How Many Jedi Survived Order 66 (In Canon)
Warning: Spoilers for Obi-Wan Kenobi episodes 1 & 2
The Jedi Order was decimated beyond repair by Order 66, but as Obi-Wan Kenobi has shown, a few managed to survive. Depicted on the big screen in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, the infamous event took the lives of an untold number of Jedi across the galaxy. Regardless of where they were, the Jedi fell to the clone troopers, who they had thought were their allies.
Though the movies moved on from this tragedy years ago, Order 66 has received significant attention as of late. Another side of the story was offered in the animated Disney+ series, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, which explored the immediate aftermath through the eyes of several clone troopers. Obi-Wan Kenobi has jumped a few years ahead, but the carnage reaped by Palpatine’s command is still fresh in the minds of the characters, particularly the show’s titular protagonist. Along with Yoda, Obi-Wan is one of a select few who lived through Order 66, only to be hunted down by the evil Inquisitors, who the Empire tasked to hunt down those who survived the original directive.
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In Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 1, Obi-Wan met Nari; a new character revealed to be a surviving member of the Jedi Order. Nari didn’t outlive the arrival of the Inquisitors on Tatooine, but his introduction has raised questions about the number of Jedi who avoided execution at the hands of the clone troopers and Darth Vader. Looking at both the movies and the shows, little more than a handful are confirmed survivors, though there’s the potential for a few dozen more to be out there somewhere. In addition to Obi-Wan, Yoda, and now Nari, there were also Ahsoka Tano
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