Editing Jedi (section)

===The Skywalker Saga===
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====Prequel trilogy====
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{{anchor|Obi-Wan's message}}

The prequel trilogy depicts the Jedi in their peak of power, headquartered at the [[#Jedi Temple|Jedi Temple]] on [[Coruscant]], and dealing with the rising presence of the dark side of the Force and the return of the Sith. In ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999), Jedi Master [[Qui-Gon Jinn]] ([[Liam Neeson]]) discovers nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker ([[Jake Lloyd]]), whom he believes to be the "'''Chosen One'''" of a Jedi prophecy, destined to bring balance to the Force.{{efn|[[Claudia Gray]]'s novel ''Master & Apprentice'' explains that this is due in part to his apparently being [[Miraculous births|born of a virgin]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Pearson |first=Ben |title='Star Wars': The Chosen One Prophecy Has Finally Been Revealed |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-chosen-one-prophecy/ |website=/Film |access-date=17 April 2019 |date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417030050/https://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-chosen-one-prophecy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} At the end of ''The Phantom Menace'', following Qui-Gon's death at the hands of [[Darth Maul]], Anakin is paired with his apprentice, the young Obi-Wan Kenobi ([[Ewan McGregor]]), who promises to train him.

The sequel, ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]'', establishes that the Jedi forswear attachments, being in the same category of possession and striving to cultivate compassion, unconditional love instead. As revealed in the ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Clone Wars]]'' series,<ref name="star wars the clone wars" /> the Jedi believed romantic feelings are natural and as such, they did not prohibit them, but for a Jedi Knight, it was essential to make the right choice for the Order and not neglect their Jedi duties in the favor of their beloved, even if that would mean the end of the relationship. This proves problematic when Anakin, now a young adult ([[Hayden Christensen]]), falls in love with [[Padmé Amidala]] ([[Natalie Portman]]). The [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]], first spoken of in the original 1977 film, begin with hundreds of Jedi participating in the battle of [[Geonosis]], before escalating into a galactic war with the Jedi as generals of the newly formed Clone Army.

{{anchor|Great Jedi Purge}}
In ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith|Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'', [[Yoda]] confides to [[Mace Windu]] ([[Samuel L. Jackson]]) that the prophecy of [[The Chosen One (trope)|the Chosen One]] could have been misread. [[Palpatine|Sheev Palpatine]] ([[Ian McDiarmid]]), who is revealed to be Darth Sidious, manipulates Anakin's attachment for Padmé and distrust and resentment of the Jedi in order to turn him to the dark side and become his Sith apprentice, Darth Vader. Betraying the Jedi and becoming a Sith, Vader begins helping Sidious to hunt down and [[Genocide|exterminate]] the Jedi during the events of ''Revenge of the Sith''; Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and [[Ahsoka Tano]] are among a handful of Jedi that avoided the initial purge.<ref name="star wars 3">{{cite AV media|people=Lucas, George (Director)|title=[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|date=19 May 2005}}</ref>

As revealed in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'',<ref name="star wars the clone wars">{{cite episode|title=The Rise of Clovis|series=[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]|network=Super RTL|date=22 February 2014|season=6|number=6}}</ref> each [[clone trooper]] was implanted with a chip that Palpatine would activate with the verbal command '''Order 66'''. This resulted in the clones being forcibly brainwashed into viewing their Jedi generals as traitors to the Republic and subsequently [[Summary execution|summarily executing]] them. Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker led the 501st Legion to carry out "Operation Knightfall" against the Jedi Temple, burning and slaughtering all Jedi within, including Temple-Defender Shaak Ti. Sidious deceived the people of the Republic that the Jedi were corrupted warmongers responsible for prolonging the Clone Wars, labeling them criminals with bounties placed on them. Darth Vader continued to hunt and kill nearly every surviving Jedi during the early years of the Empire, in what became known as the '''Great Jedi Purge'''.

