Star Wars' REAL Oldest Jedi Yoda Looks Like a Kid

while Yoda's long life span goes back to the centuries before the High Republic Jedi from Star Wars Legends continuity has it beat in terms of longevity. Star Wars Legends has a wealth of quality content and endless stories written long before Disney took over the franchise. In their time, these stories provided a rich flavor for lore Star Wars and often created characters that surpassed many of the originals Star Wars the regulars. Perhaps the most interesting of Legends' additions to the franchise is the 4,000-year-old Jedi Celeste Morne..

A 12-part crossover Star Wars:VectorPublished by Dark Horse Comics in 2008, it features an Old Republic-era Jedi named Celeste Morne who serves as an agent (or Shadow) for a secret organization known as the Jedi Covenant. The Covenant, whose mission is to track down and recover Sith artifacts lost during the Old Sith Wars, task Morne with finding the Talisman of Muur, a powerful relic that can transform its victims into monstrous drones.

Beginning in 3963 BY, Morn sets out to recover the artifact as well as a rogue Jedi Padawan believed to have murdered fellow students. Little did he know at the time that it would take him thousands of years to complete this mission.

An ancient Sith Relic threatens the destruction of the Old Republic

Karness Moore's Talisman Sparks the Beginning of the End

When Morn reaches his target planet of Taris, he quickly discovers that parts of the planet's ecumenopolis Invaded by Mandalorians and fierce zombie-like monsters. Known as Raghouls, these monsters are the product of a Sith artifact that Morne was tasked with restoring. Jedi Covenant Shadow soon encounters Zayne Carrick, a supposedly assassin Padawan, who steps in to aid him against the growing hordes of rakghouls. Together, the two Jedi lead the source of the monsters to a secret lair occupied by Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders.

The pair successfully repel the Mandalorians and capture the Amulet of Muur. The amulet in contact binds to Celeste, revealing that she is possessed by the lingering spirit of Sith creator Karness Muur. Muur's corrupting influence proves too great for the Jedi, and Morne offers to seal himself inside a stasis chamber so the artifact can be preserved and the Jedi Covenant can safely study the relics. As the stasis chamber is sealed, a Mandalorian warship drops nuclear warheads on the planet, burying Celeste and Karness underground.

Celeste Morne's Mission involves traveling 4,000 years into the future

Morn's journey begins in the Old Republic and ends after the Galactic Empire

About 4,000 years later, during the Galactic Empire, Morn's stasis chamber is discovered by none other than the tyrannical Sith Lord Darth Vader. Sensing the dark energy emanating from the Talisman of Muur, Vader opens the four-millennium tomb. Celeste wakes up confused and asks for her old ally Zayne Carrick. The Sith Lord Morne reports that 4,000 years have passed since his time and he immediately disintegrates in agony. He learns that the Old Republic eventually fell to the Sith, not the Mandalorians.

The Jedi are dead, leaving Celeste the only soul she can trust to suppress the relic's power.

Aware of Darth Vader's strong affinity for the dark side, Celeste engages in a duel with the black-clad cyborg played by the eager Karness Moore. Vader subverts Morn and uses his foul power to turn Vader's crew into rakgols to ensure the Talisman is not captured by the Empire. Using Chaos as a distraction, Celeste escapes into seclusion with the soul of an old Sith. Morne has been, unlike any Jedi before or since forced to endure a death sentence spanning millennia. The Jedi died, leaving him the only soul he could trust to suppress the relic's power.

A Jedi Lost in Time returns to bring the New Sith Menace back to the End

Celeste Forms New Alliance with Young Skywalker

For the next 150 years, isolating itself from the rest of the galaxy, Celeste grows increasingly tired of the constant stress of her burden. As Karness Muur's only companion, Morne finds himself driven further into madness as the constant influence of the dark side tests him at every turn. As the Force would have it, fate draws Celeste to a new ally who, like herself, knows the light and dark sides of the Force. Cade Skywalker, a former Jedi and direct descendant of Anakin Skywalker, is sought after by Morn as if driven by the will of the Force.

During the reign of the second Sith Galactic Empire, ruled by the Sith Dragon Darth Krayt, the galaxy is once again plunged into civil war. Morne, Skywalker, and a group of rebels launch a final assault against the Imperial forces on Coruscant. Empowered by the Muur Talisman and armed with the training of a Jedi Consulate fueled by the wrath of 4,000 years of lost time, Celeste leads the final battle with Darth Krayt. The conflict ends as Morne and Karness Muur unleash a devastating Force storm on the Sith Lord.seemingly ending his reign over the galaxy.

Old and Tired, the Lost Jedi Can Finally Rest

Celeste Morne and Karness Moore's journey finally comes to an end

The battle completely drains Morn of his remaining life force. Sensing that Muur's influence is taking more and more control, former Jedi Covenant Shadow turns to Cade Skywalker for a peaceful end. Morne believes that Cade, balanced in both the light and dark sides of the force, can rise to the occasion and seal the Sith Lord's power forever. Skywalker agrees and at his last request plunges his lightsaber into Morn's chest, killing him and destroying the Talisman together.

Celeste Morn it is not only a relic of his time, but also a relic of him Star Wars as a whole. Legends material is no longer considered canon, with fan-favorite stories of the past serving only as an archive of what once was. Burdened with a terrible responsibility, Morne was forced to endure another 3,000 years of agonizing existence more so than an ancient Jedi Master Yodaonce believed to be the oldest living Jedi. Although his story may be lost forever with Disney's meddling Star Wars sustainability, Jedi Celeste Morne's final victory over the insidious Sith Empire will remain a worthy legend.