived from satisfying their basic human need for safety, security and protection, is based on the false belief that the “attachment” Western psychology views as a basis for healthy emotional and social development would cover the whole, board meaning of the term that it carries in colloquial speech. It’s not surprising that this reading of the story fails to gather evidence from the actual Star Wars story to support itself: the Jedi are depicted in a way which is actually consistent with what is expected from an attachment-secure person. In truth, in George Lucas’ Star Wars, encompassed by the six movies and the six seasons of the Clone Wars series, the Jedi are consistently and explicitly depicted as safe base and secure heaven, required by Western attachment theory, to each other and their apprentices.

Although Jedi younglings are taken from their birth families very early, “they learn quickly that their true family is now the Jedi Order”, and sometimes, just like in the case of Tiplee and Tiplar, they are truly related by blood. Whenever a padawan describes their relationship with their master, they explain, they are/were like a parent to them. In Episode I, Obi-Wan Kenobi clearly shared a bond with Qui-Gon Jinn defined by trust, warmth and providing mutual comfort and care. In Episode II, Anakin Skywalker says, Obi-Wan Kenobi is “the closest thing to a father” or “like a father” to him. Although he keeps his marriage to Padmé Amidala in secret, he is comfortable to talk to him about his feelings for her openly, just like he talks about his nightmares with him, and the two were shown, and intended to be seen by George Lucas to have a “warm friendship”. In Clone Wars, Aayala Secura also described her relationship with her master as “he was like a father to me.”Ahsoka has an especially strong bond with Plo Koon, before and after she become Anakin’s padawan. Shaak Tii compares the Jedi Order to the brotherhood of the clones, “where the group and the individual are the same.” All these close relationships are showing that the Jedi were indeed forming the discriminated, preferential intimate relationships, involving receiving and giving love, affection, comfort, protection. Jedi Masters are indeed fulfilling the roles of “attachment figures”; individuals who’re perceived to be stronger and wiser and to whom once can turn for support, protection and care.

“Attachment is forbidden. Possession is forbidden.”

The kind of “attachment” Jedi Knights forbade, is defined in George Lucas’ Star Wars story. In Episode II and III, attachment, as a form of love, is mentioned together with possession, and it’s contrasted with compassion, defined as unconditional love. It’s said, it’s the shadow of greed, leading to jealousy, and when one formed an attachment, it means, they are holding on to something or someone, and they’re afraid to lose it. Attachment should be broken by letting go of what they fear to lose and accepting death as natural part of life.

Therefore, “attachment” is defined in accordance with the colloquial usage of the word: the feeling of you love/like something/someone, and that you would be unhappy without them. It’s not hard to see that this feeling is locked together with the desire to keep them in your life, generating fear of the loss of the objects of attachment. It should be understood that by definition, attachment is ceased once one no longer wants these things and people to stay with them, or in other words, no longer desires them to stay as they are, not go away and not to change, so he will supplied with happiness. Letting go is essential - as Shmi tried to teach Anakin, “you can’t stop change any more than you can stop the suns from setting.” In other words, the Jedi way helps individuals achieve a more stable form of happiness, through revealing the impermanent nature of sensory experiences and helping individuals to accept the threat of impermanence and let go of attachment to their external sources of security.

“Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is central to a Jedi’s life.”

“Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is central to a Jedi’s life” as Anakin explains to Padmé. Compassion is most often defined as sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it - showing kindness and warmth and being willing to help others is showing compassion. It’s important to realize, wanting another person to be free from suffering and wanting another person to be happy, is essentially the two sides of the same coin - thus, it shall be clear why Anakin Skywalker defined compassion as “unconditional love.”

