Before The Last Jedi came out, toys of Luke Skywalker got people guessing that he had a necklace
made out of a Sith lightsaber crystal. At the time, I rolled my eyes because I thought that was a pretty big
leap to make. But what can I say, I was completely wrong and The Last Jedi Visual dictionary
confirms it was a recovered Jedi Crusader Pendant. A trophy made from a fragmented Sith lightsaber crystal.
Well today I want to talk about the Jedi Crusaders because that term has some fun star Wars Legends connections.
Currently, we don't have any canon stories involving the Jedi Crusaders or Crusades
so, I'm gonna have to rely on Star Wars Legends.
The Crusaders, more commonly referred to as the Revanchist, were a renegade faction of the Jedi Order
who followed Revan in the Mandalorian wars.
That conflict was between the Galactic Republic and the Mandalorians, and as guardians of peace,
the Jedi Order originally chose not to take part in the fighting.
Revan didn't agree with that decision, so he went against the wishes of the Council and
began providing support for the Republic.
He recruited many more Jedi to his cause, and after they discovered that Mandalorians massacred
the people of Cathar, the Jedi Order begrudgingly condoned their actions.
The Revanchists became vital to the Republic War effort, and after many victories
the Mandalorians were defeated at the controversial battle of Malachor V.
Unfortunately, the legacy of Revan and his Jedi Crusaders was one of darkness.
Revan, and his apprentice Malec became Sith Lords, and most of their followers fell to the dark side as well.
Like I said before, all of that is Legends, so Jedi Crusaders and the Jedi Crusades
could be completely different in the new canon.
I just don't want people getting their hopes up that Luke's pendant now means Revan is canon again,
as much as I would like to see that.
I do think it's an interesting parallel that the Jedi of Old kept Sith kyber crystals as trophies.
According to the Darth Vader comic, the Sith did something similar.
To construct their own lightsabers, they would take the crystal of a defeated Jedi
to bleed it and make it red.
For all their differences in philosophies, both sides looted their enemies.
I would honestly love to see something completely new, more directly called the Jedi Crusades.
Considering the Crusader pendant I think it's likely the canon Crusades were fought against the Sith
instead of the Mandalorians.
Maybe it still led to the battle of Malachor, as seen in Star Wars Rebels and the Darth Maul comic.
But whatever it is, I'd love to see it explored.
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