Force ghosting to your opponent immediately after being killed is definitely a flex that should be canon.

See? This is what happens when you wait 20+ and 30+ years to fulfill a story arc. Vader hunting down Jedi would've made a far better trilogy than the sequels we got. This was the first time I had heard of her, and I find her fascinating. I love your obscure character breakdowns.

I noticed certain similarities between the Dark Woman and Cere Junda. When they both fought Darth Vader, the women were able to put valiant efforts, even managing to momentarily get the upper hand on the Dark Lord to different degrees before being killed.

FINALLY Someone talked about The Dark Woman! Wooo!

What an interesting character. I’d love to see a live action version of Anya Kuro while training Aurra Sing and subsequently their later encounter. Also including Anya’s secret missions and unique force abilities.

*Anakin becomes a force ghost* Anya Kuro: I told yoooooouuuuu

She would…edge her students? Oh my 😂

Mad Respect to Anya Curo. She was a good one. But I wonder what would've happened if she had been less zealously devoted to the Jedi Code.

The fact that Vader saw a person become a force ghost before Obi-Wan never sat right with me. Cuz Vader acted like he didn't know wtf happened when he cut down Obi-Wan.

Ya know... this is a cool character. Star Wars EU/Legends has some baller individuals that many fans just won't ever get to see with the current Canon.

I want to see the dark woman in the future of star wars

One of my favorite aspects of this program is that it still looks at the old stuff, whether because it was better, or more interesting than now, or just because it is interesting to know that, years ago, things were different.😊 Back around 2007, I think, I was first getting into the tabletop RPG aspect of Star Wars, and while even I sometimes lamented how much those Jedi really embraced the term "wizards", being more akin to the D&D mages I played, then a character we'd seen in a film, I was stoked. One of the middle books of that RPG set (Saga Edition) included the phasing power, and that was when I made what, at least for me, was my own iconic SW character; Endymion Farstrider. I learned things about the Dark Woman today that I did not know then, but I still knew enough to know that she was the Clone Wars era Master that Ender would have; in part because she was the one who knew phasing, but also because her education would be what allowed him to survive, as a child, in the Jedi Purge era, where so many others didn't. She ranks among several of my own favorite Legends characters, even if I must confess that my typical nerd-diligence wasn't up to snuff, as I learned several things today.😊 Thank you for the good video, and another fun trek through what I like to think of as MY Star Wars!

What if The Dark Woman trained Anakin?

That's so cool. I've never heard of her before. And I've always read so many books. And she was never in any of the books. I like it when you pull out the jedi that we've never heard of

So glad I have her figure.

I wonder what would of happened if anikan trained under her (that would be an interesting thing to think about)

Jedi Master Anya Kuro, aka The Dark Woman, is among my most favorite figures in SW Legends. She is unique yet evidently flawed, her character design, both physically and personally, make her stand out from her peers, and even she was a victim of the Jedi Order's hubris in their arrogance, self-righteousness, their rigid and obsolete beliefs in what the Jedi are supposed to be about and even their relationship with the Force. Anya however was able to delve deeper into the mysteries of the Force and master powers that were rare and uncommon, presumably because she approached the Force in a different way than most Jedi or even the Sith and Dark Jedi. Which in and of itself, I feel, is a shame. However she approached or viewed the Force, it proved she was capable of thinking outside the box, to look at things from another perspective in order to gain greater enlightenment, and yet she was unable to escape the dogma that led to the Jedi Order's undoing. Her zealotry made her even worse in how she treated "problem padawans" and while she had successes with Ki-Adi Mundi and A'Sharrad Hett, she ruined the life of Aurra Sing and her cruelty and negligence resulted in the creation of a prolific and vicious jedi hunting bounty hunter, not to mention Hett went on to become one of the darkest Sith ever to live many years later. I acknowledge her moniker was a humbling one, but it wasn't nearly as constructive as she might have thought. She took her beliefs too far, farther than even Yoda or Mace Windu, and had she been more flexible and open-minded, I feel she would have been a kinder and much better Jedi for it. Yoda and Windu did not discard their identities in service to the Order or even the Force and they were still great Jedi Masters in spite of their own flaws. I really wish we'd gotten to see Anya Kuro in the Star Wars Canon or at least confirm that she is canon at all. I'd like to think, if she was canonized, she'd be among the exceedingly few Jedi that are still confirmed to have survived the Jedi Purge, like Quinlan Vos was in the "Obi-wan" series. While her story ended in the Legends continuity, it was a bittersweet ending in how she went out on her own terms rather than Vader's, that she'd accepted her fate but didn't go down w/o a fight, and got the last word in on remind the conflicted Sith of his true identity and leaving him cheated of a true victory while she ascended to a higher plane of existence.

Always considered that comic story of her fight with Vader as one of my favorite short stories.

This is the Jedi master I would want to be trained by. She is so badass and has a unique way of looking at the force. And let's not forget a skilled Jedi since she could fight Vader twice (even though she died the second time.) But she pushed Vader to his limits.

Love these obscure character breakdowns! Excellent content! Thank you!

