There’s a strong case that can be made for the Jedi to be the coolest characters in all o💧f fiction. They have elegant laser swords, they can move things with their mind, ꦓand they can control other living beings with their thoughts. If a Jedi is powerful enough, there’s basically nothing they can’t do. So why not rank them? Agreed? Great! Because that’s exactly what I did.

First of all, a few disclaimers: Not every Force user is a Jedi, nor is every Dark Side user a Sith. This is for Jedi specifically, since a ranking of eve🉐ry Force user ever depicted would be a tremendous undertaking. This means no Darth Sidious or Darth Maul. For Force users who were on both sides of the fence, only their Jedi adventures will count towards their final placement. I will not always be explicitly writing in which movie or cartoon the events mentioned happened, for it would make the text too heavy. Everything written here happened in canon material, not in the old Expanded Universe.

This ranking isn’t about who the official Disney literature tells us is the strongest. This is about which Jedi exemplified everything that the Order stood for: the best ones proved their strength on screen, used their abilities for good, a🍸nd showed that being a Jedi was as much about being smart as it was about💫 wielding a lightsaber. In short, we are looking for the total package.

This ranking could obviously change as more movies are released and more Jedi are confirmed to exist. For example, once she finishes her training, Rey will certainly be a force (Ha ha ha!) to be reckoned with. Her appearance in Episode IX, for all we know, could echo Luke’s own path to becoming a Jedi Maste🐼r on his own.

25 ♉ Agenꦐ Kolar

Agen Kolar is the guy who gets slaughtered first by Emperor Palpatine when a whole bunch of J꧒edi are sent to arrest him. Out of four supposedly powerful and lethal Force users, he is the one who jus♔t looks at the Emperor while he pulls out his lightsaber and waits patiently to be skewered. He did prove his ability as a teacher by having a Padawan of his own at one point, but his student got dispatched in front of him because he was unable to provide adequate protection. Hey, he went to Geonosis and survived, so good job, Agen Kolar!

24 Saeseeꦇ Tiin

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There you go! Also present in the top 25 Jedi of all time is Saesee Tiin, the other guy who gets eliminated quickly by Palpatine, barely defending himself. The Clone Wars as well as several canon books tell us that he was a formidab🌳le fighter, but you wouldn’t know that from his movie appearances. Sure, he helped during the Battle of Geonosis, but that’s basically what he did for most of the time: Tiin can usually be found standing in the background and helping at the best of his abilities, without making much of a difference.

23 🌌 Barriss Offee

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The path of B⛄arriss Offee is a tragic on🎀e: She was a promising Padawan who fought in the Clone Wars, often being at the forefront of important missions. The continuing war, and the events she witnessed made her lose her faith in the Jedi Order, something which manifested in the worst way possible: she organized an explosion at a Jedi Temple.

She then tried to 🥂get someone else framed, failed at it, and was taken away to pri♎son never to be seen again. Like an NHL rookie who couldn’t get over her sophomore slump, Offee showed potential but won’t make it into the history books.

22 ♎ Even Pi♔ell

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He can be seen in Episode I and II during Jedi Council scenes, but hꦿe is best remembered for failing to escape after being captured during the Clone Wars, despite having both Anakin and Obi-Wan being sent to rescue him. He at least showed some cunning by making sure that his mission would be successful despite his pꦚersonal failure. He makes it out of the bottom of the barrel because he at least fought a little bit and showed some personality, unlike the glorified extras and the one-punch knockouts sent to arrest Palpatine.

21 ꦛ Lumi🐬nara Unduli

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This Jedi participated in the famous Geonosis fight of Episode II, and then… not much happened, actually! She made a name for herself by appearing in a few Clone Wars episodes, but she lost a duel to Asajj Ve🅠ntress and had to be saved by other, more experienced Jedi. She wasn🦂’t even taken out during Order 66, she was merely captured.

She was executed൲ in prison later, and her remains were used to lure other Jedi to their doom. I don’t think that “Force-sensitive fly trap” is the kind of legacy that shoots you to the top of these rankings.

20 Aayla Secura 🌄

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Though Aayla Secura is pretty popular in the Star Wars community, she actually did not do much beside appear in Episode III and a handful of Clone Wars episodes. Her appearances usually portrayed her as a general, which shows that she was at least a capable warrior. She most famously perishes on the incredibly colorful planet of Felucia, being shot in the back by her own troopers during Order 66. Her demise, though obscured by the planet’s vegetation, was one of the most b🌳rutal of the Jedi purge.

19 ꧙ Adi Gallia

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Adi Gallia is one of the most obscure names on this ranking, because she doesn’t get to do much in the movies. However, she does participate in the Clone Wars, and she gets a few opportunities to show what she is made of. She is instrumental to the rescue of a captured Jedi Master, and even gets to successfully fight General Grievous twice. It is Savage Oppress, who is both Darth Maul’s brother and the bad guy with the most on-the-nose name ever, who got the best of her in a 🍨duel.

18 ꦫ Quinlan Vos

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Quinlan Vos had a really cool talent that I don’t remember seeing in many other Jedi: he could sense the histor🐠y in an object simply by touching it. That made him an excellent hunter and investigator, skills that he used on different secret missions.

He eventually worked with Asajj Ventress to assassinate Count Dooku but failed. The pair developed a bit of a love connection during the ordeal, which is the one thing that kept him from falling to the Dark Side. His first appearance was on Mos Espa in Episode I, though he was not named at that point.

17 🦩 Depa Billaba

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If you have only seen her sitting comfortably on the Jedi Council in Episode I, you’re missing a very interesting back story. Billaba’s origin was eventually explored in the comic series Kanan, which portrays the early days of Kanan Jarrus, who would become a main character on Star Wars Rebels. Depa Billaba appears in the comic because she was Kanan’s Jedi Master, showing him the ropes and being an all-around awesome teacher. Together, they survive many dangerous encounters with the Seperatists. She would eventually sacrifice herself during Order 66, taking on her battalion of Clone Troopers, to make sure🍌 that Kanan lived.

16 Shaak Ti

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Shaak Ti was popular enough to be kept busy during the Clone Wars cartoon. She trained the clones on Kamino and was involved in most of the important missions and battles. Always portrayed as one of the wisest Jedi in the Order, she loses a few points because of Lucasfilm’s lack of respect. Despite appearing in both Episode II and III, she was not deemed important enough to prevent her final scene from being cut. You have to watch the deleted scenes section of the Revenge of the Sith DVD if you want to know how she met her end.