Kanan Jarrus

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Kanan Jarrus
Caleb Dume
Star Wars character
Kanan as depicted in the first two seasons of Rebels
First appearance
  • "The Machine in the Ghost"
  • Rebels
  • (2014)
Last appearance
Created byDave Filoni
Voiced by
In-universe information
Full nameCaleb Dume
SpeciesHuman
GenderMale
Occupation
  • Jedi Padawan
    (formerly)
  • Jedi Knight
  • De facto leader of the
    Ghost
    crew
Affiliation
Ghost crew
Significant other
Depa Billaba
ApprenticeEzra Bridger
HomeworldCoruscant

Kanan Jarrus (born Caleb Dume) is a

Force spirit also appears as a disembodied voice in the film The Rise of Skywalker (2019), while a young Caleb Dume makes appearances in the seventh season of The Clone Wars (2020), The Bad Batch (2021) and Tales of the Jedi
(2022).

In the Star Wars universe, Kanan is a

Jacen Syndulla
.

Creation and development

Concept

Executive producer

Rahm Kota from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, another blinded Jedi,[4] which led Pablo Hidalgo from the Lucasfilm story group to say on Twitter that both characters were inspired by Zatoichi.[5] Filoni compared Kanan to Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings. The character's name was inspired by a road in Malibu, California called "Kanan Dume Road".[6]

Prior to auditioning, Prinze was unaware that he was about to audition for a Star Wars series; he only learned of this immediately beforehand in the studio parking lot, when an unknown "legendary voice actor" informed him what he was actually auditioning for. Although Disney originally did not want Prinze in the role, Filoni disagreed. Prinze was officially hired later that day.[7]

During the development of the second season, the character was originally slated to be killed by

Jedi Night" of the fourth season of Star Wars Rebels, Filoni felt this was a natural end to Kanan promising he will see Hera again before being blinded and said: "In that moment he's not bound as this material thing that the physicality of sight would be a limitation to him." While sketching storyboards for Kanan's death, Filoni became reluctant to kill the character, but Prinze, who "was resolute about the fact that his character needed to die" since the beginning of the series, encouraged him to write the scene.[8]

Voice acting

Kanan is voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr. in Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, and the episode "Aftermath" of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and by Michael Benyaer in the micro-series Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales.

Appearances

Animated series

Star Wars Rebels

Kanan first appears in a short film released prior to the series, "

Inquisitors, Maul ultimately betrays them and escapes after blinding Kanan with his lightsaber.[11]

In season 3, a Force-sensitive creature called the Bendu mentors Kanan in the ways of Force-sight. Kanan still participates in Rebel missions, with his mastery of the Force compensating for his blindness, but he takes a less active role in leadership. In the two-part episode "

Jedi Night" while rescuing Hera from Imperial captivity to trick enemy forces into shooting fuel reserves for the TIE defender fleet they were standing on, using the Force to get the rest of the Spectres to safety and regaining his sight as the fuel was exploding. The destruction of the fuel thwarts Grand Admiral Thrawn
's plan to mass-produce the TIE defenders and easily decimate Rebel fleets, eventually leading to his downfall.

Despite his death, Kanan makes minor appearances in most of the remaining episodes. In "Wolves and A Door", while passing through the hyper tunnel on Loth-wolves, the remaining Spectres see several illusions of Kanan and hear his voice, like many others, such as

Family Reunion and Farewell", set after the Battle of Endor
, shows both Kanan and Hera's young son Jacen Syndulla, and a mural on Lothal painted by Sabine, which depicts the Ghost crew, including Kanan.

Forces of Destiny

Kanan is briefly mentioned by Ezra in the episode "A Disarming Lesson".

The Clone Wars

A young Caleb Dume makes a

Depa Billaba, during a meeting with other Jedi.[15]

The Bad Batch

A young Caleb appears alongside Depa Billaba in the premiere episode of

Order 66 is activated and Caleb witnesses clone troopers killing Billaba, who orders him to run. He defends himself from Bad Batch member Crosshair before Hunter, the leader of the Bad Batch, lets Caleb escape.[16][17]

Tales of the Jedi

A young Caleb makes a non speaking cameo alongside Depa Billaba in the episode "Practice Makes Perfect" of Tales of the Jedi, They are seen watching Ahsoka's training in the Jedi Temple and they are later seen walking past Anakin and Ahsoka.

