Talk:Jacen Solo

Jacen's daughter

{{spoiler}} Yes folks! It turns out that Tenel Ka had given birth to his daughter in the newly released Star Wars Dark Nest book, The Unseen Queen. People around the internet are now talking about it! However, that child is still unnamed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.94.62.3 (talk • contribs) .

Hmm... can anyone say dark side? Jacen is ashamed of his daughter, and erases his cousin's memory to keep her a secret... tsk tsk. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.236.250.141 (talk • contribs) .

Sykes

• I believe it's Allana though I could be mistaken though talk about a plot twist!! Jamhaw 18:29, 24 May 2006 (UTC)jamhaw

Of course Allana is Jacen's daughter!!!!! It says so multiple times! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.25.47.58 (talk) 16:32, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Jacen's Force Abilities

Can someone expand on Jacen's Force strength, powers, and lightsaber skills. 164.116.107.39 06:53 January 19 2006. (UTC)

Yes. As seen in several books, Jacen is possessed with incredible foresight abilities, much like his grandfather Anakin Skywalker, but perhaps even more pronounced. However, several possibilities stemming from the end of the book Betrayal indicate that his foresight may be corrupted by the dark side of the force, hence deceiving him into murdering a fellow Jedi (Nelani Dinn) and manipulating the memories of his cousin (Ben Skywalker) to keep it a secret.

As for his other abilities I will refrain from commenting until I have studied more material. Doncroft 02:01, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I think it would be great to have a section on Jacen's power in the Force. I would love to hear what people think of his new power... stealing from KOTOR much? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.69.176.163 (talk • contribs)

Stealing from KOTOR? Referencing KOTOR yes, stealing no. When elements are introduced to the EU by one source, they're encouraged to be incorporated into others. :) Tophtucker (talk) 23:47, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Images

We need more images. Like bad. —Mirlen 04:35, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I dunno. Looks pretty good to me- most articles don't have this many, much less most Star Wars articles.

They probably need one of him as Darth Caedus. Simon Beavis

That said, from an anal copyright view, having so many fair use images is rather shaky, legally, and so not adding more pictures might actually be a good thing. --maru (talk) Contribs 06:49, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

That's because I added the images. I forgot to delete this afterwards :P. I posted this when the article looked like this —Mirlen 16:30, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Empathetic...?

Is it empathic, or empaTHETic? I think it's the first one. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.95.59.46 (talk • contribs) .

No its the second one, see Sympathy. Jedi6-(need help?) 01:57, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Reasoning

I think Jacen attacked it so the Chiss would attack BEFORE the killiks were ready so his kid would be safe like what he did to Ta Chume. Jamhaw 18:32, 24 May 2006 (UTC)jamhaw

"stronger than Luke" section

Shouldn't we delete that whole section? It's all speculation. Isn't am encyclopedia supposed to have factual information? Mwsilvabreen 01:59, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Awhile ago, that may have been proper; however, the books themselves are now explicitly raising the issue. Stilgar135 02:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Addendum- the section isn't just about whether or not he's stronger than Luke. It's about his entire character, how it's changed and Jacen's relationship with the rest of the Jedi order. The title was presumably chosen because it sounds snazzy and is one of the central questions raised in the section, though not the only one. Stilgar135 05:37, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Why don't we change the title to something like "Abilities" or something? Mwsilvabreen 22:17, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I think the current title encapsulates the section as well as anything could. The crux of much of the Star Wars story post-Traitor is Jacen's disillusionment with Jedi tradition and his conviction that he can do better. His belief that he will be stronger than Luke and that he will finally save the galaxy is one of the driving forces behind his character, perhaps the most important one. Further, the section also talks about fan controversy over Jacen, much of which is based in power comparisons. Stilgar135 02:48, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I have to agree with stilgar. The books are starting to explicitly state the case that Jacen is rivaling Luke in power and will soon surpass him. Even Mara is becoming aware of this in the second half of "Tempest". I'm looking for the legacy series to really shake some things up seeing that the Original Characters are getting too old to have any realistic impact. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.11.132.221 (talk) 05:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC).Personally i think Jacen will be stronger than Luke because he embraces all of the force not a certain half of it, similar to Darth Revan in the KOTOR series. However I'm a little ticked off with the writers trying to make him a "evil" character per se , he could become the prophecied chosen one and plus i've been reading about this dude since i was in my pre-teens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.154.9.248 (talk) 20:19, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the previous comment. The books are directly comparing Luke's and Jacen's force abilities now as a subplot of the current fall to the darkside storyline.--Drsketch 20:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

