Ranking the Jedi Who Survived Order 66

This period marks the 20th day of the merchandise of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the concluding section successful the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy. The movie was released connected May 19, 2005, and it would extremity up being the last Star Wars movie guided by George Lucas earlier helium sold Lucasfilm to Disney 7 years later.

Fans knew going into Revenge of the Sith that this was wherever we’d spot Anakin Skywalker crook to the Dark Side of the Force and go Darth Vader, but a large question was what precisely happened to each the different Jedi. The film’s reply was Order 66, a diabolical portion of Palpatine’s program successful which helium would person each of the Clone Troopers who had fought with the Jedi passim the Clone Wars abruptly crook connected those Jedi and execute them. But with respective thousands of Jedi successful work astatine the time, it stood to crushed that immoderate would gaffe done Palpatine’s fingers - and not conscionable the mates we knew had to due to the fact that they were inactive astir successful the Original Trilogy.

So amongst the fewer twelve Order 66 survivors who’ve been introduced successful canon Star Wars stories by now, we’ve decided to fertile the apical 10 that person made an particularly large impact. Some of them would lone past for a abbreviated clip longer, portion others managed to marque it overmuch further into the timeline - and successful a fewer cases, their last destiny remains unknown. Regardless, each of these Jedi astatine slightest lived connected to combat 1 much time aft Palpatine declared “Execute Order 66.”

Some crushed rules: The criteria for this database is that these characters had to person spent immoderate time, anterior to Order 66, nether the jurisdiction of the Jedi Order, whether their last fertile was Padawan, Jedi Knight, Jedi Master oregon adjacent simply those among the precise young Jedi Initiate. So that means we’re not counting Force-users similar Maul (nor his erstwhile Master, Palpatine himself). Nor would it see then-young Force wielders similar Jod Na Nawood who ne'er were officially taken successful by the Jedi Order and surely ne'er stepped ft successful the Jedi Temple, adjacent if they received a modicum of grooming from a Jedi.

That being said, we did person immoderate interior angst astir whether Asajj Ventress should marque it connected here. After all, she spent implicit 20 years alongside a Jedi, Ky Narec, who declared her to beryllium his Padawan arsenic helium trained her successful the ways of the Force portion helium was stranded with her connected the satellite Rattatak. Yet, during that time, Ventress ne'er traveled to Coruscant oregon encountered immoderate of the Jedi Council, nor immoderate different Jedi, anterior to Ky Narec’s death. That, positive her crook to the Dark Side arsenic Dooku’s apprentice, makes her a spot of a murky constituent successful regards to her authoritative Jedi status. So see her an honorable mention. Though speaking of that, let’s besides woody with…

(Dis)Honorable Mention: Darth Vader and the Inquisitors

Anakin Skywalker’s archetypal enactment arsenic Darth Vader was to travel Palpatine’s orders and personally instrumentality portion successful Order 66… but yes, earlier helium turned murderous traitor, helium was a singular Jedi. And we should besides admit each those who ended up joining the ranks of Vader’s vicious Inquisitors, who past hunted down and executed their ain chap Jedi survivors. Some, similar the Grand Inquisitor, seemed anxious to help; Barriss Offee and the Thirteenth Sister (Iskat Akaris) had grown disillusioned with the Jedi Council and what they saw arsenic that group’s corruption; the Second Sister (Trilla Suduri) and the Ninth Sister (Masana Tide) were tortured into submission; and the Third Sister (Reva) planned to yet get revenge connected Vader for sidesplitting her chap Jedi younglings, adjacent arsenic the nonstop reasonings for respective others to articulation up remains unknown. But whether they were Inquisitors lone concisely oregon for years, they spent clip participating successful immoderate notably acheronian and brutal acts.

…Ok, possibly not Barriss truthful much. She seemed to permission beauteous quickly, really.

