hmm

2 days ago a great writer Robert Jordon died. Wonder will his last book of the wheel of time series be out... RIP.

7 form of Lightsaber techniques.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightwhip#Lightwhip

Form I Shii-Cho - The basic and most simplistic form, first form taught to younglings. Known users are Stass Allie and Kit Fisto. Being the first form learned, almost all Jedi and Sith use some aspect of Shii-Cho in their dueling.

Form II Makashi - Most advantageous in lightsaber against lightsaber dueling. Elegant, effective and deadly. Few Jedi use it because of the relative rarity of this type of combat. Known users are: Count Dooku/Darth Tyranus, Ki Adi Mundi (possibly) Shaak Ti.

Form III Soresu - Form which strongly emphasizes on defense and blaster fire deflection. Used by Jedi beset by multiple blaster-wielding opponents to defend themselves from incoming fire. Known users are: Obi-Wan Kenobi (Episodes II, III, and IV), Barriss Offee, and Luminara Unduli.

Form IV Ataru - Acrobatic form, emphasizing agility. This technique mainly involves the Force to perform some of the maneuvers. Relatively aggressive and tends to open defense. Known users are: Darth Maul, Master Yoda, Qui-Gon Jinn, Aayla Secura and Obi-Wan Kenobi (Episode I).

Form V Shien / Djem So - Takes some of the defensive powers from Form III and channels them to offensive powers. Form V users can use the lightsaber to deflect blaster bolts back at attackers. Known users are: Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Mace Windu, Kyle Katarn, Plo Koon, Saesee Tiin, Agen Kolar, Darth Bane, possibly Cin Drallig.

Form VI Niman - Diplomatic form, used by many Jedi in the period when Chancellor Palpatine was in power. Very well rounded, but does not excel anywhere. Note that all Jedi who practiced Niman in the Battle of Geonosis were killed. Often used as a basis for dual lightsaber styles. Known user is Coleman Trebor.

Form VII Juyo - Dubbed the Way of the Vornskr or The Ferocity Form, Juyo, a term from High Galactic, was originally considered an incomplete form for millennia. Generally viewed as undeveloped and rarely used by the Jedi and the Sith, Juyo was not seen as one of the main forms for generations of Jedi. Jedi Master Mace Windu completed Form VII when he developed the form of lightsaber combat known as Vaapad, named after a creature from Sarapin which moved with incredible speed. It was considered the most powerful form, but because of the intensity involved, it was thought dangerous because it bordered on the Dark Side of the Force. Practitioners of standard Juyo included General Grievous, Darth Maul, Kavar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_live-action_TV_series

The Star Wars live-action TV series is a science fiction television series currently set to debut in 2009. The Expanded Universe production will be set between Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope. The project, which has yet to be given an official title, was first announced in April 2005 by Star Wars creator George Lucas at the Celebration III fan convention in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The series will focus on minor characters from the Star Wars galaxy, rather than the main characters from the films. However, Lucas has stated that some of the main characters may make cameo appearances. Originally, 100 hour-long episodes were proposed, but at Celebration Europe in July 2007, producer Rick McCallum explained that it may run up to 400 episodes, and "it’s something that can go on for years and years. One of the ideas is that we’ll have multiple series going on in about two or three year’s time." This supports a description given by Lucas as "one show that will split into four shows, focusing on different characters."

Quinlan Vos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinlan_Vos
<- a possible main char in the future series. <-- a triple agent(good->bad->good)
Vos is a Jedi Master, hailing originally from the planet Kiffu. He has long, dreadlock-like hair and a band of pale yellow across his upper face. He has the power of psychometry, which allows him to read "memories" from inanimate objects through physical contact. He was a student under Qui-Gon Jinn for a time. Quinlan finished his training as a Jedi under Jedi Master Tholme. He later trained Aayla Secura as his own Padawan.
Quinlan is on Kashyyyk riding on top of a Clone Turbo Tank when Palpatine issues Order 66 to the Clone troopers throughout the galaxy, causing them to turn on their Jedi Generals. Another tank fires at the one Quinlan is riding on, and he is presumed to be killed in the fire.
Quinlan Vos escaped into the woods of Kashyyyk, eluding the clone troopers. He clung to his training as a Jedi through his pain, using lessons taught by Yoda, Mace Windu, and Count Dooku to overcome his clone opponents. He was eventually tracked by Captain Fei, who told Quinlan that if he didn't come out of hiding, Fei would call in an airstrike and kill himself, Quinlan, and the neighboring Wookiee village. Quinlan made up his mind that he could not run and hide, and that he would never track down the second Sith Lord. His destiny was to stop Fei and protect the innocent Wookiees. It was rumored that Quinlan jumped from his perch, lightsaber in hand, and Fei shot him in the stomach with his blaster rifle. (This was never confirmed by George Lucas, however.)
Another story is that Villie soon came looking for Quinlan and found him on the ground, the dead Fei a few feet away. Soon after this, a squad of clone troopers came through the woods, and found Villie apparently burning Quinlan's body. Villie claimed to have killed the Jedi himself, though the body was actually that of Fei

