Kanan Jarrus (born Caleb Dume) is a fictional character in the Star
Wars franchise, voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr. He is featured as one of
the main characters in the animated series Star Wars Rebels and
related works. Kanan also appears as a disembodied voice in the film
The Rise of Skywalker (2019), with Prinze reprising his role.Within
the Star Wars narrative, Kanan is a Jedi Padawan who survived the
Great Jedi Purge after his master, Depa Billaba, sacrificed herself to
save him. From that point onwards, Kanan lived most of his life on the
run, hiding from the Galactic Empire, before eventually meeting Hera
Syndulla and joining the Ghost crew as its de facto leader. While
initially trying to keep his Force abilities hidden from his comrades,
he re-embraces his Jedi role after meeting Ezra Bridger, whom he
begins training in the Jedi arts, while also attempting to complete
his own training and become a Jedi Knight. Later, Kanan and his crew
join the Rebel Alliance to assist them in their fight against the
Empire. While Kanan ultimately sacrifcies himself to save his friends,
his legacy lives on through their memories of him, as well as his and
Hera's son, Jacen Syndulla.While reception of Star Wars Rebels has
been mixed, Kanan's character is one element of the series met with
largely positive feedback. He quickly became a favorite among fans,
regularly placing in fan polls and Star Wars character ranking
lists.Executive producer Dave Filoni describes the character as a
"cowboy Jedi". Animation supervisor Keith Kellogg said: "He is a Jedi
but he's not a Jedi in the traditional sense that we've had before on
the show. He's a little more rough around the edges. He's kept his
lightsaber locked away, so he hasn't used it in a long time." After
being blinded, Kanan has been compared to the Star Wars Legends
character Rahm Kota from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, another
blinded Jedi, which led Pablo Hidalgo from the Lucasfilm story group
to say on Twitter that both characters were inspired by Zatoichi.
Filoni compared Kanan to Gandalf from Lord of the Rings. In regards to
the character's death in the episode "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.
Wars franchise, voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr. He is featured as one of
the main characters in the animated series Star Wars Rebels and
related works. Kanan also appears as a disembodied voice in the film
The Rise of Skywalker (2019), with Prinze reprising his role.Within
the Star Wars narrative, Kanan is a Jedi Padawan who survived the
Great Jedi Purge after his master, Depa Billaba, sacrificed herself to
save him. From that point onwards, Kanan lived most of his life on the
run, hiding from the Galactic Empire, before eventually meeting Hera
Syndulla and joining the Ghost crew as its de facto leader. While
initially trying to keep his Force abilities hidden from his comrades,
he re-embraces his Jedi role after meeting Ezra Bridger, whom he
begins training in the Jedi arts, while also attempting to complete
his own training and become a Jedi Knight. Later, Kanan and his crew
join the Rebel Alliance to assist them in their fight against the
Empire. While Kanan ultimately sacrifcies himself to save his friends,
his legacy lives on through their memories of him, as well as his and
Hera's son, Jacen Syndulla.While reception of Star Wars Rebels has
been mixed, Kanan's character is one element of the series met with
largely positive feedback. He quickly became a favorite among fans,
regularly placing in fan polls and Star Wars character ranking
lists.Executive producer Dave Filoni describes the character as a
"cowboy Jedi". Animation supervisor Keith Kellogg said: "He is a Jedi
but he's not a Jedi in the traditional sense that we've had before on
the show. He's a little more rough around the edges. He's kept his
lightsaber locked away, so he hasn't used it in a long time." After
being blinded, Kanan has been compared to the Star Wars Legends
character Rahm Kota from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, another
blinded Jedi, which led Pablo Hidalgo from the Lucasfilm story group
to say on Twitter that both characters were inspired by Zatoichi.
Filoni compared Kanan to Gandalf from Lord of the Rings. In regards to
the character's death in the episode "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.
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