Jaden Korr (Obi-Wan Kenobody)

Jaden Korr was a Rebel soldier and a Jedi Master from Coruscant. A former apprentice to Kyle Katarn, Korr was one of the best student that Katarn had trained in his career. Before Jaden Korr started his career as a Jedi, he was a Rebel soldier fighting for the Rebel Alliance. Jaden fought through many battles but the most notable battles were Battle of Hoth, Battle at Endor, and also the battle to recapture his home planet Coruscant. Jaden Korr participated in many more battles and won many wars decades after his resurrection, and until his final death in 154 ABY.

Early years
Jaden Korr knew from his mother all about the fact of the Sith taking over the Republic, because all he saw was the Stormtroopers walking along the streets of Coruscant. Jaden, tired of the Empire ruling his home planet, joined the Rebel Alliance in 3 ABY at the age of 18; fighting against the Empire in key battles until 7 ABY. Jaden Korr later retired after four years serving the Rebel Alliance as a Rebel soldier. But it was not until 14 ABY, prior to leaving for the Academy, when he was told that his father was once a great Jedi and that he was slain by Darth Vader while in hiding.

He was told that his mother hidden from the until he was ready to train at the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV. However, in 3 ABY, Jaden found his mother had been slain by a patrol of Stormtroopers who were one of the patrols that were ordered to cleanse Coruscant of any suspected Rebels. Jaden, with his new Z-95 Headhunter, flew to Hoth in order to enlist as a Rebel soldier.

Battle of Hoth
“Whoa one looks like one of the walkers is down; I don’t know about you guys, but I think that we should check it out.”

–Jaden Korr, on Hoth, looking through his binoculars Jaden Korr was 18 when he was shipped on a transporter to Hoth. After hours of waiting, the sudden warning of an Imperial attack was blasted over the intercom. Jaden Korr, A280 blaster rifle in his hands, fought long and hard. The fighting paid off when Jaden spotted an Imperial AT-AT walker plummeting sideways with smoke billowing from its head. Jaden and his fellow Rebels charged towards the downed walker hoping to capture enemy survivors.

Later on, while making their way back to the evacuation site, the Rebel soldiers along with Jaden encountered a few Imperial Probe droids. The Rebel soldiers did a wide spread attack, quickly taking them out within seconds. After the attack, Jaden and what was left of the Rebel squad made a hasty retreat back to the evacuation point.

Battle of Endor
Once the Imperial T-4a shuttle landed on Endor, Jaden Korr and his fellow Rebel soldiers piled out and were then ordered to head to the shield generator and blow it up.

While scouting the forest of Endor, Jaden, his leader Han Solo, and his strike team encountered a handful of scout troopers. Jaden, with only minutes to execute the attack, quickly sneaked around the scout troopers and hopped on one of the speeder bikes, activated it, and snuffed the scout troopers.

Jaden Korr and the Rebel Commandos hastily made their way to the shield generator. Blasting the doors in, the strike team made it to the controls of the shield generator and set the charges.

Seconds after the shield generator blew up, Jaden and the other Rebel commandos were surrounded by the Tempest Force.

After what seemed to be hours, the Ewoks, along with the strike team that rescued them, forced Tempest Force to surrender, ending the battle on Endor.

Second Battle of Coruscant (Galactic Civil War)
Jaden Korr was almost 22 when he and his fellow Rebel soldiers captured the New Republic of Coruscant. While other Rebel soldiers were thwarting Imperial attacks, Jaden and his squad fought there way from street to street all the way to the building. One by one a Rebel soldier would fall because of enemy snipers. Only Jaden Korr and a handful of Rebel soldiers were left once they arrived at their destination.

Jaden Korr and the Rebel squad, as ordered, propped up the flag of New Republic.

After serving the New Republic for four years as a Rebel soldier, Jaden Korr retired.

