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I remember reading about Freedon Nadd's apprenticeship -- spread out over various sources.

The wookiepedia article for Freedon Nadd is quite informative. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Freedon_Nadd

 

Hmmmmmmmmm I never knew that THANKS!!!

 

Also thanks for the fredom naad article that was informitive>

 

Oh, most definitely! The article clears up quite a bit, as you can see. Freedon Nadd was a Jedi who, like Exar Kun, fell to the darkside. When I went through those various sources, i was surprised to see how much has been created for Nadd's backstory.

Spoiler: Freedon Nadd

"Freedon Nadd was seduced by the dark side. He apprenticed himself to a Dark Lord of the Sith. After his death, his tomb became a focus of dark side energy, and so his power passed from generation to generation."
―Arca Jeth — Listen (file info)[src]

 

One of my favorite Youtubers dd a great video on said history if anyone is interested

 

@vncredleader
So what are you suggesting with this? You are Naga Sadow. And as your apprentice, I am Freedon Nadd?

 

I am SO on board with being Naga Sadow

 

I just looked up that page (you've gotta love digital technology).

It sais on Page 1 about Ziost: 1) It's a neutral planet, 2) Descendants of the Exiled Jedi can conduct business on Ziost, 3) The Dark Lord of the Sith reigns on Ziost, 4) The Dark Lord of the Sith is the greatest among them.

So, if we view the Sith as a tribal-feudal society, the Dark Lord of the Sith is the de facto tribal leader of all the clans. That doesn't necessarily prevent a Sith Emperor from hiding in the shadows. The Jedi Exiles merged with the Sith. So, the Jedi Exiles likely had their own structure within the more tribal structure of the native Sith.

Page 1 then sais at bottom-right: "But with the death of Marka Ragnos, the sith have no dark lords...only contenders."

Page 2 jumps immediately into the rivalry between Naga Sadow and Ludo Kressh.

So contextually, looks like the neutrality refers to the rivalry between Sadow and Kressh.

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There is also an Easter Egg with Simus on Page 2. Apparently Marka Ragnos had a few rivals in his day. Leave it to SW writers to frontload tons of backstory.

 

The first Essential Chronology says, "Some say the order of Jedi Knights began on the planet Ossus, though that claim has never been verified." It seems like Ossus was meant to be to Korriban as Ziost is to Coruscant.

 

I know that the jedi had a massive library on ossus

 

I see what you are saying:

The first Essential Chronology was written and published before the pre-Ossus period was developed at a time when Kevin J. Anderson was still involved. That comparison works if it compares the Sith Empire to the Old Republic.

The Sith Academy was located on Korriban.

The Jedi Temple housing the Eye of Ashlanae and Jedi High Council was located on Ossus. The Great Jedi Library founded by Odan-Urr was located on Ossus as well.

Spoiler: Great Jedi Library and Odan-Urr

First Essential Guide to Chronology: Anderson and Wallace

(Look how much of the cover art is devoted to Tales of the Jedi!)​

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good point

 

Also Odan Urr guarded the temple for hundreds of years even after he became a force spirit.

 

@Jedi Knight88 We need to be careful about double-posting. We are supposed to edit our previous post. If it is too late to edit the post, then we need to wait for the next member to post. The mods will tell you the same.

That said......!

Odan-Urr is one of my favorite all-time characters!

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Thanks

 

While later EU lore continued with Korriban being the Sith homeworld, Tython was introduced as the Jedi homeworld, denying Ossus its implied role in the (legends) canon.

 

Yeah I still think ossus deserved a mention

 

I recall reading that Vietch had planned for Ulic to die on the dark side and KJA came up with the idea of Ulic getting redeemed. I wonder if Vietch's plan was that when Ulic killed Cay, Nomi would kill Ulic, and KJA replaced that with cutting Ulic off from The Force.

 

Possibly, jedi don't kill their prisoners no matter what their crimes . quoting bastilla shan from kotor.

 

Speaking of the original Essential Chronology, I believe it also specifies that the Chosen One prophecy came from the very first Jedi, something that the New Essential Chronology removed, and which I don't think ever was repeated in an another EU source. An interesting glimpse at how KJA tried to reconcile some of the new stuff on the Jedi with the ancient Jedi stuff that was his provenance.

Though with the Prime Jedi and the symbolism of his image, I feel like that little tidbit would fit in with the new canon.

 

I wonder if, had the TPM novelization said "thousands of years" instead of "almost two thousand years", The Essential Chronology could have revealed Kun to be "Ruin".

Excellent observation about the similarity between the Prime Jedi and what the Old Essential Chronology says. It's also interesting that Ossus and Ach-to are both far away from the Galactic Core while Tython is in the deep core.

 

HMMM I guess in that way Kun could of been ruin

 

Interestingly, in The Saga of Nomi Sunrider, we see someone with samurai armor and a cordless red lightsaber while the narrator talks about Jedi turning to the dark side, and in Empire's End, one of the Dark Lord statued on Korriban is holding a cordless lightsaber, yet in Golden Age of the Sith and Fall of the Sith Empire, the Jedi use corded lightsabers and the Sith use metal swords.

 

Yes the jedi definitly used corded lightsabers as a matter of fact , in crosscurrent the novel by paul s. kemp he mentions using corded lightsabers during a battle between a jedi master and sith

 

Corded lightsabers are the one idea from TOTJ that I truly hate. Those stories take place "only" 5000 years before Yavin. Does that mean the Jedi ran around with batteries attached to their belts for like 20,000 years? I don't think that's a good idea at all.