The New Jedi Order, also known simply as the Jedi Order, is the restored monastic order of the Jedi Knights, formed after the fall of the Galactic Empire. With history going back millennia, the Jedi Order is one of the oldest organizations in the galaxy. Re-founded by Luke Skywalker following the Battle of Endor, the new order is still young and comprised of less than forty Jedi Knights.

Slow to start, it was a few years after the fall of the Empire before Luke had finally gathered enough surviving Jedi and prospective students to create the first Jedi Praxeum on Yavin IV. This original class consisted of twenty students of various ages and species, including Nokori Imani, Aemos Suurm-Xachus, and Kyle Katarn. These students were guided exclusively by Skywalker himself, and the Praxeum thrived for three years, until one student, Desann, fell to the dark side and led an attack on the Praxeum in the months that followed. The attack resulted in the deaths of eight of Luke’s Jedi students.

Following this tragedy, Luke grew disillusioned with the idea of teaching a new generation of Jedi on his own. He dissolved the Praxeum and began a years long journey traveling to the edges of the galaxy in search of knowledge and wisdom.

These years saw the remaining Jedi scattered across the galaxy, where each lived out what they had learned as Jedi Knights. Some imbedded at refugee camps to help the injured and displaced, while others worked to dismantle criminal operations or battle Imperial Remnants. A few returned to their home planets in search of rest and healing.
In time, Luke returned from his sabbatical encouraged by what he had learned. He established the first Council of the new Order, and called upon his former students for their help to establish new Enclaves where a second generation of Jedi would be trained. This time, Luke declared that he would not be the only teacher; his former students would rise to the challenge of raising up new Jedi themselves. 

In 10 ABY, the Jedi gathered on Sullust for the first time in years. During the meeting they commissioned two new academies—one of which was to be on the ancient, mysterious world of Ator Hollos, discovered by Luke during his travels. The Knights that would lead each academy were carefully chosen not only for their own skill, wisdom, and knowledge, but the ways in which they might complement and help one another grow. Given their relatively limited training, Luke decided the best way forward was for the first generation Jedi Knights to rely on one another in the process of training their students, while also continuing their own studies through the use of ancient texts and holocrons. Each academy was assigned a Jedi Master for the first year to help establish the enclave.

Philosophy

The New Jedi Order follows the Jedi Code, as all iterations of the Order have before. It largely differs from its past equivalents by making efforts to learn from their mistakes. Unlike the rigid Order from the time of the Clone Wars, the new Order believes there is strength to be found in flexibility, both operationally and ideologically. Luke more readily draws on the wisdom of non-Jedi, and seeks to help the Jedi balance their emotions in a healthier manner than the Jedi of old, whose emotional repression, more often than not, made them more vulnerable to the dark side. Compassion and care are as much a priority as training for each Jedi.

To prevent another attack like Desann's, potential trainees are more carefully chosen, and the current locations of the Enclaves are well-kept secrets. Each Enclave is equipped with countermeasures and invasion strategies, and are well-prepared in the event of an attack.

Attachment is no longer forbidden, and Jedi are allowed to marry, but they now undergo counseling in order to help orient their perspective on their relationship and lessen the dangers such relationships can present. Jedi who were married prior to joining the order undergo this same counseling.

Seeing a correlation between the old Order's proximity to the politics of the Republic Senate and its corruption and detachment from the Force, the new Order has no official ties to the New Republic or its senate, and operates as an entirely independent group. Rather than serve the senate as lawkeepers, the Jedi seek to serve every denizen of the galaxy in truly promoting justice and peace.

Unlike in the past, members of the current Jedi Order keep their identities as Jedi close to the chest, lest they draw too much attention or become targets of one of the dozens Remnants. They more often operate in secrecy, whether undercover, or keeping to the shadows at the edge of society until it becomes useful to reveal their true nature.

Membership

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