Saa, T'ra
T'ra Saa was a Jedi Master in the waning days of the Old Republic. She has trained many Jedi over the course of her life, (including Mace Windu) and is a Neti.
T'ra Saa's first appearance is where she helps defeat the Anzati Jedi Volfe Karkko.
T'ra is a possible love interest for Master Tholme.
During the Clone Wars she fights on Devaron, and helps Kit Fisto defeat the Devaronian Pirates. Later on, she is on Null, where a group of Bounty Hunters attacks and sets the forest alight. She saves the wounded under her care by bringing trees down on top of them. She is badly wounded, but is healed by Barriss Offee and Mace Windu. Tholme still cared deeply for Saa, and was devastated when she was so badly injured.
At the end of the war, T'ra Saa fought during the Siege of Saleucami. She survived the long and bloody battle there. She along with Tholme, Vos, Ville, and Chak reside in a cave on Kashyyyk. She later survived Order 66 and hid out on Nal Hutta.

Plo Koon was an imposing Jedi Master and a long-term member of the Jedi Council during the Battle of Naboo and the Clone Wars. Koon was the last Padawan learner of the Wookiee Jedi Master and Jedi Council member Tyvokka. One of his more famous padawan learners was Taarn Jirad, who was one of the last surviving Jedi. In the aftermath of the Stark Hyperspace War, in which Master Tyvokka was mortally wounded, Plo Koon was invited to serve on the Council in place of his former master. During this conflict, the natural leader Plo Koon had raised the Galactic Republic flag, inspiring his fellow Jedi to victory. This won him the lifetime seat of his former master on the Jedi Council.
By Episode III Plo Koon had returned to Coruscant to assist the Republic against General Grievous on the planet's surface. Once Grievous had escaped with Chancellor Palpatine, Master Koon set out in his Jedi starfighter to join the space battle overhead. Afterwards, he relieved Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker of their duties on Cato Neimodia. On a routine run through the planet's 'swinging cities' Order 66 was given. Captain Jag in his ARC-170 shot the Jedi Master out of the sky.
It is fan speculation that the Jedi Master may have survived this attack, since a picture of a Kel Dor with a blue lightsaber leaving a damaged blue Delta-7 starfighter was released shortly after Episode III.

Jedi Master Scella, called Paru on his home planet of Amelico, is widely regarded as among the wisest Jedi in the recorded history of the galaxy, some would say second only to Yoda. He was born Paru on Amelico in the year 1049 BBY and was raised in the small village of Cara. When he came of age (by Satarin standards) in 989 BBY at the age of 60, he left his home in Cara for the customary pilgrimage that every young Satarin makes. His journey took him halfway around the world, to the top of Mount Herra. It was during his twenty years on the mountain that he trained himself, as all Satarin do, in the ways of the Force.
He was good friends with a man called Palpatine from Naboo, though he did not know of his Sith aspirations. As Palpatine grew in power, Scella slowly came to realize that the man he had once called a friend was in fact a Sith lord, though realizing too late as Palpatine seized power in 19 BBY. During the Clone Wars, Scella had been fighting with a contingent of Clonetroopers, defending the planet Czazyk from Separatist attacks. When Executive Order 66 was implemented, Scella barely managed to escape.
Unable to return to his homeworld, Scella went into hiding on the planet Naboo under the protection of Queen Apailana. When the Emperor discovered Apailana harboring fugitives, Scella attempted to take the Queen and escape the planet. Apailana, however, was killed before they could escape. Scella finally managed to return to Amelico in 13 BBY. His last fifteen years were spent in seclusion.
As the Galactic Civil War reached its crescendo, Scella entered his last illness. He gradually grew weaker and weaker, though he told his nurse, "I cannot die so long as the Sith lives." On the day of the Battle of Endor, across the vast gulf of space, Scella could feel death of his former friend Palpatine aboard the Death Star. As he felt this, he whispered to the nurse, "Alas, the Sith lives no more and my purpose is fulfilled." He died a few hours later.