10. Gungi

Sometimes adorableness gets you other points. Because sure, we could person chosen erstwhile Jedi Council members similar Oppo Rancisis oregon Eeth Koth for this tenth slot, fixed they besides survived Order 66 (at slightest for a while), but successful the extremity we had to spell with the Padawan known arsenic Gungi. Because look astatine this dude - he’s a young wookiee with a lightsaber! That powerfulness is undeniable.

Gungi was introduced connected Star Wars: The Clone Wars arsenic portion of a radical of young Padawan during a storyline that erstwhile was envisioned arsenic a imaginable Young Jedi spinoff. Then, connected Star Wars: The Bad Batch – acceptable successful the contiguous aftermath of Order 66 – we learned helium had someway survived, though sadly it’s not apt his Padawan friends could accidental the same. We past saw Gungi backmost connected Kashyyyk, joining a caller people who fought alongside him aft helium discovered his archetypal people had tragically been killed by Trandoshans.

9. Jocastu Nu

“Jedi Librarian” isn’t precisely the astir intimidating title, and the Chief Librarian of the Jedi Archives was introduced successful Attack of the Clones successful a reasonably annoying fashion, representing the arrogance of the Prequel-era Jedi done her insistence that "If an point does not look successful our records, it does not exist!” (Spoiler alert: She was wrong.)

Still, this monolithic faux pas aside, she was successful information an incredibly knowledgeable Jedi who besides had entree to secrets astir the Jedi and the Force nary 1 other did - which is wherefore Palpatine really wanted her brought successful live erstwhile it was discovered she survived Order 66. Ultimately, she was alternatively killed by Darth Vader, successful an early, concealed enactment of defiance against his Sith Master, aft she told Vader she knew helium was really Anakin Slklywalker and that Palpatine would usage her accusation to find and corrupt much Force-sensitive children to the Dark Side. Years later, Anakin’s son, Luke, would stitchery accusation Jocasta collected arsenic helium attempted to rebuild the Jedi Order.

8. Quinlan Vos

Existing connected the periphery of the Prequel trilogy – he’s glimpsed arsenic a inheritance quality connected Tatooine successful The Phantom Menace and name-dropped by Obi-Wan successful Revenge of the Sith – Quinlan Vos archetypal got a batch much absorption successful Star Wars Legends stories that were not canon. However, we would past get a amended thought of the existent past of the quality from Star Wars: The Clone Wars and different stories, arsenic we learned helium was a Jedi who often dealt with the transgression underworld, specified arsenic the Hutts and Cad Bane.

From becoming the person of Asajj Ventress to temporarily being turned to the Dark Side of the Force by Count Dooku, Vos lived an eclectic beingness - and past managed to narrowly debar being killed erstwhile the Clone Troopers turned connected the Jedi portion helium fought alongside them connected Kashyyyk, though helium was wounded successful the process. Whether helium made it to the epoch of the Original Trilogy is unknown, but Vos was astatine slightest astir for respective much years, with Obi-Wan Kenobi yet uncovering his sanction amongst different surviving Jedi and Force delicate beings who had joined and utilized the concealed web known arsenic the Hidden Path to enactment harmless during the clip of the Empire.

7. Baylan Skoll

Though the astir recently-introduced quality connected this list, with galore details we don’t cognize astir him arsenic yet, determination are a batch of intriguing elements to erstwhile Jedi Knight Baylan Skoll. Skoll has a decidedly world-weary demeanor, recalling Order 66 by explaining “I watched everything I knew burn,” and noting helium came to judge that the autumn of the Jedi and emergence of the Empire were simply the latest iteration of past continually repeating itself.

Though we don’t cognize however precisely helium survived Order 66, Skoll neither stayed connected a righteous way nor seemed to really crook to the Dark Side, arsenic others similar the Inquisitors appeared to. Instead, helium utilized his Jedi skills arsenic a mercenary for hire, and yet took connected an apprentice, Shin Hati. The histrion who originated the relation of Skoll, the large Ray Stevenson, has sadly passed distant since filming Ahsoka Season 1, but the quality volition instrumentality successful Season 2, present played by Game of Thrones’ Rory McCann - and possibly we volition larn much of his backstory successful the process.

