Read more about Kanan Jarrus at: Wikipedia Official Site: Lucasfilm Kanan Jarrus (born Caleb Dume) is a character in the Star Wars franchise, appearing as one of the main characters in the animated series Star Wars Rebels and related works. A Jedi Padawan who trained under Depa Billaba during the final years of the Galactic Republic, he was one of the few survivors of the Great Jedi Purge following the Republic's transformation into the Galactic Empire, after his master sacrificed her life to save him. Now a fugitive, he changed his name in order to hide from the Empire and lived several years on his own, trying to survive, until meeting Hera Syndulla, who convinced him to join the Ghost crew. Kanan is the de facto leader of the Ghost crew, and keeps his Jedi abilities mostly hidden from his comrades, until meeting Ezra Bridger, whom he begins training in the Jedi arts, after he himself completes his training and becomes a Jedi Knight. Eventually, alongside the rest of the crew, Kanan joins the recently formed Rebel Alliance and helps them in their fight against the Empire's tyranny in any way he can. Though he later gives his life for the Rebel cause and, in particular, Hera, his legacy would live on through their son, Jacen Syndulla, born months after his death and before the Battle of Endor. Kanan also appears as a disembodied voice, along with other past Jedi, during the final battle of The Rise of Skywalker (2019), empowering Rey to face a rejuvenated Palpatine. 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. Kanan is voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr. in Star Wars Rebels, and by Michael Benyaer in the micro-series Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales.
Kanan Jarrus has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.
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