Seven years later, Jaden would start on the path of the Jedi that would later reveal, not only to the New Jedi Order, but also to himself that he was all the time Force-sensitive but never knew about it or his parents' history.

First encounter with the Disciples of Ragnos
"I saw a huge flash of light and ran over to find you just lying unconscious."

- Rosh Penin describing the encounter

Fourteen years after the Battle of Yavin, Jaden Korr, after constructing a lightsaber with no prior knowledge of the Force or aid, was brought from his homeworld of Coruscant and taken to the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4. During the ride he met Rosh Penin, who would be apprenticed to Master Katarn alongside Korr by Luke Skywalker.

As their shuttle approached the surface it was shot down by members of the Disciples of Ragnos cult. After the crash, Korr and Penin were separated from the rest of the students and proceeded to the nearby Massassi temple but ran into some stormtroopers and a member of the cult. After Korr defeated the cultist he investigated the temple. There he saw three figures, one of which was holding a scepter that was "glowing"; they were later revealed to be the Kothos Twins and Tavion Axmis using the scepter to drain the Force from the temple. Unfortunately, Jaden's eavesdropping efforts were detected, and the mysterious figures turned on him, knocking him out.

Jedi apprentice
"A Jedi, me? No, not yet, I'm one of Kyle Katarn's students."

- Jaden Korr to Chewbacca

Upon awakening, Jaden met with Jedi Masters Kyle Katarn and Luke Skywalker, who welcomed their new student to the academy and questioned him about what he saw. Shortly thereafter, he and Rosh were assigned to Kyle as pupils, and they passed their standard Force abilities course. On the way Rosh set loose a lightsaber practice droid upon Jaden, in the hope of slowing him down so he could finish the course first but Jaden defeated the droid. After the training, Kyle admonished Rosh heavily for this careless decision, stating that it was not a race and that "If that droid had been set to Luke's training regimen, it would have killed Jaden." Jaden was angry that Rosh could do such a thing, but Kyle warned him not to feed his anger, and Jaden accepted Rosh's apology.

Korr and Penin were sent on a series of missions (due to unexpected events, all of Jaden's missions were more hazardous than expected), helping to track down the growing cult. Jaden visited various planets, including Blenjeel, Corellia, Tatooine, Taanab, Chandrila, and Bakura. Later, Master Skywalker summoned all available Jedi to inform them that someone had sliced into his records and stolen his journal containing names of places where he had found a very strong connection to the Force. Worried of what the slicer could be planning, he sent the Jedi to various places mentioned in his journal. Jaden went to Hoth, where Master Skywalker had had a vision of Obi-Wan Kenobi shortly before the Battle of Hoth.

Upon landing on the planet, Korr couldn't sense anything out of place there, but as soon as he started investigating, he found that the Imperial Remnants were guarding Echo Base. Jaden infiltrated the base and overheard a Sith Cultist talking on a comlink to Alora, Tavion Axmis's apprentice, about Skywalker having traveled to Dagobah after the battle. Korr defeated the Cultist and confronted Alora. The two engaged in a lightsaber duel, and were at first evenly matched. After Jaden began to gain the upper hand, Alora fled, taunting Jaden as she left. The accounts were documented in Korr and Katarn's datacard report entitled Tauntaun Feathers A1.

Rosh Penin was captured during his first mission to Byss, and Katarn spent time looking for him. Jaden, now promoted to Apprentice, worked on more missions, until Master Skywalker assigned the Jedi to investigate other strong Force sensitive places that weren't mentioned in his journals. The Jedi students were instructed to work in pairs. Kyle and Jaden were assigned to investigate Darth Vader's Bast Castle on Vjun.