When there is a genuine care for others’ well-being and happiness, our hearts become warm, open and connected to others, and we ourselves feel a sense of genuine well-being. This is the mental joy that arises out of compassion - it’s able to sustain itself, therefore, unlike sensory experiences and transient objects, it’s everlasting. Thus, “attachment”, as it’s used in colloquial language, is “forbidden” and “must not be formed”, so the Jedi Knight will be free from all the grasping and clinging attitudes, inherent to attachment. In the same time, the Jedi way highlights giving and receiving unconditional love, warmth, affection and support. As George Lucas himself said: “A Jedi is never lonely. They live on compassion. They live on helping people, and people love them. They can love people back. But when that person dies, they let go. Those that cannot let go become miserable. That’s the lonely place.”

In Conclusion

Although at first glance, “attachment is forbidden” and “a Jedi must not form attachments” are seeming to be contradictory to Western psychology, it should be clear that the Jedi way, as it was presented in George Lucas’ Star Wars story, isn’t just consistent with but also complementary to modern Western psychology. Jedi Knights are forming discriminated, preferential intimate and supportive social relationships, which involves receiving and giving love, labeled as “attachments” in Western psychology. In the same time, it offers a road to security by minimizing tendencies to look for security in something permanent in a world in which everything changes, nothing is completely stable, certain, or immutable.

What if, the World between worlds would break and it would trow a entire Skywalker saga characters into one multiverse, So... My point is, what would happen if the Skywalker saga would meet up... Skywalker family, Republic, Rebel Alliance, Resistence and the jedi order would team up to defeat the evil emperor and his two armies (First order with the last order's fleet and The Empire... With all the siths)

My questions are... WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, and if Filloni would do something like this, would he do a film about it?

Let me know in the comments

So I I saw this app that said your name as a Jedi so I downloaded it. What do you guys think?

I have always found it rather odd that Jedi Knights are sometimes addressed by Younglings, other Jedi Knights/Masters’ Padawans, fellow Jedi Knights and even Jedi Masters as “Master _______” even though they do not hold the rank of Jedi Master. The only exception where I think it is fine for them to be addressed as “Master _______” is perhaps only by their Padawans, yet it just feels that this somehow makes the Jedi hierarchy a little more confusing. If I were a Youngling, how would I know whether the “Master” I am addressing is a Jedi Knight or a Jedi Master? Is there an in-universe explanation for this? I can’t find it on Wookieepedia.

1. Do you think the Jedi Order will be rebuilt by Rey or one of the other surviving Jedi (such as Ahsoka Tano—I still consider her a Jedi—or Cal Kestis)?

2. Should they reintroduce Mara Jade in canon (or however that is supposed to sound) like they did with Thrawn?

Warning: This Essay contains spoilers from Star Wars: Jedi: Survivor.

[Essay of the Week Contest] Submission: Week 76

Word Count: 2788

Reminder, don’t just drop a like on this post, be sure to add one to the actual submission post on the contest!

Introduction

We recently had the identity of Baylan Skoll confirmed to us in a news article, as a survivor of Order 66 who became a mercenary after the fall of the Jedi Order. I have no problems with this core fact, nor any reveal of new survivors who escaped the Order’s initial execution. 1% of 10,000 still leaves you with 100, etcetera, etcetera. However, there is a broader concern with Baylan and other recent additions to the Star Wars canon regarding the ratio of Order 66 (shortened to O66 from here on) survivors due to the narrative their inclusion solidifies. This narrative is not positive, and casts people of diversity and disadvantage as a hostile force looking to hunt and kill or hurt the often Caucasian, if not male, protagonists of various stories. I feel it is essential to keep this narrative in mind going forward as the Star Wars canon nears and clears a decade of new storytelling, as something that fans should be aware needs to change.

The Ratio

There are a number of survivors of O66 in canon, but many are just a name, and we lack any further context or knowledge of who they are. A handful joined or were converted into Inquisitors, and those I will not count due to the reversal of their role, and other elements to be explained later on. Of those left who we have seen, I fully acknowledge I do not know them all. However, with that said, the problem arises when one considers the prominent survivors who have appeared in popular comics, were the subject of/played a major role in books, or who have appeared in major video games, streaming/TV shows, or films. This list excludes prominent male alien survivors in order to demonstrate the problem at the heart of this analysis as even with their inclusion, the narrative remains the same.

