Jaden Korr (Obi-Wan Kenobody)

Jaden Korr was a Human male Jedi Master and rebel soldier]] born on the galactic capital planet Coruscant in 15 BBY. A former apprentice to Kyle Katarn, Korr, was one of the best students that Katarn had trained in his career as a Jedi. Before Jaden Korr started his career as a Jedi, he was a soldier fighting for the Rebel Alliance. Jaden fought in epic battles, the most notable being the Battle of Hoth, and also the battle to recapture his home planet Coruscant. Jaden did not participate in the Battle at Endor because he did all he could to help with the people who were uprising against the Empire. After Jaden's encounter with the Disciples of Ragnos, Jaden later used what he had learned from his former master Kyle Katarn and trained Rosh Penin from scratch after Rosh turned to the Dark Side.

Jaden survived the attack on the rich and lush planet Ossus that was a chosen spot for the new Jedi Praxeum after the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin was destroyed during the war with the Yuuzhan Vong. He fought against the Sith until he passed on into the Netherworld of the Force in 76 ABY.

Childhood
In 15 BBY, Jaden Korr was born on the multi-layered galactic city called Coruscant. Jaden frequently flew his Z-95 Headhunter that he had bought from a retired pilot. Throughout the years Jaden grew tired of the Empire ruling his home planet, because he knew in his heart that his home planet Coruscant would not be free from the Empire unless action was taken. He made the decision of a lifetime and joined the Rebel Alliance in 3 ABY at the age of eighteen. When he was sixteen, he was told by an old local, whom Jaden had known since he was a young boy, that he had unknowingly witnessed Jaden's father Moran Korr being murdered at the hands of Emperor Palpatine's Sith apprentice Darth Vader and the handful of Stormtroopers he had with him. The local asked the squad of Stormtroopers why the Jedi was being eliminated, and he was told that the Jedi was being eliminated because he was one of the many enemies that the Emperor wanted to be brought to justice.

Battle of Hoth
"Looks like one of the walkers is down!"

- Jaden Korr, on Hoth, looking through his binoculars

When Jaden Korr was eighteen, he enlisted in the Army of the New Republic and was ordered to board a transporter that was bound for the frozen planet Hoth because the secret Rebel Base needed fresh soldiers to defend it against any suspected threats or attacks. After hours of waiting at the secret Rebel base, the warning of an Imperial attack was blasted over the intercom. Jaden Korr, fought with an A280 blaster rifle against Imperial Snowtroopers. The fighting paid off when Jaden spotted an Imperial AT-AT walker plummeting sideways after being toppled over by Wedge Antilles and Wes Jansen. Jaden and his fellow Rebels did all they could to defend the Rebel Base, but as they witnessed the destruction of the base, they protected eachother as they made a break for the GR-75 medium transport which was a clamshell-hulled transport that was used to transport the rebel soldiers and commanders off the frozen planet Hoth.

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 minutes. After the attack, Jaden and what was left of the Rebel squad made their back to the GR-75 medium transport.

Coruscant Uprising
Upon arrival from the frozen planet Hoth, Jaden landed his Z-95 Headhunter on his home planet Coruscant because he was stationed their by the New Republic. Hours later, Jaden witnessed the destruction of the second Death Star over his personal comlink, and he also noticed that the people were in an uproar. Minutes later, Jaden and other soldiers that were loyal to the New Republic helped the people uprise against the Imperial presence but were forced to retreat so that they would not be the ones eliminated or arrested. Jaden made his way to his Z-95 Headhunter and flew to the Rebel rendezvous point. Three years after the uprising, Jaden along with many soldiers, were briefed on the recapture of Coruscant.

First Battle of Coruscant (Galactic Civil War)
In 7 ABY, the New Republic started the attack on Coruscant in order to protect it because it was viewed as the capitol of the Galaxy. While the Rebel pilots conducted most of the attacks over the capitol planet, the ground troops that were in charge of the ground attack were unloaded off the transporters onto the surface of the planet. While other soldiers were thwarting Imperial attacks, Jaden, along with his squad leader and Rebel hero Luke Skywalker and his squad, fought there way from street to street all the way to the building that was described to them during the briefing. Only a few Rebel soldier fell because of enemy Imperial snipers and Imperial Stormtroopers.

Making their way to the Imperial Palace in order to place the New Republic flag, the squad fought their way into the palace where the Sith Lord Palpatine once resided, killing any Stormtroopers or Imperial guards that got in their way.