There is a part that blatantly states that Luke Skywalker is as powerful as Anakin Skyalker would have become had he not lost most of his flesh on Mustafar. This can't be correct purely because before his ascension to Sith Mastery (in Sacrifice), Lumiya stated that he could not best Luke in a fight (albeit a lightsaber duel... but regardless...) Yet at the same time we have someone stating that Jacen as a Sith Lord will be ALMOST as strong as Vader should have been... it just seems like some bad roundabout thinking... and really speculatory, as well. I reccomend getting rid of most of it. While it is irrefutable that Luke Skywalker is currently the strongest Jedi, there has been little said for or against Jacen's own power... ps. I hate his Sith name... I was hoping it would have meaning, but it turns out that it was just junk. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.69.176.163 (talk • contribs)

I found this statement in here: "It should be further noted that in Lucas' version of The Star Wars Universe that The Sith were destroyed when Darth Vader saved the life of his son Luke Skywalker thus fulfilling The Prophecy of The Chosen One, therefore the Sith never truly returned and Jacen is actually a Dark Jedi."

This is wrong. Anakin did destroy the Sith line that he and the Emperor were part of, but the Sith are not a hereditary lineage, but followers of an idea, and ideas cannot be destroyed. The Prophecy of the Chosen One involved bringing balance to the Force. It has been favoring the Dark Side at that point, and Anakin brought it back to a light or neutral slant with his sacrifice. So I removed that incorrect statment. Simon Beavis

did anyone read Inferno? Luke practically destroyed Jacen in a lightsaber duel on the Anikan Solo while saving Ben Skywalker

I read it. Jacen had basically defeated Luke and was about to deliver the death blow when Ben stabbed Jacen in the back. The "practically destroyed" part of your statement should be rephrased "practically lost". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.79.11.122 (talk) 23:12, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Time traveler category

How is he a time traveler? As far as I've seen, time travel seems impossible in the galaxy Mwsilvabreen 01:35, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm assuming it's because he's able to project back through time and observe historical events as they're happening. Stilgar135 03:21, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Must have missed that part. When does he do that? Mwsilvabreen 01:39, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

In the first Dark Nest book, he sees Raynar crashing the Tachyon Flyer and pulling Lomi and Welk from the wreckage. In the second LoTF book, he sees the massacre at the temple through Anakin's eyes, and appears to gain some sort of empathy from it- though I'm not sure if this is a direct effect of the time travel or just indicative of his fucked-up mindset. As far as we know, this can only be done when he's at the location where the event happened and needs to have a very specific idea of what he wants to do. Still, the category doesn't define time travel, so I'd say that this qualifies by default. Stilgar135 03:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Jacen understands why Anakin does what he does, he just thinks he went about it the wrong way.

It's flow walking not time travel.

Exactly. I wonder if Jacen will learn to flow walk forward in time... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.25.47.58 (talk) 16:30, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Redirect

Darth Caedus should redirect to this article. Simon Beavis

But should there be "Darth Caedus" in the charactor box? Am I the only one to think that it shouldn't? Pmuean 05:18, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

in-universe

This article appears to be written like a biography, please see WP:WAF. Aspects of the narratives themselves are completely missing. Also, the article doesn't even feature references for its primary sources. —AldeBaer 22:33, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

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DELETION

I will wait about 4 weeks before resubmitting this article for deletion if until then no efforts are underway to properly rewrite this article from a non-in-universe perspective. Real world context and according third-party reliable secondary sources are necessary to maintain the bare minimum of encyclopedic standards. User:Dorftrottel 02:33, January 30, 2008

As I said on your talk page, nobody has any obligation to adhere to your deadlines. Perhaps you have nothing better to do but work on wikipedia, but most editors have school, work, friends, family and other hobbies that occupy our time. RogueNinja_talk 23:42, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I have added citations for the Legacy of the Force era,but as far as anything before that goes,I'm no help there.TheNobleSith (talk) 18:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

An Opinon On Deletion - From Biologist Minon

Though I am not normally a person that is either 'pro' or 'anti' deletion I feel compelled to comment on the unresolved issue of the article about the Star Wars character 'Jacen Solo'. I believe that this article should be deleted if the article cannot be brought up to a standard that, although maybe not at full Wikipedia guidelines; is at least within an Olympic class stone's throw from this point.