Katarn and Korr infiltrated the fortress, but became separated. Alone, Jaden fought his way through the fortress, finally confronting none other than Rosh Penin in Vader's throne room. Rosh had turned to the Dark side following his capture. He boasted of the power of the dark side to Jaden, and&mdash;along with the Kothos Twins &mdash;engaged him in battle. The battle seemed impossible to win, as the twins kept empowering Rosh with life energy, but Jaden killed the Twins, hoping that Rosh would stand down without their influence, but Rosh kept on fighting, causing Jaden's anger towards him to stir again. Katarn reached the room as Rosh lay disarmed on the floor, and Tavion chose that moment to appear, declaring her part in the Cult. After rebuking Katarn, Tavion ripped Jaden's lightsaber from him with the Force, threw it at the ceiling and brought the weakened ceiling down on the Jedi with the Scepter of Ragnos, and destroyed Jaden's lightsaber in the process. Thanks to Katarn's quick thinking, Korr was able to use Katarn's lightsaber to cut a hole in the floor for both to escape while Katarn held up the rubble with the Force. Unfortunately, Tavion and Rosh had escaped. Kyle and Jaden returned to the academy and reported what they discovered and about Tavion. Jaden even came up with a theory that Tavion might be using the scepter's power to also empower and corrupt her followers, which Katarn and Skywalker found probable. Skywalker, impressed with Jaden's actions, promoted the young man to the status of Jedi Knight. However, Kyle warned Jaden that he felt his anger towards Rosh, and that he must still beware giving in to the dark side.

Jedi Knight
"Jaden, you handled yourself exceptionally well on Vjun. To confront three Dark Jedi and defeat them took bravery and skill. For your efforts, I feel that you are ready to join our ranks as a Jedi Knight."

- Luke Skywalker to Jaden Korr

Jaden built a new lightsaber and became even stronger within the Force. He continued to work at thwarting the cult's operations on Chandrila and other planets. When Luke Skywalker discovered the cult's intentions, Korr was recalled to the Academy to serve as part of a Jedi strike team that would stop the Cult of Ragnos from attempting to restore Marka Ragnos to life. However, Katarn pulled Korr aside and informed him that he had received a message from Penin, who had repented of his actions and wished to rejoin the Jedi Order. Katarn and Korr detoured to Taspir III to rescue Rosh from the cult. Korr finally reached Penin, but at the sight of him seemingly unharmed with Alora, his anger rose, believing that his former friend who was always trying to beat Jaden had lured him into a trap. With the help of Katarn's mental warnings, Korr let go of his anger, realizing he had let it control him, and did not attack Rosh. At this point, Alora attacked, slicing off Penin's left arm. Korr was able to defeat her in a hard-fought battle. Leaving Rosh in the care of Kyle, Jaden flew to the Sith world of Korriban, where he joined up with the Jedi strike force to stop the cult once and for all. He reached Ragnos's Tomb and confronted Tavion before she could resurrect Ragnos. Tavion fought with fury and hatred, using the Scepter of Ragnos to boost her advantage. However Jaden's skill outmatched and defeated her, but Tavion refused to surrender. She managed to somewhat resurrect the Dark Lord of the Sith, he came out only as a spirit, who possessed her. After a duel with the possessed Tavion, Jaden destroyed the scepter and Ragnos left Tavion's body. Her body could not withstand the corruption and died shortly thereafter. Jaden left the tomb and sealed it. He joined Luke and Kyle on the steps of the mausoleum. There they proclaimed him to be a true Jedi Knight.

Jedi Master
"It is an honor to have you as an apprentice, and you can call me Master Korr if you want to."

- Jaden Korr to Rosh Penin at the Academy

After the Disciple of Ragnos crisis, Jaden Korr used his skill and knowledge to train both Rosh Penin and a small group of Jedi Trainees; the training lasted until a year before the Yuuzhan Vong War. During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Jaden and Rosh were ordered to defended Jaden's home planet Coruscant at all costs. Hours passed, Jaden and Rosh, as Master and Apprentice, bravely defended Coruscant against hordes of Yuuzhan Vong warriors and Voxyn. While battling against the Yuuzhan Vong warriors, he sensed that he should leave his doomed home planet. Jaden and Rosh used Force Repulse and Force Speed in order to return to his Z-95 Headhunter and an X-Wing that Rosh borrowed, and they escaped the impending doom. Once the War was over, Jaden was promoted to Jedi Master for his heroic deeds in defending his home-planet Coruscant against hordes of Yuuzhan Vong and Voxyn, and helping Rosh achieve the rank of Jedi Knight.