Film

The Rise of Skywalker

Kanan is heard in The Rise of Skywalker as one of the Jedi spirits who encourage Rey to defeat Darth Sidious. He tells Rey that "In the heart of a Jedi lies her strength."

Novels

On September 2, 2014,

Star Wars: A New Dawn, a prequel novel telling the story of how Kanan and Hera met.[18][19]

Comics

The comic-book Kanan ran for 12 issues from 2015 to 2016, and was published by

Mandalorian character who would later appear in Rebels.[22]

Lego

Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales

Kanan appears in the Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales episode "Mission to Mos Eisley", which adapts his role in the Rebels first-season episode "Droids in Distress".

Video games

Kanan also appears as a playable character in several Star Wars video games, as described below:

First half of the series

The following games depict Kanan as he appeared during the first two seasons of Rebels.

  • Kanan is a premium character in the now-defunct game Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions, released by
    platform game
    . He has the ability to deflect blaster bolts from a stationary position.
  • Kanan is represented as Chuck, the yellow bird in Angry Birds Star Wars II, in its Rebels level set.
  • Kanan is a collectible add-on character for the toys-to-life video game Disney Infinity 3.0.
  • Kanan is one of the several bonus characters available as downloadable content for Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as part of the Star Wars Rebels character pack.
  • Kanan is one of the several bonus characters available as downloadable content for Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga as part of the Star Wars Rebels character pack.

Second half of the series

The following games depict Kanan as he appeared at the start of the third season, in which he is coping with the loss of his sight.

References

  1. ^ Windham, Ryder (2015). Ultimate Star Wars: Characters, Creatures, Locations, Technology, Vehicles. USA: DK. p. 114.
  2. ^ Filoni, D., Lucas, G., & Corbett, J. (2021, May 4). Bad BAtch/Aftermath. Bad Batch. episode, Disney Plus.
  3. ^ Hibberd, James (February 11, 2014). "'Star Wars Rebels' first human character revealed". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  4. ^ Keane, Sean (2016-03-30). "Star Wars Rebels S2 finale: Twilight of the Apprentice". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  5. ^ "See Ya Next Year! on Twitter: "Is Kanan now a reference to Rahm Kota? No, but they both owe a debt to Zatoichi, a character every SW fan should know about. #StarWarsRebels"". Twitter. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  6. ^ "STAR WARS REBELS: WHAT'S IN A NAME?". Star Wars. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. ^ a b Radish, Christina (March 11, 2021). "Freddie Prinze Jr. on Coming Out of Retirement for 'Punky Brewster', Reflecting on 'Star Wars Rebels', and Hacky Sack". Collider. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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  10. ^ "Star Wars Rebels: 'The Lost Commanders' Review". IGN. October 14, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  11. ^ Goldman, Eric (March 30, 2016). "Star Wars Rebels: 'Twilight of the Apprentice' Review". IGN. Los Angeles, California: j2 Global.
  12. ^ Goldman, Eric (7 January 2017). "Star Wars Rebels: 'Ghosts of Geonosis' Review". IGN. Los Angeles, California: j2 Global.
  13. ^ Johnson, Kevin (22 January 2017). "Sabine's darksaber training opens up old familial wounds in an emotionally rich Star Wars Rebels". The A.V. Club. Los Angeles, California: j2 Global.
  14. ^ "Star Wars Rebels Has Heartbreak On The Horizon". Screen Rant. 7 November 2017.
  15. ^ Anderson, Kyle (24 April 2020). "Did You Catch This STAR WARS Villain Cameo in CLONE WARS?". Nerdist. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  16. ^ a b McGinley, Rhys (May 5, 2021). "The Bad Batch: 10 Of The Big Star Wars Callbacks & References To The Clone Wars & Rebels (So Far)". Screen Rant.
  17. ^ Ross, Dalton (May 4, 2021). "'Star Wars: The Bad Batch' producers explain that surprise cameo". Entertainment Weekly.
  18. ^ Goldman, Eric (August 30, 2014). "Star Wars: A New Dawn Review". IGN. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  19. ^ "Disney and Random House announce relaunch of Star Wars Adult Fiction line". StarWars.com. April 25, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  20. ^ "SWCA: Star Wars Comes Home to Marvel Panel Liveblog". StarWars.com. 18 April 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  21. ^ Crouse, Megan (April 26, 2016). "5 of Rae Sloane's Greatest Moments". StarWars.com. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  22. ^ "Star Wars Rebels not only provides a great episode, but also finally gives Sabine her due". The A.V. Club. 28 January 2016.

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