====Original trilogy====
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{{Blockquote|For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times, before the Empire.|Obi-Wan Kenobi|''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars: A New Hope]]''}}

The Jedi are first introduced in the 1977 motion picture ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'' as an order of [[Warrior monk|warrior monks]] who serve as "the guardians of peace and justice in [[Star Wars galaxy|the galaxy]]" and embrace the mystical Force. [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] ([[Alec Guinness]]) explains that [[Darth Vader]] ([[David Prowse]]/[[James Earl Jones]]), a former apprentice and the Jedi's main enemy, helped the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]] to exterminate the Jedi, and seeks to train [[Luke Skywalker]] ([[Mark Hamill]]) to be the Jedi Order's last hope. By the end of the film, which depicts the [[battle of Yavin]], Luke is on the path to becoming a Jedi. In the sequel, ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'', Luke receives Jedi training from the elderly (and only surviving) Jedi Master [[Yoda]] ([[Frank Oz]]), even as he learns that Vader is, in fact, his father, former Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. The third film in the [[Star Wars original trilogy|original trilogy]], ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', ends with Luke redeeming Vader—who kills Darth Sidious to save him, thus bringing balance to the Force—and helping destroy the Empire, thus fulfilling his destiny as a Jedi.

The two last Jedi Masters die during the events of the films, after which they return as [[Force ghost|Force spirit]]s to help Luke.

====Sequel trilogy====
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{{Blockquote|Now that they're extinct, the Jedi are romanticized, deified. But if you strip away the myth and look at their deeds, the legacy of the Jedi is failure. Hypocrisy, hubris. [...] At the height of their powers, they allowed [[Palpatine|Darth Sidious]] to rise, create the Empire, and wipe them out.|Luke Skywalker|''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]''}}

In ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens|The Force Awakens]]'', the first film in the sequel trilogy, Luke had attempted to rebuild the Jedi Order, but his nephew [[Kylo Ren|Ben Solo]] ([[Adam Driver]]) fell to the dark side, lured by the mysterious [[Supreme Leader Snoke|Snoke]] ([[Andy Serkis]]), and destroyed his temple and other apprentices. Ben is renamed Kylo Ren and destroys all that Luke built. After Kylo's fall and the destruction of the New Jedi Order, Luke goes into a self-imposed exile on [[List of Star Wars planets and moons|Ahch-To]], believing himself and the Jedi to negatively influence the galaxy.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]|medium=DVD|publisher=[[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]|date=2015}}</ref>

In the sequel ''[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi|The Last Jedi]]'', the scavenger [[Rey (Star Wars)|Rey]] ([[Daisy Ridley]]) discovers Luke on Ahch-To and convinces him to train her in the ways of the Force. During her training, Luke explains that the past Jedi allowed Darth Sidious to rise to power. She also discovers several ancient Jedi texts hidden away in a tree. Rey learns the truth about Ben's fall to the dark side and believes herself to be his only chance of redemption. Luke decides to stay on Ahch-To and attempts to burn down the tree with the texts, but cannot bring himself to do so. However, [[Yoda]] appears as a Force spirit and burns the tree, teaching him that failure is just as important as success, and those masters are defined by those who surpass them. Near the end of the film, Luke confronts Kylo on the planet [[Crait]]. It is subsequently revealed that Luke had been projecting himself from Ahch-To; he dies from the effort and becomes one with the Force. Rey is shown to have taken the sacred Jedi texts before she left Ahch-To, to continue her training.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=[[Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]|medium=DVD|publisher=[[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]|date=2017}}</ref>

In ''[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker|The Rise of Skywalker]]'', the final film of the sequel trilogy, it is discovered that Darth Sidious created Snoke and has returned from death and has been secretly manipulating events from the Sith world [[Exegol]]. In his last attempt to reclaim the galaxy, Sidious unveils the Final Order, a massive fleet of ''Xyston''-class Star Destroyers built by the [[Sith#Sith Eternal|Sith Eternal]]. The Emperor offers the Sith fleet to Kylo Ren in exchange for killing the last remaining Jedi, Rey, who is revealed to be his granddaughter. After the death of Kylo's mother, [[Princess Leia|Leia Organa]] ([[Carrie Fisher]]), Kylo returns to the light and reclaims his identity as Ben Solo. At the end of the film, Ben joins Rey as she confronts Sidious. Rey channels the power of the past Jedi to destroy Sidious and the Sith—thus bringing balance back to the Force—before dying herself. Ben sacrifices his life to revive Rey and becomes one with the Force. With peace and justice restored to the galaxy, Rey lives on to start the Jedi Order again.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=[[Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker]]|medium=DVD|publisher=[[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]|date=2019}}</ref>