Inside the palace, the Rebel squad, as ordered, made their way to the roof and propped up the flag of New Republic because if they did not, then the attack would have been in vain.

Traveling to Yavin IV
"I saw a huge flash of light and ran over to find you just lying unconscious."

- Rosh Penin describing to Jaden Korr about 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 Rosh introduced himself to Jaden, 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 slayed the cultist and the stormtroopers, 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, the sound of Jaden's presence was detected, and the mysterious figures turned on him, knocking him out.

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

- Jaden Korr to Chewbacca

Upon awakening, Jaden was Jedi Masters Kyle Katarn and Luke Skywalker, who welcomed their new student to the academy and asked 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, as a prank, set loose a lightsaber practice droid upon Jaden, in the hope of slowing him down so he could finish the course first but Jaden got the upper hand and defeated the droid. After the training, Kyle gave Rosh a serious warning for this careless decision, stating that it was not a competition 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 give in to 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 broke in and sliced into his records and stolen his journal containing names of places that had 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 saw the ghost of his former master Obi-Wan Kenobi shortly before the battle of Hoth.

Upon landing on the planet, Korr couldn't sense anything that was a possible threat to himself, 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 because of the vision that he had prior to the battle of Hoth. Korr slew the Cultist and confronted Alora. The two engaged in a fierce lightsaber duel, and were at first evenly matched. After Jaden began to gain the upper hand, Alora retreated while at the same time taunting Jaden as she left. The accounts were documented in Korr and Katarn's datacard report entitled Tauntaun Feathers A1.

The choice of a true Jedi
"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

Rosh Penin was captured by the Disciples of Ragnos during his first mission to Byss, and Katarn spent time looking for him. Jaden, now promoted to Apprentice, was sent 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, because if they did not work as pairs then they would have a good chance of being turned to the dark side or get killed if they refused. Kyle and Jaden were assigned to investigate Darth Vader's Bast Castle on Vjun.

Katarn and Korr infiltrated the fortress, but as they ascended the levels toward the second level of the Bast Castle they became separated. Alone, Jaden fought his way through the fortress, finally confronting none other than his old friend Rosh Penin in Vader's throne room. Rosh had been turned to the dark side following his capture by Tavion and her cult. He boasted to Jaden of the power of the dark side, and&mdash;with the help of the Kothos Twins &mdash;engaged him in battle. The battle seemed impossible to for Jaden to win, as the twins kept feeding Rosh with the life energy that he needed to defeat Jaden, but Jaden gained the upper hand and killed the Twins, hoping that Rosh would stand down without their help, but Rosh kept on fighting, causing Jaden to fuel his anger towards him again. Katarn reached the room as Rosh lay disarmed on the floor, and Tavion chose that moment to appear, declaring her role in the cult. After criticizing Katarn, Tavion used the Force ripping Jaden's lightsaber from him, 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, Katarn held up the rubble with the Force as Korr took his master's lightsaber to cut a hole in the floor for both to make their escape. Unfortunately, Tavion and Rosh had slipped from the grasps of the Jedi. Kyle and Jaden returned to the academy and told Luke what they discovered and about Tavion and her cult. Jaden even came up with a theory that Tavion might be using the scepter's power to also fueling her followers with the power of the Force, which Katarn and Skywalker found probable. Skywalker, impressed with Jaden's actions, promoted the young Jedi to the rank 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.

Jaden, with the help of the Force, constructed a new lightsaber and became even stronger within the Force. He continued working at thwarting the cult's operations on Chandrila and other planets. Jaden was recalled to the Academy when Luke Skywalker discovered the cult's intentions, and was told by Luke 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 for what he had done under the influence of Tavion and wished to rejoin the Jedi Order. Instead of joining with the Jedi strike team, Katarn and Korr traveled to the lava-covered planet Taspir III to rescue Rosh from the cult. Korr finally reached Penin, but once he saw Rosh looking at him unharmed and in the presence of Alora, his mind was fueled with anger, 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 his anger subside, realizing he had let his anger was about to get control of him, chose not attack Rosh. Right when Jaden and, Alora attacked, slicing off Penin's left arm. Korr was able to slay her in a fierce 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 sliced the scepter in half and Ragnos left Tavion's body. Her body could not survive the corruption and died shortly thereafter. Jaden departed from the tomb and sealed it with his lightsaber. He later joined Luke and Kyle on the steps of the mausoleum. There they proclaimed him to be a true Jedi Knight.

