In the two-part series premiere " Spark of Rebellion", Kanan is introduced as the de facto leader of the crew of the Ghost, a Rebel starship, who mostly operate on their own and try to survive. Kanan first appears in a short film released prior to the series, " The Machine in the Ghost", and his voice is heard in another one, "Entanglement". in Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, and the episode "Aftermath" of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and by Michael Benyaer in the micro-series Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales.Īppearances Animated series Rebels In regards to the character's eventual death in the episode " Jedi Night" of the fourth season of Star Wars Rebels, Filoni felt this was a natural end to Kanan promising he will see Hera again before being blinded and said: "In that moment he's not bound as this material thing that the physicality of sight would be a limitation to him." While sketching storyboards for Kanan's death, Filoni became reluctant to kill the character, but Prinze, who "was resolute about the fact that his character needed to die" since the beginning of the series, encouraged him to write the scene. ĭuring the development of the second season, the character was originally slated to be killed by Maul in the episode " Twilight of the Apprentice." However, Disney objected to the idea, as they thought that the character should be in "every episode" of the series. Prinze was officially hired later that day.
Although Disney originally did not want Prinze in the role, Filoni disagreed. Prior to auditioning, Prinze was unaware that he was about to audition for a Star Wars series he only learned of this immediately beforehand in the studio parking lot, when an unknown "legendary voice actor" informed him what he was actually auditioning for. The character's name was inspired by a road in Malibu, California called "Kanan Dume Road". Filoni compared Kanan to Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings. He's kept his lightsaber locked away, so he hasn't used it in a long time." After being blinded, Kanan has been compared to the Star Wars Legends character Rahm Kota from Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, another blinded Jedi, which led Pablo Hidalgo from the Lucasfilm story group to say on Twitter that both characters were inspired by Zatoichi. He's a little more rough around the edges.
Animation supervisor Keith Kellogg said: "He is a Jedi but he's not a Jedi in the traditional sense that we've had before on the show. While Kanan ultimately sacrifices himself to save his friends, his legacy lives on through their memories of him, as well as his and Hera's son, Jacen Syndulla.Ĭreation and development Concept Įxecutive producer Dave Filoni describes the character as a "cowboy Jedi". Later, Kanan and his crew join the Rebel Alliance to assist them in their fight against the Empire. Although he initially keeps his Force abilities hidden from his comrades, he re-embraces his Jedi role after meeting Ezra Bridger, whom he begins training in the Jedi arts, while also attempting to complete his own training and become a Jedi Knight. From that point onwards, Kanan lived most of his life on the run, hiding from the Galactic Empire, before eventually meeting Hera Syndulla and joining the Ghost crew as its de facto leader. In the Star Wars universe, Kanan is a Jedi Padawan who survived the Great Jedi Purge after his master, Depa Billaba, sacrificed herself to save him. His Force spirit also appears as a disembodied voice in the film The Rise of Skywalker (2019), while a young Caleb Dume makes appearances in the seventh season of The Clone Wars (2020), The Bad Batch (2021) and Tales of the Jedi (2022). He is featured as one of the main characters of the animated series Rebels (2014–2018) and related works.
Kanan Jarrus (born Caleb Dume) is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr.
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