With my regards,

Biologist Minon, 31-1-2008, 13-52 hours, New Zealand Time

Jack Merridew removing references

Just to let everyone know, prolific deletionist Jack Merridew has removed several citations referencing the official Star Wars novels from this article in order to make it a better target for deletion and is reverting everyone who attempts to re-add them, thus violating the policy Wikipedia:Verifiability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.136.165 (talk • contribs)

Because you and everyone else who adds them aren't properly referencing them. Book references generally need an ISBN number, a publisher, an author, a number of pages (if referring to a specific passage), AND a title, not just the title. If I had read the books that people are trying to reference, I would do it myself, but I have not. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 23:52, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

But partial references are better than no references at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.107.136.165 (talk) 00:00, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Partial references are, sadly, useless. The way the references were written, a layman could infer any of a number of things; i.e. that the specific titles are video games, works of fan fiction, or the name of a demonstration at a sci-fi con. -Jéské ^{(Blah v^_^v)} 00:17, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Yup, I have. And I will continue to remove such worthless non-references. Thanks Jéské. --Jack Merridew 09:12, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I supposert Jack Merridew and Jeske in the removal of non-reference "references." A reference exists so that readers/editors can go back and verify the information -- remember that verifiability is a pillar of wikipedia -- and just dropping down a title doesn't help. Perhaps a solution is to identify here on the talk pages the excised "references" and ask other editors to help find substantiating material. (As a side note, I notice that these references are all to primary sources for plot summary -- material that this article has too much of. A better use of editors' time would be to find material to establish the character's notability and other real-world facets.) --EEMIV (talk) 14:59, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I'll take that as a support. See here for the ones I removed; there are other diffs that are about the same. I agree that there are notability concerns and will probably get around to tagging it so. Cheers, Jack Merridew 09:56, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Removing incomplete references is silly. There is no deadline, and thus there is no reason to remove references that are valid but incomplete. Powers ^T 13:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

The references are not valid - they are simply the title of a work, nothing more. As I said above, just the title of a work (book, video game, sonnet) is useless because it does not specify *what* the information comes from - is it a book, a video game, or a fan-fic? It is for that reason that just putting a title as a reference is useless. -Jéské ^{(v^_^v +2 Pen of Editing)} 19:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

They are not incomplete, they are worthless; they amount to hoax refs. --Jack Merridew 13:33, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Hoaxes? How? They're primary sources, not hoaxes. Powers ^T 13:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Not the way they're in there. -Jéské ^{(v^_^v +2 Pen of Editing)} 19:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

You are reverting other work too. This amounts to vandalism. The consensus here is that those refs are junk. Talk here if you want. --Jack Merridew 13:44, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

And besides which, you're removing valid internal links as well. Powers ^T 13:38, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Redlinks are not valid internal links, and it's best if they are removed on-sight, Powers. -Jéské ^{(v^_^v +2 Pen of Editing)} 19:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Fraudulent refs, then. A ref that simply repeats the section header is no ref at all; it is a sham. I believe there are some redlinks to deleted articles that you're restoring too. Cut it out; read the above discussion. --Jack Merridew 13:40, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Based on WP:N, I see no possible argument for this to not be deleted. Although personally I'd like for it to stay, it does not comply with notability guidelines.TheNobleSith (talk) 05:20, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Here is the proper sourcing information. Please add complete sources and end this damn argument.

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal | Aaron Allston | Del Ray | ISBN: 978-0345477354 | 496 Pages

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines | Karen Traviss | Del Ray | ISBN: 78-0345477514 | 416 Pages

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Tempest | Troy Denning | Del Ray | ISBN: 978-0345477521 | 416 Pages

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Exile | Aaron Allston | Del Ray | ISBN: 978-0345477538 | 368 Pages

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Sacrifice | Karen Traviss | Del Ray | ISBN: 978-0345477415 | 512 Pages

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Inferno | Troy Denning | Del Ray | ISBN: 978-0345477552 | 336 Pages

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Fury | Aaron Allston | Del Ray | ISBN: 978-0345477569 | 384 Pages

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Revelation | Karen Traviss | Del Ray | ISBN: 978-0345477576 | 448 Pages

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Invincible | Troy Denning | Del Ray | ISBN: 978-0345477460 | 320 Pages

All the ISBNs and page counts are from Amazon and are for the paperback editions, except for Invincible, which is from the hardcover. Now fix this please. RaidonMakoto (talk) 00:52, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Invincible

Invincible's out, need to finish the article so Jacen can die in agony. Yay! Bye bye JINO!Katana Geldar 01:21, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Length of Later Sections

They are too long by any reasonable standard, very difficult to read. So I added a tag. I suggest someone more into this stuff trim it, perhaps. Cheers, General Epitaph (talk) 03:04, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Merging

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result of this discussion was no consensus. This discussion was improperly opened in 2013 and went stale years before it was tagged in 2016. If there are further desires to nominate this page, a new discussion will have to be opened. DARTHBOTTO _talk•cont 10:35, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

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I suggest merging the article into Solo family, since it doesn't really have enough independent notability to stand out on its own. I had a quick look, but I didn't get that many sources:

• IGN's "Top 100 Star Wars Characters". Comes out #17.
• Also from IGN, "Top Star Wars Villains: Fan Favorites".
• UGO this time, "Top 50 Star Wars Expanded Universe Characters". Comes out #1, which is nice.

