Kanan Jarrus
Kanan Jarrus was born in 33 BBY and died in 1 BBY.
Kanan Jarrus is best known as the Jedi who survived Order 66 as a teenager and later helped build the rebellion that grew into the Rebel Alliance. He was raised in the Jedi Temple as Caleb Dume and became Depa Billaba's Padawan late in the Clone Wars. He fought beside her clone battalion on Kardoa, Mygeeto and Kaller until the clones turned on her and she died so he could escape. The smuggler Janus Kasmir taught him how to lie, steal and survive, and after that he went by a new name and drifted across the Outer Rim with his lightsaber hidden away. During the Gorse Conflict he met Hera Syndulla, joined her crew aboard the Ghost and became her second-in-command and her partner. Together they formed the Spectres cell on Lothal. Although he had never finished his own training, he took Ezra Bridger as his apprentice, defeated the Grand Inquisitor, and carried on after Maul blinded him on Malachor, learning from the Bendu to see through the Force. He also taught Sabine Wren to wield the Darksaber. In 1 BBY, during the fight to free Lothal, he held back a fuel explosion so that Hera and his friends could escape, and it killed him. He lived on through the Force as the loth-wolf Dume and through his son Jacen, and his voice was among those that helped Rey at Exegol.
- Homeworld
- Coruscant
- Species
- Human
- Force Sensitive
- Yes
33 BBY - Birth
Born Caleb Dume. He is taken to the Jedi Temple on Coruscant so young that he never knows his parents.
~22 BBY - Youngling at the Temple
Trains with fellow initiates Tai Uzuma and Sammo Quid under Yoda. He builds his first lightsaber with help from Huyang, and with Depa Billaba he watches Ahsoka Tano's training session.
~20 BBY - Bombing at the Jedi Temple
Passes the Initiate Trials. He helps Depa Billaba stop the Separatist bomber Rackham Sear, and afterwards she takes him as her Padawan, which makes him a Jedi Commander in the Grand Army.
~20 BBY - Skirmish on Kardoa
On his first mission he is wounded in a droid ambush and saved by the clone trooper CT-1157, who earns the nickname "Stance" for it.
~19 BBY - Third Battle of Mygeeto
Skull Squadron covers him and his unit. Stance is killed, and Caleb defeats Colonel Coburn Sear, his first kill.
19 BBY - Battle of Kaller
At 14 he fights under Billaba in the last days of the Clone Wars. She gives him a holocron, and he fights alongside Clone Force 99.
19 BBY - Order 66
Billaba's clones turn on her, and she dies telling him to run. Hunter of the Bad Batch lets him escape, and he hides out alone in Plateau City.
19 BBY - Partnership with Janus Kasmir
The smuggler Janus Kasmir takes him in. He cuts off his Padawan braid, hides his lightsaber and learns to live as a thief while the clones Grey and Styles hunt him. Later he flees and takes the name Kanan Jarrus.
~18–11 BBY - Years adrift
Moves from world to world as a pilot, bounty hunter and ranger, keeping his Force abilities hidden and staying out of the Empire's sight.
11 BBY - Gorse Conflict
While hauling cargo on Gorse he meets Hera Syndulla. Together they defeat Count Denetrius Vidian, and he joins her crew aboard the Ghost.
~11–5 BBY - Forming the Spectres
Becomes Hera's second-in-command and builds the crew with Zeb Orrelios, Sabine Wren and Chopper, running raids against the Empire around Lothal.
5 BBY - Taking Ezra Bridger as his Padawan
Meets Ezra Bridger on Lothal and reveals himself as a Jedi while rescuing Wookiee slaves on Kessel. He then takes Ezra as his apprentice.
5 BBY - Capture and rescue at Mustafar
Captured by the Empire and interrogated by the Grand Inquisitor. His crew rescues him above Mustafar, where he defeats the Inquisitor in a duel. The Spectres then join Phoenix Cell.
4 BBY - Knighted on Lothal
A Jedi Temple Guard formerly known as the Grand Inquisitor names him a Jedi Knight in the Lothal Jedi Temple.
3 BBY - Blinded on Malachor
Maul blinds him during the mission to the Sith temple on Malachor.
2 BBY - Meeting the Bendu
On Atollon the Bendu teaches him to see through the Force and helps him repair his bond with Ezra.
2 BBY - Training Sabine with the Darksaber
Teaches Sabine Wren to use the Darksaber and helps win Mandalorian support for the rebellion.
2 BBY - Battle of Atollon
Survives Grand Admiral Thrawn's attack on Chopper Base with the rest of Phoenix Cell.
1 BBY - Death on Lothal
Rescues Hera from Governor Pryce's forces in Capital City. When a fuel pod is set alight, he holds back the blast with the Force so that his friends can escape, and he dies in the explosion.
1 BBY - Dume the loth-wolf
His presence in the Force appears to Ezra as a giant loth-wolf named Dume. Hera later gives birth to their son, Jacen.
35 ABY - Battle of Exegol
His voice is among the Jedi who encourage Rey in her fight against Darth Sidious.