6. Caleb Dume / Kanan Jarus

Padawan to the Jedi Depa Billaba erstwhile Order 66 began, Caleb Dume was incapable to prevention his Master’s life, but managed to past himself acknowledgment to immoderate assistance from Clone Force 99, aka the Bad Batch. Going connected the tally crossed the galaxy, Dume changed his individuality to Kanan Jarus, and for a agelong time, forsook each of his Jedi ways. Eventually though, helium decided to statesman warring against the Empire, joining with the radical of heroes astatine the halfway of the animated bid Star Wars Rebels, wherever helium passed connected his cognition of the Force to young Ezra Bridger, adjacent though Kanan had ne'er completed his ain clip arsenic a Padawan.

Their adventures would yet pb Kanan and his chap unit members connected the Ghost to afloat articulation the increasing Rebel Alliance, but Kanan’s sacrifices would beryllium galore on the way, arsenic helium archetypal mislaid his eyesight successful a conflict with Maul and past mislaid his beingness to support his friends. But Kanan’s bequest carries connected some done his apprentice Ezra, and done Kanan and Rebel aviator Hera Syndulla’s lad Jacen.

5. Grogu

The mega-cute, oh-so merchandise-friendly, breakout quality from The Mandalorian, Grogu was introduced arsenic a babe successful the post-Return of the Jedi epoch of Star Wars, yet becoming the adopted lad to Din Djarin. However, owed to his mysterious species’ notably agelong lifespan, it turns retired being a babe is simply a decades-long process for Grogu, which is wherefore it made consciousness that helium had successful information been a Jedi Initiate who was contiguous astatine the Jedi Temple the nighttime Order 66 occurred. In Grogu’s case, different Order 66 survivor, Ahmed Best’s Kelleran Beq (whose eventual destiny is unknown), was capable to get him distant from Coruscant successful the midst of the Jedi massacre.

Despite his (relatively) young property and toddler-like demeanor, Grogu is intelligibly innately beardown successful the Force to a notably awesome degree, already susceptible of levitating ample objects and adjacent utilizing Force healing abilities. All of which insinuates that erstwhile helium yet grows up, helium has the capableness to beryllium arsenic almighty arsenic different good known subordinate of his taxon we’ll beryllium talking astir much below.

4. Cal Ketis

The protagonist of the games Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Padawan Cal Ketis had a akin inheritance to Kanan successful that helium and his Jedi Master were distant from Coruscant erstwhile Order 66 was declared, with Cal making it to information portion his Master did not. Though helium besides went into hiding successful the aftermath, Cal ended up connected the radar of the Inquisitors, which sent him connected a travel that led him to instrumentality an progressive relation against the Empire overmuch sooner than Kanan did.

A notably skilled lightsaber combatant, Cal besides stands retired for attempting to rebuild the Jedi Order acold earlier than others similar Luke Skywalker would. From teaming with the militant Saw Gerrera to assisting the Hidden Path successful protecting different Jedi and Force-sensitive survivors, to making it done an brushwood with Darth Vader himself, Cal kept plentifulness engaged during the reign of the Empire - though it’s not yet known what his last destiny is oregon if helium was inactive astir by the clip of the Battle of Yavin.

3. Ahsoka Tano

Yes, she technically near the Jedi Order and would adjacent spell connected to memorably state “I americium nary Jedi,” but Ahsoka Tano’s accomplishment and courageousness definite people her arsenic a large Jedi, adjacent if she wasn’t calling herself that immoderate longer. The Padawan of Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka was a large portion of the Clone Wars (the war) and a large portion of The Clone Wars (the series), arsenic we saw her turn from a sarcastic teen into a assured and centered young pistillate who fought with grant successful galore notable battles. Eventually though, she felt compelled to permission the Jedi aft they tried her for a transgression she did not commit, adjacent aft they attempted to bring her backmost into the fold with their mentation of “Our bad.”

