Kenobi Makes 5 More Legends Jedi Canon (& Teases 1 Of Luke's Apprentices)

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Characters from the Star Wars Legends continuity are referenced in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, with five new mentions in episode 5 and another possible appearance from one of Luke Skywalker’s eventual Jedi students. The Jedi sympathizer group known as The Path is introduced in the Kenobi series, helping Ben and Leia escape the Empire but also revealing that they’ve assisted many other Jedi as well. In Obi-Wan Kenobi episodes 3 and 5, names of Legends-era Jedi are shown written on walls in Path locations, confirming that these characters have counterparts in the post-2014 continuity, but one young human character with two appearances so far shares a name with a famous Legends-era Jedi, possibly making him this character’s canon counterpart.

The Star Wars Legends continuity has existed as long as the Star Wars films themselves (and technically precedes them, since the A New Hope novelization was released in 1976), so it’s no surprise that its rich lore includes numerous Jedi outside of the films, including many Jedi purge survivors. The Legends timeline also establishes a drastically different Luke Skywalker than what’s shown in the post-2014 canon, with the iconic hero founding the New Jedi Order with different philosophies than its predecessor. Luke’s Jedi were not wiped out like their canon counterpart either, and the New Jedi Order ultimately survived well after Skywalker eventually became one with the Force.

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Although the ongoing canon continuity wiped the slate clean in 2014 by relegating the then-Expanded Universe to an alternate timeline (along with rebranding it as Legends), many new Star Wars properties repurpose characters and ideas from