I think Legends had 200 ish and I'm unsure how many survived the following Jedi Purge (which officially ended in 1 BBY so even some Jedi that didn't outlive the Empire like Kenobi and Yoda survived it).
@@jeffreylocklear6019 3 actually. First Jedi Purge was the reason why the number of Jedi took a nose dive between KOTOR 1 and 2, the main Sith involved were the Triumvirate (Darths Traya, Sion and Nihilus) Great Jedi Purge was the one everyone's familiar with and the only one Palpatine ordered. After Vader killed The Dark Woman, the number of surviving Jedi that hadn't turned to the Dark Side was deemed insignificant and focus was shifted to the growing Rebel Alliance (which the most active Jedi survivors like Kota were affiliated with anyway). Third Jedi Purge was in the Legacy comics during the rise of Darth Krayt and was aimed at the New Jedi Order Skywalker had set up post RotJ... and a smaller scale version happened in Canon (because for some reason JJ didn't think having a Jedi Academy would be exciting in TFA and we all know how TLJ handled Luke's situation regardless of how you feel about it).
I always love how Ahsoka fought for a while deflecting blaster shots away from her attackers whilst also plotting her escape yet Yoda just flipped and decapitated the poor fools sent to kill him off.
I’d have to rewatch the final episode of clone wars but it could be that through the force yoda had a greater understanding of what was happening compared to Ashoka. Yoda felt the jedi being executed across the galaxy all Ashoka knew was that the clones turned on her.
@@alexsitar1453 It also wasn't the first time the clones had "turn" on her as the time some clones were infected with a Geonosian parasite were attacking Barriss Offee and her. For all she knew at the beginning, another parasite could be controlling the clones rather than Order 66.
Yoda also appently ran over many more clones, legend has it. That on dagobah clones heard a honda engine, saw tire tracks and bottles with the word: ketamine.
I don't have a huge problem with having around 100 survivors of Order 66, it gives purpose to the inquisitors. If there was only 10 survivors they wouldn't have much opportunity to do their job
“I just wanted you to think about that, and be sad.” *promptly moves on with the video. I live for these doses of Alex humor infused in explained vids.
My headcanon has always been that out of 10,000, maybe about 200 or so survived. I like to think that Obi-Wan’s message from the Jedi temple saved the vast majority of the Jedi that ended up surviving Order 66.
I’m fine with more surviving Order 66 itself, as long as most of them eventually get taken out by the Purge. There should only be a handful left by the time the Original Trilogy begins.
Yea, there's 39 that survived the initial order (still not many relatively speaking) but of those that did, and didn't turn to the dark side, 12 were killed by the Empire (all except Kanan and Luminara by Vader/Inquisitors). 6 are currently unknown, 13 turned to the dark side, and 8 survived past the Empire. Even if Order 66 was only 99.6% effective, the Jedi Purge overall was about 99.8%. (Assuming the Unknowns survived as well).
Another thing is that the order is dependant on Jedi being surrounded by clones. They knew this wouldn't be entirely effective which is why they also set up the distress beacon at the temple to lure in the survivors. That then fell through when Obi-Wan and Yoda promptly disabled it and send out a new message to go into hiding so if anything it was probably more effective than it realistically should have been.
Order 66 will always be the darkest moment in Star Wars history. With only 39 Jedi confirmed to have survived, that just shows how effective Order 66 was.