Shaak Ti was a female Togruta Jedi Master hailing from the planet Shili. Shaak Ti replaced Yaddle as a member of the Jedi High Council in the years leading up to and during the Clone Wars, in which she served as a High General.
Mace Windu once described Shaak Ti "as beautiful as a flower, yet as deadly as a viper." The hollow spaces in her decorated montrals allowed her to ultrasonically perceive her surroundings, especially in bustling crowds. Unlike most members of her communal species, she was solitary by nature. She was also rewarded as one of the most cunning warriors of the Order. Windu felt that she was one of the greatest lightsaber duelists and one of the Order's most powerful members. Shaak Ti's lightsaber skills were almost unparalleled and she had great domain in the Force.
Shaak Ti was selected to safeguard the Jedi Temple while Mace Windu took a group of Jedi Masters to arrest the Supreme Chancellor. Moments before the Great Jedi Purge, Ti encountered Anakin Skywalker, whom she believed was on his way to the Chancellor's office to help Mace Windu, Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar, and Saesee Tiin in the arrest. She tried to stop him from leaving, but the young Knight was persistent, saying he was the Chosen One, and it was his duty to be present.
Shaak Ti was present during the fall of the Jedi Temple, during which Darth Vader himself set out to kill the Jedi Master. She managed to avoid Darth Vader and the 501st, and went into self-imposed exile on Felucia. Some time later she met Jedi Maris Brood, who was bent on revenge against Darth Vader. Shaak Ti convinced her to go into hiding on the planet Felucia, where she was training the Force sensitive natives for an eventual conflict with Vader

Maris Brood was a female Zabrak Jedi who was alive after the time of the Great Jedi Purge
Bent on revenge, she sent out to hunt and destroy Darth Vader. Being intercepted by surviving Jedi Master Shaak Ti, Maris was persuaded away from the dark side of the Force and went into hiding in the forests of Felucia. Later she was confronted by a secret apprentice of Darth Vader.

The Last Curator of Records was the final Curator of Records of the Jedi Order. A Jedi Master, he continued to serve his post until the final hours of the Galactic Republic, escaping "invadin Imperials" on Coruscant and fleeing with his records to Toola. There, during the Jedi Purge, he was killed by Darth Vader and stormtroopers, his body vanishing into the Force.

Darrin Arkanian was a Sullustan Jedi Master. An idealist, Arkanian loved life over any other thing, and struggled to be a model of peace and contemplation. When Emperor Palpatine initiated the Great Jedi Purge, Arkanian hid and took Corwin Shelvay as an apprentice. They were declared criminals and fugitives, and wandered the Outer Rim Territories looking for other surviving Jedis.
etc

<-- Interesting to find out so many "jedi master" survives order 66.
Jedi Master Scella - wise jedi 2nd to yoda.
Jedi Master Plo Koon - "plane crash possible survival"
Jedi Master T'ra Saa - one of the Master of Mace Windu
Jedi Master Quinlan Vos - Master of Aayla Secura
Jedi Master Shaak Ti
Jedi Master Yoda
Jedi Master Obiwan Kenobi
Jedi Aayla Secura -The female jedi shot by storm troopers in episode 3(rumoured to be alive as blaster colour look like stun gun)
Jedi Maris Brood
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Order_66
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Great_Jedi_Purge <---------- Interesting links of stories of surviving jedis after order 66

Known survivors
"The Jedi Order is as ancient as time itself. It would take the might of the entire galaxy to strike us down."
―Jedi Master Kreia
It was said that fewer than one hundred Jedi—approximately one percent of the entire Order—survived Order 66. However, it appeared that that was incorrect, as the number seemed to actually be above one hundred. Nonetheless, many of these Jedi were killed over the following years during the Great Jedi Purge.

Facts about "Aragorn" since i am using his name as a nick.

