20 Years Reunion Coordination Post!

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For your coordination of backstory needs!

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<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Age at the Reunion:</b> <b> Backstory I've Worked Out So Far:</b> <b> How Your Character Can Fit In:</b>

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Character Name: Kanan Jarrus
Age at the Reunion: 45
Backstory I've Worked Out So Far: So, somewhere in the time between now and the reunion, Kanan went back to his galaxy, fell in love, and kinda joined a rebellion against the Galactic Empire... that thing he's been on the run from since he was an awkward teenager. The rebellion went hand-in-hand with the love thing. I'd say it was complicated, but it mostly just boils down to 'there was a very attractive Twi'lek pilot lady named Hera involved, and Kanan is a big sap.' He stepped up to become a Jedi in earnest during the rebellion, took on a Padawan, and was finally properly knighted by a Force-vision of a guy he killed shortly before everything went to hell.

Then Malachor happened. Kanan doesn't talk about Malachor. It was a harsh turning point in his own path as a Jedi, left his padawan in a precarious relationship with the Dark Side of the Force, and resulted in some serious shifts in his own approach to life and the rebellion itself. Again, Kanan doesn't talk about it. He wears the scars on his face, and they do more than enough talking for him, even if they're mostly obscured by a blindfold.

Of course, these days the war against the Empire is over and has been for about seven years. The Republic has stepped up again, and life is pretty peaceful, comparatively. Kanan and Hera have settled down, though Hera will still pilot for the Republic if she's needed, and Kanan has... more or less retired to Lothal, where he's let himself become a stubborn old man before he even hit fifty and is generally keeping his nose out of that whole 'rebuilding the Jedi Order' thing that's going on elsewhere. He figures it's better that way.

He would have joined a proud tradition of bitter old Jedi men becoming hermits after something went horribly wrong with their apprentices, but Hera beat him upside the head until he gave in and started up an orchard growing jogan fruit. It gives him plenty of space to himself when he needs it, without all of that self-imposed exile garbage.

How Your Character Can Fit In: Kanan has been back and forth to the island time and again over the years, sometimes to teach, and sometimes because he needs the break from his own galaxy. After he started taking the Jedi thing seriously, he started letting himself take the teaching thing seriously, and was happy to mentor any student on Fandom who really wanted to learn, kind of stepping into Jedi Dad mode. After That Malachor Thing, he reeled back his involvement in the rebellion and did a bit of recuperating on the island itself for several years. He doesn't write - he claims he's too busy with the orchard but mostly he just never knows what to say - but he does still stop by the island for the occasional visit. He navigates the stairs pretty well for a tired-looking middle-aged man in a blindfold. If you've got a student you think might have benefited from having a gunslinger space dad, Kanan is here for you!