keep in mind thats 39 including Vader and the 11 inquisitors so its really only 27 proper Survivors and even then Luminara was captured during order 66 and was ultimately executed so shes barely a survivor, Taron fell to the dark side so while he survived he didnt remain a jedi, and Eeth,Jocasta, Kirak, Barr, Zubain,Nuhj,Khandra,Mususiel were all known to have died during the purge. then subtracting the 3 who likely or arnt cannon and were looking at 10 survivors 3 of which only because they arnt expressly known to be dead so the actual list of known jedi survivors is Yoda,Obi wan, Ahsoka,Grogu,Quinlan, Kanan, and Naq Med and even there Obi and Kanan still die combatting the empire so counting ahsoka as "jedi enough" palpatine's plan ultimately dwindles the jedi order down to to 5 known survivors, one of which is in indefinite hiding,one of which is in infancy and cant pose a credible threat, one of which is questionable if they even count as a jedi, and another dies of old age before palpatine's plan concludes assuming Quinlan survives past the death of yoda,which he might not, theres actually a credible argument to be made that he is the only true and active jedi from before order 66 that lives past the empire. if Luke and ezra didnt join the order during the civil war palpatine would have effectively killed the order down to a single man within his lifetime.
After hearing about Yoda in the list, it’s kind of sad that Chewie didn’t know Luke trained with Yoda…as I could see Chewie wanting to come along to visit, thank the Jedi who tried to help with Kashyyyk before the Empire enslaved most of the Wookiees
I love the story that features Ferren Barr. He's a fun example of how far the Jedi can go without using the dark side: he's cruel, manipulative and lacking in empathy, but none of that comes from anger or hate - just cold calculation and pride.
In my headcanon these are the clones Palpatine contacted first when it came to order 66: Commander Appo The unidentified clone who was in charge of Kamino's security Commander Fox Commander Thire Commander Cody Commander Rex Commander Gree Makes sense when you realise where they are stationed and who those clones work with.
The remaining jedi council members/leaders would be next. Start with Appo so he can kill any jedi at the Republic base and so Vader can lead the attack on the temple. Then those on Kamino to prevent the destruction of the clones Then the shock troopers to get other jedi not at the temple or base. Then those closes to Anakin Then the remaining jedi council members Then the most experienced jedi masters Then everyone else.
1:52 After watching that episode recently, I wonder if a secondary element of Order 66 involves targeting any force user encountered unless otherwise stated by Palpatine given how the 332nd not only attacked Ahsoka but also prepared to shoot Maul (although the latter could have been merely to prevent the risk of escape as they didn't seem equipped to handle such a situation beyond pre Order 66 Jedi support). Also I'd be interested in a Legends version, after looking through the Wookieepedia page on the Great Jedi Purge it turns out a surprising amount managed to persist long enough to either assist the Rebels (most famously Kota) or join Luke's Jedi Order (like K'kruhk).
Considering Maul was a former apprentice and a “rival” of Sidious, I’d imagine whatever database attached to Order 66 purposely included Maul to get him out of the way
Honestly, i think there a lot more of them out there, the Jedi order had thousands of Jedi. The Jedi that were inside the jedi temple during order 66, were only some of them. There's at least hundrends of Jedi that survived order 66, but shortly after, they get caught and executed.
This was a pretty accurate list. 39 survivors doesn"t seem too crowded to me. In the Legends timeline they say a few jedi did not take part in the Clone Wars and went into exile. Perhaps the same can be said for the canon timeline aswell. Like Alex said , chances are there will be more popping up as more stories are written.
There are still a ton of jedi we don't know about, ones that appeared in the films like J'oopi Shé, Ma'kis'shaalas, Melik Galerha, Shadday Potkin, Bultar Swan, Pablo Jill, Roth Del-Masona, and Ashla, Sora Bulq's story was retconned for Clone Wars so he's missing too, plus Rig Nema, O-Mer, Jinx, Tera Sinube, Barriss Offee, Eekar Oki, Katooni, Zatt, Gungi, Byph, Petro, Ganodi, Ran Deezy, and Thongla Jur
I hope we eventually get a character who was born soon after purge and is Force sensitive, but who *doesn’t* get handed a Master. Or at least a proper one. I’d like to see them have to teach themself how it all works and perhaps only use it by instinct as they have no idea what it is.