Taking an apprentice
"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 took Rosh Penin as his Padawan, and trained him as best as he could; the training ended a year before the Yuuzhan Vong War which was the most devastating war since the creation of the New Republic. During the Yuuzhan Vong War, Jaden and Rosh were ordered to defend Jaden's home planet Coruscant at all costs because if they didn't, the Yuuzhan Vong would then take over and terraform the planet, which they indeed did. Hours passed, Jaden and Rosh bravely defended Coruscant against hordes of Yuuzhan Vong warriors. While battling against the Yuuzhan Vong warriors using his lightsaber, his lightsaber was knocked out of his hand. He looked around himself and realized that they should leave the doomed planet. With no time to retrieve his lightsaber, 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 against the Yuuzhan Vong was over, Jaden Korr, in his new Jedi attire and wearing at his waist his newly created lightsaber, was promoted to Jedi Master for his deeds in defending his home-planet Coruscant against hordes of Yuuzhan Vong warriors, and helping Rosh achieve the rank of Jedi Knight.

Dark times
In 30 ABY, Jaden and Kyle Katarn's partner Jan Ors went out to search for his former master Kyle Katarn. Six years later, Jaden dyed his hair dark blonde as to not be recognized by his enemies when he participated in the Swarm War which was battle that resulted in a complete free-fire zone.

In 40 ABY, while returning from the incident of the Centerpoint Station,Jaden Korr received word from Kyle Katarn about Mara Jade Skywalker's death at the hands of her nephew Jacen Solo who proclaimed himself Darth Caedus, and was told to scout around for Mara's killer while the funeral was taking place in order to catch him. Jaden failed to catch the culprit but instead he helped fend off Darth Caedus after he saw his former master lying in pain after being slammed in the back by a GAG speeder and stabbed in the front by Darth Caedus.

Three years after Mara Jades Skywalker's funeral, Korr would be stationed outside the High Council Chambers alongside a male Human and a female Mon Calamari apprentice by order of acting Grand Master Kenth Hamner while the High Council discussed how to proceed with the arrest warrants against Jedi Bazel Warv and Yaqeel Saav'etu. When Jedi Knight Leia Organa Solo and her husband arrived in the foyer to the chambers, Korr initially upheld his mandate to bar entrance to everyone. However, the Solos soon convinced him they had evidence of an attack by Mandalorians on the Temple, and he let them pass. Korr would later assist in moving the Jedi affected by Force Psychosis and, along with Avinoam Arelis, helped the Solo's defend against the Mandalorians in a lower level hangar in the Temple Precinct.

In 60 ABY, Jaden Korr, even though to old to have children, took a small sample of his skin in order to make an unaltered clone so that the Korr name to be forever jotted down in history.

Attack on Ossus
In 66 ABY, Jaden, having sensed an evil presence landing on Ossus for sometime, flew from the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV 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 with lightsaber cuts on his legs. With whatever strength that he was able to muster, Jaden wacked the Sith Lord's lightsaber out of his hand and called it mere seconds after. With the Sith Lord's lightsaber, Jaden fatally stabbed him with his adversary's lightsaber, and then caused him to explode by using Force Combustion before Jaden was totally exausted. Jaden was later rescued by his old friend Rosh Penin and taken back to the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV to rest from his recent and most deadly confrontation with the Sith. Two years after the ordeal on Ossus, Jaden honored his former master created a lightsaber similar to his.

Death of a Jedi Master
Jaden Korr fought along side his fellow Jedi brethren against the Sith until he passed on into the Force in 76 ABY. Jaden knew that he did all that he could to help defend the New Republic against even the most serious of threats. Jaden Korr's unaltered clone son, while gripping with both hands onto his father's lightsaber, watched with despondency as his father disappeared into the Force. Seconds later, the voice of a younger Jaden told his son that the Force will always be with him.

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 until his death on Ossus.

In 76 ABY, Jaden Korr left behind not only a legacy, he also left behind his unaltered clone which was later trained in the ways of the Force by Rosh Penin, and he also left behind his lightsaber which he entrusted it to his friend Rosh Penin.

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

Jaden continued down the path of the Light Side and became one of the best 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."

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.

Behind the scenes
Jaden Korr is the player character of the game Star Wars: 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.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy