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 students that Katarn had trained in his career. Before Jaden Korr started his career as a Jedi, he was a soldier fighting for the Rebel Alliance. Jaden fought in many battles, the most notable being the Battle of Hoth, Battle at Endor, and also the battle to recapture his home planet Coruscant. In his final hours, Jaden Korr fought against the Sith until he passed on into the Netherworld of the Force in 76 ABY.

Early years
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 18; where he fought in key battles against the Empire until 7 ABY. He retired after four years as a Rebel soldier because he had felt that his future was not as a soldier, but as a Jedi. Years after his retirement, Jaden traveled to Illum with lightsaber parts in hand and constructed a lightsaber without the use of the Force. In 14 ABY, prior to leaving for the Jedi Academy on Yavin IV, when 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

Jaden Korr was 18 when he was ordered to board a transporter that was bound for the frozen planet Hoth. After hours of waiting at the secret Rebel base, 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 soldiers captured the New Republic of Coruscant. While other soldiers were thwarting Imperial attacks, Jaden and his squad fought there way from street to street all the way to the building. Only a few Rebel soldier fell because of enemy snipers. Jaden Korr and the Rebel squad, as ordered, propped up the flag of New Republic.

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 to Jaden Korr about the encounter on the Video Game Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

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 took Rosh Penin as his Padawan learner, and trained him as best as he could; 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 bravely defended Coruscant against hordes of Yuuzhan Vong warriors and Voxyn. While battling against the Yuuzhan Vong warriors using Jar'Kai with an amphistaff in one hand and his lightsaber in the other, his lightsaber was knocked out of his hand. He later sensed that they should leave the doomed 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 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 heroic deeds in defending his home-planet Coruscant against hordes of Yuuzhan Vong and Voxyn, and helping Rosh achieve the rank of Jedi Knight.

In 30 ABY, Jaden Korr was accepted onto the Jedi High Council. Six years later, Jaden dyed his hair dark blonde as to not be recognized by his enemies when he participated in the Swarm War.

Four years after the Swarm War, while returning from the incident of the Centerpoint Station,Jaden Korr received word about Mara Jade Skywalker's death from Kyle Katarn, and was ordered 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 his Dark Jedi minions.

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.

Death
Ten years after the ordeal on Ossus, Jaden Korr passed on into the Force, knowing that he did all that he could to help defend the New Republic against even the most serious of threats.

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.

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 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.

Jaden continued down the path of the Light Side and 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.



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