Kanan Jarrus

**Kanan Jarrus** (born **Caleb Dume**) was a Jedi Knight and Rebel leader of the *Ghost* crew and a member of The Rebellion Resistance.

## Bio

### Personality

Kanan had the privilege of having had Jedi training in the past.
While he had left the Jedi side of him behind, he still carried a
lightsaber around with him. Additionally, Kanan also used a blaster,
something not commonly used by Jedi. While Kanan was not the owner of
the *Ghost*,
 he was still considered the leader of the rebels. In terms of
personality, Kanan was very authoritative. As the leader of the rebels,
he was typically the one issuing orders. On the other hand, Kanan was
also very relaxed. However, his past has hardened Kanan in ways, and he
has carried his share of regrets, including the guilt he felt in running
 while his master gave her life to protect him. In his final duel
against the Inquisitor, when he thought he'd lost his apprentice Kanan
gained some enlightenment that enabled him to not only defeat his enemy
but gain some closure, when he realized however afraid he might be he
need only remember that the Force is stronger and would guide him.

When he had the Inquisitor at his mercy, Kanan chose to be the
better man and spare him, and his words to the Inquisitor, that killing
Ezra was a mistake, meant he had nothing left to fear, meaning he'd
gained a greater focus to vanquish his foe.

The Clone Wars left Kanan with emotional scars, since his crew started working with Phoenix Squadron,
 and he has become uncomfortable with its military procedures, and
desired to go back to the way they used to work, on their own, sticking
it to the Empire and giving to the needy, something he deemed a noble
cause. His emotional scars would flare again when the help Ahsoka sent
him and his friends to recruit turned out to be Clone Troopers, Rex, Gregor, and Wolffe.
 Kanan didn't just hold clones in part for his master's death but
because of how betrayed he felt, after all the battles the clones and
Jedi fought together side-by-side and it took only a single order for
them to turn against the warriors who'd led, protected and guided them.
It was also because of how he was hunted and betrayed by the clones he
had served with, soldiers he had considered his friends. Despite his
animosity, Kanan's conscience disallowed him from leaving Rex and his
brothers to die, even though trust continued to be an issue, as they
bickered over what Ezra needed to learn as a Rebel. But when Rex was
willing to sacrifice himself for the Rebels, Kanan came to his rescue
and appeared to finally put his stigma against clones behind him when he
 gave Rex a salute of mutual respect.

## Main Weaponry

* Blue Dual-phased Lightsaber
* M4A1 carbine
* DL-18 Heavy Blaster Pistol

## Skills

#### Force Powers

Kanan never got to complete his Jedi training but still learned and
developed a fair share of skills in the Force. He could Force Jump
(leaping high enough to escape Agent Kallus), use Animal Friendship
(connecting with a Loth-cat), Mind Tricks (manipulating Stormtroopers),
he was a capable telekinetic, and had a fine Force Sense. His
telekinesis utilized in the form of Force Push was average, but still
formidable enough, especially being able to push Darth Vader with the
Force and send him backwards a fair distance (albeit with the aid of
Ezra as well), though he was able to hold back the Grand Inquisitor
 and then pinning him to the ceiling. He could also Force Pull
Stormtroopers, as demonstrated during his infiltration of the Star
Destroyer to rescue Ezra and the Rebel leader Jun Sato.

A testament to Kanan's abilities with the Force was proven at the
 cost of his eyes, when the former sith lord Darth Mal struck him with
his lightsaber, blinding Kanan. Taking a discarded Temple Guard mask to
cover his damaged eyes, Kanan challenged Maul, and the former sith
foolishly underestimated Kanan, who remembered his training and used the
 Force to amplify his other senses, enabling him not only to best Maul
in a brief clash of their blades but send him over the edge of the Sith
Temple terrace.

#### Lightsaber skills

Under his master's tutelage, Kanan focused on Form III, and with each
 encounter with the Grand Inquisitor his skills increased. He was
capable of deflecting blaster fire, and in his final duel with the
Inquisitor he used Jar'Kai (wielding two lightsabers at once, his own
and Ezra's) and was finally able to defeat his enemy. He was even able
to hold his own and match the Seventh Sister
 (who was an agile and acrobatic duelist who had her lightsaber set on
single blade) in a duel during the mission to save the Force-sensitive
children from the Inquisitors, being able to fight long enough before
she managed to conclude the duel with an acrobatic kick to his abdomen.
His technique, regardless of being improved both by independent practice
 and by advancing through duelling the Grand Inquisitor, required
improvement. During his second duel with the Seventh Sister after the
speeder chase to escape the Inquisitors, Kanan managed to hold off
against the Seventh Sister who wielded her weapon in double-bladed
setting with some difficulty. Kanan also had trouble defending himself
against multiple duelists, including both the Seventh Sister and Fifth
Brother before Ahsoka arrived to defeat them both.

He was also vulnerable against power attacks, as demonstrated
being driven back by the Fifth Brother's brute force strikes, and the
slashes of Darth Vader, rather easily. However, his lightsaber skills
have improved over time, but still he was still less advanced than the
Inquisitors, and only managed to defeat the Grand Inquisitor through his
 use of dual blades, and before he acquired Ezra's blade, the Grand
Inquisitor almost managed to defeat him before Ezra showed up.

As months passed, Kanan's skill with lightsaber duelling improved
 considerably. During Kanan and Ezra's duel against the Seventh Sister
and Fifth brother on Oosalon, he was able to block the Fifth Brother's
brute force strikes very well and managed to push him back slightly with
 his own strength repeatedly throughout the fight. Kanan even managed to
 hit the Fifth Brother square in the face with a punch in their duel too
 before escaping, and was able to match the Seventh Sister fairly well.
She could not overpower him without the help of her Parrot droid.

During Kanan's encounter in the Lothal Jedi Temple (regardless of
 it all being a vision), Kanan managed to compete with the Sentintel
while the Jedi Temple Guard used both single and double-bladed setting
on his lightsaber, though the Guard stated that Kanan's mastery of
lightsaber combat was lacking, and managed to push him back and send him
 staggering with the Force rather easily. Regardless, Kanan's footwork
was reasonably good as he could recover balance almost instantly after
being driven back by the Force push. His lightsaber throw technique was
poor considering when he hurled it, the Sentinel swatted it aside rather
 easily. But when Kanan acquired a red-blade lightsaber in the "temple
dojo", he managed to hold his own the Sentintel and his other two Temple
 Guard associates for some time, though he was eventually overpowered.

#### Marksmanship

After Order 66, Kanan locked away his lightsaber and started using a
blaster instead, becoming highly skilled with it, and he often mans the
upper turret of the *Ghost* during space battles. During his final
duel with the Grand Inquisitor, Kanan utilized the stun blaster function
 of Ezra's lightsaber to force his enemy on the defensive and give
himself an impressive advantage.

#### Other Skills

Besides his Force powers and weapon skills, Kanan is a skilled
martial artist, able to easily beat trained stormtroopers, even unarmed
and without his powers. He has learned to act covertly as a Rebel, and
is a capable leader.

## Trivia

* Kanan Jarrus made his first appearance in The Rebellion Resistance.