THIS is a Jedi I'd LOVE to see in live action! Outstanding video, I had never heard of her before this. I'm a 50 yr old OG Stat Wars fan, but unfortunately, I never took much interest in legends material until recently. Your channel is a big part of thereason I've become so interested in it. You cover a lot of great Star Wars topics, and you do it well. Thanx for all your hard work! Love your channel!

💙Absolutely loves this one. Never heard of 💜The Dark Woman. Amazing character & coverage! 💛

I love the the Expanded Universe. I have no idea why Disney didn't use any of it. Now, look at Disney's Star Wars now. It's lacklustre and soulless. Dark Horse Star Wars comics was immense, especially Tales of the Jedi and Legacy. As for awesome characters, Dark Woman is one of them. Hopefully, Disney won't ruin her character if introduced. But it's unlikely as they have ruined everything else.

She was very cool, one of my favorites. Any chance you could do a video on force healing? Those renowned at it and in different eras?

I can hear her now.. I'm not bad.. I'm just drawn that way. 😂

Anya Kuro reminds me of Anko Mitarashi from Naruto. Especially the fanfic adaptations where she teaches

Anyone else think Anakin could have used this teacher? Nipped that urge for Naboo's smooth lake country in the bud.

her battle with Vader was in Star Wars Tales volume 1 iirc. Mara Jade tracked her down first, and wanted to be the one to finish her, but Palpatine decided that the task of killing Anya Kuro should fall to Vader as he had more experience killing Jedi

Love these lore videos!!!

This right here is what a true STAR WARS fan does. They make content ABOUT Star Wars and not the weird tabloid side of Star Wars. Thank you for this channel. SUBSCRIBED!

She sounds like Genkai from Yuyuhakusho. I want her adapted 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I don't spend much time on computers. I greatly enjoy the content you put out. Your voice sounds perfect for the subject matter. You deserve the views you get. I will continue to watch your videos and I wish you well in all. Well done.

Wow!! Never heard of The Dark Woman. This is great!

with a name like that... it would be super interesting if they got an actress like Lashana Lynch or Michaela Coel to play her in live action. 🖤 a kind of powerful yet ironic double entendre

AMAZING! Keep these videos coming! Thanks!

I'm surprised she didn't have a rainbow lightsaber. It's the rarest lightsaber color.

She is really cool.Really cool! Anya is extremely skilled,capable. She commited herself completely to the Force. Her rigitidy is the great flaw. Until that she's very close to Qui-Gon. I would like to know more about her. You mentioned her before. May the Force be with her too :)

This has to be the best channel ever!

Wait a minute!..... she could make herself intangible, invisible, and pull yhe energy of the force from living things and STILL lost to a man with a respirator on his chest? She must not have been THAT good!

Here is a question to anyone in the comments. Do you all think that the dark woman would have been a perfect fit for Anakin Skywalker as a Jedi master instead of Obi-Wan Kenobi?

Dark woman, needs to be a movie! 🦹🏼‍♀️

“The Dark Woman” is an iconic name?? Easy there, Tiger.

cool character, ive never had a chance to read any of this extended lore.

I view her as the antithesis of Kreia. Tough, rigid, frustrating, and fully believed in her opinions about the Force.

In the Ongoing comic series she actually walked thru walls!

Love it!! And I want a portrait of the still at 9:04

When she phased thru the wall, it freaked Mace Windu out😅

Anya was no joke,was iver 100 yrs old and could teleport and phase through objects like the flash,her force abilities and duelist powers were very strong.woildve loved to see her go against sidious or young vader

if all these non canon jedi masters teamed up against vader and sidious, things would ended up differrently

Very Cool! TIL!

I did not know about her, matter of fact I figured this would be a video of Darth Traya

The Dark Woman was one of my favorites during the Clone War Era. She almost took down Vader. I love the EU.

Anya Kurro was not the last Jedi survivor as there were at least 60 to 70 other Jedi who were still alive when she died with famous Jedi who were still alive including Obi Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Qulian Vos, Tholme, Tra Saa, Kkrukh, Ashrad Hett, Callista Ming, Nichos Marr, Corwin Shelvay, Ood Bnar, Emphatos Brand, Vima Da Boda, Celeste Morne, and Ikrit.

"I clicked on the wrong movie" ahhh thumbnail

Im so in love with her now.

Expanded universe is amazing

Vader: You die alone Dark Woman: Maybe but once dead I won't leave you alone

Literally everybody except for yoda and obi wan could sense the light within anakin.

Your thumbnail looks like the album cover of the Austrian band Squirrels With Lightsabers. Not a bad album at all.

Like Master Fey, she's strong in the Force that she's very old and balanced. IMO, Anya Kuro could had returned back from being a force ghost.

i had heard about here in passing etc before like she was a brutal master etc but i did not realise how strong she was and that she was the master to darth kraith an extremly powerfull person that might be able to be close to lukes lvl considering he was able to help luke aigenst abeloth and then disapear without luke having any idea who he was where he was and where he went.