There's some potential there, but I don't think that's really enough for an article. – Bellum (talk) 02:39, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

• Support per Bellum Stellarum's reasoning. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 05:01, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
• Support Anakin and Jaina Solo are already redirects to the Solo family page, and this is to ensure consistency. 73.168.5.183 (talk) 01:19, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
• Oppose for now due to concerns over WP:WEIGHT. This article would need to be significantly trimmed to make it fit into the target article, and that sort of whacking of content may be too extreme. Instead let's try reworking this page into a more appropriate and properly sourced article first. Even before the reboot of the movies, this article has significant content that was stable. Reducing it to a paragraph or two on the target article would be a shame. Tiggerjay (talk) 16:46, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
  • Although one point to make is that I believe all of the source so far are primary sources which is discouraged. Technically it would seem we would need to establish notability. It probably is a matter of perspective or "certain point of view" regarding the relative importance of this character outside of the star wars fan base -- after all there is wookiepedia to dive deeper into these characters there which are not independently notable. Tiggerjay (talk) 16:44, 14 January 2016 (UTC)
• Support It makes no sense for legends characters to have their own page, especially one that will probably never get expanded upon. Also, Stellarum's reasonings. --82.40.171.48 (talk) 01:34, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
• Support We should merge the article with the Solo family. Everyone agreed, why it didn't happen. Also the plot section within this article is too long, and excessively detailed it should be shortened, or the article should be shortened to an appropriate length and have more sources, like they did in the Thrawn article . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosvel92 (talk • contribs) 03:33, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Remaking of Page

Jacen is important, Bellum Stellarum, which is why I have set this page up again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20-13-rila (talk • contribs) 18:45, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

According to whom? What independent sources exist on the character? All that's in the article is a Lucasfilm source and an interview with an author. —C.Fred (talk) 01:46, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

This page is listed as mid-important in the Star Wars WikiProject! -Rila. —Preceding undated comment added 21:40, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect information

"Eventually, Luke and Jacen make their peace, the former declaring that while he doesn't always understand his son, he is proud of him." This implies Jacen is Luke's son. 132.3.49.81 (talk) 19:48, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

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Inclusion of Jacen Syndulla on this page

I'm opening this discussion to address my recent revert of MacCready's addition of material pertaining to Jacen Syndulla on this page because I don't believe one article should feature information about two distinct characters and because Jacen Syndulla is already sufficiently mentioned on the Star Wars Rebels character list, given the fact that the character appeared only once for a few seconds while Jacen Solo was the protagonist/antagonist in more than two dozen novels. I also cross-posted a request for a third opinion at WT:STARWARS. This talk section can hopefully serve to discuss this further to avoid further reverts per WP:BRD. Regards SoWhy 19:09, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

SoWhy While Solo and Syndulla are two distinct characters in their respective canons, I think that the Rebels character deserves to be mentioned in this article as it was created to pay homage to the Legends character. - ZLEA _T\^C 19:41, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

SoWhy Repinging after failed ping.

I see MacCready has already made the edit I described above. - ZLEA _T\^C 19:44, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

• It appears this issue may be resolved already, but in any event I'll weigh in that I believe SoWhy is correct. Jacen Solo and Jacen Syndulla are completely separate and distinct characters, so it's not only inappropriate to add content about Jacen Syndulla on this page, but doing so only creates confusion for the reader because it leads to the impression that they are the same character. I'm fine with the redirect, and I'm not opposed to the idea of mentioning that Jacen Syndulla is named after Jacen Solo, but anything about Jacen Syndulla beyond that should go in his section of the Rebels character list, not here... — Hunter Kahn 19:49, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

@ZLEA: This article already mentions the homage in the "Legacy" section. Do you expect more? Regards SoWhy 21:22, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

SoWhy My mistake, I thought Macready had just added that. - ZLEA _T\^C 21:36, 3 February 2020 (UTC)