Star Wars has revealed several pieces of information about Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order since the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015. Concerning the Star Wars movies in chronological order, The Force Awakens is the second-last featuring Luke Skywalker. Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘s Luke Skywalker death officially ended his timeline in the franchise – not counting Force Ghost appearances – with the time between Return of the Jed i and these two sequel appearances holding a lot of mystery.
Upon the release of the sequel trilogy, Luke’s life post-Return of the Jedi was even more of an enigma than it is currently. Upcoming Star Wars movies could even further flesh out this section of the timeline should Luke’s Force Ghost return in Rey’s Jedi Order movie. Until then, however, Star Wars fans are left only with the small details of Luke’s life and his own Jedi Order that the franchise has revealed in the nine years since The Force Awakens made the Jedi one of the more secretive figures in Disney Star Wars.
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10 Leia Organa Was Luke’s First Official Jedi Student
The Rise Of Skywalker Revealed The Twins Trained Together
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Ironically, one of the earliest chronological reveals about Luke’s Jedi Order came in the latest Star Wars movie in release order: The Rise of Skywalker. This movie revealed that Leia’s burgeoning Star Wars Force powers eventually led to her accepting training from her brother, Luke. The Rise of Skywalker shows Luke and Leia shortly after Return of the Jedi, sparring with lightsabers in a way that would make their father proud.
However, Leia’s Jedi training did not last long. Star Wars canon revealed that Leia eventually received visions that her son, Ben Solo, would be drawn to the dark side of the Force. Leia interpreted these visions somewhat incorrectly and stopped her Jedi training, hoping that this would prevent her son from falling down a dark path. As it turns out, this was not the case.
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This is the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy and serves as the culmination of the Skywalker saga. The film sees Rey (Daisy Ridley), Poe (Oscar Isaac), and Finn (John Boyega) team up to put an end to the First Order after Palpatine mysteriously returns. Jurassic World helmsman Colin Trevorrow was originally named director back in 2015 when the film first entered development, but he parted ways with Lucasfilm due to creative differences over the script. In September 2017, Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams signed on to finish what he started.
Director J.J. Abrams Release Date December 20, 2019 Writers Chris Terrio , J.J. Abrams Cast Carrie Fisher , Oscar Isaac , Anthony Daniels , Joonas Suotamo , Mark Hamill , Adam Driver , Ian McDiarmid , Kelly Marie Tran , Billie Lourd , Keri Russell , Richard E. Grant , Daisy Ridley , Lupita Nyong’o , Dominic Monaghan , John Boyega , Domhnall Gleeson , Billy Dee Williams , Naomi Ackie Runtime 142 minutes Expand
9 Luke’s Temple Was Constructed On Ossus In The New Republic Era
Luke Began Building A Sace Place For Jedi Trainees
After his brief stint of training Leia, Luke began planning to become a teacher to other students. This coincided with his decision to build a new Jedi Temple on the planet of Ossus. This temple was built in Star Wars’ New Republic era, as shown in The Book of Boba Fett. In this show, Din Djarin visited Ossus and witnessed the temple being built, around a decade after Return of the Jedi.
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During the building of the temple, Luke was not training younglings yet. This was also highlighted in The Book of Boba Fett thanks to the inclusion of another Star Wars character. However, with the Ossus temple only being shown in flames in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the depiction of its construction offers more insight into the timeline of Luke’s stint as a teacher while making the former event that much more heartbreaking.
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After pulling himself out of the Sarlaac pit, Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) is kidnapped by the Tusken Raiders. But after gaining their trust, Boba is able to return to Tatooine and claim Jabba the Hutt’s throne with the help of Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen). The Book of Boba Fet also directly led into The Mandalorian season 3, which premiered in March 2023.