The dark woman or a mysterious dominatrics of Corescant. Palpatine personal masseuse.

I have always wondered how often the jedi accidentally harm themselves with their lightsabers considering how dangerous they are.

Since we're making up a yet another lost or forgotten Jedi, lets talk about GiuwDaan B1.

Great character. I would to see her in the fold in some capacity.

I’m glad she personally chose a new name for herself based around her edginess seems like no self attachment there

Wow what an amazing jedi

Vader has no equal 🥰

Damn she made ki adi mundi the war criminal

I feel like ahe is one of the most comparable to the ancient Je'daii, with how she acknowledged that she darkness, and used that to her advantage.

The Dark Woman isn't an off-putting name to me. I find that name to be rather... attractive.

Purity is power. Purity of thought and intent. Truth is a hard taskmaster

A Star Wars Movie on her life as a Jedi would be interesting.

you should make a what if video on what if she trained anakin

They had so many loved books to draw from and they did this instead

She needs a show

Jon Antilles next 👀

I thought she was the last Jedi to die in the Purge, not Obi-Wan? Because shortly after her death, Luke destroyed the DeathStar and Sidious at that point viewed the rebels as the biggest threat to his empire, so he called off all those hunting the few Jedi remainin in the galaxy, and instead had them focus on the destroying the rebels...and if she did die just after Obi-Wan had, it'd explain why he was so much more confused with Obi-Wan becoming one with the living force and not so much the Dark Woman when she presented herself as a force ghost immediately after death, because he had seen something similar before with Obi-Wan when he dissappeared into the force.

Legends is canon to me.

Once again, 2008 clone wars don't even scrape this important part of the story. This is why Legends can't be discarded to it's own universe. It is definitely a part of G canon, and fits chronologically well into it.

I mean. While all is cool. At her core, she is just another failure. Another dogmatic Jedi that was corrupted by the stagnancy of the Order Her students were failures. Her doctrine was wrong. And finally she was forgotten. I think we should REALLY pay attention to these things. The Dark Woman is an example of how Jedi should NOT be.

She's going undercover sounds like cia

She also trained Darth Krayt

Qui-Gon should have been the Council's leader though. He was actually more in tune to the right kind of wisdom. Yoda had depth and experience, but could have used a shift to Qui-Gon's thinking. So, that comment was interesting. If Qui-Gon led the order, the stodgy Pharasitical ways wouldn't have gotten the best of them. Vader would have never been. So say what you want, he was one of the best heads in the game if not the best.

Insert Lego Batman gif

Before seeing this, I had idea for female jedi who good friend with Qui gon from when they were padawans. She became a black sheep in the order as she

If familiar with the Eastern philosophies that George Lucas based Star Wars on (especially Confucianism and Taoism--although he himself calls himself a Buddhist-Christian), it is rare for a female to become enlightened. This is because of society. We teach our women to fear the world and only recently were they allowed an education. Fear is usually not the major flaw for men to become "centered"--instead they must adopt what many consider feminine traits by letting go of their ego (the goal of meditation) and embracing their empathy for others (becoming selfless and "weak"). For women their path is different. Their biggest weakness is usually fear and this is conquered with adopting the "masculine" traits of strength and courage. Psychologically and misunderstood by society--we usually seek our "soul-mates" (those that will make us complete) in other people; "out-there" somewhere, instead of searching "in-there" first. Why good weak girls like strong bad boys. And "strong" bad boys prefer weak good girls. They are looking for what they don't have...but in the wrong place. Lucas seems to suggest that strong women who become "centered" or enlightened will possess "supernatural powers"--akin to witchcraft. This too is common in Asia--the White Tiger-Sorcerous vs the Black Dragon--Mystic. Why Freemasons frown on their secrets being taught to women--wouldn't want more Salem Witch trials (weak men afraid of strong women...).

Man if she existed during Darth Vader she would have just mad Vader look like a kid 😅

Anya was a mad woman, who was afraid of herself. So she cloaked herself in the dogma of the Kedi Order to prevent herself from becoming a victim. The darkness within her self, was the Fear of attachment.

Sounds like Luminara on crack

Day 358 of asking for a part 3 of what if anakin was trained by qui gon

So this information just comes out of no where?

It should be Cere from Jedi Survivor because I worked Vader with her until he cheated 😂

Imagine she trained Anakin? A What If? Series???

Officially now my fav jedi

Anya Koro was a Great Jedi,however her absolute extremes of endeavor weren’t balanced and harmonious.Balance and Harmony fruition with wisdom and strength is the ultimate path.

I hope Rey movie fails, characters like this, Meetra, Kreia, Bastila, Serra, Shaak Ti, and Mara Jade are just so freaking cool, interesting, and got depth. Ahsoka cool too.

Let’s be honest, she’s powerful and Vader probably has a bit of a super secret crush on her 😂

“We have no other media to pull from.” Well if disney would look into Legend stories like these they might get a few ideas to adapt into their canon. Now seeing what disney is doing with StarWars maybe it best they leave some of these stories out of it.

Oh if only Star Wars was in good hands. It would out shine the MCU