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- "For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic."
- ―Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Luke Skywalker
Jedi Knight was a rank within the Jedi Order, referring to a Jedi Padawan who had completed their training and passed the Jedi Trials to become a full member of the Order.[2] In the hierarchy of the Order, a Jedi Knight was lower than a Jedi Master and needed to prove themself worthy of the higher rank.[4] Unlike those who had that higher rank, Jedi Knights were unable to pursue their studies on their own terms. Master Porter Engle believed that any Jedi worthy of the title of knight put time into planning unarmed defense in case they lost their lightsaber.[5]
Jedi Knights, like the Order they served, were guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Republic,[1] and served in key military command roles during the Clone Wars. At the war's end, Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine—secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious—issued Order 66, declaring every Jedi an enemy of the state. As a result, the clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic turned against their generals,[6] killing most of the Jedi.[1] At the end of the Galactic Civil War, Luke Skywalker was the last known Jedi Knight.[7]
Behind the scenes[]
According to the reference book The Star Wars Book, once a Jedi Knight had trained a Padawan of their own to Knighthood, they could then become a Jedi Master.[8] This, however, contradicts the events of the novel The High Republic: Into the Dark.[9]
Appearances[]
Non-canon appearances[]
Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge – "Episode 1"- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge – "Episode 2"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge – "Episode 3"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge – "Episode 4"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge – "Episode 5"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge – "Episode 6"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge – "Episode 7"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge – "Episode 8"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge – "Episode 9"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge – "Episode 10"
- William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace: Star Wars Part the First
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales Episodes I-III
- "All I Want For Life Day"
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "A Hero Discovered" (Appears in holocron)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures – "Return of the Return of the Jedi"
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Exit from Endor"
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Crisis on Coruscant"
- LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales – "Gambit on Geonosis"
- LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Star Wars: Visions – "Akakiri" (Ambiguous canonicity)
- The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Sources[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- ↑ Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
- ↑
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – "Dooku Captured"
- ↑ The High Republic: Light of the Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
- ↑ The Star Wars Book
- ↑ The High Republic: Into the Dark
