How a lot did the Jedi be taught from the errors made throughout the prequel period? It’s one of many best questions of Star Wars, underpinning Revenge of the Sith. As Matt Stover’s novelization makes clear, the Jedi had remained static and stagnant whereas the Sith had advanced. However, when the future of the Chosen One was lastly fulfilled, Luke Skywalker did what he had been instructed; he handed on every thing he had discovered, establishing a brand new technology of Jedi.
We haven’t actually seen a lot of the New Jedi Order in canon. However the outdated Expanded Universe model was rather more well-developed (a significant motive Disney needed to reboot the timeline). Curiously, although, this model of the Jedi knew much less concerning the prequels than they do in canon – just because the writers who created them did so earlier than the prequels have been made. That inevitably results in a really entertaining thought train: might Luke’s Jedi have survived the place Yoda’s didn’t? Would they’ve escaped Order 66?
Luke’s Jedi Order Had a Very Totally different Relationship with the Republic
Let’s begin with a easy reality: Luke’s Jedi Order had a really totally different relationship with the (New) Republic, and its successor state the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances. The precedent was set in Revenge of the Sith, the place Luke assisted the Insurgent Alliance however took his personal path. He resigned his fee not lengthy after Palpatine’s loss of life, and subsequently labored onerous to maintain his New Jedi Order separate from the New Republic. Sure, the Jedi have been Republic property, however they remained unbiased.
This independence was examined throughout the Yuuzhan Vong Conflict, when a ferocious race of aliens invaded the galaxy. By this time, a Bothan named Borsk Fey’lya had taken cost of the New Republic, and he had a tense relationship with Luke; he thought-about the Jedi free cannons, and hated how little management he had over them. Luke’s independence truly grew to become one thing of an issue, leading to restricted coordination between New Republic and Jedi forces. The Jedi operated extra as an unbiased militia than part of the New Republic miltary.
That relationship did tighten in the long run, however the reality stays: Luke jealously guarded the independence of the Jedi. He sensed that the Jedi of outdated had grow to be too political, too built-in with the Republic, and that this had led to compromise. That mentioned, Luke did permit Jedi to tackle different roles along with serving as members of the Order. Luke’s Jedi might be healers, senators, and even troopers. Some would have served alongside clone troopers had one thing much like the Clone Wars occurred – however not all. What’s extra, Luke would have watched that relationship fastidiously.
Luke’s Jedi Order Had Extra Navy Expertise
The prequel period Jedi have been largely unused to battle. There are some exceptions in canon; we’ve had irritating hints that Mace Windu earned his place as Grasp of the Order as a result of he served on the entrance strains of some battle or one other, however they’ve by no means been defined. Nonetheless, the very fact stays that almost all Jedi have been ill-suited to the function thrust upon them by the Clone Wars – that of common. They discovered on the job, and that doubtless explains why Yoda’s Jedi have been too distracted to appreciate they have been being performed by the Sith.
In distinction, Luke’s New Jedi Order grew up in a galaxy at battle. A lot of their members have been skilled in battle and fight, and a few – resembling Luke himself, or Kenth Hamner – have been expert strategists. Their expertise of wartime would have made them an entire lot extra suspicious of the clone troopers. Even when they’d fallen for that individual a part of Palpatine’s scheme, Luke’s Jedi tended to be extra adaptive. They have been used to the way in which conditions change within the warmth of battle, they usually’d have reacted extra shortly once they sensed Jedi dying. Whereas Luke’s Jedi have been fewer in quantity, I can’t think about the identical proportion dying in Order 66.
Luke’s Jedi Tended to Be a Lot Extra Highly effective
This leads us neatly to the ultimate level: Luke’s Jedi Order usually operated at a far larger energy stage. Pressure powers within the outdated Expanded Universe have been usually rather more spectacular than canon, with even the least highly effective Jedi pulling off some fairly spectacular feats. Luke discovered a number of prodigies, Jedi like Kyp Durron or his nephews (and niece). These powerhouses would have simply survived Order 66, and lots of would have labored to assist different Jedi achieve this as nicely.
Luke’s New Jedi Order discovered how one can grasp their powers throughout the Yuuzhan Vong Conflict. Most have been acquainted with navy functions, they usually’d have turned their energy towards the clone troopers in moments. Some had gotten used to treachery throughout the battle, after the Yuuzhan Vong put a bounty on Jedi heads, they usually cultivated a sensitivity to the Pressure that will have informed them the second clone troopers started to activate them. Whereas the clone troopers would have had the benefit of numbers, they’d have been overpowered – and Jedi casualties would have been far fewer.