Despite when Obi-Wan Kenobi takes place, there are still a number of Jedi canonically alive during the show. At the moment, there aren’t any Jedi set to appear in the show besides the titular Obi-Wan Kenobi and, from a technical standpoint, Luke Skywalker. However, the premise of the show does make it possible for other Jedi to appear, and even if they don’t, with how vital the Jedi are to Star Wars, it’s always important to be able to keep track of where they are in every new installment of the franchise.
Obi-Wan Kenobi takes place ten years after Revenge of the Sith, and Obi-Wan — like the other Jedi who managed to escape Order 66 — is in hiding from the Inquisitors hunting Jedi in the name of the Empire. Various scenes and dialogues from across the franchise, including Obi-Wan’s dialogue in A New Hope, indicate that the Inquisitors had a lot of success with their mission, and there end up being very few Jedi left in the galaxy by the end of the original trilogy. Luke would eventually try to start a new Jedi Order, but even that fell apart, and The Rise of Skywalker ends with Rey being the last known Jedi in the galaxy.
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With Obi-Wan Kenobi taking place in 9 BBY, however, that’s still a long way off. With this in mind, there are a number of Jedi who should still be alive at the time. Many of the characters alive at this point only had small appearances or wouldn’t be considered Jedi at this point in time, but they still count, nonetheless — though surviving Jedi from the Star Wars Legends continuity won’t be listed.
Naturally, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the Jedi still alive at the time of his own show. Obi-Wan Kenobi being a prequel series means that Obi-Wan
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