History <-general history for wiki According to the appendices of Return of the King, Aragorn, named for his ancestor Aragorn I, was born on March 1 in 2931 of the Third Age, the son of Arathorn II and his wife Gilraen. Through his ancestor Elendil (whom he closely resembled)[1] Aragorn was a descendant of Elros Tar-Minyatur, Lord Elrond Half-elven's twin brother and the first king of Númenor. His ancestor Arvedui was wedded to Fíriel, who bore their son Aranarth, making Aragorn the last descendant of Anárion as well.
When Aragorn was only two years old, his father was killed while pursuing Orcs. Aragorn was afterwards fostered in Rivendell by Elrond. At the request of his mother, his lineage was kept secret, as she feared he would be killed like his father and grandfather if his true identity as the descendant of Elendil and Heir of Isildur became known. Aragorn was renamed Estel and was not told about his heritage until he came of age in 2951.
Elrond revealed to "Estel" his true name and ancestry when he came of age, and delivered to him the shards of Elendil's sword, Narsil, and the Ring of Barahir. He withheld the Sceptre of Annúminas from him until he "came of the right" to possess it. It was also around this time that Aragorn met and fell in love with Arwen, Elrond's daughter, who had newly returned from her mother's homeland of Lórien.
Aragorn thereafter assumed his proper role as the sixteenth Chieftain of the Dúnedain, the Rangers of the North, and went into the wild, where lived the remnants of his people, whose kingdom had been destroyed through civil and regional wars centuries before.
Aragorn met Gandalf the Grey in 2956, and they became close friends. At Gandalf's advice he and his followers began to guard a small land known as the Shire, inhabited by the diminutive and agrarian Hobbits, and he became known among the peoples just outside the Shire's borders as Strider.
From 2957 to 2980, Aragorn undertook great journeys, serving in the armies of King Thengel of Rohan, and Steward Ecthelion II of Gondor. Many of his tasks helped to raise morale in the West and counter the growing threat of Sauron and his allies, and he earned invaluable experience which he would later put to use in the War of the Ring. Aragorn served his lords in disguise and his name in Gondor and Rohan during that time was Thorongil (Eagle of the Star). With a small Gondorian squadron of ships, he led an assault on the long-standing rebel province of Umbar in 2980, burning many of the Corsairs' ships and personally slaying their lord during the battle on the Havens. After the victory at Umbar, "Thorongil" left the field and to the dismay of his men, went East.
Later in 2980, he visited Lórien, and there once again met Arwen. He gave her the heirloom of his House, the Ring of Barahir, and, on the hill of Cerin Amroth, Arwen pledged her hand to him in marriage, renouncing her Elvish lineage and accepting the Gift of Men: death.
Elrond withheld from Aragorn permission to marry his daughter until such time as his foster son should be king of both Gondor and Arnor. To Elrond's as well as Aragorn's knowledge, to marry a mortal his daughter would be required to choose mortality, and thus deprive the deathless Elrond of his daughter while the world lasted. Elrond was also concerned for Arwen's own happiness, fearing that in the end she might find death (her own and that of her beloved) too difficult to bear.
Before the events of The Lord of the Rings proper take place, Aragorn also travelled through the Dwarven mines of Moria, and to Harad, where (in his own words) "the stars are strange". Tolkien does not specify when these travels occurred.

Why Aragorn is better than legolas?
1) Aragorn served under King Thengel of Rohan and Steward Ecthelion II(Denethor father) of Gondor. Using the name Thorongil, he lead a small gondar army which defeated Umbar Corsairs and killed their lord.
<-- A Great comander and Fighter

2) He was the last descendant of Elendil(King of Gondor) and Anarion(King of Arnor). He was also the nephew of Elrond.He wass the sixteenth Chieftain of the Dúnedain, the Ranger of the North.
<-- Blood of kings and half-Elven

3)Aragorn went at Gandalf request into Rhovanion in search of Gollum, who had once possessed the Ring. He caught the creature in the Dead Marshes near Mordor, and brought him as a captive to Thranduil's halls in Mirkwood, where Gandalf questioned him.
<-- Pathfinder and Ranger.

4) Been to Gondor, Rohan, Harad, Moria, Mordor, Mirkwood, Umbar, The Havans, Rhovanion, <-- all this place even before the main story of the Lord of the Rings.
<--- A traveller, fearless etc

5) When Merry and Pippin is captured by Uruk-Hai. He tracked and follow signs for 4 days travelling 45 leagues
<- Proven ranger, tracking skills, endurance.

6) Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli then helped the people of Rohan in the Battle of the Hornburg, in which they conclusively defeated Saruman's army.
<--- Leadership and courage proven again.

7)In order to defend the city, Aragorn entered the Paths of the Dead, and summoned the Dead Men of Dunharrow who owed allegiance to the king of Gondor. It had been prophesied by Isildur and Malbeth the Seer that the Dead would be summoned once more to pay their debt for betraying Gondor millennia before. With their aid the Corsairs of Umbar were defeated. Aragorn, a small force of Rangers, and a large contingent of men and soldiers from the southern regions then sailed up the Anduin to Minas Tirith. When they arrived at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Aragorn unfurled a standard that Arwen had made for him which showed both the White Tree of Gondor along with the jewelled crown and seven stars of the House of Elendil. With the help of the southern forces the armies of Gondor and Rohan rallied and defeated Sauron's army.
<----- Courage in entering the path of the dead, his arrival at the Pelennor Field rallied and help Gondor win the battle. The fact is: the undead army only helped in defeating the pirate corsair fleets. The real reinforcement comes with Aragorn rallying the survivors, armies of surrounding countries block off by the corsairs fleet. Aragorn was also reinforced by some rangers of the north lead by halbarad and the 2 sons of elrond.

8)In Return of the King, the Steward Denethor declared that he would not bow to a descendant of Isildur (years before, he had seen "Thorongil" as a rival to his father's favour). Aragorn healed Faramir, Denethor's heir, who had been expected to die; this won him the immediate recognition of Faramir as the rightful heir to the throne, and his humility and self sacrifice gained him the hearts of the inhabitants of Gondor's capital city (Aragorn's healing abilities, however, were a sign to the people of Gondor of the identity of their true king; as Ioreth said, "The hands of the King are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known"). The people hailed him as King that same evening.
<-------- Proven Healing abilities by healing Faramir, Merry and Eweryn from near dead. Won the recognition of the people of gondor thru his deeds.

9) Despite his immediate success and popularity, however, and despite his claim to the throne through raising the royal banner, Aragorn decided to lay aside his claim for the time being. He knew that if he aggressively promoted his claim, rival claimants or debates as to his legitimacy were not out of the question, and this could be a fatal distraction for Gondor at a time when the West needed to be united against Sauron. So, to avoid conflict, after he had healed people during the night of March 15/16, he left Minas Tirith and symbolically refused to enter it again until he was crowned King on May first.
<------ Simply humble and knowledgeable.

10) Aragorn possessed elven wisdom due to his childhood in Rivendell with Elrond and the foresight of the Dúnedain. He was a skilled healer, notably with the plant athelas (also known as Kingsfoil). He was also a mighty warrior and an unmatched commander; after the battle of the Pelennor Fields, he, Éomer and Imrahil were said to be left unscathed, even though they had been in the thick of the fighting.[9] Due to his position as Isildur's heir, Aragorn had impressive powers for a Man; he forced Sauron to let him use the palantír of Orthanc freely (although this was in part due to the fact that as the descendant of Elendil, Aragorn was the true owner of the seeing-stone).
<--- Elven Wisdom, Foresight, healer, mighty warrior, unmatched commander. Defeated Sauron thru will power by controlling the palantir stone. _____________________________________________________________
Aragorn was called the Dúnadan ("Man of the West/Númenórean", given by Bilbo in Rivendell), Longshanks (given by Bill Ferny in Bree), Strider, called so by Butterbur, and Wingfoot (given by Éomer after discovering that Aragorn had travelled forty-five leagues in four days in pursuit of Pippin, Merry, and their Uruk-hai captors). He was the founder of the House of Telcontar (Telcontar is "Strider" in Quenya, after the mistrustful nickname given him by the rustics of the North), which ruled Gondor well into the Fourth Age of Middle-earth; in records, his full ruling name is given as Elessar Telcontar ("Elfstone Strider"). He was also known as Estel ("hope") to protect his true lineage from the Enemy when they were seeking the heir of Isildur. He was also known as Thorongil ("Eagle of the Star") in his younger days when he travelled around Middle-earth and performed services in Rohan and Gondor often by protecting camps and raiding enemy strongholds like he did when he crossed the Corsairs of Umbar. He is also referred to as Aragorn, son of Arathorn. _________________________________________________________________

Further character developments The development of Aragorn's connection to Gondor was long and complex, as was his association with Boromir. Initially it is said that Aragorn's forefathers were the exiles of Númenor who ruled over the people of Ond (early name of Gondor), but were driven out by the Wizard King "when Sauron raised a rebellion". The story of the two branches of Elendil's descendants ruling over two kingdoms of Men through many generations only emerged gradually; at one time, Tolkien even seems to have conceived only three generation between Isildur and Aragorn. One significant feature which was not established until late stages was Aragorn's relationship with Arwen. When Tolkien first introduced Éowyn, the interest which she showed towards Aragorn was not one-sided, with suggestions in notes that they would marry at the end of the story. Another proposal was done soon, that Éowyn would die to save or avenge Théoden, and Aragorn would never marry after her death. The first mention of Elrond's daughter, named Finduilas, was in reference to the banner which she made for Aragorn, but Tolkien did not give any hint whether she had any further part to play. The references to her marriage with Aragorn were made later, but it was explicitly stated only near the completion of the book. It is only in his working on the appendices for The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien recorded the full tale of Aragorn and Arwen. A idea was that Galadriel gave her Ring to Aragorn, and that he would accordingly be titled the "Lord of the Ring"

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