Ezra almost falls into this category, he did receive a Master eventually, but that master was only officially a Padawan at the fall of the Order, and only got knighted by Yoda almost a year or two later
@@veryawful861 Chirrut Imwe was far older than this, though. And I sincerely believe he was a Jedi, even though that's been denied. When asked about it, Chirrut didn't actually deny it. He said "There are no Jedi here anymore."
The storys of the Jedi who survived Order 66 and even moreso the storys of the ones who survived the Great Jedi Purge, too, are one of my favorite things in Legends, especially the storys about the Jedi who didn't leave the order before or had fallen to the Dark Side. So I'm glad that canon tells new ones in that area, too. Though just like in Legends, that still begs the question: Why didn't they join Luke Skywalkers new Jedi Order after he had rebuild it (in Legends, I know that a few did but still only a fracture of the confirmed survivors of both Order 66 and the Great Jedi Purge)?
I always guess because they thought 3times is not a charm. More pushing there luck to that 3rd strike and out so did as the sith and stayed in the shadows
I think a distinction should be made between surviving *Order 66,* which instructed the Clones to summarily execute their Jedi generals, and *The Great Jedi Purge,* which refers to the genocide of the Jedi in general and lasted almost the whole period between movies III and IV. Jedi surviving the *Purge* all the way to the OT, now that should be extremely limited and I believe they've already gone too far, particularly with Ahsoka. But Jedi surviving Order 66, that very initial wave as depicted in RotS? Hell, I think they could have a couple HUNDRED survive and it not bother me one bit, as long as they are hunted down by Vader and the Inquisitors during the rest of the Purge, preferably sooner rather than later. That's their job, to hunt down surviving Jedi! Besides, there is plenty of textual evidence which suggests that many many Jedi did not serve as generals at all, instead performing as diplomats, *actual* peacekeepers, teachers, etc. They wouldn't even be ABLE to be targeted by Order 66.
@@darthvader5419 because it made sense for her character, she was never going to leave Anakin, which meant killing vader. Of course she can't kill vader because he is far too powerful, she had to die facing her former master. Her going through the world between worlds removes that sacrifice and much of that character development. That said, they have done some interesting things with her post resurrection, so it's not that bad. But her character arc should have died on malachor
Personally I think the chances of Plo Koon still being alive are super high and he makes the most sense of any Jedi to bring back to the post order 66 era in Kenobi or Ahsoka. 1. His species is known to have super thick skin that can survive multiple direct blaster hits, so probably can withstand fire as well (Established in KOTOR) 2. His Species can survive several hours without oxygen (Established in KOTOR and TCW) 3. Clone Commander Wolfe, Plo’s commander is one of the only known clone’s that did not execute order 66 that did have a control chip in his brain, because of the head trauma that lost his eye is also presumed to have damaged his control chip. (Established in Rebels, some directly confronted by Dave Filloni, and in a comic) 4. Plo Koon And Ahsoka tano have a very strong bond, as he was the Jedi who found her and brought her to the Jedi temple. They have a very strong bond that’s evident throughout all of their encounters in TCW 5. Plo Koon is both Dave Filloni and Jon Favrea favorite Jedi and they both wanted to bring him back and he was originally written to return in the Mandalorian Season 2, but Disney executives decided to replace plo koons return with Luke Skywalker showing up in late production of the show instead.
I don't know for sure if Bariss Offee was executed or imprisoned after her betrayal, but it would be interesting if she either became an Inquisitor, or MORE interesting if she is the one who saved Grogu (with a decent fanfiction I've read claiming she did so alongside Slick who was for some reason never reconditioned on Kamino)
Depends on what metric you measure on. Because mainly the bulk of purge survivors come from table top RPG books which are… not strictly canon to legends. And then you have the jedi who survived because they appeared in pre prequel stories in the 90’s too.
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I don’t think you should count the inquisitors as order 66 survivors but I would love to see a video about how the inquisitors were recruited. I doubt they all fell to the dark side before order 66 so what made the clones arrest them instead of shoot them on the spot. Same with Luminara, why was she just arrested and not shot down. I highly doubt that palpatine specifically ordered her arrest and every other Jedi to die instead. Doesn’t make sense.
