A new theory suggests viewers have already met the Prime Jedi, founder of the Jedi Order, in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The ancient history and origins of the Jedi Order remain something of a mystery. The dawn of the Jedi occurred c.25,000 years before the sequel trilogy, and records have been lost in the mists of time. Even the location of the first Jedi Temple was forgotten, with Luke Skywalker eventually tracing it to a waterworld in the Unknown Regions called Ahch-To.
These mysteries will soon be revealed, however. At Star Wars Celebration 2024, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced the next batch of Star Wars movies, including one by James Mangold. Described as the Star Wars equivalent of The Ten Commandments, this will tell the story of the dawn of the Jedi, giving them a canonical origin at last. This presumably means it will build on hints from Star Wars: The Last Jedi in particular, which featured an important mural dedicated to the Prime Jedi, founder of the Jedi Order. But that mural may be more important than anyone has previously realized, hinting at the possibility viewers have actually already met the Prime Jedi.
Everything Star Wars Has Revealed About The Prime Jedi & The Earliest Jedi Order 
The Prime Jedi is something of a mystery in Star Wars canon. The Ahch-To mural suggests the Prime Jedi had a very different philosophy to the one espoused by the Jedi Order seen in the prequels, because this alien being is shown to be dedicated to balance; they are the light in the darkness, and the darkness in the light. There is some evidence the original Jedi Order was a servant of balance too, even treating balance as a separate aspect of the Force. Cavan Scott's Dooku: Jedi Lost includes an ancient Jedi mantra that may well hail all the way back to this initial incarnation of the Order:
"We call upon the three — light, dark, and balance true. One is no greater than the others. Together, they unite, restore, center, and renew. We walk into the light, acknowledge the dark, and find balance within ourselves. The Force is strong."
Star Wars: Timelines, by Kristin Baver, Jason Fry, Cole Horton, Amy Richau, and Clayton Sandell, confirms these early Jedi used lightsabers – fitting in perfectly with the Ahch-To mural. It also revealed that the architect droid Huyang, introduced in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and due to appear in live-action in the Ahsoka Disney+ TV show, dates from the dawn of the Jedi. Huyang was created by the early Jedi to train Younglings in the art of making their own lightsabers.