After the Yuuzhan Vong War, Jaden Korr was accepted onto the Jedi High Council. Eight years later, Jaden participated in the Great Battle of Coruscant in order to protect his home planet.

In 40 ABY, Jaden Korr received word about Mara Jade Skywalker's death from Kyle Katarn, and was on leave from the Academy in order to scout around for Mara's killer while the funeral was taking place in order to catch the culprit responsible for Mara's murder. Jaden failed to catch the culprit but managed to slay the culprit's Dark Jedi minions. After Mara Jade Skywalker's funeral, Jaden overheard about how the Kaminoans made Clones for the Old Republic. Jaden knew he had to destroy the Sith once and for all, and he flew to Kamino to ask how to obtain a clone while at the same time not revealing his purpose; to destroy the Sith, if not, defend the Academy on his home planet Coruscant.

In 60 ABY, Jaden took a small sample of his skin in order to make a clone. Jaden Korr's was able to make his clone, but it took a little more than ten years to grow into an agile clone. Jaden had his clone hidden on his home planet Coruscant until ten years later.

Duel on Ossus
In 66 ABY, Jaden, having sensed an evil presence landing on Ossus for sometime, flew from his home planet Coruscant in order to confront the threat. When Jaden landed on Ossus, a hand full of Sith Lords attempted to ambush him, but with Force Precognition Jaden was able to sense the threat beforehand. Jaden slayed all but one which cut his lightsaber in half and left Jaden mortally wounded him. With all of the strength he could muster, Jaden kicked the Sith Lord's lightsaber while at the same time calling it. Jaden then incapacitated the Sith Lord, and caused him to explode by using Force Combustion before Jaden succumbed to his wound. Jaden Korr was later given a traditional Jedi funeral on his home planet Coruscant.

Jaden Korr's resurrection
In 76 ABY, Jaden Korr's spirit traveled to his home planet to posses his 16 year old clone. Jaden, with his Force Powers restored, constructed another lightsaber, in 84 ABY, after his previous lightsaber was cut in half. Jaden Korr then went back to the Jedi Academy after a ten year absence. Jaden was later told by the Grand Master that he should confront his own dark side. Jaden flew to the planet Vjun as the place of confrontation, because he remembered Luke telling him that seventy years ago Vjun was once one of his father's strongholds.

In 84 ABY, after Jaden constructed his new lightsaber, he visited the planet Vjun, a planet he was not too eager to visit again after confronting Rosh Penin seventy years ago. Jaden traveled to Vjun to confront the dark presence, not knowing that it was only the test that he was suppose to undergo seventy years ago, and that test was a test when a Jedi confronts his dark side. Jaden confronted what appeared to be an apparition of Darth Vader. Jaden dueled the apparition for what felt like hours, but in fact it was actually in minutes. Once Jaden struck down the apparition, he found out that that would have been him if ever he went down the path to the Dark Side, and become an agent of Evil like what happened to Anakin Skywalker.

In 97 ABY Jaden Korr became the New Jedi Order's new Battlemaster. From then on, Jaden taught the Jedi students all that he had learned from the legendary Jedi Luke Skywalker.

Throughout the years, Jaden Korr fought bravely in many battles, helped thwart the evil plans of the Sith, and even slew Dark Jedi that were in his way, and in the end he survived until the end of his life. For 50 years, in his spare time, Jaden taught the Jedi students in the ways of the Force.