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8 Luke Skywalker Began Training Grogu In The Ossus’ Jedi Temple
The Mandalorian’s Lovable Youngling Became Luke’s Student
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While Luke was not teaching several younglings during the Ossus temple’s construction, he did make an exception for one. This youngling was none other than The Mandalorian‘s Grogu, a baby of Yoda’s species who communed with Luke through the Force. Grogu was initially trained during the prequel era in the Coruscant Jedi Temple before being lost in the galaxy after Order 66. Eventually, Din Djarin found him and dedicated himself to returning Grogu to the Jedi.
Grogu did not train with Luke for long given he was drawn back to the world of Din Djarin and the Way of the Mandalore…
After a long journey of failures and dead ends, Grogu managed to speak to Luke. Luke then saved Grogu from being captured by Moff Gideon and the Imperial remnants, taking the little green alien as his student. However, Grogu did not train with Luke for long given he was drawn back to the world of Din Djarin and the Way of the Mandalore. Despite learning some things, Grogu left Luke’s care and reunited with the titular bounty hunter of The Mandalorian.
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The Mandalorian is set after the Empire’s fall and before the First Order’s emergence in the ever-growing Star Wars universe. The series follows the travails of a lone gunfighter named Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic. Acting as the first live-action Star Wars series, The Mandalorian has become incredibly popular on Disney+, partly due to Mando’s relationship with Grogu, which the internet dubbed “Baby Yoda” upon his introduction in season 1.
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7 Ahsoka Tano Was An Ally Of Luke Skywalker’s Early Jedi Order
The Former Padawan Of Anakin Aided Luke During The New Republic
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Undoubtedly one of the more exciting reveals about Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order since the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was his connection to Ahsoka Tano. Ahsoka is a character who was first introduced in the timeline of Star Wars: The Clone Wars as the Padawan of Anakin Skywalker, Luke’s father. After a long journey through several eras of the Star Wars timeline, Ahsoka found herself in the New Republic.
How Ahsoka became aware of Luke’s existence is unsure, as is their first meeting, leaving enticing plot points for future Star Wars stories.
This led many to wonder if Ahsoka and Luke would ever interact, given the equally heartwarming and tragic relationship established between the former and Anakin. As confirmed in The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka and Luke did meet. Ahsoka was present on Ossus at one point during the New Republic’s timeline, giving Luke some advice on how to train Grogu. Before Ahsoka left, Luke asked if they would see each other again, potentially teasing more meetings in upcoming Star Wars TV shows or movies.
6 Luke Skywalker Started Training Several Younglings, Including Ben Solo
The Temple’s Completion Saw Luke Become A Fully-Fledged Jedi Master
After Grogu’s departure, Luke dedicated his time to completing the construction of the Ossus temple. Afterward, Luke began scouring the galaxy for Force-sensitive younglings he could induct into his Jedi Order. Luke’s search proved fruitful as his temple became stocked with several aspiring Jedi, including one Ben Solo.
After Leia’s vision that saw Ben turning to the dark side, she assumed the best way to avoid this would be to have her son train under Luke. Luke accepted and took Ben Solo as a member of the Jedi Order of the New Republic era. Luke trained the many younglings under his care without much issue for a long while, taking the Star Wars timeline ever closer to that of the sequel trilogy.
5 Luke Skywalker & Ben Solo Encountered The Knights Of Ren
Ben’s Corruption By The Dark Side Slowly Began
Although Luke’s training of Jedi Padawans went mostly successfully during the New Republic era, one mission proved integral to Ben Solo’s eventual downfall. This mission was depicted in the comic book The Rise of Kylo Ren and saw Luke, Ben, and Lor San Tekka travel to the planet of Elphrona to gather some Jedi artifacts. While searching the planet, the trio was attacked by the Knights of Ren.
Elphrona is a central location in the first story of
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After being captured, Luke Skywalker managed to escape and easily defeated the Knights of Ren using his strong power in the Force. Unbeknownst to Luke, the leader of the Knights of Ren insisted to Ben that should he ever wish to explore the dark side, he should seek them out. This sets up Ben’s eventual fall to the dark side, after which he becomes Kylo Ren, the leader of the group.