White Human Male Survivors: Kanan Jarrus, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Cal Kestis, Baylan Skoll, Eno Cordova, Taron Malicos, and Naq Med (a key character to the novel Force Collector, and an interesting instance of a Jedi Order dropout being hunted by the Inquisitors)

Human Male Survivors: All of the above, Nari (from Obi-Wan Kenobi and while a near-human, there is no visual difference to indicate that), Quinlan Vos (again like Nari, so extremely similar to a baseline human it doesn't impact his visuals), Bode Akuna, and Kelleran Beq

Female Survivors: Ashoka, Cere Junda, and Jocasta Nu

The ratio is depressingly skewed, and as suggested earlier, recently grew with the addition of three new male survivors in prominent positions for the canon. This expansion has not been met with the growth of notable female characters, and when coupled with the narrative found in the Inquisitors, begins to paint a highly concerning picture.

The Other

We have continued to see the number of Inquisitors expand, with recent years being particularly kind in filling out the roster to the point it might be too full, and questions have been raised regarding the numbers in the Inquisitorius, and how their naming system functions. Ignoring those questions or possible issues, many of the Inquisitors present us with narratives of the Other, and how the suffering generated from that now drives them through their adoption of the Dark Side. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the Other is a term used to define an array of entities, characters, and more from literature and other material which are characterized as different, and often hostile, when compared with the surrounding world they are found in. Alien invasion narratives are the most easily understood example of the world versus an Other, and here, the Inquisitors drip with Otherness for multiple reasons. Below is a rundown of relevant information for each Inquisitor, even those we know little about.

• Grand Inquisitor: His narrative is not part of this argument specifically, as pride and selfish desire led to his fall. However, we can note his physically imposing features, with sharpened teeth and altered eyes.

• Second Sister: Trilla, who first appeared in Jedi: Fallen Order, is a woman who suffered greatly at the hands of the Inquisitorius. Betrayed by her master, her close friend and mentor, in a moment of weakness after her capture, Trilla and the younglings they were trying to keep safe were captured by the sinister organization. One can only imagine the fate of these young Jedi, and Trilla herself fell into hatred for her former master. While she later forgave Cere Junda, she survived this redemption mere seconds, and Darth Vader then cut her down.

• Third Sister: Reva Sevander, who first appeared in Obi-Wan Kenobi, was among the survivors who directly fled from the Jedi temple itself. After being struck down, but not killed, by Anakin Skywalker, she lay within the bodies of her fellow Jedi until she was able to escape. Her grief, pain, and ultimately rage at knowing who Darth Vader truly was, as well as who had helped train him, and partner with him in the Order, led her to burn with hatred for Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi, ultimately making moves to eliminate them both but failing, instead being put on a path toward redemption. Her fate after this point is a mystery.

• Fourth Sister: An entirely new character, we know little about her at this time.

• Fifth Brother: A native to Artemesium, the Fifth Brother was taken into the Jedi Order, and watched as the Republic chose to decimate his homeworld for mineral extraction. The Jedi did nothing to stop these events, and disgusted by what had happened, the Brother ultimately turned to the Dark Side, believing the Jedi to be corrupt, weak, and deserving of death for having lost their way. He had many missions, and survived many of his fellows, before dying on Malachor.

• Sixth Brother: While an older character, he is still a relative unknown, beyond that he was once a Jedi known as Bil Valen.

• Seventh Sister: Another older character in SW canon, she remains an enigma as well. However, she has a significant aesthetic, as one of the first Inquisitors seen, with altered eyes and warped voice, as well as a malevolently playful personality.

• Eighth Brother: We’ve not seen much of the 8th, and there is little to comment on, though depending on your theories or suspicions, we may see more of them in Ashoka.