I know this video is 4 days old, but another list you could do, is how many imperials joined the rebellion over the corse of the Civil War. Could be legends or canon or both. Just thought it was an interesting topic
8:27 well that pretty much sounds lethal to me, and even the achievement is called "her name _was_ Masana Tide" but I know this is Star Wars where "somehow, no one's ever really gone" and something as minuscule as a blinking red light sets the whole fandom ablaze.
Rahm Koda survived in Force Unleashed. He didn't trust the Clones and thought there were unfit for combat, so he used his own militia and avoided Order 66 entirely
You forgot Gungi the wookie youngling that appears in the clone wars series when the younglings are making their lightsabers, he survived and became the wookie chieftain after Tarrful
Literally, my only gripe with a list of surviving Jedi is why Luke had to be the one to come pick up Grogu in The Mandalorian. Perfect opportunity to use an existing survivor, or make a new character.
You know, I remember hearing that Anakin did bring balance to the Light and Dark side of the force by there being only two of each left in the universe. Him and Sidiuos, while Obi Wan and Yoda. But hearing that all these Jedi survived and some never stopped being Jedi kinda gets rid of that significance. Unless that meant he brought an end to the war was the balance, but even then
I don't know if "balance" means an equal part of Jedi and Sith, but rather more equality in the light and dark side of the force. In the prequels, light predominantly was in control of the galaxy, what with there being over 10,000 Jedi. (Or, if you're in the camp that the Jedi by the time of the prequels lost their way due to government and war, then it'd be predominantly dark side control.) Then in the Orig Trig, the Empire has run and controlled the galaxy for 18 years, killing and enslaving any who stand in the way, ruled by two vastly powerful Sith. Clearly the dark side is in control here, regardless of the few force user stragglers (some of which became more neutral, like Ahsohka or Maul). Anakin defeating Palp did bring balance: no side was predominantly in control
The only Jedi/force user that is completely unaccounted for by the time of the sequel trilogy is Ezra. Ahsoka dies at some point given we hear her voice in Episode 9.
The third inquisitor has been revealed apparently Her name is Reva and is known as the Third Sister. Though I guess it's technically not canon yet as the kenobi series has not come out yet. Edit Moses Ingram plays her. Also Rupert Friend is casted simply as "The Inquisitor" so there's a other right there
To be fair, a lot of Jedi died in the Clone Wars before Order 66, so that 10,000 guesstimate had already been significantly reduced by the time Order 66 came around, thereby increasing the survivor percentage by at least a little.
Well they were also training new younglings and padawans during the war, it is possible that they started with around 10k jedi knights and lost some and then trained some more Padawans to get back to around 10k
I much prefer this number compared to Legends Universe, where it seemed like every few books or comics there was yet another long lost Jedi showing up post Return of the Jedi and Luke's Academy suddenly had a few hundred people who just never showed up to help or teach Luke or others during that time. I'm exaggerating, but it got really silly how many survived and how you never knew for sure due to the old tiered canon system of pre-Legends brand EU.
"I just wanted you to think about that and be sad, I literally LOL!" I hope "F" becomes canon. 39 is not alot imo, and most of them end up dying during the empire anyways so like really...did they survive?
I still have faith that one more Jedi survived and have a kid name Galen Marek but Vader kill him and trained the young boy to become his apprentice Starkiller.
Nari (Was a padawan his master being unknown although in kenobi he is very fond of obi wan yet is hunted) he is in canon, and was killed and hung by third sister, aka Reva a surviving padawan seen at the beginning of the first episode as her fellow clan members are stabbed by Anakin/Vader
Naare from star wars the freemarkers adventure is an order 66 surviver also legends had an even bigger number of survivors And a good amount of them where Padawans and younglingsm