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4 Ben Solo Was Corrupted By Supreme Leader Snoke
Luke’s Jedi Temple Was Not Impenetrable To Dark Side Forces
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Sometime after his encounter with the Knights of Ren, Ben Solo began to tempt fate with the dark side. Luke’s Jedi training continued, yet the Master was none the wiser to the fact that Supreme Leader Snoke, was beginning to corrupt young Ben’s heart. How long this corruption lasted is unclear, yet it proved enough to turn Ben Solo completely to the dark side of the Force. Ben naturally hid this from Luke, leading to a dark confrontation highlighted in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
3 Luke Skywalker & Ben Solo Had A Fateful Confrontation
The Fulcrum Of The Last Jedi’s Story
The most integral scene to the future of both Ben Solo and Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order was revealed in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. In this film, flashbacks set at Luke’s Jedi temple were shown, specifically detailing the Jedi wondering whether Ben Solo’s heart had been turned by the dark side. In Luke’s first version of the tale, he states that he looked inside Ben’s head while the latter was sleeping and saw the corruption of Snoke had taken hold. Luke stated that Ben awoke and attacked him, ending their relationship and solidifying Ben’s turn.
Ben awoke then, saw the ignited lightsaber, and defended himself, using his Master’s perceived betrayal as the final push to become Kylo Ren…
However, it is later revealed that this version of the story was not entirely true. Luke later reveals to Rey what actually happened that fateful night. The beginning is the same, with Luke looking into Ben’s soul and realizing Snoke had corrupted his heart. Luke, fearing the second coming of Darth Vader and the death of those he loved, considered killing Ben for a brief moment, igniting his lightsaber before being left with utter shame. Ben awoke then, saw the ignited lightsaber, and defended himself, using his Master’s perceived betrayal as the final push to become Kylo Ren.
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In the second installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, General Leia Organa leads the Resistance forces against the First Order. Meanwhile, Luke Skywalker struggles to come to terms with his past failures, while Rey urges him to train her in the Force and join the resistance. Culminating in a massive battle between the two armies, The Last Jedi raises the stakes of this intergalactic war, and sees the final fight of one beloved character.
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2 Ben Solo Destroyed The Jedi Temple & Luke Skywalker Went Into Hiding
Luke’s Ossus Temple Is Destroyed Once & For All
The next step in the timeline for Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order is just as consequential as the last. After awakening to find Luke standing above him, Ben used the Force to bring down the surrounding hut. Luke was knocked unconscious and Ben let his emotions take hold. Ben’s emotions caused a lightning storm to appear over the Ossus Jedi Temple, destroying the building and killing the majority of the students inside.
Long after Ben fled the planet, Luke rose to see the destruction. Luke could not save those trapped within the Ossus Jedi Temple, and could only watch from a distance as the building burned to the ground. Feeling overwhelming shame, guilt, and sadness over what had transpired, Luke went into self-imposed exile on the planet of Ahch-To. There, Luke intended to die as the Last Jedi, allowing the dogmatic, hubris-infused ways of the Order to die with him until Rey found him in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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Set 30 years after Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens teams new heroes Finn (John Boyega), Rey (Daisy Ridley), and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) with Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), who is now a General in the Rebel Alliance. Together they try to track down Luke Skywalker while battling the First Order, led by the villainous Kylo Ren. The Force Awakens is the first Star Wars film to be produced by Disney and was directed by JJ Abrams.
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1 Ben Solo Sought Out Snoke & The Knights Of Ren, Becoming Kylo Ren
The Dark Side Is All That Remains Of Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order
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The last remnant of Luke’s Jedi Order, Ben Solo, sought out Snoke and the Knights of Ren after the events on Ossus. Ben quickly became Kylo Ren, Snoke’s Sith apprentice, and leader of the Knights that gave him his name. Tragically, the last chronological reveal about Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order is tied to the deaths of the remaining students at Kylo’s hands, as the last remnant of the Ossus Temple falls to the dark side to begin terrorizing the galaxy as the head of Star Wars‘ villainous First Order.
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