• Ninth Sister: Masana Tide is one of the most notable Inquisitors so far. Making a very successful transfer between comics and video games, she was an imposing Dowutin who suffered greatly at the hands of the Inquisitors, Vader, and then Cal Kestis. She lost limbs, her face was damaged, and due to her strong abilities around emotions, was prone to powerful rages. She was ultimately killed by Cal Kestis on Coruscant.

• Tenth Brother: The last of our numbered Inquisitors, Prosset Dibs was a member of the Jedi Order to fall fairly early into the Clone Wars. Filled with doubts about the methods of the Order and its new role as generals in the conflict, he ultimately turned against Mace Windu during a mission, though he was defeated and arrested. Allowed to live, he ultimately fell into the ranks of the Inquisitorius after O66, only to be one of its first members to die, being shot by his own Purge Troopers on Mon Cala.

• Iskat Akaris: Certainly not a new Inquisitor, though only recently named, we roughly know the path of Iskat’s story due to the summary released for Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade. Brought into the Jedi Order, she was part of the Jedi team sent to Geonosis as a Padawan, going on to serve in the Clone Wars where she began to question her origins and other elements of her role as a Jedi. When the Order fell, she eventually became an Inquisitor, only to die when Vader attacked her and her fellow yet unnumbered Inquisitor, Tualon, killing both due to their affection for each other.

• Tualon: We know little about Tualon, but he has black skin, a seeming rarity for a Twi’lek, as well as sharpened teeth and thus a severely menacing appearance.

Aside from these characters, there are several others who lack names, numbers, or solid identification in the canon. But, with all of their stories laid out, we should consider the parallels one can draw between many of these characters, real-world elements, and the nature of Otherness. Reva’s story has similarities to those of school shooting victims, especially with the detail of how she lay among the dead, her fellow students and teachers, only to escape later on after the massacre. Her Otherness comes from surviving such a horrific event, being in the direct line of fire and taking a wound, but living to deal with that pain the rest of her life. The Fifth Brother can be read as a migrant who leaves his home for a wealthier country, only to see their place of origin destroyed by war, corporate greed, or disaster. The outside parties who are in a position to help it recover or rebuild then simply don’t do anything to help, rendering him feeling angry and betrayed, perhaps even a lone survivor to a great disaster. The Ninth Sister is a heavy-framed female character with a great deal of emotion to her who undergoes terrible suffering through the loss of body parts, ending up broken and raging at the forces who have done this to her, wanting to extend that pain to others. The Tenth Brother, a theoretical blind man (though as a Miraluka, still able to see), has enough insight to understand the fall of his group from their standards and ideals, but ends up censured and confined for those beliefs. Iskat, a theoretically adopted character, tries to question her true origins and is shut down from pursuing her past, leading her to make a deal with the devil to try and learn the truths that were kept from her. She even goes on to make an “adopted” child of her own out of Eeth Koth’s offspring, stealing the newborn from their mother’s arms, and allowing strange caretakers to rear them upon the mission’s return to Coruscant.

All of these characters represent people who are detached from the wider world, rendered separate from it by trauma, loss, or circumstances outside of their control. These divisions grow, and create emotions they cannot turn away from, and in the realm of Star Wars, create forces which they embrace as doers of evil. They represent the Other for this reason. However, they represent the Other in more obvious ways. Almost all of the Inquisitors are alien species, and often fearsome members of those species. Be it sharp teeth, altered/gleaming eyes of unnatural hues (in the case of the Tenth Brother, a complete lack of eyes), or other traits, in addition to their suits of sleek black armor, they often serve to intimidate and are meant to stand out from other beings, especially in a state as conform-heavy as the Empire. The Otherness is unfortunately added to even further by the two human Inquisitors we know of so far, as both Reva and Trilla are female people of color, and for much of world history, such people have been treated as exotic, different, and separate from the rest of the world. Their inclusion here, in the rank of an organization like the Inquisitorius, only reinforces this element. Thankfully, we understand their stories with great clarity, and we can sympathize with them as a result, but few others are so lucky. In the end, the Inquisitorius and its members ultimately embody the Other on a deep level, through characters who hold close parallels to many real-world groups who have suffered, and continue to suffer.

