While Yoda's long life spans centuries back to before the High Republic era, one Jedi from the Star Wars Legends continuity has him beat in of longevity. Star Wars Legends has a wealth of quality content and endless stories written well before Disney’s takeover of the franchise. In their day, these stories provided a rich flavor to the lore of Star Wars and often created characters who outshone many of the original Star Wars regulars. Perhaps the most interesting of Legends' additions to the franchise is the 4,000-year-old Jedi, Celeste Morne.

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

Beginning in the year 3963 BBY, Morne sets off to recover the artifact as well as a rogue Jedi Padawan believed to have slaughtered his fellow students. What she doesn't know at the time is that this mission will take her thousands of years to complete.

An Ancient Sith Relic Threatens the Destruction of the Old Republic

The Talisman of Karness Muur Sparks the Beginning of the End

When Morne arrives at the target planet Taris, she quickly discovers that parts of the planet’s ecumenopolis have been overrun by invading Mandalorians and violent zombie-like monsters. These monsters, known as rakghouls, are the product of the very Sith artifact that Morne has been tasked with recovering. The Jedi Covenant Shadow soon runs into Zayne Carrick, the supposedly murderous Padawan, who leaps into action to help her against the growing hordes of rakghouls. Together, the two Jedi track down the source of the monsters to a hidden lair occupied by Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders.

The pair successfully fend off the Mandalorians and seize the Amulet of Muur. Upon , the amulet binds itself to Celeste and reveals that it is possessed by the lingering spirit of its Sith creator, Karness Muur. Muur’s corrupting influence proves to be overwhelming for the Jedi, and Morne offers to seal herself inside a stasis chamber so that the artifact may be contained and the Jedi Covenant can study the relic in safety. Just as soon as the stasis chamber is sealed, a Mandalorian warship fires a barrage of nuclear warheads at the planet, burying Celeste and Karness underground.

Celeste Morne’s Mission Sparks a 4,000-Year-Long Voyage into the Future

Morne’s Journey Begins in the Old Republic and Ends After the Galactic Empire

Nearly 4,000 years later, during the age of the Galactic Empire, Morne’s stasis chamber is discovered by none other than the tyrannical Sith Lord, Darth Vader. Vader, sensing the dark energy emitting from the Talisman of Muur, opens the four-millennia-old tomb. Celeste wakes up in a daze, asking for her old ally Zayne Carrick. The Sith Lord informs Morne that 4,000 years have ed since her time, and she promptly breaks down in agony. She learns that the Old Republic eventually did fall, though not at the hands of the Mandalorians, but rather those of the Sith.

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

Celeste, made aware of Darth Vader’s intense tie to the dark side by the eager Karness Muur, engages the black-clad cyborg in a duel. Vader overwhelms Morne and, in an attempt to ensure that the Talisman is not seized by the Empire, uses its profane power to turn Vader’s crew into rakghouls. Using the chaos as a distraction, Celeste flees into isolation with the old Sith’s spirit. Morne, unlike any Jedi before or after, has been forced to endure a multi-millennia-spanning death sentence. The Jedi are dead, leaving her the only soul she can trust to repress the relic’s power.

The Jedi Lost in Time Returns to End a New Sith Threat

Celeste Makes a New Alliance with a Young Skywalker

Over the next 150 years, self-isolated from the rest of the galaxy, Celeste grows more and more weary from the constant stress of her charge. With Karness Muur as her only companion, Morne finds herself falling further into madness as the unceasing influence of the dark side tests her at every moment. As the Force wills it, fate pulls Celeste toward a new ally as well-versed in the light and dark sides of the Force as she is. Cade Skywalker, an ex-Jedi and direct descendant of Anakin Skywalker, is sought out by Morne as if guided by the will of the Force.

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

Old and Weary, the Lost Jedi Can Finally Rest

Celeste Morne and Karness Muur’s Journey Finally Comes to an End

The battle leaves Morne completely drained of her remaining life force. Feeling the strength of Muur’s influence begin to exert its control more and more, the former Jedi Covenant Shadow turns to Cade Skywalker for a peaceful end. Morne believes that Cade, who is balanced in both the light and dark sides of the force, will be able to assume her charge and lock away the Sith Lord’s power for good. Skywalker agrees and, at her final request, plunges his lightsaber into Morne’s chest, killing her and destroying the Talisman together.

Celeste Morne isn’t just a relic of her time, but a relic of Star Wars as a whole. With the Legends material no longer considered canon, the fan-favorite stories of the past only serve as an archive of what once was. Burdened with a horrific responsibility, Morne was made to endure 3,000 more years of tortuous existence than the ancient Jedi Master Yoda, once considered to be the oldest living Jedi. While her story may be forever lost to Disney tampering with Star Wars continuity, the Jedi Celeste Morne’s climactic victory over an insidious Sith Empire will remain a worthy legend.

Key Background

• Her story is set around 4,000 years before the original films, during the era of the Old Republic.
• Celeste's battle with the dark side is a central theme in her story, highlighting the personal cost of wielding great power.
• Celeste Morne’s story is explored in the Star Wars expanded universe, particularly in the comic series "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic" and "Star Wars: Dark Times.