Jacen Syndulla

Jacen Syndulla is the son of Hera Syndulla and Kanan Jarrus. He currently resides in New York City with his mother and the rest of the Spectres. Like his mom, Jacen was born to fly and has piloted both the Ghost and a TIE Defender. Jacen was trained in the ways of The Force by Ahsoka Tano. At some point in the 2000s, Jacen fathered a daughter Mira who was raised on Lothal.
== Coming to Earth ==
In 2016, Jacen came to Earth with Chopper and the Ghost to deliver cargo. While in New York, he was attacked by a sleeper agent of the First Order and left for dead. However, Jacen survived the encounter and was placed in the Witness Protection Program where his natural green hair was dyed brown and his ears modified to look more human-like before being placed in Haddonfield, Illinois where he spent the next two years living in the former home of Michael Myers where he was thought of as strange, but a bit more relaxed and friendlier then Myers.
In 2018, following the events of Operation Lothal Freedom and Hera arriving in New York to claim his body. It was revealed after some inquiries by Tevin Felth and Myers that Jacen was still alive. The three traveled to Haddonfield where Mother and Son were reunited and Jacen was released from Witness Protection as the First Order was in shambles. Jacen them moved to New York where he was reunited with Chopper and Sabine Wren as well as meeting Ezra Bridger and his new crew for the first time.
== Coming Home ==
After settling into life in New York, Jacen became a "Go-to Guy" for just about everyone. His primary functions in this role are keeping watch over the teenage members of the Spectres while on missions and running errands for various people. Jacen also briefly took over Josh Myers' Jedi training following the rescue of Ezra Bridger from kidnappers on the planet Onyx who were employed by Grinta the Hutt where he briefly encountered his father's spirit in the form of Dume the Loth-wolf. 
Jacen is often assigned the job of transporting the teens from the Junior Academy to Tevin Felth's office or in the case of Darius Carpenter, to his after-school job as needed. He usually shares these duties with Galen Marek, although Tevin once sent Thrawn to do the so-called "Kid Run" and Hera did the run herself once using the Phantom III after Jacen had gotten stuck in heavy traffic caused by a multi-alarm response to an incident by the .
Jacen later took part in the Battle of Nar Shaddaa where he flew a TIE Defender as part of his mom's squadron. He also joined his mom, Chopper, and Galen Marek when search parties were organized for the missing shuttle carrying Joseph Rodgers. He also often does the weekly supply runs to the planet Vica following a blitz attack on the planet by First Order Captain Moden Canady.
Jacen also developed a fondness for frequently buying a large cup of it from Abdul's soup stand where he often finds Noah Rodgers. Jacen has also been set upon by Sylvia Jacobs over his age, lack of a stable relationship, and children. Jacen is often stuck with the job of transporting Sylvia to and from various doctor's appointments or Chinese restaurants which Kelly Felth questioned the use of a Remnant resource for.
== Future ==
At some point prior to the 2024 battle against Darth Sidious and the First Order, Jacen restored his hair to its natural green color at the request of Hera and Sabine Wren. Jacen and his mom also get involved with training Lucy Felth, Josh Myers, Noah Rodgers, Tori Rodgers, and Mitchell Piett as pilots leading to the formation of Lucy's Red Squadron and Kelly Felth mentions on Christmas 2030 having Jacen train Christopher Felth to pilot a ship as well. It is likely that Jacen also took part in this battle and watched as his mom, C1-10P, and Firmus Piett sacrificed themselves to take out First Order General Enric Pryde's Command Dreadnought by ramming the Super Star Destroyer Naberrie into it.
By 2030, Jacen continues to buy soup from Abdul's stand which is now run by Noah and Tori Rodgers. He also mentions that he will not shop at McKnight Shoes due to Josh's habit of insulting the customers although Josh admits that he doesn't know any green hair jokes. Jacen eventually visits the store in 2031 seeking to obtain new boots and mentions it to Josh who in turn says that he considers Jacen family. Jacen's experience at the store is rather pleasant with Christopher Felth tending to Jacen while talking about Chris' flying lessons with Justin Felth while AP-5 finds what Jacen was looking for.
In the Fall of 2030, Jacen and the Ghost were recruited for a mission to Ord Mantell by Major Eric Schuyler of the Remnant Security Bureau which included other members of The Spectres, Hondo Ohnaka, and Admiral Eli Vanto. Jacen joined Lucy, Darius Carpenter, and R9-D2 in visiting a shop looking for stolen property under the guise of planning to upgrade the Ghost's hyperdrive. Jacen and Darius later arrested another vendor who was selling a weapon that Landon McKnight said was similar to a weapon that Jamal Wilkins claimed had been used to murder a Mexican Judge in 2019. When pressed by another RSB Agent as to why he allowed Schuyler to use the Ghost, Jacen tells the agent who was attempting to hijack the ship at gunpoint that Schuyler simply asked nicely and laid out a detailed plan of what he needed the ship and Jacen for.
