Summary
- The Star Wars prequel-era Jedi Order forbade marriage among Jedi, but George Lucas allowed one Jedi, Ki-Adi-Mundi, to have multiple wives in Legends.
- The Expanded Universe, now called Legends, was the official Star Wars canon from 1977 to 2014 and continues to influence the new canon.
- Ki-Adi-Mundi's polygamous marriage was permitted because it was necessary for his species to survive, but tragically, his family was killed during the Clone Wars.
The Star Wars prequel-era Jedi Order infamously forbade marriage among Jedi, but George Lucas himself allowed one Jedi to break this rule in Legends. From 1977 to 2014, the Star Wars franchise’s Expanded Universe, comprised of material outside the main six saga films, was the official Star Wars canon. In 2014, the Expanded Universe was renamed Legends and made an alternate timeline, but it continues to inspire and influence the new canon. There is, however, one interesting crossover between these timelines that has mainly to do with the rules of the Jedi Order itself.
In both canon and Legends, the Jedi Order forbade marriage for much of its history. In the new canon, the High Republic-era Jedi may have been allowed to form romantic relationships and marry, but this fell out of practice sometime before the prequels. In Legends, Luke Skywalker’s New Jedi Order not only allowed marriage, but also encouraged such healthy attachments. The Legends-era Jedi Order that preceded Luke’s generation, however, only permitted marriage before the Great Sith War. For most of its history, the Order only allowed marriage under specific circumstances, with George Lucas himself approving one such exception for a notable prequel-era Jedi.
