Star Wars: Who Was The First Jedi Knight?
Star Wars has depicted a shockingly small percentage of its gargantuan overall history, choosing to describe many of its largest events in opaque terms. Despite the huge gaps, learning about everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away still holds tons of interesting ideas that may never make it to the big or small screen.
Jedi or some equivalent have been among the protagonists of every major Star Wars project since the series' beginning in 1977. Unfortunately, there was a schism in the narrative that occurs when Disney purchased the brand in 2012. This means that most of the deeper lore, anything outside the movies, shows, and modern games, has been declared non-canon. Some of that information, which is referred to colloquially as the Legends continuity, may eventually enter the proper canon, but some of it is likely to vanish as much of it already has.
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The history of the Jedi is long and winding, especially with the possibility that it's all out the window with the upcoming projects. Finding the first Jedi Knight must first beg the obvious question; what is a Jedi Knight? While the term is the most commonly known throughout the galaxy and the one many denizens would apply to any Jedi, it does have a specific meaning. Basically, a Jedi Knight is a full-fledged member of the Jedi Order. They've put in their time at the Academy, served as a Padawan under an established mentor, and completed the Jedi Trials. Jedi Knights begin the work of keeping the peace and enforcing justice at the behest of the Council. It's that specification that makes it hard to determine exactly who the first Jedi Knight is.
The Legends continuity tells the story of the original formation of the
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