Reunited with her Clone Trooper friends arsenic the warfare was coming to an end, her Jedi presumption successful their eyes was wide erstwhile Order 66 was declared, arsenic those aforesaid Clone Troopers past attempted to termination her. She would survive, though it pained her to bash truthful astatine the disbursal of men she had fought alongside for truthful long. Helping the burgeoning Rebel Alliance done the years that followed, Ahsoka would marque it done the Galactic Civil War, with her existent adventures, connected her ain live-action series, present bringing some her and her apprentice, Sabine Wren, to an entirely different postulation far, acold distant from the 1 she’s known.

2. Obi-Wan Kenobi

The erstwhile Padawan of Qui-Gon Jinn and a leader of the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan’s adventures and accomplishments are many, though it’s his narration with Anakin Skywalker that would possibly specify him, for amended oregon worse. As Anakin’s Master, Obi-Wan did each helium could to impart contented and cognition to his Padawan, lone to spot him autumn to the Dark Side and go Darth Vader.

Offworld erstwhile Order 66 was declared, Obi-Wan managed to flight erstwhile his Clone Troopers, led by Commander Cody, turned connected him. He would spell connected to face Darth Vader connected Mustafar, winning their conflict and leaving his erstwhile person and surrogate member horribly maimed yet inactive breathing. While helium spent astir of the adjacent 2 decades softly watching implicit Luke Skywalker connected Tatooine, helium would temporarily permission the satellite to support Luke’s sister, Leia Organa, which successful crook brought him into struggle with Vader again. And portion their 3rd and last lightsaber battle, onboard the Death Star, would extremity successful Obi-Wan’s death, helium had already begun Luke’s Jedi grooming astatine that point. This acceptable Luke connected a way towards redeeming Vader and ending the reign of the Empire, with Obi-Wan’s Force Ghost sometimes appearing on the mode to springiness Luke guidance.

1. Yoda

Arguably the astir almighty Jedi we’ve ever seen, the diminutive and thoughtful Yoda is not 1 to marque a amusement of conscionable what he’s susceptible of accomplishing unless helium has to. But it was wide helium was idiosyncratic of large contented and cognition from the infinitesimal Luke met him connected Dagobah – aft helium drops his comic “I’m conscionable a weird swamp creature” spot with Luke that is – who is capable to consciousness and pat into the Force successful a mode that is profoundly profound. Is his mysterious contention innately tied to the Force? Given the lone 3 we’ve met who correspond these beings – Yoda, Yaddle and Grogu – are almighty successful the Force, it seems possible.

As we yet saw during the Prequels, Yoda could some duel with a lightsaber and harness the Force and its abilities similar fewer others - adjacent deflecting Force Lightning erstwhile the formidable likes of Anakin and Obi-Wan were incapable of doing so. This was wherefore the Clone Troopers who tried to instrumentality him down connected Kashyyyk erstwhile Order 66 was declared genuinely stood nary chance. Come on, Clones… this is freaking Yoda!

Confronting an hostile dissimilar immoderate different erstwhile helium battled Emperor Palpatine soon after, Yoda survived that conflict but was forced into hiding, deciding caution was the champion attack for the clip being and with truthful fewer Jedi present near alive. After years unsocial connected Dagobah, Yoda would yet beryllium joined by Luke Skywalker, giving Anakin’s lad the important grooming helium needed to yet go a Jedi himself. Though Yoda’s hundreds of years of beingness yet came to an extremity soon earlier the Galactic Civil War came to its conclusion, helium would inactive support a beingness arsenic a Force Ghost - adjacent returning to springiness an older Luke 1 much spot of sage proposal decades later.

Who bash you deliberation the astir noteworthy subsister of Order 66 is? Let’s sermon successful the comments. And ballot successful our canvass above!