In 147 ABY, Jaden happily stepped down from the Jedi High Council knowing that he did all he could to help the Jedi prevail against the Sith.

In 154 ABY, Jaden Korr's spirit passed on to the starwars:Netherworld of the Force leaving his physical body.

Legacy
Jaden Korr's life may have been short, but his legacy surpassed him for centuries to come.

What made Jaden Korr one of the best Jedi of the New Jedi Order was that he set extreme goals; goals that he knocked out in order to get to were he was years before his passing, and final passing.

In 154 ABY, Jaden Korr left behind not only a legacy, he also left behind his lightsaber which was later entrusted in the hands of the Grand Master of the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV.

Ten years after Jaden's passing, a bust of himself was made in honor of the legendary hero and was placed in the New Jedi Temple on his home planet Coruscant.

As a Rebel solier


Jaden Korr was the kind of person that wanted to see the Empire fall, or even go as far as to join the Rebel Alliance and fight the Empire at close quarters.

Even though Jaden served as a Rebel soldier for four years, he helped bring the Empire down to its knees.

Jaden Korr mastered the A280 blaster rifle, which later came in handy during the Disciple of Ragnos crisis in 14 ABY when he used the DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol and the Imperial E-11 Blaster Rifle.

As a Jedi
Jaden Korr's personality was more of a quiet type. Jaden also had a tendency to get overly frustrated, which happened when he confronted Rosh Penin on Taspir III.

Jaden was the type of person that was adventurous, and also courageous. Jaden showed courage in every battle against the Sith without showing any signs of giving up.

It is not known if either or both of Jaden Korr's parents were Force-sensitive beings.

Jaden became one of the most powerful Jedi Masters of the New Jedi Order just by observing his master Kyle Katarn.

Powers and abilities
"Thanks for the assistance, Jaden. Luke tells me you're going to be a great Jedi."  -Wedge Antilles to Jaden on Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Korr was a powerful Force user, mastering all of his core Force abilities, as well as other Force powers. He demonstrated a remarkable level of telekinesis when he used the Force to push down a large pillar in order to make a bridge during the Battle of Korriban, and showed strong abilities in the areas of Force speed. But perhaps the most incredible of his abilities was his capacity for mastering both light and dark-side oriented Force powers. This can be in part attributed to the teachings of his master, Kyle Katarn, who also displayed similar feats, through his use of Force lightning and Force choke. Throughout his lifetime, Jaden may have learned Force powers ranging from Force Protection, Force Healing, Mind trick, and Force Absorb to Force drain, Force Rage, Force choke, and Force lightning.

He was highly skilled with a lightsaber, echoing his master's swordsmanship and utilizing the medium style, and perhaps even the fast and strong styles. In addition, he might have practiced Jar'Kai or the Double-bladed lightsaber fighting technique some time in his career. He demonstrated masterful use of the lightsaber when defeating Alora, Tavion, and the Sith Spirit of Marka Ragnos. Jaden was adept in fighting multiple lightsaber/Force-wielding enemies, even up to a three-on-one match, as demonstrated by his duel with Rosh Penin. He was also able to hold his own against famed bounty hunter Boba Fett (who was an experienced Jedi killer). He was also skilled with a wide variety of blasters and other weapons, as evidenced by his encounter with Rax Joris.

Korr was a pilot; he traveled in a Z-95 Headhunter. When the Raven's Claw was beamed into an Imperial Dreadnaught, he also was shown to be at least a moderately skilled gunner, as he had to destroy some flying TIE Fighters. During his mission to Zonju V, he proved to be adept on the mounted lightsaber combat techniques.

He was also able to understand Shyriiwook to at least a minimal extent as demonstrated when he met Chewbacca.

Jaden was able to move his spirit into his clone.

Behind the scenes
Jaden Korr is the player character of the game Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy. This article and the rest of the Fanon continuity details what would have happened if Jaden stays on the Light side in the game.

Appearance

 * Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy