Star Warshas revealed several pieces of information about Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order since the release ofStar Wars: The Force Awakensin 2015. Concerning theStar Warsmovies in chronological order,The Force Awakensis the second-last featuring Luke Skywalker.Star Wars:The Last Jedi’s Luke Skywalker deathofficially ended his timeline in the franchise - not counting Force Ghost appearances - with the time betweenReturn of the Jediand these two sequel appearances holding a lot of mystery.
Upon the release of the sequel trilogy, Luke’s life post-Return of the Jediwas even more of an enigma than it is currently.UpcomingStar Warsmoviescould even further flesh out this section of the timeline should Luke’s Force Ghost return in Rey’s Jedi Order movie. Until then, however,Star Warsfans are left only with the small details of Luke’s life and his own Jedi Order that the franchise has revealed in the nine years sinceThe Force Awakensmade the Jedi one of the more secretive figures in DisneyStar Wars.
Luke Skywalker’s Character History & Timeline, Explained
Luke Skywalker’s journey through the Star Wars universe was long and saw the celebrated Jedi Knight battle deadly foes and seek wisdom.
10Leia Organa Was Luke’s First Official Jedi Student
The Rise Of Skywalker Revealed The Twins Trained Together
Ironically, one of the earliest chronological reveals about Luke’s Jedi Order came in the latestStar Warsmovie in release order:The Rise of Skywalker. This movie revealed thatLeia’s burgeoningStar WarsForce powerseventually led to her accepting training from her brother, Luke.The Rise of Skywalkershows Luke and Leia shortly afterReturn of the Jedi, sparring with lightsabersin a way that would make their father proud.
However, Leia’s Jedi training did not last long.Star Warscanon revealed that Leia eventually received visions that her son, Ben Solo, would be drawn to the dark side of the Force. Leia interpreted these visions somewhat incorrectly and stopped her Jedi training, hoping that this would prevent her son from falling down a dark path. As it turns out, this was not the case.
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Cast
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker concludes the Skywalker saga with Rey, Finn, and Poe Dameron leading the Resistance against the First Order. As the final battle unfolds, they draw upon the wisdom and strength of previous generations to confront their adversaries. Released in 2019, the film concludes the sequel trilogy.
9Luke’s Temple Was Constructed On Ossus In The New Republic Era
Luke Began Building A Sace Place For Jedi Trainees
After his brief stint of training Leia, Luke began planning to become a teacher to other students. This coincided with his decision to build a new Jedi Temple on the planet of Ossus. This temple was built inStar Wars’New Republic era, as shown inThe Book of Boba Fett.In this show, Din Djarin visited Ossus and witnessed the temple being built, around a decade afterReturn of the Jedi.
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During the building of the temple, Luke was not training younglings yet. This was also highlighted inThe Book of Boba Fettthanks to the inclusion of anotherStar Warscharacter. However, with the Ossus temple only being shown in flames inStar Wars: The Last Jedi, the depiction of its construction offers more insight into the timeline of Luke’s stint as a teacher while making the former event that much more heartbreaking.
The Book of Boba Fett
After pulling himself out of the Sarlaac pit, Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) is kidnapped by the Tusken Raiders. But after gaining their trust, Boba is able to return to Tatooine and claim Jabba the Hutt’s throne with the help of Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen). The Book of Boba Fet also directly led into The Mandalorian season 3, which premiered in March 2023.
8Luke Skywalker Began Training Grogu In The Ossus’ Jedi Temple
The Mandalorian’s Lovable Youngling Became Luke’s Student
While Luke was not teaching several younglings during the Ossus temple’s construction, he did make an exception for one. This youngling was none other thanThe Mandalorian’s Grogu, a baby of Yoda’s species who communed with Luke through the Force. Grogu was initially trained during the prequel era in the Coruscant Jedi Temple before being lost in the galaxy after Order 66. Eventually, Din Djarin found him and dedicated himself to returning Grogu to the Jedi.
Grogu did not train with Luke for long given he was drawn back to the world of Din Djarin and the Way of the Mandalore…
After a long journey of failures and dead ends, Grogu managed to speak to Luke. Luke then saved Grogu from being captured by Moff Gideon and the Imperial remnants, taking the little green alien as his student. However, Grogu did not train with Luke for long given he was drawn back to the world of Din Djarin and the Way of the Mandalore. Despite learning some things,Grogu left Luke’s care and reunited with the titular bounty hunter ofThe Mandalorian.
The Mandalorian
Released on Jul 28, 2025 The Mandalorian follows a lone gunfighter navigating the galaxy’s outer reaches after the Galactic Empire’s fall. As a skilled bounty hunter, he operates in a lawless universe, undertaking various missions on the fringes of the New Republic’s territories.
7Ahsoka Tano Was An Ally Of Luke Skywalker’s Early Jedi Order
The Former Padawan Of Anakin Aided Luke During The New Republic
Undoubtedly one of the more exciting reveals about Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order since the release ofStar Wars: The Force Awakenswas his connection to Ahsoka Tano. Ahsoka is a character who was first introduced in thetimeline ofStar Wars: The Clone Warsas the Padawan of Anakin Skywalker, Luke’s father. After a long journey through several eras of theStar Warstimeline, Ahsoka found herself in the New Republic.
How Ahsoka became aware of Luke’s existence is unsure, as is their first meeting, leaving enticing plot points for future Star Wars stories.
This led many to wonder if Ahsoka and Luke would ever interact, given the equally heartwarming and tragic relationship established between the former and Anakin. As confirmed inThe Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka and Luke did meet. Ahsoka was present on Ossus at one point during the New Republic’s timeline, giving Luke some advice on how to train Grogu. Before Ahsoka left, Luke asked if they would see each other again, potentially teasing more meetings in upcomingStar WarsTV shows or movies.
6Luke Skywalker Started Training Several Younglings, Including Ben Solo
The Temple’s Completion Saw Luke Become A Fully-Fledged Jedi Master
After Grogu’s departure, Luke dedicated his time to completing the construction of the Ossus temple. Afterward,Luke began scouring the galaxy for Force-sensitive younglings he could induct into his Jedi Order. Luke’s search proved fruitful as his temple became stocked with several aspiring Jedi, including one Ben Solo.
After Leia’s vision that saw Ben turning to the dark side, she assumed the best way to avoid this would be to have her son train under Luke. Luke accepted and took Ben Solo as a member of the Jedi Order of the New Republic era. Luke trained the many younglings under his care without much issue for a long while, taking theStar Warstimeline ever closer to that of the sequel trilogy.
5Luke Skywalker & Ben Solo Encountered The Knights Of Ren
Ben’s Corruption By The Dark Side Slowly Began
Although Luke’s training of Jedi Padawans went mostly successfully during the New Republic era, one mission proved integral to Ben Solo’s eventual downfall. This mission was depicted in the comic bookThe Rise of Kylo Renand saw Luke, Ben, and Lor San Tekka travel to the planet of Elphrona to gather some Jedi artifacts. While searching the planet, the trio was attacked by the Knights of Ren.
Elphrona is a central location in the first story ofStar Wars' High Republic era,Light of the Jedi, meaning Luke was likely looking for remains from this time period.
After being captured, Luke Skywalker managed to escape and easily defeated the Knights of Ren using his strong power in the Force. Unbeknownst to Luke,the leader of the Knights of Ren insisted to Ben that should he ever wish to explore the dark side, he should seek them out.This sets up Ben’s eventual fall to the dark side, after which he becomes Kylo Ren, the leader of the group.
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4Ben Solo Was Corrupted By Supreme Leader Snoke
Luke’s Jedi Temple Was Not Impenetrable To Dark Side Forces
Sometime after his encounter with the Knights of Ren, Ben Solo began to tempt fate with the dark side. Luke’s Jedi training continued, yet the Master was none the wiser to the fact that Supreme Leader Snoke, was beginning to corrupt young Ben’s heart. How long this corruption lasted is unclear, yet it proved enough to turn Ben Solo completely to the dark side of the Force. Ben naturally hid this from Luke, leading to a dark confrontation highlighted inStar Wars: The Last Jedi.
The Fulcrum Of The Last Jedi’s Story
The most integral scene to the future of both Ben Solo and Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order was revealed inStar Wars: The Last Jedi. In this film, flashbacks set at Luke’s Jedi temple were shown, specifically detailing the Jedi wondering whether Ben Solo’s heart had been turned by the dark side. In Luke’s first version of the tale, he states that he looked inside Ben’s head while the latter was sleeping and saw the corruption of Snoke had taken hold. Luke stated that Ben awoke and attacked him, ending their relationship and solidifying Ben’s turn.
Ben awoke then, saw the ignited lightsaber, and defended himself, using his Master’s perceived betrayal as the final push to become Kylo Ren…
However, it is later revealed that this version of the story was not entirely true. Luke later reveals to Rey what actually happened that fateful night. The beginning is the same, with Luke looking into Ben’s soul and realizing Snoke had corrupted his heart. Luke, fearing the second coming of Darth Vader and the death of those he loved, considered killing Ben for a brief moment, igniting his lightsaber before being left with utter shame. Ben awoke then, saw the ignited lightsaber, and defended himself, using his Master’s perceived betrayal as the final push to become Kylo Ren.
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2Ben Solo Destroyed The Jedi Temple & Luke Skywalker Went Into Hiding
Luke’s Ossus Temple Is Destroyed Once & For All
The next step in the timeline for Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order is just as consequential as the last. After awakening to find Luke standing above him, Ben used the Force to bring down the surrounding hut. Luke was knocked unconscious and Ben let his emotions take hold. Ben’s emotions caused a lightning storm to appear over the Ossus Jedi Temple, destroying the building and killing the majority of the students inside.
Long after Ben fled the planet, Luke rose to see the destruction. Luke could not save those trapped within the Ossus Jedi Temple, and could only watch from a distance as the building burned to the ground. Feeling overwhelming shame, guilt, and sadness over what had transpired, Luke went into self-imposed exile on the planet of Ahch-To. There, Luke intended to die as the Last Jedi, allowing the dogmatic, hubris-infused ways of the Order to die with him until Rey found him inStar Wars: The Force Awakens.
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1Ben Solo Sought Out Snoke & The Knights Of Ren, Becoming Kylo Ren
The Dark Side Is All That Remains Of Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order
The last remnant of Luke’s Jedi Order, Ben Solo, sought out Snoke and the Knights of Ren after the events on Ossus. Ben quickly became Kylo Ren, Snoke’s Sith apprentice, and leader of the Knights that gave him his name. Tragically, the last chronological reveal about Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Order is tied to the deaths of the remaining students at Kylo’s hands, as the last remnant of the Ossus Temple falls to the dark side to begin terrorizing the galaxy as the head ofStar Wars' villainous First Order.
Star Wars' First Order Timeline: Origin & Destruction
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