As 2031 begins, Jacen begins training Chris Felth as a pilot and notes that Chris' skill is on par with other members of the Felth Family adding that Chris was unshaken by a near-miss with a smuggler over Onyx that was trying to evade Admiral Eli Vanto's fleet only to end up being captured by Vanto's fleet after being chased down by Lucy and Darius Carpenter who were piloting their X-Wing Starfighters. Jacen and Chris later take the Ghost to Triforia with Red Squadron as escorts where they fend off the Varox until the arrival of Admiral Vitor Reige's fleet. In the Fall, it is hinted and later confirmed that Noah has hired Jacen to serve as the Manager of his Philadelphia soup stand. During the training for this after Jacen and the Ghost had relocated to Philadelphia, Josh with some prompting from Noah finally finds some green hair jokes to which Jacen responds by pretending to eject Josh from the business before deciding to wear a hat when the business actually opens to avoid comments about his hair color. Tori Rodgers who had joined Jacen at the business after she and Christopher Felth who was now a part of the Remnant Security Bureau himself came to Philly due to a death in General Typher Marlion's family later mentions that she and Jacen ejected a woman who got extremely nasty with Jacen and other customers before being arrested with Lucy Carpenter adding that the woman was jailed for 300 days on charges after engaging in a verbal spat with the Judge.
Jacen spent Thanksgiving and Christmas of 2031 with the Carpenters where he helped prepare the holiday dinners after Tevin Felth decided to have them at the Carpenter House due to both Lucy and Chris being in Philadelphia as well as the revelations that Tori Felth was carrying twins and that Lucy was pregnant with her second child. In 2032, Jacen takes in local teenager Shaun McCutchen after his mother LaShonda McCutchen and her boyfriend Eugene Marsden are arrested on charges that they conspired to murder Shaun's estranged biological father Kyle Jackson among other things relating to Shaun's condition after he was examined by Donna Marlion and treated for the medical issues that were found by Donna and the attending ER Doctor during the exam. Jacen later tells Shaun that helping people who need it is what the Spectres do and adds that it's become easier for the Spectres to do this with the Remnant and to back them up. A couple of weeks after taking Shaun in, the two are joined by Jacen's daughter Mira Syndulla who Jacen explains was kept hidden due to the presence of Darth Sidious and the First Order as well as the fact that Mira's mother had believed along with Hera that Jacen had been killed in 2016.
At some point in April or May of 2032, Jacen adds both Mira and Shaun to the Syndulla Clan's recognizing Shaun as an honorary part of the Syndulla Clan much in the same way his mom had added his dad to it. Jacen was present at Shaun's graduation from High School and later informed Obi-Wan Kenobi that he believed that he had two potential candidates for the Jedi Order of Earth in the forms of Shaun who had been able to see a number of Jedi Spirits mingling with his actual father Kyle Jackson's spirit identifying all but Ahsoka Tano and Darius Banks who predicted that Shaun would become his stepfather one day unaware that Bryan Khayman had already raised the same question about Shaun after Kyle had prevented Bryan from fighting with Kanan over Ahsoka being snippy with Bryan. During the screening process, Michael Myers jokes that Jacen was building a boat in the basement of the Syndulla home which Jacen claims he wasn't. Jacen later introduces Shaun as his semi-adopted son and begins training him at the soup stand. Jacen also decides to deny Darius Banks snacks when Little Darius whacks Shaun on the head hoping to end the habit before Little Darius injures Shaun.
Following the death of Jeremie Clarke in a 2033 terrorist attack on the Philadelphia Subway, Jacen becomes a surrogate Grandfather to Little Darius as Shaun and Keisha get married with Shaun officially becoming Little Darius's Adoptive Father. Jacen also becomes more snarky towards some of the customers at the soup stand including telling an overweight woman that local health regulations prohibited him from serving escaped zoo animals and comparing another one to either a or a. He also refuses a refund to a customer whose soup he had ordered taken back after the customer had argued with Jacen over bread. He also takes the time to begin teaching Little Darius basic Force skills after the toddler had been left in his care while Keisha took care of some personal business and Mira had taken Shaun with the Ghost to get the Olivers and bring them back to Philadelphia. Jacen also expresses annoyance with the comments of Troy Khayman regarding the Ghost initially banning him from the ship, but settling for letting Little Darius hit Troy with a frying pan after hearing that Troy had been present when the boy was born.
== Relationship with Thrawn ==
Jacen still harbors resentment towards Thrawn for the death of his father despite Thrawn having been absent from Lothal at that time and the order having been given by Governor Arihnda Pryce. His behavior and comments regarding Thrawn's presence on the Astro Megaship after Thrawn saved Jacen and the teenage Spectres from being captured by First Order Captain Moden Canady disturbed everyone including Josh Myers which resulted in both Hera and Tevin Felth deciding that Jacen needed to be seen by Ben Loomis as there were unresolved issues relating to his father's death. The two eventually agreed to be civil towards each other for the sake of everyone with Hera, Ezra, and Thrawn's longtime friend Eli Vanto also helping to keep the peace between the two. By the end of 2032, their relationship has improved to the point that Thrawn is not only aware of, but eager to meet Mira who is in at the time with Eric Schuyler and Jason Oliver due to the death of Jason's dad.
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