- "The Prime is One, but the Jedi are Many."
- ―Kli the Elder in the Rammahgon
The Prime Jedi was the first member of the Jedi Order. The Prime Jedi founded the Order on the planet Ahch-To,[1] around 25,000 BBY.[2] The first Jedi Temple, which was located on Ahch-To, contained a mosaic of the Prime Jedi in a state of meditation and balance.[1] During the High Republic Era, a meditation chamber located in the Jedi temple on the space station Starlight Beacon also featured a mosaic of the Prime Jedi.[3]
The Prime Jedi was later referenced in the Rammahgon by the ancient Jedi Kli the Elder.[4]
Behind the scenes[]
The Prime Jedi first appeared in a mosaic in the 2017 film Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi.[5] They were first identified in Pablo Hidalgo's reference book Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary.[1] In Star Wars Legends, the founders of the Jedi Order were the Jedi Masters Cala Brin, Garon Jard, Rajivari and Ters Sendon.[6]
The idea of delving into the origins of the Jedi Order harkens back to the initial plans Star Wars creator George Lucas had for the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, according to original trilogy producer Gary Kurtz.[7]
Appearances[]
- The High Republic 7 (Depicted in mosaic)
- Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi (First appearance; depicted in a mosaic)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition (Depicted in a mosaic)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Expanded Edition audiobook (Depicted in a mosaic)
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi Graphic Novel Adaptation (Depicted in a mosaic)
- The Last Jedi Adaptation 2 (Depicted in a mosaic)
- The Last Jedi Adaptation 3 (Depicted in a mosaic)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel audiobook (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary (First identified as Prime Jedi)
- The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary, New Edition
- Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
- Star Wars - The Official Magazine 101 (Database: Before the dark times…)
- Star Wars: Jedi Artifacts
Ahch-To Jedi Temple in the Databank (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Star Wars: The Last Jedi: The Visual Dictionary
- ↑ The Star Wars Book places the founding of the Jedi Order to around 25,000 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. As Star Wars: Galactic Atlas states that A New Hope begins in 0 BBY, the founding of the Jedi Order must have occurred in around 25,000 BBY.
- ↑ The High Republic 7
- ↑ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: A Junior Novel
- ↑ Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi
- ↑ Star Wars: The Old Republic
- ↑ TheForce.net: TheForce.Net - Latest News - Interviews - Gary Kurtz Reveals Original Plans for Episodes 1-9. theforce.net. Archived from the original on January 7, 2020.