The Narrative

As discussed above, the Inquisitors represent the Other, but it is an Other which has a worrying contrast against the characters who they stand in opposition to. These figures are often men, often Caucasian men as well, and are the vast majority of the well-known Jedi survivors we have currently identified. Before looking at the reasons from outside of the Star Wars universe for this dominance, we should also consider some elements of the Star Wars universe which can be used to explain the survival of these characters.

First, we should consider the nature of humans in Star Wars. They are a nearly ubiquitous species, found on virtually every planet in the galaxy, and have diversified to the point of producing various near-human species with minor physical traits differentiating themselves from Star Wars baseline humans. Due to this ubiquity, human Jedi undoubtedly had an advantage in hiding and moving throughout the galaxy after O66 because of this, and it would make sense that they and near-humans make up a large portion of the survivors. The ratio further skewing toward men points to the Star Wars galaxy generally featuring elements from our real world regarding gender relations, and it is likely those male characters had an easier time finding transit, accommodations, or traveling alone, than female counterparts.

Now, we should consider the out of universe reasons why there are so many human, male, often Caucasian, survivors of O66: connection, marketing, and merchandising. All three are wrapped up with one another, feeding each other for multiple reasons. For a character like Cal Kestis, as a human he is more immediately relatable to a general audience, they can understand what he looks like, and they know he lives, thinks, and acts how we might on an everyday basis. He is relatable, and thus marketable, able to sell hundreds of thousands of copies of his game on top of action figures, artwork, and more because we form a connection with him. But he is also familiar. The audience of Star Wars has often skewed male and for a lot of its history, so has the media produced to satisfy that audience. However, over the years, that dominance has shifted, and other groups are making themselves more recognized as being part of the fandom. They existed before, but time, and social media, has helped to broaden their reach and visibility. They want to see themselves represented, and companies are shifting to accommodate these groups, and acknowledge them more through characters and narratives which connect them better to the content of Star Wars.

But, this ultimately makes the optics of the growing narrative so disconcerting. The Inquisitorius, as an organization of Otherness, of alien species and women of color, hunt down Jedi survivors whose most notable members, and most prized targets, are often Caucasian and male. In the case of Cal Kestis, the Ninth Sister screams about wanting to break him, and cause him pain, while the Third Sister hunts a fan-favorite character (Obi-Wan), and then resorts to almost killing another (Luke Skywalker), all in the pursuit of her goals. I have nothing against Eno Cordova, Bode Akuna, or Baylan Skoll, each of them have (and will likely) add to Star Wars lore in exciting or unique ways. But, I still fear the growing subtext that we as fans are being subjected to, especially as it coincides with a particularly rough time in the real world for people who are often framed as the Other.

We as fans should hope for there to be more female Jedi survivors of note in the future, in addition to hoping to learn the backstories of the Inquisitors so we can understand them better. Characters like Reva and Trilla have so much added to them because we know the origin of their pain, and can empathize with them. We need that for all of these fallen Jedi, so they can become more relatable, and not exist so firmly in the sphere of the Other. All of this is possible as Star Wars continues to fill in knowledge gaps or threads left hanging in more recent years, and I sincerely hope that strides are taken to dismantle the underlying narrative I have outlined.

Conclusion

Even as I write this, we may be about to see things turning around. Maybe, when we get Rise of the Red Blade this July, we will both explore the backstories of multiple Inquisitors and gain information on a new and notable female Jedi survivor. Maybe as the months or future years wear on, the faceless names of survivors will be filled in, and we can see or experience the adventures of diverse characters during the perilous rise and expansion of the Empire. All I can say is that I hope that change or new information comes, and quicker than another decade, to give us more unique characters to root for, and to offer us as an audience greater understanding of what exists already.